Neil Young - Zuma

endless talking about danger bird: not back at it, still at it
POLL: YEAR OF THE HORSE -- Neil Young and Crazy Horse

i used to go to my college's music library, grab this from the LP stacks, and sit in a booth listening to it. like everyday. i really like don't cry no tears.

you asked for it -- four live versions of "danger bird" here: http://ow.ly/9HFfJ

Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! thank you so much!
this makes my day

no problemo.
listening to these, it *is* really ridiculous that Earth hasn't covered this song. is there a petition we can get going?

i would both sign and distribute that petition

did you see this? it's not very metal, but it's good and the lights are pretty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=ux6v5iIn5NA

thanks again -- i can't wait to listen to these at home.

(my name is amanda btw, i am a real person!)

ugh sorry

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux6v5iIn5NA

ooh, that is pretty good. the echoey sax works!
hi amanda, i know you are real!

this is a more straightforward cover, but i like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17vG_pfKhY&feature=related

i just wanted to reiterate that i am a real person who has genuine thanks for all of these danger birds.

Listening to 40 min of Danger Bird reminds me of when NY says "It's all one song!" on Year of the Horse. In this case, it is ALL THE SAME SONG. I love it!

hee hee, yeah. if i was more technologically adept, i'd mix all of these into one continuous track.

some seriously weird shit going on in the santa cruz version! also enthusiastic belting FLYYYYYYY <3

here's the show where i saw him do it. i remember it seeming so slow. so slooooooow.

1996-09-11, The Forum, Inglewood, California, USA
w/ Crazy Horse
Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) / Pocahontas / Big Time / Slip Away / The Needle And The Damage Done / Heart Of Gold / Sugar Mountain / Cinnamon Girl / F*!#in' Up / Cortez The Killer / Music Arcade / Like A Hurricane // This Town / Sedan Delivery / Dangerbird

the acoustic piano one is so tender that it should come with a warning
good lord

yeah that one is great, almost like he's not sure where to go with it. seems to be the only time he did it like that.

thx for all these danger birds

assume folks have heard this, 20 minutes of CtK

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqb1Cp3r2rw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htFJUrYd2es

Art class working quietly, Zuma playing loudly off YouTube; as life's diminishing pleasures go, this is up there. (No one's inquired, but no one's complained, either.)

I'm ready to make this happen if anyone else is. I still think it would sound awesome.

questions:

1) can anyone direct me to a really good cover of "danger bird"? has such a thing ever happened?
2) what is the longest, most freaked out version of "danger bird" that ny/ch has recorded?

thank you

― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, March 15, 2012 11:25 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

Dangerbird too low, even if it is equal 4th

bottom 3 otm though

Or 3rd, even (DB)

stupid girl is just a godawful shit song. don't know how anyone could say it's their favorite on this album but then again i guess i do know. i think i've only made it through that song once or twice, usually i skip it as soon as he says YOU'RE SUCH A STUPID GIRL. fuck off neil you should've known better

i do wish he'd re-thought the lyrics but i give it a pass because guitars

Stupid Girl seems like more of a Don'n'Glenn type song

lyrically

XPS Besides, What's Poncho-era Crazy Horse without something boneheaded?

i was about to defend 'stupid girl' but yeah it's garbage

guitars seconded, not garbage

sorry, that is just how i feel.

Also stupid lyrics from Neil Young? Not exactly an unusual occurence... though less so than Lou Reed for instance.

Lou Reed would have at least thrown a couple good, cruel jokes into a song called "Stupid Girl"

It's no classic, that's for sure!

stupid girl sucks because neil could do/has done so much better. he has a good heart.

but more importantly, who is going to help me slay danger bird

barstool blues is fuckin CRAZY. i burn my voice out singing to that tune

YEAH

not me! ~ right in my range~

danger bird is such a dinosaur of a classic hard rock song, and i say that in the most positive way. i listen to it and i just think "heavy classic rock dinosaur" but it blows away any of the real classic rock dinosaurs

i sing along to the barstool blues solo too. doodeedooo neerneerneerneeeeeer

oh totally

also sad to see through my sails not get a ton of love. i dig that tune but i dig CSNY for the most part.

also i think i'm gonna start saying "YOU REALLY GOT A LOT TO LEARN" whenever i disagree with someone

think i'll start saying "I SAW YOU IN MERCEDES BENZ" when i see joe-joe in mercedes benz

Maybe worse than the lyrics is the (unusual occurrence of) Neil's double vocal track - in octaves, no less (not harmony). Hate that. Definitely worst song on Zuma

yeah those octaves are... not kind

Lou Reed would have at least thrown a couple good, cruel jokes into a song called "Stupid Girl"

Lou did of course write a song about a "Stupid Man", a man who hitch-hiked out of a good life
in Saskatchewan and who had big big plans to build a house upon some land (I mean, how stupid is that?)

that song is great

neil's most consistent album

actually otm in my book

Brad have you heard Dume??

i haven't!!!!