― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:40 (10 months ago) Permalink
Finally ready to go...Thanks again for the great response. There were 66 ballots in all, and 259 songs/covers drew votes. Four of us submitted a list of favourite album covers, so I’ll quickly do those first. Three were mentioned more than once: On the Beach (4 votes), Time Fades Away (4 votes), and After the Gold Rush (2 votes).
Arc, Comes a Time, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, Hawks & Doves, Journey Through the Past, Lucky Thirteen, Ragged Glory, Mirror Ball, Tonight’s the Night, Trans, Weld, and Zuma were all mentioned once.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
omg is "SCENERY" #1????
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
Hyped
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
First poll I've voted in for a while...keen!
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
Predict "Old King" to win btw.
I'll count down from #75 to #51 today, with about three or four minutes between posts. There's been so much Neil talk on the voting and other Neil threads, hopefully people will still have stuff to say.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:44 (10 months ago) Permalink
I voted for it.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
aw, decent song, but i'm guessing this means my favorite bluenotes track won't make the cut, as I can't imagine two bluenotes tracks making the cut
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:46 (10 months ago) Permalink
Most of the images I picked connect fairly obviously to the song; with some, like the one above, I just liked the picture.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:47 (10 months ago) Permalink
Meant to say that I voted for two other album covers, but those are my three favourite for sure. They get the music inside so right.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:49 (10 months ago) Permalink
ha, i remember reading about ordinary people way back in the 90s before i heard it -- can't remember where now, but it was this ridiculous, over the top praise, like "neil young has written the greatest song of the 1980s"! and then it was impossible to find. think i finally heard it on the "archives be damned" bootleg thing. i'm actually excited about the prospect of a bluenotes live archives release.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
Voted for Ordinary People. Lyrically the sum of the parts exceeds the whole but I like its torrential relentlessness. Would have had more impact in the 80s, given the arc of his career, Reagan, Iacocca, etc.
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Don't Cry" may feature his best OTT feedback.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Neil knows NOTHING about 'Ordinary People'!"--David Briggs
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
am so bummed that i forgot to vote for American Stars N Bars as my fav album cover
― some dude, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
Three things that made my head spin a bit: keeping track of 1) "Hey Hey, My My"/"My My, Hey Hey" votes, 2)"Drive Back"/"Drive By" votes, and 3) "Don't Cry No Tears"/"Don't Cry" votes.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:52 (10 months ago) Permalink
don't cry is explosive. one of the scarier songs he's ever done.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Hey Hey, My My"/"My My, Hey Hey" were counted as one song, right?
― some dude, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:54 (10 months ago) Permalink
The 12:36 black and white 1988 "Ordinary People" on Youtube is pretty great.
― boxall, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
No. People were very specific--sometimes voting for both--and to me, they're so different that wouldn't make sense. (Unlike the two "Tonight's the Night"s.)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:56 (10 months ago) Permalink
A+ photo.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:57 (10 months ago) Permalink
ah. wish i'd taken the time to think about which i was voting for and make a note, then -- it's all the same song to me, just like lots of other songs on my ballot have good acoustic and electric versions. (xpost)
― some dude, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:57 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Don't Cry" is a really cool song. Didn't vote for it, but it was close. Like his vocals a lot on that song.
― grandavis, Monday, 9 July 2012 16:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
xp When I voted it looked like the consensus was to group them together, later on clemenza clarified he was splitting them but I didn't bother rethinking my ballot.
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Monday, 9 July 2012 16:59 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, the live takes of "Ordinary People" from the late 80s were great, but by the time it made Chrome Dreams II I felt like it had passed him by a bit. Didn't vote for it, or for "Don't Cry" though both were on my shortlist.
"Cocaine Eyes" was #26 on my ballot. Worth the price of Eldorado on Japanese import CD right there.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
I hadn't heard "Cocaine Eyes" till this poll. Maybe it'll grow on me, but one time through I didn't care for it that much.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:01 (10 months ago) Permalink
That and "Heavy Love" usually run neck-and-neck for me, but I ended up putting "Cocaine Eyes" a few places higher.
In Shakey, Neil said he got the inspiration for the Eldorado EP after watching The Kids Are Alright on cable. "I wanna do something like that!"
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 July 2012 17:02 (10 months ago) Permalink
That's Halston in the photo, right? He looks like Phil Hartman there.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
Still waiting for Neil's Nash diss track...
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 9 July 2012 17:03 (10 months ago) Permalink
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:04 (10 months ago) Permalink
I wanted to do every image in purple words on a grey background, but it wasn't meant to be.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
idle Neil thought - is there any other rock n roll artist who has both written and elicited so many "response" songs? (Circle Game, Sweet Home Alabama, Hey Hey My My is kinda a response to the Pistols, This Note's For You is a response to Clapton's ads etc)
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 9 July 2012 17:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
like Ordinary People but agree didn't much like the chrome dreams version
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
chubby checker xpost
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:07 (10 months ago) Permalink
Sample and Hold was my #1! Such a great song.
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Monday, 9 July 2012 17:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
yaaaaaaaaaay, i voted for Sample And Hold. so good.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
I would like to confess that I am the owner of the "Sample and Hold" 12" with the "Dance Remixes" of it and "Mr. Soul" and yet it still didn't make my ballot.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:09 (10 months ago) Permalink
Did I goof on "Ordinary People"--was it on another album prior to Chrome Dreams II?
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:10 (10 months ago) Permalink
xp ooh, I have never heard these "Dance Remixes", worth checking out (even if only as curios)?
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Monday, 9 July 2012 17:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
nope, it was unreleased but heavily bootlegged until CDII
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
I wish there'd been a dance remix of "Words (Between the Lines of Age)."
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
ah, here's the first one i voted for! this song is ridiculously beautiful.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
In the mid-90s I saw a band do a trip-hoppy version of "Pocahontas". It was different.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
I'd say if you really love the song and the Trans stuff in general then yes, absolutely worth checking out the Sample and Hold remixes. The single mix is different than the LP version too...
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
I love the version of "Transformer Man" from unplugged but the original never did much for me.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 17:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
1.) Don't Be Denied - 242.) Tell Me Why - 203.) Keep On Rockin in the Free World - 154.) For the Turnstiles - 145.) Powderfinger - 14
12 points:Down by the RiverThrasherWinterlongAlbuquerque
10 points:Pardon My HeartI Believe in YouSedan DeliveryOn the BeachBirdsSleeps with Angels
7 points:Revolution BluesCinnamon GirlWorld on a StringHangin on a LimbSlip AwayTime Fades AwayLike a HurricanePocahontasThe Old HomesteadBarstool Blues
5 points:
Walk OnLADon't Let it Bring You DownFuckin UpHeart of GoldAmbulance BluesDrivebyCrime in the CityHitchhikerYonder Stands the Sinner
2 points:
Lookout JoeWelfare MothersSafeway CartComes a TimeHarvest
0 points ;_;
Coupe de VilleWords Between the Lines of AgeChange Your Mind
― t. s. idiot (loves laboured breathing), Thursday, 12 July 2012 04:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
I don't think complex readings of "Cortez" are wrong, exactly, but they also don't really obviate the problems with the noble savage imagery and all that. Even as allegory, it's pretty dicey. (And "Desolation Row" is a good analog, in that the last verse recontextualizes the song, but that's a particular trick that I think Dylan does a whole lot better.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 12 July 2012 04:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
Anyway, I listened to "Powderfinger" in the car on the way home tonight, with the windows down, and it really seemed like a perfect song. It wasn't my number 1, but I'm happy it landed there. It's about so much -- war and loyalty, the confusion of being young, the drastic consequences of not knowing what you're doing. It's a Vietnam song dressed up as "Deliverance," but it's also about growing up and finding out that everything you've learned won't help, nothing will really protect you, you're on your own.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 12 July 2012 05:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
I was out last night so missed the finale but thanks clemenza, this was a total delight from start to finish. I had Powderfinger as my #1 and Cortez at #3.
Songs from the bottom third of my ballot that didn't make it:
Everybody's AloneJourney Through the PastLove and WarWar SongBad Fog of LonelinessBurned
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 12 July 2012 09:16 (10 months ago) Permalink
My ballot (unranked):
Cowgirl In The Sand Don't Let It Bring You Down Ohio Cinnamon Girl Down By The River Oh, Lonesome Me Heart Of Gold Old Man The Needle And The Damage Done Walk On See The Sky About To Rain For The Turnstiles Tonight's The Night Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown Tell Me Why Tired Eyes Like A Hurricane Spirit Road No Hidden Path The Loner After The Goldrush Only Love Can Break Your Heart Till The Morning Comes Birds When You Dance I Can Really Love I Believe In You Cripple Creek Ferry Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black) Rockin' In The Free World Burned
was I the only voter for No Hidden Path and Spirit Road? Guess I rate Chrome Dreams II more highly than most.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 12 July 2012 10:13 (10 months ago) Permalink
Did you see the Chrome Dreams II tour? Great show but I remember resenting No Hidden Path for gibbling up 15-20 minutes of prime setlist real estate.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 12 July 2012 10:15 (10 months ago) Permalink
i'm sorry cripple creek ferry didn't make it, always thought it would've been a perfect song for him to perform w/ the muppets (NOT a diss!)
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 12 July 2012 10:24 (10 months ago) Permalink
Gobbling. I don't know what gibbling is but I'm sure I'd have resented that too.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 12 July 2012 10:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
yes saw that tour, no resentment! found the 15-minute NHP pretty transcendent actually... also kind of enjoyed the fact that he was prepared to do that, it seemed a very "Neil Young" move.
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Thursday, 12 July 2012 11:12 (10 months ago) Permalink
"Dirty Old Man" is a good 'un.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 July 2012 11:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
xp Yeah, it's true. It would be weird to go to a Neil Young concert and not have a few quixotic moments. It was still a tremendous set. Looking at other setlists from the 90s and 00s, that show had more of my favourites than any other - six songs out of this poll's Top 10 in fact. This whole process has made me desperate to see him again.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:54 (10 months ago) Permalink
I have tickets to see him in Philadelphia in November. Ridiculously excited even though I'm afraid half the set will be Americana and new unreleased stuff.
― cwkiii, Thursday, 12 July 2012 12:58 (10 months ago) Permalink
And "Philadelphia," I'm guessing.
― clemenza, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:00 (10 months ago) Permalink
holy shit i just read (ok, skimmed) through most of this and while there are things i would like to respond to, here are the highlights for ease of digestion:
1) sorry i missed this, i had more interesting things to say than the tiny little craplets i wrote to EZ, but thank you for posting (and possibly reading) my craplets2) Yeah this song doesn't do anything for me. "I love Ohio (the place) even if it is super duper fucked up" kind of a weird reason for voting it #1?
― boxall, Wednesday, July 11, 2012 11:55 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark
I can explain. First, I'm from Northeast Ohio. Not just from there, but have a complicated and many-tentacled relationship with the politics of the place. This poll happened to coincide with (as I have mentioned elsewhere) my sorting and scanning of a huge box of old photos. When I realized that a bunch of them were related to politics, I made a tumblr for them. Most of them are 70s, but I threw the 80s on the url in case I found more. http://campaigners70sand80s.tumblr.com/
In sum, NEOH is super duper fucked up but I love it in spite of that, which is one of my ways of loving things. I feel like Neil Young understands how poignant and painful this kind of love is. Not that "Ohio" the song exemplifies it, but I know he understands. This may or may not explain my reasoning, but my reasoning may or may not make sense and that alone is emblematic of the feelings (lol feelings) I have about NEOH.
Thank you clemenza and ilxors for the opportunity to yap about my favorite NY songs -- I'm not sure any one person would have been able to handle this conversation alone because it would have been very very boring.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:27 (10 months ago) Permalink
This button, an overstuffed suitcase with "JAR" on the tag referred to James A Rhodes, the governor at the time of the Kent State shootings.
From wiki
During a press conference at the Kent firehouse, an emotional Governor Rhodes pounded on the desk[17] and called the student protesters un-American, referring to them as revolutionaries set on destroying higher education in Ohio. "We've seen here at the city of Kent especially, probably the most vicious form of campus oriented violence yet perpetrated by dissident groups. They make definite plans of burning, destroying, and throwing rocks at police, and at the National Guard and the Highway Patrol. This is when we're going to use every part of the law enforcement agency of Ohio to drive them out of Kent. We are going to eradicate the problem. We're not going to treat the symptoms. And these people just move from one campus to the other and terrorize the community. They're worse than the brown shirts and the communist element and also the night riders and the vigilantes", Rhodes said. "They're the worst type of people that we harbor in America. Now I want to say this. They are not going to take over [the] campus. I think that we're up against the strongest, well-trained, militant, revolutionary group that has ever assembled in America."[18] Rhodes can be heard in the recording of his speech yelling and pounding his fists on the desk.[19][20]
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
love the photos (and their rudimentary captions)
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:34 (10 months ago) Permalink
thanks!
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
'they're worse than the brown shirts' - what does this mean?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:36 (10 months ago) Permalink
nazis
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
classy guy, huh? the pin was a reference to the frequent call for Rhodes to "pack [your] bags"
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
Fantastic photos, La Lechera--and yes, the man-sits-in-chair captions. Are these family photos, or did you come by them some other way?
― clemenza, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
Assuming that there's very little cross-pollination between googlers interested in Ohio politics and this thread, the former. There's more to say but I don't really want to put it here. I kind of like to keep it "here are some fun and happy political people from Ohio in the 70s" neutral.
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Not to worry--even Liza Minnelli made an appearance in this thread. (Oh wait, that was my doing...)
― clemenza, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
Welcome back La Lechera! I didn't post your ballot if you want it on here for posterity.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:53 (10 months ago) Permalink
Here it is if anyone cares/for posterity
1 Ohio2 Helpless3 Lotta Love (Neil's version, not Nicolette's)4 Cowgirl in the Sand5 Expecting to Fly6 Don't Cry No Tears7 Danger Bird8 Cortez the Killer 9 Powderfinger10 Albuquerque
11 Running Dry12 Harvest Moon13 Tired Eyes14 Old Man15 Heart of Gold16 Like a Hurricane17 Rockin in the Free World18 Wrecking Ball19 Harvest20 Bad Fog of Loneliness
21 When Your Lonely Heart Breaks22 Mellow My Mind23 Barstool Blues24 Slip Away25 Revolution Blues26 Pocahontas27 On the Beach28 Down by the River29 Don't Let it Bring You Down30 When You Dance I Can Really Love
31 Razor Love32 A Man Needs a Maid33 Pardon My Heart34 See the Sky About to Rain35 Loose Change36 Prisoners of Rock and Roll
― nicest bitch of poster (La Lechera), Thursday, 12 July 2012 13:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
Emperor of Wyoming dope choice buzza
― Euler, Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
That is a very cool set of photos and explanation, not that you owed me/us one - thanks. xps
― boxall, Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:29 (10 months ago) Permalink
xposting I'd be shocked if "Americana" played much of a part of the upcoming Crazy Horse tour. But maybe the unreleased (maybe never to be released?) other album will. Per Young, " [the tour] is going to be [songs from] the past, the present and the future."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 12 July 2012 14:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
I wouldn't mind a few songs from Americana but if he busts out the unreleased 20+ minute jam and it doesn't deliver I'm gonna be bummed!
― cwkiii, Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
Pretty obsessed with Jesus' Chariot on Americana. I wish this was the version of She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain that comes out of my daughter's toy 20 times a day.
― Get wolves (DL), Thursday, 12 July 2012 16:45 (10 months ago) Permalink
Here's my ballot:
Mr. Soul (Mono) - Archives Vol. 1Everbody Knows This Is Nowhere - Everybody's Knows this Is NowwhereDown by the River - LIve at the FillmoreCowgirl in the Sand - LIve at the FilmoreOn the Way Home - Live at Massey HallI'm the Ocean - Mirror BallDreamin' Man - Harvest MoonRockin' the Free World - FreedomToo Far Gone - Chrome Dreams version (unreleased)Comes a Time - Comes a TimeWill to Love - American Stars n Bars/Chrome DreamsWinterlong - DecadeTonights' the Night - Tonight's the NightCome on Baby Let's Go Downtown - Tonight's the NightAlbuquerque - Tonight's the NightMellow My Mind - Tonight's the NIghtTired Eyes - Tonight's the NightDon't Cry No Tears - ZumaBarstool Blues - ZumaCortez the Killer - ZumaRevolution Blues - On the BeachFor the Turnstiles - On the BeachOut on the Weekend - HarvestHeart of Gold - HarvestOld Man - HarvestMansion on the Hill - Ragged GloryMy My Hey Hey - Into the Black - Rust Never SleepsThrasher - Rust Never SleepsPocohontas - Rust Never SleepsPowderfinger - Rust Never SleepsSedan Delivery - Rust Never SleepsPushed it Over the End - Citizen Kane Junior BluesHippie Dream - Landing on WaterTransformer Man - TransTime Fades Away - Time Fades AwayHelpless - DecadeLike a Hurricane - American Stars n BarsI've Loved Her So Long - ArchivesShots - Re Ac TorWorld on A String - Tonights't the Night
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:08 (10 months ago) Permalink
Yeah "Jesus' Chariot" is the best song on that record
xpost
― cwkiii, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:11 (10 months ago) Permalink
glad to see too far gone showing up on some ballots. kind of a perfect song imo. otm about the chrome dreams version being superior. the 76 live renditions are great too
― tylerw, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:14 (10 months ago) Permalink
I would have voted for Clementine from Americana if I knew about it. That is absolutely killer.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:25 (10 months ago) Permalink
^^My last cut.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 12 July 2012 17:29 (10 months ago) Permalink
really did not expect quite so much Thrasher love but i've always been into that one. In 1981 i spent tenth grade in Israel on a kibbutz and a few classmates were Canadians and Neil was our classes' go-to fave for singalongs and late night listening. I useda listen to RNS all the time for awhile there and Thrasher in particular always meant a lot on account of the fact that the lyrics, while kinda obtuse or impenetrable maybe, def seemed Zionistic considering our circumstances. i'm no Zionist these days but Neil still rules....
― making plans for nyquil (outdoor_miner), Thursday, 12 July 2012 20:38 (10 months ago) Permalink
Who knew?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 July 2012 21:09 (10 months ago) Permalink
I had to check, but I have that (called it an "ordeal" in the covers piece). Something I'd forgotten: Neil and Manson share a birthday (Nov. 12, eleven years apart).
― clemenza, Saturday, 14 July 2012 22:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
This interview with Neil's longtime guitar tech is pretty cool
― windjammer voyage (blank), Monday, 16 July 2012 02:28 (10 months ago) Permalink
I duly acquired Trans and listened to it for the first time over the weekend. Love it. I can stop saying it's NY's best album just to be contrary now (<-- jk).
― Jeff W, Monday, 16 July 2012 11:18 (10 months ago) Permalink
I heard "Old Man" last night at a Sunflower market, and immediately regretted that I never submitted a ballot for this.
― _Rudipherous_, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 00:06 (10 months ago) Permalink
Effexts this thread has on your life: watching Hell's Kitchen and the red team has a pulled pork punishment which involves them checking it hourly through the night. An alarm sounds which they cancel by pressing a "big red button at the side of the grill". So naturally I started singing that to the tune of "Don't Let It Bring You Down".
― Desire is withered away from the sons of men! (aldo), Tuesday, 17 July 2012 09:41 (10 months ago) Permalink
instant earworm, great
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 17 July 2012 09:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
Big red button at the side of the grillWith the pulled pork piled highMadman chef on everybody’s caseMakes a grown man want to cry
Cold wind ripping through the kitchen at dawnAs the cameras start to rollMadman chef still frothing at the mouthMakes a grown man lose his soul
Don't let it bring you downIt's only pulled pork grillingFind someone who's chillingAnd you will come around
(No excuse for that sort of thing, I know.)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 18 July 2012 18:48 (10 months ago) Permalink
Has this been posted here yet? Acoustic Albuquerque?Maybe I'm just in a sappy mood today (I mean obvious I totally am) but this sounds like the most poignant thing on earth atm.
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 September 2012 22:27 (8 months ago) Permalink
i was gonna put this in the "last movies you watched" thread, but it fits better here I think.
Last week I screened Dusty & Sweets McGee, Floyd Mutrux's faux-documentary on heroin addicts in '70-'71 LA, and was wondering if any Neil fans here had seen it? Even though you don't actually hear any of his music in the film (and there's a bunch of music in it), it's like Time Fades Away/Tonight's The Night: The Movie! I kept expecting to see Danny Whitten or Bruce Berry pop up in the background.
Here's the only clip I could find on youtube, which has a short monologue from the dealer character, a Texan who tools around in a '70 Boss 302 Mustang. I can't help seeing him as the guy from "Tired Eyes". (discussion in clip NSFW)
― Hut Stricklin at Lake Speed (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:29 (8 months ago) Permalink
How did you get hold of that (or were you streaming it)? Pretty sure I remember a big Sunset Strip billboard for Time Fades Away in Mutrux's Aloha Bobby and Rose.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:36 (8 months ago) Permalink
Warner Archive MOD
― Hut Stricklin at Lake Speed (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
Great--I've got to find somewhere that'll ship reasonably to Canada. I recently bought Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues, which is a year later and the same terrain.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 5 September 2012 01:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
Would watch!
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 5 September 2012 02:05 (8 months ago) Permalink