NEW CRAZY HORSE ALBUM IN OCTOBERPsychedelic Pill will be released in October. It was recorded right after Americana at Audio Casa Blanca. A double-CD and triple-vinyl will be released because of the lengths of many of the songs, some of which were previewed in Crazy Horse's live performances earlier this month. In the spirit of Americana's release, full length videos for each of the songs will be available and previewed. A recommended high resolution 24/192 full fidelity version of the album Psychedelic Pill will be released on Blu-ray and will include all the videos. The low resolution iTunes downloads will also be accompanied by videos. Thanks for listening.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:25 (9 months ago) Permalink
YES
― cwkiii, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
triple LP! i guess walk like a giant will take up a whole side.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 24 August 2012 15:58 (9 months ago) Permalink
How much does Neil charge for a triple LP? $100?
― cwkiii, Friday, 24 August 2012 15:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
for reali was all excited and then ;_; when i thought about how much it was going to cost
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
yeah, aren't his single LPs like $45?
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
the heavy ones, yeah :-/
― catbus otm (gbx), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:01 (9 months ago) Permalink
that is absurd
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
I want to hear this and yet there is no way I will be able to afford it
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
We can pool our money and buy one copy, and than someone plays it for us in a Google Hangout. It's what Neil would want.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:27 (9 months ago) Permalink
low resolution itunes downloads for you poor bastards.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
I'm waiting for the Barn-Ray.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
b-b-but the "recommended high resolution 24/192 full fidelity version"!!
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:29 (9 months ago) Permalink
Rumor is that the Smell The Horse deluxe edition comes with a plastic bag full of manure
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:31 (9 months ago) Permalink
fully compostable I assume
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 16:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
This should actually just be a pill that you take so you can hear the album inside your head at 24/192. And then die.
― cwkiii, Friday, 24 August 2012 16:35 (9 months ago) Permalink
Getting a jump on the next poll.
Truthfully, I'm not especially excited. I always hope for the best, but I know that a) I won't be buying an overpriced double-CD from anyone (much less a really overpriced triple-LP), and b) every new Neil album is greeted as an event these days, even though he churns them out regularly, and, unless you have realistic expectations (a handful of good songs), you'll probably be disappointed.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
have you listened to any of the new songs? at least two of em (walk like a giant and ramada inn) are pretty classic sounding to me. title track is the weakest of the bunch thus far.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 18:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
Just half of "Walk Like a Giant"; it didn't make much of an impression. It was a live version, though, so you never know.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
No, Clemenza you must not imply dismissal of Americana, because I like it VERY VERY MUCH, except "Tom Dula" and maybe "Gallows Pole." I like it the way I like rock of the 60s from Turkey, SE Asia, Latin America: love the way it finds something something fresh in seemingly played-out songs and (re the international 60s) styles). Pleeeeze Nora Guthrie, give Neil & The Horse a big dose of Woody's uncut words! I'll buy a nice-priced used copy of Psychedelic Pill for my own xmas present. no prob.
― dow, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
The CD, that is. C'mon, Blu-Ray cavemen? Might spoil it.
― dow, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:07 (9 months ago) Permalink
Neil deals in revamping seemingly-played out songs, 60s interantionale mostly in played-out styles, that is (sorry)
― dow, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
fuck, 60s Internationale, that is-sorry!!
― dow, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
I only listened to Americana once, off YouTube, which I know is a crazy way to take in music. A friend of mine really likes it. I'm probably making broad generalizations that I should have limited to my disappointment in Le Noise. And I should probably get my head out of the 1970s.
― clemenza, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:11 (9 months ago) Permalink
i dunno, head in the 70s seems just right for triple LP. maybe not a triple LP that costs $100, but still.
― tylerw, Friday, 24 August 2012 19:13 (9 months ago) Permalink
I haven't heard anything in its entirety since Greendale (lol) but I am psyched for this
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 19:14 (9 months ago) Permalink
Good thing everyone has Blu-Ray players in their cars.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 24 August 2012 19:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
standard feature in all biodiesel tourbuses iirc
― The Radioheads are massive in the Man community (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 August 2012 19:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
imo Fork in the Road, Le Noise, Americana has been a pretty damn solid run, give or take a track here and there, and judging from what everyone who's heard the recent live boots is saying, my hopes are pretty high for this one. I'm a huge Year of the Horse fan, though.
― cwkiii, Friday, 24 August 2012 20:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
Certainly been enjoying the live sets that have turned up on Dime recently.
― Stevolende, Friday, 24 August 2012 20:32 (9 months ago) Permalink
I like Fork in the Road and Americana about the same, which is to say they're A- records I have to remind myself to play.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 24 August 2012 20:36 (9 months ago) Permalink
I'm enough of a Neil fan to hope this isn't a joke.
― Choogle Image Search (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 24 August 2012 22:30 (9 months ago) Permalink
Didn't hear any of Americana beyond "Oh Susanna"; will nevertheless check this one out in the hopes that it's some massive Rallizes-esque mind-destroyer.
― 誤訳侮辱, Friday, 24 August 2012 23:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
Does the 30-minute jam in the original Americana teaser video have a name?
― Earth, Wind & Fire & Alabama (Eazy), Saturday, 25 August 2012 00:11 (8 months ago) Permalink
yes, Horse Back
― agnosy, Saturday, 25 August 2012 03:28 (8 months ago) Permalink
Disc: 11. Driftin Back2. Psychedelic Pill3. Ramada Inn4. Born In Ontario
Disc: 21. Twisted Road2. She's Always Dancing3. For The Love Of Man4. Walk Like A Giant5. Psychedelic Pill (Bonus Track Alternate Mix)
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 13:32 (8 months ago) Permalink
hey I was born in Ontario too! (still here btw)
― aerosmith suck because their corporate rock that sucks (Myonga Vön Bontee), Monday, 10 September 2012 13:56 (8 months ago) Permalink
Vinyl edition is close to $90. I can only assume this is because he can't stand the sound of vinyl, and would much rather people heard his music digitally.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 14:44 (8 months ago) Permalink
haha, yikes. for that much dough, i'd want neil to hand deliver the album to me. still! an exciting october -- this album and Waging Heavy Peace, the surely to be somewhat disappointing memoir.
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 14:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I don't have massive hopes for Waging Heavy Peace. I wouldn't be surprised if more space was devoted to his train collection than to Tonight's The Night.
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 14:52 (8 months ago) Permalink
...or just arcane details linking the two: "Danny Whitten gave me this scale model of a post office...this H/O scale van is just like Bruce Berry's...David Briggs poured beer on this control box...shorted out the whole building...innaresting."
― Instagrams of Lily on My Facebook Wall (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:54 (8 months ago) Permalink
irl lol
― And Romney doesn't know what day it is... (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 September 2012 18:58 (8 months ago) Permalink
haaa
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:01 (8 months ago) Permalink
Watching YouTube footage of "Walk Like a Giant" right now and will absolutely 100% buy this album if it sounds half as good as this. This sounds like it could be his best album since Ragged Glory.
― 誤訳侮辱, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:02 (8 months ago) Permalink
Man fuck that vinyl pricing :-(
― Jandek at the Disco (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 September 2012 19:09 (8 months ago) Permalink
yeah but dude what if the Bonus Track Alternate Mix is a 25+ minute Trans jammmmmm
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:14 (8 months ago) Permalink
most anticipated LP of the year. that youtube sounds great.
― harpal, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:37 (8 months ago) Permalink
in case anyone missed this important thing http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/29629148690/arc-2012-for-nearly-two-decades-now-fans-have
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:47 (8 months ago) Permalink
i think i'm going to have it pressed on LP and sell it for $99
― tylerw, Monday, 10 September 2012 19:48 (8 months ago) Permalink
Even fucking Sinatra couldn't say no to Neil Young:
In 1976, the Reprise label was deactivated by Warner Brothers and all of its roster (except Frank Sinatra and Neil Young) was moved to the main Warner Bros. label. An unconfirmed explanation for this move is that Sinatra wanted to be the only artist on Reprise, and Young is said to have been the only Reprise act who refused to agree to a change in labels.[citation needed].
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 19:24 (6 months ago) Permalink
I hear they also liked big cars and model trains.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 20:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
i quite like the album, esp. "ramada inn" and "she's always dancing" but what really puts me off is neil young's voice which simply totally kills all that wonderful guitar interaction. why the fuck doesn't he just shut up? don't get me wrong i like his voice in the right context like just on his own with his acoustic guitar. but here it sounds so unbelievably wrong. it makes you think that all those guitars are in reality played by mice. so crap. if the album had been 100% instrumental and it would have been condensed into 60 minutes it would have been the greatest release of 2012. but like this it is just about in the top ten. the ballads are rubbish too, eg "for the love of man".
― alex in mainhattan, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 21:44 (6 months ago) Permalink
I just spoke with Neil and he's cool with top ten.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
i've been making up my own words for driftin back"now i'm checkin' my email / got an email from my mom / hey now now hey now now"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
8 debut on the billboard chartzz
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
"can't remember what I had for breakfast / probably had toast and eggs / hey now now hey now now."
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:35 (6 months ago) Permalink
"listenin' to oneida / man they sound far out / hey now now hey now now"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:38 (6 months ago) Permalink
I've made my peace with "Driftin' Back"'s lyrics. If I love a song enough musically, lyrics that at first fall short eventually just become an abstraction. I sing along with every line in the car, and don't really care what they mean.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:48 (6 months ago) Permalink
No Hip Hop Haircut for you!/Hey Now Now Hey Now Now
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
I used to dig Hip Hop haircuts/then Jesus came along, turned them all into mp3s/hey now now, hey now now.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:56 (6 months ago) Permalink
it's a 2cd right? so it actually pushed half as many copies. considering le noise and americana debuted at 2 i'm guessing that's a drop unless it was a real busy week
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:57 (6 months ago) Permalink
lol wait i was looking at canadian number. americana debuted at 4 and lenoise at 14
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 22:58 (6 months ago) Permalink
pill at 34k (so really 17k iirc), americana had 44k first week sales - admittedly this is his second album in a year at a daunting price
― da croupier, Tuesday, 13 November 2012 23:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
Not that expensive - Best Buy has it for $14.99.
― 誤訳侮辱, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 01:43 (6 months ago) Permalink
huh, i just assumed it was a solid 2CD price considering the vinyl price ref'd a while back was insane. If there is still a lot of Americana on the shelves that might have affected pre-orders for this
― da croupier, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:00 (6 months ago) Permalink
xpost Amazon had it for about the same. Perhaps Neilheads spent their $$$ that week on Taylor Swift for their kids/younger relations, or are perhaps just waiting for the Pono.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:02 (6 months ago) Permalink
I think the 2 discers listing for old school msrps these days are the Universal (and sometimes Rhino) "deluxe editions" of old albums.
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
That Taylor Swift / She's got a lot of boyfriends / Hey now now hey now now
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:05 (6 months ago) Permalink
There's different one/in every song/Hey now now hey now now
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:31 (6 months ago) Permalink
I got it for 16'99 on sale at an indie store
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 02:54 (6 months ago) Permalink
Mine was $17.99 / $15.99 the week before / hey now now hey now now
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:07 (6 months ago) Permalink
Digital download only costs 5% of full price if I understand Neil correctly.
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 03:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
she's always dancing is really great, that song has grown on me so much
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:20 (6 months ago) Permalink
that's the song i purchased in the end. that plaintive guitar on it is neil's, isn't it? it kind of sounds like a human to me. with emotions, tears and stuff.
― alex in mainhattan, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:41 (6 months ago) Permalink
i really like this album! definitely the neil album i've enjoyed the most since ... silver & gold? probably. i get most of the complaints about the lyrics, but i don't care that much about the lyrics as long as there's that guitarrrrrrr.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 22:43 (6 months ago) Permalink
Agree. My favourite new NY album in a long time. I also love the guitar. I understand those that regret that Neil isn't letting off Weld-style fireworks. I sort of do too. But we're twenty years down the line from then. This sound fits with almost-70-year-old Neil.
― Duke, Wednesday, 21 November 2012 23:06 (6 months ago) Permalink
NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE TO PERFORM BENEFIT CONCERT FOR VICTIMS OF HURRICANE SANDY NEXT THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6TH "A SPECIAL EVENING WITH NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE" TO TAKE PLACE AT BORGATA HOTEL CASINO & SPA IN ATLANTIC CITY
The question is: do they play "Like a Hurricane?"
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 29 November 2012 14:10 (5 months ago) Permalink
UK tour 2013!
June 10th - Newcastle Metro Radio ArenaJune 11th - Birmingham LG ArenaJune 13th - Glasgow SECCJune 15th - Dublin RDS ArenaJune 17th - London O2 Arena
― Gouty_Ted, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:21 (5 months ago) Permalink
seems to be a tour of the UK's most horrible venues
― Ward Fowler, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 15:37 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, what a shame. Neil is one of the few artists I'm grudgingly willing to lift my boycott of the SECC for, though - I've never seen him play with Crazy Horse before and who knows how long it'll be before they make it back to the UK?
― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 16:05 (5 months ago) Permalink
seems relatively ambitious set of venues
no problems with getting tickets though leading up to it
― Master of Treacle, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:04 (5 months ago) Permalink
listened to this album on the (long) bus ride into work today...corny lyrics eradicated by pure righteousness of the playing. twisted road sounds like an Alabama song, i realized.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:16 (5 months ago) Permalink
Splurged for the live show and saw Neil from the floor. Was my first time seeing him since the tour with Sonic Youth and Social Distortion. It was fun. He dragged out the noise on a number of cuts and put his hand through the oversized fender speaker/amp combination thing to make even more noise. I also liked some of the little touches Neil added-- like having video clips of he and the band from the past popping up and then quickly disappearing from the live video feed on one song; the roadies (wearing yellow raincoats and hats) putting crumpled up newspaper pieces and stuff in front of a giant fan on the side of the stage sending debris flying across the stage.
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 17:30 (5 months ago) Permalink
he can't stand the sound of vinyl, and would much rather people heard his music digitally.
Is this true? I would've thought the exact opposite.
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:13 (5 months ago) Permalink
think that was a joke about the ridiculous price of the vinyl.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:16 (5 months ago) Permalink
ok thats what i thought but sometimes deadpan online sarcasm is tough for me
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:17 (5 months ago) Permalink
Yeah, I was being facetious, but it's also the only explanation I could come up with for why the vinyl of PsychPill is so prohibitively expensive.
(the price has come down since then; now it's only $70!)
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:19 (5 months ago) Permalink
i only buy $60 vinyl, sorry neil
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 11 December 2012 18:27 (5 months ago) Permalink
new song? http://www.rustradio.org/mp3/ny2013-03-02t05_HoleInTheSky.mp3seems to be a lincvolt inspired tune -- at least it showed up here: http://lincvolt.tumblr.com/not a new classic...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 5 March 2013 17:23 (2 months ago) Permalink
haha yeah p far from a new classic i'd say
― in a chef-driven ambulance (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 5 March 2013 19:41 (2 months ago) Permalink
"she's always dancing" has really grown on me over time.
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:08 (1 month ago) Permalink
still think this is my fave neil record in a long time...they're playing some deep cuts down under -- "surfer joe," "opera star," "danger bird"...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:15 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah i know i saw opera star on a setlist and i was all jealous!
if he starts doing "Shots" with Crazy Horse I would die
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:24 (1 month ago) Permalink
yeah i don' think they've ever played that one live (tho there is the solo acoustic shots from 78). no t-bone either...
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:31 (1 month ago) Permalink
lol "t-bone", what songwriting chops neil has!
― ums (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:45 (1 month ago) Permalink
Considering what he was holding back at the time (stuff that ended up on Freedom and Ragged Glory), the fact that "t-bone" saw the light of day is baffling.
― Darth Magus (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:56 (1 month ago) Permalink
hey it's a pretty good jam.it is too bad there isn't just one re-ac-tor era crazy horse show where they just destroy everyone.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 17:57 (1 month ago) Permalink
At this point there is no chance of rescuing "T-Bone" from punchline status, but I agree that it's actually a pretty good song!
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:03 (1 month ago) Permalink
I actually don't mind it -- any Neil with the Horse on it gets a pass from me -- but considering "Country Home" was just sitting there, unloved, it kinda calls Neil's decision-making capabilities into question.
(But then, in light of "Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze," it's more likely he wasn't keen on giving Reprise his best shit at the time.)
― Darth Magus (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 26 March 2013 18:05 (1 month ago) Permalink