Laura, I'm not sure in which show Neil played the longest version of Danger Bird but in case you're interested in tracking down bootlegs, this site lists all 39 performances of the song.
― agnosy, Thursday, 15 March 2012 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
and as for covers of danger bird, seems like some band like Earth should be doing it.
― tylerw, Thursday, March 15, 2012 12:29 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark
exactly what i was thinking!!!
agnosy, thank you -- those are some ridiculous setlists!! i saw NY only once, on my 25th birthday in 2000.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 17:55 (twelve years ago) link
Ha! Here's the setlist.
2000-08-23, Alltel Pavilion at Walnut Creek, Raleigh, North Carolina, USAw/ The Friends And RelativesMotorcycle Mama / Powderfinger / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere / I Believe In You / Unknown Legend / Dance Dance Dance / Buffalo Springfield Again / Razor Love / From Hank To Hendrix / Daddy Went Walkin' / Peace Of Mind / Walk On / Winterlong / Bad Fog Of Loneliness / Words / Harvest Moon / World On A String / Tonight's The Night // Like A Hurricane // Mellow My Mind
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:03 (twelve years ago) link
hee hee, that sugar mtn site is pretty fun. setlists galore! posters! ticket stub scans! was just listening to that road rocks live disc (which i think is the tour you saw). not amazing, but some col stuff, like the drums/guitar duel that "cowgirl in the sand" turns into.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:08 (twelve years ago) link
La Lechera: somebody named 27 does a good cover of "Danger Bird." It's on Songs from the Edge of the Wing, if you can find it.
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:33 (twelve years ago) link
Thx clemenza - I listened on myspace -- not bad! Sounds pretty faithful to the original aside from the female vocals? I find myself wanting everyone in this band to go a little more nuts, though. I'm probably in the minority in that regard -- most people like more normal singing/pretty voices. She has a pretty voice.
If this super doomy mega heavy loud cover of Danger Bird doesn't exist yet, can I put out a request for ILX musicians to please get on it? There should be an all-requests ILX comp.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:42 (twelve years ago) link
I adore this record.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
I like the "fly fly fly" part at the end best.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Here it is on Grooveshark, if anyone else is interested:
http://grooveshark.com/#!/s/07+Danger+Bird/3xCYUE?src=5
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:44 (twelve years ago) link
Danger Bird reminds me of Calvary Cross, so to that end there is thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJlIo-WU_0E
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:51 (twelve years ago) link
That's good and sloppy!!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
Man, never heard the Link Wray song or this Peter Laughner song, both of which are great. Is this Laughner song on an oficial album? Mostly know him from Rocket From the Tombs etc. associations.
― grandavis, Thursday, 15 March 2012 18:59 (twelve years ago) link
Watching you with one green eye
It's a cover of a Richard and Linda Thompson song, it is included on the Laughner comp Take the Guitar Player for a Ride.
― Trip Maker, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:01 (twelve years ago) link
Cool, thanks. Think I knew it was a cover, but I haven't dug into much Richard (or R&Linda) Thompson stuff. Great cover though.
― grandavis, Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:03 (twelve years ago) link
<3 calvary cross btw, excellent song!! i had never heard that cover before. initially i was impressed only by the sloppiness, but that's what was missing from the danger bird cover posted upthread. it was good, but polite.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:10 (twelve years ago) link
endless talking about danger bird: not back at it, still at itPOLL: YEAR OF THE HORSE -- Neil Young and Crazy Horse
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Thursday, 15 March 2012 19:26 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 16 March 2012 02:39 (twelve years ago) link
you asked for it -- four live versions of "danger bird" here: http://ow.ly/9HFfJ
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 17:48 (twelve years ago) link
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!! thank you so much!this makes my day
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 17:53 (twelve years ago) link
no problemo. listening to these, it *is* really ridiculous that Earth hasn't covered this song. is there a petition we can get going?
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 17:54 (twelve years ago) link
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 prettyhttp://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!)
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 17:57 (twelve years ago) link
ugh sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ux6v5iIn5NA
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 17:59 (twelve years ago) link
ooh, that is pretty good. the echoey sax works! hi amanda, i know you are real!
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 18:07 (twelve years ago) link
this is a more straightforward cover, but i like ithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N17vG_pfKhY&feature=related
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 18:12 (twelve years ago) link
i just wanted to reiterate that i am a real person who has genuine thanks for all of these danger birds.
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 18:16 (twelve years ago) link
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!
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 19:44 (twelve years ago) link
hee hee, yeah. if i was more technologically adept, i'd mix all of these into one continuous track.
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 19:45 (twelve years ago) link
some seriously weird shit going on in the santa cruz version! also enthusiastic belting FLYYYYYYY <3
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 19:58 (twelve years ago) link
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, USAw/ Crazy HorseHey 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
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:02 (twelve years ago) link
the acoustic piano one is so tender that it should come with a warninggood lord
― Laura Lucy Lynn (La Lechera), Friday, 16 March 2012 20:03 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― tylerw, Friday, 16 March 2012 20:04 (twelve years ago) link
thx for all these danger birds
assume folks have heard this, 20 minutes of CtK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqb1Cp3r2rwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htFJUrYd2es
― diamanda ram dass (Edward III), Friday, 16 March 2012 20:16 (twelve years ago) link
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.)
― clemenza, Monday, 3 March 2014 14:53 (ten years ago) link
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
― vigetable (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 December 2014 18:35 (nine years ago) link
Dangerbird too low, even if it is equal 4th
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:33 (nine years ago) link
bottom 3 otm though
― vigetable (La Lechera), Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:38 (nine years ago) link
Or 3rd, even (DB)
― Master of Treacle, Thursday, 18 December 2014 19:42 (nine years ago) link
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
― marcos, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:11 (nine years ago) link
i do wish he'd re-thought the lyrics but i give it a pass because guitars
― tylerw, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link
Stupid Girl seems like more of a Don'n'Glenn type song
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
lyrically
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
XPS Besides, What's Poncho-era Crazy Horse without something boneheaded?
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:18 (nine years ago) link
i was about to defend 'stupid girl' but yeah it's garbage
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:29 (nine years ago) link
guitars seconded, not garbage
― Root It Oot (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:43 (nine years ago) link
sorry, that is just how i feel.
― languagelessness (mattresslessness), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:46 (nine years ago) link
Also stupid lyrics from Neil Young? Not exactly an unusual occurence... though less so than Lou Reed for instance.
― Root It Oot (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:47 (nine years ago) link
Lou Reed would have at least thrown a couple good, cruel jokes into a song called "Stupid Girl"
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:48 (nine years ago) link
It's no classic, that's for sure!
― Root It Oot (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 December 2014 23:49 (nine years ago) link
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
― vigetable (La Lechera), Friday, 19 December 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link
barstool blues is fuckin CRAZY. i burn my voice out singing to that tune
― marcos, Friday, 19 December 2014 00:49 (nine years ago) link