He was fumbling around for his car keys when he wrote that.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
i'm not a big fan of the song. perhaps a kneejerk reaction to the idea of the title track of a guy's first album released after becoming really famous featuring morose talk of radio interviews.
The thing is, Neil was bitching about being famous BEFORE he was famous (See: Buffalo Springfield, "Out of My Mind")
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
Which it's disappointing that neil doesn't do tell me went cuz he doesn't know what it's about, I consider that maybe the hallmark of his great songwriting, this weird ambiguity
It's when he's real literal - this notes for you - is when he sucks
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:24 (eleven years ago) link
I think I can "sing" every last guitar note in "Cowgirl."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:25 (eleven years ago) link
so am I right in expecting that "Cowgirl" vs. "Down by The River" is pretty much a Veronica/Betty thing?......my girl lost!
― theStalePrince, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Jughead = "Last Trip to Tulsa"?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Btw I felt the title tracks to everybody knows kind of slipped by with out enough praise for being a to ten guitar rock song ever, far too lowLove cowgirl, but now prefer the fillmore vers of that & down by the river slightly
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think any great ”lost” reissue thing lived up to my expectations like fillmore
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
thx for reminding me to pull out that Fillmore record more often, that one is really good
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:28 (eleven years ago) link
yeah when i want to hear cowgirl, i go to the fillmore version. neil is so amazing there that he completely forgot how to play guitar like that for about five years.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:29 (eleven years ago) link
The original is so much a part of my DNA at this point, I don't think it'd be possible for me to prefer another version, but I have Fillmore, so I'll give it another listen.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:30 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah ever since getting the Fillmore disc I never play the album versions of the guitar epics - don't even know if I remember them that well! Do they have anything quite like Nitzsche's electric piano lurking at the bottom of the mix?
― boxall, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
I'm hoping Veronica is next. Can't stand either of 'em personally, although I do like the Low & Dirty 3 cover of "River".
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:31 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think any great ”lost” reissue thing lived up to my expectations like fillmore OTM
The Cowgirl solo is a thing of rare and powerful beauty.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
Last performance: 2011-05-11, Massey Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
One of my big surprises researching covers was finding the Byrds' version of "Cowgirl."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
Cowgirl was at 34 for me, while DBTR was at 32. Guess I'm a little burnt on both of them, but I will absolutely take a live version of either over the studio cuts.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil6.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
the intro to studio "Cowgirl" works v v well for kicking off late-night college radio, though--live versions can't match it!
― theStalePrince, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:34 (eleven years ago) link
TOO LOW!!!
Had this at, um, #6. :-)
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:35 (eleven years ago) link
The "ma, send me money now" verse coming out of nowhere one of the greatest imaginative/intuitive leaps ever, I think.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
ha, i cut CG, because i figured it'd be high anyway. but what a great song/riff. Byrds' version of "Cowgirl" is really nice!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
"Cinnamon Girl" was my #1. I love the song, but it was also a nickname I gave to my wife two years before we started dating. That was 20 years ago. Damn.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:36 (eleven years ago) link
Much more poetic than if you'd gone with "Motorcycle Mama."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:37 (eleven years ago) link
Ah, some of mine are placing now. The intro to Cowgirl is all-time - so ominous yet inevitable.
On The Beach was my no.1. My first exposure was in a documentary when bbc4 ran a Neil Young night. It had this soundtrack full of incredible tunes I didn't know, which turned out to mostly be OTB cuts, so its non-availability was a huge factor for me.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:38 (eleven years ago) link
Everyone familiar with the alternate "single" mix of CG? Anyone prefer it?
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:42 (eleven years ago) link
I don't know about the mix, but I assume the single eliminates the coda? Or do AM deejays just end it earlier?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, with whitten's vocals more prominent? it's aight. here's another interesting alternatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyK00lIRxUo
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:44 (eleven years ago) link
I have the single. It's...innarresting. Loses the guitar erruption at the end. Overall, not as good as the album cut.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
"Cinnamon Girl" crossed with "Sea of Madness"...I like!
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's kinda groovy.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil5.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
On another borad I used to be on, someone had the handle "Cinnamon Girl". Everyone assumed she was a Neil fan, but she said she chose that moniker because she likes cinnamon and had never even heard of the Neil Young song until everyone asked her about it
― Lee626, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
Now this one I don't really get.
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Love the dancing "Road Eyes" in this clip:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XWHF27R0AA
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
Disregard all my skepticism about On the Beach when it comes to this one.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:47 (eleven years ago) link
man you guys REALLY overrate side 2 of OTB
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:48 (eleven years ago) link
Oh, man...the Road Eyes danced to "Cinnamon Girl" at that '78 show I saw. Neil wore exactly the same outfit, too.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Who are you, Al Schmitt?
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
"Ambulance Blues" was my number two!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
I have no idea who that is, so probably not
xp
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
impossible to overrate side 2 of on the beach imo
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
"Ambulance Blues" is my pick of the Beach blues cuts.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
My #2. Astounding song. His voice is unusually beautiful here and the whole thing makes me think of Elliott Gould in The Long Goodbye for some reason.
And there ain't nothin' like a friendWho can tell you you're just pissin' in the wind
― Get wolves (DL), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
I knew the riff long before the song itself, then when I finally found out the title I mistakenly thought it was "Cinema Girl" for awhile xxxpost
― aerosmith suck because their corporate rock that sucks (Myonga Vön Bontee), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Had Ambulance Blues at #3. Saw him do it solo acoustic in 99 from the fourth row. Just about blew my mind. SO SO SO amazing.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
Did Pancho wear that Canadians jersey too?
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
Al produced the Airplane, too. Yeah, Marlowe thinking about Terry Lennox--nice connection.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:52 (eleven years ago) link
He was the producer of side 2, who quit when Neil insisted on using his rough mixes of the songs (prepared for party) on the album.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link