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
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
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
"Ambulance" is perfect for first six minutes or so. The interplay between Rusty's fiddle and what Neil's doing is beautiful. Then it kind of stumbles a bit? Or wears out its welcome anyway. Last two verses are relatively weak IMHO, esp. the couplet that DL quotes! Love the 'clonk' near the end though.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
hmm has Cortez not appeared yet...? Would be okay with that beating pretty much everything in the top 10 so far tbh
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
"Expecting to Fly" is the only surprise I'm surprised to see this high, besides all the "TTN" stuff. Beginning to think lots of my stuff won't make it, particularly late period stuff. I blame the ditch.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Okay I was wrong, Ambulance Blues is lovely
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link