neil young

no "none of the above"????

just snuck in a vote for tonight's the night. right in the nick of time.

emotion of the less contained and calculated variety

me for tonights the night, too. its so close though - there are better songs on zuma and everybody knows, and almost enough to give the nod to one of them, but TTN takes it

Yeah, Tonight's The Night would be my second or third and very close.

Rust Never Sleeps by a hair, for side one and Powderfinger alone (though nearly sunk by Welfare Mothers).

Oh c'mon, Welfare Mothers is great! My favorite Neil Young throwaway.

DIVORCEE

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

a 3-way tie this time then.

Fair result.

Wait. Zuma should've been much higher, though.

c'est vrai

Someone voted for Everybody's Rockin' again.

One vote for "Zuma"! No way!! This poll is corrupt!!!

"On the Beach" - there's an ILM album if ever there was one

Sleeps With Angels is way too high. And Freedom is way too low.

The fact that Zuma ranked below Trans completely invalidates this poll.

So, basically, I'm the only person who voted for "Zuma"? Don't believe it.

I wasn't around when CSN(and sometimes Y) were at their peak, so apologies for the following somewhat naive question:

How much of Neil Young's popularity in the 70s can be attributed to his association with CSN? The thought never really occurred to me until I was checking out CSN(Y)'s Allmusic entry today, which says "it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles".

Personally, I like Neil Young exponentially more than CSN(Y), so my gut feeling is that the majority of Neil Young's fans were there on account of his own talent. But was there a certain contingency of fans who cheered loudest for "Ohio" and "Helpless", contemplating to themselves at the Live Rust concerts that it would be better if CSN were up on stage too? Or was it more like "Why the hell does Neil Young ever play with them? They butchered 'Helpless'..."? Just wondering what the prevalent view was back in the day.

When CSN and sometimes Y reunited for a predictably horrible album in 1988, Neil begged off the obligatory tour, saying, "I dunno man, those guys need some serious practice."

And that Allmusic statement strikes me as comically absurd.

Yeah, I admit it raised my eyebrow as well, but then I go the ILM search function, and the second thing I read on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young C/D S/D thread is "i'm more interested in the fact that CSN(Y) (or whatever) were actually REALLY POPULAR and BIG -- as in springsteen in '85/outkast or britney spears BIG. that's such a radical sea-change in mass public musical taste that deserves some comment, no?"

On The Beach is very good, but would have voted Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, in fact i shall play it now

hi alex, how is the weather in denver? in frankfurt it has been raining most of the day. i would have voted <i>after the goldrush</i>, i think. but <i>on the beach</i> is a decent winner, too.

i will never learn the ilm html tags...

weird

it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles

In their time their American album sales were HUGE. Their cultural cachet was such that their public greeted "Ohio" as a major statement. I'm wary of statements like AllMusic's, but the Shakey bio also makes the same suggestion.

CSNY were huge because the Byrds, the Hollies, and the Buffalo Springfield had all been huge before.

Dead Man = Neil's best electric work?

look at the bill for this thing
http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/cultural-festivals-and-events/event-listings/hal-willner's-neil-young-project-_70660zv.html

I'm assuming thats a different Chris Brown, otherwise o_O

yeah, probably?
a mix of eh, cool! and whaaaa?
Sam Beam of Iron & Wine
Chris Brown
Vashti Bunyan
Robert Burger
Brendan Canning
Fred Cash
Jason Collett
Julie Doiron
Kevin Drew
Sam Goldberg
Shahzad Ismaily
Eric Mingus
Sun Kil Moon
Jenni Muldaur
Ambrosia Parsley
Justin Peroff
Ben Perowsky
Joan as Policewoman
Elizabeth Powell
Bill Priddle
Lou Reed
Alasdair Roberts
Ron Sexsmith
Teddy Thompson
James Blood Ulmer
Andrew Whiteman
Doug Wieselman

hoping for a mingus/blood ulmer/reed jam on down by the river

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j//msnbc/Components/Video/071107/tdy_chrisbrown_song3_071107.vmodv4.jpg

A MAAAAAAAAAID

Yeah, some good names on there and some wtf ones as well. I scanned it quickly the first time and saw "Bill Priddle" as "Mark Prindle".

http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/chris-brown.jpg
can i get a heart of gooooold?

IT'S THE WOMAN IN YOU THAT MAKES YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAAAAAME!

TAKE IT, ULMER!

haha

wish they would substitute teddy thompson for richard thompson

Neil Young and Bert Jansch, May 24 at DAR Constitution Hall ($83.50-$193.50)

Don't think I want to spend that much to see him on this solo tour.

great bill tho

man i would love to see bert jansch

Neil has always been at the vanguard of steep ticket prices.

geez that is a ridiculous ticket price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nveweVvh0

there is a single $248 seat available at the worcester mass show

thank god I have plans that night

i didn't go see neil the last time he was in town because tix were $100 bucks ... i had just bought the archives so I had blown my neil budget for the year, really.

I missed this poll. I realize that there's no accounting for personal taste, but I do find it unsettling that somebody counts Everybody's Rockin' as his/her favourite Neil Young album.

The cheap seats here in Houston are $69 w/service charge. The big problem though is it's a frontgate event and they don't have outlets in town, so you have to either go to the venue (Jones Hall) or purchase online. According to the seating chart, I've got a nice balcony seat.

Not that I'd have voted for it but shocked that Freedom pulled a zero on this one too, esp with Trans pulling in two votes.

ha, didn't even look at these results ... they are a little ridiculous, but what the heck. (Only 1 vote for Zuma?)

Haven't listened to Rust Bucket in a while; cranking it up on Qobuz now. It's basically the Weld tour (which I saw) as club gig. Mind-roasting.

how does he have the pull to get all these vanity releases pressed up?

Just wanted to raise a plaintive little voice in defence of Weld, which I had on double cassette and listened to many dozens of times back when it was released, it was How I Learned To Love The Horse

I think Neil heads like Weld? Just not my thing.

yeah, I never thought Weld was held in low regard in terms of his live releases with Crazy Horse. I’d probably rate my NY/CH live album preferences as:

1. Live at Fillmore East 1970
2. Way Down in the Rust Bucket
3. Weld
4. Live Rust
5. Year of the Horse

This is the first I've ever heard of someone not liking Weld.

Weld is a classic in my book

I think Western has it right

I've never heard Fillmore East 1970, but I like Year Of The Horse better than Live Rust, just for the hilarious opening line: some guy in the audience shouts, "They all sound the same!" and Neil shouts back, "It's all one song!"

oh man u should def check out that Fillmore gig asap, mindboggling

Whitten really added another dimension to Crazy Horse

I heard Weld when I was first getting into Neil and I was into his classic run. I might would like it more now. Do I remember recordings of war sounds or something?

it came with arc, a whole disc of guitar feedback collage, is there what you're thinking of?

fillmore east 1970 is also absolutely incredible

Do I remember recordings of war sounds or something?

Yeah, there are some sound effects (rockets, explosions, etc.) leading into a very loud, slow, doom-metal version of "Blowin' In The Wind."

lol that’s it, halfway into that track I bailed.

Weld was my first neil LP, hopped-up on Pearl Jam's cover of RITFW and word that Neil was the godfather of grunge, bought on sale in Our Price when they were selling all their vinyl off. I was *this* close to taking it back as I couldn't believed the guitar tone that opens Hey Hey My My wasn't a fault. Soon fell in love with it, though.

xp ha yeah ok i will admit i always found blowin’ in the wind to be tough going

that's what separates Rust Bucket and Weld - i get more of the Doghouse NY on Rust Bucket

I kind of love the sensory assault of "Blowin' in the Wind" on Weld.

i associate weld with neil having massive windswept anime hair. my dad saw that tour and said that it was so loud it was "scary".

just got the official release series 26-29 and let me tell you, if you have never seen the NY band pic on Harvest Moon, you are in for a goddamn treat.

RIYL the barenaked ladies Gordon album cover

If you can get past the revulsion to anything jam band adjacent, I actually really did this "Cortez the Killer" cover Goose and MMJ's Jim James did:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeqldfB6uDc

"really dig" that should be

Jim redeems everything he touches, even jam bands

yeah, Jim definitely brings the right vibe to this, it would have fallen so flat had it been just Goose playing it.

jim had a nice delivery but the second the goose vocalist came in i noped out, that kinda voice gives me the heebie jeebies.