Neil Young & Crazy Horse - Americana

"was hoping"

haaard times

Don't google "Chum and Chum" unless you want to be disappointed.

Saw him with Crazy Horse in 1991. His last encore was "Welfare Mothers," with the (huge basketball arena) house lights on.

― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Thursday, June 14, 2012 12:40 PM (2 days ago)

so i'm just catching up w/ this thread right now, busy week, but man this post kinda depressed me!

I was at the same tour, the one with Social Distortion and Sonic Youth opening up. And yeah, we got "Welfare Mothers" at the end with the lights on.

But it really felt like an organic thing -- like, after the last encore (which I think might have been "Sedan Delivery"??), people were SO psyched about the show that they kept on clapping and clapping and clapping, even after the lights had come back on, that Neil and band were almost forced to come back out for one last one.

Like, you just never see that. Like ever. The whole business about "encores" is so rote and perfunctory and scripted. That Neil Young show -- when he came out with all the bright lights one to do "Welfare Mothers" -- is the one and only time I've ever felt that that scriptedness was done away with. And I've always regaled friends with the tale of how awesome it was ever since. So it kind of bums me out, Tarfumes, to hear you got the same deal, like it was just maybe something he *did* on that tour...

unless, of course I guess, you were actually at the same show as me -- Rosement Horizon??

Rob, I want to say he may have done the same thing when he did the show in Philly?

Hmm, looks like the encore of the second night may have been "Welfare Mothers" followed by "Like a Hurricane." First night was just an encore of "Tonight's the NIght." No idea which one I saw, but I do remember the crowd being super diverse (for white people). Hippies dancing to Sonic Youth, bikers getting down to Social Distortion, old boomers boogieing to Neil at his grungiest ...

I saw that same tour, in Madison Square Garden. One of the loudest shows I've ever seen.

this album is great!

^^ it really is, I love it.

As a sidenote, it looks like Eldorado is pretty much impossible to get anymore with this RIAA crackdown? Short of shelling out $40 for it on eBay. I knew there was something I should've looked for before this summer!

"Oh! Susanna" is the fuzz-laden will-she-come song he's been wanting to write since Ragged Glory

Wonder what he thinks of Neil Fallon and Actual Springsteen's cover of "Whip My Hair"? In the spirit of Americana (compliment to all concerned)

will-she-come song
wait a sec
1) what does this mean
2) i always thought the lyrics were "when she comes" -- she'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes, she'll be riding six white horses when she comes, etc.
3) am i missing something?

it's sototown

where everyone can come!

sounds like a great place to live

i always thought the lyrics were "when she comes" -- she'll be comin' round the mountain when she comes, she'll be riding six white horses when she comes, etc.

I wasn't quoting the lyrics, just interpreting what it's about. It reminds me of "Over and Over."

you're wel come

Tired of enduring his botched attempts, I gave up on Neil successfully writing that fuzz-laden will-she-come song around 2005. Listening to Americana, I almost spit out my brandy when i realized he'd accomplished the task, at the same time choking on the delicious irony that he'd done so without actually writing it.

unless, of course I guess, you were actually at the same show as me -- Rosement Horizon??

― Stormy Davis, Saturday, June 16, 2012 5:05 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yes, same show! I remember the place was maybe 2/3rds full, and Sonic Youth killed -- still the best performance of theirs I've seen. During their set, an older guy next to me (probably mid-40s; I was 18) said, "You like this shit?!" He was wearing a shirt from the previous tour (3rd Greatest Garage Band). A couple of kids in front of me only came for Social Distortion and left after their set. At the time, "Welfare Mothers" was my favorite NY/CH song, so that encore just blew me away (and was definitely unscripted; I've never seen an audience so determined to hear more, even with the house lights up, before or since). I still have my t-shirt and ticket stub, and *might* still have an audience tape somewhere. The setlist I found online omits "Days That Used To Be," which I remember being played in a kind of understated way.

neil has talked about the religious implications of "she'll be coming round the mountain" -- ie the second coming of christ. get your minds out of the gutter and into the LORD!

I listened to this once through on YouTube a couple of weeks ago (someone put the whole thing up in a 50-minute clip). It didn't sound very good to me, though I wasn't listening very closely.

damnnn, dude is playing a ton of new songs live! http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1178

omg "Ramada Inn" - 18:04

That is awesome, those setlists.

omg "Ramada Inn" - 18:04

?!?!?! what is this??? is this actually new or something that's been floating around for a long time like "ordinary people"?

yeah what is that

new song. all the new stuff sounds great.

don't think any of these new things are songs that have been kicking around, afaik.

first show is here as well http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1176
walk like a giant is appropriately massive.

man awesome bootleg...his first solo on powderfinger is great so far :) :)

the lyrics to born in ontario are LOL

arc-style feedback freak out at end of "walked like a giant". 24 minutes in all!

you know, this just occurred to me, but neil's voice has held up pretty damn well, given what it is.

whistling! watch out now!

is there whistling on Walk Like a Giant or is it just me

lol xp

man walk like a giant is great

yeah this is really good. even so I ain't spending $85 or whatever it is to get a seat

aw Ramada Inn. lyrics are great. sounds exactly like something from Ragged Glory.

yeah, ramada inn sounds great, another long stretched out thing, super moody. ummm, if these songs are as good as I'm thinking on first listen, we may have a contender for neil's best album since the 20th century...? maybe i'm just excited. or neil won't even release these songs.

or neil won't even release these songs.

^yep

Ha.

lol at first i misread "psychedelic pill" as "psychedelic PHIL"

imagining like neil invented a "towlie" style kids cartoon mascot for peyote

neil doing unspeakable things to his guitar on fuckin up

lol ok, psychedelic pill is definitely the weak link of the new songs.

Man, some of these new songs are awesome. "Walk Like a Giant" ... goosebumps!

I wonder what it must be like to be Neil Young and know that you can get away with writing two chord songs that last 25 minutes and that people will think it's awesome because it sounds like Neil Young? Seems like a terrible responsibility, but the dude has proven he knows just when to step up.

BITCHES QUIT TALKING DURING RAMADA INN

on my third listen of "walk like a giant" -- so great!

Jesus, he opens with "Love and Only Love"?! I think I might regret missing this tour.