May You Live in Inneresting Times: The Neil Young Voting Thread (deadline July 8)

And then to follow it up with Mirror Ball

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

there's a muddy clip of "Sample And Hold" from 1986 on youtube too

funny, because i think the first time i heard of the "Neil Young Archives" was in the liners for Lucky 13. That comp is basically the template for the Archives.

I remember first reading about it in a 1990 Chicago Tribune piece on Neil's comeback. He next his "next" project was a 10-CD archival box. I thought, ooh, better start saving up!

Shakey's a lot like Clinton Heylin's essential Dylan biography in that the author's opinions about their subject's music are to me almost worthless. McDonough in particular is beholden to a certain white he-man ideal of "rocking."

Just out of curiosity, I googled "Neil Young + disco." Mostly you get discography-related sites, but this turned up: "Disco music wasn't meant to appeal to the Neil Young crowd. It wasn't meant to convey a political or moral statement. It was meant to be played at a dance club at 2 o'clock in the morning to an audience hopped up on cocaine looking to uninhibited recreational sex...Neil Young can kiss it." Lots of cocaine in Neil's music; not much uninhibited recreational sex (I don't think--maybe there's lots metaphorically).

It wasn't meant to convey a political or moral statement

really

it makes me wish Neil had done more burning to the ships of the hippie dream

Thought exactly the same thing. "You either haven't heard 'Good Times,' or haven't thought about it."

I'd better go engage with the world for a while--just need a handful more ballots to cross 50.

Kinda wish I'd revisited Greendale before putting together my ballot, because "Bandit" is one of the most beautiful things he's done.

It's okay, I got it for you

I kept trying to remember what the good song on greendale was but I couldn't and I didn't want to listen to it

"bandit" definitely would have made a top 50 ballot of mine

it's sort of a spiritual descendent of "Tired Eyes," mourning a drug fade-away rather than a drug burn-out

not much uninhibited recreational sex (I don't think--maybe there's lots metaphorically).
not much? more like so much! it's just at a different speed.

For all of Neil's doggedness, or bloody-mindedness, it's to his credit that he and his music have never come across as terribly reactionary. It's often responding to things, yes, particularly people and ideas, but it's always felt simply contrarian to me. If anything, he's often reacting against people who brand him some rock reactionary. "Oh, you like my meat and potatoes rock? Here's a country album for you." Like, in many regards he exemplifies the caveman rockist ideal ... except when he doesn't. I'm sure he's aware of that.

Also I am putting in my vote for "Well it wasn't supposed to POLL down that way..." for poll results title although I'm sure clemenza already has like 500 ideas for that

"Ain't a day goes by I don't burn a little bit of my POLL."

Marlon Brando, POLLcahontas and Me.

Cortez The Poller

I do have a title all set--it doesn't have the world "poll" in it, though.

it makes me wish Neil had done more burning to the ships of the hippie dream

You're blaming the wrong party, Alfred; the person saying disco isn't about political/moral statements is pro-disco/anti-hippie.

Ha, my wife just asked me why I was listening to so much Neil Young and asked me to turn if off!

('Twas "Tonight's the Night" that did the trick)

haha i made my husband listen to the whole album while we did errands this morning

The Polled Laughing Lady

Polled Man, Look at my life

Gonna Take a Lotta POLL

You're blaming the wrong party, Alfred; the person saying disco isn't about political/moral statements is pro-disco/anti-hippie.

Too late, clem -- my troops have surrounded the house

Yonder Stands the Voter

POLLDERFINGER

Tonight's The Plebiscite

The Ballot and the Damage Done

If you were to go with a pun, the obvious title would be Sampled and Polled. But I made myself a solemn promise not to go down that road.

ARC-POLLED works well too.

after the polled rush would be kinda lame, eh

better than Heart of Polled

Mr. Poll

Requiem For The Ballots

Johnny Rotten, Rotten Borough

Do I Have To Come Right Out And POLL It?

You POLL it. You POLL it nooow

Got mashed POLLtatoes. Ain't got no T-bone.

POLLd Ways

this POLL's for you

Let's Poll

When You Vote I Can Really POLL

haHAAA, winner

POLL another number for the road...

for a late ballot: do I have til midnight tonight, or?

Midnight tomorrow (i.e., Sunday-turning-Monday), but if anything comes in during the day on Monday, that's okay.

I need some ballots, to SAMPLE AND POLL