Had "Lotta Love" and "Harvest", both rhytmically really pleasing for me for some reason, of all things to be into in those songs.
― grandavis, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:02 (eleven years ago) link
I remember a Neil interview when he was asked about some of his lyrics and he said (I'm paraphrasing, but he specifically referenced this line), "I don't know what my stuff means. 'What is the color when black is burned'? What is that? Like dark grey or something?"
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:04 (eleven years ago) link
"It's hard to know the meaning of this song..."
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
that's awesome
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:06 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil59.jpg
Hah, great picture!
― grandavis, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
Thumbs up for the pic, not so much for the song (one of my least favorites on TTN).
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
decent countryish number followed by GENIUS GODHEAD I'VE KNOWN SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL followed by some little hippie thing...
Ha ha. OTM.
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:08 (eleven years ago) link
Separated by a matter of weeks: Tonight's the Night came out on June 20, 1975, the "Thrilla in Manila" was October, 1, '75.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
A hip drag queen andA side-walkin' street wheeler,Comin' down the avenue.They're all your friends,You'll come to love 'emThere's a load of 'emWaitin' for you.
didn't vote for this, but i love it. kind of like neil's version of walk on the wild side? glory hallelujah!
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:09 (eleven years ago) link
Like I said on the other thread, just perfect in the context of the album, hard for me to detach it otherwise.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:10 (eleven years ago) link
My first song to place. Chose it partly as a stand-in for TTN as a whole, but it's definitely one of my favorites. Livens up the second side of the record.
― boxall, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it's that awesome sleazoid tonight's the night vibe -- although it was recorded on the TFA tour.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
"lookout joe" is definitely one of the lessers on that album for me
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:13 (eleven years ago) link
Back in high school, we thought Tonight's the Night was extremely lively--but a weird kind of lively, yes.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
love lookout joe!
― wack nerd zinging in the dead of night (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
"Havin' a ball ... rollin' to the bottom!" Love that verse.
― boxall, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil58.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:16 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, another awesome pic!
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
Such an unusual song on Comes a Time...spooky; one of the best.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
another great one that didn't make my ballot, glad it got some love. the distant, scary distorted guitar that lurks in the background is a cool touch.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
xp I actually didn't vote for a single Tonight's the Night track. Love the album but none of the songs really worked in isolation when I was putting my ballot together. Guess I should have chosen a stand-in but I couldn't settle on one.
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
cut Lookout Joe but thought hard about it
voted Don't cry super high, love the rolling bass riff & Neils screams
― Euler, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:18 (eleven years ago) link
Back-to-back Lookouts is fun, btw.
The vocal harmonies really make this one for me, but it missed my final ballot.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
Love the album but none of the songs really worked in isolation when I was putting my ballot togetheryeah i voted for less TtN tracks than i would've thought for the same reason. it's kinda one big song!
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:20 (eleven years ago) link
I think that's valid. I once made a list of my ten favourite Rolling Stones songs for something I was doing, and I called the entirety of Exile a "phantom 11th pick." (xxxpost)
Yeah, it's weird how the two look-out songs ended up side-by-side.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:21 (eleven years ago) link
lookout mama
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for this one as well. The weird solo on the bridge. "I know things are going to change but I can't say bad or good" is a line that pops into my head sometimes.
― boxall, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:22 (eleven years ago) link
anybody else vote specifically for, or at least had in mind, the MTV Unplugged version of "Look Out For My Love"?
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:23 (eleven years ago) link
Isn't it acoustic to begin with? Maybe it's very muted electric guitar, I don't know.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:25 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil57.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
Re: TTN - I think I only wound up with one song from it on my ballot, but if I were ranking NY albums, it would be top 5, easy.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:26 (eleven years ago) link
The instrumentation is less eccentric in the MTV version, goes on a little longer, etc. Love both versions but they're distinct in my mind, probably cuz I heard the MTV one first.
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
― da croupier, Monday, July 9, 2012 3:23 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark
yup -- Unplugged was kind of my introduction to NY and i voted for more than half the songs on it, often with those versions in mind
― some dude, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:27 (eleven years ago) link
Kind of surprised to see "Unknown Legend" on here at all - good tune, but I don't think I even thought twice about it.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
"Unknown Legend" is such a lovely little song. 2nd of mine to place.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Don't know who that is, but she reminds me of Theresa Russell circa Straight Time.
I don't have Harvest Moon--please don't ostracize me--but I played this a couple of times and really, really liked it.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Way too low for "Unknown Legend"!
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:28 (eleven years ago) link
Harvest Moon > Harvest
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
Corny but sweet.
― Get wolves (DL), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:29 (eleven years ago) link
I like Unknown Legend but the way Demme wedged it into Rachel Getting Married was a turn-off
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:31 (eleven years ago) link
haha, yeah, that was an odd choice.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
Of all the Neil songs he coulda snuck in there too
― grandavis, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:32 (eleven years ago) link
really don't like unknown legend. ilx loves the corn.
― Jamie_ATP, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
Thought it was fine in the movie, but it made me spend more time with the original and I totally fell in love with it all over again.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 9 July 2012 19:33 (eleven years ago) link
Demme's got great musical tastes but shit like that or a Soft Boys reunion track showing up in The Truth About Charlie is just fucking distracting, the downside of auteurism
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:34 (eleven years ago) link
I saw Rachel Getting Married and have no recollection of Neil whatsoever.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:35 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil56.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
tv on the radio dude chooses to sing the opening track of Harvest Moon as his marriage vow xpost
"downtown" is great but picking a whitten song was too slippery slope for me
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Photo goes out to Finefinemusic!
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link