this is my favorite part of the piece:
We sat on the couch, Neil and I, and we were talking. That’s when he was first starting to sell Pono records. He got up and started going, “So I walked into Warner Bros, here’s the sales pitch I gave them…” He pretended he had a blackboard and everything, and I said, “Neil, man, that sounds great. But I haven’t listened to a record in probably 20 years.” After that, he never really talked to me about it again.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Monday, 22 December 2014 19:07 (nine years ago) link
haha, that is crazy. poncho definitely seems like the ultimate "stumbled into a music career" guy.
― tylerw, Monday, 22 December 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
totally. the way shakey introduces him as a character is just fuckin brilliant
― marcos, Monday, 22 December 2014 19:20 (nine years ago) link
http://www.rollingstone.com/tv/videos/neil-young-and-jimmy-fallons-neil-young-perform-old-man-together-20150204
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:45 (nine years ago) link
http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/neil-young-teams-with-the-roots-for-kick-ass-performance-on-fallon-watch/
this rocks. With a choir and a horn section
plus the interview with Fallon
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:49 (nine years ago) link
They're doing "Who's Gonna Stand Up" from Storytone
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 14:52 (nine years ago) link
A friend bought this for me:
http://images.contentreserve.com/ImageType-400/1933-1/2EB/4D3/41/%7B2EB4D341-A194-4E36-B579-C4D42B9448C5%7DImg400.jpg
Don't know about the writing yet, but the photos--esoteric picture sleeves, concert posters, various artifacts--are fantastic.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 4 February 2015 18:27 (nine years ago) link
that looks cool
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 4 February 2015 19:02 (nine years ago) link
I have that! It's fun to flip through, haven't sat down and read it yet.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Thursday, 5 February 2015 06:14 (nine years ago) link
great book cover!
― marcos, Thursday, 5 February 2015 14:07 (nine years ago) link
There’s a whole set of people he comes back to. He has other bands that he plays with too. I don’t think he ever really falls out with us, it’s just a cycle. I think the people that he’s not playing with get pissed off, and then it seems like it’s a falling out but he’s just going on his cycle.A whole set of cycles! Thanks Ponch; seems like an obvious point, but some people I know just forget again, and go on and on and on about how they loves them some Neil and totally get him, but why does he have to do this shit and that shit and some other shit when he could and should be doing etc---and all I can say is, "Hang on, he'll get back to you." Like the song says, "Take a cold tater and wait." The sooner he does a A Letter From Home and a Storytone (both of which I like), the sooner he gets back to the heavy (also like).
― dow, Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:14 (nine years ago) link
Like the song says, "Take a cold tater and wait."
lol wut?
― groundless round (La Lechera), Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:21 (nine years ago) link
Cold tater, look at my life.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:28 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBi_CyJe604
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 5 February 2015 15:32 (nine years ago) link
http://www.uncut.co.uk/news/neil-young-debuts-new-songs-at-small-club-gig-67820
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:31 (nine years ago) link
NYC is goin' Neil Movie crazee for a week
http://www.ifccenter.com/series/the-bernard-shakey-film-retrospective-neil-young-on-screen/
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 April 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
woohoo! so is the new material good, is it abt breaking up/falling in love again, is it abt pono?
always weirded out by these poll results - 1 vote for harvest srsly???
― niels, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:37 (nine years ago) link
the movies took up quite a bit of space in waging heavy peace and while i found neil's thoughts and memories interesting none of what he wrote made me want to watch the movies
― niels, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:38 (nine years ago) link
i like Greendale fwiw, only of those ive seen
(liked the first concert doc Demme did too)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 April 2015 17:49 (nine years ago) link
you should def see Human Highway, it's better (and loopier) than both of those
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
Greendale is a great record too (have not seen movie) a shame it got zero vote in this poll. Saw Heart of Gold (the Demme doc) in local theatre when it came out and it was great. Also remember enjoying Year of the Horse, but the soundtrack cd was pretty crap last time I checked so maybe the movie wasn't too good either and I was just blinded by early onset fandom when I saw it years back.
― niels, Friday, 17 April 2015 17:56 (nine years ago) link
HH:
Directed by: Bernard Shakey & Dean Stockwell
:o
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 April 2015 18:00 (nine years ago) link
human highway is ... something, that's for sure. worth seeing!
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:04 (nine years ago) link
haha wow, the SLO tribune is reporting that neil played "ordinary people" last night.
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:15 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDOor5xMMZg
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
whoah
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
yeah, raging
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:24 (nine years ago) link
sounds like down by the river?
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:33 (nine years ago) link
yeah, down by the river for sure
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 18:37 (nine years ago) link
Who is the backing band?
― grandavis, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
lukas nelson and the promise of the real (whose name still makes me wince), who neil played w/ at one show last year. he's supposed to be making a record w/ them.
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:36 (nine years ago) link
Hmmm, terrible name but whatever. If it gets results then fine. Neil looked pretty on in that clip.
― grandavis, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:42 (nine years ago) link
movin around a lot for an old guy!
― Οὖτις, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:44 (nine years ago) link
Neil, Lukas & co. at Harvest of Hope, the anti-Keystone show, purty cool:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrKWs-MuY8
― dow, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:49 (nine years ago) link
more incredibly exciting neil young newshttp://recordmecca.com/products-page/museum-quality-collectibles/neil-young-unreleased-give-to-the-wind-album-cover-proof-1978-one-of-two-known/http://recordmecca.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Scan-Feb-16-2015-11.56-AM-page26.jpgonly $3000
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
the flamingos look just like the lady on the cover of zuma!!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 17 April 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
you're right! hmmmm...
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 19:59 (nine years ago) link
only they're flying in the other direction...hmmmmmm
― groundless round (La Lechera), Friday, 17 April 2015 20:01 (nine years ago) link
going to take the rest of this friday afternoon to ponder this one out. might have to go up to the roof.
― tylerw, Friday, 17 April 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
$3K in keeping with Neil's vinyl pricing structure
― SCHLITZ MIXED BAG (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 17 April 2015 20:16 (nine years ago) link
go up to the roofcool euphemism, though shouldn't nec. in "Rocky Mountain H-i-i-igh, Colo-rad-o."
― dow, Friday, 17 April 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
Neil w Lukas & Promise Of The Real play "Walk On," "the song our band was named for, " according to Lukas:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rC38lRm7op0&app=desktop
― dow, Sunday, 19 April 2015 21:52 (nine years ago) link
I used to line up and get my latte everyday But yesterday was my last one Starbucks has teamed up with Monsanto to sue Vermont and stop accurate food labeling.Throw some more lyrics and some sick crazy horse guitar into the mix and a harmony-laden chorus and I be the can get a 12 jam out of this song― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:41 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkI'm predicting a anti-Monsanto concept album, performed with a big band appearing next year in lieu of Archives II.― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:44 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkThrow some more lyrics and some sick crazy horse guitar into the mix and a harmony-laden chorus and I be the can get a 12 jam out of this songIt's vastly more detailed and nuanced than all of Greendale.― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:53 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post PermalinkIf we get a ten minute song with Cortez the Killer vibes about Monsanto I'm totally down― Temple of Infinite Grohls (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:54 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Throw some more lyrics and some sick crazy horse guitar into the mix and a harmony-laden chorus and I be the can get a 12 jam out of this song
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:41 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I'm predicting a anti-Monsanto concept album, performed with a big band appearing next year in lieu of Archives II.
― Don A Henley And Get Over It (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:44 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
It's vastly more detailed and nuanced than all of Greendale.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:53 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
If we get a ten minute song with Cortez the Killer vibes about Monsanto I'm totally down
― Temple of Infinite Grohls (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, November 15, 2014 7:54 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Neil delivers!
2015-04-16, SLO Brewing Co., San Luis Obispo, California, USAw/ The Nelson Brothers1. Country Home2. People Want To Hear About Love*3. New Song 2 - New Day For The Planet ??*4. Down By The River5. New Song 3 - Too Big To Fail ??*6. New Song 4 - GMO-Starbucks ??* ---7. Walk On8. Monsanto Years*9. New Song 6 - I Don't Know You ??*10. New Song 7 - Seeds ??*11. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere12. Wolf Moon*13. Love And Only Love14. Workin' Man*15. Country Home ---16. Roll Another Number
* - song debut
― cwkiii, Sunday, 19 April 2015 22:12 (nine years ago) link
Pocahontas, Monsanto And Me
― da croupier, Sunday, 19 April 2015 22:21 (nine years ago) link
That short clip w Lukas Nelson was amazingYou can tell when Neil's really going in, he always looks like he's a deep see fisherman and his guitar is a swordfish he's fighting
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 April 2015 03:05 (nine years ago) link
Oh man that clip makes me so happy
― Οὖτις, Monday, 20 April 2015 03:10 (nine years ago) link
wow, those Promise of the Real sounds bad...
http://www.promiseofthereal.com/
― nostormo, Monday, 20 April 2015 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Neil Young has teamed up with Promise of the Real, a band featuring Lukas and Micah Nelson (sons of the legendary Willie Nelson), to record an album titled The Monsanto Years, as Rolling Stone reports. As you might guess, the album is composed of songs criticizing food industry giant Monsanto, which Young has spoken out against for years. The record will be out June 16, with Young and Promise of the Real touring to support it. (Band of Horses will open on a handful of dates.) Check out their schedule below.Some songs that might appear on the album debuted at a recent show in San Luis Obispo, California. They include titles such as "Rock Starbucks", "Monsanto Years", "Too Big to Fail", and "Seeds", as fan site Sugar Mountain points out.
― tylerw, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:34 (nine years ago) link
two colorado shows! definitely going to one of them, been too long since i've seen neil in person.
― tylerw, Monday, 20 April 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link
the lyrics on this are gonna be goony for sure but all these clips sound great, maybe some young kids who just dig on classic rockin' neil jams will do him some good
http://pitchfork.com/news/59348-neil-young-announces-monsanto-themed-lp-recorded-with-willie-nelsons-sons/
he looks a little slmmed down too
― kurt kobaïan (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 20 April 2015 20:36 (nine years ago) link