neil young

haha my bad. do the bands actually have to play in the creek? seems dangerous.

ha, sorry, no, I think it's just a name, like the name developers would give to a gated development. I don't think there's a creek within 75 miles of the place.

Saw a few shows there -- Yes in 1984 (worst concert I ever saw), Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers in 1985 or 86, and the Kinks in 1993 (their last Chicago-area show). Typical suburban shed with better-than-average acoustics. I do remember, though, the huge cheer that went up when a local DJ at the Yes concert announced Neil as an upcoming show.

Thanks for the vid and info! Lyrics take some uniquely Neilian turns, drums pounding straight ahead like they
re good for you (suggestion of received "Watchtower" portent in ominous chords, redeemed by guitar singin' that riff as refrain). Yeah, it'll prob be pre-ordered as Xmas gift, for my cousin, who is much younger, but still likes the old ways (I may have over-gifted him with the Dead and Neil in recent years' they've been so damn prolific). Rip then give: 'tis the seasonal custom.

Santa Barbara and Las Vegas shows are up on Dimeadozen now... Santa Barbara's encore was a 14-minute version of "Fuckin' Up"!!!

well Neil was very Neil on Saturday in Berkeley. opened with a solo set (After the Gold Rush, Helpless, Old Man, Mother Earth on pump organ), then some guys in hazmat suits came out and sprayed the stage with steam, the band came out and they did a bunch of biggies. Early on Neil switched to that giant hollow-body Gibson for a couple songs (Hold Back the Tears and Alabama iirc). Then he ran into some tuning problems with that, switched to piano and did "Are You Ready for the Country", which was p great. Then he switched to old black and it was time for all the new material, interspersed with like a half hour version of Down by the River and they let Lucas do a Willie song, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, and ended with like a half hour Love and Only Love. In between all that somewhere Neil took some time out to throw seeds at the audience from a wicker picnic basket, and "farmers" moved through the crowd passing out organic seed packets (which Neil emphasized was currently a crime in the state of California). Also during Love and Only Love at one point Neil did a little dance with a potted flower plant. The band is great, they can do all the different "styles" of Neil material very well and their overall sound complements him very well. Neil's voice is in pretty good shape, although he's lost a little of his upper register.

All in all a good time, glad I went, but a bit bummed we didn't get any weird deep cuts (wife and I were holding out hope for something from Trans or at least Comes a Time or On the Beach, instead we got 2/3rds of Harvest).

also no encore. I'm sure that's the venue's fault tho.

Dudes
https://twitter.com/Neilyoung/status/665701648828764161y

"Sorry, that page doesn't exist" :(

Remove the 'y'

Oops!
Anyway it's a photo of the Roxy marquee from saying "Welcome to Miami Beach, Everything is Cheaper Than It Looks" suggesting either Neil is being weird or hinting at a release of the legendary Santa Monica Flyers Tonight's the Night tour

Oh cool. Ws thinking he'd made some offensive/weird remark and it'd been deleted

would be cool if it was a hint of some kind...
the 20 minute bluenotes tonight's the night on the latest performance series is unreal.

Just grabbed that - gonna check it out tomorrow on the morning train.

would be cool if it was a hint of some kind...
the 20 minute bluenotes tonight's the night on the latest performance series is unreal.

― tylerw, Sunday, November 15, 2015 3:47 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

so the set is cool? worth buying?

totally
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP5PwNUi11I

listening now, sounds great!

so weird neil's my fav of all time and i'm kinda hating to give him money now cuz he's such a prick w/his vinyl prices and spotify shit

his CDs are still reasonably priced :D
forgot about his spotify stance, still hilarious the albums of his that are available there...

yeah i get his CDs, there is literally no artists i've given more money but post pono i just get a little tired of his shit, cuz i really want to buy the vinyl

it is pretty insane -- $90 for a four LP set! for some reason i thought this bluenote release was slightly cheaper than usual. what kind of nut buys these?
http://www.amazon.com/Bluenote-Caf-4LP-Neil-Young/dp/B016ACSYW2/ref=sr_1_1_twi_lp__3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1447774265&sr=1-1&keywords=neil+young+bluenote+cafe

Maybe because the pressing plant is in Germany, amazon.de has it for way cheaper (less than $50 shipped to the US). Still a lot of bread, but $50 for 4LPs sounds not-completely-unreasonable.
http://www.amazon.de/Bluenote-Caf%C3%A9-Vinyl-Young-Neil/dp/B016ACSYW2/ref=sr_1_2_twi_lp__1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1447774594&sr=1-2&keywords=neil+young+bluenote+cafe

yeah that is still too rich for my blood, but not insane.
i was just listening to that fillmore east performance series and thinking it would be cool to have on LP ... guess that one (just one LP) is only slightly crazy in terms of price -- $30 on discogs anyway. http://www.discogs.com/sell/release/3765182?ev=rb

There's a copy for $15.95
http://www.discogs.com/Neil-Young-Crazy-Horse-Live-At-The-Fillmore-East/release/5789203

so there is! didn't see that. i would buy neil's records on vinyl if they cost $16 for sure.

of course now, i'm flipping through discogs, thinking about buying this
http://cdn.discogs.com/FG_BrD7EzpP-ZONI1SiglPmnt4o=/fit-in/600x524/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-718255-1151502309.jpeg.jpg

you don't need that!!!!

but i kind of want it!!!!

me too!!!!

ohhh man I remember that. everybody needs that!

kinda want that Fillmore East thing.

Weird, didn't notice the "Southern Pacific" promo is in mono!

lots of great stuff on bluenote cafe, but it is really long. most of disc one i could do without, but twilight rips.
i have no problem buying these new CDs. they look great and sound great. i'm always amazed at the amount of quality music he has produced for so long.

fillmore east is so good.

it slays

best "Cowgirl" ever imo

Fillmore East was the last Neil product I bought, it's great

definitely

i still listen to everybody knows this is nowhere but usually when i want to hear those songs i put on fillmore east

fillmore east is the illest

i always love crazy horse but they were just a better band with whitten, who was way more neil's equal. post whitten crazy horse has done a ton of great music and neil knew how to harnass their sorta caveman energy but whitten was a real player and i think they could have done even better had he lived (if he could have stayed with neil or would have eventually gone on his own)

yeah, if anything i think whitten might've been getting down to neil's level in terms of musicianship instead of the other way around. he's definitely a super tasteful player.

Just ordered Bluenote Cafe 2-CD on Amazon US: 12 bucks and change, also standard shipping, but I'll be here when it gets here, if the creek don't rise (and maybe even so).

the double cd is cheaper than mp3s! amazon is weird.

weirdness. then again, i know a lot of people these days who don't even own CD players.

yeah i guess that's the market these days, but i would think maybe people buying neil young stuff would be more likely to buy physical media.

so here's the "performance series" so far
Volume 00: Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968
Volume 01: Live At The Riverboat 1969
Volume 02: Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Volume 02.5: Live At The Cellar Door 1970
Volume 03: Live At Massey Hall 1971
Volume 09: A Treasure
Volume 11: Bluenote Cafe
Volume 12: Dreamin' Man Live '92

here's what could be filled in/added? just my conjectures... i have no inside info

Volume 00: Sugar Mountain - Live At Canterbury House 1968
Volume 01: Live At The Riverboat 1969
Volume 02: Live At The Fillmore East 1970
Volume 02.5: Live At The Cellar Door 1970
Volume 03: Live At Massey Hall 1971
Volume 04: Time Fades Away Tour
Volume 05: Tonight's The Night Tour (Rainbow show has been mentioned)
Volume 06: Crazy Horse 76
Volume 07: Ducks 77
Volume 08: Boarding House 78
Volume 09: A Treasure
Volume 10: Rusted Out Garage Tour w/ Crazy Horse
Volume 11: Bluenote Cafe
Volume 12: Dreamin' Man Live '92
Volume 13: Booker T & MGs Tour
Volume 14: Mirror Ball Tour

of course these predictions don't allow for sneaky numbering like the 00 on Sugar Mountain and 2.5 on Cellar Door

it is SO neil to be 8 releases into a series and already have a Volume 00 and a Volume 2.5!

All this Whitten slash Young talk sent me cruising---full album?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55cF5JADEAM

That's the one.

looks like it. the best! (though I do wish they had just gone ahead and included another disc of neil's opening acoustic set for these shows)