neil young

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

a 3-way tie this time then.

Fair result.

Wait. Zuma should've been much higher, though.

c'est vrai

Someone voted for Everybody's Rockin' again.

One vote for "Zuma"! No way!! This poll is corrupt!!!

"On the Beach" - there's an ILM album if ever there was one

Sleeps With Angels is way too high. And Freedom is way too low.

The fact that Zuma ranked below Trans completely invalidates this poll.

So, basically, I'm the only person who voted for "Zuma"? Don't believe it.

I wasn't around when CSN(and sometimes Y) were at their peak, so apologies for the following somewhat naive question:

How much of Neil Young's popularity in the 70s can be attributed to his association with CSN? The thought never really occurred to me until I was checking out CSN(Y)'s Allmusic entry today, which says "it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles".

Personally, I like Neil Young exponentially more than CSN(Y), so my gut feeling is that the majority of Neil Young's fans were there on account of his own talent. But was there a certain contingency of fans who cheered loudest for "Ohio" and "Helpless", contemplating to themselves at the Live Rust concerts that it would be better if CSN were up on stage too? Or was it more like "Why the hell does Neil Young ever play with them? They butchered 'Helpless'..."? Just wondering what the prevalent view was back in the day.

When CSN and sometimes Y reunited for a predictably horrible album in 1988, Neil begged off the obligatory tour, saying, "I dunno man, those guys need some serious practice."

And that Allmusic statement strikes me as comically absurd.

Yeah, I admit it raised my eyebrow as well, but then I go the ILM search function, and the second thing I read on the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young C/D S/D thread is "i'm more interested in the fact that CSN(Y) (or whatever) were actually REALLY POPULAR and BIG -- as in springsteen in '85/outkast or britney spears BIG. that's such a radical sea-change in mass public musical taste that deserves some comment, no?"

On The Beach is very good, but would have voted Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, in fact i shall play it now

hi alex, how is the weather in denver? in frankfurt it has been raining most of the day. i would have voted <i>after the goldrush</i>, i think. but <i>on the beach</i> is a decent winner, too.

i will never learn the ilm html tags...

weird

it was the only American-based band to approach the overall societal impact of the Beatles

In their time their American album sales were HUGE. Their cultural cachet was such that their public greeted "Ohio" as a major statement. I'm wary of statements like AllMusic's, but the Shakey bio also makes the same suggestion.

CSNY were huge because the Byrds, the Hollies, and the Buffalo Springfield had all been huge before.

Dead Man = Neil's best electric work?

look at the bill for this thing
http://www.vancouver2010.com/more-2010-information/cultural-festivals-and-events/event-listings/hal-willner's-neil-young-project-_70660zv.html

I'm assuming thats a different Chris Brown, otherwise o_O

yeah, probably?
a mix of eh, cool! and whaaaa?
Sam Beam of Iron & Wine
Chris Brown
Vashti Bunyan
Robert Burger
Brendan Canning
Fred Cash
Jason Collett
Julie Doiron
Kevin Drew
Sam Goldberg
Shahzad Ismaily
Eric Mingus
Sun Kil Moon
Jenni Muldaur
Ambrosia Parsley
Justin Peroff
Ben Perowsky
Joan as Policewoman
Elizabeth Powell
Bill Priddle
Lou Reed
Alasdair Roberts
Ron Sexsmith
Teddy Thompson
James Blood Ulmer
Andrew Whiteman
Doug Wieselman

hoping for a mingus/blood ulmer/reed jam on down by the river

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j//msnbc/Components/Video/071107/tdy_chrisbrown_song3_071107.vmodv4.jpg

A MAAAAAAAAAID

Yeah, some good names on there and some wtf ones as well. I scanned it quickly the first time and saw "Bill Priddle" as "Mark Prindle".

http://celeb.wohoo.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/chris-brown.jpg
can i get a heart of gooooold?

IT'S THE WOMAN IN YOU THAT MAKES YOU WANNA PLAY THIS GAAAAAME!

TAKE IT, ULMER!

haha

wish they would substitute teddy thompson for richard thompson

Neil Young and Bert Jansch, May 24 at DAR Constitution Hall ($83.50-$193.50)

Don't think I want to spend that much to see him on this solo tour.

great bill tho

man i would love to see bert jansch

Neil has always been at the vanguard of steep ticket prices.

geez that is a ridiculous ticket price

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8nveweVvh0

there is a single $248 seat available at the worcester mass show

thank god I have plans that night

i didn't go see neil the last time he was in town because tix were $100 bucks ... i had just bought the archives so I had blown my neil budget for the year, really.

I missed this poll. I realize that there's no accounting for personal taste, but I do find it unsettling that somebody counts Everybody's Rockin' as his/her favourite Neil Young album.

The cheap seats here in Houston are $69 w/service charge. The big problem though is it's a frontgate event and they don't have outlets in town, so you have to either go to the venue (Jones Hall) or purchase online. According to the seating chart, I've got a nice balcony seat.

Not that I'd have voted for it but shocked that Freedom pulled a zero on this one too, esp with Trans pulling in two votes.

ha, didn't even look at these results ... they are a little ridiculous, but what the heck. (Only 1 vote for Zuma?)

Yeah, those too. Everybody's Rockin'-1 and Old Ways-3, and, at the other end, Zuma-1 and Freedom-0--these are all very puzzling. Everything else, even albums I dislike (Trans) or consider overrated (On the Beach), more or less makes sense.

only one vote for harvest 'makes sense'?!

I would say so, yes. I think most people who are going to take the time to vote in a Neil Young poll would choose something else as their favourite. If, on the other hand, you surveyed 100 random music fans, undoubtedly it finishes first.

yeah, i wouldn't vote for harvest as my fave neil young album ... not sure what i'd vote.

You'd think with an environment as committed to scientific results and objectivity as ILM that the poll results would make SOME KIND of SENSE!!

Point taken, sure--but all of that aside, I still find it hard to believe that there's someone who a) cares enough about Neil Young to click on this thread and cast a vote, and b) counts Everybody's Rockin' as his greatest album. It's just funny-weird.

Or maybe it was just meant as a joke, and all my puzzlement is the punch line.

Kind of, I assume:

The album was recorded at a private birthday party held at the Rivoli in Toronto, Canada on November 4, 2023.

Surely the internet has identified the birthday girl or boy in TO?

it was the CEO of Canada Goose clothing, who is apparently one of the richest people in Canada

ain't singing for Pepsi, am singing for goose

Ahem

"Ain't singin' for Pepsi, ain't singin' for Coke
I will sing for Canada Goose, 'cause goddamn those are some nice coats"

― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, November 13, 2023 3:58 PM (five months ago) bookmarkflaglink

I humbly apologize for badly redoing the same thing, months later :-(

That's ok. It's a pretty obvious connection/joke.

Saw Young & Crazy Horse tonight @ the huge Jiffy Lube Amphitheatre in Virginia 40 minutes or so from Washington DC. Nice rocking version of Powderfinger with the band, and tuneful takes of "I am a Child" and "Helpless" solo

https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young-and-crazy-horse/2024/jiffy-lube-live-bristow-va-7bab9a4c.html

I was there. Fantastic show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAXvSd118Ko

US Secretary of State Blinken playing “Rockin in a Free World “ on guitar with a bar band in Ukraine, and then Neil Young adding that song as an encore in US had Young trending a bit on Twitter x.

i was there for that encore last night and i confess the name antony blinken did not cross my mind. pretty much exactly as great as so many other crazy horse shows i've seen thru the decades. that man and that band are miracles of nature. a little more low-end noise and feedback than usual, maybe, and they had to power through some annoying sound system glitches in the final 20 minutes, which they did with zen-like grace. neil miming and playing acoustic air guitar during the first breakdown was adorable. damn that version of "sedan delivery" during the encore -- ragged glory, as it were. and "vampire blues," hell yeah.

i was there too. was very pleasantly surprised to hear "vampire blues." bold move to start your show with the best song ever ("cortez the killer"), but he pulls it off.

one of my favorite moments was when the mic wasn't working so he thanked the crowd by shouting into his les paul pickups

thanked the crowd by shouting into his les paul pickups

oh yes that was great

i almost forgot about the organ dangling from the scaffolding for "like a hurricane." that was cool and amusing.

that was the only song that used the organ and it hung by the horse's head for the whole show

i was checking resale tickets for tonight's show but the price and for standing in the rain had me make other plans. obviously regretting it.

I heard tonight's show was supposed to be much better than last night's. Video for last night's is up FWIW:

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

FWIW, here's them in 2012, and I was at this show, about the same distance away too but in the center. They still sound great but seeing how much they've aged, I feel like this could be the last time they play NYC.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23FrtI9lENE

yeah, that was a big factor. i've only seen NY/CH once and it was on the absurd greendale tour but from the videos i've seen i may just have to settle for that.