I have no idea who that is, so probably not
He was the producer of side 2, who quit when Neil insisted on using his rough mixes of the songs (prepared for party) on the album.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
"Ambulance" is perfect for first six minutes or so. The interplay between Rusty's fiddle and what Neil's doing is beautiful. Then it kind of stumbles a bit? Or wears out its welcome anyway. Last two verses are relatively weak IMHO, esp. the couplet that DL quotes! Love the 'clonk' near the end though.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:55 (eleven years ago) link
hmm has Cortez not appeared yet...? Would be okay with that beating pretty much everything in the top 10 so far tbh
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
"Expecting to Fly" is the only surprise I'm surprised to see this high, besides all the "TTN" stuff. Beginning to think lots of my stuff won't make it, particularly late period stuff. I blame the ditch.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
Okay I was wrong, Ambulance Blues is lovely
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:56 (eleven years ago) link
At this point, I am feeling rather certain that my #2 did not chart. No one else loves "Love Art Blues"?!
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
Last two verses are relatively weak IMHOi dunno, the "never knew a man who told so many lies" line is pretty powerful to me.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
The final verse is probably my single favourite topical reportage ever--that, or "Trouble Comin' Every Day." It required great restraint not to go for a third Nixon image.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil4.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:58 (eleven years ago) link
She was originally my waitress for "Country Girl"'s inevitable Top 10 finish. I moved her over to "Hurricane" instead.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
I love the fake strings on this. String generator. Same device used on P-Funk's "Flashlight," among others, I believe.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
My #23. Used to like this more before I heard Adam Sandler do it. And the Mission.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
haha wow okay I didn't know that! strings have always sounded weird to me on this
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― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
I used to like this song more before Neil did it nine million times on tour. It's still pretty amazing tho, it's a very durable song
So it looks like Guitar Neil takes the top 4.
xpost--Top 3. Best version of Like A Hurricane is on Live Rust
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:01 (eleven years ago) link
I'm looking over my ballot and those that haven't yet placed either are unlikely to or seem unlikely to be top 3... not sure what i'm missing
― Lee626, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
Seeing Roxy Music doing Hurricane was something else.
― exclusive to this pledge group - pleasure (weatheringdaleson), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_rScBRKlTdoE/TH3DKyhbPcI/AAAAAAABdsA/QVCQqvk26Cs/s1600/IMG_0129.jpgi think this is the synth they used -- the stringman!
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:02 (eleven years ago) link
"Like A Hurricane"-Pancho on Stringman xpost
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
There are some pretty mediocre covers of "Hurricane" out there.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:03 (eleven years ago) link
i like the roxy music version, kinda tropical stormy. didn't vote for LAH, but i love it (how many times can i say that?)
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
I was thinking of the Arp Solina.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:04 (eleven years ago) link
How do you rate the Unplugged pipe organ version?
^^^very highly
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
it's almost creepy in its etherealness
it's guaranteed to irritate my wife
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
[but i love it]
The Unplugged version was the first Neil Young song I ever consciously listened to. It began there.
― Get wolves (DL), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Not a fan personally. Like A Hurricane needs guitar
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
"Like A Hurricane" is the epic where I think the album cut is routinely bested live....
― theStalePrince, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
Unplugged take is my go-to at this point.
Isn't the album cut a live recording anyway?
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
I think Neil's guitar tone on "Hurricane" is one of music's perfect sounds. (Love the Roxy cover, too.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:06 (eleven years ago) link
it took forEVER for me to hear the original version of Like A Hurricane - it showed up on pretty much every Neil live album/bootleg, but for some reason American Stars n Bars was kind of hard to track down in the 90s.
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:07 (eleven years ago) link
don't think it's live on American Stars n Bars
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
so am I right in expecting that "Cowgirl" vs. "Down by The River" is pretty much a Veronica/Betty thing?......my girl lost!
I guess that makes me Archie, because I couldn't really make up my mind -- they were both top 5 for me.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
Backing track cut live in studio, vocal overdubbed later.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:08 (eleven years ago) link
Love the live versions of "Cinnamon Girl," but the handclaps on the studio version make that shit lift off the ground.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
there's a scene in Coming Home which uses Expecting To Fly and it's just about my favourite pop song/cinema sync of ALL TIME
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
up there with Taxi Driver/Late For The Sky
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
"Expecting To Fly" works pretty well in Fear & Loathing... too.
― Don't Feel Like Santana, But Oye Como Va To Them (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
I'd forgotten about that...Is "Mr. Soul" maybe in the big party scene at the end?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:10 (eleven years ago) link
I didn't have a #1 as such but gave most points to "Hurricane". Love both the original and the Unplugged and Weld versions. Also, possibly the only bearable use of the Stringman ever.
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil3.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
Man, work is really getting in the way of this countdown. "Ambulance Blues" my #4 too. Ditched like a Hurrican for other guitar epics. Decided to limit them and I really didn't dig the feel of LAH for a long time.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:11 (eleven years ago) link
This was a surprise to me--a welcome one, but a surprise. I was expecting it to finish at least 10-15 spots lower than "Cowgirl."
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
But I did vote for that one!
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:12 (eleven years ago) link
for me Cowgirl makes Down By The River feel really minor, so I didn't give it any
― Ismael Klata, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
The way the guitars circle each other on "Down By The River" is all time for me (my #1 by the way). Blew my 14 year-old mind and still does today.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
"Down By The River" almost became a new song to me with the remaster. I thought I was tired of it but really I'd never heard it.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
I voted for both, but the repeated note in "River" put it ahead of "Cowgirl" for me.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link