https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzfldDrZ6j8
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:00 (eleven years ago) link
yeah it is a pretty cool record. neil says the comp is called "Early Daze" and will sort of tell the complete story of Danny Whitten. will probably be released sometime in 2024.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:06 (eleven years ago) link
"Down by the river". This is my 'default song' - if I ever get an annoying song stuck in my head, like "Chirpy chirpy cheep cheep", I start singing "Down by the river" to get rid of it. A great opening chord change, huge spaces in the arrangement to get lost in, spooked atmosphere. And I wonder if he heard "Season of the witch"?
― Rob M Revisited, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:30 (eleven years ago) link
huh never thought of season of the witch as a connection to Down By The River, but now that you mention it ... i remember reading that molina and talbot thought of the down by the river beat as a super slowed down james brown rhythm. which is kind of funny. guess that puts river in the category of epic rock jamz that have a secret james brown influence like marquee moon.
― tylerw, Friday, 19 October 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
Cowgirl easily.
― Widely Recycled (Mr Andy M), Friday, 19 October 2012 21:35 (eleven years ago) link
i think DBTR sounds corny, especially compared to cowgirl
― 69, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
when i meet a cowgirl fanatic, there's usually a cowgirl somewhere in the listener's past
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:03 (eleven years ago) link
not for me amigo
― 69, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:04 (eleven years ago) link
and no, i didn't shoot my baby--my love for DBTR is despite the lyrics, not because of them!
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:05 (eleven years ago) link
i had a ruby in the dust, not a cowgirl
― nostormo, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:06 (eleven years ago) link
and yeah, the Hey Joe theme of River is is a music cliche by now...
― nostormo, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
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― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
There may be a cowgirl in my future, but none in my past.
― hello, I just had a quick question? (_Rudipherous_), Friday, 19 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
i do , and it was the woman in her that made her want to play that gaaaammmmmme (oy vey that's a stinker)
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 19 October 2012 22:33 (eleven years ago) link
Hello cowgirl in the riverI've got to shoot you with an arrow from my quiver
― hello, I just had a quick question? (_Rudipherous_), Friday, 19 October 2012 23:22 (eleven years ago) link
they really are two peas in a pod these two ditties
― Iago Galdston, Friday, 19 October 2012 23:43 (eleven years ago) link
what's corny is the lyric 'hello cowgirl in the sand'
― mookieproof, Friday, 19 October 2012 23:48 (eleven years ago) link
ha, true
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 20 October 2012 00:09 (eleven years ago) link
after re-listening to the Fillmore set, went with Cowgirl. the turnarounds are better.
― stop swearing and start windmilling (Shakey Mo Collier), Saturday, 20 October 2012 02:41 (eleven years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, October 19, 2012 7:48 PM
really, I think it's such a great opening lyric. hello cowgirl in the sand, is this place at your command? establishes place, character, and relationship so economically.
― space dokken (Edward III), Saturday, 20 October 2012 19:46 (eleven years ago) link
i went for down by the river. not sure if that was the right choice. both songs are phantastic. were there any other songs with lyrics in the 1960s longer than nine minutes?
― alex in mainhattan, Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:24 (eleven years ago) link
Desolation Row, Sad Eyed Lady
(Huh...never noticed before that those are about the same length)
― WilliamC, Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:30 (eleven years ago) link
I really need to get into this album, i have it on LP somewhere. I've listened to it once or twice but always in the background and halfway through "Cowgirl" i stop what i'm doing and this "Oh this must be that 'Cowgirl in the Sand' song everyone always talks about! Cool!"
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:57 (eleven years ago) link
this is a freaking tough on
― the late great, Saturday, 20 October 2012 22:58 (eleven years ago) link
*one
cowgirl
― well if it isn't old 11 cameras simon (gbx), Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:14 (eleven years ago) link
Listened to studio and Fillmore versions of both and I guess it's Cowgirl, barely.
― WilliamC, Saturday, 20 October 2012 23:41 (eleven years ago) link
Voted cowgirl. DBTR has always felt like a newly solo artist performing a popular standard. I don't think that is an accurate impression, but I've always held that bias. Besides, cowgirl is all time.
― overfaded aeropostale bootcuts I have owned (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 21 October 2012 00:50 (eleven years ago) link
Scott Miller, from Game Theory/Loud Family, had this great line about how creepy it was to start out a murder ballad with "Be on my side/I'll be on your side"
― skeevy wonder (Drugs A. Money), Sunday, 21 October 2012 02:17 (eleven years ago) link
I mistakenly thought that buddy miles wrote this song. I will do my research next time, ILX. I apologize to you and Neil both.
― overfaded aeropostale bootcuts I have owned (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 21 October 2012 02:19 (eleven years ago) link
― Raymond Cummings, Sunday, 21 October 2012 02:30 (eleven years ago) link
Cowgirl. I used to like Down By The River more, but after a long drive playing both at top volume for close to an hour, I came around.
― kornrulez6969, Sunday, 21 October 2012 03:46 (eleven years ago) link
its close. but i think cowgirl wins it for the foreboding way each chorus ends with that "bah bah - bum! bah bah - bum!" riff.
― Chief Queef (stevie), Sunday, 21 October 2012 11:40 (eleven years ago) link
isn't it "bah bah - dum! bah bah - ram"?
― nostormo, Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:31 (eleven years ago) link
i cannot muster an argument either way tbh
― Chief Queef (stevie), Sunday, 21 October 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
voted River on account of its creeping intro which I favor over Cowgirl's abrupt entry
― Euler, Sunday, 21 October 2012 20:57 (eleven years ago) link
i vote cowgirl cause sexy
― the late great, Sunday, 21 October 2012 21:05 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
"Cowgirl In The Sand" though i feel i would vote for "Down By The River" if i listened to both now.
― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 25 October 2012 04:54 (eleven years ago) link
interesting vote
akin to 'vogelsong is our ace unless i'm watching cain'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 25 October 2012 04:59 (eleven years ago) link
lol, classic execpt. i have said: Vogelsong is the Giants best pitcher (this year) but Cain is our the ace of 2012.
more now on ILB...
― go San Francisco Giants! (Bee OK), Thursday, 25 October 2012 05:48 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
Not close. In the Neil poll, it was "Down by the River" (448 points/41 votes) over "Cowgirl" (34/351). "Down by the River" must have had a calamitous first debate or something.
― clemenza, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
something something something people who will take time to fill out a ballot vs. people who will click a radio button something something something
― WilliamC, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:14 (eleven years ago) link
I think the something something something button-clickers got it right!
― clemenza, Friday, 26 October 2012 00:21 (eleven years ago) link
i disagree. people who want the easy convenience of a click-button poll have no business going near Neil Young
also DOWN BY THE RIVER 4 LYFE! FUCK THA HATERzzz!!!
― IMP of the perverse (Drugs A. Money), Saturday, 27 October 2012 08:04 (eleven years ago) link
Button clickers:ballot voters::cds:pono
― 50 Shades of Greil (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 October 2012 08:08 (eleven years ago) link
Why the hell wasn't Cinnamon Girl not included in this poll?
― how's life, Thursday, 1 November 2012 12:59 (eleven years ago) link
Cinnamon Girl wasn't not included in this poll!
― Manchild in Beantown (stevie), Thursday, 1 November 2012 13:04 (eleven years ago) link
Will always be "Down By The River" for me (I voted btw). Just love the feel of it to death, and those guitars circling each other throughout the song remain all-time-greatest of the great. Love "Cowgirl" as well, just not as much as the guitars in DBTR.
― grandavis, Thursday, 1 November 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link