Search and destroy: Neil Young

stills has a decent run going from springfield/csny/manassas.
he's got this too, which is pretty sweet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWkMMXgQohc

that's a cover!

as I'm sure you know

I've never heard the Manassas record

Appropriately, it's named after one of the bloodiest of Civil War battles.

xp yeah it's a cover, but it shows off how good a guitarist he could be.

poor steven stills looks like this lil fella in a hawaiian shirt

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/caveman.jpg

I can't think of a single Stills song that's better than okay.

Not sure if this means just solo, but if not, to me there are a bunch of great ones (some I already named on a Buffalo Springfield thread): "Go and Say Goodbye," "Hung Upside Down," "Rock & Roll Woman," "Four Days Gone," "Special Care," "Uno Mundo," "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," "Everybody I Love You" (the last was co-written with Neil; everything else was his alone). I think he was a really talented guy who a) is easy to knock today because he wasn't Neil, and because he got sillier and sillier as he got older, and b) seemed to have gotten a little messed up because he also realized he wasn't as good as Neil.

i'm a Stills hater for the most part, but dudes, "FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH"

A fair assessment. I don't know the BS stuff as well as I should.

He also auditioned for the Monkees, so he gets many bonus story-telling points. Sorry--can't believe I forgot "For What It's Worth."

Listened to After The Goldrush again today. It ruled.

Also heard a live solo version of "Ohio" w/o those nails on chalkboard CSN harmonies and it was such an improvement.

I can listen to "For What It's Worth" thanks to (a) The Muppets (b) Public Enemy's interpolation

I just did some online reading about Stills' Monkees audition and had a major misconception corrected (I think--it's the internet). I was always under the impression that he was turned away--you'd even often read that they said no because he actually knew how to play music. I found two different sources, though, that said he in fact landed one of the four parts and had to drop out because of another record contract he'd already signed.

Stills and Dewey Martin actually played on some Tork/Monkees sessions in '67-'68.

Stills and Dewey Martin actually played on some Tork/Monkees sessions in '67-'68.

Stills and Dewey Martin actually played on some Tork/Monkees sessions in '67-'68.

Didn't mean for "because he actually knew how to play music" to come across as sarcasm. I love the Monkees.

[x-post]Wow, sorry for the triple post. :-O

Stills basically didn't realise that being an amazing guitarist didn't mean he also had to try to be a songwriter

tbh I don't really dig For What It's Worth all that much. it's so over-exposed I can't really find a way into enjoying it.

Stop Shakey what's that sound

the melodious keening of sasquatch

it's so over-exposed I can't really find a way into enjoying it.

if you weren't vice-prez of the Forrest Gump fanclub you probably wouldn't have to hear it so much

Agree that "For What It's Worth" is badly overexposed--it, "Purple Haze," and "Somebody to Love" (or "White Rabbit") are the default songs for any footage involving Vietnam or hippies or LBJ. I wish somebody would have the imagination to use something like "Trouble Every Day" or "Omaha" instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0yCM5uhQU

My introduction!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWTqj5lvkFs

I feel like I oughta know, but who's the host?

the guitar bit on that 2nd track sounds like a direct rip of Jumpin Jack Flash. what's the chronology?

"Mr. Soul" predates "Jumpin' Jack Flash" by over a year.

Also, it's weird how certain aspects -- the lead vocals, part of Neil's solo -- are live, and the rest is canned. And I've never heard that little backwards-guitar bit before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnH--RjdmTc

always loved this song - his version is fine enough, but the isleys (and aretha, for that matter) made it fly.

The Seger version is pretty nice too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Wp-MhcZ6g

I thought Mr. Soul was an obvious rip of Satisfaction, not Jumpin Jack Flash...?

yeah, i think stills didn't want to do that song because the riff was so similar to satisfaction. the riff is definitely derived from it, but once the song gets going i pretty much forget about it.

I like a lot Stills' songs for Buffalo Springfield, it's his voice I don't like

I'll rep for this:

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

Rock and Roll Woman

love loads of stills' buffalo stuff... 'hot dusty roads' is great.

here's a comp i made of (mostly) lost songs from 1973-1980. mainly avoiding chrome dreams stuff. http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/post/11101846032/sad-movies-a-secret-history-of-neil-young
some incredible songs/performances. crazy that it's just scratching the surface of unreleased material from that period. bring on archives II!!!!

ooh!

yr a prince

Thanks!

thanks tyler! i added your blog to my reader at some point but then i stopped checking it, so i am always glad when you repost stuff.

cool. there's some key stuff on this comp, some of it more readily available than others, but all in all it's pretty solid. even all the CSNY 74 songs are great. at that point he could write a total throwaway like "hawaiian sunrise" and it would still turn out amazing.

man, I love "Heavy Love" and "Cocaine Eyes."

had no idea White Line was such an old song!

yeah, so many of those ragged glory tunes are old. here's the crazy horse version of white line from 75 or 76
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aaoi1_P8qY8

holy shit this is awesome tyler

basically at this point, i want neil to release a 10-disc archives for every year from 1973-1978. he could totally do it.

I think YOU should do it

i would if i had access to the tapes! who can give me access?!

Thanks for posting this! Can't wait to dig in.

crazy that it's just scratching the surface of unreleased material from that period. bring on archives II!!!!

I share your optimism, but we all know Neil well enough to know that "Archives II" ≠ "unreleased material."