neil young - harvest moon c/d

i love how the corniness of the opening line becomes INSTANTLY endearing and sets the tone for the whole album.

Holy fucking shit, I think I love a Neil Young song. How did this happen?

I have hated Neil Young for, like 25 years at this point! It's not even his songwriting, which is actually brilliant and I love his songs so much when other people do them. His voice is just made of anti-WCC repellant material which causes instant cringe and makes my ears shut down and my hands leap towards the off button of the sound source.

But then I was in this pub yesterday, sketching, and this song came on, and I was just... entranced. My ears just went up at the reverb on the chorus and it stopped being "OMG, what is that terrible high-pitched whining droney noise" and started being "actually this is beautiful."

I thought maybe I had been mistaken, and it wasn't Neil Young, but I've had it stuck in my head for a whole day, and so I googled the lyrics, and it is indeed Neil Young and I do indeed love it

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

How?

Am I going to have to readjust my hater status, or is this album just aberrant in some way?

Always avoided this album because I found "Harvest Moon" so ordinary. I guess I see why it appeals to people (I've encountered it in two or three films/TV shows), but it does nothing for me; I like "Harvest" a thousand times better. Anyway, bought a used CD a few weeks ago, and I think the album as a whole is quite good. "Harvest Moon" isn't even close to the best song. My two favourites are "You and Me" and "Natural Beauty."

I also don't own this album, for similar reasons - but I really should pick it up.

dreamin man is the one for me, I think