yeah I think I specified on my ballot that I was voting for one of the bootleg versions, and all my boots have come courtesy of doomandgloom
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:14 (eleven years ago) link
I immediately gravitated to the two ballads I love on Freedom, so except for the hit and "On Broadway," the truth is that I don't remember much else.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:15 (eleven years ago) link
is it too late to add "Wish I never put the hose down...wish I never got POLLED" to the thread title?
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:16 (eleven years ago) link
I voted both Southern Man and Alabama highly - they rock imo. The intro riff on Alabama especially. I don't get the hate, but then I ain't from round these parts.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:17 (eleven years ago) link
1. A++ for the images, clemenza
2. Hey, I made a difference: voted for 75, 74 and 73 (and three others so far)
3. Countdown's going by real fast. I think I'll come back tomorrow and do the comments thing then.
― Jeff W, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:18 (eleven years ago) link
yeah the images are great, very neil
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:19 (eleven years ago) link
Thanks. I initially read that as "Hey, I made a difference: voted in 75, 74, and 73"...I thought you were re-living the Nixon meltdown.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:21 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil63.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:22 (eleven years ago) link
That's somebody who lives just down the road from Neil's Broken Arrow ranch. I don't know, I've just never been a big fan of this song...very arty.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
My very last cut. Surpised it is this low, but I think we'll see more BS to come...
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:23 (eleven years ago) link
it's kind of hilarious he ended a bunch of shows with "A Day in The Life" when he had this in his bag
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
Meant in a good way, of course. (xpost)
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
xp it's pretty? beautiful, heartfelt lyrics that i can only imagine neil young pulling off? the pet shop boys do it?
I'd really love that to have happened. Could imagine that slotting nicely at the end of 'Behaviour'.
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:24 (eleven years ago) link
i love "Broken Arrow" - def arty as hell but beautiful and the non-song parts move pretty quickly
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:25 (eleven years ago) link
It really did happen--the PSB have done an excellent cover of "Philadelphia."
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
xp! the pet shop boys do it, for real
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
I have no use for Buffalo Springfield. Try and try and try and yuck.
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbamhAYwyJ4
woah way too low! Thought this would be more of a crowd-pleaser...
― recordbreaking transfer to Lucknow FC (seandalai), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
"Broken Arrow" is my first to place so far. Have always loved the cut-up nature. And its beauty.
― grandavis, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
xxpostWhy didn't I know about this until now!
― fun loving and xtremely tolrant (Billy Dods), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
Listening to 'Philadelphia' now, never even knew it existed before today (haven't seen the film either). It's lovely.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:28 (eleven years ago) link
broken arrow is flawed, has some nice moments, but not the masterpiece it wants to be. funny to think if it had been a big hit or something, and neil had spent the rest of his career doing five minute orchestral song suites.
― tylerw, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
That PSB version of Phildelphia is excellent.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
wow I thought the PSB thing was a joke!
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:29 (eleven years ago) link
No one's asked, but I meant to mention that I haven't bothered posting first-place votes because so many ballots--half or more, I would guess--were unranked. I'll try to do that at the end, when I post the full list.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
Something tells me that no matter what, Neil was always going to NOT spend the rest of his career doing anything with any consistency or regularity, hit or no hit. Into the ditch...
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:30 (eleven years ago) link
I will say that I like "Broken Arrow" more than Stills' even longer "Bluebird"--it's been a while, but a lot more, I think.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
It's funny how Neil juvenalia is full of ornate Sgt. Pepperisms before he heads off to the garage at the ranch to mature
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:33 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil62.jpg
If I was going with Ornate Neil, I'd pick about half of the solo debut and "Expecting To Fly" over "Broken Arrow." It's an endearing failure, but I feel like he's done more with those ideas in other songs.
― Chuck? Chuck? It's me, your cousin, Marvin D (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:34 (eleven years ago) link
Aaaaaaand I just realized I missed a couple of the most obvious songs. Oh, Lex.
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 9 July 2012 18:35 (eleven years ago) link
I'm referring to the really long "Bluebird" on the early-'70s anthology--seems the original was just over four minutes.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
"Harvest" = my #17.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i'd agree with this (well maybe not HALF of the solo debut), though everything from the '60s on Decade is gorgeous IMO.
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:39 (eleven years ago) link
my biggest problem with CSNY and Buffalo is that Decade cherry-picked the Neil stuff so well that the other guys are at a serious disadvantage. decent countryish number followed by GENIUS GODHEAD I'VE KNOWN SINCE MIDDLE SCHOOL followed by some little hippie thing...
― da croupier, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:41 (eleven years ago) link
La Lechera left me her ballot so I would like to note she voted for "Harvest"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Well, I think the other guys were at a serious disadvantage anyway just by virtue of not being Neil Young, but yeah, that definitely factors in.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:42 (eleven years ago) link
Didn't realize Harvest was the biggest-selling LP of '72. I knew it'd be up there, but I would have thought Exile, Paul Simon, a Carpenters LP, Carole King's Music, something else. Like the title song a whole lot.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:43 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil61.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:44 (eleven years ago) link
From La Lechera:
"Lotta Love (Neil's version, not Nicolette's, this song is perfect)"
― EZ Snappin, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
Nice! Thought vote splitting would keep that one from making it.
― cwkiii, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:47 (eleven years ago) link
Nicolette Larson's cover did get one vote--something that sounded much better to me years and years after the fact.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:48 (eleven years ago) link
my biggest problem with CSNY and Buffalo is that Decade cherry-picked the Neil stuff so well that the other guys are at a serious disadvantage
I do think that Stills' best Springfield stuff is the equal of, and sometimes greater, than Neil's.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:50 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I still prefer Neil's version, but Nicolette's has grown on me in the last few years. When I was a kid and heard that come on the radio, I practically ran to change the dial.
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:51 (eleven years ago) link
Sad and surprised to find out that she died many years ago.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:52 (eleven years ago) link
Love the images on the last two.
I really like the cover of 'Lotta Love' (I actually think I heard it first) but I stuck with an all-Neil ballot (and voted for the original anyway).
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil60.jpg
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:55 (eleven years ago) link
Aww, cute kids, but this song has never done much for me. I do think of it every time I mess up my kids' hair though...
― hutlock, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:56 (eleven years ago) link
You're going to hear me gush and gush on Tuesday and Wednesday, but another one I've always been indifferent to--I like Richie Furay's "A Child's Claim to Fame" so much more.
― clemenza, Monday, 9 July 2012 18:58 (eleven years ago) link