That seems about right. Not on my list, but it'd be weird if it were absent from the Top 20.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
catching up, in reverse orderheart of gold - cool tune! fun to play around a campfireneedle and damage done -- good song, but don't need to hear it again. unless he does an electric arrangement w/ crazy horsedon't let it bring you down -- didn't vote for it, but classic, love that it's an acoustic song that still sounds heavy. hey hey my my - that high note he hits in the guitar solo, holy shit, like tectonic plates shiftingrockin in the free world - the first song i ever learned to play on guitarpocahontas - one of my all time faves, just a perfect set of lyrics, perfect melody. this song runs through my head daily.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:04 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, glad lots of songs will place higher than Heart of Gold, but cannot deny its status as a Neil bonafide, just not the version I turn to these days. I do admire the moment when the backup singers really let go on the very last chorus though. Gets me through the whole song every time. Like the drumming a lot to, cool hi-hat work.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
good tunes! glad to see "rockin" made the list after all - i get why people might be sick, but i still think it's the best thing he's done post-Rust.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
Solo on hey hey my my gets me through that song, find it to be a slog most of the time.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:07 (eleven years ago) link
oh of course "Rockin" was always gonna make the list
funny to see so many of the big hits cleared out in quick succession, i wonder if any will be left by the time we get to the top 10
― straight up now tell me will I be a fucking lump forever? (some dude), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
Compare Heart of Gold to the other radio shit in 1972 and it kills it DEAD. STILL.
That said, I had it at 18, so I guess 20 isn't far off from that.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:08 (eleven years ago) link
(very) early on in the ballot collection period, clemenza implied nothing post-rust had broke the top 30 yet, and also suggested a key later track might get slighted
― da croupier, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
Like the drumming a lot to, cool hi-hat work.
agreed about the hi-hats! i doubt many people notice it, but it subtly helps to defines the feel of the verses.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:09 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSAz1Vc4U34
― Three Word Username, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
Still alot of my picks that haven't placed yet despite being either canonical or big fan faves (or so I thought), but there's also a few I was sure would not place, so who knows?
Heart of Gold didn't make my list.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
I've been mishearing a lyric for 40 years: always thought it was "I've been in my mind/It's such a fine mind..."
For what it's worth, when I made that post-Rust comment, I think just over half the ballots had come in.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:10 (eleven years ago) link
I've been listening to the Bronco Bowl boot (1/14/89) and the Restless are doing a great job. Love the versions of "Don't Cry" and "Mr. Soul".
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:11 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil19.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:12 (eleven years ago) link
thought that'd be higher
― straight up now tell me will I be a fucking lump forever? (some dude), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Actually found a great image of a guy lying in a burned-out basement, but the dimensions weren't right.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:13 (eleven years ago) link
Thought it would be higher too, but I didn't chart it.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
K.D. Lang's cover got a vote too.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:14 (eleven years ago) link
Called it! "After The Gold Rush" was #19 on my ballot.
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:15 (eleven years ago) link
xxxp This pic made me laugh anyway
― Jeff W, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
I forget the context, but Christgau had a great line about not understanding something or other until you'd been in an arena filled with hippie burnouts when Neil gets to the "And I felt like getting high" line.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
i think i've finally come round to "hey hey, my my". used to see it as little more than discordant slop, but now i'm totally on board as that monster riff buzzes and slices like a chainsaw. it all sounds so perfect and right.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tyler can probably answer this: does any footage survive from the would-be film?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, much lower than I expected. As much as I love "After the Gold Rush," I always found the cheers when Neil sings "And I felt like gettin' high" on the (otherwise great) Live Rust version to be a stadium rock nadir.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:17 (eleven years ago) link
You're breakin' my heart.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:18 (eleven years ago) link
footage from after the gold rush? i don't think it ever amde it past the stoned screenplay stage.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Wasn't sure...I suppose it's all documented in Shakey. Having marvelled at the insanity of Journey, I sure wish they'd left something behind.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:22 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil18.jpg
"Tired Eyes" sounds exactly like coming down from bad drugs in bad company.
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
Bruce Berry's actual van.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:23 (eleven years ago) link
sweet! this song is ... something else! wow.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:25 (eleven years ago) link
My third highest Tonight song. My highest didn't make the list.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:28 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I'm almost positive it was just a (Dean Stockwell-penned) screenplay.
― cwkiii, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
My ONLY TTN song - had it at #21 but I'm all good with it placing this high.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:30 (eleven years ago) link
When people describe TTN as "harrowing," this is the song I always think of.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
"Tired Eyes" is a great song but I can't remove it from the record for some reason, did not make my ballot. Was sure it would place high though (i.e., didn't need my help).
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:32 (eleven years ago) link
http://phildellio.tripod.com/neil17.jpg
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:33 (eleven years ago) link
Really happy to see "Albequerque" this high, love that song a lot.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:34 (eleven years ago) link
My #2 Tonight favourite. The Canadian band Treble Charger recorded an excellent cover for one of the tribute albums.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, TTN fans hitting the top 20 hard.
― grandavis, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
They're more harrowing to listen to than anything. Yes, TTN sounds like a bad comedown. But I'm not sure these tunes tell me anything about bad comedowns I didn't already know.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
Tired Eyes and Albuquerque were the only two on my ballot from TTN. like a lot of other people i have trouble isolating certain songs from the rest of the album.
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:35 (eleven years ago) link
ilm is basically the ditch trilogy fanclub, i knew that well before this poll
― straight up now tell me will I be a fucking lump forever? (some dude), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
just watched Ace in the Hole last night and had albuquerque running through my head. Such a good song, so downbeat, but not depressing. Kind of amazing that he pulls off singing such a weird word "al-al-al-allll - ba-kirky."
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:36 (eleven years ago) link
From La Lechera: "Albuquerque" - man, I sure do identify with the spirit of this song, minus the fried eggs and country ham (I prefer scrambled eggs and bacon)
― EZ Snappin, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
But I'm not sure these tunes tell me anything about bad comedowns I didn't already know.
Not enough just to vividly capture the feeling?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:37 (eleven years ago) link
also another great ben keith track, his playing on this is otherworldy.
― tylerw, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:38 (eleven years ago) link
Oh shit, I forgot that I charted this one too, so I did have two TTN tracks on here. Forgive me, I'm coming down from some heavy shit this morning.
Anyway, my #36. When I finally got an acoustic guitar, this is the first song I learned to play, only to decide later that it sounded far cooler on solo electic anyway. Got rid of the acoustic about a month later.
― hutlock, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
"tired eyes" does an incredible job of pinpointing a precarious mental state -- pleading and consoling, but in a depleted way, while the conversational thread that runs through it is kind of rambling and heedless, like it's running on second-hand steam autopilot.
― charlie h, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:39 (eleven years ago) link
"Tired Eyes": weirdest song ever to make a greatest hits comp?
― theStalePrince, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link