“You took that guitar and you put it in your arm, Bruce."
― how's life, Thursday, 15 November 2012 00:55 (eleven years ago) link
Oh man, a google image search for "Cowgirl in the Sand" results in some horrific, horrific fucking garbage.
Anyone got a copy of the Liverpool show from '73? My best googling has only yielded broken links.
― how's life, Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:19 (eleven years ago) link
Try here
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:35 (eleven years ago) link
Sorry, that's Manchester '73. I've only ever heard the Manchester and London shows from that tour.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
Oh wait - I have the Toronto show too.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 15 November 2012 13:37 (eleven years ago) link
Just curious--where did he play Toronto in '73? Was it Massey Hall or somewhere bigger?
― clemenza, Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:52 (eleven years ago) link
my info says Maple Leaf Gardens. May not be correct.
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 15 November 2012 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
yeah he played there on the time fades away tour, i think, not on the later tonight's the night tour. don't think i've heard the liverpool show, just the manchester and london gigs.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
and there's a queens college tonight's the night show that would be amazing if the sound quality wasn't awful.
― tylerw, Thursday, 15 November 2012 19:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3z09VRZ6to&feature=plcp
― clemenza, Thursday, 22 November 2012 22:32 (eleven years ago) link
aw, nice clip. also, insaaaaane model railroad setup. don't know if i've ever actually seen it before. on the less warm n fuzzy sidehttp://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdrhourlTY1rrchtqo1_400.jpg the 70s!
― tylerw, Friday, 23 November 2012 04:12 (eleven years ago) link
Love that clip with Neil and his son and the trains. Very cool
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 23 November 2012 04:35 (eleven years ago) link
They are communicating on a different plane, not by the means you or I might use. I have some friends with kids who have disabilities, and even though it may be a challenge, they would not change a thing.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Friday, 23 November 2012 04:40 (eleven years ago) link
aw, nice clip. also, insaaaaane model railroad setup. don't know if i've ever actually seen it before.
I think that's actually bigger than the model train set at the Chicago Museum of Science & Industry (which is massive).
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 23 November 2012 05:51 (eleven years ago) link
Always weird to see Neil not playing Old Black
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 23 November 2012 06:57 (eleven years ago) link
http://sugarmtn.org/instruments/gretsch_6120/gretsch_6120_1985_2.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2701/4088494197_08f48e7d1a_o.jpg
― how's life, Friday, 23 November 2012 11:04 (eleven years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRFFV7B386WeoRGrKhZsj0M-jsQ1-9jKp8WRPF9qaWMtvIFxp2s7w
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 November 2012 14:37 (eleven years ago) link
Believe the Gretsch precedes Old Black by several years.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 November 2012 14:40 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, he had that back in the Buffalo Springfield days, right? What an awesome-looking guitar that is. Like the pristine flipside to grizzled, battered Old Black.
― bizarro gazzara, Friday, 23 November 2012 16:03 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I guess I meant it's weird seeing Neil with a Fender.
― If Assholes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport, Friday, 23 November 2012 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
That's for sure. Sort of like seeing Springsteen with anything but a Fender.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 November 2012 22:09 (eleven years ago) link
The strat pic is the weirdest to me. He looks genuinely unhappy to be holding it.
― how's life, Friday, 23 November 2012 22:40 (eleven years ago) link
On the other hand, I really love jimmy page's brief telecaster phase
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 November 2012 00:59 (eleven years ago) link
Not that brief! First two albums and bits of the rest ("Stairway to Heaven" solo, etc.). I think he got the Tele from ... Jeff Beck? I believe Beck was playing a Tele around that time, too, but of course embraced the Strat. Page had his own brief Strat phase at the end. Did Neil play a Strat c. the Shocking Pinks?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 November 2012 01:15 (eleven years ago) link
Page looks cool in any guitar, but the strat is hard to pull off
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 24 November 2012 01:16 (eleven years ago) link
I'm glad he had it but Page with a Tele seems so odd. Not to indulge in guitar cliches but it's hard to think of Led Zep as a Tele band at all - maybe tele deluxe/custom? Keith rocked that one. This is basically an image thing tbh.
― Master of Treacle, Saturday, 24 November 2012 03:28 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, but Page's Tele was painted all psychedelic.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 November 2012 05:40 (eleven years ago) link
https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSzUs0PLvxkiOwbaffOLVojS_EA7osfp5Vjs_RnloQCowWFuC9VaQ
Saw Neil Young & Crazy Horse last night in Philly. Holy shit. If he is playing anywhere near you on this tour, GO. I haven't been listening to the boots, so I don't know how this compares to the other dates from this year, but really, unless you're not down with monolithic noise jams, this is more than worth the ticket price. A brief (3-song) acoustic interlude in the middle, but other than that, pretty much relentless heaviness for 2 1/2 hours.
― xanthanguar (cwkiii), Friday, 30 November 2012 14:53 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkGkGFyUxTc
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:07 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, I think I found a copy of the elusive "Southern California Brings Me Down:"
hxxps://www.box.com/shared/48xvyh8xva
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:12 (eleven years ago) link
Southern California Brings Me Down I need someone to live with me To keep my bed warm And keep my shorts clean I need a maid to give for free And sew patches on my jeans I dreamed I saw my cowgirl housewife I was drivin' in my pickup through L.A. I wanna love you while I can, babe Before I become an old man Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down Ooh, I need some place to go Oh, north Ontario It's safer than Alabama It's safer than Ohio, ohh... Gonna go home now Where I can grow old With the cowgirl of my dreams I'm gonna stay stay stoned now Just stare out my basement window and scream Ahhhh..... Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down Oooh, ooh, gotta get away now Southern California brings me down Ooh, ooh, babe Ooh, gotta get away... Topanga Canyon freaks, you won't see around no more
I need someone to live with me To keep my bed warm And keep my shorts clean I need a maid to give for free And sew patches on my jeans
I dreamed I saw my cowgirl housewife I was drivin' in my pickup through L.A. I wanna love you while I can, babe Before I become an old man
Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down Southern California brings me down
Ooh, I need some place to go Oh, north Ontario It's safer than Alabama It's safer than Ohio, ohh...
Gonna go home now Where I can grow old With the cowgirl of my dreams I'm gonna stay stay stoned now Just stare out my basement window and scream Ahhhh.....
Oooh, ooh, gotta get away now Southern California brings me down Ooh, ooh, babe Ooh, gotta get away...
Topanga Canyon freaks, you won't see around no more
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:14 (eleven years ago) link
haha, this is pretty good.
― tylerw, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:17 (eleven years ago) link
ha never heard of that, pretty good, they get a lot of neil songwriting tics down pat
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:37 (eleven years ago) link
i wonder who the musicians are...?
― tylerw, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:39 (eleven years ago) link
yeah i was gonna say the band & esp the guitar playing is pretty awesome
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:40 (eleven years ago) link
Thank you, Tony Scheuren for NOT tossing a "wine/whine" pun into this thing. His song from the 70's National Lampoon "Goodbye Pop" lp skewers the ego behind Neil Young's notion of "A Man Needs a Maid." It references "After the Goldrush" (with the "patches on my jeans" back cover) and loads up on recognition humor ("Neil" longs to live in "North Ontario. It's safer than Alabama. It's safer than Ohio"). If you don't know "Old Man" or "Cowgirl in the Sand" some lines here won't raise a smile. Mr. Young had a bit of a crooked grin through segments of the Demme concert film "Heart of Gold," but it's doubtful he was all that amused when this parody came out. What sacrilege, to take a poke at a sensitive singer-songwriter, and even do an elbow in the musical rib over CSN&Y's anthem about four dead students at Kent State. Scheuren is not just "a comic." He began his career as a musician, and at 19 sang lead vocals with "Chamaeleon Church," a group that did release an album on MGM in 1968. He also toured with Ultimate Spinach and is on "Ultimate Spinch III." For most, his most vivid work remains with the Lampoon, both their discs and radio show. And remember, unless you live in some still hippie-esque canyon, or behind the gates of a Beverly Hills or Malibu home, you'll agree with the faux Neil here, that...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRINGS ME DOWN Si, muchachos, es verdad.
Mr. Young had a bit of a crooked grin through segments of the Demme concert film "Heart of Gold," but it's doubtful he was all that amused when this parody came out. What sacrilege, to take a poke at a sensitive singer-songwriter, and even do an elbow in the musical rib over CSN&Y's anthem about four dead students at Kent State. Scheuren is not just "a comic." He began his career as a musician, and at 19 sang lead vocals with "Chamaeleon Church," a group that did release an album on MGM in 1968. He also toured with Ultimate Spinach and is on "Ultimate Spinch III." For most, his most vivid work remains with the Lampoon, both their discs and radio show. And remember, unless you live in some still hippie-esque canyon, or behind the gates of a Beverly Hills or Malibu home, you'll agree with the faux Neil here, that...SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BRINGS ME DOWN Si, muchachos, es verdad.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:41 (eleven years ago) link
Mr. Young had a bit of a crooked grin through segments of the Demme concert film "Heart of Gold," but it's doubtful he was all that amused when this parody came out.i dunno, he would probably think it was funny. he likes jimmy fallon's impression.
― tylerw, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
But would '70s Neil Young think it was funny?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
he would've wept sensitive singer-songwriter tears
― tylerw, Friday, 30 November 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
wau at this
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:47 (eleven years ago) link
ULTIMATE SPINACH!
― U.S. State Department, Office of Rare Psych (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 30 November 2012 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
Never knew this was online: Greil Marcus's original review of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere for Good Times, August 1969:
http://www.zodiackillerfacts.com/The%20San%20Francisco%20Express%20Times%20aka%20Good%20Times.htm
Really, it's more of a career overview plus a review of "Cowgirl in the Sand."
― clemenza, Saturday, 1 December 2012 15:20 (eleven years ago) link
cool find!
The only word I have for Stills’ music is “perfect.”
hmmm...wait a couple years their Greil
― Z S, Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:53 (eleven years ago) link
there
sigh
*imperfect*
― Z S, Saturday, 1 December 2012 16:54 (eleven years ago) link
Man, I checked out a copy of CSN's greatest hits after reading Shakey. It's pretty astounding to me that they were where Young went to earn his money, just in terms of them being an enormous going concern during the late 60s/early 70s. I couldn't make it through a song without rolling my eyes.
― how's life, Saturday, 1 December 2012 17:23 (eleven years ago) link
yeah, i'm pretty much with you. every once in a while i go back through CSN (w/ or w/out Y) and try to gain some new appreciation, but it's a struggle. they're not bad or anything but neil young is so, so much better that it's a constant question of "why don't i just divide both sides of this equation by CSN so i can just be left with Y?"
― Z S, Saturday, 1 December 2012 17:26 (eleven years ago) link
Agree that "the American Beatles" and all that was way overdone--Deja Vu was a bigger story than Loaded in 1970, which now seems silly--but I really think they had a bunch of good to great songs beyond just Neil's on their first two studio albums.
― clemenza, Saturday, 1 December 2012 17:27 (eleven years ago) link
Greil Marcus' Woodstock wrapup from RS #42, 9/20/69 on CSNY:
"Visually they are one of the most exciting bands I have ever seen."
So there's that.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 1 December 2012 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
^^Neil wore a great ruffled shirt at that show. Probably contributed to the cited visual excitement.
http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7rw9uQ1XU1qbm3br.jpg
...along w/Stills' poncho.
― Big Sambola & The Tailspinners (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 2 December 2012 06:23 (eleven years ago) link