Search and destroy: Neil Young

super melodious.

No I like Africa
I guess I like America ok too

They are both songs that seemed really spooky & sad & big & meaningful to me when I was a small child & even as they revealed their own cheap tackiness there's still some element of the old feelings there, like how the country fair felt at night

it was spooky and sad and meaningful
but the air was full of sound

yeah or just riding around in the family car at night looking out the window. the smell of dew on grass, that sort of thing. my cousin and i built this fort out of logs and scrap wood, it probably looked like a decrepit dog house, actually it was attached to the real dog house. that summer we would bring up a radio and sleep out on the roof. i remember one night being elevated into some kind of delicious ecstasy by one song that played, sailing over the moon when the guitar solo hit and then going on about how it was the kind of music i lived for and that all music should sound like it. that song was "(everything i do) i do it for you" by bryan adams.

the song is better if you picture he's in the desert at night

does any Neil song have such prominent bongos?

speaking of ny inanities I always liked the 'tell me why / is it hard to make arrangements with yourself / when you're old enough to repay but young enough to sell" line but iirc it's often been lambasted for its faux profundity. Beautiful melody though and the lyric is evocative enough without actually meaning anything coherent

― marcos, Friday, March 20, 2015 7:35 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
au contraire, mein herr! "old enough to repay" all the things we've done for you, son, pay your debt to society (as a youthful offender, which you are re lawbreaking, being a hippie, or just being young and Young). How do you do this? Well, at the same time, you are "young enough to sell" your attractive wares, so get going, "make arrangements with yourself" and appointments with others. "You can't be twen-ty/On Sugar Mountain," you've either gotta be a kid or step "one toke over the line." You can't loiter. You're "sittin' downtown at a railway station" for a reason. It's a purpose-driven life and Brewer & Shipley know this. Are they "just" waiting for their man or Man? Purposeful as hell, son.

i mean, at least "one toke over the line" is genuinely weird! "horse with no name" is not weird, although it wants to be.

I can certainly see liking "One Toke Over the Line" more--I like it a lot, and anyway, we like what we like--but I have a harder time getting my head around the idea that "One Toke Over the Line" is the weirder of the two. It's sprightly country-pop--outside of the drug connotation, I think I could easily name a dozen records from the era that have a similar feel. (And lots of Jesus songs, ironic or not, from the same moment...that Lawrence Welk clip is mind-boggling). Outside of the guy whose thread this is, I can't think of anything that sounds like "A Horse with No Name."

i think there's a false dichotomy emerging here

one can like a song and still acknowledge its faults, like asinine lyrics

I'm not sure if you're referring to "One Toke Over the Line" or "A Horse with No Name," or what that has to do with the question of weirdness. I'm speculating, but simple point: get 50 people to listen to both songs for the first time, and ask them which one's weirder. I say an overwhelming majority says "A Horse with No Name."

Never thought of "One Toke" as particularly weird, just a snapshot of Jesus Freak culture from an era where even stuffy evening TV variety shows dabbled in psychedelic pandering.

clemenza otm, it doesn't matter if a horse is intentionally weird, it just has this heavy 70s negative energy to it.

fading billboard in smog

does any Neil song have such prominent bongos?

― mizzell, Saturday, 21 March 2015 11:56 (2 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

'on the beach' is pretty bongos-forward

The songs from trans that were recorded with joe lala for his scrapped yacht rock album - ie "little thing called love" and "like an inca" are bongo fever

yeah and joe lala adds a tropical vibe to a lot of the stills-young band LP. though with that album, you get the feeling neil was like: "um, congas...? sure, whatever!"

I just got the deeper meaning of 'I Want to Drive My Car'

sounds awesome: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/movies/neil-youngs-human-highway-finally-hits-theaters-decades-later.html?hpw&rref=movies&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well&_r=0

I have seen Human Highway and it is p lol and ridiculous, more curious about the Ashby thing tbh

MUDDY TRACK

looks like that solo trans thing is that youtube trans bit that got posted awhile back, I loved that

MUDDY TRACK

― tylerw, Monday, April 13, 2015 4:23 PM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

have you seen it????

Was just admiring the hella vocal fry on the solo acoustic greensleeves

When he goes

My laaady greee(crackle)nsleee(sizzle)ves

xp no! i've been thinking about it for decades, though! this will be the 1st time it's ever been screened afaik

oh man if i was in nyc i would SO catch Muddy Track, always wanted to see that

i have, however, seen human highway, and once was plenty

I think I mentioned upthread but Trunk Show is on YouTube now and wow that is amazing

huh never seen this Blender.com exclusive

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

another whistling song!

http://pitchfork.com/news/59674-neil-young-previews-rock-starbucks-from-monsanto-themed-album/

also lol @ "Should I Stay or Should I Go" bit at the beginning

Dang there's Neil Young threads. Hard to keep 'em straight, but speaking of Monsanto material, there's a bunch, in this "secret gig": rough recording, but fairly promising. Also another worth checking (these are from the neil young thread):

You can download the secret gig here:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=2297

― satans favourite son, Saturday, April 25, 2015 12:24 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thanks! BigO still has the Neil x Willie x Lukas & POTR set from Harvest of Hope, the anti-Keystone XXL show excerpted upthread, in that 10-minute jam (those Neil & Lukas YouTube posts aren't showing up in my Firefox this morning, but they are in Chrome)
Here;s the HoH set:
http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=1989 Looks like they've also still got a bunch of other Neil and Neil-related sets.

― dow, Saturday, April 25, 2015 9:19 AM

Neil Young film fest coming to the AFI Silver theatre outside W. DC in June.

Reprise just announced this:

Neil Young + Promise of the Real have joined forces and will release a new studio album, entitled The Monsanto Years, on June 29th via Reprise Records.

The ecologically/environmentally-focused album will be released via all retailers and in the Neil Young Official Online Store. The Monsanto Years will be available in a special CD + DVD package, vinyl, iTunes, and PonoMusic high-resolution audio. The vinyl package will be released in August. Actual date to be announced shortly. Pre-orders begin today, May 26th. Click here to pre-order.

Beginning today, those who pre-order The Monsanto Years, will instantly receive downloads of two brand new tracks from the album: "Big Box" and "A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop." You can view the video for "A Rock Star Bucks A Coffee Shop" right now at DemocracyNow.org.

For this guitar-centric, full steam-ahead and highly-charged rock album, Young is joined by Promise of the Real, an LA-based rock band fronted by Lukas Nelson (vocals/guitar), along with Micah Nelson (guitar, vocals), Anthony Logerfo (drums), Corey McCormick (bass) and Tato Melgar (percussion). They have performed with their father, Willie Nelson, and Young on previous occasions. For the first time, they recorded together and will now tour under the banner of the Rebel Content Tour. For further information on Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, visit: http://www.promiseofthereal.com/

The Rebel Content Tour featuring Young + Promise of the Real will hit the road kicking off July 5th at Milwaukee Summer Fest.

http://www.clickhole.com/article/sooo-perfect-jimmy-fallon-dressed-neil-young-last--2478

LOL

Love that new Neil Young anti-Monsanto song! Can't wait to hear the full album.

so what is the color when black is burnt, anyway? kind of an ashy white color I guess?

maybe he'll have a filter for it over on instagram
Join me on Instagram.
https://instagram.com/neilyoung
- Neil

Archives II will be Pono files unlocked by Instagram shares on smartphone.

Made it through "Human Highway" last night, it was enjoyable enough, though it relies way too heavily on 'comedic' antics between Neil and his friend both playing the worst gas station attendants of all time.

NEIL YOUNG ANNOUNCES LATEST ALBUM IN PERFORMANCE SERIES FOR HIS ARCHIVES: BLUENOTE CAFÉ
LIVE ALBUM RECORDED DURING NEIL YOUNG 'S 1988 TOUR DUE NOVEMBER 13TH FROM REPRISE RECORDS

...The album collects various performances captured during Neil's 1988 tour. This superb live 2-CD, 4-vinyl LP set documents one of Young's most funky and heartfelt periods and features seven unreleased songs: "Soul of a Woman," "Bad News Comes to Town," Ain't it the Truth," "I'm Goin'," "Crime of the Heart," "Doghouse," "Fool for Your Love," and a searing 19+ minute version of the immortal "Tonight's the Night" from The Pier in New York City.

Disc 1:
Welcome To The Big Room (Mt. View Theater, Mt. View, CA - 11/7/87)
Don't Take Your Love Away From Me (The Fillmore, San Francisco, CA - 11/12/87)
This Note's For You (The Palace, Hollywood, CA - 4/13/88)
Ten Men Workin' (The World, NY, NY - 4/18/88)
Life In The City (The World, NY, NY - 4/18/88)
Hello Lonely Woman (The World, NY, NY - 4/18/88)
Soul Of A Woman (The World, NY, NY - 4/18/88)
Married Man (The World, NY, NY - 4/21/88)
Bad News Comes To Town (Agoura Ballroom, Cleveland, OH - 4/23/88)
Ain't It The Truth (Agoura Ballroom, Cleveland, OH - 4/23/88)
One Thing (Agoura Ballroom, Cleveland, OH - 4/23/88)
Twilight (Agoura Ballroom, Cleveland, OH - 4/23/88)

Disc 2:
I'm Goin' (CNE, Toronto, Canada - 8/18/88)
Ordinary People (Lake Compounce, Bristol, CT - 8/23/88)
Crime In The City (Jones Beach, Wantagh, NY - 8/27/88)
Crime Of The Heart (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
Welcome Rap (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
Doghouse (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
Fool For Your Love (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
Encore Rap (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
On The Way Home (Poplar Creek Music Theatre, Hoffman Estates, IL - 8/16/88)
Sunny Inside (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)
Tonight's The Night (Pier 84, NY, NY - 8/30/88)

Band:
Neil Young - guitar & vocals

Bluenote Café:
Rick Rosas - bass
Chad Cromwell - drums
Frank Sampedro - keyboards
Steve Lawrence - lead tenor saxophone
Ben Keith - alto saxophone
Larry Cragg - baritone saxophone
Claude Cailliet - trombone
Tom Bray - trumpet
John Fumo - trumpet
Billy Talbot - bass
Ralph Molina - drums

I think I want to hear this.

dang, that look awesome

http://img.cdn2.wmgecom.com/media/catalog/product/cache/63/image/800x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/n/e/neil_young_bluenote_cafe.jpg

Doesn't look as if anyone made note of Neil's 70th yesterday.

http://www.newsweek.com/70-underrated-neil-young-songs-listen-neil-youngs-70th-birthday-393338?piano_t=1

1) "Deep cuts" has now entered the lexicon. Help.
2) Newsweek fibs. There's no way on Earth I've "hit my limit of 5 free articles." I haven't accessed Newsweek online in at least a couple of years.

I hit the same limit on my first visit!

listened to neil young all day in the office yesterday

learned that Hot in Herre samples There's a World, weird I never thought abt it b4

If anyone can get past that phony firewall, I'd be interested in seeing the list. Even though the concept is silly when applied to Neil, who never really had a hit single after 1972. ("Here's a list of the 70 Greatest Neil Young Songs, minus 'Heart of Gold' and three others.) I guess they've drawn some subjective line whereby famous songs like "Cowgirl" are deemed shallow and therefore not eligible.

Firewall is from the link, just cut off the bit after 393338.

err, http://www.newsweek.com/70-underrated-neil-young-songs-listen-neil-youngs-70th-birthday-393338

good list imo

lol 70 underrated songs!

Still can't access it, even when I use Citroën's abbreviated URL. Maybe someone can cut-and-paste the Top 10?

My own #1 would be "Ocean Girl." As I've said many times, I think that's an incredible song that never gets any attention from anyone.

xp

List is chronological. Google the title and click through might work?

I'm at work for interview day, no students. I think I know what's going on: there's a small group of my grade 6s who meet in secret and read Newsweek articles on my computer. I'll look at the list when I get home.

Meantime, here are seven fantastic songs I consider legitimately underwritten about/ignored/etc.:

1. “Ocean Girl”
2. “Country Girl”
3. “The Emperor of Wyoming”
4. “Are You Ready for the Country?”
5. “Cripple Creek Ferry”
6. “Soldier”
7. “Sea of Madness”

("Cripple Creek Ferry," in that it's on a famous and revered album, may be ineligible for such a list.)

Like Tyler, I must scoff at the idea that there are 70 really good Neil songs that haven't been sufficiently celebrated.