Neil Young - Homegrown (June 19, 2020, at long last)

Separate Ways is the best track here imo

Florida reminds me of some of Jandek's spoken word stuff

this is really good but now I understand better Neil's observation about the middle of the road and heading for the ditch instead. well, except for "Florida".

Hi my name is Jordan and I'm listening to my first Neil Young and Bob Dylan albums today.

Ever !?!?! I mean, you could do worse than these new ones, but ...

whoa Jordan

whoa

Jordan also turning 12 today

lmao jordan!!!

lol I can see how someone who plays drums for a living would never have spent much time with those artists, enjoy!

lol fair enough, outside of the Most Famous Opening Snare Shot in Rock History, neither acts are particularly notable for their drumming. If anything, they're both famous for their looseness!

Yeah I didn't grow up with the Beatles either, I was only really exposed to most music through playing it or the radio (and I never listened to classic rock radio or whatever).

I first consciously heard 'Heart of Gold' when the Bad Plus did it as a closer, and sang it acapella & off-mic at the end. I was probably the only person who was like 'huh, pretty good song, who wrote that?'.

Obviously I've heard a song here and there, but never a full album.

(Josh, which song are you referring to?)

Like a Rolling Stone.

#rockism

i do not mean to post more about bob dylan in this neil young thread but most of dylan's drummers are all-time, including matt chamberlain on the new one? kenneth buttrey! jim keltner!

i mean i guess mentioning kenneth buttrey is on-topic

yeah Levon Helm whatta hack 🙄

Oh, there are astounding drummers on Dylan (and Neil) records - Levon on "Revolution Blues" alone! - those records are just not particularly known for their drumming.

I never grew up with the Beatles, either. I've mentioned it before, but my parents only had one Beatles album and it was "Yellow Submarine." They had one Dylan album, and it was "Self-Portrait." And they had one Stones album, and it was "Goat's Head Soup" (which was missing the LP). One day I discovered a copy of Neil Young's "Everybody Knows This is Nowhere," but it was on an 8-track reel-to-reel so I never heard it as a kid. Of this batch of quality acts, I listen to Neil Young the most by far. Followed by Dylan. Followed by the Stones, with the Beatles last, because in a lot of ways they are just a permanent part of the listening environment.

Keltner played with Neil too, he's great on Peace Trail

The bassline in 'Vacancy' reminds me of that one Radiohead song that has a similar bassline

i'm only now hearing this and goddamn if this isn't the neil young record i always kinda wanted

kind of Harvest but with the down and out druggie vibes of On the Beach?

oh, no wonder

First Dylan and Neil this week is cracking me up (no worries).

xps Punch-Up At A Wedding! I knew that bassline sounded familiar

that's funny, "Vacancy" was also reminding me of a song, but I was thinking it was another Neil song.

it's all one song, iirc

Yes, Punch-Up At a Wedding! Just came here to post that after flipping through a ton of Radiohead songs to find that riff.

that's funny, "Vacancy" was also reminding me of a song, but I was thinking it was another Neil song.

― time is running out to pitch in $5 (Karl Malone), Friday, June 19, 2020 11:59 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

was it "are you ready for the country" ?

YES

thank you. i've had a busy day and haven't had a chance to search for it, but that's it.

The Vacancy riff reminded me of World on a String.

Listened a few times today and actually the record it reminds me most of is Time Fades Away in the way both are more like notebooks of roughs, demos, ideas, some complete, some only partially finished and it's surreal like TFA is, though obv sadder and gentler.

I was surprised by how Ditch-y and fucked up it is, hard for me to imagine this would have been any bigger a hit than Tonight or On the Beach or TFA

yeah it feels a little like another angle on tonight's the night to me mainly for the presence of things like "florida" and "we don't smoke it no more"

Yeah, I think if he had fleshed out "Love Is A Rose" with a full band + Emmylou on backing vocals or something, he might've had a hit like "Heart of Gold" ... but really, there's nothing else that would've been a single, I don't think. Even On The Beach had "Walk On" ...

by the way, just got my Homegrown LP in the mail ... what a day, what a year.

gonna be honest, the "yes it do" in separate ways sticks out to me in a way that's annoying

I’m not sure I can mentally handle a new neil 70s album so I’m just gonna give this some time

I will say juggling a new '70s Neil album with a new Dylan (in his 70s) album on the same day is indeed kind of tough!

Yeah that too. It took me two months to process murder most foul. So

Did they coordinate release dates?

Ordered Neil today ($15), passed on Dylan ($25)--that doesn't make sense to me.

I've listened to the new Dylan four times today. Homegrown once. I've no energy for Neil. Maybe it'll come back.

Ordered Neil today ($15), passed on Dylan ($25)--that doesn't make sense to me.

I've listened to the new Dylan four times today. Homegrown once. I've no energy for Neil. Maybe it'll come back.

― Duke, Friday, June 19, 2020 4:56 PM (eighteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

this but the reverse

Oh, Zing — I was responding to Duke’s post above

A little embarrassing for Neil, Dylan’s junior, to be putting out old music on the same day D puts out new music

...is it?

no

that would be the most hilarious reason for neil to postpone homegrown again, though!

Gotta be honest, when I was looking at something I saw mention of NY & Crazy Horse's "Colorado" and wondered if he had postponed it. Then I remembered it was released last year. I should give it another shot!

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