first full band performance of On The Beach (the song) in 45 years:
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Wed July 10, 2019 9:44 pm
by liebzz
I have begun the journey. I won’t report as exhaustively on this but make a couple of notes. I listened to Neil Young and Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere today. The self-titled is excellent and really works as a template for his whole career to come. Acoustic ballads, rock stomps, and lush arrangements are peppered throughout. Also, I am reminded again of my love for Everybody Knows... I mean, Down By The River is like wearing your most comfortable shoe or meeting up with an old friend for the first time in a while. It continues to just feel right.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 1:57 pm
by liebzz
I listened to After the Gold Rush and Harvest this morning. These early albums are just purely great to listen to.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 2:24 pm
by tragabigzanda
tragabigzanda wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb
I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 3:56 pm
by liebzz
tragabigzanda wrote:They’re both amazing, but A Man Needs A Maid is such an awful song
Yeah, I am not too crazy about the lyrics but the music is wonderful.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 4:05 pm
by Strat
The version at massey hall does me just fine. Otherwise the overblown orchestral arrangements of the album leave me feeling uninspired.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 10:29 pm
by i got bugs
Finally played on the beach live for the first time in ages
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 10:48 pm
by Birds in Hell
liebzz wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They’re both amazing, but A Man Needs A Maid is such an awful song
Yeah, I am not too crazy about the lyrics but the music is wonderful.
I love A Man Needs A Maid and I agree with Strat that the Massey Hall version is definitive.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 11:31 pm
by liebzz
Birds in Hell wrote:
liebzz wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They’re both amazing, but A Man Needs A Maid is such an awful song
Yeah, I am not too crazy about the lyrics but the music is wonderful.
I love A Man Needs A Maid and I agree with Strat that the Massey Hall version is definitive.
I always thought that the Massey Hall version of Don’t Let It Bring You Down was phenomenal
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu July 11, 2019 11:53 pm
by Strat
liebzz wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
liebzz wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:They’re both amazing, but A Man Needs A Maid is such an awful song
Yeah, I am not too crazy about the lyrics but the music is wonderful.
I love A Man Needs A Maid and I agree with Strat that the Massey Hall version is definitive.
I always thought that the Massey Hall version of Don’t Let It Bring You Down was phenomenal
I believe neil wished he had released many of those versions as the album versions
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 2:32 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Yeah, Old Man from that is one of my favorites
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 3:06 am
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 11:22 pm
by liebzz
Now through On the Beach and Time Fades Away:
1) always loved Walk On, but really most of the album is really solid.
2) this is actually the first time I have heard Time Fades Away. I did not know it was an album of new songs all live. And that they are solid throughout.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Fri July 12, 2019 11:51 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Sat July 13, 2019 2:30 am
by liebzz
Interesting. The best part of this journey is that I am familiar with a lot of the music but not all of it, and that makes this process as much about discovery than the sheer will to listen to 33 albums by one artist in a relatively short period of time. I may have a couple weeks where I listen to very little while I am away, but the journey will continue soon.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon July 15, 2019 6:44 pm
by dimejinky99
Bit of history here yesterday down in Kilkenny. Neil and Dylan played together for the first time in 25 years.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon July 15, 2019 6:54 pm
by kreng
i mean they played together in London 2 days prior but yeah cool.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon July 15, 2019 7:06 pm
by dimejinky99
kreng wrote:i mean they played together in London 2 days prior but yeah cool.
Oh They played the same lineup. I should have said duetted together.
Variety has the story I dunno.
