Also interesting: If Neil ever releases Chrome Dreams as part of the archives series, it looks like that will be the third album to feature (what I assume is) the same recording of "Star of Bethlehem" (also, I think, the third to feature the same recording of "Pocahontas," though the original release had some overdubs). It will be interesting to see what Neil's catalog will look like 20 years from now if he keeps releasing stuff like this, as many of these abandoned albums are full of songs that he poached piecemeal for later records. I always wonder how weird anomalies like that will be absorbed into an artist's discography over time.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Sun June 21, 2020 10:27 pm
by VinylGuy
Mexico is a beauty.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon June 22, 2020 3:44 pm
by Strat
Okay im coming around on this.
Sorry guys.
we dont smoke it no more is everything I love about this period of Neil
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon June 22, 2020 3:46 pm
by VinylGuy
Loved White Line on my yesterday listen.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Mon June 22, 2020 4:15 pm
by Farmer John
Yeah I'm loving this.
Separate Ways, Vacancy and White Line are the cream of the crop.
Love is a Rose, Little Wing, and Star of Bethlehem are all great songs and if I were hearing them for the first time here I would probably be blow away with this album.
I REALLY love this version of White Line.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Tue June 23, 2020 7:19 pm
by Hatfield
I'm all in with Homegrown. This is exactly what I (we all) needed right now. What a beautiful time for Neil's music 1974 was.
I really like this version of Homegrown more than the one we ended up with on Stars and Bars.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Tue June 23, 2020 7:21 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 6:15 pm
by VinylGuy
Try is a beautiful song. I love the vibe of this album.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 7:27 pm
by epilogue
This thing is fantastic!
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 7:33 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 June 25, 2020 7:38 pm
by Simple Torture
tragabigzanda wrote:Lol strat I bet you feel like such a doofus!
strat liked my post about this on Instagram; I think he has turned around.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 7:42 pm
by epilogue
Simple Torture wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Lol strat I bet you feel like such a doofus!
strat liked my post about this on Instagram; I think he has turned around.
Wait, did/does strat not like this album?
Hold on, I'm gonna read through the last few pages...
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 7:52 pm
by Strat
at first on a car listen i wasn't impressed.
But i think its great now.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 7:56 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:01 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:at first on a car listen i wasn't impressed.
But i think its great now.
I gotchu. Just read the last few pages. And it seems clear that the first impression was underwhelming for you but that it's grown some. Makes total sense.
I'm not the Neil Young guy that most of you are. I actually didn't know this was an old record that just say the light of day. I was gonna post about how fucking GREAT he sounds!
Glad I read through previous posts before I said that. I've maybe heard a third of Young's body of work. But this ranks high among the stuff I have heard. This is really really great. I think it'll end up in my top 10 albums of the year. Good chance of top 5.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:10 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:So doofus, yay or nay?
i still think all of the surrounding records are way better but this is a nice fill in the blank piece....
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:18 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:37 pm
by liebzz
tragabigzanda wrote:Answer the question!
Joe have you heard On The Beach?
I am not Joe but On the Beach is my favorite Neil Young album right now.
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:46 pm
by Strat
tragabigzanda wrote:Answer the question!
Joe have you heard On The Beach?
WHAT IS THE QUESTION
Re: The Official Neil Young Thread
Posted: Thu June 25, 2020 8:54 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:So doofus, yay or nay?
i still think all of the surrounding records are way better but this is a nice fill in the blank piece....
Surrounding as in the time it was recorded and meant to be released or surrounding as in the last couple of chronologically released albums?
