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Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:51 pm
by stip
doug rr wrote:another all time favorite

it was pretty in an aimless sort of way.

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:52 pm
by ---
bros it feels like a times fades away night

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:52 pm
by ---
cutuphalfdead wrote:
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You're a better person than someone who harbors a blanket opposition to Twitter.
i'm really not

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:52 pm
by ---
stip wrote:
doug rr wrote:another all time favorite

it was pretty in an aimless sort of way.
there's a lot to be said for nowhere

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:53 pm
by stip
--- wrote:this is probably more stip's speed

actually i liked that the least of the bunch

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:53 pm
by ---
bros it feels like a times fades away kind of night

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:53 pm
by stip
--- wrote:
stip wrote:
doug rr wrote:another all time favorite

it was pretty in an aimless sort of way.
there's a lot to be said for nowhere

perhaps that is Neil Young's future days!

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:53 pm
by ---
stip wrote:
--- wrote:this is probably more stip's speed

actually i liked that the least of the bunch
i'd be lying if i said i understood

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:54 pm
by stip
in the end I tend to not go in for fuzzy meandering guitars, and i don't really like his voice. So Neil Young is going to be a tough sell for me. Enough people whose tastes I respect swear by this guy, so I'm sure there is something here, but it's not reaching me

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:54 pm
by ---
stip wrote:
--- wrote:
stip wrote:
doug rr wrote:another all time favorite

it was pretty in an aimless sort of way.
there's a lot to be said for nowhere

perhaps that is Neil Young's future days!
honest question: did you prefer any of these neil songs to future days?

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:55 pm
by Norah
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You're a better person than someone who harbors a blanket opposition to Twitter.
i'm really not
I'm sure you did what you thought was best.

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:57 pm
by ---
stip wrote:in the end I tend to not go in for fuzzy meandering guitars, and i don't really like his voice. So Neil Young is going to be a tough sell for me. Enough people whose tastes I respect swear by this guy, so I'm sure there is something here, but it's not reaching me
yeah but the majority of his 70s work isn't (aren't?) fuzzbombs. sure, a lot of it takes its time getting to where it goes, but the instrumentation is crisp and bright and clean

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:57 pm
by Jorge
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You should follow me on Twitter to get repackaged versions of my RM posts.

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 7:59 pm
by ---
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You're a better person than someone who harbors a blanket opposition to Twitter.
i'm really not
I'm sure you did what you thought was best.
i'd categorize it as more of a "blanket indifference" than a "blanket opposition"

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:00 pm
by stip
--- wrote:
stip wrote:in the end I tend to not go in for fuzzy meandering guitars, and i don't really like his voice. So Neil Young is going to be a tough sell for me. Enough people whose tastes I respect swear by this guy, so I'm sure there is something here, but it's not reaching me
yeah but the majority of his 70s work isn't (aren't?) fuzzbombs. sure, a lot of it takes its time getting to where it goes, but the instrumentation is crisp and bright and clean
oh sure, but that's where the voice is a dealbreaker to me. The instrumentation really puts him front and center, and I just don't like listening to him sing. I think on songs that have a bit more urgency I might get past it, but on languid atmospheric pieces it's going to work to the detriment of the song. I bet I'd like covers of more than a few of these.

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:01 pm
by ---
theplatypus wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You should follow me on Twitter to get repackaged versions of my RM posts.
i still have a flip phone

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:01 pm
by Strat
stip wrote:
--- wrote:
stip wrote:in the end I tend to not go in for fuzzy meandering guitars, and i don't really like his voice. So Neil Young is going to be a tough sell for me. Enough people whose tastes I respect swear by this guy, so I'm sure there is something here, but it's not reaching me
yeah but the majority of his 70s work isn't (aren't?) fuzzbombs. sure, a lot of it takes its time getting to where it goes, but the instrumentation is crisp and bright and clean
oh sure, but that's where the voice is a dealbreaker to me. The instrumentation really puts him front and center, and I just don't like listening to him sing. I think on songs that have a bit more urgency I might get past it, but on languid atmospheric pieces it's going to work to the detriment of the song. I bet I'd like covers of more than a few of these.

how about this?


Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:01 pm
by doug rr

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:02 pm
by stip
--- wrote:
stip wrote:
--- wrote:
stip wrote:
doug rr wrote:another all time favorite

it was pretty in an aimless sort of way.
there's a lot to be said for nowhere

perhaps that is Neil Young's future days!
honest question: did you prefer any of these neil songs to future days?
I don't really prefer any of them. None of them are songs I'd rush back to listen to. I guess a future days studio version would likely win out assuming it improvs over the pretty enough but slight and forgettable live version we have.

Re: The Official Neil Young Thread

Posted: Mon August 05, 2013 8:03 pm
by Norah
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
--- wrote:this thread is my RM watering hole
Pfft, it's no Mynabirds thread.
i like that this thread is a tw*tter-free zone
You're a better person than someone who harbors a blanket opposition to Twitter.
i'm really not
I'm sure you did what you thought was best.
i'd categorize it as more of a "blanket indifference" than a "blanket opposition"
If you were truly indifferent then this thread being a twitter free zone wouldn't mean a thing.