What's your favorite Neil Young song?

[Liberal_Andy]

Poll question: What's your favorite Neil Young song?

There's not enough slots.

[Fenris]

1. Acoustic: I Am a Child

Electric: The Loner

[Liberal_Andy]

6. How'd I leave those out? Dooooh!

Not enough slots!

[Harry S Truman]

65. ...on the shore lay Montezuma....

Cortez the Killer

Long May You Run

[Liberal_Andy]

72. Welcome to DU, Harry S!

:hi:

[GHOSTDANCER]

2. CockonBalls....I lub that one

[Liberal_Andy]

3. Like A Hurricane,...though I'd like to nominate

all of Greendale:

:smoke:

[Guaranteed]

4. Southern Man...SICK-

ass beat. Love it.

[Doctor_J]

5. The Thrasher

with 2nd prize to "Comes A Time", and HoF status to "Motorcycle Mama"

[Liberal_Andy]

11. excellent choices, TOJ!

:smoke:

[Doctor_J]

13. I like all his acoustic stuff.

the headbanger stuff doesn't do much for me.

[flamingyouth]

7. "When You Dance I Can Really Love"

I was just reminded of that one.

[Metatron]

9. I love that song!

[rbnyc]

83. great pick (nt)

[McKenzie]

8. other = Without Rings off Silver and Gold

edit: memo to self - don't post when drunk.

[Goathead]

10. Down by the River

A little disturbing, but a great song.

[anamandujano]

43. Yup, also Cowgirl in the Sand

I'm getting that cd out right now.

[RevolutionaryActs]

12. I cant pick!!!! OH damn it! All of them are the best! (and many more)

Neil Young is the *MAN*

[Liberal_Andy]

14. Great picks for "Others", people!

:toast:

[graywarrior]

15. The Needle And The Damage Done

I can relate

[TexasLady]

30. My favorite too

makes me think of my brother. i miss him.:(

[graywarrior]

33. Took a lot of good people

[2bfree]

40. Texaslady!

That makes me think of my sister as well. I listen to that song and cry sometimes. She loved Neil Young and gave me Harvest when I was young.

[KitchenWitch]

49. Me too

I was THERE baby!

[Seabiscuit]

78. His best by far!

[kodi]

16. Cinnamon Girl

but like a hurricane is right up there too, espec. off of the welt album.

saw neil last in '96 in charlotte, my date got pissed at me for dancin' up a storm to neil. first, only date with the ahem, woman.

[H2O Man]

52. 14 years ago

I was a single father, working at a mental health clinic in upstate New York. A new therapist from California was drinking a cup of cinnamon tea. I sang a verse of "Cinnamon Girl," and the rest is history.

[Liberal_Andy]

56. Neil the matchmaker...very cool!

:hi:

[hlthe2b]

17. love lots of his, but I'll add After the Gold Rush....

[Cymbaline68]

18. Powderfinger

(eom)

[faithnotgreed]

19. excellent one... welcome to du

how to choose though with neil?

[Liberal_Andy]

20. How the hell did I forget Powderfinger?

there just wasn't enough room! Welcome to DU, PWS!!
:hi:

[yardwork]

25. Powderfinger gets my vote

As a matter of fact, if Democratic candidates would really listen to that song, we might figure out how to appeal to poor people again.

[sundog]

26. Cowboy Junkies did a great cover of that

[leftofthedial]

74. so did the Beat Farmers

great band

[RetroLounge]

76. Man I loved that version!

Haven't thought of the Beat Farmers in a while...

RL

[sundog]

21. Harvest, Sugar Mountain, Natural Beauty

[PragMantisT]

23. What album has the studio version of Sugar Mountain?

I've only heard it once. I always hear the live version from "Rust Never Sleeps".

[sundog]

24. I dunno

I just have the Decade version.

[PragMantisT]

22. Tonight's the Night

Early in the morning at the break of day
He used to sleep until the afternoon.
And if you never heard him sing
I guess you won't too soon.

Byron would be jealous of Neil Young's poetry.

[Queen Jane]

31. I LOVE that album...

I'll add "Tired Eyes" to the list, but there are too many to name really. He is the man.

[PragMantisT]

34. That's the one about bullet holes in his mirror, right.

Well he shot four men...It wasn't supposed to go down that way...or was he just a loser, he was a friend of yours. That song is unbelievable!

What about "Lookout Joe"?

Now let's go get some biscuits and country ham.

Come on, baby, let's go downtown.


Every tune is amazing.

[NashVegas]

38. Me Too

It's been way too long since I've heard this song.

[progressoid]

27. "Don't let it Bring You Down" or maybe "Old Man"

[GCP]

50. "Don't Let it Bring You Down" is a favorite of mine

Then there's "After the Gold Rush", "Sugar Mountain", it's just so hard to pick one.

[Liberal_Andy]

28. I knew, no matter what songs I posted, "Other" would win!

Neil Is The Man!

[indigobusiness]

29. A Man Needs A Maid

After The Gold Rush

[SCRUBDASHRUB]

32. "Cinnamon Girl" and "Hey Hey" (is that the name of the song that goes,

"Hey hey, my my..rock and roll will never die?"?).

[T Bone]

35. Other: El Dorado

something haunting about it, sorta.

[peekaloo]

36. Pocahontas

Marlon Brando and me. :D

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

39. YES! The whole freaking Rust Never Sleeps album. Thrasher.

Freaking WELFARE MOTHERS, heh. Powderfinger.

[peekaloo]

42. Sedan Delivery is awesome. I, too, love that entire album.

last night i was cool at the pool hall......i beat a woman with vericose veins.......

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

45. I'm glad this thread was posted, because now I have to go out and buy

"Rust Never Sleeps" CD this weekend, and probably some others. I had the LP but never had the CD...

And it's a good thread for reminding me what a true musical GENIUS Neil Young is (the word is bandied around so much), and what crap most music is that people listen to!

[mr_hat]

37. Powderfinger, followed by "Long May You Run."

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

41. Thrasher.

THRASHER

They were hiding behind hay bales,
they were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
But the light of day was on them,
they could see the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew

And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light
Trying to catch an hour on the sun
When I saw those thrashers rolling by,
looking more than two lanes wide
I was feelin' like my day had just begun.

Where the eagle glides ascending there's an
ancient river bending
Down the timeless gorge of changes
where sleeplessness awaits
I searched out my companions, they were lost
in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science slashed
the pearly gates
It was then I knew I'd had enough, burned my
credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
and my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends I still don't understand

They had the best selection, they were
poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed, they had
nothing left to find
They were lost in rock formations or became
park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
they were waiting, waiting
So I got bored and left them there, they were
just deadweight to me
It's better on the road without that load
Brought back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's T.V., it was that great
Grand Canyon rescue episode
Where the vulture glides descending on
an asphalt highway bending
Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars
Down the windy halls of friendship to the rose
clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions waits with
heated pool and air-conditioned bar

But me I'm not stopping there, got my own
row left to hoe
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrashers come and I'm stuck in the sun
like dinosaurs in shrines
Then I'll know the time has come to give what's mine

[shawmut]

44. Sugar Mountain n/t

[babylonsister]

46. My first concert ever, Nassau (NY) Colleseum.

I have other favorites now, but there's a warm spot in my heart. And I will never forget the steps at the Colliseum. How the heck do you spell that?

[mrstick]

47. Old Man Take A Look At my Life

24 and there's so much more

[Liberal_Andy]

59. Welcome to DU, mrstick!

:hi:

[enigmatic]

48. Cortez The Killer

Every band I've ever been in I've made play that song; I could play those chords (and probably have, in my more drunken years..)forever..

Radio Enigma- Genre-less, Independant, Internet Radio:
http://www.radioenigma.com

[Liberal_Andy]

57. Hey, rev!

Em7 - D - Am7? Those chords?
:hi: :smoke:

[enigmatic]

82. Ohhhhhhhhhh Yeah!

Hey Andy!

Something about those crawling, howling chords on a Gibson and cheap amp cranked as loud as you can take it never, ever fails to take me to a wonderful place.....

[Liberal_Andy]

84. He has the gift! I nominate "Grandpa's Interview"!!

I'm sitting here listening to GREENDALE right now,

"Share your lovin' and you live so long"

[Dees]

51. "Long May You Run"......n/t

[dbt]

53. "Mr. Soul" for-freakin-EVER!

"In a while will the smile on my face
Turn to plaster?
Stick around while the clown who is sick
Does the trick of disaster."
(Makes me think of bu$h)

As for "Other," try "Revolution Blues" off "On The Beach" in 1974:

"Well, I'm a barrel of laughs, with my carbine on
I keep 'em hoppin', till my ammunition's gone.
But I'm still not happy, I feel like there's something wrong.
I got the revolution blues, I see bloody fountains,
And ten million dune buggies comin' down the mountains.
Well, I hear that Laurel Canyon is full of famous stars,
But I hate them worse than lepers and I'll kill them in their cars."

Hell, I bet Johnny Cash thought Neil Young was The Man!

:bounce:
dbt

[H2O Man]

62. The song

is actually my favorite .... there are a number of recordings of it, all very good.

[Eyeball Kid]

54. Hurricane.

Gotta go with Like a Hurricane. And to all those yoyos who don't like his playing - yeah, it's a one note solo, but it's the right note!

[Liberal_Andy]

60. Agreed! Welcome to DU, Eyeball Kid!

:hi:

[Liberal_Andy]

55. I've seen him in '74, '76, '78, '83, '91, '00 & '02 (4 decades worth)!

1974
CSN&Y (So Far)
Norfolk, Va
$8.50

1976
The Neil Young Concert With Stephen Stills (Stills/Young)
Greensboro, NC
$7.50

1978
Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Live Rust)
Williamsburg, Va
$8.00

1983
Neil Young (Trans)
Chapel Hill, NC
$11.50

1991
Neil Young & Crazy Horse (Weld)
Chapel Hill, NC
$20.50

2000
Neil Young (Silver & Gold)
Raleigh, NC
$63.50

2002
CSN&Y (Looking Forward)
Greensboro, NC
$86.00

Still have all the stubs, most of the memories! :smoke::toast::beer:

on edit: added ticket prices.

[H2O Man]

61. Years ago

my brother was at a "house party" where Neil played with some guys calling themselves, I believe, "the Shocking Pinks." It was about 20 years ago, I think. He said that Neil was very interesting to talk to, and that he came across in real life as the same as he does on albums (or CDs today). Do you remember the Shocking Pinks? I am pretty sure that was the name.

I saw him in Syracuse years ago. The best concert I've ever seen, by far. It was at the NYState Fair.

[Liberal_Andy]

67. Neil Young & The Shocking Pinks - "Everybody's Rockin" 1983

Neil Young - Piano, guitar, harmonica
Ben "King" Keith - Alto sax, lead guitar
Tim Drummond - Upright bass
Karl Himmel - Snare
Larry Byrom - Piano, backing vocals
Anthony Crawford - Backing vocals
Rick Palombi - Backing vocals

[H2O Man]

69. Thanks .....

I was sure I remembered that correctly. The date matches. My fear of senility and/or insanity is reduced, at least a bit.

[GalleryGod]

58. OLD Man

take a look at your life:smoke:

I thought it was relevant to me when I was 30!?:silly:
Ha! To be 30 and "old" again,Eh?

[Danmel]

63. Sugar Mountain

Oh to live on Sugar Mountain

[madrigal]

64. I'd have to go with Thrasher first

Pocahantas
Tell Me Why
Out on the Weekend
Powderfinger

[TransitJohn]

66. Barstool Blues.

Once there was a friend of mine who died a thousand deaths.

[Liberal_Andy]

68. good one

his life was filled with parasites, and countless idle threats.

[SnohoDem]

71. My favorite too,

but it barely beats out Tonight's the Night and Powderfinger.

[TransitJohn]

85. Always always been fond of

The Emperor of Wyoming, the instrumental that opens his self titled solo album. In high school in Green River, Wyoming, when I discovered dope and good music, I thought it was ubercool.

[Darth_Kitten]

70. Neil Young and I are both from the same city.......

:thumbsup:

:)

[Astrochimp]

73. Rockin' In The Free World- lyrics-

"Rockin' In The Free World"

There's colors on the street
Red, white and blue
People shufflin' their feet
People sleepin' in their shoes
But there's a warnin' sign
on the road ahead
There's a lot of people sayin'
we'd be better off dead
Don't feel like Satan,
but I am to them
So I try to forget it,
any way I can.

I see a woman in the night
With a baby in her hand
Under an old street light
Near a garbage can
Now she puts the kid away,
and she's gone to get a hit
She hates her life,
and what she's done to it
There's one more kid
that will never go to school
Never get to fall in love,
never get to be cool.

We got a thousand points of light
For the homeless man
We got a kinder, gentler,
Machine gun hand
We got department stores
and toilet paper
Got styrofoam boxes
for the ozone layer
Got a man of the people,
says keep hope alive
Got fuel to burn,
got roads to drive.

Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world
Keep on rockin' in the free world,
Keep on rockin' in the free world.

[212demop]

75. Hey Hey My My

and Keep on Rockin- which seems ever more apt in these media locked-down times; perhaps we'll have to sing the news to get it out?

[RetroLounge]

77. After the Gold Rush

still gives me chills...

RL

[Bridget Burke]

79. "Expecting To Fly"

The hyper-produced bit of psychedelia by Buffalo Springfield--was my first Favorite Neil Young Song.

But the years pass & one goes through stages. So has Neil. From gentle acoustic to eardrum-destroying rock, Neil's got the song for the mood.

And how about an honorable mention for Neil's best cover tune--"Imagine" from the musical memorial broadcast after 9/11--the one where no flags were waved.

[puerco-bellies]

80. Powder Finger

In my opinion the best anti-war song ever.

[KDLarsen]

81. "Don't cry no tears"

from the Zuma album. He played at Roskilde Festival 2001, exactly a year after 9 young men were crushed, and when he opened with that tune, everybody knew it was going to be special. And it sure hell was - he ended up going 45 minutes beyond his scheduled time, but noone dared stopping the concert.

[Liberal_Andy]

87. Pardon My Heart, Danger Bird, Looking For A Love

Zuma Rocks!

[WCGreen]

86. I'm a sentimental goof

Harvest Moon....

All the rest mentioned are great in their day but NY, by recording that song at that time in his life really makes me see how much he has grown as an artist......

Tell Me Why
Needle
Old Man

All are sentimental favorites...