Neil Young.........

[aquaman]

I have recently gotten back into the glorious world of Neil Young. Listening now to "Everybody knows this is nowhere." I saw him live with Sonic Youth back in the day. I went to see Sonic Youth and was blown away by Neil. I have every CD this man has put out.

[WCGreen]

1. After the Goldrush is still the best in my humble opinion

[trebizond]

24. Definitely. One of the all time great albums.

[enigmatic]

2. Hey bro!

I listened to Neil do Ian Tyson's "Four Strong Winds" today a few times; absolutely stunning..

[aquaman]

3. You always reply to the music posts......

It is like fishing, post music and Enigmatic bites.

[enigmatic]

5. LOL

"I gots me a beeeeeg one"!!:)

[aquaman]

6. How is the weather up there?

It is hot as hell down here, I worked five hours in my front yard today, have not even made it to the back yet. Cinnamon Girl.

[enigmatic]

8. Hot and stormy

We've had thunderboomers all this week and it's been around 30C; my wife wants to hit the city market downtown tomorrow so I'm hoping the weather holds so we can ride our bikes down there...

[Swede]

4. The sadness and pain in Pocahontas has always haunted me.

"Pocahontas"

Aurora borealis
The icy sky at night
Paddles cut the water
In a long and hurried flight
From the white man
to the fields of green
And the homeland
we've never seen.

They killed us in our tepee
And they cut our women down
They might have left some babies
Cryin' on the ground
But the firesticks
and the wagons come
And the night falls
on the setting sun.

They massacred the buffalo
Kitty corner from the bank
The taxis run across my feet
And my eyes have turned to blanks
In my little box
at the top of the stairs
With my Indian rug
and a pipe to share.

I wish a was a trapper
I would give thousand pelts
To sleep with Pocahontas
And find out how she felt
In the mornin'
on the fields of green
In the homeland
we've never seen.

And maybe Marlon Brando
Will be there by the fire
We'll sit and talk of Hollywood
And the good things there for hire
And the Astrodome
and the first tepee
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Marlon Brando, Pocahontas and me
Pocahontas.

[Atlas Mugged]

20. I fucking worship that song

I love that whole cd, really. 'Powderfinger', 'Welfare Mothers' 'Hey Hey My My', 'My My Hey Hey'.....

Very few songs have the power to transport me to exactly where I was the first time I heard them; everything on that cd (album?) does that.

[Patchuli]

7. We saw Neil Young perform his music play

'Greendale' last year. It was incredible!!!!

Afterwards, he just plain PLAYED for us for a while...what a great night that was! If you can see the movie they made of 'Greendale' check it out!

My stepson who is 24 and loves Neil Young much just watched him in total awe...

[elehhhhna]

26. Harvest Moon. my fave.

[sundog]

9. saw him live once on the broken arrow tour

it was fab :)

[WCGreen]

12. My first concert was the HArvest Tour

back in 1972 I believe it was....

Linda Rondstadt and the Eagles opened.....

Niel was pretty drunk but still jammed on....

He fell off his chair while playing Old Man.....

But kicked on Cinnamon Girl, Are you ready for the COuntry, Southern Man and did a heart wretching version of Neddle and the Damage Done.....

I was about 15 at the time.... Third row seats..... and completely staight....

[elshiva]

10. I love Neil Young.

[driver8]

11. The Needle and the Damage Done is one of my favorite songs,

ever! I don't know why, but that song really hits me hard. The voice, the words...amazing.

[maveric]

14. That song hits me hard too. My brother and I would play that together

on our guitars for years. He ended dying of a heroin overdose at 34.
I love that song but its hard for me to listen to at times.

[driver8]

23. Maveric -- I am so sorry to hear about your brother...

Man, that is tough.

[maveric]

13. I saw Neil with CSNY (73) and twice with Crazy Horse (75 & 77).

I was at one his "LIve Rust" shows and he blew the place out!
I have several of his CD's. The guys a legend.

[Skittles]

15. I have always loved Neil Young

long as I can remember

[enigmatic]

17. If you grew up in the 70's, you loved Neil Young..

So many great songs....

[khashka]

16. Harvest is one of the all time perfect albums

And Live Rust! Yes!
Neil Young is God (even if he is Canadian :))

Khash.

[Eyeball Kid]

18. 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,
Who 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,
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
Better down the road without that load
Brings 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 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 comes, I'll be stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come
To give what's mine.

[dbt]

19. "Mr. Soul" did it for me back in the Buffalo Springfield days.

The most amazing guitar; it sounded like Neil had learned to play on Mars! Then he took that Country turn on Harvest (or at least that's where I picked up on it). One wonders how much he had to do with The Byrds, Pure Prairie League, Gram Parsons, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band etc. Then, he'll turn around and rock harder than industrial diamonds; go figure!

The thing I most like about Neil Young is that he does not seem to give Shit One what anybody else thinks. He goes his own way. Yeah, and he's a good bit prescient, too. He accurately described bu$hler WAY before anybody else:

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...

:smoke:

[Atlas Mugged]

22. I just bought the Buffalo Springfield retrospective...

...just to get that song and 'I Am A Child'. The whole thing is amazing, really.

[Paladin]

21. Best Concert I Ever Attended......

....1966 or thereabouts, Austin, TX. Top billed: Chad & Jeremy (who?); second billing: The Beach Boys; third and final billing: Buffalo Springfield, the band I came to see that night, who ended the evening with a blistering, 20-minute version of "Bluebird" ("Do you think she loves you? Do you think at alllllll?"). Blonde guitarist on the right side of the stage (Steve Stills, of course), and dark-haired guitarist on the left---noneother than Mr. Young. What I wouldn't give to relive it....

[elehhhhna]

25. You might like "End over End"

by the Fof Fighters (on new cd) It's clearly an homage to Neil--Dave Grohl plays & sings (I almost writes) like him for that song.