How Great is Neil's "I'm The Ocean?"

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Fucking great. Anyone else agree?

Big Green Country

Without a doubt, one of my favorite songs ever.

"I'm an Aerostar, I'm a Cutlass Supreme
In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow
I'm the Ocean, I'm the giant undertow"

Brilliant.

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Big Green Country wrote:

Without a doubt, one of my favorite songs ever.

"I'm an Aerostar, I'm a Cutlass Supreme
In the wrong lane, trying to turn against the flow
I'm the Ocean, I'm the giant undertow"

Brilliant.

That's the line I love too!

mfc2006

One of my all time favorite songs!!!

scouser tommy

have not listened to this song for a long time , one of my favourite Neil Young songs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCbkZXfvtbY

left the porch

People my age, they don't do the things I do

Awesome. Big Green Country and this song are my faves on Mirrorball

Johnny Abruzzo

Yup, along with everything else on the album.

wolfamongwolves

Definitely the best song on the album. Which is astounding, considering it's just the same 10-second-long pattern repeated pretty much on a loop for 7 minutes.

Can't think of too many people who could manage to get such a great song out of such a theoretically boring formula.

youngster

Fantastic song. Jack Irons nails the drums in every song. Neil is such a fantastic songwriter.

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Honestly...this fucking song...

...so damn good.

mikalina

Great song- :thumbup:

iOnlyownMymind

I think that whole album rocks!

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iOnlyownMymind wrote:

I think that whole album rocks!

Well that goes without saying, but "I'm The Ocean" is particularly spectacular.

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Here's one of my favorites:

"Need the evidence
Want the testimony of
Expert witnesses
On the brutal crimes of love"

mfc2006

my favorite verse...

I can't hear you
But I feel the things you say
I can't see you
But I see what's in my way
Now I'm floatin'
Cause I'm not tied
to the ground
Words I've spoken
Seem to leave a hollow sound

MysteryTrain

My favorite song off Mirror Ball. Love the little piano mistakes in the middle!

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MysteryTrain wrote:

My favorite song off Mirror Ball. Love the little piano mistakes in the middle!

I wonder if those are mistakes...sounds like pretty awesome rock piano to me!

PJRock75

Agree with every previous post....has always been my fav from the album since it came out...and on that album, it says alot!

restlesssoul

GUYS! cool, I was just lazing around watching a Neil set from 97 and he OPENS with it....

the full set is here,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOJZt7sPkBw



I have owned 2 Cutlass Supremes and loved playing this on long drives, so it holds a special spot for me. FANTASTIC song.


When Jeff said in PJ20 (book) during the recording of MirrorBall, that Neil would come in with sheets and sheets of lyrics, he no doubt meant this song!

Yefa

I love this song (my favorite from MirrorBall)! I've never seen Neil do it live...hopefully we get lucky and he does it with Crazy Horse later this year.

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restlesssoul wrote:

When Jeff said in PJ20 (book) during the recording of MirrorBall, that Neil would come in with sheets and sheets of lyrics, he no doubt meant this song!

That's exactly what I thought!

dcfaithful

youngster wrote:

Fantastic song. Jack Irons nails the drums in every song. Neil is such a fantastic songwriter.

Jack's performance on the album is one of a kind.

Johnny Abruzzo

Gotta play this album on the way home tonight. That's when it pays to have the upgraded car stereo.

I'd take Peace and Love as the top song on Mirror Ball, but I'm the Ocean is way up there.

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Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Gotta play this album on the way home tonight. That's when it pays to have the upgraded car stereo.

I'd take Peace and Love as the top song on Mirror Ball, but I'm the Ocean is way up there.

100% agree. This albums rocks on a good car speaker...

dcfaithful

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Gotta play this album on the way home tonight. That's when it pays to have the upgraded car stereo.

I'd take Peace and Love as the top song on Mirror Ball, but I'm the Ocean is way up there.

Good idea! This album definitely is a "rock it loud in your car" kind of album.

Jeff has some sweet bass lines on the record that never fail to get me groovin'.

Johnny Abruzzo

dcfaithful wrote:

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Gotta play this album on the way home tonight. That's when it pays to have the upgraded car stereo.

I'd take Peace and Love as the top song on Mirror Ball, but I'm the Ocean is way up there.

Good idea! This album definitely is a "rock it loud in your car" kind of album.

Jeff has some sweet bass lines on the record that never fail to get me groovin'.

I changed the Artist on my iPod to "Pearl Jam & Neil Young".

goldrush

Love this album so much, especially this song.

"People my age, they don't do the things I do"

I love that Neil sang this when he was 49 - and now he's 66 and he's still doing things his own way!

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goldrush wrote:

Love this album so much, especially this song.

"People my age, they don't do the things I do"

I love that Neil sang this when he was 49 - and now he's 66 and he's still doing things his own way!

Neil is a pioneer in his own right.

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dcfaithful wrote:

goldrush wrote:

Love this album so much, especially this song.

"People my age, they don't do the things I do"

I love that Neil sang this when he was 49 - and now he's 66 and he's still doing things his own way!

Neil is a pioneer in his own right.

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there's a full-scale Neil/Crazy Horse tour this summer, and that I can catch it.

Johnny Abruzzo

As promised I blasted this in my car the other day. Like driving in a wall of sound.

Yefa

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I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there's a full-scale Neil/Crazy Horse tour this summer, and that I can catch it.

It's been mentioned on Rust (Neil Young Yahoo list) that additional tourdates will be announced. So Outside Lands will not be the only Neil/CH show this year.