Official Neil Young Thread
Johnny Abruzzo
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With Americana coming out in a few weeks and sounding rather promising based on the first two songs we've heard, I thought it was a good time to start a Neil Young thread. I haven't seen one on here.
What's everyone's favorite stuff by Uncle Neil?
What's everyone's favorite stuff by Uncle Neil?
Spectrum 10/27/09; New Orleans JazzFest 5/1/10; Made in America 9/2/12; Phila, PA 10/21/13; Phila, PA 10/22/13; Baltimore Arena 10/27/13;
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
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Rankthe Following 3 Songs:
Down By the River
Cowgirl in the Sand
Cortez the Killer
I'll go
1- Down by the River
2- Cortez
3- Cowgirl
It's close though.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Check out Rust Never Sleeps and take it from there.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
Looking forward to Americana a lot, and hopeful that he & Crazy Horse will hit the UK/Europe on the tour that seems to be taking shape... Never seen him with CH, but I seriously, seriously need to!
1. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
2. After The Gold Rush
3. Harvest
4. Time Fades Away
5. On the Beach
6. Tonight's the Night
7. Zuma
8. Comes A Time
9. Harvest Moon
10. Mirror Ball
11. Le Noise
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
1. Freedom
2. Mirrorball
3. On the Beach
4. Re*Ac*Tor
5. After the Goldrush
6. Harvest
7. Silver & Gold
8. Zuma
9. Live Rust
10. Tonights the Night
*Edited to add essential bootlegs to search out. Not going to get into individual shows, but for sheer quantity I'd recommend the following 2:
1) A Perfect Echo - 10 CD boot of soundboard quality recordings. Had this set for years, and it is probably my most listened to boot. Great choice of live Neil throughout the years.
2) Rarities - 5 CD set of unreleased/out of print studio tracks.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
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Where do you get it? Just a torrent file?
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Yep - That and Journey Through The Past are (I think) the only 2 albums that were never released on CD from Neil's catalog.
The source of the TFA CD is interesting, in that the source is a HDCD version, which means it was mastered for CD release, but Neil never chose to put it out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Fades ... es_Away_II
I'd have to add TFA to my top ten too, although I don't want to drop anything. So I'll make it top 11.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
Unfortunately, I thought of him as my parents music at the time....liked some of his music, but was more interested in making it to a beer store before they closed than I was in seeing his whole set :roll: (to make matters worse; we never found one in time anyway. f'n BC liquor laws!)
But....I bought Decade around the time Mirrorball came out, and have been a fan ever since. Was disappointed by his very expensive ticket prices on his last tour....but I get to see him at Outside Lands this august, with a lot of other great bands over 3 days, for about the same price as one night with Neil on that last tour. He was the clincher in my decision to travel for that festival.....and now with rumours of a PJ show in SF around that time...I'm hopin I witness sometin special.
When I saw Neil w/ Booker T. & the MG's, Blind Melon and STP were the openers. Blind Melon were so much better than STP.
http://www.last.fm/user/merkinball/
spotify:user:merkinball
Just to clarify, I put them in release order. Definitely not in favorite order because Harvest would be much lower.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Yes and its a must if you like Neil Young (and I love him ).
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Got to see Neil back in '09 at Hyde Park with Ben Harper, The Pretenders and Seasick Steve and a cameo from Paul McCartney during A Day in the Life - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6SSR3YY-rc which was one of the best all round days of my life, just hope i get to see him again soon!
After the Gold Rush is probably my favourite album of all time.
2010 - Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter
2012 - Manchester 1+2, Berlin 1+2, Stockholm, Oslo
2014 - Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes
Yeah, I just have to remember to DL it.
Thanks!
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
My top ten albums as of now (I still have to get Time Fades Away, as mentioned above):
Rust Never Sleeps
Everybody Knows this is Nowhere
Mirror Ball
On the Beach
After the Gold Rush
Zuma
Tonight's the Night
Le Noise
Harvest Moon
Freedom
Also, Wield is awesome, but not original material so I didn't include it in my list.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Cowgirl
Down by the River
Huge neil fan.
I saw him in the friends and family tour, greendale tour, and le noise tour.
I need to see him again.
Charlotte 03
Asheville 04
Atlanta 12
Greenville 16, Columbia 16
Seattle 18
Nashville 22
Ohana Festival 24 x2
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
~not a dude~
2010: MSGx2
2012: Made In America
2013: Pittsburgh, Brooklynx2, Hartford, Baltimore
2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
2015: Global Citizen Festival
2016: Phillyx2, MSGx2, Fenwayx2
2018: Barcelona, Wrigleyx2
On the pipe organ. Yeah that was incredible.
"Look at Mother Nature on the run in the 21st Century."
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Powderfinger / Rust Never Sleeps (Crazy Horse)
Down by the River / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Crazy Horse)
After the Gold Rush / After the Gold Rush
The Needle and the Damage Done / Harvest
Pocohantas / Rust Never Sleeps (Crazy Horse)
Cortez the Killer / Zuma (Crazy Horse)
Natural Beauty / Harvest Moon
Southern Pacific / Reactor/A Treasure
Peace and Love / Mirror Ball (Pearl Jam)
Cowgirl in the Sand / Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Crazy Horse)
On the Beach / On the Beach
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
Wow we have very similar NY taste. I love all those songs except Natural Beauty, which I just like.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
What You Giving
I suggest you step out on your Porch.
Run away my son. See it all. Oh, See the World!
Cool! Tough to narrow it down. I spent 6 months making a NY Top 100 songs.
Phila, PA 4/28/16; Phila, PA 4/29/16; Fenway Park 8/7/16; Fenway Park 9/2/18; Asbury Park 9/18/21; Camden 9/14/22;
Las Vegas 5/16/24; Las Vegas 5/18/24; Phila, PA 9/7/24; Phila, PA 9/9/24; Baltimore Arena 9/12/24
Tres Mtns - TLA 3/23/11; EV - Tower Theatre 6/25/11; Temple of the Dog - Tower Theatre 11/5/16
I hope they announce NY dates soon! I caught NY by himself but would love to see him with the band as well.
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful