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Neil Young's Latest Album

stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
edited February 2007 in Other Music
is crap!

Let me qualify this statement by saying that I think he is a legend, but this album is crap. The lyrics are corny attempts at being clever.....


flame....
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    It's not crap. It's not great on his standards,.. but it isn't a bad album.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    It's not crap. It's not great on his standards,.. but it isn't a bad album.


    Ok maybe...but some of the lyrics could have been written by a middle school student.
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  • mrwalkerbmrwalkerb Posts: 1,015
    stickfig13 wrote:
    Ok maybe...but some of the lyrics could have been written by a middle school student.

    true but didn't he write it like in the car on the way to the studio, not literally but you know
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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    mrwalkerb wrote:
    true but didn't he write it like in the car on the way to the studio, not literally but you know

    ok. I heard he wrote it in about a week....but....he needs to take some more time on his next album.

    Just cause he's Neil Young doesn't mean he can write an entire album of complete crap in a week and get away with it.

    Well....he may be able to get away with it....but...

    it still sucks!
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Yeah the whole album was written and recorded in a week or so. I think it was just an excuse to get 'let's impeach the president' released ASAP. He had something to say and wanted to say it NOW ya know?
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    Yeah the whole album was written and recorded in a week or so. I think it was just an excuse to get 'let's impeach the president' released ASAP. He had something to say and wanted to say it NOW ya know?


    great....fine......still crap!

    The only reason why it got any pub is because of the provactive crappy lyrics about W and the boys in DC
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    stickfig13 wrote:
    great....fine......still crap!

    The only reason why it got any pub is because of the provactive crappy lyrics about W and the boys in DC
    true. he should've put out a single. And freakin crazy horse should've been with him. If neil plays loud music the horse needs to be involved.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

    http://www.wishlistfoundation.org

    Oh my, they dropped the leash.



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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    chiefojibwa wrote:
    wow, you're about a year behind the curve here.

    i like "the restless consumer" a lot. yeah, the album isn't his best, but it is what it is. perhaps you'll like the next neil album, coming out next month. a live solo acoustic performance from 1971.


    he was up for a grammy that's why I bring it up...
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  • primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,361
    I completely agree with this post. I'm a big Neil fan and have several of his records. I understand the message he was trying to send and I mostly agree with his message. However, the songs as a whole are not very good. It is definately not one of his best records but if you have a career as long as his and put out as many records as he has, at some point you will make a bad record. Look at any band or solo artist that has been around at least 20 years. Somewhere during that career you will find a couple bad records.
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  • stickfig13stickfig13 Posts: 1,532
    primussucks wrote:
    I completely agree with this post. I'm a big Neil fan and have several of his records. I understand the message he was trying to send and I mostly agree with his message. However, the songs as a whole are not very good. It is definately not one of his best records but if you have a career as long as his and put out as many records as he has, at some point you will make a bad record. Look at any band or solo artist that has been around at least 20 years. Somewhere during that career you will find a couple bad records.


    like his techno era....
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  • primussucksprimussucks Posts: 2,361
    stickfig13 wrote:
    like his techno era....
    ya, in the 80's he put out a bunch of bad records. I think Neil himself would even agree with that statement today. But he made a lot of great records in the 70's & 90's.
    Summerfest 7/8/95
    Missoula 6/20/98
    Alpine Valley 6/26/98 & 6/27/98
    Alpine Valley 10/8/00 
    Champaign 4/23/03
    Alpine Valley 6/21/03
    Missoula 8/29/05
    Chicago 5/16 & 17/06
    Grand Rapids 5/19/06
    Summerfest 6/29/06 & 6/30/06
    Tampa 6/12/08
    Chicago 8/23/09
    Indy 5/7/10
    Alpine Valley x2 2011
    Wrigley 2013
    Milwaukee 14
    Telluride 16
  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,228
    Cratively it was done in 3 days and the finished product took a week.

    it kind of sounds like it, but i think it has some good parts. Restless Consumer and Roger and Out i like a lot.
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  • outspacedoutspaced Posts: 65
    intodeep wrote:
    Cratively it was done in 3 days and the finished product took a week.

    it kind of sounds like it, but i think it has some good parts. Restless Consumer and Roger and Out i like a lot.


    agreed. the album ain't perfect by a long way, but it sure does have some gems on there too
    die on a hilltop.. eyeing the crows,
    waiting for your lids to close..
    but you want to watch as they peck your flesh..
    Ironic that they go for the eyes first
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