Neil Young is very boring and has an annoying voice

24

Comments

  • veddingsinger
    veddingsinger Posts: 21
    muppet wrote:
    Please reccomend me songs that suggest otherwise, becuase I know that I'm missing out.

    Yes, you are missing out. Here are my favorite Young songs:

    "Cinnamon Girl"

    "Cowgirl In The Sand"

    "The Loner"

    "Southern Man"

    "Down By The River"

    "My My, Hey Hey" (which Eddie sang a few lines from on SNL after Kurt Cobain died)

    "Mr. Soul"

    "Heart Of Gold"
  • corduroy10
    corduroy10 Posts: 199
    To the original poster, all the songs mentioned are excellent tracks.

    To really get "blown away" with Neil's signature guitar playing, try listening to Like a Hurricane. Eight minutes of beautifully ragged bliss.
    Barrie '98
    Saratoga Springs, Toronto '00
    Toronto, Montreal '03
    Kitchener, London, Hamilton, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto '05
    Toronto I & II, Albany, Hartford, Gorge I '06
    Camden I & II, Washington DC '08
    Toronto, Chicago I '09
    Columbus, Indianapolis, Buffalo '10
    Alpine Valley I & II, Toronto I & II, Hamilton '11
    London, Buffalo '13
    Detroit '14
    Quebec City, Ottawa, Toronto I & II '16
  • momofglynn
    momofglynn Posts: 849
    I always found the studio version of Cortez the Killer to be much better.

    I love Zuma. That album just makes so much sense to me. I love the art work. I love the songs. I love that album. Barstool Blues is just an amazing song.

    But I do find that either you love Neil or you don't. It doesn't seem to be anything in between.
    Let's Go Red Sox!
  • gobrowns19
    gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    corduroy10 wrote:
    To the original poster, all the songs mentioned are excellent tracks.

    To really get "blown away" with Neil's signature guitar playing, try listening to Like a Hurricane. Eight minutes of beautifully ragged bliss.

    Couldn't agree with this any more. The studio version, any live version, you can just feel raw emotion.

    Especially this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Obfci1CIqq8 Probably my favorite performance of a song ever.
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • frusciante89
    frusciante89 Posts: 125
    gabers wrote:
    Absolutely. I'll maintain that Weld disc 2 is the single greatest live cd ever made.

    1. Cortez The Killer
    2. Powderfinger
    3. Love And Only Love
    4. Rockin' In The Free World
    5. Like A Hurricane
    6. Farmer John
    7. Tonight's The Night
    8. Roll Another Number

    Okay, I could do without Farmer John, but the others are perhaps the definitive live versions of some of his best songs. Pure musical bliss.
    Love Weld, but to me it seems RITFW is way too slow. I seems to always skip it. but fuckin Like A Hurricane is amazing
  • nowayimfaithfull
    nowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    muppet wrote:
    Please reccomend me songs that suggest otherwise, becuase I know that I'm missing out.


    MIRRORBALL
    Some people have religion I have Pearl Jam.


    no more shows
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    nowayimfaithfull wrote:
    MIRRORBALL


    good call!! :)

    best of both worlds!!! :D:D
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    His voice is quite awful but he has some excellent songs. Ohio, Cinnamon Girl, and Southern Man are my favorite and are by no means boring. Just make sure you at least check out Ohio if you have not heard it already.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    some of my Neil Young Favorites:

    Listen to Mirrorball, cause Pearl jam is the backing band, fucking sick record. That should really get the Neil craze going I think.
    Here are some of my other faves.

    Heart of gold
    sleeps with Angels (written about Kurt Cobain I think)
    Cinnamon Girl
    RITFW
    Lets roll
    Down to the wire
    Sugar Mountain
    Long may you run
    Harvest Moon
    There's a world
    Old man
    Needle and the damage done
    Fucking up
    Cortez the Killer
    PJ: 10/14/00 06/09/03 10/4/09 11/15/13 11/16/13 10/08/14
    EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
  • zacman13245
    zacman13245 Posts: 294
    I just picked up a Neil Young & Crazy Horse tape, yes, thats right tape at a music store for like $3 the other day, definitely worth it, since my car has a radio and a tape deck, and I'd listen to Neil over the radio any day
    I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning

    6/30/2008 - Mansfield, MA.
    5/17/2010 - Boston, MA
    9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
    9/4/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    zacman13245 wrote:
    I just picked up a Neil Young & Crazy Horse tape, yes, thats right tape at a music store for like $3 the other day, definitely worth it, since my car has a radio and a tape deck, and I'd listen to Neil over the radio any day


    You mean one of those things that always gets eaten up by the player and sounds like shit?
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • zacman13245
    zacman13245 Posts: 294
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    You mean one of those things that always gets eaten up by the player and sounds like shit?
    Yeah, thats the one... loll I walked into that one :D
    I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning

    6/30/2008 - Mansfield, MA.
    5/17/2010 - Boston, MA
    9/3/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
    9/4/2011 - East Troy, WI (PJ20)
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    zacman13245 wrote:
    Yeah, thats the one... loll I walked into that one :D

    I carry my sony walkman around all the time
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • olderman
    olderman Posts: 1,765
    cutback wrote:
    if this is boring

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQXnvNwGTAY

    let me be bored all the time

    agreed

    neil young is superb
    Down the street you can hear her scream youre a disgrace
    As she slams the door in his drunken face
    And now he stands outside
    And all the neighbours start to gossip and drool
    He cries oh, girl you must be mad,
    What happened to the sweet love you and me had?
    Against the door he leans and starts a scene,
    And his tears fall and burn the garden green
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    corduroy10 wrote:
    To the original poster, all the songs mentioned are excellent tracks.

    To really get "blown away" with Neil's signature guitar playing, try listening to Like a Hurricane. Eight minutes of beautifully ragged bliss.

    i agree. i could always take mr. young or leave him. then one morning after dropping some girl off at her apt. i put in disc two of Weld ! i drove around for three hours with that disc alone. then i grabbed some food, ate, and drove around for another hour listening to Like a hurricane. ive never been the same since. awesome.

    the first 100 times i heard it , it brought me to tears and gave me chills, now i have heard it 1000's of times and still get chills. my old band played it and it became a staple of our live show. i would get chills watching my guitar player play lead on that song. i would just go to the side of the stage and and drink a few beers while he wailed on it. great song.

    long live Young Neil !!!
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    muppet wrote:
    Please reccomend me songs that suggest otherwise, becuase I know that I'm missing out.
    I felt the same way when I was younger.. he's an aquired taste. I LOVE his music and voice now.
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    my very favorite musician of all time... up there with dylan as the best songwriter tho i would agree that neither is the best singer... if you cant get past his voice tho then i cant really think of anything to recommend... harvest is a solid album all the way through tho...

    you cant even enjoy mirrorball with the PJ part of it being so prominent??

    ive heard alot of hate for eddies voice over the years but never for neil... this thread ANGERS ME!!!!!

    but to each his own
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

    http://seanbriceart.com/
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    I've always thought the same thing but jamie uk recommended a good song for me. I accidently deleted it though. Jamie, what was the song called?


    Jamieeeeee?
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    He's very warm and genuine, live. A lot of his songs really come alive in a concert setting. I think it's only then that you can truly "get" Neil.
  • i like matt.c
    i like matt.c Posts: 1,122
    Man I love Neil Young. Shakey is one of the best books I've ever read and I haven't even finished it yet. I love that he just writes what he wants and doesn't care if the whole world likes it or hates it. That's a true artist to me.

Categories