Official Neil Young Thread

I just checked out the HMV Canada website. The new album on vinyl is $93. NINETY THREE DOLLARS. I'm currently reading Neil's book, and he freely admits several times (and I'm only half way through) to being a material guy.

No shit.

First listen.
Really like Ramada Inn, Walk Like a Giant and She's Always Dancing
The alt version of psychedelic pill is more to my liking than the album version

Love how Driftin Back starts acoustic and then drops back into the jam, but its a little too long for me. I can't see myself putting it on often and finishing it. I could see myself liking it more if it was condensed down to about 8-10 minutes, but i still dig what neil was doing with it.

I like the shout outs on Twisted Road but that and born in ontario i don't see myself listening to a lot in a few years. For the love of man i need to listen to again.

Whenever Neil plays with the horse it all sounds the same. I remember on Year of the Horse Neil makes some comments like "can you smell the horse on this one" and "it's all the same song" and that rings true here for the most part. To me its good and bad, but they just fall into a style of jamming that they are comfortable in and have been doing for 40 years.

I hear riffs from lots of his other songs or similar chord progressions or similar solo styles. I'm not hating on the guy i love it, but part of the reason i loved Le Noise so much is it seemed to break that "neil young song pattern" and still be neil.

so i guess what i'm saying is this album is exactly what i thought it would be. Which is a good thing yet mildly disapointing.

Thats just after one listen though I'm sure I'll be jamming away to this stuff for a while.

Needless to say i like this a lot more than americana which i was not too into and have not listned to much at all since teh week i got it

intodeep wrote:

First listen.
Really like Ramada Inn, Walk Like a Giant and She's Always Dancing
The alt version of psychedelic pill is more to my liking than the album version

Love how Driftin Back starts acoustic and then drops back into the jam, but its a little too long for me. I can't see myself putting it on often and finishing it. I could see myself liking it more if it was condensed down to about 8-10 minutes, but i still dig what neil was doing with it.

I like the shout outs on Twisted Road but that and born in ontario i don't see myself listening to a lot in a few years. For the love of man i need to listen to again.

Whenever Neil plays with the horse it all sounds the same. I remember on Year of the Horse Neil makes some comments like "can you smell the horse on this one" and "it's all the same song" and that rings true here for the most part. To me its good and bad, but they just fall into a style of jamming that they are comfortable in and have been doing for 40 years.

I hear riffs from lots of his other songs or similar chord progressions or similar solo styles. I'm not hating on the guy i love it, but part of the reason i loved Le Noise so much is it seemed to break that "neil young song pattern" and still be neil.

so i guess what i'm saying is this album is exactly what i thought it would be. Which is a good thing yet mildly disapointing.

Thats just after one listen though I'm sure I'll be jamming away to this stuff for a while.

Needless to say i like this a lot more than americana which i was not too into and have not listned to much at all since teh week i got it

I love it for this reason... it's more neil young then anything he has done for a long time.

intodeep wrote:

First listen.
Really like Ramada Inn, Walk Like a Giant and She's Always Dancing
The alt version of psychedelic pill is more to my liking than the album version

Love how Driftin Back starts acoustic and then drops back into the jam, but its a little too long for me. I can't see myself putting it on often and finishing it. I could see myself liking it more if it was condensed down to about 8-10 minutes, but i still dig what neil was doing with it.

I like the shout outs on Twisted Road but that and born in ontario i don't see myself listening to a lot in a few years. For the love of man i need to listen to again.

Whenever Neil plays with the horse it all sounds the same. I remember on Year of the Horse Neil makes some comments like "can you smell the horse on this one" and "it's all the same song" and that rings true here for the most part. To me its good and bad, but they just fall into a style of jamming that they are comfortable in and have been doing for 40 years.

I hear riffs from lots of his other songs or similar chord progressions or similar solo styles. I'm not hating on the guy i love it, but part of the reason i loved Le Noise so much is it seemed to break that "neil young song pattern" and still be neil.

so i guess what i'm saying is this album is exactly what i thought it would be. Which is a good thing yet mildly disapointing.

Thats just after one listen though I'm sure I'll be jamming away to this stuff for a while.

Needless to say i like this a lot more than americana which i was not too into and have not listned to much at all since teh week i got it

I totally get what you mean about some riffs sounding so familiar. I definitely noticed that as well. Anyway, some songs have been ringing around, have stuck in my head which is nice.

Favorites from Pill so far:

-"Ramada Inn"
-"Psychedelic Pill" (disc 2 version)
-"Twisted Road"
-"For the Love of Man"
-"Walk Like a Giant"

i was surprised to read that it wasnt until the last few years that he gave up smoking pot. I swear I remember some book of Rolling Stone interviews from the 90's, and he talks about maybe in 1992 or so, giving up pot. In an article promoting his new book, he was saying he hasnt written a song without being under the influence of pot in 40 years or something.

morello wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

Alright...I need some help in picking some live Neil stuff.

I'm a late comer to Neil (just became a big fan in the last 3 years), and so while I have most of the studio albums, I don't have much live stuff.

Any recommendations? Any spots I can go to get them?

I definitely recommend the Weld discs. Fabulous & my main NY music for a long time until I've woken up & made myself listen to more recently.

Thanks!

RD171825 wrote:

vant0037 wrote:

Alright...I need some help in picking some live Neil stuff.

I'm a late comer to Neil (just became a big fan in the last 3 years), and so while I have most of the studio albums, I don't have much live stuff.

Any recommendations? Any spots I can go to get them?

Live Rust

live rust, weld, the year of the horse (i.e all of them )

tybird wrote:

Any thoughts on "Americana"? Is it worth picking up? Inquiring minds want to know....

Yes, I think so. It's different, but what do you expect from Neil?