Official Neil Young Thread

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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    My cover terrible?
    Not terrible, by any means. Although coming from someone with a voice as shitty as mine that’s not much praise!
    Not bad though :)
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    I sent a couple of vinyl Archives questions in to the ‘Letters To The Editor’ page recently and they’ve just been answered. 

    Neil confirmed that they do have live recordings from the Mirrorball tour, so there’s hope for a possible future vinyl release :)



    Live at The Riverboat is the only Archives disc that hasn’t come out on vinyl yet, so it will be great to fill the gap.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    goldrush said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    My cover terrible?
    Not terrible, by any means. Although coming from someone with a voice as shitty as mine that’s not much praise!
    Not bad though :)
    Fark finally. Thank you for listening and giving feedback :blush:
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    After the gold rush is a good album. Not sure about the last song, cripple creek ferry, just does not suit the album.
    Loving my remastered albums of his. Could not find Zuma so bought it on iTunes.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    About every five years or so I'm reminded of this little NY tidbit:  About, oh I don't know, maybe 15 years ago, PBS public television was putting out (I think it was called) the American Master series- a series of music biopics on various musicians and groups.  One night, an edition of that series came on with Neil young as the subject of the documentary.  I popped in a tape into the VCR and hit "record".  About half way through the video, PBS went to a break.  Now that was unusual, because they had normally played the whole show through.  Even more oddly, after the break, they cut to another program.   They had run a deal that night where if you subscribed to PBS, they would send you a DVD of that night's Masters program.  So I sent the money and received... a different program on DVD.  They never explained why the switch, they never explained why the program had but cut off in the middle, I've never seen that show on tape or video anywhere including YouTube.

    The only thing close to that show I know of is the BBC "Don't Be Denied" hour long documentary.  I think some of the footage from the PBS show is in that BBC production. 

    This whole thing remains a mystery to me.  My guess is, Neil or some of his people had the PBC documentary pulled.  He says some rather harsh things in that video.  My guess is it wasn't all meant to be aired.

    Does this sound familiar to any of you? Has anybody seen this?
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    brianlux said:
    About every five years or so I'm reminded of this little NY tidbit:  About, oh I don't know, maybe 15 years ago, PBS public television was putting out (I think it was called) the American Master series- a series of music biopics on various musicians and groups.  One night, an edition of that series came on with Neil young as the subject of the documentary.  I popped in a tape into the VCR and hit "record".  About half way through the video, PBS went to a break.  Now that was unusual, because they had normally played the whole show through.  Even more oddly, after the break, they cut to another program.   They had run a deal that night where if you subscribed to PBS, they would send you a DVD of that night's Masters program.  So I sent the money and received... a different program on DVD.  They never explained why the switch, they never explained why the program had but cut off in the middle, I've never seen that show on tape or video anywhere including YouTube.

    The only thing close to that show I know of is the BBC "Don't Be Denied" hour long documentary.  I think some of the footage from the PBS show is in that BBC production. 

    This whole thing remains a mystery to me.  My guess is, Neil or some of his people had the PBC documentary pulled.  He says some rather harsh things in that video.  My guess is it wasn't all meant to be aired.

    Does this sound familiar to any of you? Has anybody seen this?
    That sounds pretty strange Brian, but then again it’s also a pretty ‘Neil’ thing to happen! It would be interesting too see that footage. I wonder if he has it in the Archive somewhere?
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    A cool little story (with some PJ), but with a sad ending...
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    After the gold rush is a good album. Not sure about the last song, cripple creek ferry, just does not suit the album.
    Loving my remastered albums of his. Could not find Zuma so bought it on iTunes.
    It was one of the songs inspired by the movie, the album was suppose to be a soundtrack to. 

    It's quirky in a sweet way. Like Old King on Harvest Moon or Last Trip to Tulsa.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.
    Hard to not adore his entire 70's. 

    But my favorites are:

    SELF-TITLED debut
    EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE
    AFTER THE GOLDRUSH
    HARVEST
    COMES A TIME
    HARVEST MOON
    BROKEN ARROW
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • modernmonkey
    modernmonkey Posts: 192
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.

    Harvest,After the goldrush, Come a time,Rust never sleeps,Ragged glory,Weld, Mirrorball ( of course ! )
    Also love a letter home and The Monsanto years ( am i the only one ??)
    1996:Cork 2000:Dublin 2006:Dublin,Barcelona,Madrid 2007:London,Dusseldorf,Nijmegen
    2009:Manchester,London 2010:Dublin,Belfast,London,Berlin 2012: Manchester 1 +2,Stockholm,copenhagen 2013: New York ,Philadelphia
    2014: Milan, Leeds, Milton Keynes 2018: London 1, Lisbon 2022: London 1+ 2, Krakow 2023: Austin 1 + 2
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    modernmonkey said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.

    Harvest,After the goldrush, Come a time,Rust never sleeps,Ragged glory,Weld, Mirrorball ( of course ! )
    Also love a letter home and The Monsanto years ( am i the only one ??)
    A Letter Home is a worthless "experiment", other than Neils letter he reads to his mom.

    But Americana is really cool and rocking:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2PVpSKkF4
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    goldrush said:
    Confirmation on NYA that ‘the giant song list’ is real! Anything can happen with POTR!


    This is the way that I wish every artist I went to see was. So many bands become very formulaic in their setlists. Even the more unpredictable ones, if you study them long enough, you can narrow it down to a handful of openers (Pearl Jam are a case in point here). Long live Neil Young.
    Dublin 2006
    Dublin 2010
    Madrid 2018
    Werchter 2022
    London 1 2022
    London 2 2022
    Krakow 2022
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.
    After The Goldrush (obviously)
    Sleeps With Angels
    Broken Arrow
    Ragged Glory
    Rust Never Sleeps
    Le Noise
    Mirrorball
    Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

    the list goes on...
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,851
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    modernmonkey said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.

    Harvest,After the goldrush, Come a time,Rust never sleeps,Ragged glory,Weld, Mirrorball ( of course ! )
    Also love a letter home and The Monsanto years ( am i the only one ??)
    A Letter Home is a worthless "experiment", other than Neils letter he reads to his mom.

    But Americana is really cool and rocking:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2PVpSKkF4
    I love Americana in the same way that I love Fork In The Road. The songs may not be the best, but it’s got a really cool vibe.
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    goldrush said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    modernmonkey said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What are everyone's favourite albums?
    I love Zuma, On the Beach, and, Rust Never Sleeps, and After the Gold Rush.

    Harvest,After the goldrush, Come a time,Rust never sleeps,Ragged glory,Weld, Mirrorball ( of course ! )
    Also love a letter home and The Monsanto years ( am i the only one ??)
    A Letter Home is a worthless "experiment", other than Neils letter he reads to his mom.

    But Americana is really cool and rocking:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei2PVpSKkF4
    I love Americana in the same way that I love Fork In The Road. The songs may not be the best, but it’s got a really cool vibe.
    Yep Fork in the Road has some cool sounding songs but is sort of a pointless album.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    This is so good, I want to get this show on dvd (Live Rust)...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3tsERm5MqQ
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,760
    goldrush said:
    A cool little story (with some PJ), but with a sad ending...




    Oh man, a lot of different emotions going on reading that one.  A powerful story.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    edited November 2018
    My dad sounded so bitter when I told him NY was coming to Europe. Seems to be frightend of going to concert at old age, or maybe it's something medical he hasn't told me...

    He went to Saxon with my youngest brother here in town. But don't seem comfortable with travelling.

    Need to force him when NY comes.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,644
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    This is so good, I want to get this show on dvd (Live Rust)...
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3tsERm5MqQ
    Think bigger. High def.

    It was shot on film wasn't it? Would make a lovely Bluray.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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