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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    brianlux said:
    Well will wonders never cease!  I finally got word that my pre-order for Dead Man has finally shipped.  Thought I'd never see it!
    Fuck to the yeah!
    I SAW PEARL JAM
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    dankind said:
    brianlux said:
    Well will wonders never cease!  I finally got word that my pre-order for Dead Man has finally shipped.  Thought I'd never see it!
    Fuck to the yeah!
    LOL, a new awesome term to add to my vocabulary!  :lol: 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    Tonight's The Night is my favorite album of all time by anyone.  I can't relate to any Neil Young fan not liking it but that's okay.  We don't all have to love the same music.
    You see me empty, Sir, do not pause and inquire, simply assume and refill.
    - Al Swearengen

    http://www.cantstoptheserenity.com
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    "Roxy - Tonight's The Night Live" is Album of the Week on NYA, and Neil has posted some interesting insight into the TTN sessions.
    Looks like the original version of TTN will be included in the Archives Volume 2 box set :smiley:


    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    Scored a nice new copy at Dimples today for 20% off!

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    What is everyone's favourite album?
    I really love On The Beach. 
    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: 43,663
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What is everyone's favourite album?
    I really love On The Beach. 
    What next?  Going to ask which family member I love the most?  :lol: 

    Oh, that's tough!  If I had to go with one and only one as a favorite, a lot would depend on when I answered.  But that's copping out on the question! 

    OK, I'll go with Rust Never Sleeps.  The first time I heard Rust I was at a small intimate party outdoors in the countryside  in Windsor CA (before it was ruined and turned into a wealthy Sonoma County suburb) on a perfect late spring evening.  It was magic.  Such a great album and I really love the two differing sides that somehow make total sense.  And the album builds and is sequenced perfectly.  One of the greatest.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    edited June 2019
    Elliot Roberts, Neil’s friend and manager for over 50 years, has passed away.

    Ralph Molina just confirmed the sad news on Facebook a little while ago:


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    “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: 7,791
    edited June 2019
    Elliot was described in Jimmy McDonough’s “Shakey” biography like this:

      "There have been other infamous artist/manager teams in rock and roll – Dylan and Albert Grossman. Ray Charles and Joe Adams, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau – and, of course, Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker. Elliot Roberts definitely resides in that hall of infamy – and is the only human capable of guiding Neil Young's career."  
      "Neil likes quirky people around him," said Elliot Roberts, Young's manager since the late sixties. "I think having quirky people around him lessens-in his mind-his own quirkiness. 'Yes, I am standing on my head, but look at these two other guys nude standing on their head.' " His mane of gray hair flying, Roberts was on his ninety-sixth phone call of the day, either chewing out some record-company underling or closing a million-dollar deal. Not far away, a bearded, sunglassed David Briggs- Young's producer-prowled the stage, palming a cigarette J.D.-style and looking like the devil himself. 
       Briggs and Roberts were the twin engines that powered the Neil Young hot rod. Feared, at times hated, both men possessed killer instincts and had been with Neil almost from the beginning. Roberts was a genius at pushing Young's career, Briggs at pushing his art. It's an understatement to say the two didn't always see eye to eye. Roberts and Briggs were two of the quirkiest characters around- difficult, complicated men-but then so was just about everybody and everything in Young's world. 
      "Let's look at Neil's whole trip-the ranch, the people he plays with," said computer wizard Bryan Bell, who worked extensively with Young in the late eighties. " 'Easy' isn't in the vocabulary."
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    goldrush said:
    Elliot Roberts, Neil’s friend and manager for over 40 years, has passed away.

    Ralph Molina just confirmed the sad news on Facebook a little while ago:


    Oh, this is a huge loss.  Roberts was such a huge part of not just Neil's work over the years but, as Wikipedia lists them, these as well:

    Joni Mitchell
    Neil Young
    Buffalo Springfield
    Crosby, Still, Nash and Young
    Bob Dylan,
    The Eagles
    Tom Petty
    Talking Heads
    Devo
    Tracy Chapman,
    Spiritualized
    Mazzy Star
    Devendra Banhart
    The Alarm

    Very few in the world of music have had a resume like that.  Very say news.

    R.I.P. Eliot Roberts.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    goldrush said:
    Elliot was described in Jimmy McDonough’s “Shakey” biography like this:

      "There have been other infamous artist/manager teams in rock and roll – Dylan and Albert Grossman. Ray Charles and Joe Adams, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Landau – and, of course, Elvis and Colonel Tom Parker. Elliot Roberts definitely resides in that hall of infamy – and is the only human capable of guiding Neil Young's career."  
      "Neil likes quirky people around him," said Elliot Roberts, Young's manager since the late sixties. "I think having quirky people around him lessens-in his mind-his own quirkiness. 'Yes, I am standing on my head, but look at these two other guys nude standing on their head.' " His mane of gray hair flying, Roberts was on his ninety-sixth phone call of the day, either chewing out some record-company underling or closing a million-dollar deal. Not far away, a bearded, sunglassed David Briggs- Young's producer-prowled the stage, palming a cigarette J.D.-style and looking like the devil himself. 
       Briggs and Roberts were the twin engines that powered the Neil Young hot rod. Feared, at times hated, both men possessed killer instincts and had been with Neil almost from the beginning. Roberts was a genius at pushing Young's career, Briggs at pushing his art. It's an understatement to say the two didn't always see eye to eye. Roberts and Briggs were two of the quirkiest characters around- difficult, complicated men-but then so was just about everybody and everything in Young's world. 
      "Let's look at Neil's whole trip-the ranch, the people he plays with," said computer wizard Bryan Bell, who worked extensively with Young in the late eighties. " 'Easy' isn't in the vocabulary."
    I think Shakey is an excellent biography.  In one of his books, Neil talks about what a huge mistake it was to have someone else co-write his biography.  I have to assume he was referring to Shakey.  I think he said this in Waging Heavy Peace, also a fine book.

    Roberts also appears in the Tom Petty film, "Runnin' Down a Dream".  I thought he was great in that rockumentary.
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    brianlux said:

    Roberts also appears in the Tom Petty film, "Runnin' Down a Dream".  I thought he was great in that rockumentary.
    There’s a great quote that has been posted quite a few times today:

    "Not all your albums can be hits.  But all your albums can be good."–Elliot Roberts to Tom Petty
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,663
    goldrush said:
    brianlux said:

    Roberts also appears in the Tom Petty film, "Runnin' Down a Dream".  I thought he was great in that rockumentary.
    There’s a great quote that has been posted quite a few times today:

    "Not all your albums can be hits.  But all your albums can be good."–Elliot Roberts to Tom Petty
    I like it!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791

    “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: 7,791
    Tribute post from Kelly Curtis 



    I saw that Ed dedicated Man of the Hour to Elliot at his show in Madrid last night too 
    “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: 7,791
    Some interesting insight from John Hanlon on the recording sessions for the new Crazy Horse record...



    “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: 7,791


    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,472
    Record it on a tape recorder in a bathroom stall for I care. Just make it as good as Broken Arrow, or the Crazy Horse parts, of Are you Passionate.

    Lett it feel less demo-rough than Psychedelic Pill. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    brianlux said:
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    What is everyone's favourite album?
    I really love On The Beach. 
    What next?  Going to ask which family member I love the most?  :lol: 

    Oh, that's tough!  If I had to go with one and only one as a favorite, a lot would depend on when I answered.  But that's copping out on the question! 

    OK, I'll go with Rust Never Sleeps.  The first time I heard Rust I was at a small intimate party outdoors in the countryside  in Windsor CA (before it was ruined and turned into a wealthy Sonoma County suburb) on a perfect late spring evening.  It was magic.  Such a great album and I really love the two differing sides that somehow make total sense.  And the album builds and is sequenced perfectly.  One of the greatest.
    I love Rust Never Sleeps too.

    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,472
    Bought two Neil albums (19 USD and 20 USD). 


    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"

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