Official Neil Young Thread

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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,079
    That Ed Sheeran song was on the edge of embarrassing. 
    what?!
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  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,079
    Is young Shakespeare worth the buy if I have Massey Hall? @Tim Simmons @mrussel1 @brianlux
    No but def get Carnegie Hall
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,460
    Who else is loving Barn so far? 
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Who else is loving Barn so far? 
    It's great!
    I LOVE MUSIC.
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  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Who else is loving Barn so far? 

    mfc2006 said:
    Who else is loving Barn so far? 
    It's great!

    Can't wait to hear it!  The LP is in transit!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,576
    Edved82 said:
    Barn is a good album, I'm enjoying it. I wish Neil would sometimes take a second go at his lyrics these days, though. Some of them are really cringeworthy. The last track "Don't Forget Love" is also pretty bad, but on the other side of the coin, "Welcome Back" is fantastic. 
    this is my criticism as well. The playing is top notch. Melodies great. But sometimes the lyrics...woof. 


    But thats also been the case this century.

  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Edved82 said:
    Barn is a good album, I'm enjoying it. I wish Neil would sometimes take a second go at his lyrics these days, though. Some of them are really cringeworthy. The last track "Don't Forget Love" is also pretty bad, but on the other side of the coin, "Welcome Back" is fantastic. 
    this is my criticism as well. The playing is top notch. Melodies great. But sometimes the lyrics...woof. 


    But thats also been the case this century.

    Yeah, seems Neil is just churning out songs in one take, which has its pluses but apparently some drawbacks. Some of the lyrics are really bad.

    I also miss Poncho a lot. Nils is a great and sensitive musician, Poncho was much more unrefined in his playing which suited the Horse better, I think. I miss Poncho's wall of sound rhythm guitar.

    Saying that, Barn is a good album. Looking forward to the delivery of the vinyl too.
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,221
    On Howard Stern today!!
  • Loujoe
    Loujoe Posts: 11,723
    Ba bah booohee
  • Hi!
    Hi! Posts: 3,095
    The Pearl Jam

    Fun interview. Howard led in with Corduroy

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  • Pointless album. 

    Last "great" album was Living with War.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • If anyone dowbloaded etc the Howard Stern interview, please send me a link :)
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Pointless album. 

    Last "great" album was Living with War.
    Nope, Psychedelic Pill was a fantastic studio album. 
  • Edved82
    Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
    Pointless album. 

    Last "great" album was Living with War.
    I liked Psychedelic Pill and Colorado a lot. 
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,791
    edited December 2021
    Pointless album. 

    Last "great" album was Living with War.
    It’s not "pointless" at all. There are some really good songs on Barn - Welcome Back, They Might Be Lost, Human Race, Change Ain't Never Gonna...

    Not counting Homegrown or Hitchhiker, I would agree that Neil's last truly great album was Psychedelic Pill.
    However, Chrome Dreams II and Le Noise are also great albums that are more recent than Living With War.
    There's also a lot to like on Peace Trail, The Visitor and Colorado.
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  • Pointless album. 

    Last "great" album was Living with War.
    Nope, Psychedelic Pill was a fantastic studio album. 
    Yeah. No. 

    Fork in the road is underrated though. 

    And Lenoise is really good. 
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    edited December 2021
    I want to see all of you who are dissing Barn to show me when you are 75 to 80 years old how you are kicking ass and doing top notch work.  You will have one up on me, I know that.  At 70 years of age, and 5 to 9 years younger than Neil and the guys, their latest work kicks my ass down the stairs, that's for sure.  It will be interesting to see (though doubtful I'll be around to see it) you guys do the same at that age. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,662
    Oh, I love Barn.  I just listened to the who thing for the first time.  I could die tomorrow and be happy and content.  No drama, just the truth.
    Long live the Horse!
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,471
    edited December 2021
    brianlux said:
    I want to see all of you who are dissing Barn to show me when you are 75 to 80 years old how you are kicking ass and doing top notch work.  You will have one up on me, I know that.  At 70 years of age, and 5 to 9 years younger than Neil and the guys, their latest work kicks my ass down the stairs, that's for sure.  It will be interesting to see (though doubtful I'll be around to see it) you guys do the same at that age. 
    I don't see the point here. 

    The lyrics are still shit. (Some of) The songs cringey. 

    They don't have to be. Even with him being 75. 

    Did you hear Leonard Cohens last album? Have you heard Neil Young and Crazy Horse's Broken Arrow?

    So, in this discussion I do have a one up in you. Already. Not being 75 or 80 years.

    The album is, like most churned out Neil albums of late not all that good. I would still die defending Neil doing whatever he wants and his "no fucks given" attitude to fans and perfection. And defend his guitar tone. SECOND ONLY TO ACE FREHLEY'S. AM I RITE PEEPS?!?!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • static111
    static111 Posts: 5,079

    so how was the stern interview?
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