Side 1 is straight fire
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 14 January 2017 15:57 (seven years ago) link
Time Fades Away is now readily available for the first time in years!
― blonde redheads have more fun (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 14 January 2017 16:04 (seven years ago) link
anyone else get a T-Rex vibe from "Bite the Bullet"?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqFSGTsXl5A
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 January 2017 16:05 (seven years ago) link
oops.... that's a live version, totally different feel. i think it's the backing vocals that do it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTqwEEgkfJo
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 14 January 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
I just heard Hawks and Doves for the first time this weekend. I'm not sure if it's better than American Stars 'n' Bars, but I will suggest the following logical puzzle:
- "Little Wing" fits better here than on Homegrown- "Captain Kennedy" fits better here than on Hitchhiker- "The Old Homestead" is better than anything on Homegrown itself
On the other hand, "Star of Bethlehem" fits better on Homegrown than on Stars 'n' Bars.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 28 June 2021 22:44 (two years ago) link
- "The Old Homestead" is better than anything on Homegrown itself― Halfway there but for you, Monday, June 28, 2021 3:44 PM
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, June 28, 2021 3:44 PM
and most of neil's post-zuma catalogue. i was super bummed when it didn't even chart in the neil poll here some years back.
― things repeat forever and there never is a remedy (Austin), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 02:20 (two years ago) link
just chiming in as another big fan of that song, always loved the long languid vibe, reminds me of some late-80s Jandek
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 02:22 (two years ago) link
(or vice versa, I guess)
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 02:23 (two years ago) link
I've loved The Old Homestead for a long time, glad to see it getting love. I like Captain Kennedy and Little Wing a lot too. Lost in Space is good too. And I have a soft spot for Comin' Apart at Every Nail. Rest of the album is fine, doesn't bother me to the extent it seems to bother some.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 June 2021 02:55 (two years ago) link
“old homestead” is probably the one deep cut I wish more NY fans knew about. That riff never once wears out it’s welcome for the 7+ minutes.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Tuesday, 29 June 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
ASnB really is an embarrassment of riches, and certainly one of the NY albums I'll routinely return to these days. Neil's grasp is mostly nebulous & fumbling, whether he's riding along slackly with a torpid bar band (on the country rock numbers) or haunted & introverted (as on the the wispy Will to Love). and then BOOM! Like a Hurricane cuts through with the the kind of linearity & denseness that is strangely particular of Crazy Horse in a certain frame of mind. It's a fascinating arc, always arresting & surprising due to the rareness of its sequence.
Hawks & Doves is one that I've never warmed to, partly due to how "upfront" the whole thing sounds, with loud acoustic guitar & voice denying you the space to absorb it somehow. I do keep trying though. On another note, does Little Wing remind anyone else of JJ Cale?
― charlie rex, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 03:51 (two years ago) link
I've never heard the original version of "Magnolia" by J.J. Cale but I wonder if Neil Young had heard it or the Poco version before he wrote "Little Wing".― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 16:20 (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink"You're best I ever had" vs. "Winter is the best time of them all". Busted Neil.― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 16:25 (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 16:20 (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink
"You're best I ever had" vs. "Winter is the best time of them all". Busted Neil.
― Waterloo Subset (Tom D.), Saturday, 6 February 2021 16:25 (four months ago) bookmarkflaglink
Listen to the Poco version, it's Borrowed Tune No. 2 from Neil.
― Are Animated Dads Getting Hotter? (Tom D.), Wednesday, 30 June 2021 07:27 (two years ago) link
I'd never heard (of) the Poco version, so thanks for alerting me to it! It's very broad & arranged - as opposed to JJ's more familiar, lived-in delivery - but I think I rather like it for the point of difference it presents.
but yeah, funny how Neil slips so fluidly into that pattern/intonation on Little Wing.
― charlie rex, Wednesday, 30 June 2021 07:56 (two years ago) link