Neil Young TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT poll

well they say
that Santa Fe
is less
than 90s miles away

like everything about this is perfectly structured to make this fairly banal observation seem like some deep existential truth, the way he phrases it, the way he breaks the lines up, the fact you can't ever be sure how far Santa Fe is, only trust what's been handed down to you in the oral tradition

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Opening lyrics of speaking out do the same, and carry the same vocal rhythm/inflection.

Omg what on earth is happening itt

For me, Albuquerque is highest bar for simple words + melody with deep feeling. “I’ll find somewhere where they don’t care who I am” hits different when you imagine a wide range of people saying it. To me that makes the sentiment individual to one’s experience and basically universal. At the same time! That’s magical imo.

I should go on a NY binge soon. It has been a while.

^OTM, and the cosmic pedal steel = chills down the spine

To me that makes the sentiment individual to one’s experience and basically universal. At the same time! That’s magical imo.

^^^

there was a great quote when neil was asked if his songs were autobiographical, he said "i don't want people to think about me when they hear my songs, i want them to think about themselves"

It's hard to imagine these songs in another context.

...although I suppose the songs that weren't part of the sessions proper could have wound up elsewhere, as the Whitten song did on the Fillmore live album years later.

Ben Keith is the absolute GOAT on this album - his playing is the glue for the whole ramshackle vibe holding up so well.

several xps back but i remember reading Shakey before Homegrown was released and that statement is pretty lol after it was finally released - they're both on similar wavelengths.

Love the guitar sound on this record: the crunchy sound of dead insects.

i was obsessed with the stray gators version of new mama for a while