Search and destroy: Neil Young

"BARSTOOL BLUES" (from Zuma)

Young nabs the vocal melody from Dylan’s “It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue” (and writes an even better song).

This is seen as "underrated"? I always thought it was Established Neil Canon.

keep in mind that this list seems to be made for people who would have trouble listing 20 Neil tunes...

"barstool" is not exactly a live standard, i guess, though it shows up from time to time. http://www.sugarmtn.org/song.php?song=51

i was going to note the same 'sea change' line, ugh

i would have picked 'music arcade' and 'big time' from broken arrow

yeah this isn't for an audience who knows that Neil had a nineties career.

I nodded and agreed with much of that list.

as far as underrated stills-young action i'd go with midnight on the bay.

Thanks for posting that. Lots of brilliance, but, as you guys point out, a lot of songs that could be deemed underrated only if you're unfamiliar with much beyond Harvest and maybe Rust Never Sleeps.

dude's gotta listen to the bootlegs, mannnn
(but really, it's a fine list that shows the depth of neil's oeuvre)

Anyway, just saw this pic for the first time -- i like it!
https://36.media.tumblr.com/037022d485b365500db92443dd61e15b/tumblr_nxqmwcF1m91uy6es8o1_1280.jpg
neil must've been pretty unrecognizable at that point after being the quintessential hippie for 10 years.

no way man, that's his face!
lol at the expression though

haha, i don't know, i mean, this is what he looked like a couple months prior
http://assets.rollingstone.com/assets/images/gallery/20120920-neil-young-13-x595-1348162649.jpg

yeah but his face is his face -- it's classic and totes recognizable. recognizing people by their hair is not reliable.

more neil young randomness for today -- michael stipe playing "old man" this week in NYC: http://www.bigozine2.com/TRKSB2/PS15beacon/PS15beacon101.mp3
sounds OK!

that spray paint photo totally doesn't look like him

i feel like at this point his long hair is part of his face

I like that story in Shakey about how on the last date of the Tonight's The Night tour, he did a solo opening set, after which he shaved and had his hair trimmed in the dressing room before going back onstage for the full band set and wasn't recognized.

Anyone pick up that Live at the Bluenote thing? I generally like that (often maligned) era, gonna pick it up today while I'm out.

Yeah -- I endorsed it heartily in some other Neil thread. I really like it

neil looking like clapton there

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI2ey2g8pcM

Just saw on amazon two new CD album boxes: the first is the ditch trilogy + Zuma, and the other covers Stills-Young thru Live Rust. All remastered and out in mid-May.

Haha yeah, time fades away making its cd debut!

xxpostLive At The Blue Note has some already-dated-then blooze moves from time to time, but some terrific performances too, incl. several songs I hadn't heard or heard of. Well worth checking.

lol at tfa finally showing up on cd right as the death knell of the compact disc era is about to sound - that's classic neil, man, classic neil

Three box sets:

Official Release Series Discs 1 - 4

Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After the Goldrush
Harvest

Official Release Series Discs 5 - 8

Time Fades Away
On the Beach
Tonight's the Night
Zuma

Official Release Series Discs 8.5 - 12

Long May You Run
American Stars 'N Bars
Comes A Time
Rust Never Sleeps
Live Rust (1979)

5-8 a must. Obviously.

natch

lol at leaving Hawks & Doves and Re-Act-Or out in the cold again by excluding them from these canonical collections.I mean, they are still gettable, but how hard would have been to throw them on the back of the last collection (particularly since the former is made up from some material dating from that period)?

well, i think they're just doing these chronologically -- the next big bestseller will be hawks / reactor / trans / everybody's rockin

TFA also on Spotify now fwiw.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-OogwMo3ffUI/TXpM_sbcfZI/AAAAAAAAJNI/IzIWE3hvKp0/s1600/hell_freezes_over.png

I'd buy a Reactor/Trans twofer, if they wanted to put that out at the half the price of the boxset.

really worried about Neil's health tbh

well, i think they're just doing these chronologically -- the next big bestseller will be hawks / reactor / trans / everybody's rockin

― tylerw, Monday, April 10, 2017 1:57 PM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Somehow I doubt they'll try to sell t-shirts of these album covers with the set.

And then there's the issue of, are they really gonna put out a set with Old Ways, Landing on Water, Life, and This Note's For You?

Heh heh, yeah ...
this is such a good run though ... only weak link is Stills Young IMO

Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
After the Goldrush
Harvest
Time Fades Away
On the Beach
Tonight's the Night
Zuma
Long May You Run
American Stars 'N Bars
Comes A Time
Rust Never Sleeps
Live Rust (1979)

I've never actually heard LMYR -- the only (pre-'80s) gap in my Neil collection -- but I'll be getting that set for the remastered Rust Never Sleeps and (unedited!) Live Rust. The mastering on 1-4 is astounding, so 8.5-12 would at least be worth it for that.

i've got all of those except American Stars 'N Bars, which isn't a weak link but is not exactly a classic. but i mean 11 classic albums, one very good one, and one inessential side project with an essential Neil Young yacht rock jam.

Hey, what about the Journey Through the Past soundtrack? Are they just pretending that didn't happen?

only weak link is Stills Young IMO

Neil's songs on this are great imo. Stills songs are absolute garbage, unfortunately.

yeah neil coasting in 1976 is still neil. stills is terrible.
ha i guess so ... i think the key stuff from that -- the "words" and "alabama" alternates and "soldier" -- were included on archives vol. 1?

(referring to the journey through the past soundtrack)

all of those are great except for long may you run, which only has a couple of decent songs

I've never heard LMYR either, the title track never really did it for me.

AMS&B is fantastic, best of the post-zuma 70s records imo

er AS&B

These collections will trailer a Still-Young Band reunion.

i love "long may you run" (the song) but there are plenty of other places to hear it. i was just listening to a pump organ live version from 2000-ish that was just gorgeous. i always want to like "fountainebleau" more, but it's a poor substitute for "pushed it over the end" ...

yeah neil coasting in 1976 is still neil. stills is terrible.
ha i guess so ... i think the key stuff from that -- the "words" and "alabama" alternates and "soldier" -- were included on archives vol. 1?

― tylerw, Monday, April 10, 2017 2:16 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

(referring to the journey through the past soundtrack)

― tylerw, Monday, April 10, 2017 2:16 PM (nineteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Good point. I've never actually seen a copy, nor have I seen the film (never found a decent-looking/sounding, um, download), but I assumed it was all live/rare. I see now that the Neil stuff is all previously released, apart from those three songs.