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| Child of the Moon |
Thought I'd start a thread for SS's cause.
So, what does everyone here think of Neil Young's Tonight's the Night album?
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Good try dude.
I appreciate the effort.
I fear TTN is not for the unwashed masses. It is only for the intrepid few who dare to sink that far down in the hole. Not many can muster the courage to stare this album down.
My thought is this. Tonight's The Night is monumental. And I mean that literally. It is a 10 ton granite monument, simply carved, with perfect epitaths sandblasted into the unpolished rock.
IMO, it is one of the best albums in Neil's catalogue, and one of the greatest albums of the 70's. I'm quite sure I'm in a very small minority with this opinion though. |
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| Gazza |
Tonight's The Night is the greatest album Neil ever made and one of the finest albums of the '70's by anyone.
Not an album I'd use to introduce Neil to the unsuspecting masses, though |
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| sirmoonie |
I'd agree that TTN is one of the best albums of the 70s. I think Rust Never Sleeps is his best, though.
I'm in the middle of reading Shakey, his recent biography. A must read for Young fans. One driven sumbitch is Neil. |
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Fuck off Joey.
Go hijack your ass, you limp dicked little pissant.
Unless you have something pertinent to add to the topic of Neil Young's "Tonight's The Night" album....git. |
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| BILL PERKS |
quote:
Joey wrote:
" Tonight's The Night is the greatest album Neil ever made and one of the finest albums of the '70's by anyone. "
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BETTER THAN THE WHO BY NUMBERS? |
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| Lazy Bones |
A beauty! My #2 artist of all time.
"I'm climbin' this ladder, my head in the clouds, I hope that it matters, I'm havin' my doubts."
A line that, for me, has always summed up TTN. An album that's darkness is reflective of death in Neil's life. More specifically, the overdose deaths of Danny Whitten and Bruce Berry. One of the "Ditch Trilogy" albums (along w/ Times Fades Away & On The Beach). For those that don't know, Times Fades Away remains the only 'trilogy' album not released on CD. (and the plug...) There is a petition, however, for it's release -
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/release-time-fades-away
Tonight's The Night, however, isn't my favourite Neil album. That title goes to ON THE BEACH. Recorded after TTN, but released before.
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| Sir Stonesalot |
It should also be noted here that Neil was in one of his more chemical addled periods during this time. And the music made quite obviously shows that.
It's beautiful in it's ugliness. |
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| Joey |
quote:
Sir Stonesalot wrote:
Fuck off Joey.
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| Prodigal Son |
I agree. It kicks ass. It's just so real in a music year where slick shit like John Denver ruled. Neil put himself into a dark place to get the dread he displayed so well in 1973-74; staying up late, smoking weed (later some cocaine with Crazy Horse came into the picture, but never ever heroin), drinking "tequila and hamburgers, that was the input," so Neil put it. Time Fades Away is a harrowing live disc with lots of unreleased songs on it so I want it on CD too. "Don't Be Denied" is, apparently, essential listening. In my top 5 all-time 70s albums with Exile, Born to Run, Blood on the Tracks and Sticky Fingers. |
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