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| UGot2Rollme |
I just watched the Live 8 DVD, Neil with his wife singin
4 Strong Winds..about half way through this mellow cowboy tune you can hear the crowd start to clap along and the spirit just catches on. and builds. Seeing this reinvigorated my gratitude for how much this Mr. Soul has offered to us over the years..
"If the good times all are gone, then I'm bound for movin on..I'll look for you, if I'm ever back this way..."
Hey Hey My My..
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| sirmoonie |
A true original, one of the greatest, still creating great rock and roll. |
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| nanatod |
"Powderfinger" may be best song ever. |
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| Lazy Bones |
This thread's for you!
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| pdog |
I played Neil Young tonight during our family dinner...
I used the same tracklist he used for his best of CD released last year, and burned it onto a CD for myself. It was really great... I first remeber hearing him when his double live LP came out. My sister had it, and the acoustic and elctric parts both struck me as so powerful. Been a fan since. |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Really what can you say about Neil Young? He's a National Treasure....even if he is Canadian. |
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| Break The Spell |
Neil's great, I wish they'd reissue and remaster his entire catalogue and not just certain albums the way they did a couple years back. Also, a cd release of Time Fades Away is way overdue. |
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| doo doo doo Dude |
Neil transcends it all. a true original with the utmost integrity. |
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| Egbert |
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Break The Spell wrote:
Neil's great, I wish they'd reissue and remaster his entire catalogue and not just certain albums the way they did a couple years back. Also, a cd release of Time Fades Away is way overdue.
The Greatest Hits CD is nice but a remastered Decade would've been better. |
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| Break The Spell |
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Egbert wrote:
The Greatest Hits CD is nice but a remastered Decade would've been better.
Yes, I'd like his whole catalogue from the 60's through the late 80's to get that same upgrade in sound quality as the tracks that made it to the greatest hits cd have. The majority of his output from those years are still the same sound quality as when they were originally released on cd in the late 80's. |
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| Egbert |
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Break The Spell wrote:
Yes, I'd like his whole catalogue from the 60's through the late 80's to get that same upgrade in sound quality as the tracks that made it to the greatest hits cd have. The majority of his output from those years are still the same sound quality as when they were originally released on cd in the late 80's.
There's been rumors of a huge career-spanning boxed set from Neil for about a decade now. I'd like to see the indivual albums (now CDs) remastered as well - particularly Everybody Knows..., After The Goldrush, Tonight's The Night, and Zuma. |
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| pdog |
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Egbert wrote:
The Greatest Hits CD is nice but a remastered Decade would've been better.
The GH's package contained stuff rom albums already remastered, that I owned, so I just burned a CD of that track order, kinda pointless to pay for a CD... The track order, is fantastic, however and if one doesn't own his stuff, I highly recomend buying that GH's package! |
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| Break The Spell |
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Egbert wrote:
There's been rumors of a huge career-spanning boxed set from Neil for about a decade now. I'd like to see the indivual albums (now CDs) remastered as well - particularly Everybody Knows..., After The Goldrush, Tonight's The Night, and Zuma.
I remember hearing talk of that box set around the time Silver & Gold came out 6 years ago, but nothing from it since. I'd like to see it happen still, hopefully has some great live stuff on it!! |
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| Egbert |
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pdog wrote:
The GH's package contained stuff rom albums already remastered, that I owned, so I just burned a CD of that track order, kinda pointless to pay for a CD... The track order, is fantastic, however and if one doesn't own his stuff, I highly recomend buying that GH's package!
I love the 1-2 opening punch of Down By The River and Cowgirl. |
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| Break The Spell |
I love the song "Mr. Soul", the main riff kinda reminds me of Satisfaction meets Jumpin' Jack flash. |
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| Lazy Bones |
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Break The Spell wrote:
Also, a cd release of Time Fades Away is way overdue.
A-friggin-men!
petition here...
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/tnfy/tfa-petition.php |
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| Break The Spell |
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A-friggin-men!
petition here...
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/tnfy/tfa-petition.php
THANK YOU!! I'm glad someone else agrees with me on this. How such a great album has gone all but forgotten is truly a crime. |
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| Lazy Bones |
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I'd like to see the indivual albums (now CDs) remastered as well - particularly Everybody Knows..., After The Goldrush, Tonight's The Night, and Zuma.
...and his best album - On The Beach! |
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| Egbert |
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...and his best album - On The Beach!
Oh yeah - that's a good one too - I thought it was remastered when it was released on CD a couple years ago. |
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| Break The Spell |
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Egbert wrote:
Oh yeah - that's a good one too - I thought it was remastered when it was released on CD a couple years ago.
A few of his 60's/70'/early 80's albums were remastered, but the majority are just the same original cd releases from the late 80's. It would have made more sense to just do them all at once. |
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| Egbert |
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Egbert wrote:
Oh yeah - that's a good one too - I thought it was remastered when it was released on CD a couple years ago.
Although how could it be remastered when it was not previously released on CD? |
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| Break The Spell |
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Egbert wrote:
Although how could it be remastered when it was not previously released on CD?
Digitally remastered, meaning an upgrade in sound quality from the original master tapes. Even though it was not previously issued on CD, they just meant in that case the sound upgrade. |
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| Egbert |
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Break The Spell wrote:
Digitally remastered, meaning an upgrade in sound quality from the original master tapes. Even though it was not previously issued on CD, they just meant in that case the sound upgrade.
Thanks for clarifying that. OTB has been remastered in the "HDCD" format, same as the Greatest Hits CD (and also Buffalo Springfield Again, by the way). |
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| Break The Spell |
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Thanks for clarifying that. OTB has been remastered in the "HDCD" format, same as the Greatest Hits CD (and also Buffalo Springfield Again, by the way).
Not a problem. Buffalo Springfield had some great tracks, I always liked "Broken Arrow", "Rock & Roll Woman", "Expecting To Fly" and "Bluebird". |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Neil Young
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Reprise, Released 1969
It's not the fact that this album went platinum; it's that Young and Crazy Horse put the components of folk, rock and country together so well that they established themselves as one of the most influental acts to come out of the late '60s. The opening strains of "Cinnamon Girl" alone can be heard unabashedly throughout the '90s and today from the likes of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth and Pavement, thus making this album one of the sharper arrows in Young's quiver.
Deep and unpretentious lyrics pepper each song as Young emotes folky desperation, desire, and frankness. The simple and distorted chords display the rock 'n' roll aspects of the album while the harmonies ring of Nashville country. "Round & Round (It Won't Be Long)" plays like a dirge that could find itself at home in a dusty bar in Albuquerque or on the toungues of cowboys moving along the Pecos River. "The Losing End (When You're On)" is a Texas two-step that is straight out of Hank Williams' playbook. "Down by the River" is strong enough on its own to justify the recording of an entire album. Its composition is tight and the lyrics fluid making its length seem like an exquisite moment of convergent harmony.
As a whole, the album plays like a well -rchestrated jam session. While that may have been a popular gimmick at the time with the psychedelic set, with these guys, it was an excercise in breeding some familiarity in the safety of Young's home studio in Topanga, California. It's taken some time to get the balance right, but the resultant chemistry between Crazy Horse and Young is like oxygen and hydrogen mixing in a one-two ratio.
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| Sir Stonesalot |
Neil Young is the greatest living Canadian....and quite probably, the greatest Canadian EVER.
Tonight's the Night is one of the greatest albums ever recorded by man or beast.
The world, and my life, are better because of Neil Young.
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| Sir Stonesalot |
>I'd like to see the indivual albums (now CDs) remastered as well - particularly Everybody Knows..., After The Goldrush, Tonight's The Night, and Zuma<
Please do not touch "Tonight's The Night", "Zuma", or "On The Beach"(I know, they already did...but I won't buy it.)
It won't sound right if they clean them up. They are perfect the way that they are. |
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| FPM C10 |
More barn!
I've never seen an actual Neil Young concert (hope to change that before one of us dies) but I have seen him play twice - in 1974 with those hippie loads Crosby Stills and Nash (he was the only memorable thing about the show - "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" was a highlight) and at the Dylan tribute in '92. Neil stomped out right after everyone had been seriously bummed out by Sinead O'Connor getting her bald head booed offstage, and made everyone IMMEDIATELY forget the recent unpleasantness. (Wish he'd make an appearance in the I Hate Paris Hilton thread) Everyone laughed when he said "Thanks for having BobFest, Bob!" in that "I just smoked two joints" voice of his, and then he broke out the most amazing version of "Tom Thumb's Blues" (thanks for the correction, Prodigal Son - at least I had the right album!). Of course, when he sang "I'm going back to New York City", the place went nuts.
Of course, the version of "All Along the Watchtower" that followed was spectacular, but I think "Tom Thumb" took the cake. One of the definite highlights in an evening comprised entirely of highlights.
[Edited by Al Zheimer]
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