Neil Young

[mauvais]

Is he conservative? Living with War doesn't give that impression - though it's rubbish, mind you.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Is he conservative?

Who really cares?

 

[TheHoodedClaw]

Done some great music had a fairly tough and challengin life but unfortunately is a conservative.

In what way - I'm genuinely curious. I thought he was a liberal, what with all that Southern Man malarkey.

 

[mauvais]

Who really cares?

Me to some extent - I wouldn't particularly want to line the pockets of people with particularly unpleasant views. It isn't just about the music.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

Me to some extent - I wouldn't particularly want to line the pockets of people with particularly unpleasant views. It isn't just about the music.

Have you ever listened to Wango Tango?

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

 

[soulman]

Me to some extent - I wouldn't particularly want to line the pockets of people with particularly unpleasant views. It isn't just about the music.

Unless you live outside capitalism you do it every day.

 

[soulman]

Harvest is an excellent if melancholy album born out of his experience of the Music Industry and the effect of heroin on the band members

 

[William of Walworth]

I saw him at the Phoenix festival Long Marston about 10 yrs ago.

It was 1996. I was there -- for a day. 90% of the reason I went was to see NY, it was generally a shite festival, and very very hot withoit the redeeming feature of most hot festies, ie where was there any decent beer tent?

Then our mate got ultra stoned and lost his car so we couldnt escape the site ... we'd brought no tents and not enough clothes (it having been 90F in the daytime) and we had to rough it on a nasty site with arsey security hassling us ... got surprisingly cold and we were unprepared!

Neil Young's set was excellent, though, as I recall, and that almost made up for the rest of the nightmare. Almost ...

Keep On Rockin' In The Free World.

That was a Republican song wasn't it? Or have I got that wrong ....

 

[dirtysanta]

Surely Old Man one of this finest moments and definately one of my favourites. A beautiful song. uplifting but melancholic. Fantastically recorded. Really nailed the essence in the studio on that track and the backing vocal on the chorus just soars.

I never get bored of hearing it.

 

[DrRingDing]

In what way - I'm genuinely curious. I thought he was a liberal, what with all that Southern Man malarkey.

Just what I've been reading from a respected music journalist.

 

[Andy the Don]

Keep on Rockin' in the free world was anti-authoritarian if anything. Mid-East Vacation the first track on his excellent Life album (1987) is a devastating critic on US Mid-Eastern foreign policy of the 1980's.

 

[DrRingDing]

Keep on Rockin' in the free world was anti-authoritarian if anything.

Do you remember when he played that with Pearl Jam ont telly?

Now that was good.

 

[danny la rouge]

unfortunately is a conservative.

I don't think that's true: he's far more complicated than that.

He certainly likes to piss people off, and quite often just does and says things to annoy people. That much is for sure. But I don't think you can paint his views into a blue or a red corner. His latest album contains an paean to the working class - Ordinary People.

 

[genee_rave]

he's one of those singers that no matter how much people sing his praises, his voice is just so annoying i can't listen to it. lyrics are probably great but never mind!

 

[Jambooboo]

Has anyone said Harvest Moon is a better album than Harvest? Well it is.

 

[Roadkill]

Has anyone said Harvest Moon is a better album than Harvest? Well it is.

Ooh, controversial.

Harvest Moon is extremely good - or so I've thought, the twice I've listened to it so far - but better than Harvest...? No, I don't think so, although I've had Harvest for years so familiarity maybe explains partly why I like it so much.

 

[SpookyFrank]

Surely Old Man one of this finest moments and definately one of my favourites. A beautiful song. uplifting but melancholic. Fantastically recorded. Really nailed the essence in the studio on that track and the backing vocal on the chorus just soars.

I never get bored of hearing it.

And when the banjo comes in on the second verse- gets me every time

 

[Hi-ASL]

We love the countrified downhome qualities of 'Harvest' and 'After the Gold Rush', it's clear - but do we really prefer them to the raw power of 'Ragged Glory' and 'Weld', and the uniquely strange 'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'?

I, for one, am risibly undecided.

 

[mauvais]

Unless you live outside capitalism you do it every day.

Oh yeah, so I do. Well, you go and smash capitalism for me and I'll see about taking the week off.

 

[danny la rouge]

Has anyone said Harvest Moon is a better album than Harvest? Well it is.

The thing that spoils Harvest Moon for me is the title track. It's one of his worst songs ever. Twee, trite, and uninspired.

 

[Geri]

The thing that spoils Harvest Moon for me is the title track. It's one of his worst songs ever. Twee, trite, and uninspired.

The backing singers make me laugh - I can't listen to it anymore.

 

[danny la rouge]

Indeed.

But I let him off; he's done more than enough sublimely inspired stuff for a lifetime, in my opinion. And he's still doing it. Look at the Stones, for example: what have they done since 1971? Nothing good.

I've been a Neil Young fan since Rust Never Sleeps came out. He's been infuriating me and stunning me ever since. I keep comparing him with the Fall, my other big love, and I think the comparison holds on many levels.

 

[William of Walworth]

Just put After The Goldrush on

 

[brianx]

I'm watching the Hearts of Gold dvd and I'm a convert. It's lovely and there are so many bands that sing with his vocal style now.

Is it the law that any dvd filmed in Nashville has to feature Emmylou? I'm not complaining mind!

 

[brianx]

I've just done a Wiki search on why he's known as Shakey and it's because he started off as a Shaking Stevens tribute act top man.

Not really anyone know why he's called Shakey?

 

[rollinder]

^

one of Neil Young's preferred aliases for himself is Bernard Shakey, an acknowledgement of the singer's ongoing battle with epilepsy

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,,745897,00.html#article_continue

 

[brianx]

^

http://books.guardian.co.uk/reviews/biography/0,,745897,00.html#article_continue

You've done that to make me feel bad haven't you Rollinder?

 

[danny la rouge]

"Shakey" himself clearly doesn't think it's something to hide, so there's no need to be embarrassed you asked about it.

 

[MightyAphrodite]

He is brilliant!

totally agree.