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progismylife 
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 16:45 |
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Was listening to him and reading a biography on him and was wondering what you guys thought of Neil Young.
I like his folk/rock sound.
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WaywardSon
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 17:16 |
I have two of his albums which are really good, actually they are both regarded as classic Neil Young albums
"Live Rust" and "Harvest"
I love the song "A man needs a maid" off Harvest, really emotional stuff!
What is the name of the biography?
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 17:19 |
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Definately one of the finest folk musicians around. Love his music.
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Asyte2c00
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:24 |
Harvest is a masterpiece.
everything from 1968-1975 is gold. Young has some great albums.
Check out Live Rust and Rust Never Sleeps Also, Weld is worht listeing to his rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind" with the use of an organ is incredible.
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:37 |
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I always make it a practice never to venture into a thread of which I have no interests; however, you asked what we thought of his music, so you're open to positive and negative, I assume? Personally, he grates on my last nerve from his quivering, whiney voice, down to his Parkinson's riddled guitar playing. I can highly respect him for what he's done and what he's meant to music; but I truly can't listen to his music.
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stonebeard
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:41 |
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I love his music immensely. I think that generally, his work with Crazy Horse is better than his solo acoustic stuff.
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 18:57 |
 his hair is questionable i have reservations about it his hair
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Freak
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 19:12 |
 E-Dub wrote:
I always make it a practice never to venture into a thread of which I have no interests; however, you asked what we thought of his music, so you're open to positive and negative, I assume? Personally, he grates on my last nerve from his quivering, whiney voice, down to his Parkinson's riddled guitar playing. I can highly respect him for what he's done and what he's meant to music; but I truly can't listen to his music.
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As much as we share a love of Marillion, I have to completely disagree.
Neil Young is the greatest artist of our time. The man is a hero, he's written more of my favorite songs than anyone else (usually I sneak at least three songs of his into my Top 10).
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 19:14 |
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I also really like Neil Young's work. All his songs are memorable and I can normally remember the majority of his lyrics too.
Definitely an influence on me.
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E-Dub
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 19:31 |
Freak wrote:
E-Dub wrote:
I always make it a practice never to venture into a thread of which I have no interests; however, you asked what we thought of his music, so you're open to positive and negative, I assume? Personally, he grates on my last nerve from his quivering, whiney voice, down to his Parkinson's riddled guitar playing. I can highly respect him for what he's done and what he's meant to music; but I truly can't listen to his music. E |
As much as we share a love of Marillion, I have to completely disagree.
Neil Young is the greatest artist of our time. The man is a hero, he's written more of my favorite songs than anyone else (usually I sneak at least three songs of his into my Top 10). |
Freak, I caught a lot of flack when I belonged to the Poco forum. As you know, Young co-founded Buffalo Springfield with Stephen Stills and Richie Furay. Furay went on to co-found Poco with Jimmy Messina, so the Poco forum was LOADED with Neil Young fans. I was in the minority, but sort of used to that role with me being a Hogarth fan. 
As I said, I can highly respect him for what he's meant to music, but I personally just can't listen to him. I really don't want to drag this thread down, however. I'll just leave it at that.
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 19:51 |
I'm happy to dip in and out of his back catalogue as the mood takes me whether it's folk, rock or that odd grunge thing he did with Pearl Jam, so Harvest, After the Goldrush, Rust Never Sleeps and Mirrorball are some of my favorites.
There's a restaurant in Camden Town called Ruby in the Dust I'm rather fond of.  (...it's a line from Cowgirl in the Sand)
Edited by darqdean - May 21 2007 at 19:51
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What?
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dwill123
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 21:12 |
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musical genius
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 21 2007 at 21:31 |
I only own two pieces of his - Decade and Rust Never Sleeps - but they're great. So many excellent tunes - "Powderfinger", "Cortez the Killer", "Southern Man", "Like a Hurricane" - the list goes on.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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progismylife
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 03:11 |
WaywardSon wrote:
I have two of his albums which are really good, actually they are both regarded as classic Neil Young albums
"Live Rust" and "Harvest"
I love the song "A man needs a maid" off Harvest, really emotional stuff!
What is the name of the biography? |
The name of the biography is Shakey: Neil Young's Biography It's pretty interesting.
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Jim Garten
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 03:53 |
Ben - in my humble opinion, the man is a genius; from the acoustic beauty of 'Sugar Mountain', though the downright odd electronic period ('Trans' - what an album  ), to his complete re-invention of the electric guitar & emergence as the Godfather of grunge (hawk, spit - they imitated but never came close!) in the late 1980s & back to his folk roots...
Want laid back? Get Time Fades Away, Harvest or Unplugged
Want folk? Get Greendale
Want full on anger & protest against war? get the greatest live album of the late 20th Century:
However:
Asyte2c00 wrote:
Weld is worth listeing to his rendition of "Blowin' in the Wind" with the use of an organ is incredible |
"Blowin'" on Weld is Young solo on very (VERY) distorted guitar - I could be wrong, but are you by any chance thinking of his version of 'Like A Hurricane' on Unplugged, which he did solo on harmonium  ... just a thought...
Edited by Jim Garten - May 22 2007 at 03:55
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 04:07 |
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Neil Young is an absolute,bonafide genius in my book.
I saw him play at Finsbury Park in about 1993/4 ?.
His backing band on that day was Booker T & the MGs.
I have never heard anything like it.It was so loud you could feel the ground beneath you vibrating.Apparently.It was so loud that people in Watford could hear it!
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 04:14 |
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such a great talent, one of the most genuine American rockers, 'Heart of Gold' still moves me, and 'Ohio' rocks.. the best.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 04:24 |
I really like his contribution to Buffalo Springfield's Again, and to Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Deja Vu: both are fantastic albums. Not only because of Young, by the way.
I heard some of Young's solo albums (Harvest and After The Goldrush) and although I can hear he's very talented, he's not one of my favourite artists.
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 04:41 |
Did he wrote a score for Jarmush's "Deadman"? If this is true, I like him too 
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Man Erg
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Posted: May 22 2007 at 04:51 |
Prog-jester wrote:
Did he wrote a score for Jarmush's "Deadman"? If this is true, I like him too |
He did indeed.
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb.
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