Neil Young

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   Any takers?  I saw him live last night on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (where he apparently performed for the entire week) and he played a song off his latest album Prairie Wind (it was pretty good) and a classic track off of the Harvest album ("Needle and the Damage Done"), which was spectacular.
My favorite three albums that he's done...

Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
After the Goldrush
Tonight's the Night
Truly a legendary songwriter and a great guitarist to boot (some live bootlegs of him tearing it up on the guitar are a revelation... maybe not technically proficient, but what he lacks in classical training he makes up in inventiveness and style).

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John Gargo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: January 26 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 450	Topic: Neil Young Posted: November 04 2005 at 12:28
	Any takers? I saw him live last night on Late Night with Conan O'Brien (where he apparently performed for the entire week) and he played a song off his latest album Prairie Wind (it was pretty good) and a classic track off of the Harvest album ("Needle and the Damage Done"), which was spectacular. My favorite three albums that he's done... Everybody Knows This is Nowhere After the Goldrush Tonight's the Night Truly a legendary songwriter and a great guitarist to boot (some live bootlegs of him tearing it up on the guitar are a revelation... maybe not technically proficient, but what he lacks in classical training he makes up in inventiveness and style).

UncleMeat Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 23 2005 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 288	Posted: November 04 2005 at 15:53
	I like some of his music, but definitely not all of his albums. I just recently bought the classics Harvest, After the Coldrush and Comes a time. Brilliant songs. I also saw his last year on Dutch television. I was not really impressed. But he remains an unique talent, especially in today's showbizz.
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cobb Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 10 2005 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1149	Posted: November 04 2005 at 18:57
	Love anything he did that involved Crazy Horse. He has a guitar style that pokes its tongue out at technical excellence- sort of an inverse of players like John Petrucci. How could anyone not appreciate titles like Cortez, Like a Hurricane and the newer one in the same vein, Going Home

Sean Trane Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Prog Folk Joined: April 29 2004 Location: Heart of Europe Status: Offline Points: 20248	Posted: November 05 2005 at 05:08
	I woud say Ilove everything the man has done except his Geffen years (from Trans to to the late 80's) and I am not a fan of his once he goes country rock. So I would say that After The Gold Rush and Harvest are really not my cup of tea - not taking into account individual songs ( Southern Man is maybe my fave) but counting albums asa whole. My faves are Everybody Knows, Zuma, On The Beach, Rust Never Sleeps. honourable mentions to Ragged Glory
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Syzygy Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 16 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 7003	Posted: November 05 2005 at 06:34
	Neil Young can be maddeningly inconsistent (Sean Trane has already mentioned his dogy 80s genre hopping albums for Geffen) but has put out a lot of good material. I like most of his live albums, although there are only so many versions of Like a Hurricane that one person needs. In addition to those already mentioned, I really like Rust Never Sleeps, Live Rust, Harvest Moon and Unplugged
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