Flaneur wrote:The real test for the individual listener on Tonight's The Night comes halfway through "Mellow My Mind", when he gets to the second "Ain't got nothin' on those feelings that I haaaa-a-aaa-aa-aaad" -- and he's, well, as off-key as off-key gets, plus he's swaying in front of the microphone.

I love it. It's one of my favorite records. (In high school, I spent many wintery Minnesota mornings on my 45-minute bus ride listening to a cassette with "Tonight's The Night" on side A and "Nebraska" on side B.)

It's one of the best examples of a record with a specific occasion to it, a unified feeling, which is kind of a marvel considering the wide range of arrangements (solo piano/harmonica, quiet acoustic, full rock band, live song, etc.).

NOT CRAP!

Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

burun wrote:Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

The way that this song's beginning sounds similar to "Cortez the Killer's" beginning pisses off my younger brother to no end.

NOT CRAP obviously.

Bit of a patience stretcher for me though. The title track is easily one of my favourite Neil songs. I think there's probably a better version of this record out there. I recall David Briggs saying as much. I much prefer the two records following this one.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:I suspect this record will always clock in somewhere in my top 5 albums of all time.

Me too.

tommydski wrote:NOT CRAP obviously.

Bit of a patience stretcher for me though. The title track is easily one of my favourite Neil songs. I think there's probably a better version of this record out there. I recall David Briggs saying as much. I much prefer the two records following this one.

Man, tommy. I know you're a big Neil fan, but a patience stretcher?? This record only gets better as it goes on. I could even play it for my relatives in Georgia on a hot summer day by the pool at a sweet mansion, and they never got tired of it (note: I don't think my cousin who just graduated from high school even knew who the Beatles we're until I gave him my burned split copy of Revolver/Sgt. Pepper's). It's so loose, so dark...I consider it to be his crowning achievement. I'm pretty sure that it's Neil's favorite record as well (I think I remember reading that in Shakey).

Salut, tequila!

Without this record, I don't think I would like On the Beach or Zuma nearly as much. These three records would stand up on their own, but feel lost to me without each other.

burun wrote:Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings cover this one live, too.

Another record to keep an eye out for is Time Fades Away, which is out of print but not impossible to find.

Flaneur wrote:

burun wrote:Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings cover this one live, too.

Another record to keep an eye out for is Time Fades Away, which is out of print but not impossible to find.

Yes. Great, great album. It's insane that it's OOP, but I guess Neil is refusing to issue some of the stuff until he gets around to remastering it properly. Or something.

tmidgett wrote:

Flaneur wrote:

burun wrote:Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings cover this one live, too.

Another record to keep an eye out for is Time Fades Away, which is out of print but not impossible to find.

Yes. Great, great album. It's insane that it's OOP, but I guess Neil is refusing to issue some of the stuff until he gets around to remastering it properly. Or something.

I thought it was that he hated Time Fades Away. If I'll recall, that whole tour was a miserable time for him.

tmidgett wrote:

Flaneur wrote:

burun wrote:Sparklehorse often does a cover of "Albuquerque" live. I love that song.

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings cover this one live, too.

Another record to keep an eye out for is Time Fades Away, which is out of print but not impossible to find.

Yes. Great, great album. It's insane that it's OOP, but I guess Neil is refusing to issue some of the stuff until he gets around to remastering it properly. Or something.

"Don't Be Denied" is one of his finest songs.