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SecondEdition wrote:

Rachi wrote:Definitly Harvest because it's got Out on the weekend. I freakin love that song.

Neil Young wrote:The woman I'm thinking of,
she loved me all up
But I'm so down today

I really like "Out On The Weekend" too - there's this certain chord he hits in the chorus that is just fantastic - but Harvest ain't Neil's best by a long shot. "Out On The Weekend" is one of the few songs on there I like.

This song really is amazing. The song Harvest is great also.

out on the weekend is my favourite neil young song. it is haunting. its actually perfect. im glad so many others think its awesome. salut neil.

Colonel Panic wrote:From the time I was a little kid, I've always really loved Rust Never Sleeps. The frst time I heard it, I just couldn't believe a guitar could sound so thoroughly nasty.

I had this exact same experience. It was the first Neil Young album I'd heard, so I still have a sentimental attachment.

I actually used some lines from "Thrashers" as my senior year yearbook quote.

gmilner wrote:

Colonel Panic wrote:From the time I was a little kid, I've always really loved Rust Never Sleeps. The frst time I heard it, I just couldn't believe a guitar could sound so thoroughly nasty.

I had this exact same experience. It was the first Neil Young album I'd heard, so I still have a sentimental attachment.

I actually used some lines from "Thrashers" as my senior year yearbook quote.

Also had this same experience! 8 years old, the single of "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" plays in a Pizza Hut while I'm gorging on wagon wheel pasta with Mom... That sound!

Extremely vivid 30 years later.

How did he get that guitar tone on "Hey Hey, My My"? It literally sounds like the amp is going to blow up in a second...but it never does. It's fabulous.

jurgis rudkus wrote:Also had this same experience! 8 years old, the single of "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" plays in a Pizza Hut while I'm gorging on wagon wheel pasta with Mom... That sound!

That's funny, because I have a vivid memory of playing that album on the family stereo. My mom walked in while side A was on and started doing something in the kitchen. I left in the middle for some reason, but let the record keep playing. My mom, having enjoyed the pretty music of side A (and knowing nothing about Neil Young ) flipped it over to side B. I walked back in and she was looking at the stereo with a very quizzical expression.

gmilner wrote:

jurgis rudkus wrote:Also had this same experience! 8 years old, the single of "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" plays in a Pizza Hut while I'm gorging on wagon wheel pasta with Mom... That sound!

That's funny, because I have a vivid memory of playing that album on the family stereo. My mom walked in while side A was on and started doing something in the kitchen. I left in the middle for some reason, but let the record keep playing. My mom, having enjoyed the pretty music of side A (and knowing nothing about Neil Young ) flipped it over to side B. I walked back in and she was looking at the stereo with a very quizzical expression.

Yes, so rough, and I'm simply amazed that it was the single and that radio stations played the thing in the middle of the day!

Thanks to you guys for reminding me of the epiphany -- really among the sweetest memories of the formation of my musical taste.

Okay, so it turns out my dad has a bunch of Neil Young records.

I've now heard "Tonight's the Night" (good), "After the Gold Rush" (better),
and "Rust Never Sleeps" (best).

1) Zuma
2) Everybody Knows
3) Tonight
4) Massey Hall - seriously, how fuckin good?
5) Time Fades Away - pretty rough round the edges, and I only listen to it occasionally but still a treat

Steve V. wrote:I have never ever heard a Neil Young record.

Steve V. wrote:Okay, so it turns out my dad has a bunch of Neil Young records.

I've now heard "Tonight's the Night" (good), "After the Gold Rush" (better),
and "Rust Never Sleeps" (best).

ok then... carry on...