crevecoeur wrote:So, it was my first Neil's gig yesterday !

fucking awesome !
he fucking rules !!

the stage was so pretty ! an hydro speed fan, an indian totem, a painter acting during the whole concert, an 3/4 white piano painted with vivids colours, 2 harmoniums, a marimba, and a shit load of ampegs, fender deluxe amps everywhere, a Leslie cabinet...

the sound was unbelivable, i'm missing my woooooooords.

a cowgirl in the sand who lasted for 25 minutes !!! and a song i didn't knew, they played twice, because they didn't have the chance to play it that often, so he asked the crowd if he can play it once again...

now, just add A day in the life (Beatle's cover) as last encore and
you have the perfect gig !


Set list :

Love & only love / Hey Hey My My / everybody knows this is nowhere / Powderfinger /spirit road / Cortez killer /Cinnamon girl /

acoustic part :

Oh lonesome me ! / Mother Earth / the needle & the damage done / unknow legend / ????(didn't know this one)/ Heart of gold / Oh man !

back to electric :

Singing a song won't change the world / ???? (the song he played twice)
/ Cowgirl in the sand / Keep on rockin in the free world /

encore :

A day in the life

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Now, I'm not real big on irony, "but "please take my advice," repeated throughout "Tired Eyes," is, given the context of both singer and song, a supremely ironic statement in the best possible sense.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Neil Young fucking rules.

gmilner wrote:

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Now, I'm not real big on irony, "but "please take my advice," repeated throughout "Tired Eyes," is, given the context of both singer and song, a supremely ironic statement in the best possible sense.

For brutal Neil Young drug-related irony, don't forget "C'mon Baby, Let's Go Downtown," an incredibly joyous song about scoring drugs sung by a guy who would later die of an overdose. And I love the way it sticks out like a sore thumb on the album. Just by including it, Young really gets at how complex grief is, since in a way the act of putting a song about the joys of copping drugs on the album is an indictment of Whitten, and of Young, too, since he's also singing the song. It's like they're both symbolically complicit in Whitten's death. Plus, it's so happy, it really does kind of make you want to go downtown to score some drugs, because maybe then you'll be as happy as the guy singing the song.

I dunno, maybe this doesn't make any sense. But whatever--I love that song.

Brett Eugene Ralph wrote:Neil Young fucking rules.

Yes.

As long as we're talking about Neil Young, can someone explain "Welfare Mothers" to me? I mean, seriously, what the fuck...

etch wrote:

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).

I'm actually envious of you, to be listening to these records for the first time would rule, it really would.

You have to stick with Tonight's the Night, it's a little slower to payoff but when it does, it's heart breaking. The record is a tribute/testament to Danny Whitten and a longtime roadie/friend. Try Albuquerque and Borrowed Tune, then go from there.