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Neil Young

Thought I would share a few thoughts here.

Neil Young is again on tour, so I am again giving this artist some thought.

I remember reading an interview with Bryan Ferry where he said that Neil Young was one of his favorite artists. I thought this odd given the glam rock of Roxy Music. But he described Neil Young as a musical chameleon, always changing up his music and bands, which is why he liked him so much.

That quote stuck with me.  Buffalo Springfield, Laurel Canyon, Solo Acoustic, CSNY, The Shocking Pinks, The International Harvesters, Rockin’ In The Free World, and so on.  Always a new twist for Neil.  He really doesn’t stay stagnant.

Then, reading about his current tour it seems at every stop he is breaking out some long forgotten and unplayed live tune to keep his set lists interesting.  

I’ve never seen him live, and frankly don’t think I have that much interest in seeing him live.  Yet I own a metric ton of his recorded material.  I remember reading someone else who described Neil as a one string soloist when it comes to rock guitar playing.  That kinda stuck with me.

I do appreciate his approach to analog releases from his vast catalog.

Anyway, he is indeed a hall of famer.

pgaulke60

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Probably do not know that Eddie Van Halen first played on a N. Larsen album

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You could not attend a Roger Waters concert without him preaching politics. If you listen to the preaching, you would not be able to ignore it and it ruins the act. He went on for many minutes eschewing reality. Ego maniac.

Neil is one of the artists who charges more for his albums, more for this concerts, and frequently releases material that is half-hearted. I like the man, but he cheated on me by taking my money numerous times until I finally wised up. The last thing I liked from him was Psychedelic Pill as "Walk Like a Giant" is a great jam, albeit the extended ending of the song is a hard listen. We are talking 5-6 minutes he took to end the song. WTF? I just think Neil has an equally enormous ego and never listened to anyone with respects to his music career. Typically, Canadian musicians are much less egotistical than American counterparts, but knowing what I know about his life, he is fundamentally an American.  

Similar to Bob Dylan, Neil can't sing. Dylan's most recent tour was a disaster. He comes out on stage in a wild costume and ridiculous hat, sits down at the piano, and mumbles for 45 minutes. Highway robbery. 

 

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