Neil Young

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. 

I would say he wrote alot of good songs. Saw and liked his concert mid 1980s. Aside from his synth and bebop albums, his music sounds rehashed to me. Lost interest by the 1990s.

Still enjoy his pre 1990s recordings sometimes, but no interest in seeing him or any of the old timers and Im in my mid 60s. So many other bands and music to experience. 

I ignore his politics and his bad music because his good music is so good.  I also ignore his awful singing because the rest can make up for it.  Similarly, nobody plays out of tune as good as Buddy Guy which is why I love him. There is a lot of music out there I just choose to ignore the stuff I don't care for.  Not a James Taylor fan at all, but the YouTube video of him on BBC singing Fire and Rain solo is the stuff of a master. And I can appreciate that. 

There are many videos on YouTube of his summer tour in Europe. New, younger band accompanying him. It seemed that most every old song was prefaced by an inordinately long jam session of Neil and the band. Then after the song, there was an inordinately long coda jam. Sorta boring stuff surrounding a tasty middle.

I've seen Young in concert multiple times starting in 1970.  He's excelled at staying fresh and reinventing himself over and over again.  The last few years he's gotten stale, like anyone that age (one might expect) but has done an enormous job of marketing himself (just go to his website).  Personally, I've had enough Neil Young and maybe he should rest on his laurels.  Stephen Stills said it best about Neil:  he never played team sports growing up.  An individual, needs to be in charge, doesn't play well with others except on bursts (CSN&Y).  Not really a putdown, but true.