Neil Young

Squonk · 2009-09-03T12:28:59+00:00

Just been listening to Neil Youngs "Live at Massey Hall 1971" The album was supposed to be released before "Harvest" but I think the record company held it back because it might ruin the sales of "Harvest" He does a lot of "Harvest" during the set. It's a brilliant solo, acoustic album and just has me in awe of how good he really was. Has Neil Young inspired you at all? If I have to browse all of the data in my brain, I would have to say that listening to songs like "Old Man", "Heart of Gold" "Helpless" "Cowgirl in the Sand" "Like a Hurricane" etc etc were most probably the reason I started playing guitar. I was a prog rock fan and loved Floyd, Genesis, Yes, King Crimson, Kevin Ayers, Soft Machine etc, but I think the accessibility of Neil Young got me going down the guitar route. A salute to Neil Young :yup:

Keira-WitherKay

i truly prefered young when he worked in the confines of CSNY ( Crosby stills nash & young ) he was so much more disciplined and precise in his playing than his solo work........... although i did have a an original copy of harvest on Lp which got played to death and that song the "needle and the damage done" was fingerpicking practise back in those days ....strange as viccy said how we grow.. now that album seems so jaded and weak ........

peace and light
Keira

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Ah yes, Played 'needle and the damage done' obsesively too.

And the rush is over. I wanted to fix every one's problems. Now I know that's not my place.

Joop

Neil has always been a far better song writer than guitarist, and his voice is not to everyone's taste, but I think it is exactly this unique style paired with the voice that makes him successful. I love his Unplugged album and although Keira may think it has become "jaded and weak" I still consider Harvest a classic! The only thing that frightens me about Neil is that he has that same look of lunacy in his eyes as Steven King!

Jack-Flash-Jr

Anyone heard "Mirrorball", Neil collaboration with Pearl Jam? Listened to it at the time of release but don't remember it at all (I suppose that's not a recommendation)...

singemonkey

Keira WitherKay wrote i truly prefered young when he worked in the confines of CSNY ( Crosby stills nash & young ) he was so much more disciplined and precise in his playing than his solo work

+1

I find myself listening to the best of I have on my ipod more than I expect to. I love "Down by the River," but I find a lot of his fuzzed out soloing pretty pointless. But he was pretty awesome in Springfield and CSNY in general. There's an incredible video of CSNY doing 'Down by the River,' which for me just redefines using harmony singing in a big rock song. It was a bit of a revelation:

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