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Buggs
Trad climber
Corrales, New Mexico
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 26, 2010 - 10:59am PT
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Anyone see Neil on Conan's last show? He's a treasured legend in my book.
Here with Phish at farm aid. Smell the horse on this one!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YK_XPZ_Xhg
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:32am PT
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Oh to live on Sugar Mountain,
With the harpers and the colored balloons
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:38am PT
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There was a season once when you could walk through the streets of Isla Vista and hear "Yellow Cowgirl in the Sand" playing everywhere.
Like it was life's soundtrack.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:40am PT
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Woooo Hoooooo!!
Go Neil! Dude is still going strong when so many of his brothers, friends and contemporaries have fallen away like leaves in the fall.
Neil is a treasure for sure!
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Timmc
climber
BC
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:43am PT
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Thanks for the Phish Neil link-killer!
Saw Neil in Vancouver with the Harvesters in 1983- grade 10. (OMG- my daughter's age)
First route I ever did the FA of is called Been Burned (near Victoria) with my buddy Julian. We always had Neil cranking in the old Volvo. Good times those.
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ydpl8s
Trad climber
Santa Monica, California
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:58am PT
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He can play a 1 note lead better than anybody! (Cowgirl)
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:58am PT
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cinnamon girl!
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 26, 2010 - 12:15pm PT
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Generational common ground!!
From the cryptic, wandering days of Zuma and On the Beach, to the heart-wrenching soul searching and epic Tonight's the Night, to the huge, crashing guitars of the Weld albums, and the wise, creative commentary of Sleeps With Angels......
Color me a fanatic young dad!
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ron gomez
Trad climber
fallbrook,ca
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Jan 26, 2010 - 12:21pm PT
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Have seen him more than any other musician...love his stuff especially his acoustic stuff.
Peace
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 26, 2010 - 12:42pm PT
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Nice post willie.
Good to see you!
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 26, 2010 - 12:50pm PT
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Buggs,
Jefe sent you a message by phone/email since he's not near a compoooter.
Neil is one of my all time favorites. Seen him many times.
Comes a time when you're driftin, comes a time when you settle down.
Blue blue windows behind the stars
yellow moon on the rise
big birds flyin across the sky
they were throwin shadows on our eyes.
feel free to paste that for me. I'll be singing as I'm slinging the paint today.
I feel so strongly I had to write this during a break.
Thanks b b bbbuggs!
gotta love the infamous "coke bugger" story from the Last Waltz!
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Grant Meisenholder
Trad climber
CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 12:56pm PT
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um, "barkers" not "harpers"..
barker
n
2. a person who stands at a show, fair booth, etc., and loudly addresses passers-by to attract customers
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Alpine Raven
Mountain climber
Eugene, OR
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Jan 26, 2010 - 01:02pm PT
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It was great to see Neil on Conan's last Tonight Show--"Long May You Run". Very quiet. He's getting up there--65 in November. He helped write my journals in my "what am I doing here?" teen years. What was so funny on that show was when Will Ferrell came out and sang Lynard Skynard's "Free Bird" wearing a Neil Young T-shirt with Neil in his "Tonight's the Night" look. You just had to chuckle...
Keep on, Neil....
David
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sac
Trad climber
spuzzum
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Jan 26, 2010 - 01:26pm PT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GDIkb5CDUY
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
On the shore lay montezuma
With his coca leaves and pearls
In his halls he often wondered
With the secrets of the worlds.
And his subjects gathered round him
Like the leaves around a tree
In their clothes of many colors
For the angry gods to see.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
They carried them to the flatlands
And they died along the way
But they built up with their bare hands
What we still cant do today.
And I know shes living there
And she loves me to this day
I still cant remember when
Or how I lost my way.
He came dancing across the water
Cortez, cortez
What a killer.
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rick d
climber
ol pueblo, az
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Jan 26, 2010 - 01:48pm PT
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Love is a rose
but you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine.
A handful of thorns and
you'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
when you say the word "mine".
I wanna see what's never been seen,
I wanna live that age old dream.
Come on, lads, we can go together
Let's take the best right now,
Take the best right now.
I wanna go to an old hoe-down
Long ago in a western town.
Pick me up cause my feet are draggin'
Give me a lift and I'll hay your wagon.
Love is a rose
but you better not pick it
It only grows when it's on the vine.
A handful of thorns and
you'll know you've missed it
You lose your love
when you say the word "mine".
Mine, mine.
Love is a rose, love is a rose.
Love is a rose, love is a rose.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 02:04pm PT
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I love neil, don't get me wrong, and yeah, Cortez was a killer, but this line always bugged me.
And the women all were beautiful
And the men stood straight and strong
They offered life in sacrifice
So that others could go on.
Hate was just a legend
And war was never known
The people worked together
And they lifted many stones.
We're talking about the aztecs right? Not exactly a touchy feely bunch those aztecs.
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Wayno
Big Wall climber
Seattle, WA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 03:38pm PT
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I have one Neil Young story. When I lived in the Bay Area, I would sometimes go to Woodside to score some "Disco Powder". I was just a young lad and there would always be a crew of older hippie types hanging at this dealers pad. One time it was Neil, for real, hanging out and doing what people did there. Another time it was another famous celeb, O.J. Simpson. The Juice needed some juice.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Jan 26, 2010 - 04:00pm PT
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Yeah! He's the cause of my hearing loss. Rust Never Sleeps tour was TOO F*#KING LOUD! But it was worth it.
Greendale is a masterpiece. I'm having a lot of fun learning those songs. They're almost all in D modal tuning, and there sure is a lot you can learn about playing in D modal tuning.
Rock and Roll will never die!
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Euroford
Trad climber
chicago
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Jan 26, 2010 - 04:31pm PT
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i saw neil in 1996 back in michigan and it was OUTSTANDING. godayum that old dad can rock out.
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