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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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Ricky D
Trad climber
Sierra Westside
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Jan 26, 2010 - 06:21pm PT
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Hey Fattrad -
You got me trying to remember my youthful days lurking in Topanga with Neil and some of the Crazy Horse gang - seems that there were more than a few times when the Bu Boys would roll up to "check on noise complaints" - was that YOU?
You ever make it over the hill to El Rio - a couple of the Crazy Horse guitarists had a house amongst the bikers and the vatos that seemed to draw a lot of sheriff activity too.
So hard to remember - so much haze.
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johnboy
Trad climber
Can't get here from there
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Jan 26, 2010 - 06:28pm PT
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He's been tops in my book for four decades, and still going strong.
I've seen the Needle and the Damage done.
A little part of it in everyone.
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klk
Trad climber
cali
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Jan 26, 2010 - 06:47pm PT
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i hear the laurel canyon
is full of famous stars
but i hate them worse then lepers
and i shoot em in their cars
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tenesmus
Trad climber
slc
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Jan 26, 2010 - 06:51pm PT
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My personal all time favorite. Spent a lot of time with Neil driving in the deserts around Moab and between the Grand Canyon. Sometimes its so completely energizing. somehow?
THRASHER by Neil Young
They were hiding behind hay bales,
They were planting in the full moon
They had given all they had for something new
But the light of day was on them,
They could see the thrashers coming
And the water shone like diamonds in the dew.
And I was just getting up, hit the road before it's light
Trying to catch an hour on the sun
When I saw those thrashers rolling by,
Looking more than two lanes wide
I was feelin' like my day had just begun.
Where the eagle glides ascending
There's an ancient river bending
Down the timeless gorge of changes
Where sleeplessness awaits
I searched out my companions,
Who were lost in crystal canyons
When the aimless blade of science
Slashed the pearly gates.
It was then I knew I'd had enough,
Burned my credit card for fuel
Headed out to where the pavement turns to sand
With a one-way ticket to the land of truth
And my suitcase in my hand
How I lost my friends I still don't understand.
They had the best selection,
They were poisoned with protection
There was nothing that they needed,
Nothing left to find
They were lost in rock formations
Or became park bench mutations
On the sidewalks and in the stations
They were waiting, waiting.
So I got bored and left them there,
They were just deadweight to me
Better down the road without that load
Brings back the time when I was eight or nine
I was watchin' my mama's T.V.,
It was that great Grand Canyon rescue episode.
Where the vulture glides descending
On an asphalt highway bending
Thru libraries and museums, galaxies and stars
Down the windy halls of friendship
To the rose clipped by the bullwhip
The motel of lost companions
Waits with heated pool and bar.
But me I'm not stopping there,
Got my own row left to hoe
Just another line in the field of time
When the thrashers comes, I'll be stuck in the sun
Like the dinosaurs in shrines
But I'll know the time has come
To give what's mine.
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 08:03pm PT
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You know a song that grew on me? After the Goldrush.
First you think its a sort of preachy enviro thing, then you realize it's trippy science fiction.
There's a version on you tube where Niel plays it on his organ/ or wurlizter? anyway it's skin crawling good.
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 08:43pm PT
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When these came out, I was early in college and I liked them a lot. When I was reenacting the themes in my own life, the lyrics haunted me and instantly connected me to a place of deep melancholy. But there was also some solace that others have tread that space and survived. I now count myself among the survivors! Or at least at a later stage of the adventure with a different set of issues.
I'm a dreamin' man, yes that's my problem
I can't tell when I'm, not being real.
In the meadow dusk, I park my Aerostar
With a loaded gun and, sweet dreams of you.
I'll always be a dreamin' man
I don't have to understand
I know it's alright.
I see your curves and I, feel your vibrations
You dressed in black and white, you lost in the mall
I watch you disappear, past Club Med Vacations
Another sleepless night, a sun that won't fall.
I'll always be a dreamin' man,
I don't have to understand
I know it's alright.
Now the night is gone, a new day is dawning
And our homeless dreams, go back to the street
Another time or place, another civilization
Would really make this life, feel so complete.
I'll always be a dreamin' man
I don't have to understand
I know it's alright.
Dreamin' man, He's got a problem... Dreamin' man
Dreamin' man, He's got a problem... Dreamin' man
From Hank to Hendrix, I walked these streets with you
Here I am with this old guitar, Doin' what I do.
I always expected, That you should see me through
I never believed in much, But I believed in you.
Can we get it together, Can we still stand side by side
Can we make it last, Like a musical ride?
From Marilyn to Madonna, I always loved your smile
Now we're headed for the big divorce, California-style.
I found myself singin', Like a long-lost friend
The same thing that makes you live, Can kill you in the end.
Can we get it together, Can we still stand side by side
Can we make it last, Like a musical ride?
Sometime it's distorted, Not clear to you
Sometimes the beauty of love, Just comes ringin' through.
New glass in the window, New leaf on the tree
New distance between us, You and me.
Can we get it together, Can we still walk side by side
Can we make it last, Like a musical ride?
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nutjob
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 08:52pm PT
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Damn, there are just so many songs, of so many styles, each one of which would have made this man remembered forever. It really is amazing.
Time to spin up Decade, Weld, and Harvest Moon.
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fairweather
Mountain climber
Roseville, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 09:09pm PT
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Truly a legend! My all time favorite artist. I have seen him many times over the years, but some of my best memories are of rocking out to Neil while driving highway 49 late at night into the Valley (usually at a high rate of speed with a beer in one hand).
Who says I don't tolerate liberals?
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Blinky
Trad climber
North Carolina
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Jan 26, 2010 - 09:45pm PT
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I'm from Alabama and I like Neil Young... some of you may not know he ragged on us a little bit BITD.
Harvest Moon is one of my favorite albums of all time. The soundtrack in the movie 'Dead man' is really wicked too.
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roadman
climber
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Jan 26, 2010 - 09:47pm PT
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neil's the man. nuff said. now go eat a peach would ya
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:09pm PT
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Hey Survival. Thanks. I'm feeling a lot better. That whole debacle of the other day gave me a lot to think about. I've got both hands on the stick and I'm pulling up hard. Started a job today and got to roll out the trim-show with the seatless corrola. Anyway..
Some favorite Neil lines off the top of my head..
"Ain't it bad when you're dealin with the man and the light's shinin in your eyes!"
"Early in the mornin, he used to sleep until the afternoon..."
"So I grew up to be a fireman
put out every fire in town
but the judge sent me to prison
when I put the hose down"
"Everybody everybody know wo o wos, Everybody knows.."
"Well it wasn't supposed to go down that way
but they burned his brother"
"Why do I keep f*#kin up!?!?!"
I need to get the Neil back out. Awesome thread.
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survival
Big Wall climber
A Token of My Extreme
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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:30pm PT
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"That's why....We don't wanna be good!!"
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Argon
climber
North Bay, CA
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Jan 26, 2010 - 10:36pm PT
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Neil Young is great - I would love to see him again. Thanks for the Wonderin' video link - I'd never seen that one.
You can see this guy every night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2WfUzNYPwo
Be great if he could do a duet with the real Neil.
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mooch
Trad climber
Old Climbers' Home (Adopted)
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:12pm PT
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'Southern Man' (A-Hills...HA!) Taken by Brutus Of Wyde
'Long May You Run' has a newer and brighter meaning to me since my dear friend's passing. LONG MAY YOU RUN BRUTUS!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nszR0tfp4Es
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Jan 26, 2010 - 11:25pm PT
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Neil started out in a band with Rick James, wtf?
the Bridge School concerts, best party of the year.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
SoCal
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:00am PT
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Red means run son. Numbers add up to nuthin.
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Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger.
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Gary
climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:31am PT
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Red means run son. Numbers add up to nuthin.
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Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger.
Yeah, I love that song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rV3wBhPYArw
But when the first shot hit the docks I saw it comin'
Raised my rifle to my eye
Never stopped to wonder why.
Then I saw black,
And my face splashed in the sky.
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pocoloco1
Social climber
The Chihuahua Desert
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:53am PT
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Shakey: Neil Young's Biography. Great Book. Neil and Rick James where roommates, I wonder who took care of paying the utility bills?
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:58am PT
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This note's for you!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:13am PT
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don't make fun of kenny buttrey, i thought he was great.
hey, does this guy remind you of another wacked out producer?
yeah, thats jack nitzsche, hung with phil spector,
he was all over beefalo springfield and the Harvest album,
"The Lonely Surfer" is another, on Endless Summer,
oh, and all of the stones best stuff,
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:38am PT
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OK, here's the whole thing. One of my favorites and I just listened to it for the first time in quite a while thanks to this thread.
The Weld version cuts like a knife.
Crime In The City - Neil Young
well the cop made the showdown
he was sure he was right
he had all of the lowdown
from the bank heist last night
his best friend was a robber
and his wife was a thief
all the children were killers
they couldn't get no relief
a bungalow was surrounded
when a voice loud and clear
said come on out with your hands up
or we'll blow you out of here
there was a face in the window
the TV cameras rolled!
then they cut to the announcer
and the story was told
there's still crime in the city
said the cop on the beat
I don't know if I can stop it
I feel like meat on the street
they paint my car like a target
Itake my orders from fools
meanwhile some punk blows my head off
now I play by their rules
that's why I'm doin it my way
I take the law in my own hands
here I am in the alleyway
a wad of cash in my pants
Iget paid by a ten year old!
He says he looks up to me!
there's still crime in the city
but it's good to be free
FREEDOM!!
well I come from a family
that has a broken home
sometimes I talk to my daddy
on the telephone
and when he says that he loves me
I know that he does
I just wish that I could see him
I wish I knew where he was
that's the way all my friends are
cept maybe one or two
wish I could see him this weekend
wish I could walk in his shoes
but now I'm doin my own thing!
some times I'm good then I'm bad
although my home has been broken
it's the best home I ever had
well I keep gettin younger
my life's been funny that way
before I ever learned to talk
I forgot what to say!
sassed back to my momma
sassed back to my teacher
got thrown out of bible school
for givin the finger to the preacher
then I grew up to be a fireman
put out every fire in town
put out anything smokin
but when I put the hose down the judge sent me to prison!
he gave me life without parole!
wish I never put the hose down!
wish I never got old!
wish I never got old!
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Jan 27, 2010 - 02:35am PT
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I saw Neil at a Sharks game.
And with The Ducks.
He was The Blue Notes, three nights at the Coconut Grove.
Crazy nights at the Catalyst.
And with the MG's.
Holy Crap that man is MR. SOUL.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 27, 2010 - 10:39am PT
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Neil is the man. I play a few of his songs.
Comes a Time
Cinamon Girl
Down by the River
Needle and the dammage done
What did you do With My life
Hey Hey My MY
I've been waiting for you.
I should learn annother of his tunes today..
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 27, 2010 - 12:35pm PT
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Almost have Don't let It Bring You Down put together.... Must go to work for awhile but will work on it again tonight..
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Chief
climber
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:29pm PT
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Great thread, die hard Neil fan since hearing Heart of Gold in ninth grade in Kitimat in 72. Saw him and Crazy Horse in Calgary in 94?, man can that guy rock!
How about Neil's tone and rhythm on Hank's herringbone as he busts out The Painter at The Rhyman or the perfection of his performance of The Needle and the Damage on The Johnny Cash Show way back when?
(Too bad he scalloped the braces on his D45!)
Favourite album, Tonight's the Night
Favourite lines,
"What do ya mean he had bullet holes in his mirror?"
"He tried to do his best, but he could not."
"Just lucky I guess."
Great guy, great guitar player, former frostback we still claim kinship with.
Keep on rockin' in the free world Neil!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 27, 2010 - 01:47pm PT
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Tradman- I do down by the river sometimes, but used to it a lot with my band.
I like powderfinger, because it's easy to take down a few notes so you don't have to sing so high. Same goes for like a hurricane.
I've been working on a harmonica and way distorted guitar version of after the gold rush. I'm thinking that will be it, no drums nothing, just power chords on an overdriven tube amp and harp. Try it out, there might be something there. I'm having trouble with it, but I can hear it in my head okay.
My problem with Neil is that his voice is pretty high. So when I change keys and go lower, I really think something is lost in the music.
The voice seems so integral to the song as a whole.
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Alpine Raven
Mountain climber
Eugene, OR
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Jan 27, 2010 - 02:08pm PT
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One of my favorites: Will to Love
"Will To Love"
It has often been my dream
To live with one
who wasn't there
Like an ocean fish
who swam upstream
Through nets,
by hooks, and hungry bears.
When the water grew less deep
My fins were aching
from the strain
I'm swimming in my sleep
I know I can't go back again.
.......
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 27, 2010 - 02:15pm PT
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Down By the river is a real good jam tune with a full band.. Too bad its so politicaly incorrect... Always feel a bit strange singing about domestic violence but I still do the song every now and then with the gang.. I almost never do it solo..
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kubok!3
climber
Austin, TX
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Jan 27, 2010 - 02:58pm PT
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Harvest Moon is in my top 5.
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paul roehl
Boulder climber
california
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Jan 27, 2010 - 03:08pm PT
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Saw him at the vet's hall with the ducks he played Mr. Soul and it was a cosmic experience. Also at the catalyst; the best concert I was ever lucky enough to see. The best of song writers! An artist that pays everything to the muse.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 27, 2010 - 03:42pm PT
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Neil did a country album back in the eightys that has been out of print forever. Anyone remember the name?
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Alpine Raven
Mountain climber
Eugene, OR
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Jan 27, 2010 - 07:21pm PT
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Tradman--there was "Old Ways". Released in '85. Had Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings on it, and I think Dolly Parton. Certainly different--and enjoyable.
David
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Brock
Trad climber
RENO, NV
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Jan 27, 2010 - 07:32pm PT
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Neil wrote a song about & for my sister on the Freedom album. It is called "Don't Cry."
Never met him, but my sister and her ex use to hang with Neil & Peggy.
Love most of his music.
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2010 - 01:58am PT
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Cool!
Thanks all.
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nita
Social climber
chica from chico, I don't claim to be a daisy
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Jan 28, 2010 - 02:08am PT
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Fun thread..thanks folks.. still looking for another pic..
Roy, Welcome back!!!
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Jan 28, 2010 - 03:42am PT
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A few of you have mentioned the Catalyst. I have a recording of a Catalyst show from '97 that is really good, and interesting. Has versions of Razor Love and Horseshoe Man that are much better IMHO than the album versions on Silver and Gold (released in 2000?). It's kind of interesting how he can keep a song waiting to appear on an album for a long time. Wonderin' and Ordinary People are examples of really good songs that took forever to make it to an album. For tons 'o concert recordings, you can visit www.dimeadozen.org
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2010 - 04:02am PT
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motion pictures on my teevee screen
a home away from home and I'm,
livin in between but I,
hear some people have got their dreams
I got mine
I hear the mountains are
doin fine
mornin glory is
on the vine
dew is fallin,
the ducks are callin
yes, I've got mine
well all these people,
they think they got it made but I
wouldn't buy, sell, borrow, or trade
anything I have.....
to be like one of them.
I'd rather start all over again
well all these headlights they just
bore me now
I'm deep inside myself but I'll
get out somehow
and I'll stand before you and I'll
bring a smile
to your eyes.......
motion pictures.....motion pictures......
damn.
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 28, 2010 - 04:43am PT
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I'm climbin this ladder,
my head in the clouds
I hope that it matters,
I'm havin my doubts
I'm watchin this gator
fly by on the lake
ice frozen six feet deep
how long does it take?
I look out on peaceful lands
with no war nearby
an ocean of shaking hands
that grab at the sky
I'm singin this borrowed tune
I took from the Rolling Stones
alone in this empty room
too wasted to write my own
I'm climbin this ladder
my head in the clouds
I hope that it matters.........
RIP Danny Whitten
Come on baby let's go downtown!!!!!
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Alpine Raven
Mountain climber
Eugene, OR
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Jan 28, 2010 - 12:40pm PT
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Willie, you crack me up. The lyrics to "Borrowed Tune" are:
I'm watching the skater
Fly by on the lake
Ice Frozen six feet deep
How long does it take?
Cheers, David
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TYeary
Social climber
State of decay
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Jan 28, 2010 - 01:30pm PT
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I have seen Young 30+ times over the years, since 1971. The most memorable was at the Willowbrook Inn, Petaluma , Calf. during the "Great Northern Coastal Bar Tour". Either '74 or early '75. Little dinner house and bar with maybe 12 people there and Neil and Crazy horse. Unforgetable. Heard songs like Hurracane, Winterlong, Powderfinger, Cortez the Killer, Don't Cry no Tears, Barstool blues, ect. Lots of these tunes appeared on the record Zuma and American Bars and Stars which came out later. What an evening!
Tony
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 30, 2010 - 01:22am PT
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Tradman- you do an acoustic version of Don't let it get you down?
I've had that thing in my head for a few days now.
Do you tune down for it? What chords do you use? The piano version, seems like too many chords that don't work.
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 30, 2010 - 01:43am PT
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It's only castles burning! AWESOME!
Alpine Raven- That's hilarious!!!! I've been singing it that way for 10 fricken years! Always wondered about the out of climate amphibian! That makes sense.
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 30, 2010 - 01:52am PT
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I don't know where we went wrong, Mustof been when we were young and strong...
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Delhi Dog
Trad climber
Good Question...
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Jan 30, 2010 - 01:58am PT
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Words
Journey Through the Past...
I get "lost" every time I hear that one.
Neil Young helped make me who I am today.
For better or for worse:-)
Cheers,
DD
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cowpoke
climber
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Jan 30, 2010 - 09:16am PT
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Jan 30, 2010 - 10:50am PT
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Seen him many times. Saw him in Reno last year.
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troutboy
Trad climber
Newark, DE
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Jan 30, 2010 - 11:38am PT
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In reference to a very early post..
"Yellow cowgirl in the sand."
That would be "Hello, cow girl in the sand".
Now I cannot get the picture of a cowgirl with hepatic dysfunction out of my head.
TS
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Jan 30, 2010 - 12:11pm PT
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"I have a friend I've never seen. He hides his head inside a tree".
Lots of people hear it that way.
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cowpoke
climber
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Jan 30, 2010 - 12:15pm PT
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didn't a couple of Neil's buffalo have cameos in Dances with Wolves?
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Mighty Hiker
climber
Vancouver, B.C.
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Jan 30, 2010 - 12:57pm PT
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An admirable musician, if only because he keeps trying new things, and doesn't just recycle his oldies. Although some, like Harvest and After the Goldrush, are outstanding. He also does quite a lot for philanthropic causes - two of his children have cerebral palsy. http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/Stars+tribute+Neil+Young+heart+gold/2503584/story.html
His father, Scott Young, was a well-respected Canadian (Toronto) sports journalist. Father and son were very different, and the father wrote a book about it called Neil and Me. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Young
All that, and he's still Canadian.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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Jan 30, 2010 - 01:32pm PT
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Tom,Its mostly am/am7/am diminished etc and then D, F, em diminished and a Bm in there as well. I am totaly fakeing it as I don't have a copy to listen to... combination of memeory and some scribbles that i found...
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Jan 31, 2010 - 10:17pm PT
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Those are the chords I found on the internet and they work more or less. Check out this version from you tube that got me psyched. There voicings on the chords are different than I know and I think he's tuned down a step.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wSLW0pqu1M
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willie
Trad climber
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Jan 31, 2010 - 10:38pm PT
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Thanks for the book recomendation, Mighty Hiker. Definately gonna check that out.
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willie!!!!!
Ice climber
honolulu, hawaii
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Sac - I knew it was gonna come up sooner or later!
That was scary as hell.
This Note's For You was the only redeeming value to come out of those few years there.
Ouch!
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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Tom, he is tuned to D, with a dropped E string,
which makes it a low C.
sounds like sh#t unless you get a custom git made.
stills did the same thing on Love The One Your With,
i have a cheap Fender that i stuck a new saddle on to make it a dedicated C baritone guitar,
has a 60 ball end string for the low C. it is a lot of fun!
you can save 200 bucks if you have the cajones,
just drill new pin holes, buy some 1/4 inch dowells and a mill bit,
you can see a maple insert where the old bridge was>
D,Adario has the gauge vs tension info on the string package.
so if you want to maintain the same tension so you keep the same truss rod setting, you just match up the pull with the note,
your actual mileage may vary, so be careful!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Dr. Sprock. Thanks for the info. That sounds like fun. I'll tune down a half step from time to time because it's easier to sing with and still play open chords, but I never tried a drop c on tuned down to d.
The sounds like sh#t part would just be the dropped C right? or does the whole thing just get too rattly and loosey goosey? I think my guitar can handle the full step drop to d. Maybe I shall try tonight.
If my old guitar just had bad action, would that work? So much fun.
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Dr.Sprock
Boulder climber
Sprocketville
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yeah it's like plucking spaghetti noodles, especially if you use lite ga.
so the bass string moves up a half step every time you pluck it.
gotta pick real lite, you can hear Neils bass sting rattling around against the frets pretty good at the beginning of that vid,
plus, when you loosen the strings, the truss rod warps the neck in the wrong direction, then it is like a slap bass.
these 20 dollar imitation tortoise shell picks are the bomb,
but buy a lite, the medium is like a heavy so you can sand it down to your specs.
they last forever if you don't lose them. and they bend with heat, just like real tortoise.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Bandit from Greendale uses the same D modal tuning, dropped a step to C. I think a few other songs of his use it too.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I use reguler drop D tuneing for a few songs without any problems?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Nov 13, 2010 - 12:27am PT
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hope the fire didn't destroy too, much.
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susu
Trad climber
East Bay, CA
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Nov 13, 2010 - 02:05am PT
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Cheers to Neil!
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Chiloe
Trad climber
Lee, NH
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Sep 14, 2011 - 08:53pm PT
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Yellow Cowgirl in the Sand. Sometimes on a long drive, when I'm in the car alone, I put that one on loud and repeat.
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nevahpopsoff
Boulder climber
the woods
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Sep 14, 2011 - 09:21pm PT
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Yellow???????????
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Steve Reynolds
Trad climber
Mead, WA
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Sep 15, 2011 - 12:38am PT
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*Hello* cowgirl in the sand...
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John Moosie
climber
Beautiful California
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Sep 15, 2011 - 12:48am PT
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Powder Finger, one of my favorites.
Also..
Ride My Llama
Not a great recording, but here is the song.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC4ZTeJr2PA
"Ride My Llama"
Remember the Alamo
When help was on the way
It's better here and now,
I feel that good today.
I'd like to take a walk
But not around the block
I really got some news
I met a man from Mars.
He picked up all my guitars
And played me traveling songs.
And when we got on ship
He brought out
something for the trip
And said, It's old but it's good
Like any other primitive would.
I'm gonna ride my llama
From Peru to Texarkana
I wanna ride him good
In my old neighborhood
I'm gonna ride him good
In my old neighborhood.
And when we got on ship
He brought out
something for the trip
And said, It's old but it's good
Like any other primitive would.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Sep 15, 2011 - 03:21am PT
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I have a friend I've never seen
he hides his head inside a tree
Sometimes what you heard when you were a kid is what sticks with you.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
los gatos. ca
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Listening to Neil Young, watching the sunrise, while driving to the valley. Life is good :)
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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The world is full of answers
Some are right, some are wrong
The one that I believe in is a wish in a song
Young, Donovan & Presley & Penniman do(wop)
Mellow Yellow, Helpless, I Hear ya Knockin'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmnEaUW8JYE
Plenty good mojo
Oh yeah, special guest appearance (Snack concert, 1975) by Rick Danko!
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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My appreciation runs deep for Neil and his tunes.
zb, Is that Rick Danko in the picture at the beginning? Looks to be.
I can't read the type under the pictures.
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Danny Whitten, original member of Crazy Horse, was a hommie. He pinned a few notable songs including "I Don't Want To Talk About It"; which was a big hit for Rita Coolidge and others. He co-wrote "Come On Baby Let's Go) Downtown" (about the death of Bruce Berry, a roadie) with Neil. "Tonight's The Night" is also about Bruce Berry.
He sings "Cinnamon Girl" on Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and plays much of the guitar in "Down By The River" and "Cowgirl In The Sand".
Neil wrote the song "The Needle and The Damage Done" about Whitten's on-going addiction while recording with him. When the wheels finally fell off Young fired him. He died the next day after leaving Young's ranch. Neil is quoted as saying "Danny tried to do his best; but couldn't".
some classic Young tunes I never tire of:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpGV9IJQY9M
≈ Cowgirl In The Sand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD3bGEFxGC0
≈ Alabama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeaGThqYgkc
≈ Like A Hurricane
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACoMcO8pHYE
≈ Cortez The Killer (Bonnaroo Music Festival Manchester, TN June 13, 2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UI9MlSjiRA
≈ Stupid Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st7NKEUs_8E
≈ Harvest Moon (LIve At the Ryman)
(whoever came up with the broom strokes is a hero)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqoU_8Qd7q8
≈ Old Laughing Lady (Live At the Ryman)
↓↓↓ You are right, he was given $50, a plane ticket to back to LA and a ride off the ranch where they were recording. I got ahead of myself.↓↓↓
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wstmrnclmr
Trad climber
Bolinas, CA
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Great thread! But I really want to here more about Dingus' date gone wrong.....And Danny Whitten died in LA....
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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The only time I got to see him was when the Buffalo Springfield played a local high school dance in 1968.
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tradmanclimbs
Ice climber
Pomfert VT
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I cover a bunch of Neil young.
Old Man
Out on the Weekend
Hey hey My My
Down By The River
Cinamon Girl
What did you Do To My Life
Comes A Time
It's So Hard For Me Now
Like A Hurricaine
Looking For A Woman To save My life
Needle and The dammage done
Don't let It Bring you Down
etc, etc....
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Can't say: Seeing Buffalo Springfield at a high school dance ranks pretty high up as far as I am concerned.
Had similar experience with Wet Willie.
I always liked the Shocking Pinks version of Wonderin"
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Well I wasn't in high school anymore, but I did see the Buffalo Springfield at the Peterson Gym at San Diego State May 3, 1967. Bad acoustics and power problems made it a not so great show.
I've got this show:
Buffalo Springfield, 1968-01-20, Whittier High School Auditorium
Whittier, CA
--- Rock & Roll Woman (not recorded)
01. On The Way Home
02. Good Time Boy
03. Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
04. Mr. Soul
05. A Child's Claim To Fame
06. For What It's Worth
07. Bluebird
This is on YouTube but does not appear to be the Whittier tape.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0O6Dm24Jkm4
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rottingjohnny
Sport climber
mammoth lakes ca
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Sep 20, 2012 - 07:49am PT
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Thanks ec...Young reminds me of Hoyt Wilhelm , the knuckleball relief pitcher who thew junk and played into his mid-forties..Neil's music is sometimes junk but always interesting... A close friend was a ranch hand for Neil at broken arrow ranch..He was friends with the OLD MAN and attended the old man's son's wedding..My friend would be doing ranch chores and occasionally got to listen to crazy horse rehearsing while clearing brush..
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pud
climber
Sportbikeville & Yucca brevifolia
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Sep 20, 2012 - 09:29am PT
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Neil Young and Crazy Horse is playing the Hollywood Bowl 10/17/12
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Sep 20, 2012 - 09:48am PT
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BUGGZ!!!
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Sep 20, 2012 - 10:02am PT
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Anybody here like Greendale?
I was wondering when some folk/bluegrass band would give up on the old prohibition moonshine stuff and write something about the modern weed market. Then I found that Neil already did it on Greendale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-9nlETnSUI
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mountainlion
Trad climber
California
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Sep 20, 2012 - 10:52am PT
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liked his radio tunes growin up (40) now but after moving had all the discs packed and was forced to listen to radio recordings my wife had made years ago that were unmarked. turned out to be Neil and Thank God for that turns out I like most of his songs better than the stuff I had heard on the radio!!
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10b4me
Ice climber
dingy room at the Happy boulders hotel
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Sep 20, 2012 - 12:46pm PT
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I was a big NY fan bitd, but haven't heard much oh his new stuff.
Someone once told me that Neil wasn't into drugs, because of his epilepsy.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 21, 2012 - 04:54pm PT
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Fattrad dug him - nuff said?
This ain't no mug shot
Ronnie who?
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tom woods
Gym climber
Bishop, CA
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Oct 21, 2012 - 06:15pm PT
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Isn't that Townes? A whole different ball o' wax?
10Bforme- try that link I posted above for Bandit- it's a relatively new song from Greendale which is a pretty sweet concept album worth listening to in its entirety.
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 21, 2012 - 07:51pm PT
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Turns out TvZ didn't need him around anyhow too.
No Townes thread, so I'll just tack these in here.
Townes & Dog "Tags"
Neil and Townes
Townes and Little Feet
Full on Link Wray imitation
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Oct 21, 2012 - 08:11pm PT
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Ditch Trilogy is all anyone needs to know
Ditch Trilogy
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zBrown
Ice climber
chingadero de chula vista
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Oct 21, 2012 - 08:22pm PT
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Old man take a look at my life, I'm a lot like you
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the kid
Trad climber
fayetteville, wv
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Oct 22, 2012 - 04:43pm PT
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Neil is the best!
I just got his Book: Waging heavy peace..
super good.
read it..
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Mimi
climber
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Oct 22, 2012 - 10:37pm PT
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Steve and I have tickets for his Nov. 10th Seattle show. Can't wait. This tour's set song lists look great. Playing older stuff with Crazy Horse. They'll be jamming for sure.
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perswig
climber
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^^
Nice - straight-up grungy.
Dale
(Go Habs!)
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Duke
Social climber
PSP
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My son-in-law bought us front row seats at the Hollywood Bowl concert. He is a good SIL.
It was great seeing guys my age rock as hard as they did 30 years ago abeit Billy Talbot leaned against the amps at times to rest during some of the songs.
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mouse from merced
Trad climber
The finger of fate, my friends, is fickle.
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Nov 12, 2012 - 08:00pm PT
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Yes, indeed, Happy Birthday!
And to Sir Hankster, congratulations on your be-nighting.
Red Red Wine/Neil Diamond.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvCGbwnvoDo
Can't sing worth a f*#k.--Locker on Young
Sometimes I think Locker can't think worth a funk. He's harsh and abrasive, but so's Waits, but Locker knows abrasives, so...
But he harmonizes well...
I'm no guitar expert, though.
His talent as a Candian song-writer are second to none.
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eeyonkee
Trad climber
Golden, CO
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Nov 12, 2012 - 08:30pm PT
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Just got On the Beach and Tonights's the Night digitally. I'll tell you, I'm right there with every song on these two albums. This is the Neil who speaks to me best. This is the Neil who most reminds me of where I was as a climber/young person in the 1970s.
One example. Tonight's the Night.
Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
A sparkle was in his eye
But his life was in his hands.
Well, late at night
when the people were gone
He used to pick up my guitar
And sing a song in a shaky voice
That was real as the day was long.
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night, yes it is,
tonight's the night.
Early in the mornin'
at the break of day
He used to sleep
until the afternoon.
If you never heard him sing
I guess you won't too soon.
'Cause people let me tell you
It sent a chill
up and down my spine
When I picked up the telephone
And heard that he'd died
out on the mainline.
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night
Tonight's the night,
tonight's the night.
Bruce Berry was a working man
He used to load that Econoline van.
Well, early in the morning
at just about the break of day
He used to sleep
until the afternoon.
And maybe my favorite Neil Young line, from "Open Up the Tired Eyes."..."He tried to do his best, but he could not..."
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Tobia
Social climber
Denial
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Nov 13, 2012 - 07:54am PT
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It will be interesting to read his autobiography; as compared to Shakey. Memories change and Neil has been known (like the rest of us) to change the perception of memories, as our lifes zoom by. That and the fact that he likes to to leave a little bit for the imagination.
Not too many songs of his I don't like; it isn't always the lyrics. Although both the angry words as well as the romantic ones seem to touch me as much as everyone else; then there's the combination of both.
I love the violent riffs on the guitar as much as the sweet strokes on the mellower tunes.
I have been listening to the Americana CD a lot. He never stops creating.
Neil Young ≈ Like A Hurricane
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Neil Young ≈ Only Love Can Break Your Heart
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Neil Young ≈ Over & Over
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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rollingstone
Trad climber
Seattle
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Nov 19, 2012 - 12:45am PT
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I missed this when it first was released, but "Hold Back the Tears," from American Stars and Bars in one great song. imho.
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mike m
Trad climber
black hills
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Nov 19, 2012 - 01:01am PT
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Neil Young is super killer. Saw him in the 90's with soundgarden in the 90's in the black hills what a show. We don't get a lot of music in these parts so it was obiviously super sweet. Mike
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose, ca
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Nov 26, 2012 - 10:30pm PT
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Long may you run
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ms55401
Trad climber
minneapolis, mn
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Nov 28, 2012 - 11:49pm PT
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some guy above spoke enthusiastically of two-thirds of NY's Ditch Trilogy. He's advised to check out the remaining third.
Time Fades Away is a ragged, fukked-up gem. Some pretty piano ballads alongside out-of-tune, chasing-the-beat rockers. It's an integral part of the Tonight's the Night/On the Beach gestalt.
Zuma doesn't get much attention, but it's arguably the fourth installment of the Ditch Trilogy.
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mcreel
climber
Barcelona
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Nov 29, 2012 - 12:47am PT
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Zuma's a great album. I really like Greendale, too.
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james Colborn
Trad climber
Truckee, Ca
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Nov 29, 2012 - 01:16am PT
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Neil was on John Stewart this evening talking about his new biography.
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
honeoye falls,ny.greeneck alleghenys
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Nov 29, 2012 - 09:57am PT
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in 1980,i had no money,still dont,but i sold a guitar to the house of guitars in rochester,it was a 59 gretsch duo jet,it sat in a case on the wall ,bo diddly played it there,on the back he wrote "one sweet baby" w/a white pen.the price had doubled.then in 82,neil was playing buffalo,the night before he had an autograph session at the house of guitars.the album "trans" was out.i went to the house ,and after ,neil pulled my old guitar down,tuned and plugged in,he played"sample and hold" for the large crowd on hand.i never got that gretsch back. koritfworld fav; on the beach,recorded w/the band
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cintune
climber
Midvale School for the Gifted
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Nov 30, 2012 - 11:10pm PT
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Great show in Philly last night. "Special guest" Patti Smith opened. Killer sets.
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Coach37
Social climber
Philly
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Apr 28, 2016 - 03:11pm PT
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My favorite Neil songs:
Tonight's the Night
For the Turnstiles
One is about a specific person, one of his roadies who OD'd on heroin, Bruce Berry. The other is about, well, who knows what? The lyrics are clear enough, but you tell me what Neil was talking about here:
"All the sailors
with their seasick mamas
Hear the sirens on the shore,
Singin' songs
for pimps with tailors
Who charge ten dollars
at the door.
You can really
learn a lot that way
It will change you
in the middle of the day.
Though your confidence
may be shattered,
It doesn't matter.
All the great explorers
Are now in granite laid,
Under white sheets
for the great unveiling
At the big parade.
You can really
learn a lot that way
It will change you
in the middle of the day.
Though your confidence
may be shattered,
It doesn't matter.
All the bushleague batters
Are left to die
on the diamond.
In the stands
the home crowd scatters
For the turnstiles,
For the turnstiles,
For the turnstiles. "
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k-man
Gym climber
SCruz
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Dec 22, 2016 - 11:10pm PT
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I had an old cassette tape with a couple of extended tracks from that Trans album. There was a version of Mr. Soul, kinda like the one on the album, but so much more heavy.
fvck I would crank that tune.
What a gem is Neil.
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Dec 23, 2016 - 12:31am PT
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Buggs.
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ecdh
climber
the east
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Dec 23, 2016 - 01:59am PT
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In 2002 i crossed mongolia in a russian jeep. The only cassette we had was Decade. Got played maybe 300 times tho i was the only english speaker. Somehow it fit perfectly.
Tho no one agrees with me i think his is the best version of All Along the Watchtower. The gritty mood of Dylan and the electric howl of Hendrix nails it.
Hes the cornerstone of rock music.
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john hansen
climber
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Jun 26, 2017 - 08:42pm PT
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A couple years ago I got to help moving two 40 ft containers full of his equipment across a lawn, about a hundred yards, to the stage. There were 12 of us at 8 am when we started. Four of us got to stay and move some of the stuff onstage and help the techs where needed.
Then we got to watch the sound check from behind the stage before we covered up all the equipment. They played for about an hour and twenty minutes , quite a few of the classic's.
I got some pictures of the two cases that when opened show his ten or fifteen guitars in them ,Hank's Martin, Steve's Gretch , Old Black, but I wont post them.
( Its a roady thing.)
Very cool to see his pedal set up and his old amps. One of the techs told me he has over 400 1959 Fender amps. See Wiki,,
But that one on the stage was the one he liked the best.
It was cool to see what goes into a show like that as they tuned the piano and checked the different instruments and mic's.
We got to unload Woody,, the wooden Indian who is always onstage at every concert.
And every thing was ready when Niel showed up for the sound check at 3:30.
Pretty amazing operation to pull that all together.
It was fun.
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dickcilley
Social climber
Wisteria Ln.
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Jun 27, 2017 - 06:00am PT
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Love Clementine
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Steve Grossman
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Listening now to a fine recording of Neil at the Bottom Line in NYC from 1974. Greensleaves rigth now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8MkAm1OdA4
I had the pleasure of seeing a show at this storied venue before it closed its doors. A band playing Zappa (One Size Fits All) before Dweezil started doing so again and I left wondering if I would ever hear Frank's music again.
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rbord
Boulder climber
atlanta
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The Bridge School Benefit concert is dead. I think Neil's health is flagging. Sorry to say on both accounts.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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God bless Neil Young.
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Darwin
Trad climber
Seattle, WA
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Jul 11, 2017 - 08:47pm PT
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The Luke/Nose/14years old thread got me nostalgic, and I was just going to to launch a thread "There is a town in north Ontario,". Luckily I searched and can bump this thread.
edit
^ omg LR!!!!
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couchmaster
climber
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Neil Young has made all of his albums (including ten unpublished ones) available for free. You get things like a 17 min version of Cowgirl in the Sand etc.
http://www.neilyoungarchives.com/#/?_k=xrpbrd
Free free free. and you have a choice of listening to them as they were originally mastered, or if you have a slower connection, as 320 Kbs. Sweet site design once you get the nuts and bolts of it. Some songs don't have listening ability and some are in progress, but just keep clicking and you'll get something to listen too.
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ec
climber
ca
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This Note’s for YOU!
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Rollover
climber
Gross Vegas
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LOL.
Sh#t locker..
He looked haggard in 1970..
Edit...vvvvv
Heal up locker..
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zBrown
Ice climber
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hes about the last left standing in the fight for high quality digital audio recording standards
noone under 50 has any idea whats been lost...
Part 1- not really
I have many gigabytes of lossless recordings obtained from the cadre of lossless
Part 2 - very likely
Not flac, but sheeit - gonna listen to it
[Click to View YouTube Video]
Hadn't even heard of Dolby here, but still great
lots of times it's the performance, not the tech
RIP Sam
[Click to View YouTube Video]
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wilbeer
Mountain climber
Terence Wilson greeneck alleghenys,ny,
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Oct 31, 2018 - 03:25pm PT
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Good to see him break out that Gretsch White Falcon.
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