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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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