bronorb wrote: 
Yes I agree, I prefer albums like Zuma and then he had a good period with Freedom and Ragged Glory.

 joelbb wrote: 
Totally disagree.
While this song is not one of his best, Neil contributed a lot of amazing music in his lifetime. The thing that I love about the guy is that he never gave a rat's ass about what anyone thought of anything he did. He followed the music wherever it took him.
That kind of attitude is rare, in fact, these days, completely absent in the music world.
To suggest that he should have quit after he recorded After The Gold Rush is an extremely cynical and short-sighted observation.
And by the way, millions of Neil fans would agree with me on this.

I just don't get it, he is consistently out of time and tune, and I read everywhere that he is not a nice man.   why dont we chain him to Van Morrison and send them to another planet, preferably that big shiny one up there!

 joelbb wrote: 

You could plug in any artist in your write up and it would be true. McCartney, Springsteen, Stills, Vedder, Wonder, etc.
Youth is a funny thing, it only leaves us to quickly.

As far as NY goes, he had plenty of great songs post After the Gold Rush.

Perfection. Thanks RP for playing this.

Neil started out awesome, just keept on getting lamer and lamer.  Ever hear the Dana Carvey bit about R&R musicians and lyrics (think "broccoli, brocco-lie")?  That was NY he was making fun of.  Some artists just don't know how to quit while they're still ahead.  That would have been just post "After the Gold Rush"for Neil.  Get this ustawaz off the air, Bill.

 plaid wrote: 
Nice analysis there two-thumbs-down.  The key word in your sentence is "seems".  

What a treasure Neil Young is, heard his interview with Teri Gross on NPR this week.

 oldsaxon wrote: 
Of course you are 100% correct. I have to laugh at the comments of those who whine about said vocalists. Apparently anyone who doesn't have a "pretty" voice "can't sing" (like Picasso can't paint; "Look where he put the eye!").   
Not a fan of their singing? Fine, but to say they "can't sing" is just absurd.

 gypsyman wrote: 

It's hard for me to consider Neil Young's voice as "fragile" considering what pompous, egotistical ass he seems to be in life.

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 oldsaxon wrote: 

or Neil just can't sing...

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Hell, none of those f-ers can sing. I would like to get paid so well for the singing I can't do....

Still, oldsaxon makes a valid point.

There are no words to describe the beauty and fragillity of this song: 10+

 oldsaxon wrote: 

or Neil just can't sing...

 lwilkinson wrote: 
Tom Waits, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen...The voice is a part of the song. It tells us, in this case in a tender and slightly insecure way, that we are not alone. A different voice would not be the same telling of this story. A different voice might be more comfortable to listen to, but it would be a different telling. 

Not a perfect song, but parts of it are sublime. Thanks, again RP!

 Bobert_ParkCity wrote: 
Amen brother.  I belong to your church as well. 

 kingart wrote: 
Yeah, well said. 

To my ears, Neil and Mr Robert Zimmerman are just gods of ongoing, topical musicality. You can add Bruce the Boss to that list as well but Bob and Neil have, what 15 and 10 years longer making things meaningful.

 GreggH wrote: 
Well, there are about a million other choices on the Internet "dial". Happy hunting!

Love Neil. A Titan. 46 years past Buffalo Springfield and still going. One in a million. This is proof that a lot of his best song writing is not guitar-heavy cuts like Rockin' in the Free World or Throw Your Hatred Down, but sweet love poems like this.  As for his voice, I think he's done more with it than he was gifted with. Turned less into more.  One thing for sure: you can recognize that voice and guitar at once, anywhere, anytime. 

 RAZORBACKS wrote: 
to a dictionary, or no?

impregnable
 

This one keeps growing on me. Reminds me of some other song of his. Maybe off of Harvest Moon

 Delawhere wrote: 
I agree completely - sweetly beautiful. No gimmicks, no vocal trickery, no lightning-fast guitar solos - simply Mr. Young, reflective and almost whimsical.  I think I just fell in love all over again...

just a beautiful song

 Sportscam wrote: 
For a lot of years, I just couldn't stand his voice.  Even now, I don't think he can sing.  But I don't mind so much now that I and my music tastes have matured.  My tastes have moved toward music with depth, feeling, and creativity.  Things I would have hated 15 years ago send me to a happy place now, and things I loved then have either faded from memory of have become staid and boring (in many cases). 

Even my wife, who was raised in a house full of the Beatles, Neil, Clapton, Dylan, and many of the other greats, couldn't stand Neil Young for years.  Now we both can't help but smile when a good Neil song comes on somewhere.

I love everything Neil does.