The last few songs we have sung link Sheryl Crow, Smashing Pumpkins, and The Cure. Very few sing it like Neil. I guess because there would not be much point unless you could write like Neil, and very few can. Does this say much for his singing

Jacksonstat wrote:

There are certainly lame-o people who pick on his voice.
Given the amazing diversity in his work it's amazing to me that there are people who hate him outright. I don't think even a REAL FAN could love everything he does but EVERYONE should find something he's done that's worthy of praise.

Personally, I can find something worth mentioning just about anywhere. I don't love all of it but I can appreciate Crazy Horse (Ragged Glory IS great) alongside the quiet stuff.

Neil ROCKS!

Headhunter wrote:

Damn Strait !!

I think this is one of Neil's best records with Crazy Horse and probably the most underrated. There is some excellent guitar work on this.

Jacksonstat wrote:

so true...I have to admit I wasn't a Neil Young fan at all. then I stumbled across Radio Paradise and after hearing so many of his different songs over the months, now I get it. he's pretty damn good.

I like Neil, but that was the worst guitar solo ever.

Either you love Neil or you hate him - there's very few people in between. It took me awhile, but I now truly appreciate his music.

It was a 3 before, now it's a 2...

MrGreg wrote:

Neil has always been proud of being a garage band.

ugh. Tastes like.... Neil.

I THINK RAGGED GLORY IS ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS FROM THE 90'S

ntlc23 wrote:

It was deliberate. In the Neil Young biography "Shakey" by Jimmy McDonough, he says this song was originally titled "Letter to Bob". I think this is a great song and a great nod to Dylan.

mojoman wrote:

If that's the case, I guess I've been 15 now for, oh, 30 years or so...and LOVING it!

laozilover wrote:

Yes, this is "My Back Pages" -- and was written to Bob Dylan, with whom Young toured one summer in California. (Dylan himself mentioned listening to Young on a record in the 90's, I can't remember which one.) They're pals...

I love Neil Young but this song is more than indebted to "My Back Pages" by Dylan. Both melodically and thematically.

Neil's mom (and his backup singers' moms) should get their money back from the voice lessons they paid for. If you can't produce an on-key rendition of a song with an unlimited number of tries, you just plain can't sing.

I keep hearing Little Pink Houses by John MellenCougerCamp.

I was just needing my Neil fix...thanks!

Neil Young.

Hurmph.

Now we're all on the same page! ;)
KAJMK wrote:

birdland wrote:
dolfan wrote:
artmarcia wrote:"My Back Pages"! :nodhead:

Okay, maybe I forgot to take my anti-grouch medicine today, but who told this oaf he had any talent? He wouldn't recognize a complex melody or chord sequence if he tripped over it.

I though you were supposed to outgrow garage bands when you were, oh, 15 or so.

And yes, I'm old enough to remember CSN&Y. (Their "Carry On" album is the first I ever bought.) Neil Young was just along to help carry the luggage.

artmarcia wrote:

This reminds me of about 20 songs. 20 songs that blend into one numbness. A solid 5 for all of them.

Great rockin' Neil tune from a super album.

Neil Young produces music that is so bad it is good. Awesome. Inspiring. Genius.

But wow. This is just plain bad.

madtowner11 wrote:
Close your eyes or at least turn off the TV when you're listening to music and really hear him.

Pig.

Does this remind anyone else of Dylan's "I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now"?

Eul0gy wrote:

Neil Young does not eat caviar. How do I know? I'm a dog -- I know everything.

Solid.

Pyro wrote:
Kinda unfair to compare dylan to young... Like comparing fecal matter to caviar because they have similar color.

I can't agree that hes a good songwriter, i mean, I might have liked his stuff when I was 14... but not now.