I read Nei's autobiography the other week. For such a fine songwriter he is the polar opposite as a writer. However, it did contain loads of small snippits of info about where he came from and some of his influences. 

I'd recommend NOT to read it though as previously I had him pegged as an icon in my eyes and having never met him I thought he was deeper and a more wonderful a human being than he actually is.  

But hey. . . the music is still there and it still resonates with me so no harm done really.  

 martinc wrote: 
I am not sure how helpful that is...but i gotta admit it is a very funny metaphor.

Still listening after all these years automatically makes this a 10. 

Neil Young never gets OLD to me !

have never been able to join this band wagon....

 jjtwister wrote: 
Neil Young began his career as "a folk singer, keepin' managers alive."  Ahmet Erdegun put him, Stephen Stills and Richie Furay together to make the should-have-been-a-supergroup Buffalo Springfield in 1966.  They released "For What It's Worth", a song that still gets lots of airplay here and elsewhere more than 45 years later.  The band's popular songs were by Stills, but Young really could swing his axe, arguably even better than Stills.  With 3 terrific vocalist/songwriters, two of whom were seriously talented guitarists, their 3 albums had any number of dynamite songs, not the least of which was Young's "Mr. Soul".  The band split primarily because of NY's star turn and the fact that Furay was on his way to becoming a preacher (he has a hip church -  oxymoron? - in Colorado, Boulder I think).

Young went solo, first with a "Why-I-left-those-zeroes" disc, eponymously titled, then the truly immortal "Neil Young with Crazy Horse".  That's still his best for my money.  It's one of the all-time studly rockers.  Go buy it if you don't have it.  It's not even a little dated, in spite of being 40.  He's known for great tunes with awesome guitar riffs and insipid lyrics.  His discography must be enormous, but went waaaay downhill after "Harvest" in 1973 (?).  Is that a start?

 rdo wrote: 
If you don't get it by now it is a lost cause. Just PSD or keep listening and maybe one day the marble will find the hole.

 SmackDaddy wrote: 

Hey Smacky, Google isn't the same as interacting with fellow listeners. That's why we comment.

 jjtwister wrote: 

Is your Google broken?

JJTWISTER

Neil has been around forever and forever and forever and still rocks. Would love to know a bit about how he started. any directions out there? On_The_Beach wrote: 

This is really good on his "Live Rust" album also.

Best CD...great listening

always best with crazy horse. was that nils i was hearing there?

Neil is King!

doesn't suck as much as some of them...

Love this song from waaaaay back, and I'm not embarrassed about it in the least.  It makes sense: "When you dance, I can really love."  Why, of course!!

Love this, thanks.

 westslope wrote: 

Nothing to be embarrassed about.

Lots of Neil lately — fine by me.

 abby_normal wrote: 
Bong??  I'll have a toke..(Bill doesn't have a "stoned" smiley) (Bill should visit the Netherlands )
Great number from Niel. 8.

 huebdoo wrote:  So Bill play's Beck after this one today !
  I'm too old to get to know the answer but I doubt that he will be.

Great CD, and well worth the coin!

 MojoJojo wrote: 

....then go look for some hip-hop ya pinhead...

You're on a roll, Bill...

Leave it to Neil to bring a great set to a halt. 

When I lived in Monterey, we would drive up to Watsonville to buy fresh Brussels sprouts and artichokes straight from the farm, listening to Neil Young cranked up loud in the car both ways.

 HazzeSwede wrote: