Spiderwoman
(Lake Chelan, North Central Washington) | | Posted: May 20, 2013 - 08:43 | |
Foundational music of my childhood...the entire album. Thank you, Neil Young
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 14:09 | |
Rotterdam wrote:eeeuuuuw. This reflects the young age of Neil Young at the time, and I find the music and lyrics embarrassing. Sorry - how much does a clue cost where you live.....I'll send it to you. |
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Scientist79
| | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 14:05 | |
good old memories with this song |
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CCinSB
(the west coast) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 14:04 | |
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84MacGuy
(Portlandia, Oregon) | | Posted: Mar 18, 2013 - 14:04 | |
Neil Young is about the only old rocker that I enjoy listening to. Whether it is his old music or his newer tunes, his stuff is uniformly easy on the ears.
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Rotterdam
| | Posted: Feb 15, 2013 - 04:49 | |
eeeuuuuw. This reflects the young age of Neil Young at the time, and I find the music and lyrics embarrassing.
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coding_to_music
(Beantown) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 12:11 | |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: Dec 14, 2012 - 12:09 | |
Why I listen to RP - Almost as good as- nah - actually better than - playing my personal collection on random.
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dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | | Posted: Oct 12, 2012 - 18:43 | |
RoelantSiekman wrote:One of the enjoyable ones... never thought i would say this about NY.. (7/10) Ah the genius of Neil Young!  |
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RoelantSiekman
(Rotterdam, The Netherlands) | | Posted: Jul 10, 2012 - 07:15 | |
One of the enjoyable ones... never thought i would say this about NY.. (7/10)
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coloradojohn
(A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 14:20 | |
johnjconn wrote:Who's the female singing background on this? Could have been Nicolette Larson, who met Neil through association with Linda Rondstat, who also sang on a lot of songs with him... Love the song, and sure do love the multi-layered talents of NEIL YOUNG! |
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johnjconn
(chicago land) | | Posted: Jun 08, 2012 - 14:13 | |
Who's the female singing background on this?
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TerryS
(Another SW) | | Posted: May 07, 2012 - 19:37 | |
cohifi wrote:
I think maybe he means Indianamericans
They lived with Nature. Good Concept, too.
Hmm, not too familiar with Indiana 'Mericans. |
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: May 25, 2011 - 23:53 | |
Cynaera wrote:
Pulling this up from the depths, because I also think it would be interesting to hear what other RPeeps have to say about the lyrics to this song. Apart from the absolute pure beauty of the music and the simplicity of the arrangement, I'd love to know how other people interpret the lyrics. I think andrewimft has a pretty good grasp of the Young perception.
What say you, RPeeps?
I think maybe he means Indianamericans They lived with Nature. Good Concept, too. |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 21:09 | |
andrewimft wrote:I'm not sure what the song means, but my interpretation is Neil's recurring theme in his songs about love of nature and disdain for the cacophony of city life and civilization, and his theme of being present in the old days (in another life) when nature was replaced by civilization. "I feel like going back, to where there's nowhere to stay" —I'm not sure what that means, whether he's invoking travel, or wandering in the wilderness, or celebrating the moment when you're in nature and purely living in the joy of the moment. But it's my interpretation that that's what he's getting at. It'd be interesting for others to weigh in on what they think the lyrics to this beautiful song mean, they are not all that concrete and more ambiguous and open to interpretation.
Pulling this up from the depths, because I also think it would be interesting to hear what other RPeeps have to say about the lyrics to this song. Apart from the absolute pure beauty of the music and the simplicity of the arrangement, I'd love to know how other people interpret the lyrics. I think andrewimft has a pretty good grasp of the Young perception. What say you, RPeeps? |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Mar 23, 2011 - 21:02 | |
KurtfromLaQuinta wrote:Thank you Neil for this album.
 I totally agree. This album eclypsed most of what was produced during that time. I love Neil Young's music. |
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 14:41 | |
Thank you Neil for this album.
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Shesdifferent
(Just visiting this planet this is not my home) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2010 - 14:39 | |
One of the reasons I like this song is because it just takes me back to a time when things were simple, fun and pleasant. Not like today. Thanks Neil....
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alux
(atop the pyramid) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 16:29 | |
Hyperbole poorly applied, Bentonian. This is a beautiful little song.
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bentonian
(Longmont, CO) | | Posted: Jul 13, 2010 - 16:27 | |
Saddest words in the language: Bill's voice intoning, "And now, here's some Neil Young."  |
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Antigone
(A house, in a valley, Virginia) | | Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 08:23 | |
Antigone wrote:This song fills me with a profound nostalgia ... for what I can't really say. Love the guitar, and the strings, and the voices, and the lyrics ... sigh.
Listening again, and wondering if maybe that's the point of the song. So beautiful. |
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fingerpin
(OhiO) | | Posted: Apr 09, 2010 - 08:21 | |
Absolutely beautiful.  |
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bindi
(North Carolina) | | Posted: Mar 08, 2010 - 17:44 | |
Was Nicolette Larson doing backup vocals? Wow, what a great voice. . .
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musickat
(Lake of the Ozarks) | | Posted: Jan 04, 2010 - 18:41 | |
I'm with ya here brother... one of the great albums of all time.
stevenv58 wrote:My favorite all time Niel Young album..............especially this tune.....lot of memories tied up in this one  |
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Dahnyul
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I think you pretty much nailed it Andre (although wouldn't it be great if Neil just posted what HE really meant!  ). I'd hate to presume to have any insight but it is fun to think about lyrics that aren't plopped right there in front of you, so here's a few possbilities... "I used to climb these buildings" - The protagenist admits he had been caught up with the rest in pursuing 'progress', but that "Their shadows tore us apart" - in the end perhaps he put his effort their instead of his relationship (or perhaps she drifted apart because she hadn't embraced societies idea of 'progress'.) It does appear he's realised his folly, though, as he is "climbing down" from these rocks, or what I imagine are skyscrapers representing this ill considered progress (maybe a big record label's executive offices?). "Already left the ground" gives me the impression he's either just in time, as he climbs down just as they lose their connection with the earth (nature?) or maybe he's not in time, as they've 'already' left the ground. "When fire fills the sky" - Perhaps he's simply saying that even at the end of it all, he'll remember things the way the were, or should have been, because it is so important to him, and it left an idellible impression on him. The more I think about this the imagery it feels almost a reverse garden of Eden: in part due to the phrases "walked hand in hand" and being driven to the mountains. andrewimft wrote:
I'm not sure what the song means, but my interpretation is Neil's recurring theme in his songs about love of nature and disdain for the cacophony of city life and civilization, and his theme of being present in the old days (in another life) when nature was replaced by civilization.
"I feel like going back, to where there's nowhere to stay" —I'm not sure what that means, whether he's invoking travel, or wandering in the wilderness, or celebrating the moment when you're in nature and purely living in the joy of the moment. But it's my interpretation that that's what he's getting at.
It'd be interesting for others to weigh in on what they think the lyrics to this beautiful song mean, they are not all that concrete and more ambiguous and open to interpretation.
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stevenv58
(Elliot Lake Ontario, Canada) | | Posted: Oct 02, 2009 - 11:02 | |
My favorite all time Niel Young album..............especially this tune.....lot of memories tied up in this one |
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bknv
(Vancouver, BC) | | Posted: Jul 31, 2009 - 10:14 | |
We have the good fortune to have Neil playing a small festival in West Vancouver coming up in September.  Sarah McLachlan lined up Neil, Sheryl Crow and others to play at Ambleside. Will post again after the show! See http://www.summersessions.ca/ |
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bill-1956
(Moncure, NC) | | Posted: Jul 31, 2009 - 10:06 | |
dboseman said it just right
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abulaabula
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dboseman
| | Posted: Feb 23, 2009 - 03:22 | |
Wow, I haven't heard this one since I bought the album in college. Even his "average" work is better than that of the musical masses.
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