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Here in the conscious world
We place our theories down
Why man must bring us to our knees
Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan
The power in his hand
Will never touch a friend
Throw your hatred down
Throw your hatred down
Meanwhile in the underworld
The weaknesses are seen
By peasants and presidents
Who plan the counter-scheme
Children in the schoolyard
Finish choosing teams
Divided by their dreams
While a TV screams
Throw your weapons down
Throw your weapons down
The wheel of fortune
Keeps on rollin' down
The street that's paved with sinful plans
There but for circumstance
May go you or I
Dressed in gold lame
Find a place to stay
Throw your hatred down
Throw your hatred down
Throw your hatred down
Throw your weapons down
| Chumbawamba-1984 (West Chester, OH) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 22:37 NEIL YOUNG LYRICS" Throw Your Hatred Down" Here in the conscious world We place our theories down Why man must bring us to our knees Before he sees the weakness of his sinful plan The power in his hand Will never touch a friend Throw your hatred down Throw your hatred down Meanwhile in the underworld The weaknesses are seen By peasants and presidents Who plan the counter-scheme Children in the schoolyard Finish choosing teams Divided by their dreams While a TV screams Throw your weapons down Throw your weapons down The wheel of fortune Keeps on rollin' down The street that's paved with sinful plans There but for circumstance May go you or I Dressed in gold lame Find a place to stay Throw your hatred down Throw your hatred down Throw your hatred down Throw your weapons down |
| coloradojohn (A Mile High and then some, Cherry Creek, Denver) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 22:35 Nothing like the REAL NEIL...if you ever get the chance, YOU GOTTA TRY TO SEE HIM! The Experience of a Lifetime! There are few people that live and play with the ultimate passion that Neil Young and David Gimour channel...dig it! |
| Chumbawamba-1984 (West Chester, OH) | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 22:34 Well, it's about 1:30AM here and I cannot go to bed and sleep, thanks to Bill's "tapage nocturne". Thank you !  |
| cosmiclint (romeotuma's hotel room) | Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 11:11 This set is one of my favorites. Always gets my head bobbing. |
| Chumbawamba-1984 (West Chester, OH) | Posted: Mar 23, 2013 - 11:11 Wow, I didn't see the segue from Elvis Costello coming. Nice job as usual Bill! |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 08:45 richlister wrote: Looks like, it's a good day, for shit music. Throw down your crankiness. |
| winotron (Phoenix, AZ) | Posted: Mar 08, 2013 - 08:37 richlister wrote: Looks like, it's a good day, for shit music. And unnecessary commas? |
| richlister (Here, there, pretty much everywhere.) | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 04:07 Looks like, it's a good day, for shit music. |
| cosmiclint (romeotuma's hotel room) | Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 08:56 Lazarus wrote: Everybody in my church loves this song... you are welcome here anytime... Thank you, romeotuma. A privilege and honour to pray in your church :) |
| Lazarus (Bethany) | Posted: Jan 04, 2013 - 16:46 cosmiclint wrote: I have to agree! 10 Everybody in my church loves this song... you are welcome here anytime... |
| cosmiclint (romeotuma's hotel room) | Posted: Dec 22, 2012 - 19:43 justin4kick wrote: G O D L I K E in every way! I have to agree! 10 |
| Jazbo (Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | Posted: Dec 19, 2012 - 08:32 I am officially awake now, thanks Bill.....9 |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 08:45 Jack Irons, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, pounding the skins. |
| capandjudy (Huntington, WV) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 08:43 Hippostar wrote: Amazing what Neil can do when backed by a drummer who can actually play. For the most part, Neil Young does better when he is away from the Crazy Horse rhythm section. It is one thing to be raw and basic and another to be just bad but for reasons unknown Neil likes those Crazy Horse guys. |
| Hippostar (Portland, OR) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 08:04 Amazing what Neil can do when backed by a drummer who can actually play. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 08:02 McReady & Stone step into to Pancho's shoes and do a fine job. |
| Ghiaap (Haarlo, The Netherlands) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 07:59 Neil Rocks! |
| EdmoJoe (Edmonton, Canada) | Posted: Dec 04, 2012 - 07:59 An excellent song by Neil Young! Thanks for playing these off the beaten track songs, RP! |
| BigIslandBlues | Posted: Nov 18, 2012 - 00:07 That was an awesome Peace and Love set Bill and a seamless transition to Throw Your Hatred Down. Mighty fine work. Jesse Colin Young to Elvis Costello to Neil Young ...what a trio. |
| hidey (NZ) | Posted: Nov 02, 2012 - 23:50 An underrated song from an underrated record! |
| bluecshells | Posted: Oct 25, 2012 - 11:12 Best show I've ever seen...Neil Young in Santa Cruz, CA - he has his old piano with him and he was AMAZING. LOVE |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Oct 02, 2012 - 13:59 Got to see Neil and PJ do this live at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco before the album came out. An experience I will never forget. Incredible. |
| Biscobret (Vashon, WA) | Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 13:34 Great idea - didn't really "hit" like it could have. Theoretically Neil & PJ should've just rocked the house - but this LP is pretty bland by either standards. PJ trying to be the Horse - Neil trying to be 25 again. |
| justin4kick (The Netherlands) | Posted: Sep 19, 2012 - 13:33 G O D L I K E in every way! |
| meinthecorner (Past the gravy, far beyond the golden fries) | Posted: Aug 23, 2012 - 10:52 Killer set, Bill! So much for gettin' any work done this hot'n sunny afternoon. Great, seamless segue from Peace, Love and Understanding!! |
| bluecshells | Posted: Jul 31, 2012 - 15:15  |
| stub30 (East Wenatchee) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 13:41 This is absolutely perfect right after lunch. Keeps me from nodding off. |
| The_Enemy (...is within) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 13:41 Bill is doing no wrong this afternoon. Lovin' this set! |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:54 scraig wrote: that was not a smooth transition... Thats Bill's and Rebecca's subtle way of making sure you aint drifted off scraig ..... lol ...°º©©º° |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:29 northern_girl wrote: great guitars, great lyrics Yeah.... Gossard, McCready, Young on the guitars. Neil on the lyrics. Don't forget Jack Irons on the relentless drums, Brendan O'Brien on the piano. Jeff's bass is a little buried in the mix. |
| Stranglersfan (Revelstoke, B.C.) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:27 This NeilJam album is solid! |
| Democritus (Round Rock, Texas) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:27 Certainly, a song for our time! @WAYUPNORTH - Too cool! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:27 scraig wrote: that was not a smooth transition... From Elvis to Neil with Pearl Jam works for me everytime.. Wooo!!!!!!!! |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:26 Love that backing band....... |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Jun 13, 2012 - 12:24 that was not a smooth transition... |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: May 20, 2012 - 18:20 MirageRF wrote: Neil is fine, but you are right in your observations. It's hard on the ears. Maybe it's Pearl Jams influence? Sort of raucous. Which may be the intent. Neil discovered Pearl Jam, and Eddie has stated how Neil has influenced him, not the other way around. Neil was "grunge" before there was "grunge" Check out the album ARC and WELD. |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: May 16, 2012 - 06:43  |
| gatorade (Peninsuland) | Posted: May 12, 2012 - 17:29 I was hypnotized by a mirror ball and Neil Young once....at Winterland. |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Apr 27, 2012 - 13:44 vanmas wrote: Want to shoot this song sky high.... Terrible singing and noisy, crappy guitar playing... Still not very impressed by Neil Young... Neil is fine, but you are right in your observations. It's hard on the ears. Maybe it's Pearl Jams influence? Sort of raucous. Which may be the intent. |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 00:54 Want to shoot this song sky high.... Terrible singing and noisy, crappy guitar playing... Still not very impressed by Neil Young... |
| CWKeeney | Posted: Apr 14, 2012 - 13:14 Totally throwing my weapons down. Take em! |
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 00:23 jen3005545 wrote: I'm liking this theme. Yeah, great segue. Come on people now, smile on each other line to What's So Funny about Peace, Love, and Understanding? to Throw Your Hatreds down. Wow. Not necessarily my favorite songs, but I heard them anew put together in his sequence. |
| LeeScoresby | Posted: Apr 11, 2012 - 00:22 That's more like it! |
| jen3005545 (Fort Worth, TX) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:48 I'm liking this theme. |
| northern_girl (minnesota) | Posted: Feb 15, 2012 - 13:46 great guitars, great lyrics |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Feb 07, 2012 - 15:29 WayUpNorth wrote: I can't believe how much I absolutely LOVE this song ...  Powerful, ain't it. |
| macbags (atlanta) | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 19:08 How can anyone not love this song and meaning. check Democracynow.org for true news and entertainment. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Jan 10, 2012 - 08:12 Neil Young - Throw Your Hatred Down DJ Schmolli - God's Gonna Cut You Down Moby - Natural Blues great mashups followed by a great combo - Neil with Pearl Jam |
| patrick30 (Austria) | Posted: Dec 19, 2011 - 01:58 american conversation... lemmoth wrote: Sorry it took so long to respond. I love this song so much I did post a few musical responses. Thanks for the complement BG. You too are quite eloquent and present a well structured argument for your points, and I totally agree on the gun situation as far as you take it. All for freedom to own weapons, and training and education and...... for strict enforcement of stricter rules as to who can get their hands on guns and where they can bring them. It's easier in many places to get a gun than it is to get a drivers license. The money our underappreciated law enforcement officials (a government entity) on the unwinnable war on drugs could be diverted to curtailing the availabilty of guns to underaged, untrained, drug-addled and bad-intentioned individuals. As for your all too commonly held assumption that "Given food, shelter and the opportunity to attend school, there was little motivation to work. With those bases covered, money for entertainment, vehicles and extras was easier to get by selling drugs or stealing than by getting a J.O.B. (assuming there was one to be had in that warped economy)." - I say it ain't necessarily so, in fact, more often than not, it ain't so. Thousands of folks rise up, move forward and try to make a good solid family life and be good hardworking citizens for every punk who decides to take the easy route. Just like - BTW - Thousands of folks born rich decide to give back to society for every lazy ass punk rich kid who thinks he or she can just coast through life. Again - governements - particularly local and state - acting on behalf of the rest of us - need to provide a baseline of education, safety, environmental protection, infrastructure and security (which don't have a big short term economic returns for the private sector) in order to allow the productive capitalists to invest in the economy and hire us worker drones. Businessgypsy wrote: Well written and fun to read, lemmoth. I get your point - although I will debate same. FWIW, background awareness is one of the most repeated and serious aspects of weapons training. Besides being less likely to discharge a weapon in the first place, and more aware of the deadly serious consequences, a CWP holder with good training takes precautions to prevent exactly the circumstance you detail. My primary defensive sidearm is a Taurus Judge, essentially a shotgun pistol. The first chamber is empty (an accidental firing results in an empty click), the next is birdshot, progressing to buckshot and finally a .44 magnum hollowpoint. The vast majority of defense experts will disagree with this setup, but it's my choice. I make the choice in order to prevent any long range accidents. With my 9mm automatics, it's solid point rounds for practice, hollow points for defense. They pretty much flatten out as soon as they hit something. Before any of that and above all other concerns, the first reaction is always to retreat and avoid engagement if at all possible. I'm not going to risk my life or anyone else's over something that can be replaced. Don't worry about a well trained, licensed CWP holder with a modern, well maintained weapon - worry about kids (of all ages) with guns shooting at will in the street over some minor beef - a common occurrence in my old New Orleans neighborhood. To your second point - bootstrap pulling is exactly opposite of the scenario you describe. My mother, for instance, was a sharecropper's daughter who lived in a tarpaper shack and picked cotton to pay for cloth she made into dresses so she could walk to school. No assistance, no outside motivation, no free lunch program and no safety net. She became the Valedictorian of her school, built a small business from scratch and supported her family with hard work and love. All of us kids were expected to pull our weight and know our responsibilities in keeping things together - right up to the point where we could think and work, then our butts were on the street to make it on our own. Contrast that with the extreme welfare state of New Orleans that over many generations created such a captive totally dependent underclass of people with so little motivation or decision making ability that many of them died from it during the flood. Given food, shelter and the opportunity to attend school, there was little motivation to work. With those bases covered, money for entertainment, vehicles and extras was easier to get by selling drugs or stealing than by getting a J.O.B. (assuming there was one to be had in that warped economy). Ask Ray Davies about that - or anybody else in New Orleans (me included) that's had a gun pointed at them for the purpose of robbery. All done for the purpose of a small group maintaining a majority voting block so they could continue to raid the coffers at will. It's been broken up post Katrina by the will of people of all colors acting in the odd circumstance of diaspora. We'll see what happens. The difference between theory and practice. We've seen this situation repeated often in real life over the last fifty years, but in the isolated confines of a classroom or coffeeshop the theory does appear high minded and indeed, seductive. I relinquish the floor to Mr. lemmoth. |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 01:35 Not just two songs about "Peace, Love and Understanding" but Bill did a mix! |