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Mystery Guest
(somewhere else)
Posted: Mar 16, 2013 - 07:36
 
 Mugro wrote:
Damn! Missed it!

 
YEAH..I MISSED IT TOO.....DAMN..I LOVE THAT SONG
oldfart48
(boulder creek ca.)
Posted: Jan 12, 2013 - 14:12
 
had i never heard this drivel again in my long life................

DanFHiggins
(Mid Maryland)
Posted: Dec 12, 2012 - 05:09
 
 joelbb wrote:
This song is thought of as a wistful longing for the sweeter days of childhood, but in fact it's just infantile.  What a tedious piece of treacle.
 
At least we thought

joelbb
Posted: Nov 10, 2012 - 20:15
 
This song is thought of as a wistful longing for the sweeter days of childhood, but in fact it's just infantile.  What a tedious piece of treacle.

Boy_Wonder
(Bath, back in the UK)
Posted: Sep 30, 2012 - 06:13
 
Had a long drive last weekend (crawled down the M6 motorway at 25mph in the pouring rain) with a strong Neil Young theme - played all of Decade and then again.... wonderful stuff! 

Lucky enough to have met a woman who shares my enthusiam for NY, RP and most things in general - this is for you Ceri!{#Biggrin}

spigolli
(Peachtree City, GA, USA)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 11:23
 
If Neil was at that age today and made that home recording he'd have lilkely posted an .mp3, as he was an unknown.  Where would he have posted it?  I'd like to find some recordings by artists in the early age of their careers.



lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 11:11
 
 fredriley wrote:

I usually agree with your sentiments on here, but I think you're on shaky ground with that one. If the principle is "if you can't do, don't criticise", then you'll only be able to criticise in the limited fields which you (general 'you', not you personally) are expert in. Which would mean that 99% of music listeners and consumers, who can barely play the triangle or sing a note in tune, couldn't criticise songs or artists. It would mean that you couldn't complain about your computer, say, unless you're an IT professional. Or moan about the bus service if you've never driven buses. And so on.

I agree with the OP that Neil Young's voice sucks. That's just a personal opinion, and I've major respect for him as a songwriter, but I'd rather hear a decent cover of a NY song than hear him sing it himself. The voice is just painful to these lugholes.
 
But Fred - C'mon man, Neil's voice is actually quite pleasant on this old ditty, no?

stewliscious
(northGA)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 11:10
 
one of my favorite tunes of Neil's

michaelgmitchell
(Stirling, ON)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 11:09
 
 WayUpNorth wrote:
Very lovely segue from Pearl Jam Off He Goes ... {#Notworthy} {#Music}
 
Brilliant, yes.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Aug 08, 2012 - 11:09
 
The master (Neil) follows the students (Pearl Jam - There He Goes) - as it should be. Sublime

fredriley
(Nottingham, UK)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 07:09
 
 Cynaera wrote:

I'd like to hear YOU sing.  Once. We always expect so much from those who have success - as if we could do better.
 
I usually agree with your sentiments on here, but I think you're on shaky ground with that one. If the principle is "if you can't do, don't criticise", then you'll only be able to criticise in the limited fields which you (general 'you', not you personally) are expert in. Which would mean that 99% of music listeners and consumers, who can barely play the triangle or sing a note in tune, couldn't criticise songs or artists. It would mean that you couldn't complain about your computer, say, unless you're an IT professional. Or moan about the bus service if you've never driven buses. And so on.

I agree with the OP that Neil Young's voice sucks. That's just a personal opinion, and I've major respect for him as a songwriter, but I'd rather hear a decent cover of a NY song than hear him sing it himself. The voice is just painful to these lugholes.

Hannio
(Austin, TX)
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 07:08
 
This song makes my teeth hurt.
 

WayUpNorth
Posted: Jun 06, 2012 - 07:05
 
Very lovely segue from Pearl Jam Off He Goes ... {#Notworthy} {#Music}

d-don
(Oregon)
Posted: Jan 31, 2012 - 11:38
 
 Cynaera wrote:

I'd like to hear YOU sing.  Once. We always expect so much from those who have success - as if we could do better.

Yeah, I can sing the hell out of "Needle and the Damage Done," and even play the guitar.  Doesn't mean I should.

 

Thank you!

Cynaera
(Oh, who cares?)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 17:09
 
 Art_Carnage wrote:
Easily my least favorite Neil Young song. The vocals are excruciating.
 
I'd like to hear YOU sing.  Once. We always expect so much from those who have success - as if we could do better.

Yeah, I can sing the hell out of "Needle and the Damage Done," and even play the guitar.  Doesn't mean I should.


AndyJ
(Oregon)
Posted: Dec 30, 2011 - 17:02
 
PLEASE... No More Neil Young... His whiny nasal style maybe/might have been/was cute 40 years ago... But now-? Not So Much-!

Mugro
(My body is in Dubai, but my broken heart is in Red Sox Nation)
Posted: Oct 28, 2011 - 08:59
 
Damn! Missed it!

On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet)
Posted: Sep 26, 2011 - 19:42
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
I still have the 45 of this I bought when it came out - Great Song!
 
Very cool. That's gotta be rare. (Now if only it had a picture sleeve . . .)



DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 07:10
 

I still have the 45 of this I bought when it came out - Great Song!

iTuner
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 07:09
 
This song just says it all to me.

I usually listen to songs for their music, I listen to this one for the lyrics. 

coyote620
(Near the river, USA)
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 07:07
 
Beautiful!

redmachine
Posted: Aug 26, 2011 - 07:03
 
Big Friday afternoon smile here!!!

rkhammer
(NoCA)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 09:55
 
First released 1969...composed 1964.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 09:51
 
 derekd wrote:
Not a Neil Young fan (think it's a generation thing). But I have to say, I like this and am glad RP exposed me to it.
 

Don't ever let a "generation thing" get in the way of appreciating beautiful art.

RobRyan
(Canyon Country, CA)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 09:50
 
Neil, Neil, Neil... when he's good (like here) he is SO fantastic. When he's bad.... oy.

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Jun 24, 2011 - 09:49
 
God, I love RP.  First PJ emulates acoustic Neil and then....{#Angel}

sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Apr 22, 2011 - 04:44
 
 jgeyer wrote:

Isn't coke just an attempt to regain the joys of youth?

 

Touche'! So maybe we are both right!{#Lol}

jgeyer
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 15:58
 
 RedGuitar wrote:

I thought it was celebrating the joys of youth or something akin to that.  Coke?  I dunno...

 
Isn't coke just an attempt to regain the joys of youth?


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 15:57
 
 soulcollision wrote:
neil young makes everything ok for me...
 
Well-said. {#Clap}{#Sunny}

Art_Carnage
(DeepintheheartofTexas)
Posted: Mar 21, 2011 - 15:56
 
Easily my least favorite Neil Young song. The vocals are excruciating.

RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 14:54
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

I am sure someone has answered below, I will peruse down later. I think this song is about Cocaine, though, am I right?{#Stupid} Oh, great freekin song BTW!{#Music}


 
I thought it was celebrating the joys of youth or something akin to that.  Coke?  I dunno...


toterola
(Further)
Posted: Dec 17, 2010 - 14:54
 
 sirdroseph wrote:

I am sure someone has answered below, I will peruse down later. I think this song is about Cocaine, though, am I right?{#Stupid} Oh, great freekin song BTW!{#Music}


 
No, the song is (strangely enough) about Young's becoming too old to gain entry to youth events in his home in Canada.

Joni Mitchell wrote "The Circle Game" as a reply to this, telling Neil it was alright to get older.

Or so the story goes.


sirdroseph
(Yes)
Posted: Oct 15, 2010 - 05:10
 

I am sure someone has answered below, I will peruse down later. I think this song is about Cocaine, though, am I right?{#Stupid} Oh, great freekin song BTW!{#Music}



soulcollision
(Vancouver, BC)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 10:34
 
neil young makes everything ok for me...

paulmack
(the hissing swamps)
Posted: Sep 13, 2010 - 10:33
 
"Now you're underneath the stairs and you're giving back some glares
To the people that you met and it's your first cigarette."

Somewhere I read once that Neil Young claimed that these were 2 of the worst lines he'd ever written, smack dab in the middle of one of his most classic songs. True or not, ever since, those 2 lines stick out like the lyrical sore thumb every time I hear this song. I can't NOT hear them, anymore. Aaargh!

DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 09:55
 
 On_The_Beach wrote:

3 for 3; you must be part Canadian, eh?  ; )
 
Actually yes, my great grandparents came from there in the 1850's


oldman
(Lost in Northern Virginia)
Posted: Aug 12, 2010 - 09:52
 
 buddy wrote:
Probably my favorite Neil song from that era (Neil Young Songbook 1 - 1966-1969).  It's like hearing a dream for this old guy.

Bill, on the headphones I'm hearing a vinal his - spinning the LP here?
 
tape hiss, old rust tape. That was present on the record as higher background noise, Reprise/Warner tended to use decent vinyl, most of the time.


calypsus_1
Posted: May 22, 2010 - 13:01
 

Its breakin my heart in two.. by `Obsidian-Fox
Scott Alexander  ©2007-2010 `Obsidian-Fox

Nikkor 35-70mm AF /2.8D
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Now that I've lost everything to you
You say that you want to start something new
And it's breaking my heart, you're leaving
Baby, I'm grieving
If you want to leave, take good care
Hope you find a lot of nice things to wear
Then a lot of nice things turn bad out there
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
It's hard to get by, just upon a smile
Oh, baby, baby, it's a wild world
I'll always remember you
Like a child, girl

You know I've seen a lot of what the world can do
And it's breaking my heart in two
Cause I never wanna see you sad, girl
Don't be a bad girl
Now if you wanna leave, take good care
Hope you make a lot of nice friends out there
Just remember there's a lot, I'd beware

Ive met Andre twice, the first time, he was merrily singing and playing "Sugar Mountain" - Neil Young..
If you want to hear, and see him, Granville and Georgia.. but if you take his picture, give him some change.. I dont think he would mind either way, but it sure cant hurt
by  Scott Alexander, http://obsidianfoxphotography.com/

.

derekd
(Just Visiting This Planet)
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 15:43
 
Not a Neil Young fan (think it's a generation thing). But I have to say, I like this and am glad RP exposed me to it.

sirdroseph
(Tokyo)
Posted: Apr 16, 2010 - 15:40
 
One of my fav Neil Young favs!{#Clap}

On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: Mar 16, 2010 - 01:33
 
 DaveInVA wrote:
One of the songs that had the biggest impact on me when I was young along with Leonard Cohen's Suzanne and Joni Mitchel's Circle Game...
 
3 for 3; you must be part Canadian, eh?  ; )



DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:37
 
One of the songs that had the biggest impact on me when I was young along with Leonard Cohen's Suzanne and Joni Mitchel's Circle Game...

(former member)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:21
 
 pauleywalnuts wrote:
More barn!! {#Clap}
 
HAHAH! I know that one!


steeler
(Perched on the precipice of the cauldron of truth)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:16
 

Wistful.



pauleywalnuts
(Springfield)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:15
 
More barn!! {#Clap}

(former member)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:15
 



Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.)
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:15
 
Just a great, lovely song. Long live N.Y.!

h8rhater
Posted: Feb 12, 2010 - 11:14
 
 Jules_Peters wrote:
please, stop playing this song. We're falling asleep.
 
You should deal with that narcolepsy problem you have.



the_music_junkie
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 15:55
 
Great classic tune that many of us grew up listening to.  {#Good-vibes}

songbirdfemme
(syracuse ny)
Posted: Dec 11, 2009 - 15:55
 
Love this, so fragile