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| radiojunkie (a sleepy bordertown (NY/CT)) | Posted: Apr 03, 2005 - 22:29 As someone who is continually amazed by all the people who whine on here about not being able to stand Neil Young's voice, this may sound strange and totally hypocritical, but -- And I can't fathom how people can say he sounds "just like" Neil. He sounds NOTHING like Neil! Neil's voice on the original of this song is almost painfully sad and naive at the same time. This guy just sounds like some drunk slurring the lyrics. Feh! |
| 4999thnewuser (london) | Posted: Mar 20, 2005 - 04:52 I liked this a lot, a poor recording, but that doesn't detract from the beauty of the oringal song and the lovely performance that seems to be true to the spirit of the work. or to be more succinct I think its great |
| softjeans (Upper Ojai, CA) | Posted: Mar 05, 2005 - 11:06 greenplasticboy wrote: wow - pretty harsh comments hahahaha. well i guess bill or rebecca (maybe both) liked it enough to add without any LRC votes at all. although thom yorke rarely covers anything like this, it was at the Bridge School Benefit Concert (organized by Young and his wife) so that's why he covered it, before he played this he said "This is piano is Neil Young's Piano, and this piano is making me do this..."
i thought it was a good cover. :-k well maybe my second upload will make people happier... Thanks so much for uploading this! I thought it was a great performance ...Yorke could have played it safe with any number of Radiohead hits, but he went way out on a limb, performing a difficult classic with no support but an old beat-up piano...it's so much easier to ridicule than it is to listen...where the heck did you find this recording? |
| redeyespy (SoFL) | Posted: Mar 05, 2005 - 10:57 I like. Thought it was The Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne at first, though. |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 16:49 sans wrote: this is from "Bridge School Benefit," a special school Neil's son attends
Thanks, after all the years of hearing about the concerts I never bothered to find out what the school was all about : (click here) Now I know. |
| Coppertop (San Diego, CA) | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 16:45 And so is Thom Yorke :) |
| sans (Philly) | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 16:45 this is from "Bridge School Benefit," a special school Neil's son attends |
| Gish05 (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Feb 18, 2005 - 16:43 Thom Yokre is so awesome. |
| Frawg (Maine) | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 05:55 Margo is how it is spelled dimwit. Oh yeah, Timmins also. BTW - they (Cowboy Junkies that is) have not covered "After the Goldrush". Some other Neil Young tunes to be sure, but not this one. s Gregorama wrote: ... I kind of agree with Arbiter, but at least it's a faithful cover. Better than the whiney Margeaux Timmons covers. |
| DrLex (Belgium) | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 05:12 Indeed, I really thought this was Neil Young. By the way, this sounds pretty weird on headphones, as if it was recorded in one of those 'Dixi' portable toilets next to the stage.  |
| yashpheh (Rotown, Paesi Bassi) | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 05:02 please make it stop! |
| physicsgenius | Posted: Jan 20, 2005 - 05:01 Terrible singing but at least we can barely hear it. |
| greenplasticboy (Pittsburgh, PA) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 19:34 wow - pretty harsh comments hahahaha. well i guess bill or rebecca (maybe both) liked it enough to add without any LRC votes at all. although thom yorke rarely covers anything like this, it was at the Bridge School Benefit Concert (organized by Young and his wife) so that's why he covered it, before he played this he said "This is piano is Neil Young's Piano, and this piano is making me do this..." i thought it was a good cover. :-k well maybe my second upload will make people happier... |
| ecorunner (Harrisburg, PA) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:28 fair version of an absolute classic tune....very sad lyrics though. Well, I dreamed I saw the silver Space ships flying In the yellow haze of the sun, There were children crying And colors flying All around the chosen ones. All in a dream, all in a dream The loading had begun. They were flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home in the sun. Flying Mother Nature's Silver seed to a new home........................................ |
| slott (Ugerløse, Denmark) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:27 Sorry dont like Niel in the first place - but this is even worse. |
| ANNE_MARIE (The Ozarks) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:26 greenplasticboy wrote: whoooo my first upload - hope you all enjoy this great neil young cover by one of the best artists of our time!
A BIG THANK YOU from a major fan of both! and thanks for playing it R&B! now that's a impressive first upload...imho.  |
| Yashure (Land of 10,000 flakes) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:25 greenplasticboy wrote: whoooo my first upload - hope you all enjoy this great neil young cover by one of the best artists of our time!
hope your second upload is better than the first... |
| Cyclehawk (Athens GA) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:25 Nice, but would rather hear someone add their own twist or arrangment when covering a song, even if they're not that successful in the process. This sounds pretty much like Neil. |
| Bruceg (Raleigh/Durham NC) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:24 pretty nice. what CD is it off of? |
| Yashure (Land of 10,000 flakes) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:23 In the immortal words of Hank Hill "just kill me now!" |
| Gregorama (Austin, TX) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:23 I thought it was Radiohead. Looked it up and he is the Radiohead guy. I kind of agree with Arbiter, but at least it's a faithful cover. Better than the whiney Margeaux Timmons covers. |
| Pyro (Between a rock and a hard place) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:23 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: What's the point? It sounds just the same as Neil. I never would have guessed it was a cover.
Edit: ...Sounds like him, until his voice cracks. Numerous times. I thought it sounded like Neil, too...a version I had never heard. If I gotta listen to bad singing, I'd prefer the original. I have a lot of admiration for Neil Young (and own a lot of his music), but he really can't sing worth a damn. Drop this cover and play the original. |
| pksgorilla (Wellington, NZ) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:22 Agreed, adds nothing to the original |
| Shawneeo (Baton Rouge, La.) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:22 ArbiterOfGoodTaste wrote: What's the point? It sounds just the same as Neil. I never would have guessed it was a cover.
Edit: ...Sounds like him, until his voice cracks. Numerous times. What he said. |
| ArbiterOfGoodTaste (Seattle WA) | Posted: Jan 05, 2005 - 11:20 What's the point? It sounds just the same as Neil. I never would have guessed it was a cover. Edit: ...Sounds like him, until his voice cracks. Repeatedly. |
| greenplasticboy | Posted: Dec 31, 2004 - 16:21 whoooo my first upload - hope you all enjoy this great neil young cover by one of the best artists of our time! |