I been to at least 4 over many years. some with CS&N. The only one I didn't care for was Neil with the Blue Notes. The brass played on every song, and I did not think they were that good.
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Kinky Friedman.......Now that takes me back. Here's another Texas songwriter who I never felt got his due. Jamie McMurtry, son of Larry McMurtry (author of Lonesome Dove, one of my all-time favorite novels). I used to try to check him out every chance I got while I was visiting Austin.
One of the best songs ever written.......been to that big McDonalds on the Will Rodgers Turnpike many times. Don't have a 2nd cousin named Ruth Ann or Lynn though.....
One of the best songs ever written.......been to that big McDonalds on the Will Rodgers Turnpike many times. Don't have a 2nd cousin named Ruth Ann or Lynn though.....
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Same here. Saw one of the best and one of the worst concerts of my life there, and they were both by The Cure.
The first season they opened you could get a pack of 6 concerts for one b[g price. I had the seats in center row 4.
I saw many great concerts there.
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If I remember, at Great Woods I saw New Order, Peter Gabriel, Echo and the Bunnymen, Bryan Ferry, The Cure (twice), REM, and went to see the Psychedelic Furs, but it got rained out due to a leak in the roof over the stage. I'm sure I saw more, but the 80s were kind of hazy for me.
I know I won't remember them all...
Tom Petty several times (also with Bob Dylan)
Allman Brothers several times
James Taylor a couple of times
Jackson Browne
CS&N several times
Neil Young several times
Clapton
Sting (His Nothing like the Sun Tour. It was quite good}.
Santana with Robet Cray
I know there are more...
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I'm no expert when it comes to Rave music however here are some decent examples (including a new New Order "Rave" song). I started to run again and enjoy having a good music mix going...gotta be peppy! anything from Rave to punk to classic rock to ABBA. There isn't much I don't enjoy listening to.
I wish I hadn't looked up the name of the band Joy Division. And glad they reformed with a new name "New Order".
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seen neil so many times. 1st was 1978 rust tour at the old boston garden. love his bridge school benefits, all acoustic shows. love the horse
Steve Babineau (been taking photos of the Bs for over 50 years) took photos of the Bridge concerts. He had/has a Neil cover band.
I remember one photo of Steve with Neil many years ago at Mountainview Studio.
I always liked Neil..
Yeah, baby,
I'm sorry, I'll post the first of these until the day I die,
Hit "Watch on YouTube" if necessary,
On the Beach (Neil Young album) - Wikipedia
On the Beach is the 5th studio album by Canadian-American musician Neil Young, released by Reprise Records in July 1974. The album is the second of the so-called "Ditch Trilogy" of albums that Young recorded following the major success of 1972's Harvest, whereupon the scope of his success and acclaim became apparent; Young subsequently experienced alienation, and On the Beach was inspired by his feelings of retreat and melancholy stemming from it.
On the Beach is a folk rock[2] album exploring themes of anger, alienation, nihilism and cautious optimism. Looking back on the album for the liner notes to the Decade box set, Young wrote that the experience of releasing Harvest, which inspired the despaired themes of On the Beach, "put me in the middle of the road. Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I saw more interesting people there."
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What I’m about to write might rub some Neil Young fans the wrong way, but I gotta get it off my chest. Before I do, lemme just say that I’m a Neil Young fan, and a handfull of his albums are some of my all time favorites. Saw him in concert twice…
That said, when you look at his entire body of work, he’s one of the most OVERRATED artists in Rock History IMHO.
The stuff he put out through most of the 80s? Not good, and I think I’m being generous.. He rallied a bit in the early 90s, and then fell off a cliff again in the early 2000s and beyond. His newest record …..not a fan. And I wanted to like it.
That said, when you look at his entire body of work, he’s one of the most OVERRATED artists in Rock History IMHO.
The stuff he put out through most of the 80s? Not good, and I think I’m being generous.. He rallied a bit in the early 90s, and then fell off a cliff again in the early 2000s and beyond. His newest record …..not a fan. And I wanted to like it.
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Most of trade proposals seem to be a......
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That's fair.
I would only add that Neil did some good work in the 80s; you also have to keep in mind that he was being sued by David Geffen for failure to submit an album deemed sufficiently commercial enough to sell. I love 1982's "Trans;" it's hilarious;
His next album, "Everybody's Rockin,'" was, of course, a complete 180,
1987's "Life" has some good stuff on it, including one of my favorites, "Prisoners of Rock 'N' Roll," which simultaneously showcases Shakey's acerbic sense of humor and rips David Geffen,
[Verse 1]
People tell us that we play too loud
But they don't know what our music's about
We never listen to the record company man
They try to change us and ruin our band
[Chorus]
That's why we don't wanna be good
That's why we don't wanna be good
Whoa oh oh oh oh
We're prisoners of rock and roll
[Verse 2]
When we're jammin' in our old garage
The girls come over and it sure gets hot
We don't wanna be watered down
Takin' orders from record company clowns
[Chorus]
That's why we don't wanna be good (No no no)
That's why we don't wanna be good
Whoa oh oh oh oh
We're prisoners of rock and roll
[Outro]
Whoa oh oh oh oh
Prisoners of rock and roll
Whoa oh oh oh oh
Prisoners of rock and roll
Young finished the 80s with another personal favorite, "This Note's For You" ('88; the song, not the album; see above), and a pair of strong outings, 1989's "Freedom," and a splendid reunion with Crazy Horse, "Ragged Glory" (1990), which was the last Neil album I bought. Like the David Bowie project Tin Machine in its own very different way, Ragged Glory anticipated grunge by a good few years,
(Neil subsequently put out an album of unreleased material from these sessions, dubbed "Smell the Horse." Again, the title should tell you all you need to know about Young's silly sense of humor.)
In the event, I get where you're coming from and you're not wrong. If someone gave me a ticket I'd go see Neil. But I wouldn't purchase a ticket myself.
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Choctaw Bingo is one fantastic song. Lyrics are amazing and it has this bad ass beat. Love this song. Love it.
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I absolutely love Neil Young and have seen him live at least ten times. Acoustic, electric, Crazy Horse, not Crazy Horse, you name it. He's been great every time. He was even great on the Greendale tour, which was an abysmally awful rock opera-type concept. I had fun though, because I had ridiculous seats and was able to just be amazed by watching his guitar work up close.
But album-wise, and song-wise, he's put out so much stuff that the meh or downright terrible is by far the larger part of his work than the awesome.
In 1992, I "met" him by chance backstage at the old Garden on St. Patty's Day at one of the best U2 shows I've ever seen. He was wearing a fringed buckskin frontiersman outfit, and I remarked to my friend that there weren't too many people other than Neil who could ever get away with wearing it, but it seemed so perfect for him. He managed a grunt and a head nod our way, and that was that.
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