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Why Do You Love Neil Young?

Posted on 10/29/23 at 8:59 pm
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 10/29/23 at 8:59 pm
He’s a high tenored, quirky, raspy, surreal, deep thinking Canuck bastard and he captured the heart of America in the 70s. And he’s still putting out great material.

I love that Canadian son of a bitch.

What’s your favorite Neil album?
Posted by timbo
Red Stick, La.
Member since Dec 2011
7900 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:12 pm to
Ragged Glory
Rust Never Sleeps is also pretty damn strong. That’s got the perfect balance of both sides of the man: the great acoustic folk tunes and the primitive garage rock.
Posted by timbo
Red Stick, La.
Member since Dec 2011
7900 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:34 pm to
I’ve kind of lost track - not only is he still prolific, but his archives are cranking out albums too. But Psychedelic Pill was really good and “Help Me Lose My Mind” off of Colorado is a great tune.
Posted by TFTC
Chicago, Il
Member since May 2010
23305 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:34 pm to
On the Beach
Posted by RFK
Mar-a-Lago
Member since May 2012
2815 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:39 pm to
Ragged Glory is definitely in my top 3
Posted by Jiggy Moondust
South Carolina
Member since Oct 2013
1011 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:40 pm to
Synth album
Grunge album
Rockabilly album
Mans done it all
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
30983 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 9:54 pm to
Not really a great big fan of his, but he has a couple of songs that are downright fire.
Posted by Stan Switek
Member since Apr 2017
473 posts
Posted on 10/29/23 at 10:08 pm to
Tonight's The Night
Brilliant album from start to finish.
Posted by Tigris
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Member since Jul 2005
13080 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:15 am to
quote:

the great acoustic folk tunes and the primitive garage rock.


That sums it up pretty well. It took me a long time to come around to Neil Young but eventually it was impossible not to. The range from Harvest Moon to Powderfinger is impressive and he's a top tier songwriter (Heart of Gold, Needle and the Damage Done, After the Goldrush, Old Man...) that is uncompromising. Still, I don't listen to him in large doses; but he's absolutely one of the best.

Favorite album - Rust Never Sleeps
Powderfinger - favorite song.
Posted by Mo Jeaux
Member since Aug 2008
62622 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 7:21 am to
Plot twist: I don’t.
Posted by MorbidTheClown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
73929 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:46 am to
quote:

Why Do You Love Neil Young?


because he really seems to enjoy playing music

Hey Hey My My

Cinnamon girl


love his music. hate his politics. but, i can separate the 2.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 8:49 am
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
46922 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:53 am to
everybody knows this is nowhere

one of the greatest rock albums ever made and a huge influence on the music from the day it was released continuing on until today

Neil young is authentic. You get what you see and what you get is the most diverse body of work by a single artist in music history

Posted by Keep Stirring
Member since Sep 2016
2724 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 8:55 am to
I saw the Needle -- and he was right, the Damage was Done
Posted by VOR
New Orleans
Member since Apr 2009
67670 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:00 am to
He’s very, very authentic. Nothing phony about him. He’s written some great, iconic songs.
Posted by CharlieTiger
ATL
Member since Jun 2014
935 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 9:03 am to
Harvest will always resonate deeply with me. I was a senior in college when I first heard it(2002, so not like it was around the time it came out), but it was my last semester and I was just either constantly in class/studying or working with not much social time and I think I was actually depressed for the first time in my life.

I listened to it straight through for the first time and I don't know what it was, but I just connected to it on a very deep level. I wore that CD out for probably 3 months. Every time I listen to it, it brings back really intense memories from that short time in my life.

Outside of that, I'd probably have to say either On The Beach or After The Gold Rush.
This post was edited on 10/30/23 at 9:25 am
Posted by rebelrouser
Columbia, SC
Member since Feb 2013
12862 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 10:19 am to
His screed against Joe Rogan and Spotify boycott really turned me off. I never thought a hippy from the '60s would turn into a cancel culture, pro-censorship scared old man. He didn't even own the songs that were taken off spotify. Really pathetic way to end his career. He'll die soon and his songs will be placed back on spotify and he will always get that *censorship asterisk, but most won't know or care. Screw him and Joni Mitchell.
Posted by wareaglepete
Union of Soviet Auburn Republics
Member since Dec 2012
17739 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:07 am to
Don’t include me in the we.
Posted by STigers
Gulf Coast
Member since Nov 2022
3836 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 11:21 am to
Not gonna lie this is the first time I started paying any kind of attention to Neil Young
Pearl Jam
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
46425 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 3:11 pm to
My guitar teacher hated him
Posted by 88Wildcat
Topeka, Ks
Member since Jul 2017
16625 posts
Posted on 10/30/23 at 5:26 pm to
I'll take Live Rust and Weld over any of his studio albums.
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