tuned4life Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Neil has been in my thoughts and prayers alot these last 2 months. it really rocked me when i heard of his brain aneurysm. i was much relieved to hear that his surgery went well and that full recovery is expected. upon being released from the hospital he returned to nashville and finished recording his new album. im a little sentimental when it comes to Neil Young. weve been getting older together for a long time. i look forward to seeing him a 24th time. indications are that he wont be going on the road this summer but noone really knows. i don't count him out for a minute. on 3/11/04 i saw his soybean powered convoy pull out of cleveland ohio in a sleet storm on black ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshnich Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 You can't be twenty on sugar mountain Though you're thinking that you're leaving there too soon, You're leaving there too soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilbert Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Hey hey, my my.....Neil has got to be one of my favorites, no doubt. Never had the oportunity to see him, but would go in a heart beat if I had the chance. His eccentric and reclusive nature has always intriuged me. He is a true genius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daddy Dee Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Tuned4life, Thanks for the post of Neil Young. I hadn't been aware of his health problems. Good to hear an update and news on the man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 Seen him many, many times. First time in '74 with the whole gang, last time a couple years ago, again with the whole gang. He stole the show. He plays solo quite often at Merriweather Post Pavillion in Columbia, MD, just a few minutes from my house and I see him every chance I get. I hope he recovers fully and is back on the road in the near future. He's never dissappointed me in concert. I want to live I want to give I've been a miner for a heart of gold It's these expressions I never give That keep me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old. I've been to Hollywood I've been to Redwood I've crossed the ocean for a heart of gold I've been in my mind It's such a fine line That keeps me searching for a heart of gold And I'm getting old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mighty Favog Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 One of my older brothers is a die hard fan of Neil's. About 25 years ago through a cousin of a friend who knew soemone.....anyway, my brother, Paul, and his best friend, Steve, were invited to Neil's house to spend a week or so. They just had to get there themselves. Paul and Steve couldn't come up with the gas money to drive the old 68' Bisquane from Cincinnati to California and back, so they didn't go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I had no idea, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garymd Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 That's a once in a lifetime opportunity. I'm guessing they regret not selling their souls to make that trip! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckears Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 In any discussion with a new acquaintance about musical tastes and preferences, Neil Young will eventually come up as an artist whom I consider to be the true King... his library of material is absolutely staggering. I remember when Heart of Gold was released; it didn't blow everyone away like a lot of music of that era, it just had that certain sound... a terrific understated pop hit. At the end of the decade, when Rust Never Sleeps came out, he let everyone know what he thought of the seventies, picked up crappy disco and threw it out to the dogs where it belonged, and came up with what I still consider his benchmark album and sound. A lot of the playing around in the '80s had us raising our eyebrows (remember the Shocking Pinks?), but he always seems to bet back to that sound, whether it's an acoustic folksy ballad, or a guitar-thrashing ear-shredder... he's still the King to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzp Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I am currently reading "SHAKEY" Neil Young's biography by Jimmy McDonough. It is a must for every Neil fan. You will come away with a much deeper respect for the man called SHAKEY Regards, Patrick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travisc Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 "I want to lick the platter, the gravy doesnt matter, it's a cold bowl of chili when life lets you down but it's the neighbors wife I'm after". saddle up the polamino Neil was a big part of who I am. Damn thanks for the thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuned4life Posted June 1, 2005 Author Share Posted June 1, 2005 my grandmother let me tag along with my older brother to see the Buffalo Springfield. the next time i saw Neil was at the woodstock music festival. after the release of 4 way street i was a dyed in the wool Neil fan. i saw CSNY again in buffalo at Rich stadium in 1974 with Santana. from 1975 to 1999 he had alot of concerts in syracuse, rochester, buffalo, saratoga springs, toronto, cleveland, columbus and Boston. in 2000 my wife got us front row center seats for the silver and gold show in saratoga springs (the internet is a beautiful thing). since then there has been the CSNY 9/11 aftermath tour. front row seats again on 7/4/03 greendale in saratoga springs. front row seats greendale at the ohio state convocation center in cleveland on 3/11/04. i have met him twice. 1st time at the syracuse fairground where he signed my trans album. and again at the sound check before the silver and gold show in saratoga springs. that was probably the most memorable concert experiance to date. Chrisse hynde threw me her sweat band and i bellied up on the stage and got one of Neil's guitar pics. experiance of a life time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iwillwalk Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 i got to see him with pearl jam as his band they even recored an album as his band. also saw him on stage with pearl jam doing keep on rockin in the free world heal fast.......................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisK Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 My favorite Neil Young thought is remembering how great it was watching him play live with Pearl Jam. That SOB can flat out R-O-C-K!! Neil Young is also a well known advocate of analog recording and playback practices. He's been quoted many places making disparaging remarks about digital music playback. I'm paraphrasing (not to mention, probably fracturing and misquoting) a statement attributed to him I've seen on the web many times and in many places - analog sound is like standing under a cool mountain waterfall, digital sound is like getting ice poured over your head. I'd have to say I pretty much agree. Maybe not in as strong an opinion, but almost every album I own on both vinyl and cd sound noticeably better when playing the vinyl record. Thanks, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurch Posted June 1, 2005 Share Posted June 1, 2005 I also saw Neil Young in Saratoga Springs back when he was touring with the Shocking Pinks. The main set was just him, a guitar and a harmonica. It still gives me goose bumps. The Shocking Pinks came out for the encore and we promptly left! What a great concert though! But what was that funny smell in the air?!?!?!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgb Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Merriweather is one of my favorite places to go! Haven't been there for quite a while though, since I moved a couple hours farther away. NY is about as good as it gets. I still play his stuff to death 25 years after getting hooked on him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben. Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 I'm hearing a ton of Neil on the radio at work today. Hope nothing happened... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dodger Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Thanks for the thread. Relatives live next door to him. Heart of Gold is like seeing The Eagles last night. Was it yesterday or really thirty to thirty-five years ago? Want to believe Yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritz Posted June 2, 2005 Share Posted June 2, 2005 Neil has been in my thoughts too since hearing about his issue. It is interesting to read the group's collective recollections because I share so many of them. I, too, fell for him early - brother is 7 years older - and 4-way took me over the edge. I saw the same 74 tour GaryMD speaks of. August 1974, 4 hours and 20 minuts and Neil carried it in my mind as he did the MCI center 2 or 3 years ago with the other 3. I think his body of work is the most robust, diversified, and of the most consistently high standard over the last 35 years of anyone in R n R. There have been and are other quality songwriters, etc., but none have hit the mark in such longevity. He is true to his convictions. Neil is the best in my book. He can take me places no one else can. Gerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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