darth_taiter Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Is there really anything better than getting drunk by yourself and listening to obscure Neil Young songs on vinyl. I think not. So name your favourite Neil song that other people may not know, after all he is moving on 20+ albums. Live songs and covers qualify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Anything off of "Chrome Dreams" ... damn, now i wanna get drunk and listen to it Neil Young - Chrome Dreams (Rust Edition) Various Studio and Live - CD-R1 - TBA Tracklist: 01. Pocahontas 02. Will To Love 03. Star Of Bethlehem 04. Like A Hurricane 05. Too Far Gone 06. Hold Back The Tears 07. Homegrown 08. Captain Kennedy 09. Stringman 10. Sedan Delivery 11. Powderfinger 12. Look Out For My Love Bonus Tracks: 13. River Of Pride ('White Line', Unreleased Studio Version, 27 NOV 75) 14. Campaigner (Unedited, Unreleased Studio Version, Summer 1976) 15. No One Seems To Know (Live, Tokyo, Japan, 10 Mar 76) 16. Give Me Strength (Live, Chicago, IL, 15 Nov 76) 17. Peace Of Mind (Live, Chicago, IL, 15 Nov 76) 18. Human Highway (CSNY, Unreleased Studio Version, April 76) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 HitchhikerIf I was a hitchhiker on the roadand I had to count on youBut you needed me to ease the loadAnd for conversation tooOr would you just drive on through.You didn't see me in TorontoWhen I first tried out some hashSmoked some then and I'll do it againIf I only had some cashOnly had some cash.Then I tried amphetaminesAnd my head was in a glassTaped underneath the speedometer wiresOf my '48 Buick's dash.But I knew that wouldn't last.Then came CaliforniaWhere I first saw open waterIn the land of opportunityI knew I was getting hotterI knew I was getting hotter.But the neon lightsAnd the endless nightsThe neon lightsAnd the endless nightsThe neon lightsAnd the endless nightsThe neon lightsAnd the endless nightsThey took me by surpriseThe doctor gave me valiumBut I still couldn't close my eyesI still couldn't close my eyes.Then came paranoiaAnd it ran away with meI couldn't sign my autographOr appear on TVOr see or be seenSee or be seenOr see or be seen.Living in the countrySounded good to meSmoking grass while the summer lastsIn a real organic sceneWhere everything was greenEverything was green.Then we had a kid and we split apartI was living on the roadA little cocaine went a long long wayTo ease that different loadBut my head did explodeMy head did explode.I wish I was an AztecOr a runner in PeruI would build such beautiful buildingsTo house the chosen fewLike an Inca from Peru.If I was a hitchhiker on the roadand I had to count on youBut you needed me to ease the loadAnd for conversation tooOr would you just drive onwould you just drive onwould you just drive on through.Or would you just drive onwould you just drive onwould you just drive on through.(unreleased) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 "Vampire Blues" from On the Beach. Hands down; my favourite Neil ever.I'm a vampire babySucking blood from the Earth.I'm a vampire babySucking blood from the Earth.I'm a vampire babyI'll sell you twenty barrels' worth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 "Vampire Blues" from On the Beach. Hands down; my favourite Neil ever.I'm a vampire babySucking blood from the Earth.I'm a vampire babySucking blood from the Earth.I'm a vampire babyI'll sell you twenty barrels' worth.James McKenty And The Spades did a tasty cover of that last night at Zaphod's in Ottawa. (I think they've done it before, too; I'll try to dig it up.)Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 It's one of those songs with lyrics that could have been written any time in the last 50 years, and be equally topical. (30 years for sure.)I'd love it if you could score that for me Brad. You spoil me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 This may be blasphemy, but I find the recent Greatest Hits album real good just for kicking back and listening. In order to avoid the lynching I will also say that After The Gold Rush flows great from start to finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 It's one of those songs with lyrics that could have been written any time in the last 50 years, and be equally topical. (30 years for sure.)I'd love it if you could score that for me Brad. You spoil me.I checked the last few Spades shows I've uploaded, and can't see it in any of the set lists, but I'm sure I've heard them or somebody do it over the last bunch of months (because I recognized it, knew the title, and the original artist).I'll process last night's show after dinner this evening; it was a short (opening) set (less than 40 minutes), so it might be available quickly (he said, hopefully).Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Thanks to Kev's Cuts, I lovelovelove Don't Spook The Horse... I listen to it every day.Also, every weekend I pull out the old vinyl and listen to Harvest front to back and the Crazy Horse record. Gooood times. I have a ton of old Neil Young on vinyl but I always come back to those two albums.AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Maybe not that obscure, but one of my all time favourites is, Ambulance Blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Same album as my song! And I think it qualifies as obscure. On the Beach only came out on CD two years ago, and before that I had a helluva time finding a cassette. (Of course, once I did, I enjoyed it for a while and then gave it away to a young lady; stupidly and mistakenly thinking I could find another copy. Eventually, it came out on disc 9 years later!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esau. Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I transfered mine from vinyl to CD a few years back - well, I had it done for me as my turntable doesn't work. Guess I never thought of it as that obscure since it got so much play around here over the years. Awesome album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I sparked a discussion on this board earlier this year about Time Fades Away, the live album that was released between Harvest and On The Beach and has yet to be issued on CD. I actually ended up writing an article about the record for the last CFMU program guide.I have gotten drunk many a time and listened to this record since I got my hands on it. Hands down, my favourite song on the record, and perhaps now my favourite Neil Young song, is Don't Be Denied.Here's an MP3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 You two are just pissin' in the wind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 GoodRev, good call. I love that tune too. 'Oooooh friend of mine...' That's the moment where the song gets me.Contantines do a decent job of it, but then again so could any band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGoodRev Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 GoodRev, good call. I love that tune too. 'Oooooh friend of mine...' That's the moment where the song gets me.Man, this song gets me at just about every moment starting when the drums come in. The line "The punches came fast and hard/Lyin on my back in the schoolyard" is the big one for me. When the pedal steel comes in on the right stereo side, that's also killer.Contantines do a decent job of it, but then again so could any band.The Cons version is cool. The Bucks have been talking about doing it actually, we're going to try it in rehearsal next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Ordinary Peoplelyrics by Neil Young--------In a dusty town a clock struck high noon, two men stood face to face.One wore black and one wore white, but of fear there wasn't a trace.Two hundred years later two hot rods drag through the very same place,And a half a million peopleMoved in to pick up the pace, a factory full of people.Makin' parts to go to outer space, a train load of people.They were aimin' for another place, out of town people.There's a man in the window with a big cigar, says everything's for sale.The house and the boat and the railroad car, the owner's gotta go to jail.He acquired these things from a life of crime, now he's selling them to raise his bail.He was rippin' off the people.Sellin' guns to the underground, tryin' to help the people.Lose their ass for a piece of ground, rippin' off the people.Skimmin' the top when there was no one around, tryin' to help the people.He was dealing antiques in a hardware store but he sure had a lot to hide.He had a backroom full of the guns of war and a ton of ammunition besides.Well, he walked with a cane, kept a bolt on the door with five pit bulls inside,Just a warning to the peopleWho might try to break in at night, protection from the people.Selling safety in the darkest night, tryin' to help the people.Get the drugs to the street all right, ordinary people.Well, it's hard to say where a man goes wrong, might be here and it might be there.What starts out weak might get too strong, if you can't tell foul from fair.But it's hard to judge from an angry throng of hands stretched into the air,The vigilante people.Takin' law into their own hands, conscientious people.Crackin' down on the druglord's land, government people.Confiscatin' all the dealer's land, patch-of-ground people.Down at the factory, they're puttin' new windows in.The vandals made a mess of things, and the homeless just walked right in.Well, they worked here once, and they live here now, but they might work here again,They're ordinary people.And they're livin' in a nightmare, hard workin' people.And they don't know how they go there, ordinary people.And they think that you don't care, hard workin' people.Down on the assembly line, they keep puttin' the same thing out.But the people today, they just ain't buyin', nobody can figure it out.Well, they try like hell to build a quality end, they're workin' hard without a doubt,They're ordinary people.And the dollar's what it's all about, hard workin' people.But the customers are walkin' out, Lee Iacocca people.Yeah, they look but they just don't buy, hard workin' people.Two out of work models and a fashion slave try to dance away the Michelob night.The bartender poured himself another drink, while two drunks sat watchin' the fight.The champ went down, then he got up again, and then he went out like a light,He was fightin' for the people.But his timing wasn't right, for Las Vegas peopleWho came to see a Las Vegas fight, high rollin' people.Takin' limos though the neon night, fightin' for the people.And then a new Rolls Royce and a company car they went flyin' down the street.Each one tryin' to make it to the gate before employees manned the fleet.The trucks full of products for the modern home, set to roll out into the streetOf downtown people.Tryin' to make their way to work, nose-to-the-stone people.Some are saints, and some are jerks, hard workin' people.Stoppin' for a drink on the way to work, alcoholic people.Yeah Yeah, they're takin' it one day, one day at a time.Out on the railroad track, they're cleanin' up number nine.They're scrubbin' the boiler down, well, she really is lookin' fine.Awe, she's lookin' so good, they're gonna bring her back on line,Ordinary people.They're gonna bring the good things back, nose-to-the stone people.Put the business back on track, ordinary people.I got faith in the regular kind, hard workin' people,Patch-of-ground people.(unreleased) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 (edited) Apparently there's a verse in the liner notes of Don't Be Denied that didn't make it into the song.. Gonna dig it out tonight and see... edit. here's the missing verse Oh Canada We played all night I really hate to leave you now But to stay just wouldn't be right. Down in Hollywood We played so good Edited October 20, 2006 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 TIME OFF FOR GOOD BEHAVIORMy brother went to prisonHe's in Kingston doin' timeHe got seven years for sellin'What I've been smokin' all my lifeTime off for good behaviorBut the boy don't feel too goodLocked behind those steel barsI don't know if he shouldYeh a few years ago they called meBack home to get a big awardThey also called my brotherBut they made him say "My Lord"They locked me up in a Hall of FameAnd threw away the keysBut when they put my brother awayIt really did somethin' to meNow I'm guilty as hell for sayin'"Boy you better go back home"You know you'll get a fair shake thereWe're running all aloneWhen he called me up from the borderWith the Mounties on his tailI said go back to CanadaWe can raise the bailNow I get these lettersFrom a cell with no TVHe says he's outside one hourAnd inside twenty threeTime off for good behaviorBut the boy don't feel too goodLocked behind those steel barsI don't know if he shouldNow I'm guilty as hell for sayin'"Boy you better go back home"You know you'll get a fair shake thereWe're running all aloneWhen he called me up from the borderWith the Mounties on his tailI said go back to CanadaWe can raise the bailMy brother went to prisonHe's in Kingston doin' timeHe got seven years for sellin'What I've been smokin' all my life(unreleased) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanada Kev Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'm currently (and seemingly forever) reading SHAKEY ... Neil Young's biography. It's AMAZING!! I highly encourage any fan of Neil's to read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoneMtn Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Neil spells "behaviour" the American way; in a song that mentions an Ontario prison? Oh, Neil; you disappoint me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AD Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Or the site where the copy and paste comes from changed it... interesting to find out... anyone know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcO Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'm currently (and seemingly forever) reading SHAKEY ... Neil Young's biography. It's AMAZING!! I highly encourage any fan of Neil's to read it. it's among the best "rock" biographies out there. it is excellent! enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backbacon Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 The Dead Man soundtrack is pretty good. Basically just instrumental Neil grungy guitar soundscapes.I've really been loving the Broken Arrow album lately. It gets me all tranced out when driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 I'm currently (and seemingly forever) reading SHAKEY ... Neil Young's biography. It's AMAZING!! I highly encourage any fan of Neil's to read it.One of the best "rock" biographies ever written - I hope you continue to enjoy it!I have a hard time picking a favourite Neil Young song or lyric... but I have to admit that On The Beach is one of my favourite albums of all time. I remember taping it from my aunt's vinyl copy waaaaaaaaaaay back in high school. I was so happy when it was finally released on CD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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