mauGR1 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, oldhippy said: I always thought that this song was dedicated to J. Rotten - Neil was the first (only?) established rock artist to understand Punk. I guess you may be right on the 2nd paragraph. "Hey hey my my" is the song dedicated to J. Rotten, while the other is for his friends, a roadie and a Crazy Horse member, who died of heroin. Not many people know, but Neil Young dared to compose and publish a song about Charlie Manson, despite being warned not to do it by his friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 12 minutes ago, mauGR1 said: I guess you may be right on the 2nd paragraph. "Hey hey my my" is the song dedicated to J. Rotten, while the other is for his friends, a roadie and a Crazy Horse member, who died of heroin. Not many people know, but Neil Young dared to compose and publish a song about Charlie Manson, despite being warned not to do it by his friends Could it be that Hey Hey and Rock n Roll will never die are the same song.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, oldhippy said: I always thought that this song was dedicated to J. Rotten - Neil was the first (only?) established rock artist to understand Punk. IMO it is a song about rock and roll. I am thinking He is talking about himself, "It's better to burn outThan to fade away " and the archetypical rock and roller J Rotted exemplifies this attitude. so this is not the story of Johnny Rotten But This is the storyof a Johnny Rotten A story of a Johnny Rotten the "a" being operative here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Give me 1 good reason - or even half a half baked reason - why nobody mentioned Cortez the Killer yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 6 minutes ago, oldhippy said: Could it be that Hey Hey and Rock n Roll will never die are the same song.....? Sure ! I thought that you were referring to "The needle and the damage done" ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saengd Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 An excellent CSNY, start to finish documentary here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 1 minute ago, sirineou said: IMO it is a song about rock and roll. I am thinking He is talking about himself, "It's better to burn outThan to fade away " and the archetypical rock and roller J Rotted exemplifies this attitude. so this is not the story of Johnny Rotten But This is the storyof a Johnny Rotten A story of a Johnny Rotten the "a" being operative here. Ah. a Rotten. Very much like the bible - not to be taken literally. (I don't believe in god, but if he exists, his name would be Neil) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samui Bodoh Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Afternoon All While I am Canadian and clearly a Neil Young fan, I am not up north and do not really need a club. Selecting a 'favourite' Neil Young song is, to me, like trying to decide which raindrop is wetter; the man is an overall genius. Period. However, ONE of my favourites is This Note's For You, taking a shot at all the corporate sell-outs. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 7 minutes ago, saengd said: An excellent CSNY, start to finish documentary here: I don't like the guy in the middle.... I will never forgive him for doing unmentionable things with the only woman I ever truly loved, Grace Slick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 2 minutes ago, oldhippy said: I don't like the guy in the middle.... I will never forgive him for doing unmentionable things with the only woman I ever truly loved, Grace Slick. Which One Pancho Villa or Choir boy? There are two guys in the middle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 9 minutes ago, oldhippy said: I don't like the guy in the middle.... I will never forgive him for doing unmentionable things with the only woman I ever truly loved, Grace Slick. My wet dream also (without the Jefferson Airplane dudes of course LOL) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 3 minutes ago, sirineou said: Which One Pancho Villa or Choir boy? There are two guys in the middle. Pancho even wrote a song about it, and Slick recorded it. And it gets worse: we are talking 3some.... 50 years ago to this day, I still feel the pain. (forgive me for going off topic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Grace Slick will for ever be my Cinnamon Girl.... and that romantic thought brings us back on topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Looks like The Neil Young Club is alive and well on Thai Visa, as it should be. So many great songs, so many wonderful melodies, folk, hard rock, what a talent. An ambulance can only go so fast. How I love that line from Ambulance Blues. I interpret it as meaning other people can only help you so much, it's really up to you. And Albuquerque. Unforgettable music. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Grace Slick, Marty Balin. This was one hell of a song by Marty, the video could be Canada! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhippy Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 And soon with his dual citizenship, he will vote The Orange One out of office. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mauGR1 Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 As a teen, i used to collect every album from Neil Young, when i listened to "Tonight's the night", i didn't like it so much, and i thought that he, and many others of that generation, was finished.. ..Big mistake ! Now i think that "Tonight's the night" is one of his best works, and he made some good music until recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rumak Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 another Jefferson Airplane song...... a favorite of mine . 40 years ago would play it loud and be slightly under the influence . sometimes a little more than slightly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bendejo Posted December 1, 2019 Share Posted December 1, 2019 Slim chance of an instrumental becoming a top 40 hit, and it's no secret to the musicians. Then one day, on the minibus doing a visa run between Ranong and Chumphon, listening to Cowgirl in the Sand, I realized it is pretty much an instrumental. I timed it. Didn't write down the exact figures but it came out to around a 9 minute song with about 1.5 minutes of vocals, at least the version I had. Great guitar playing, but never liked the lyrics. Used to be "hit singles" would have an instrumental break in the middle, then back to singing, then end of song. Sometime in the early '70s songs began to have instrumental leading to the fade out of the song, and I think Neil helped set this trend. If you don't know what I mean an example is the ending of Eagles' Hotel California. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mynah_Birds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ54 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 At first reading...... doesn't listen to music and knows all these great songs... is he gone bonkers. Turns to be a great thread and I’ll have save. Noe let’s speed it up a bit... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giddyup Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 One of his best, yet lesser known albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramrod711 Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 5 hours ago, DJ54 said: At first reading...... doesn't listen to music and knows all these great songs... is he gone bonkers. Turns to be a great thread and I’ll have save. Noe let’s speed it up a bit... Absolutely great song, I have it and the Thin Lizzy version on my MP3 player Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike123ca Posted December 2, 2019 Share Posted December 2, 2019 Canadian and listen to way too much Neil Young. Confuses the <deleted> out of my Thai neighbors when I play my favorite tunes. Sometimes, I need to return to my youth. Neil Young's music helps me find myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussiepeter Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Old Hippie beat me to it - I discovered the "Cortez" song about six months ago and play it, along with other Neil Young stuff, mostly Vietnam War era, most evenings when cooking my dinner. NCC - the car you had in 1971 was sold in Oz as the Chrysler Charger RT - cheap, very fast, but had bad handling. Collector car now though, worth mega bucks, if you can even find one for sale. An old gf and I went to the same NY concert in Sydney in 1986 two days in a row and during a break, he pointed to us and said, "these same two people were here last night, seated in the exact same two sxxt seats, so I must be doing something right". The seats were at the side of the stage - no-one wanted them. What a performer. His band that night were called "the International Harvesters". Amazing showman live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kickstart Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 Neil at his best ,one of many versions of the song ,but about the best . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannork Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 A hard rocker and a country boy all rolled into one. So many moving songs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 I went trough the whole thread and was surprised not one posted Harvest Moon Call me old fashion ,IMO no Neil Young fan club is complete without, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momofarang Posted December 5, 2019 Share Posted December 5, 2019 On 12/1/2019 at 8:11 AM, FannnyBoy said: Also, Neil Young played guitar in this recording, "Can't Find My Way Home". One of his best... Makes me think of Elon Musk, but a bit Younger. Who is this Neil Young anyway? Some singing Astronaut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirineou Posted December 6, 2019 Share Posted December 6, 2019 1 hour ago, sirineou said: I went trough the whole thread and was surprised not one posted Harvest Moon Call me old fashion ,IMO no Neil Young fan club is complete without, So I am listening to this song again and i dare you, I double dare you to listen to this song and not sing along Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyjustice Posted December 8, 2019 Share Posted December 8, 2019 It must be a Canada thing. A club just dedicated to Neil Young? Never heard of it. His music is good, but a club? Now if it was RUSH that would be another thing. ps. From Texas not the great white north. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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