50 Reasons Why Neil Young's Music Matters
Bob Dylan, Neil Young & Eric Clapton,
Madison Square Garden, New York City - 1992
Not that we really needed any proof, but here are 50 reasons why Neil Young is the second most influential singer-songwriter of the 21st century still performing today.
Hopefully, you'll find it interesting. It's been a lot fun. Enjoy!
Six degrees of separation from Neil Young.
And Neil has some pretty cool friends, too.
Labels: collaborations, influences, musicians, neil young
posted by Thrasher Wheat @ 6/02/2014 05:29:00 AM
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this is a song i wrote finished lasr week for a Iraq Vet that made it home but killed herself after she got here. I am a Disabled Vietnam Veteran so Iwrite a lot of songs about this crap in the Iraqii quagmire.Hope Neil reads thisand somebody out there comes to D.C. jan. 27th with me aa whole shit load of other people to contact our congress people. Hoa Binh
Tom Sithtomsmithhoabinh@msn.com
Never seen Neil Young on concert, I was not going to see it, Neil Young tickets got sky rocked thanks to stupid brokers. But even if I had seen it, I wouldn't buy it. I'd rather wait and see it on DVD. Well suprise I changed my mind and I got 2 tix for the Neil Young show I was looking for tickets thanks god there sites like Ticketwood which work as comparators here is the site
Neil Young Tickets http://www.ticketwood.com/concerts/Neil-Young-Tickets/index.php . So any body going to the Neil Young concert ??
I had the pleasure of seeing Neil and the Horse at the Gorge in 1996, and it was a fantastic evening. I haven't seen Neil play since then, and had I been paying any attention at all that he was in Boise, ID I might have tried to get a ticket and driven the 2 1/2 hours to see him play. I LOVE the Heart of Gold movie, and if any of the live stuff nowadays approaches the quality of that, I'd be in heaven if given the chance to see it.
I didn't know there were links between Neil and Richard Thompson. I am a fan of Thompson's live stuff, and his site puts out a very, very good live disc called "Semi-Detached Mock Tudor" that I think is worth every cent if you like that kind of stuff!
That's a great list you posted. I would have to say that at least half of the artists on that list would qualify in my "favorites" category!
I've never been a huge Neil Young fan, but I will say that I do like a good amount of his music and respect him a whole lot more.
I think that he is very diverse, and most importantly, he sings about things that are important. He's not a musical parrot, like a lot of other musicians are.
I generally like Neil Young's earlier tunes from "After The Gold Rush" and "Harvest". He also wrote some good songs later on but as time has worn on he has become more musically inconsistent in the quality of his songwriting.
I have recorded my own version of "Don't Let It Bring you Down" which you can hear a sample of on my website.
I am a HUGE Neil and Crazy Horse fan. Everything that they did with David Briggs is so right on for me. Pure and honest and definitely NOT phony...haha...Just wanted to throw out a heads up to anyone that feels the same way about a new band that is really doing it for me right now called Blues and Lasers. They're a little bluesier, less melodic, and more rhythmic than the Horse, but they rock incredibly hard and get up into each other's faces when they jam just like the Horse. If you love the Horse and are looking for new music, look no further.
Please, listen to my music, i think you can like it. I'm from Argentina and i love rock music.
My blog is: http://www.renzosinisi.blogspot.com
Greetings!
I love Neil Young's music and I play many of his songs on my acoustic guitar. You can hear me on You Tube by searching WSD1952.
There's an uplifting version of "Don't Let It Bring You Down" — retitled "Castles Burning" — by the great musical interpreters Manfred Mann's Earth Band.
You can find the live video performance on RockPeaks.com along with a whole ton of Neil content.
I was happily stunned to hear this upbeat and inspiring version of the song "that's guaranteed to bring you right down." :)
peace,
Brian, fellow alumnus of Kelvin High in Winnipeg
Hey, this is Mitch Ballings. I live in North Dakota and I write songs for fun. I'm only 14 but i have a song on itunes called if she's got the time. I like to rock it out with my drummer jimbo and his dog. We go to his house and do pot and smoke weed trying to think of lyrics. It actually helps. I have wrote some other songs but they were fails, for examlpe, DEATH IN THE NIGHT, it was a fail. Ineeded a girl lead signeer but didnt have one so i had my gay friend do it. Anyway check out my blog if your interested.
Thanks,
Mitch
Neil Young rules! He inspired me to make this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I-TBSn1sqE&list=UUFRFcKM3kLVk3U-X42Y42jw
I don't understand what Neil is trying to say in these new lyrics about the USA. Let's see...
"The freedom to act and the freedom to say". Seriously? There are tons of countries this is true of, including Canada.
"You're the promised land. You're the helping hand"
This hasn't been true since the end of WWII.
"You're looking at one of the lucky ones. Came here from there to be free"
Like he wasn't free in Canada?!
Thoughts?
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