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Neil Young

Thought I would share a few thoughts here.

Neil Young is again on tour, so I am again giving this artist some thought.

I remember reading an interview with Bryan Ferry where he said that Neil Young was one of his favorite artists. I thought this odd given the glam rock of Roxy Music. But he described Neil Young as a musical chameleon, always changing up his music and bands, which is why he liked him so much.

That quote stuck with me.  Buffalo Springfield, Laurel Canyon, Solo Acoustic, CSNY, The Shocking Pinks, The International Harvesters, Rockin’ In The Free World, and so on.  Always a new twist for Neil.  He really doesn’t stay stagnant.

Then, reading about his current tour it seems at every stop he is breaking out some long forgotten and unplayed live tune to keep his set lists interesting.  

I’ve never seen him live, and frankly don’t think I have that much interest in seeing him live.  Yet I own a metric ton of his recorded material.  I remember reading someone else who described Neil as a one string soloist when it comes to rock guitar playing.  That kinda stuck with me.

I do appreciate his approach to analog releases from his vast catalog.

Anyway, he is indeed a hall of famer.

pgaulke60
sns
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And so Neil can't speak freely until he gives all his money to charity, has to be the right charity of course. No more traveling to concerts or wherever, has to give up all earthly desires, give up ownership of his music.

 

So  now we have hypocrisy as the arbiter of censorship, well about 9/10ths of what i hear should be censored. 

sns
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And for those so fortunate to have a private life, perhaps we need a background check for instances of hypocrisy.

bolong
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Young would find it very chastening to do a tour in China along about now.

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rivington66
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I think I joined the wrong discussion. 

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jhconnor
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I WAS a huge Neil Young fan. I still love most of his older music. I've seen him a few times. Even saw The Shocking Pinks. Neil has the right to his political opinions but I have the right to choose not to support him any longer. I can still appreciate his music while feeling like he has crossed the line with me politically one too many times. Plus, I haven't found much of his more recent music to be that great. 

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