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a piece i wrote that discusses Neil Young's "Tired Eyes": http://walkingthelongmileshome.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/peepshow-creature-where-did-you-get-those-eyes-a-song-for-4-different-kinds-of-eyes/

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13 days ago

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14 days ago

.....what

15 days ago

try listening to live rust or rust never sleeps, both live albums from his crazy horse days and i think you'll see where i'm coming from.the needle and the damage done does it for me.Zuma was a crazy horse album where on the beach was solo.if your in a on the beach vibe try hawks and doves, though i prefer re-act-or

17 days ago

I'm not familiar enough with his work, or his work with Crazy Horse, to form an opinion on that I guess. All I know is that Zuma might be my favorite. Tonight's the Night is fucking great, Harvest is a classic, and as I said before, I'm really digging On the Beach. So that's up in the air for me.

17 days ago

Bandit is an epic song!

last month

bit of an open discussion on neils influence on the punk scene,for me neil wanders off into country,country and western too much as a solo artist.i think crazy horse brings out the best in him, that's just my personal opinion.

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i don't know what you guys are talking about, but I just picked up On the Beach and it's great.

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not sure that influences from previous bands are always the case,it is possible to simply re-invent and come up with things attributed to other artists but found through different roots.interesting u mention the mc5 coz they were invented and had unfocused aggression like the pistols on stage.certain things make sense at certain times,so i believe that not all music is influenced by obvious comparative artists, the just got to the same idea as one another.any hoo time to call this to an end as in my experience we'll get flack for taking up the' shout box space'.ha ha

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it is true that proto punk was labelled only after punk emerged to the rock scene and it was considered as garage rock before. early punk artists may claim that they have created something original thats not hugely influenced by the black music... which rock n roll and it's sub genres such as hard rock, psychedelic, metal etc clearly were and punk community took pride in that it came mainly from the white (trash culture), but fact to the matter is... everything has been influenced by the previous generation and it would be foolish to deny that. i would find hard to believe if any of the members from pistols hadn't been exposed to the likes of the stooges or mc5 prior to forming the band

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its funny, those sixties bands you mention -never heard of punk, a name that basically was put on them after the punk scene had happened.we like to give everything a genre,mostly based on our perceptions.the mid seventies punk scene has to be our starting point though,which was why i called it a british phenomena.bands that came later were a progression and although embracing the early ideals they took things off to levels not concidered in those early days, albeit a natural progression,thatcher and her govt ,'the establishment were really the only focus back then. as for kurt well probably closer to punk than neil-but again same values coming in

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certainly not saying his influence was a major one in the punk scene but u can't say that he had absolutely none. ofcourse the style of music is completely different so its a no brainer that if i wanted to argue where punk came from, i would mention the early proto punk or garage bands in the 60s. where is the fine line between punk and its sub genres? kurt considered his band as a punk band and didn't see it as alternative or grunge. goes same for nowave bands, post punk bands in that era. many artists in this genre pointed neil as an influence even though it was a minimal influence, it is one nonetheless. not talkin only about the early punk scene here which u seem to be getting at

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just to clarify ,i am a fan of neil's but more his crazy horse stuff, not a folk or country and western fan.i lost interest with the punk movement when bands progressed into vegetarianism,feminism etc as i'm not a believer in forcing people into extreme views .i also think that when you complain that you need a constructive' alternate solution, and not just say 'its wrong and i want anarchy,as such

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Sorry bro, i think you overrate his influence completely.It is true that the so called second coming of punk became very much the same as the hippie movement in a lot of ways,eg vegetarianism feminism,peace etc but with a fuck you attitude, but neil really had no influence of this.if anything the punk culture, in the beginning was against the hippie culture ,but became the new hippies in some ways. bands like the ramones,new york dolls were the inspiration.they were rebelling against the music industry promoting long 'boring songs' and wanted to get back to the three minute tunes like mowtown had.Malcom maclaren picked up on this but gave it ,its own style, coz the ramones looked like bikers. So he and his partner could sell clothes hence 'the great rock 'n' roll swindle.much as i love neil the early punks hated his style of music. it was the pistols that were focused against thatcher originally, the others followed.

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what i meant was punk not as a genre but the punk itself. kayto as you would know who lived in that era, punk became a culture which was more than a genre of a music. it was the attitude that neil had towards the punk which not many from his hippie generation appreciated it, but rather got offended by the whole punk culture and saw it as a threat. the infamous tonights the night tour he did in the uk after the album release couldn't get more punk which reminds me of johnny rotten's on stage persona which he might have got influenced by. he collaborated in the early 80s with bands such as devo and later with sonic youth and they were all influenced by neil which speaks the volume imo. but as for the music genre, i forgot to mention he also influenced post rock scene in the 90s.

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i don't think i ever really 'got' neil young till i heard this. might have posted it before but i think it's worth another post. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzeYdkSr8s

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neil young will save the world

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THE KING[2]

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THE KING.

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what we now percieve as punk was english.ramones and bands like the new york dolls predate the pistols,yes,but the look and style was created by malcom mclaren (albiet hijacking styles in music, from those bands, to sell clothes from a store he had interests in with vivian westwood-the great rock and roll swindle .anyhoo my point is this neil young hasn't to my knowledge made a punk record.i lived with the punks around camden town in the 70's and we were very much against thatcher and her idea's, and yes the crass were definitely an influencing band followed by a second wind of bands like the mob.punk was more of a political statement than a particular type of music, but the pistols (a boy band ) were the focus and are who now define punk in the majority of peoples minds rightly or wrongly my friend ginsoakedpriest .also i'm not trying to say that neil young hasn't been influentual,or a great artist, just not punk rock.

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I disagree, for one thing punk was not an English phenomenon, its roots were TransAtlantic. Punk predated Thatcher and her terrible policies. Personally I think Crass were the true rebel ious voice against Thatcherism not the 1970's punks like the Clash or Sex Pistols. .I'm not a big Neil Young fan but do see his influence in 1980's to present day alternative bands

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mmmm neil the rock guru,in no way has neil young come up with anything punk.yes he tips his hat to it but punk was and still is an english phenomenon.it was a rebellion against thatcher and all she stood for,only the pistols really played what is now recognised as punk,clash were a white reggae band.please back up your statement with an album released by neil that is classed as punk ?? still a great artist though

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American Stars 'n Bars is really, really good. Talk about artists fulfilling their early promise.

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Cortez The Killer

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LIVING LEGEND!!!!

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yeah he's pretty good [2]

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10 albumes que nunca fueron lanzados -> http://esonosoy.blogspot.mx/2013/04/especial-10-albumes-que-nunca-fueron.html

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Old man, look at my life i'm a lot like you were.

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yeah he's pretty good

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and finally talking about underrated albums, thats what neil get treated bit unfairly in my view where as with dylan, u know he is the golden boy of rolling stone for a very long time ever since their first publication and their fandom for him. since rolling stone is the biggest critical influence in the rock scene, its very easy for them to make people think and to go along with the flow that they create, and u see that time and time again with their stupid reviews(u see countless times where they change their own reviews with different scores). only a few critics that i respect from rollingstone has bit of knowledge of rock and other genres, guy such as david fricke. u see many of current dylans albums are good but arent really good enough for a perfect score if u compare to as those albums back in the 60s or 70s and u still see rollingstone giving him 5/5, which means its a masterpiece and i strongly disagree with that along with many other critics outside rollingstone magazine

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even albums like Re-ac-tor or Trans which everyone wrote off at the time when it came out and fans thinking neil was out of his mind,, i still think its very underrated along with his other works. u can see Neil has really pushed his own boundaries there and u feel his appreciation of the current flow of music at the time(which was new wave and post punk) which he still does now(look at the bridge concerts and see the list of artists his inviting... u get the grasp he still keeps in touch with current generation of musicians) Even when punk took over the whole music scene and everybody at the previous generation felt bit threatened by it(especially prog aritists) Neil didnt take their attitute as being offensive at all but rather he encouraged them and liked the fact punk artists were taking rock to a whole new direction(u can hear the appreciation in his lyrics of my my hey hey and later he confessed in an interview as well, which john lydon liked too in a later interview)

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i respect and love some of dylans work and those albums u mentioned, i have listened to them long time ago so i may check again(btw new morning is one of my fav along with blood on the tracks) but i saw even great artists trying new direction(going to other genres) to escape from their idle status and fail big time. With neil, when he takes on other genres, he makes that genre look like hes been doing it for years with his own unique way time and time again. he doesnt give a shit about commercial failure or even from the critics, hence thats how the ditch triology(also known as doom triology, not many records in the mordern era can have such a devastating power to it) came out. if u think about the genres he covered and made it absolutely his own it is just incredible...blues, folk, hard rock, country, rockabilly, grunge, alternative rock, trans, new wave,punk...i mean the list goes on and u never feel that neil is trying something out of his comfort zone but really blends in well

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And that's not to say a word against the quality of Neil's incredible, incredible output; I'm with you there! I mean only to protest what seems to me an inaccurate evaluation of one particular facet of the two respective artists.

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More musical diversity than Dylan? Hmm, I don't know about that. There's the genre-hopping, true, but for the most part you can pretty reliable count on an album of his being either folky acoustic Neil, badass electric Neil, just plain weird Neil, or some combination thereof. All wonderful modes, no doubt. But go ahead and listen to the albums from New Morning through Empire Burlesque in order and THEN tell me that Neil has more musical diversity! It's true that Neil's most famous albums show more diversity than Dylan's most famous albums; but those records alone don't make a catalogue.

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What can I say, as a solo artist Neil is the greatest of all time Period. More musical diversity than Dylan is why I put above him with emotional lyrics that just pierces through my soul

March 2013

The publicly available (either by future-release or later live rearrangements or solo performances) songs from Homegrown are stunners. With the live tracks, I can only imagine the power of their being recorded in 1975 with a Tonight's the Night/On the Beach vibe. Seems like the Ditch Trilogy was a Ditch Tetralogy all along. Bring on the album, Neil!

March 2013

Great singer-songwriter. Btw, his siter - Astrid - is talented too.

March 2013

I'm deep into Dylan at the moment—my first run through the guy's (astonishing!) discography—but whenever I swing back into Neil, it feels like home.

March 2013

@DavidSmith98: On the Beach is an incredible album and currently my favourite. It's tone is very different from Harvest and after The Gold Rush, but you owe it to yourself to give it a listen. And I'm sure you know by now that Neil Young is an artist who is never afraid to experiment, or get too comfortable in one style

March 2013

Weld is awesome !

March 2013

So inspiring. Such an extensive discography and diverse career. My father and I would get a different record from him every month, and no matter what era of his you happen to be listening to, he writes instant classics.

March 2013

How good is that!

March 2013

My My, Hey Hey + Rock'N'Roll can never die!

March 2013

i listen to rust never sleeps when i'm sad cuz it feeds my sadness, but when it reaches powderfinger i suddenly become happy

March 2013

on the beach anywhere

March 2013

Neil Young is fucking great, i'm a cool cat.

March 2013

xD

March 2013