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What is your Favorite Neil Young Song? |
Heart Of Gold |
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25% |
[ 12 ] |
Old Man |
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4% |
[ 2 ] |
The Needle And The Damage Done |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
Ohio |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
Southern Man |
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14% |
[ 7 ] |
Only Love Can Break Your Heart |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
After The Gold Rush |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
Helpless |
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2% |
[ 1 ] |
Cinnamon Girl |
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14% |
[ 7 ] |
Cowgirl In The Sand |
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8% |
[ 4 ] |
Down By The River |
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6% |
[ 3 ] |
Rockin in the Free World |
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10% |
[ 5 ] |
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Jumble Jowls Member
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 306 | TRs | Pics Location: now here |
Oh man. This is hard. It's really a tie between Heart of Gold, Old Man, and The Needle and the Damage Done. I voted for The Needle because it has so much depth. So much meaning. So much heart.
I remember when Old Man and Heart of Gold were released and hit the radio in the early 70s. Of course both immediately were among everyone's favorites. Really nice songs. But The Needle is just so much more.
I saw Neil Young in concert a few years ago. Maybe five years now, or a little longer. He sang The Needle, and it was a very special moment.
This is him live, I don't know when or where.
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Kascadia Member
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Wed Dec 15, 2021 7:33 pm
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Couldn't pick a fav, but this ensemble....................... the guy is feral.
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
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coldrain108 Thundering Herd
Joined: 05 Aug 2010 Posts: 1858 | TRs | Pics Location: somewhere over the rainbow |
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
Since I have no expectations of forgiveness, I don't do it in the first place. That loop hole needs to be closed to everyone.
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RichP Member
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Thu Dec 16, 2021 10:22 am
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Going way back. Mr Soul. Love how Neil steps in at 1:10 and takes over.
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JonnyQuest Member
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Without giving it too much thought, I'll just toss out a few more of my many favorites, beyond the obvious choices already mentioned...
- Thrasher (Rust Never Sleeps)
- Danger Bird (Zuma)
- Revolution Blues (On the Beach)
- Bound for Glory (Old Ways)
- Last Trip to Tulsa (Neil Young)
- White Line (acoustic version from Homegrown)
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Kim Brown Member
Joined: 13 Jul 2009 Posts: 6900 | TRs | Pics
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Needle and the Damage Done. When I was a kid, my friends and I listened to the album over and over; the record skipped in the middle of the song, and to this day, I still hear that skip - I still know exactly where that skip was.
Helpless; when I was a kid, I learned to play that on the guitar. I can't sing worth a flip, but I did anyway.
My friends and I played and sang Heart of Gold all the time; it's not my favorite, but I can still hear us, in my memory and in my heart.
While these may not be the best of the best, I love them for these.
Music is usually that way. You love a song or hate it because of the memory. Well unless it's Afternoon Delight, or a Wings song (pick any, esp. that idiotic Xmas song they do), or I Dig Rock & Roll Music or Sugar Shack; I hate those because they're incredibly stupid-sounding songs, and they did that all on their own with no help from any memory associated with them.
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"..living on the east side of the Sierra world be ideal - except for harsher winters and the chance of apocalyptic fires burning the whole area."
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Jumble Jowls Member
Joined: 16 Mar 2005 Posts: 306 | TRs | Pics Location: now here |
Kascadia wrote: | Couldn't pick a fav, but this ensemble....................... the guy is feral.
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Kascadia wrote: | Couldn't pick a fav, but this ensemble....................... the guy is feral. |
Feral is an understatement. This guy goes to a place nobody else can. A place of great centeredness and power.
Great vid. You can see it there.
You can also see that extreme of self-possession and intensity in others from time to time. I'm immediately reminded of Marc-André Leclerc (The Alpininst). He and Neil Young both had a similar type of power, just expressed differently.
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16097 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Love that song if you have ever been to small towns in north Ontario you understand beautiful but bleak. The song paints a perfect picture. Same as many towns in many places.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Brucester Member
Joined: 02 Jun 2013 Posts: 1102 | TRs | Pics Location: Greenwood |
I've driven all over this country listening to Neil Young!
I remember singing "24 and there's so much" more even before I was 24!
I'll be 54 in February...
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bk Member
Joined: 01 Jun 2012 Posts: 266 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Dec 26, 2021 10:08 am
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Get Out and Go Member
Joined: 13 Nov 2004 Posts: 2129 | TRs | Pics Location: Leavenworth |
Saw this interview with Neil Young on PBS. He's a pretty interesting well-spoken guy.
https://vimeo.com/768699045
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
"These are the places you will find me hiding'...These are the places I will always go."
(Down in the Valley by The Head and The Heart)
"Sometimes you're happy. Sometimes you cry.
Half of me is ocean. Half of me is sky."
(Thanks, Tom Petty)
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graywolf Member
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Thu Dec 14, 2023 5:34 pm
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MtnGoat wrote: | Unknown Legend |
Same here. Also, Harvest Moon.
The only easy day was yesterday...
The only easy day was yesterday...
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FiveNines Member
Joined: 01 Oct 2010 Posts: 528 | TRs | Pics
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I cannot say what is my favorite Neil Young song. I can say that Dale Crover is my 2nd favorite Neil Young.
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Wawhiker Member
Joined: 02 Sep 2010 Posts: 14 | TRs | Pics
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Sun Dec 17, 2023 6:28 am
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My go-to hiking song just happens to be my favorite Neil Young song - "Long May You Run"
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Snowshovel Member
Joined: 05 Apr 2021 Posts: 256 | TRs | Pics
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Re-act-or and Hawks and Doves are often ignored. I like those albums and his gutter phase.
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