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atari 2600 · 04.28.2006, 05:39 PM

Hear from Mr. Young himself

in a
CNN interview on Showbiz Today from 4/18/06
http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5971A2B15084548A
lo-res .avi video 13.2 MB

I realize that the song "Let's Impeach the President" isn't as well written as many of Neil's songs, most notably the CSN&Y protest classic, "Ohio"* or After the Goldrush's pointed "Southern Man" . He is the author of some of rock's most compelling lyrics. Don't make me make a list. This is also the man, however, that wrote the abysmal song "Albuquerque" from his otherwise very great & very dark bare-bones Tonight's the Night album. As much as I love Neil, he does have a tendency to "git R done" when it comes to most of his song lyrics & his music lately. That doesn't mean there isn't a lot of brilliance right alongside the mediocrity though. Prairie Wind contains some incredible pieces that saw Neil harkening back to form. Living With War sounds more like one may expect a more recent Neil Young record to sound like. "The Restless Consumer" has a sweet short solo & "Shock & Awe" is a rather pleasingly congealed jam. "Families" has a sonic teaser outro but the drums & the "U.S.A." harmonies are grating. "Lookin' for A Leader" is lyrically very clever & muses about a woman or black president with a nod the the chance that God is a woman or black; the music is great. "Roger & Out" is a tasteful power ballad. All in all, the harmonies & the lyrics aren't his best, but Living With War is a good album, it's just (like Prairie Wind but much moreso) uneven. I'm sure the material live is expanded & incendiary Neil as always. The structures on the album aren't anything terribly new. But that's rock n' roll. Watch the interview. Neil gets around to speaking his mind pretty well by the time it's over.

shouldn't bucklebone have posted this topic in Non-Sonic Sounds?
oh, but that's right...with bucklebone (jfreimark) being a flamer & all, of course that's why it appeared in this section after the other topic about the impending Bush impeachment.
The story is slowly spidering out; strange how not a peep of this has been heard on the major news networks (oh wait...that's right, Bush/Cheney are in office, so it's not that strange after all...)
http://news.google.com/news?q=bush+impeachment&hl=en&lr=&rls=DVXA,DVXA:20 04-32,DVXA:en&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title

Be sure to catch Paul Greengrass' United 93 which premieres today in theaters. It's done in a stripped-down & appropriate mock-documentary style ike his exemplary 2002 film Bloody Sunday.

clockwise from top:
Sandra Scheuer, 20, killed by rifle fire at 130 yards
William Schroeder, 19, killed by rifle fire at 130 yards
Allison Krause, 19, killed by rifle fire at 110 yards
Jeffrey Miller, 20, killed by rifle fire at 90 yards
http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm
*Kent State University Kent, OH May 4, 1970

04.28.2006, 05:39 PM	#31
atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,213	Hear from Mr. Young himself in a CNN interview on Showbiz Today from 4/18/06 http://beta.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=5971A2B15084548A lo-res .avi video 13.2 MB I realize that the song "Let's Impeach the President" isn't as well written as many of Neil's songs, most notably the CSN&Y protest classic, "Ohio"* or After the Goldrush's pointed "Southern Man" . He is the author of some of rock's most compelling lyrics. Don't make me make a list. This is also the man, however, that wrote the abysmal song "Albuquerque" from his otherwise very great & very dark bare-bones Tonight's the Night album. As much as I love Neil, he does have a tendency to "git R done" when it comes to most of his song lyrics & his music lately. That doesn't mean there isn't a lot of brilliance right alongside the mediocrity though. Prairie Wind contains some incredible pieces that saw Neil harkening back to form. Living With War sounds more like one may expect a more recent Neil Young record to sound like. "The Restless Consumer" has a sweet short solo & "Shock & Awe" is a rather pleasingly congealed jam. "Families" has a sonic teaser outro but the drums & the "U.S.A." harmonies are grating. "Lookin' for A Leader" is lyrically very clever & muses about a woman or black president with a nod the the chance that God is a woman or black; the music is great. "Roger & Out" is a tasteful power ballad. All in all, the harmonies & the lyrics aren't his best, but Living With War is a good album, it's just (like Prairie Wind but much moreso) uneven. I'm sure the material live is expanded & incendiary Neil as always. The structures on the album aren't anything terribly new. But that's rock n' roll. Watch the interview. Neil gets around to speaking his mind pretty well by the time it's over. shouldn't bucklebone have posted this topic in Non-Sonic Sounds? oh, but that's right...with bucklebone (jfreimark) being a flamer & all, of course that's why it appeared in this section after the other topic about the impending Bush impeachment. The story is slowly spidering out; strange how not a peep of this has been heard on the major news networks (oh wait...that's right, Bush/Cheney are in office, so it's not that strange after all...) http://news.google.com/news?q=bush+impeachment&hl=en&lr=&rls=DVXA,DVXA:20 04-32,DVXA:en&sa=X&oi=news&ct=title Be sure to catch Paul Greengrass' United 93 which premieres today in theaters. It's done in a stripped-down & appropriate mock-documentary style ike his exemplary 2002 film Bloody Sunday. clockwise from top: Sandra Scheuer, 20, killed by rifle fire at 130 yards William Schroeder, 19, killed by rifle fire at 130 yards Allison Krause, 19, killed by rifle fire at 110 yards Jeffrey Miller, 20, killed by rifle fire at 90 yards http://www.thrasherswheat.org/fot/ohio.htm *Kent State University Kent, OH May 4, 1970
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