Author Topic: Neil Young Appreciation (Read 29590 times)

Salacious B. Crumb · « **Reply #200 on:** December 12, 2012, 04:16:28 pm »

I see what you mean. I've seen lots of people who have been technically great on the guitar, even lots of buskers etc. But for creativity he's brilliant. And then his improvisation on stage, and the emotion that you mentioned, for me is unsurpassed. Best live act touring right now is Neil for me. I'm biased, but still. And as he's touring with Crazy Horse for the first time in a while, he should be sure to play the likes of Rockin In The Free World, Like A Hurricane, Powderfinger, Cowgirl In The Sand, Down By The River, hopefully Cortez The Killer too. Most of all I'm hoping he plays the Ragged Glory/Weld grungy stuff. If he plays Love and Only Love I'll be in my apple cart!

Gotta agree with Neil as well, 'Welfare mother make better lovers'

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #201 on:** December 13, 2012, 10:00:06 pm »

Quote from: FlashingBlade on November 13, 2012, 10:52:12 pm

Got the uncut link from me mate....must admit can't find it elsewhere...and type in Neil Young UK gigs on google and you just get a hundred ticket websites telling you they can get tickets ...for a concert that might not even be on!!

sorry for raising hopes...pissed off now..ah! well..heres hoping!

heres hoping indeed!! Whoo! Hoo!...mates got a gang of us tickets....for Birmingham...hmm...ah well.......Really looking forward to it.....and discovering what a night out in Birmingham is like!

flw · « **Reply #202 on:** December 14, 2012, 03:17:03 am »

Philedelphia for me is the most haunting and heart tugging song ever.Just an absolutely fantastic song, my favourite of all of his as is Springsteens Philidelphia , which brings a lump to my throat too for personal reasons.

RacerX34 · « **Reply #203 on:** December 14, 2012, 09:42:12 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Ncuu8MfBk

Sexy and he knows it.

Ron · « **Reply #204 on:** December 14, 2012, 09:58:15 am »

Quote from: RacerX34 on December 14, 2012, 09:42:12 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1Ncuu8MfBk

Sexy and he knows it.

CHOPPER · « **Reply #205 on:** December 21, 2012, 12:20:12 am »

Playing the O2 arena's next year. Crossroads land for me.

jackh · « **Reply #206 on:** April 27, 2013, 05:17:13 pm »

Any chance anybody's got knowledge of spare standing/general admission that are still available?

jackh · « **Reply #207 on:** April 29, 2013, 11:08:39 am »

Quote from: jackh on April 27, 2013, 05:17:13 pm

Any chance anybody's got knowledge of spare standing/general admission that are still available?

Should have said, for the Liverpool show...

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #208 on:** April 29, 2013, 11:10:33 am »

Quote from: flw on December 14, 2012, 03:17:03 am

Philedelphia for me is the most haunting and heart tugging song ever.Just an absolutely fantastic song, my favourite of all of his as is Springsteens Philidelphia , which brings a lump to my throat too for personal reasons.

Yes, an absolutely brilliant, moving song that.

Also a very ambitious musical setting from Mr. Young, who can often rely on tricks he already knows, with that one he hit it out of the park. Tried to learn to play it myself and failed miserably - how does he sing so bloody high?

Quaid · « **Reply #209 on:** April 29, 2013, 12:30:49 pm »

Quote from: jackh on April 29, 2013, 11:08:39 am

Should have said, for the Liverpool show...

I might have mate, I'm trying to find out now for you.

jackh · « **Reply #210 on:** April 29, 2013, 10:40:19 pm »

Quote from: Quaid on April 29, 2013, 12:30:49 pm

I might have mate, I'm trying to find out now for you.

Sound...thanks.

jackh · « **Reply #211 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:45:32 pm »

Finally managed to get hold of some tickets to see Shakey - there must have been some returns after the initial sell out.

Got my brother a ticket - don't know how deeply he's explored Neil Young's back-catalogue but he'll have two months two get in there after his birthday. Sorted his mate a ticket as well so it should be a cracking weekend.

Absolutely cannot wait.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #212 on:** May 25, 2013, 01:56:37 pm »

Quote from: jackh on May 25, 2013, 01:45:32 pm

Absolutely cannot wait.

Same here...off to Brum in a couple of weeks then Liverpool in August....

CHOPPER · « **Reply #213 on:** June 8, 2013, 10:19:45 am »

Getting them tummy tingles now. Can't frickin wait!

And it's not the runs either, before you ask.

CHOPPER · « **Reply #214 on:** June 14, 2013, 08:04:16 pm »

It's with a heavy heart(of gold) I post this. I so so wanted to enjoy this gig, but it just didn't do it for me - whether it was the arena, Birmingham, the slightly excessive endings, the national anthem bit - it just didn't rock my rocks.

I say this after seeing him 4 times previous and each time I've bathed in his extensive endings and feedback and loved every second of his eternal scrap to fight another tune out of his guitar, but this time, this time I think I missed the boat. *epic woe is me*

Maybe I have been spoiled too much in the past, which now, has left me feeling bad about myself, about not liking it as much as I should of.

Roll on the Echo Arena and for me to improve my! performance.... I guess?

Musketeer Gripweed · « **Reply #215 on:** June 14, 2013, 10:23:15 pm »

Well, I saw him last night in Glasgow, for the first time, and I thought the show was excellent. I man his age shouldn't be able to play that kind of set for two hours without a break. The 10 minute solo bit at the end of Walk Like A Giant did feel a bit uncomfortable though, but if he needed a wee break, fair play to him.

Los Lobos were the support band by the way. They played a slower version of La Bamba that was sensational I thought.

AnyGivenSunday · « **Reply #216 on:** June 17, 2013, 08:28:33 am »

Tonight's the night. Cannot bloody wait!

happydaze · « **Reply #217 on:** June 24, 2013, 09:52:24 am »

I went on a liitle tour of my own, to see Neils shows at Glasgow , Dublin & London.

The setlist was slightly fluid across the three shows...eg Heart of Gold played at Glasgow , Cortez the Killer the encore at Dublin.

Of the three shows , the crowd at the O2 London (millenium dome) really got into it, no noticeable clapping or signs of discontent during the 10mins or so of feedback that climaxes "Walk Like a Giant", and participated durning the extended "F*%Kin Up!". Maybe that was why their reward was 'Like a Hurricane' as part of the three song encore there.

I enjoyed all 3 shows, yes I am a fan , but you have to bear in mind when going to see Neil ,he can play anything from his vast catalogue of songs which spans so many genres of music.

Crazy Horse were ace btw, and I am certainly looking forwrad to seeing the Show at the Arena in August

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #218 on:** June 24, 2013, 12:56:04 pm »

Most acts would kill their own grandmothers for the chance to encore with any one of those three songs in fairness.

FlashingBlade · « **Reply #219 on:** June 24, 2013, 10:12:20 pm »

Quote from: happydaze on June 24, 2013, 09:52:24 am

I went on a liitle tour of my own, to see Neils shows at Glasgow , Dublin & London.

The setlist was slightly fluid across the three shows...eg Heart of Gold played at Glasgow , Cortez the Killer the encore at Dublin.

Of the three shows , the crowd at the O2 London (millenium dome) really got into it, no noticeable clapping or signs of discontent during the 10mins or so of feedback that climaxes "Walk Like a Giant", and participated durning the extended "F*%Kin Up!". Maybe that was why their reward was 'Like a Hurricane' as part of the three song encore there.

I enjoyed all 3 shows, yes I am a fan , but you have to bear in mind when going to see Neil ,he can play anything from his vast catalogue of songs which spans so many genres of music.

Crazy Horse were ace btw, and I am certainly looking forwrad to seeing the Show at the Arena in August

Did they start of with the god Save the Queen in Glasgae? like in Brum ( audable booing!)

If I'm honest I don't enjoy songs being dragged out, false endings etc, dont mind long songs and I found the feed back a drag when it hit the 15 minute mark( but it had been a long day!)...but the Brum gig was lots of drawn out endings which Im not a fan of, NY or whoever...saying that he is fucking awsome and this may be the last chance we get to see him live, for his age he cant half rock out, but he is sixty odd....Cant wait for Liverpool...and if your reading this Neil, Powder Finger, Cinnamon Girl and Hurricane to start with then its up to you for the rest of the set

please, I have my reasons for it but... · « **Reply #220 on:** June 25, 2013, 12:59:16 am »

Listening to Greatest Hits album. Fucking hell how good his music sounds.

swordfishtrombone · « **Reply #221 on:** June 25, 2013, 01:29:07 am »

Quote from: FlashingBlade on June 24, 2013, 10:12:20 pm

Did they start of with the god Save the Queen in Glasgae? like in Brum ( audable booing!)

Nah - he went for Flower of Scotland.

elbow · « **Reply #222 on:** June 25, 2013, 01:47:59 am »

Zuma is getting a lot of love in Casa Elbow at the moment. "Don't Cry Me No Tears", "Barstool Blues" and of course, the mighty "Cortez". Mind you, "Through My Sails" is probably my favourite Neil song at the moment, along with "See The Sky About To Rain" from On The Beach.

What a performer.

Euskadi · « **Reply #223 on:** June 25, 2013, 01:58:48 am »

legend top 3 favourite singers of all time.

happydaze · « **Reply #224 on:** June 25, 2013, 08:57:16 am »

He actually starts with the PA playing 'A Day in the Life' , and then plays the natiional anthem/song of the host country, so Flower of Scotland in glasgow (I asked the couple next to me what the name of that song was , just for a laugh like. Got killer looks back!!!...)

Dublin , being an outdoor gig , he didnt do that.

He may just want to review playing god save the queen at Liverpool, and go straight into the set following Day in the Life.

and perhaps the 'new' song , Hole in the Sky , with its 'I love the sun' chorus , may be wise to drop that.

Hope those going to the Echo enjoy it , he and Crazy Horse certainly do rock
.

Veinticinco de Mayo · « **Reply #225 on:** June 25, 2013, 12:47:35 pm »

Quote from: swordfishtrombone on June 25, 2013, 01:29:07 am

Nah - he went for Flower of Scotland.

He need to learn YNWA before he gets to Liverpool

elbow · « **Reply #226 on:** June 25, 2013, 01:25:39 pm »

Quote from: Veinticinco de Mayo on June 25, 2013, 12:47:35 pm

He need to learn YNWA before he gets to Liverpool

Wouldn't that be something? A la Hendrix's version of star spangled banner.

AnyGivenSunday · « **Reply #227 on:** June 25, 2013, 09:14:59 pm »

Quote from: happydaze on June 24, 2013, 09:52:24 am

Cortez the Killer the encore at Dublin.

I was at the O2 too, was absolutely brilliant. Gutted that he didn't play Cortez the Killer though. That really would have been the cherry on top of the cake!

TheRedBaron · « **Reply #228 on:** June 26, 2013, 09:24:52 am »

I saw him in Melbourne and I think he did come out straight after 'A day in the life', may be wrong though. He went straight into Powderfinger, it was amazing. Played Cortez as well. Would love to find the setlist somewhere.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #229 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:05:28 am »

Quote from: TheRedBaron on June 26, 2013, 09:24:52 am

I saw him in Melbourne and I think he did come out straight after 'A day in the life', may be wrong though. He went straight into Powderfinger, it was amazing. Played Cortez as well. Would love to find the setlist somewhere.

This?

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/2013/rod-laver-arena-melbourne-australia-73db4e39.html

TheRedBaron · « **Reply #230 on:** June 26, 2013, 10:11:22 am »

Quote from: SamAteTheRedAcid on June 26, 2013, 10:05:28 am

This?

http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/2013/rod-laver-arena-melbourne-australia-73db4e39.html

Legend! Nice one.

Rattleduser · « **Reply #231 on:** August 5, 2013, 11:15:51 pm »

trunk show

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCAj9r2SZzU

Quaid · « **Reply #232 on:** August 8, 2013, 02:34:00 pm »

I have two standing tickets for Neil Young at the Echo next week and can't make it. Selling at bang on face value (£107 for the pair), so just PM me if interested.

Pheeny · « **Reply #233 on:** August 8, 2013, 05:10:18 pm »

Quote from: Quaid on August 8, 2013, 02:34:00 pm

I have two standing tickets for Neil Young at the Echo next week and can't make it. Selling at bang on face value (£107 for the pair), so just PM me if interested.

Selling of tickets other than match ones is not acceptable on RAWK.

Might be best if you start a separate thread in the boozer though!

Quaid · « **Reply #234 on:** August 8, 2013, 07:06:57 pm »

Quote from: Pheeny on August 8, 2013, 05:10:18 pm

Selling of tickets other than match ones is not acceptable on RAWK.

Might be best if you start a separate thread in the boozer though!

Rules are there to be broken!

Sound ill start a thread in the boozer.

Sir Afghan · « **Reply #235 on:** August 8, 2013, 07:55:10 pm »

Cancelled now, so don't bother!

John_P · « **Reply #236 on:** August 8, 2013, 07:55:27 pm »

Don't bother the rest of the tour has been cancelled, absolutely gutted

http://www.neilyoung.com/news/

TOUR DATES CANCELLED August 8, 2013 For immediate release: Due to an accident involving Crazy Horse, the remaining dates on the Neil Young and Crazy Horse tour of Europe and the British isles have been cancelled. We are sorry for any inconvenience this causes to our fans or the Festivals where we were scheduled to appear. As you must be, we too are disappointed at this unfortunate turn of events. -- Neil Young and Crazy Horse

jackh · « **Reply #237 on:** August 8, 2013, 08:10:04 pm »

$:-\$ Gutted.

SamAteTheRedAcid · « **Reply #238 on:** August 8, 2013, 08:12:12 pm »

Fuckity fuckbert.

Hope it's nothing serious. Reschedule for next year instead eh Bernard.

It was planned to be me and the Mrs. first night out together since our little man was born in February as well. Arsebiscuits.

John_P · « **Reply #239 on:** August 8, 2013, 08:21:21 pm »

The echo arena have already emailed to say the tickets will be refunded so there isn't any rescheduled dates