Happy Birhday to Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
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From John Einarson on Facebook: On this date, May 1, 1969, Neil Young released his second solo album, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, which features favorites "Cowgirl in the Sand," "Cinnamon Girl," and "Down by the River." His debut solo album simply entitled Neil Young had been released just four months earlier however it was not a commercial success and Young was displeased with the sound and style of his debut. Having hooked with backing trio, given the name Crazy Horse, and energized by working with them in a back to basics approach, Young quickly recorded his second album with them The resulting sound would define Young for the next five decades, the elongated slow stoned guitar workouts and twin guitar interplay with Danny Whitten on the album, (photo below), grungy distorted guitar tone, country and folk music textures. His image as the patched jean hippie in California became indelibly imprinted on the public conscience. The album peaked at number 34 on the US Billboard 200 during a ninety-eight week chart stay in August 1970 and has been certified platinum by the RIAA. For the wider pop audience the album served as their introduction to Young on the world stage. He would throw in his lot with Crosby, Stills and Nash that summer, raising his profile considerably as well. On the photo cover, Young is shown leaning against a tree with his dog, Winnipeg. The album is on the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album contains four songs that became standards in Young's performance repertoire: "Cinnamon Girl", "Down by the River", the title track, and "Cowgirl in the Sand", all of which were written in a single day while Young had a 103 ¡ãF (39.5 ¡ãC) fever. Young's lead vocal track on the song "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" (on the original album) was actually a temporary scratch vocal he sang through the low quality talk-back microphone on the mixing board, with no effects such as reverb. Young liked the stark contrast to the rest of the recording, which became one of his many innovations. In a contemporary review, Bruce Miroff of Rolling Stone wrote a favorable review, describing Young's voice as "perpetually mournful, without being maudlin or pathetic. It hints at a world in which sorrow underlies everything [...] because that world is recognizable to most of us, Young's singing is often strangely moving." Robert Christgau wrote in The Village Voice that "Young is a strange artist and I am not all the way into him yet, but this record is haunting." The original review was printed with a grade of "B+", but Christgau later said he would have changed it to an "A¨C". FYI, the title song "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" is believed to be referencing Young's longing to be back in Manitoba where it's "cool and breezy".
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ISO of some info...
can anyone enlighten me on the differences between the original Coastal and the revised Coastal soundtracks? some different mixes maybe?? tom "take my advice, don't listen to me"
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Protest Song
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I love it, love to watch and hear Neil sing those type of songs.
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I am a child vocal
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Hi guys Sorry for my personal question, it's probably been discussed before, but I've been away from the group for the past few days. What happened to the vocals being removed from the song "I am a Child"? from Coastal. Mauricio
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Article about Neil and Light Up The Blues show
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https://archive.ph/oZfpE And the original link https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-young-jam-stephen-stills-light-up-the-blues-1235326038/
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Paris 1989 Timeline-Show
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Hi all, many thanks for all the interesting posts here in this group. I ve missed the ?Costal¡°-Screening here in Vienna, but hopefully will have another chance to se the movie in the next months. I m still looking for the Paris 1989-Timeline Show. Can anyone help me out? Thanks in advance, Robert
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Coastal
It's been almost a week since I saw Coastal in the theater. I've been reflecting a bit on it. I liked what Daryl Hannah made. This is a film that tells a part of a story that begins with films about Neil from over 50 years ago to now. They all have something to say. Starting approximately with Journey Through The Past and continuing through many many films and videos and up to and including Coastal and more to come hopefully. They all have something to say about an incredible career that I feel privileged to have experienced in somewhat real-time over that span. What a ride it has been. Mike Expecting To Fly
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Coastal Soundtrack sources?
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Does anyone have the list of the songs' locations on the album? Thanks!! Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone
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2013 interview with Poncho
Interesting to read his perspective from 13 years ago. https://archive.ph/Rf8fI Ian silver wings of morning
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Coastal soundtrack issues?
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Seen in a comment here (maybe it's copied from elsewhere) Last weeks release of Coastal has now been withdrawn from sale and streaming due to numerous faults. Some tracks have bizarre edits that make no sense,one has a single run through of the chorus and nothing else and best of all another has Neil singing and playing harmonica at the same time which is pretty clever in a solo concert. Neil has apologised on his web site and says it will be fixed. Anyone who has a copy or has one on the way should go to the Greedy Hand store and fill out the Contact Us form at the bottom.Hold on to your receipts and shipping notices for the disc replacement program.
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Coastal in Boise
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Big bunch of maybe 20 of us, maybe more (capacity 153), at the second showing today. Good movie. I really liked the behind the scenes look. Takes a lot of work to put on a show by Neil and his team. Beautiful venues I¡¯ve never been to. I recognized the scenes of the coast highway through there. I still think I recognize his bus driver as the same one I saw multiple times in the seventies stepping out of Pocahontas in Half Moon Bay. Glad to see Neil and Darryl love each other. Good to see Ben enjoying himself. Not sure why she included Neil coming out of the bathroom and zipping up twice but no judgement. ? I think Harvest Time was better, but I think it was because of the history of Harvest and seeing local scenes I recognized in it. Russell Courtenay Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity.
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Coastal in Berkeley
I went to yesterday's matinee at the Elmwood in Berkeley. I'd say there were around 40 of us there, not a bad turnout on Easter Sunday (and 4/20!). The theater is about a mile south of the Greek Theatre, site of Neil's show on Jul 15, 2023, which I also attended. It was fun to see some of that show from a different perspective. Overall, I thought the film was a low-key, enjoyable glimpse of the Coastal tour, and a great way to spend part of a nice Sunday afternoon. It did make me even more eager for the Chrome Hearts show at Shoreline in September. MZ
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Last Night...
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when it first started, i got this overwhelming feeling of sadness - why does one's idols have to get old - just like us apparently :-) as the movie progressed i got much more comfortable and realized he is still making music and sharing it. i thought he sounded quite good and his playing was great. still has the Neil sense of humor. i was kinda glad he didn't just do old hits, but some not so well known numbers. after reading some of the reviews i was expecting less - and got more... tom "take my advice, don't listen to me"
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Neil Young Coastal in Boise
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I was going to order tickets and head out in a few minutes, but it seems the show sold out! I really didn¡¯t think there were that many Neil fans in Idaho! Another showing now Sunday at 3:30 so maybe it did sell out¡ The website doesn¡¯t say TONIGHT SOLD OUT or anything, doesn¡¯t even show it was available, calling just refers you to the app or website, which bugs me because out in the rurals we often don¡¯t have internet access unless we are around the house using our WiFi. Russell Courtenay Solemnity and profundity are sublime in inequity.
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Coastal tonight
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Anyone going to the iPic theater at NYC¡¯s South Street Seaport for the only 7pm showing? I¡¯ll be there to say hello. Paul B Cuts clean thru
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Honey Slides 2024
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4th volume of Aquarium Drunkards Honey Slides collection now up. Honey Slides 1-4 : Aquarium Drunkard
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1975 albums: Tonight's The Night vs. Homegrown
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I'm kind of celebrating some 50 year old albums. Today I listened to my vinyl of Tonight's The Night and immediately afterwards played Homegrown which I think was being considered for release instead until it was heard by Rick Danko who recommended strongly to Neil to release TTN instead. I cannot agree more. I'm so glad Homegrown was the long lost album instead of Tonight's The Night. Tonight's The Night is just a cornerstone in Neil's catalog and things would have been much different had this one been the long lost album. I'm so glad I've been able to listen to this one for the last 50 years! Mike Expecting To Fly
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MEGA...
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did someone post the MEGA list of Neil shows recently? i thought i had saved it but apparently not. would appreciate if someone could enlighten me...thanks tom "take my advice, don't listen to me"
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NYA Timeline Concert - Wiltern 3-23-1999 - MP3
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Straight from stream recording in MP3 format via Adobe Audition. No remastering, fading or breaking into tracks. Powderfinger is incomplete as it is on the stream. I thought I had the show in my bootleg collection but seems I only had 3/22/99 or else I'd have included Powderfinger for completeness. Should be good enough til Ron makes a better version at least. https://we.tl/t-RsJBqYw3d0
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Neil Opens for AOC and Bernie
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Yesterday, Neil was among the musical guests at the Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders. Check it out here if you'd like: https://www.youtube.com/live/mU_GhbFH2Gw?si=MmOfFTDYhizh9tk4 Neil starts at about 4hrs11min in. I was able to see AOC and Bernie last month when they came through Tempe AZ where I live. Music guest was Calexico. Mike Expecting To Fly
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