OT: neil young

[thwart]

Probably a few fans here (besides me). An interesting piece on this very unusual man.

From the article:

He’s a great artist, which means that he sees and hears more, which may make him a loon, but is also why he is still worth listening to.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/20/m...ing-music.html

[Tony T]

Thank for the link.

[Ozz]

luv neil.....saw back in the day (1991?)...Sonic Youth opened....cool combo.

[buddybikes]

True...but not like Neil Young ever sounded like God...

[Rpoole8537]

I saw Neil with Stills and then later with Crazy Horse in the early to mid 70's. Those were great shows. The one thing about Neil, he did things his way, always. Never manipulated by the record companies or trends. I read his first book. It was a very interesting read. Each chapter was whatever Neil wanted to write on that particular day. He is his own man.

[prototoast]

I don't have any strong feelings on his music, but I wish his ranch didn't block so many great bike routes.

[marsh]

Whew, I thought he may have passed or something. I've recently discovered his "electronic experiment" album Trans, and I kinda dig it.

Spotify link

[glepore]

hey Marsh, Neil would crap if you posted a Spotify link, lol. The article is about his love for lossless streaming.
My sister, god bless her, has her own streaming server-sold as a complete product by Synology. I have every bit of music I own, form 24/96 flac hd stuff to old flac concerts, uploaded and have apps for all my devices. Its like personal tidal. The vbr stuff is ok for casual, but for critical listening lossless is where its at.

[El Chaba]

I've heard that for people in the business, CSNY stands for Can't Stand Neil Young.... Great entertainer for the rest of us....

[Tony T]

Originally Posted by Rpoole8537

I saw Neil with Stills and then later with Crazy Horse in the early to mid 70's. Those were great shows. The one thing about Neil, he did things his way, always. Never manipulated by the record companies or trends. I read his first book. It was a very interesting read. Each chapter was whatever Neil wanted to write on that particular day. He is his own man.

A good biography is Shakey, by Jimmy McDonough.
...and Neil being Neil, after it was completed, tried to prevent it from being published.

[jtbadge]

Did anyone ever see one of his handheld audio players in the wild?

[Dino Suegiù]

That concert series he and his ex-wife started and funded (and which he also hosted for 30 years until it ended in 2017) for the children at The Bridge School near San Francisco was amazing. He (and her) deserve much credit just for that.

Plus, he's great: incredibly talented, intelligent, direct, open-minded, inventive. He may be quirky, he may be ill, he may be upset, he may be pissed off, but he's certainly not a loon.

He was CSNY's Lennon and they were far better for it, imo.

[benb]

He's great... he's a little weird about this particular thing but he's not totally wrong about it. I love that streaming makes it super easy to check out new music without spending a zillion dollars but it's overall impact is probably negative.

I think the mainstream might not get how influential Neil Young is. I think if you were to ask non-musicians to rank important rock musicians and then ask musicians to do the same Neil Young is one of the people who would be way higher up the list compiled by the musicians than the non-musicians.

[SeanScott]

I saw Neil Young once in the town I live in with Daryl Hannah.
He was driving some crazy old Thunderbird that he converted to a hybrid.
He is very interesting
Also, found out recently that he was an avid HO train collector.

[parris]

The first live show I ever saw was Neil Young solo in 81 or 82. It was a very long drive to and from Buffalo from Utica for a kid that was supposed to be in school at 730 the next morning...