Living With War
You can listen to Neil Young’s new album “Living With War” here. To be honest, I’ve never really been a fan of Neil Young or overtly political music, but there are some real gems on this record. Definitely worth checking out.
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I think we had a very heated discussion about six years ago on this subject, in a booth at Swingers, that ended with me saying (and I’m paraphrasing here) “You’ll see!” And now I’m saying “I told you so!”
Neil’s been so prolific that a lot of his stuff is garbage, but there are plenty of gems, too.
Comment by dAnimal — April 28, 2006 @ 10:41 am
For a new kind of political music that nails the Bush gang to the barn door, try The Freedom Toast. They use all kinds of musical styles: Calypso, Country, Sinatra (”Strangers on the Right”), Folk, Nursery Rhymes, Australian folk, Christmas songs, military marches, Gilbert & Sullivan, etc.
Their “When Johnny Comes Rolling Home” to the tune of “When Johnny Comes Marching Home” is a powerful anti-war song done in the style of a military march–doubly ironic. And the Bush-soundalike is merciless when they do “Home on the Range.”
They may not be Neil Young-style stars, but their message is pretty powerful just the same.
Comment by DFW — April 28, 2006 @ 12:36 pm
How can you not be a Neill Young fan?
“Neil’s been so prolific that a lot of his stuff is garbage, but there are plenty of gems, too.”
His garbage is still better than most of the treacly shit produced today. I hope this does real well.
Comment by spanky — April 29, 2006 @ 2:06 pm
How can you not be a Neil Young fan? It’s real easy. All you have to do is value musical skill, songwriting chops, non-predictability and willingness to innovate and Youngs oeuvre looks like the overrated steaming pile that it is.
The whiny off-key singing, the stumbling and awkward phrasing, the three-chord non-groove, the predictable and conservative structures, harmonies and rhythms - it’s lazy and tame music whose only quality is some perveived sincerity that is both arguable and essentially pointless.
I much preferred when he was on the Right. That’s where cowardly retrograde singalong ditties like his belong.
Comment by John E Thelin — May 3, 2006 @ 7:29 am
I agree with Thelin. Neil Young has the musical talent of a dead fly.
Comment by adsfdsa — May 5, 2006 @ 4:51 pm
i am happy mostly - though terribly sick at times - the medicine is not a perfect fix - i think some weed would help but caant find any - Kant find any…
Comment by bdsm fem dom — June 9, 2006 @ 8:25 pm