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has anyone heard this? anyone who thinks of neil young as just a conventional singer songwriter, classic rock type will be knocked on thier ass by this. it was recorded from the crazy horse tour in which sonic youth was opening, and the youth influence is immense. its a noise recording, albeit of the rock variety. all feedback, skronk guitars, drum swirls, wierd earth-y tones, and a huge dose of psychedelia. it actually reminds of acid mothers temple most rocing stuff, just this bracing and epic psych-noise. and then all of a sudden, the noise comes to a halt, and then we get neil singing the opening lyrics to "like a hurricane" over some gorgeous minimal rhythmic backdrop courtesy of the mighty crazy horse, and then back to the noise. damn, neil young is fucking great. hes made records in so many different genres. i love his softest folk stuff (harvest, after the goldrush), his iconic psych/drug rock stuff (tonight's the night, on the beach), his grunge roc stuff (every live album crazy horse has ever put out demands my multiple listenings), and then this skronk/noise rock stuff (this, deadman soundtrack). the man is a visionary, and a rad dude overall.
top five neil young records;
1. zuma
2. on the beach
3. tonight's the night
4. arc
5. decade (yeah its a comp i know, but it has all his classic songs, doesnt leave anything great out, and doesnt let any filler in)
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