*deletes Love in Mind*

I absolutely hate Last Dance, it ruins the album for me. The "no, no, no" part is one of the lowlights of Neil's career. The withdrawn HDCD does sound terrific, however.

Neil was at a real crossroads in his life and career after Harvest blew up to superstar status and TFA represents this vulnerability without shame or hesitance. Despite the lower road that Young began taking for the next few years in terms of the way he felt in what he was writing and the attitude of it, is absolutely sublime in terms of the quality and style that was achieved upon listening. The years 1970-76 were Neil at the apex of his songwriting chops and output.

I could be in the minority for just not liking this album very much.

>poorly performed renditions of some of Neil's worst songs
>like many live albums, it's a disjointed collection of songs taken from different concerts and even tours
>Love in Mind strangely enough was from a 1971 performance (why they didn't do a studio version for Harvest I have no idea)
>DBD and TFA would have fit well on Tonight's The Night and LA on On The Beach
>the other three songs are hot garbage that ruin the album completely

The tour was a mess and the album shows it but not in a fun or charming away.

Genuinely curious but why do you think so? Three bad tracks out of eight total is hardly a negative score.

And no way can it possibly be his worst album when Landing on Water and Everybody's Rocking exist. Or for that matter any of his snoozefest 21st century albums.

I like the Crazy Horse stuff more.

Nothing is as bad as Neil's post-1995 output. Landing on Water is an absolute masterpiece compared with Living With War or Le Noise. It has melodies. More than two chords. Intelligent and thoughtful lyrics that don't make you wince.

It was pretty brave of him to play brand-new songs on what was supposed to be the Harvest tour even though the audience didn't know them and was likely to be confused but that's typical Neil and his spur-of-the-moment style.

Of course I agree completely, I was just putting it in context by mentioning something closer to CAT in years.

I'm no expert, but didn't he play Harvest material as well? So it's just that the previously unreleased songs are what's showcased on the album, it's not a reflection of the full show.

Yes. You're correct, sorry about that, I apologize for being unclear/misinformed within the post, but still, from what I gathered in the bio Shakey, the tour was a weird experience for all concerned; fans and Neil and the musicians themselves. David Crosby and Graham Nash joined at the end of the tour because Neil's voice had just about had it.

If you actually look at the setlists for this tour on setlist.fm you'll see that TFA cherry-picks some of the darkest songs when they played plenty of more familiar and uplifting tunes.

The mythology surrounding Neil in 1972-75 was also really built up by the media and made out to be more dark and foreboding than it was. It didn't help either that he's also distanced himself from what was a pretty difficult time in his life.

While I like TFA, I can understand why it's not for everyone. Particularly right after Harvest, which although it has dark moments is also balanced by lighter material. And how often did anyone break out a set of completely new songs the audience had not had time to become familiarized with yet?

Not many people other than Neil stood up the way he did to Dave Geffen. Neil can be whiny, self-indulgent, inconsistent, and sometimes even takes advantage of his audience by subjecting them to near-unlistenable material on the pretext of "following his muse." And that's led him to a lot of questionable moves since the 80s. But I think he's honest about respecting whatever process it is that transmits songs to and through him.

Well, certain people only like music after reading about it, after all. That is how they know what is good or bad, you see.

I'd argue that most people end up liking whatever is crammed down their throats from commercial radio and the media, but certainly not from reading about it.

I agree. The album is both bland and weak.

I beg to differ. I think a lot of us hipsterish music geeks get our early education reading which records are passable in the ears of the Elders of the tribe. Then again your experience may differ from mine.

Yes but at some point everyone grows up and stops relying on Cuckgau or P4k to spoon feed them.

I would hope you should but unfortunately some don't. I'm glad I stopped taking so-called professional critics seriously early on and realized that a lot of the music they shit on was actually pretty good.

Or more correctly to say pre-Internet you were influenced by the Cuckgaus of the world more easily when developing your listening habits.

It's hard and a bit unfair to compare any Neil Young album to another Neil Young album. He always likes, or even relishes, breaking the mold of the last LP. Good or bad, Neil bucks the corporate system and their need for essentially duplicate hit machine albums to garner a surefirre hit. Not Neil--even though he could. And Reprise has stuck with him from day one--commendable, where other labels might have dropped him long ago. But he somehow comes up with a classic every few albums that are incomparable.

Psychedelic Pill would probably be one of his best late-career albums if only he could practice some self-discipline and keep the songs at a reasonable length.

>The "no, no, no" part is one of the lowlights of Neil's career.
I'm gonna assume you haven't listened to his entire 80s catalog then. Or a vast majority of his work post-2009.

*deletes Journey through the Past*
*deletes The Bridge*

puts on one of Neil Young's top-3 albums

it's actually the beating heart of the ditch trilogy,
a throwback to the very first song he ever wrote

One thing I love about Neil Young is that he still sounds good in live, he still got his voice and his concerts are still very good

>sells you a snake oil toblerone

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wtf that song is so beautiful. best on the album, next to Don't Be Denied