What's your favorite Neil Young album?

[Dennis S]

I was a huge fan in the 70's. My first favorite was "After the Goldrush". I then went on to "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." That was the default 8-track for my friends and me. We would listen to it even when it was dragging and we had to stick a matchbook in the 8-track player to hold it steady. Then came "Harvest". 4th was his first solo record called "Neil Young" with "The Loner" and "The Old Laughing Lady".

I still like his later stuff - the mellower the better for me, but I still like 80% of what he does.

[hal]

The Old Laughing Lady at the very end of the Prairie Wind DVD is just amazing. Solo soundcheck in the empty theater.

Fritz - if you like rockin stuff, Have you heard Weld? HARD rockin'

I saw Paul Simon and Bob Dylan TOGETHER on stage. They played a short set together... it was.... odd...

free and yoyo are wrong! :-)

Ztirffritz- if you like Harvest Moon, you're bound to like Harvest (Harvest Moon's namesake) and Prairie Wind.

[Dennis S]

Comes a Time is in the same vein as Harvest Moon, the best I recall.

[zeppo2]

Hard to pick a favorite, but Tonight's the Night is probably the one I'd load first into the iPod. Gotta be in the right mood for that album, though.

[Mike Sellers]

zeppo2 wrote:
Hard to pick a favorite, but Tonight's the Night is probably the one I'd load first into the iPod. Gotta be in the right mood for that album, though.

You must be a hard core Neil fan like me. We're the only ones who rate that as his best.

To hal, where did you get that? Time Fades Away is the only Neil LP that's never been released on CD so it must be a bootleg.
Sign the petition to release TFA on CD.

TFA's a great album. Too bad Neil doesn't feel the same way.

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .uh who is Neal Yung. . .?

[Mike Sellers]

ztirffritz wrote: He reminds me of Bob Dylan or Paul Simon in that he can't really sing,

Neil's voice is an acquired taste, but once acquired, it's wonderful. Funny how Bob Dylan, Neil and Lucinda Williams wouldn't even make it through the first round of American Idol but Michael Bolton would sail through with all the judges wetting themselves. Who would you rather listen to?

ztirffritz wrote: . . . isn't really a great musician . . .

I strongly disagree with this. Check out his guitar playing on the "Are You Passionate" album. There are times when you'd swear it was Carlos Santana playing.

[btfc]

Live Rust, Harvest, After the Gold Rush, Rust Never Sleeps, and don't forget CSNY.

[bruceko]

Niel is my bud.
I like him cause I can sing like he does

[Dennis S]

I have a rule for musicians:

• Never sing a Neil Young song to people
who have never heard Neil Young, in the original key.