# Neil Young fans: this one's for you! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 16, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767 "2017-11-16T15:14:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/21 "2017-12-01T23:02:59Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > It’s live!!! WOOT! > > I’m listening to Neil Young’s first recording, _Aurora_ by The Squires as I type this (and it’s pretty good, too!). > > 😃 Me too! Hey, it’s a surf instrumental from 1963, what could go wrong? ETA: the B-side, “The Sultan”, is also not bad. Pure surf music. Just shows that Neil has tackled almost every form of popular music in his career… ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/22 "2017-12-01T23:11:02Z")
hey does it have his motown albums he did with rick james before LZ? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/23 "2017-12-01T23:28:38Z")
> [@nightshadea](#): > > hey does it have his motown albums he did with rick james before LZ? Sadly no, I don’t think there’s any of his recordings with Rick James. But as I understand it, the archive is a work in progress, so hopefully this will be added some time. ETA: just saw that there’S a single by The Mynah Birds. I think that was his and James’ band. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/24 "2017-12-01T23:34:36Z")
Not available on mobile. ☹ Why design & build a \* new website\* for obsolete devices first? Tablets and phones are what’s current in today’s world. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/25 "2017-12-01T23:40:28Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Not available on mobile. > > ☹ > > Why design & build a \* new website\* for obsolete devices first? Tablets and phones are what’s current in today’s world. The desktop site has a very complex interface, maybe there wasn’t time enough for a mobile version yet. I’d look out for it. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/26 "2017-12-02T00:33:51Z")
Maybe the mobile site will be available early next year. I like some of Neil’s stuff. _Harvest_ is a must have in any record collection. I own copies on vinyl, cassette, and CD. My car player ate my 8 track three decades ago. 😉 I used to play it a lot on trips. I have _Tonight’s the Night_ and _American Stars N Bars_ on CD. The CD’s have been ripped to my mp3 player. The web site can introduce me to Neil’s newer albums. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/27 "2017-12-02T00:44:57Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Maybe the mobile site will be available early next year. > > I like some of Neil’s stuff. _Harvest_ is a must have in any record collection. I own copies on vinyl, cassette, and CD. My car player ate my 8 track three decades ago. 😉 I used to play it a lot on trips. > > I have _Tonight’s the Night_ and _American Stars N Bars_ on CD. > > The CD’s have been ripped to my mp3 player. > > The web site can introduce me to Neil’s newer albums. Of course _Harvest_ is essential from his catalog, but so are \*Tonight’s The Night \*and _American Stars’n’Bars_. In fact _Tonight’s The Night_ is my favorite album of his, though many people hate it. For me it’s like the bare guts of rock’n’roll and the most honest record I know, warts, mistakes, being out-of-tune and all. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/28 "2017-12-02T02:02:05Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Not available on mobile. > > ☹ > > Why design & build a \* new website\* for obsolete devices first? Tablets and phones are what’s current in today’s world. It works on mobile. Just request desktop view in your browser. I can confirm it works in Chrome mobile. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/29 "2017-12-02T03:47:05Z")
I’ll give that a try. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/30 "2017-12-02T13:53:31Z")
Thanks for the heads up! It is clear that - not surprisingly - this archive is, so far, only for official releases. Just out of curiosity, I searched for three of my favourite ‘mainstream’ tracks: Expecting To Fly, Southern Man and Like A Hurricane and only the obvious candidates are listed. It will be interesting to see how this develops. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/31 "2017-12-02T14:14:16Z")
Actually, not even all the official ones are there - yet. He did a very good version of Like A hurricane ‘In Berlin’ which isn’t there. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/32 "2017-12-02T19:41:26Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Actually, not even all the official ones are there - yet. He did a very good version of Like A hurricane ‘In Berlin’ which isn’t there. Has this been officially released? On which album? Never heard about that version. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/33 "2017-12-02T19:52:05Z")
It’s on a wonderful DVD. Well, wonderful if you like Trans tracks, like Computer Age, Transformer Man and Sample and Hold - which I do. He interacts with Nils Lofgren very well. It’s an official release. Like A Hurricane is great, but he does have problems with keeping his tie tucked in. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/34 "2017-12-02T20:55:57Z")
I’ve said it before; I’ll say it again: _Trans_ is one of my favorite Neil young albums. He did a lot of good work during the Geffen years, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/35 "2017-12-02T21:05:32Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > I’ve said it before; I’ll say it again: _Trans_ is one of my favorite Neil young albums. He did a lot of good work during the Geffen years, IMO. He did, but I’ve never ever came to grips with _Landing On Water_. What was that shit? That was definitely his nadir in my book. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/36 "2017-12-05T23:09:31Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > It’s on a wonderful DVD. Well, wonderful if you like Trans tracks, like Computer Age, Transformer Man and Sample and Hold - which I do. He interacts with Nils Lofgren very well. It’s an official release. Like A Hurricane is great, but he does have problems with keeping his tie tucked in. Oh well, a belatedly thanks for the tip,[the concert is currently on youtube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqHcb7M5ZN8) and I’m watching it right now. Great concert, great band. The audience goes berserk, and that was Berlin in 1982! You must know, Berliners are traditionally just as culturally snobbish as New Yorkers and Parisians, á la “we’ve seen all, now show us”. And Berlin in 1983 was the capital of cool, all New Wave, electronics and industrial, that’s why it’s astounding that ol’ eternal hippie Neil succeeds so well even with his classic songs, but I’m sure nobody embraced his dabbling in electronics and vocoder sounds better than Berlin on that tour. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/37 "2017-12-05T23:33:40Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > He did, but I’ve never ever came to grips with _Landing On Water_. What was that shit? That was definitely his nadir in my book. I never liked Hippie Dream until I saw him play it live with Crazy Horse. It clicked or something- Don’t kill the machine, don’t kill the machine, don’t kill the machine. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/38 "2017-12-05T23:41:48Z")
> [@NineToTheSky](#): > > Actually, not even all the official ones are there - yet. He did a very good version of Like A hurricane ‘In Berlin’ which isn’t there. Also featuring Buffalo Springfield’s bass player, Bruce Palmer and Neil’s long time friend Ben Keith. A really cool lineup and show. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2017, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/39 "2017-12-05T23:53:41Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I never liked Hippie Dream until I saw him play it live with Crazy Horse. It clicked or something- Don’t kill the machine, don’t kill the machine, don’t kill the machine. You know, I’m sure that there are SONGS somewhere hidden beneath all the clutter of this album, but they are drowned in contemporary keyboard sounds. On _Trans_, he used electronics well and surprisingly for a musician with his background, but on _Landing on Water_ the synths sound just like the standard fair of the times every hit song MUST have had. The same kind of sound that killed Dylan’s _Empire Burlesque_. Both products of their time. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2017, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767/40 "2017-12-06T00:03:13Z")
I hear ya, and when I heard Hippie dream live it was 2 guitars, a bass, and drums. I didn’t like it before hearing it that way. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/neil-young-fans-this-ones-for-you/801767.md?page=3)