# What are your favorite Neil Young deep cuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040 "2015-10-09T16:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2015, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/41 "2015-10-10T17:03:30Z")
[Unknown Legend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aBhWDpUEik)off his _Harvest Moon_ album. Some powerful poetry goin’ on there… ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/42 "2015-10-11T04:08:50Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I could name at least a half dozen tracks off of Decade that I consider deepish. I know others would think not. Yeah, I hear ya. But I consider \*Decade \*as more or less a “greatest hits” album, so I figured that ruled anything off it out. > [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > _Shakes fist_ Garage bands are the backbone of rock’n’roll! Remind me to tell you all the (fake) story about the time NYaCH came out to stay at my mom’s ranch and rehearse for a tour while Neil’s place was getting fumigated and I got to party and play with the band. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2015, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/43 "2015-10-11T04:28:44Z")
Trying to define “Deep Cut” is probably going to be impossible, but in my mind a featured or lead single (single for my purposes being songs sent to/played on the radio and/or MTV and not necessarily official commercial singles) or song that was promoted by a major record label on a major album that under-performed is not deep. Age and other things are going to color perspective. For example, “Sample and Hold” was the first Neil Young I ever heard and I SAW him performing it on TV. So, the Neil Young that looks like the “Trans” era dude was my first impression. I didn’t see him as a hippie or godfather or grunge or weepy singer-song-writer, but an 80s technology-era who might as well have been in Devo or Kraftwerk or something. Then, since my dad had every Neil Young album, I heard Harvest and everything else on the record player. Going by that list on RS, I would also probably take exception to “Change my Mind” since it made a yearly top countdown of the top songs on my local mainstream rock station and was pretty well hyped after the Cobain thing. The (GOLD certified) album was #9 on the big chart and the single charted at #18 on the rock charts. I’d probably go with something deep off “On the Beach,” maybe. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/44 "2015-10-16T15:31:57Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > _Trans_ is one of my top 10 Neil Young albums. I wouldn’t say it’s one of my top 10 but I do like some of the songs. I love his remake of Mr. Soul on it for example. One that hasn’t been mentioned that is his remake of “Farmer John”. ---
**Author:** ![Allezgatta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/65b543/32.png) [@Allezgatta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Allezgatta)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/45 "2015-10-25T03:57:17Z")
Time Fades Away was released in 1973 and still hasn’t been reissued. The whole thing is fantastic but LA, The Bridge, Last Dance, and the title track are my favorites. Other great deep tracks by Shakey: I Believe in You Revolution Blues Bad Fog of Loneliness Pocahontas (electric version from Year of the Horse) Little Wing (w/Crazy Horse) Evening Coconut I could go on… ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/46 "2015-10-25T05:05:57Z")
> [@Allezgatta](#): > > Time Fades Away was released in 1973 and still hasn’t been reissued. There’s a Japanese CD, if you care to spend. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2015, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/47 "2015-10-25T05:19:00Z")
Oh, and it’s in [an LP box set](http://pitchfork.com/news/54191-neil-young-reissuing-time-fades-away-for-the-first-time-on-record-store-day/). Also spendy. ---
**Author:** ![mph99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4da419/32.png) [@mph99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mph99)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/48 "2015-10-28T14:54:52Z")
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