Neil Young - What would you put on "Decade 2: 1978 -1988"?

While listening to the new RSD pressing of Decade, I remembered how this was the set that got me into Neil, and I wished that there was a set for each ensuing ten-year span. So, I'll just have to make a CD for myself. But, picking the tracks on my own? Too boring. Too obvious.

Here's the rules:
Post two/three tunes each from the following albums that you'd feel would absolutely need to be present. No more than that. Skip the "this decade sucks" chatter, please. I'll compile them with votes when there's enough to go on and see what the forum thinks could've been the 160-or-so minute follow up to that behemoth set!

You can draw from:
Comes a Time
Rust Never Sleeps
Hawks & Doves
Re-ac-tor
Trans
Everybody's Rockin'
Old Ways
Landing On Water
Life
This Note's For You
American Dream (Only the Neil-heavy songs, of course).

If there's enough input, maybe we can put together cool comps for the following Decades, too!

 

SIDE ONE:
1. "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)"
2. "Get Back to the Country"
3. "Everybody's Rockin'"
4. "Transformer Man"
5. "This Note's for You"

SIDE TWO:
1. "Misfits"
2. "Captain Kennedy"
3. "We R in Control"
4. "Rapid Transit"
5. "People on the Street"

SIDE THREE:
1. "Pressure"
2. "Mideast Vacation"
3. "Opera Star"
4. "Little Wing"
5. "American Dream"

SIDE FOUR:
1. "Shots"
2. "Computer Cowboy (aka Syscrusher)"
3. "Bad News Beat"
4. "Ten Men Workin'"
5. "Payola Blues"

SIDE FIVE:
1. "Long Walk Home"
2. "Coupe De Ville"
3. "Cry, Cry, Cry"
4. "Cryin' Eyes"
5. "Lotta Love"

SIDE SIX:
1. "Four Strong Winds"
2. "We Never Danced"
3. "Ride My Llama"
4. "Coastline"
5. "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"

 

Nicely thought out! But...you ain't got no T-Bone!

 

Great idea!

 

Pretty much all of "Rust Never Sleeps" & "Comes A Time"... honestly... those albums tower above the rest, so let's go with ALL of those two... then there's certainly some great tracks on the others... "Hawks & Doves" is, by pretty far, my fave of the others, but "Old Ways" is underrated... the rest have some great tracks, but the drop off from the 70's to the 80's is pretty steep... happily then we got the trio of resurgence "Freedom", "Ragged Glory" & "Harvest Moon"!!

 

I don't know the later albums that well outside of Rust and Hawks. I will pick my songs from those albums for one record, but you don't have to count them in your totals (now Decade 3, I'd be all over that one).

Side A

Comes A Time
Look Out For My Love
My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue)
Pochahontas
Powderfinger

Side B

Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)
Sedan Delivery
Little Wing
The Old Homestead
Captain Kennedy

 

I'm not a fanatical Neil Young fan but that looks pretty spot on. Nonetheless, I'd make them 6 song sides adding "Pocahontas", "Powderfinger", "Little Thing Called Love", "Wonderin'" and, in keeping with Decade having some obscurities, "After Berlin" and "Grey Riders".

 

Side 1:
Comes A Time
Ride My Llama
Thrasher
Pocahontas
Powderfinger

Side 2:
Sail Away
Look Out For My Love
Sedan Delivery
Amber Jean (from Austin City Limits, 1985)
Are There Any More Real Cowboys?

Side 3:
Little Wing
The Old Homestead
Transformer Man
Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze
Like An Inca

Side 4:
Everybody's Rockin'
My My, Hey Hey
Lotta Love (from Live Rust)
Lost In Space
Goin' Back

Side 5:
California Sunset
Pressure
Payola Blues
Sample and Hold
Touch the Night

Side 6:
Mideast Vacation
Ten Men Workin'
Welcome to the Big Room (live 1988)
Twilight
Around the World

Side 7:
T-Bone
Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll
Inca Queen
Hawks and Doves
Feel Your Love

Side 8:
Coupe de Ville
Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
Wonderin'
Name of Love
Long Walk Home

 

Two cd set:

Comes a Time
Rust Never Sleeps
Hawks & Doves

 

Great idea, it'd be tricky in reality as it encompasses Reprise and Geffen, I've included tracks from Lucky 13 as that's Neil's own take on choice of Geffen tracks so here's my take including unreleased songs.

Side A
Windward Passage (unreleased live Ducks track)
Comes A Time
Lotta Love
Look Out For My Love
Pocahontas

Side B
Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
Powderfinger
Hawks & Doves
Turbine (unreleased)
Opera Star

Side C
Southern Pacific
If You Got Love (unreleased)
Transformer Man
Computer Age
After Berlin (live)
Depression Blues

Side D
Get Gone (live)
Don't Take Your Love Away From Me (live)
Once an Angel
Are There Any More Real Cowboys
Grey Riders (unreleased)

Side E
Hippie Dream
Around the World
Mideast Vacation
Prisoners of Rock & Roll (unedited live version)
We Never Danced

Side F
Ain't It the Truth
This Note's for You
Bad News (unreleased live)
American Dream
This Old House

 

Cool thread idea. One of my favorite songs:

 

Any outtakes from 'Arc' with Crosby and Nash doing backup vocals

 

Comes a Time
Look Out For My Love
Human Highway
Hey Hey My My
Pocohontas
Powderfinger
Lost In Space
The Old Homesteaded
Shots
Opera Star
Transformer Man
Computer Age
Sample and hold
Wonderin’
Payola Blues
My Boy
Get Back To The Country
Interstate
Hippie Dream
Touch The Night
Long Walk Home
Mid-East Vacation
Prisoners of Rock and Roll
This Note's For You
Hey Hey
Feel Your Love
Name of Love

Peppered with unreleased things.

 

Nope.... left out most of the great tracks from CAT and RNS.

 

Great list and kudos for including Interstate!

 

Here's my suggestion for Decade II.
As the original Decade ended in 1975, I'll pick it up from there and I'll include songs recorded between 197 and 1986.
Strictly chronological ordered, according to the recording dates mentioned in the Archives.

1. Lotta Love - Comes a Time
2. Look Out For My Love - Comes a Time
3. Pocahontas - Hitchiker
4. Human Highway - Comes a Time
5. Thrasher - Rust Never Sleeps
6. Powderfinger - Rust Never Sleeps
7. Comes A Time - Comes a Time
8. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black) - Rust Never Sleeps
9. Sedan Delivery - Live Rust
10. Hawks & Doves - Hawks & Doves
11. Opera Star - Re·ac·tor
12. Shots - Re·ac·tor
13. Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze - Re-ac-tor
14. Sample and Hold - Lucky Thirteen
15. Computer Age - Trans
16. Transformer Man - Trans
17. Berlin - live outtake

1. Are There Any More Real Cowboys - Old Ways
2. Depression Blues - Lucky Thirteen
3. My Boy - Old Ways
4. Payola Blues - Everybody's Rockin'
5. Get Gone - Lucky Thirteen
6. Don't Take Your Love Away From Me - Lucky Thirteen
7. Get Back To The Country - A Treasure
8. Once an Angel - Old Ways
9. Interstate - unreleased Farm Aid EP
10. Grey Riders - A Treasure
11. Touch The Night - Landing on Water
12. Hippie Dream - Landing on Water
13. Long Walk Home - Life
14. Mideast Vacation - Life
15. Prisoners of Rock 'n' Roll - Life
16. Inca Queen - Life

 

From Comes A Time

Goin Back
Comes A Time
Look Out For My Love

Rust Never Sleeps

My My Hey Hey (acoustic)
Thrasher
Powder Finger

Hawks and Doves

Hawks and Doves
Lost In Space

Reactor

Opera Star
Surfer Joe and Moe the Sleaze

Trans

Computer Age
Computer Cowboy
Like an Inca
Mr. Soul

nothing from Everybody/s Rockin

Old Ways

Misfits

Landing On Water

Hippie Dream
Weight of the World
Pressure
Touch the Night

Life

Inca Queen

This Notes for You

This Notes For You
Coupe De Ville

American Dream

This Old House

 

I'd add Drifter if I had room. and then Sedan Delivery

 

Powderfinger

Comes A Time

Hey Hey (electric)

Welfare Mothers (I'll likely be pretty alone with this pick... but great guitar solo in this)

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You can draw from:
Comes a Time "Goin' Back", "Lotta Love", "Look Out For My Love"
Rust Never Sleeps "Pocahontas", "Powderfinger", "My My Hey Hey"
Hawks & Doves "The Old Homestead", "Captain Kennedy", "Union Man"
Re-ac-tor "Surfer Joe", "Southern Pacific", "Shots"
Trans "Computer Age", "Transformer Man", "Sample And Hold"
Everybody's Rockin' "Payola Blues", "Kinda Fonda Wanda", "Don't Take Your Love Away From Me" (from Lucky Thirteen)
Old Ways "Are There Any More Real Cowboys?", "Misfits", "California Sunset"
Landing On Water "Hippie Dream", "Touch The Night", "Pressure"
Life "Mideast Vacation", "Long Walk Home", "Prisoners Of Rock And Roll"
This Note's For You "Ten Men Workin'", "This Note's For You", "Hey Hey"
American Dream (Only the Neil-heavy songs, of course). "American Dream", "Name Of Love"

 

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