Neil Young - Powderfinger - what's your favorite version?

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Neil Young - Powderfinger - what's your favorite version?

  1. Rust Never Sleeps - Electric

    80 vote(s)
    71.4%

  2. Weld - Really Electric!!

    26 vote(s)
    23.2%

  3. Hitchhiker - Acoustic

    6 vote(s)
    5.4%
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  1. Aar Gal

    Aar Gal Monkberry Moon Delight Thread Starter

    Location:
    Virginia
    What's your favorite version of Powderfinger by Neil Young? - acoustic , electric or really electric !!!
     
    Aar Gal, Jul 27, 2021
    #1
  2. moomaloo

    moomaloo All-round good egg

    Location:
    Western Highlands, Scotland, UK
    Weld. Every time..!
     
    moomaloo, Jul 27, 2021
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  3. Myke

    Myke Trying Not To Spook The Horse

    Location:
    Hendersonville, Tennessee Home of Cash & Orbison
    Lynyrd Skynyrd's never recorded version ? :shrug:



    Weld :

     
    Myke, Jul 27, 2021
    #3
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  4. rjp

    rjp Senior Member

    Location:
    Ohio
    the cowboy junkies version is better than all of them, IMHO> it is sublime.
     
    rjp, Jul 27, 2021
    #4
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  5. sddoug

    sddoug Music Aficionado

    Location:
    San Diego, CA, USA
    None of the above. I vote for Live Rust.
     
    sddoug, Jul 27, 2021
    #5
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  6. Vinyl Socks

    Vinyl Socks The Buzz Driver

    Location:
    DuBois, PA
     
    Vinyl Socks, Jul 27, 2021
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  7. Peter Mork

    Peter Mork Forum Resident

    Location:
    Boston
    I sing it in my car on a regular basis. You don't want to hear that version, but it is my favorite, except for all the others.
     
    Peter Mork, Jul 27, 2021
    #7
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  8. Gabba Gabba

    Gabba Gabba Forum Resident

    Location:
    charleston
    I like the Live Rust version. but if I had to pick with choices given, Weld.
     
    Gabba Gabba, Jul 27, 2021
    #8
  9. cvila

    cvila Senior Member

    Location:
    USA
    It's Dume alone that counts.
     
    cvila, Jul 27, 2021
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  10. eelkiller

    eelkiller One of the great unwashed

    Location:
    Northern Ontario
    1. Weld
    2. Beat Farmers
    3. Hitchhiker
    4. Cowboy Junkies
     
    eelkiller, Jul 27, 2021
    #10
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  11. Evethingandnothing

    Evethingandnothing Forum Resident

    Location:
    Devon
    Live Rust
     
    Evethingandnothing, Jul 27, 2021
    #11
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  12. Aar Gal

    Aar Gal Monkberry Moon Delight Thread Starter

    Location:
    Virginia
    Isnt Live Rust version very similar to RNS?
     
    Aar Gal, Jul 27, 2021
    #12
  13. Evethingandnothing

    Evethingandnothing Forum Resident

    Location:
    Devon
    Similar, but I much prefer the guitar solos on Live Rust. It's the version I've known for 40 years and anything else sounds wrong to me. But I think it's better anyway.
     
    Evethingandnothing, Jul 27, 2021
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  14. ghoulsurgery

    ghoulsurgery House Ghost

    Location:
    New Jersey
    Put me in the Live Rust bucket
     
    ghoulsurgery, Jul 27, 2021
    #14
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  15. Chemguy

    Chemguy Forum Resident

    Location:
    Western Canada
    I LOVE the Hitchhiker version.

    But nothing, nothing, will ever touch the Rust original.
     
    Chemguy, Jul 27, 2021
    #15
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  16. georgwithoutane

    georgwithoutane Forum Resident

    Location:
    Philadelphia
    I love the guitar line after he sings “Shelter me from the powder and the finger” on that version. For some reason that’s what does it for me.
     
    georgwithoutane, Jul 27, 2021
    #16
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  17. stillrockin

    stillrockin Forum Resident

    Location:
    United Kingdom
    The Live Rust version is one of the greatest slabs of guitar rock ever laid down. It would be on my mythical desert island top ten.
     
    stillrockin, Jul 28, 2021
    #17
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  18. The macerator

    The macerator Draining the pool.

    Location:
    South West UK
    I voted Weld. I will add I love it when Band of Horses play it live!
     
    The macerator, Aug 2, 2021
    #18
  19. CybrKhatru

    CybrKhatru Music is life.

    Location:
    Los Angeles
    Rust original.
     
    CybrKhatru, Aug 2, 2021
    #19
  20. misterdecibel

    misterdecibel Bulbous Also Tapered

    Location:
    Little Rock, Arkansas USA
    The version on NYA2 "Dume" is an interesting take.
     
    misterdecibel, Aug 2, 2021
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  21. Bassist

    Bassist Forum Resident

    Location:
    London
    Weld for me though also fond of the Cowboy Junkies' version on Rarities B Sides.
     
    Bassist, Aug 2, 2021
    #21
  22. Zack

    Zack Senior Member

    Location:
    Easton, MD
    Damm now I got to listen to them all again. Hold on.
     
    Zack, Aug 2, 2021
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  23. Alright4now

    Alright4now Forum Resident

    Location:
    New Orleans, LA
    Huge Neil fan. Never heard the Cowboy Junkies verson.

    Just listened to it for the first time on account of your recommendations. Y'all are nuts. Cowboy Junkies version is one of those typical, "let slow down the song and have the singer try to sound creepy" versions. Snoozeville. There's no power or majesty.
     
    Alright4now, Aug 2, 2021
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  24. Zack

    Zack Senior Member

    Location:
    Easton, MD
    Haven't you also known the Rust Never Sleeps version for 40 years? Agree the others beyond the original two sound "wrong" but I've always preferred the original and thought the LR version pretty much duplicated the first, which was also recorded live IIRC. I'll listen closely to the solos on Live Rust again :righton:
     
    Zack, Aug 2, 2021
    #24
  25. unclefred

    unclefred Coastie with the Moastie

    Location:
    Oregon Coast
    Weld was the fully realized tune.
     
    unclefred, Aug 2, 2021
    #25
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