Neil Young - Song of the Day

12/13/18

Be The Rain (from: Greendale)

where is Sun Green?

 

12/14/18

Rockin' In the Free World (from: Freedom)

A thousand points of light. We need them. Change is
coming.. .. .. .. .

 

12/15/18

Love To Burn (from: Ragged Glory)

Massive and astounding discoveries in the vaults by
J Hanlon make the next Ragged Glory release a
double album.

 

Wow! Quite the update.

 

Very intriguing. I don't think Neil's reissues have ever included any bonus tracks.

 

Ragged Glory : Massive Discoveries in the vault!

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Crazy Horse’s ‘Ragged Glory’ album will be twice the size in its next release. J. Hanlon has found more of the Crazy Horse album from 1990. Listening to these tracks is a real head scratcher. They are equal to anything on the existing record, maybe better. Possibly, the thought at the time was to have a single album and not include the songs from the last half of the unique ‘set oriented’ recording sessions.

Those sessions were unique because the band played a set of songs twice a day at Plywood Analog for a couple of weeks, then went back, listened and chose best tracks after the two weeks were up. The Ragged Glory was picked from those tracks. The same tracks were never repeated in a recording set, played only once as set. . . . and the band moved right on to the next song. No repeats. This approach took ‘analysis’ out of the game during the sessions, allowing the Horse to not think; thinking is deadly for the Horse.

After the songs were played enough so that the band was sure they must have the takes, the Horse, having a great time, kept playing other songs. . . Five songs, with two versions of one, and one long extended take of another, yielded another 38 minutes of Crazy Horse classics, mostly undiscovered and unheard before.

Ragged Glory II, the double album, will be announced as a stand alone LP in vinyl, CD and High resolution digital, probably released in 2019 and possibly delaying release of other announced projects.

 

Started a separate thread on Ragged Glory II here:

Neil Young - Ragged Glory II (1990/2019)

 

12/16/18

Only Love Can Break Your Heart (from: After the Gold Rush)

politics can break your body but only love can
break your heart....

D Crosby

 

What a beautiful song in all respects. This tune has been a good friend for a long time > I've needed it often. One of many where Neil is at his very best. Lots of true lies therein.

 

12/17/18

Lost in Space (from: Hawks & Doves)

enjoy the day and the night. Mind the weather...

be there to dream

n

 

12/18/18

No update

 

12/19/18

Drifter (from: Landing On Water)

Landing on water was my first work with Niko
Bolas, the great engineer who helped me make a lot
of cool records. We became 'The Volume Dealers',
producing 'Freedom', Blue Note Cafe, This Note's for
You', and 'Rockin in the Free World' together. Four
years ago, we did Storytone, a very personal record
for me. People may not have been ready for me to
sing with a orchestra, but we were ready. I love
Niko! He and Al made it happen.

 

I busted out my Landing on Water LP the other day for the first time in a little while, although I've always thought it was an underrated album. Side 1 is definitely stronger than Side 2, though. All the same, I like seeing Neil spotlight it a couple of times recently.

That note today about fans being "ready for [him] to sing with an orchestra" is funny. Was Neil really ready to sing with an orchestra? It seems like he's been slow-rolling the orchestral tracks from that album since the beginning, with all the different versions on the "Who's Gonna Stand Up?" single, and then even going so far as to concurrently release an entire alternate solo version of the album. Hell, the solo version is actually labeled as Side A/B on the LP with the orchestral version being C/D!

 

12/20/18

Expecting To Fly (stereo) (from: Buffalo Springfield again)

Hope yer all havin' a happy holiday with your
families and loved ones!!

lots of love,

n&d

 

12/21/18

Comes a Time (from: Comes a Time)

Lift that baby right off the ground! This old world
keeps spinnin' 'round

 

12/22/18

Broken Arrow (stereo) (from: Buffalo Springfield again)

Checkout the little video of a radio thingy with
the DJ Jim Paulsen, a local Winnipeg DJ who used to
spin records at the drive-in in burger place I went
to when I could get a car.

love

N

 

12/23/18

Mr. Soul (from: The Archives Vol. 1 Disc 1 Early Years (1966-1968)

 

12/24/18

Harvest Moon (from: Harvest Moon)

 

12/25/18

I Am A Child (from: The Archives Vol. 1 Disc 1 Early Years (1966-1968)

Merry Christmas everybody!

 

Errr, how bout “Star of Bethlehem”, Neil?

 

Mabye next year......

 

12/26/18

I Am a Child (from: Live Rust)

I hope you had a great day

love

 

12/27/18

Lost in Space (from: Hawks & Doves)

You never know what's next! Hope yer havin' a
great Holiday.

love Neil

 

12/28/18

Goin' Back (from: Comes a Time)

 

12/29/18

You And Me (from: Harvest Moon)

That was all a dream. It happened.

love

N