Posts Tagged On The Beach
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October 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
The Vinyl Countdown # 486
Neil Young, On The Beach (1974) The first time I ever heard this was in 2003 – when it was first issued on CD. I fell for it, fell under its spell on first listen. I was already well into my run as a huge Neil Young fan – couldn’t believe I’d never heard this, […]Archive
September 13, 2017 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
Neil Young Hitchhiker Reprise There he was, 41 years ago, the “lonely visitor”, campaigning a few more songs…he took breaks for weed, booze and blow, apart from that there was just him, Neil Young, and his best producer, David Briggs. Hitchhiker was recorded over one night in 1976 and then – like quite a few […]Archive
June 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Neil Young + Promise of the Real: Earth
Neil Young + Promise of the Real Earth Reprise/Warners Good ole, weird ole Neil – he’s nothing if not that happy-hippie that’s forever ornery-seeming, wilful and whim-following, he’s a bag of contradictions – so it makes sense, as only it could in Neil’s world, to give up a life-long love of marijuana smoking and then […]Archive
October 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman
Poem: On The Beach
I shared my problems with the world it wasn’t much but I gave it a go, a little injustice I wanted to mention “No deal!” Said the world – because problems are ranked and mine? Deemed meaningless. That may be so but it doesn’t make them go away. Thank you Neil! You’ve always been there […]Archive
March 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman