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March 30, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: The World Is Turnin’/I Hope Neil Young Don’t Turn Away

Neil Young said that just because his problems were meaningless that didn’t make them go away. He’s said a lot of things but he’s seldom been better than when he said that, when he wrote and recorded On The Beach, in a deep funk, in a sad state, in a depressed rage – his friends […]
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August 8, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Five Songs For Friday: 32 – The Tao of Neil 

I guess Neil Young’s been on my mind a lot this week – I rediscovered the Weld album which took me to writing about how I first discovered. And before that I enjoyed the Live Rust tribute concert. Sitting there, hearing so many of those great songs got me to thinking about how so often there’s a line – just a […]
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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, […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1974, Johnnie Walker Island Green, LP, Neil Young, NY, On The Beach, Operation, Polyp, Record, Reissue, See The Sky About To Rain, The Vinyl Countdown # 486, Vinyl, Whiskey, Whisky ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Album Review, Archive, Bootleg, Campaigner, David Briggs, Folk, Hawaii, Hitchhiker, Human Highway, Neil Young, Neil Young: Hitchhiker, On The Beach, Pink Moon, Pocahontas, Reissue, Reprise, Ride My Llama, Unreleased, Warner ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Animals, Earth, Ecology, Live, Live Album, Neil Young, Neil Young + Promise of the Real, On The Beach, Promise of the Real, Ragged Glory, The Monsanto Years, Weld ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Neil Young, On The Beach, Poem, Poem: On The Beach ·

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March 18, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1401

Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Re*ac*tor (1981) Funnily enough Re*ac*tor was one of the first Neil Young albums I bought on vinyl; bought because I heard it was awful. It sat on the shelf for a while and I couldn’t bring myself to actually listen to it. I love Neil with Crazy Horse so I […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1981, Get Back On It, Landing On Water, Life, LP, Motor City, Neil Young, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, On The Beach, Opera Star, Ragged Glory, Rapid Transit, Reactor, Sedan Delivery, Southern Pacific, Surfer Joe and Moe The Sleaze, T-Bone, Zuma ·

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