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Tuesday, February 23

Music Monday: Neil Young

Sorry for the tardiness of Music Monday.  Today's feature is Neil Young.  Now, Neil Young is one of those artists who has massive amounts of music on tons of different albums, so I'm just going to focus on my favorites.  Those albums would be:  Silver and Gold, Harvest, and Harvest Moon.  I much prefer Neil Young as a mellow artist, and don't fancy much of his rockin' stuff, but the nice part about an artist like him, is there's something for most everyone in his catalog.

I didn't grow up listening to Neil Young, I only developed an obsession about 4 years ago.  I heard the song "Razor Love" on a college radio station that is VERY hit and miss, and new I had to check out his music.  I was surprised to find out that Silver and Gold was released in 2000.  The songs from that album are beautifully written, and are extremely reminiscent of songs from Harvest Moon (1992) and even some from Harvest (1972).  I feel like Neil Young is quite the timeless artist.  Even Prairie Wind, which was just released in 2005, would be a good representation of what Neil Young does best.  I love him as a singer/songwriter/acoustic guitar artist... especially when Emmylou Harris is singing backgrounds for him.  :)














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I hope you've enjoyed this edition.  If you have any thoughts, or maybe suggestions for next week, be sure to let me know!  Have a wonderful evening!  xoxo Katie
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16 comments:

  1. JaymeFebruary 23, 2010 at 5:58 PM

    LOVE him. The first ever concert I was taken to as a kid was Neil Young. One of my favorites: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mU9_Q7PJuNQ

    Too bad we don't live close enough to swap records. ;)

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  2. skunkboyFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:00 PM

    I know! I think that would be so awesome!

    Concerts I would have been taken to as a child: Ratt, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, Tesla... you get the idea. ;) It's probably good I was left with the babysitter!

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    I loooove Neil Young. My dad use to always listen to him when I was growing up.

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  4. MegFebruary 23, 2010 at 6:11 PM

    I love Neil Young! My first concert was Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young when I was 10 years old, it was great! I still have one of their record albums and a Neil Young 8 track of Harvest Moon, "Heart of Gold" is one of my favorite songs, it always reminds me of my big brother! Thanks for the memories!
    xoxo~Meg

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    Great MM choice! I got the incredible awesome privilege to volunteer for the musicares person of the year awards this year honoring neil! it was incredible! people like elton john and dave matthews, and keith urban, and norah jones, jackson browne and crosby stills and nash (i could go on...) all performed covers of his greatest and it was pretty much the most amazing (and star struck) night of my life! great choice! have a nice day katie!

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  6. Robin @ Red Line VintageFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:49 PM

    Saw him at Farm Aid last fall, and the old man's still got it! :)

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  7. UnknownFebruary 23, 2010 at 7:56 PM

    I love love Neil Young so much!

    Carrie

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  8. mollyFebruary 23, 2010 at 8:26 PM

    neil young is one of my absolute favorites. i'm so happy you featured him today.

    i just got a record player and i'm spending a lot of time listening to harvest and after the gold rush. (my two favorite neil albums - although harvest moon reminds me of being a kid in my parent's car:)

    cheers to neil.

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  9. KaraFebruary 23, 2010 at 10:17 PM

    Absolutely love NY. My mom listened to him CONSTANTLY when I was little and never appreciated him, always criticizing her for his awful voice. As an adult, I'm so thankful my parents introduced me to great music. He's wonderful. Harvest Moon is my fave song, After the Gold Rush is my fave album :)

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  10. KatieFebruary 24, 2010 at 12:35 AM

    I love Neil Young. My parents used to play Harvest Moon in the car on our way home from my grandma's house when we were younger. For me that album evokes sleepiness in the backseat with my brothers on the longish drive from San Francisco to Fremont, and then climbing out of the car and rolling into our beds. Love.

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  11. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 1:58 AM

    I love Neil Young too...I remember discovering him years ago trough my father who gave me "Harvest" because at that time I was very anxious, couldn't sleep for days, felt very bad. He told me "this will help you feeling better, those songs will calm your pains".
    And it worked :)

    I love "On The Beach", too. Did you listen it?

    Have a great day!

    Alicia

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  12. EmmaFebruary 24, 2010 at 2:23 AM

    I grew up listening to Harvest as my Dad played it a lot - actually I'm very grateful for my Dad's good taste, other favourites of his; Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, EmmyLou Harris and Simon and Garfunkel - not a bad collection, I think : )

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  13. amelieFebruary 24, 2010 at 10:27 AM

    hI I LOVE BLYTHE BUT IN MY COUNTRY THEY DO NOT SELL .... WHERE DO U BOUGHT THEM ?? I LOVE THEM!! THNKS!

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  14. AnonymousFebruary 24, 2010 at 11:08 AM

    He's definitely in my top ten ;) I'm another kid whose first concert was Neil Young! Plus my second grade teacher who played guitar for us every week was his #1 fan and our class play featured Neil Young songs. I love that he can rock and be mellow.

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  15. Amanda SmithFebruary 24, 2010 at 5:21 PM

    Neil rocks.

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  16. EmilyFebruary 24, 2010 at 10:53 PM

    *swoon* Neil Young has my heart!

    ~Emily

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