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any news on the Neil Young album?
Leaked a while ago. Surprised it hasn't been posted here yet (that I've seen). I'd do it, but it's on a different computer.
I kind of dig it... it's a nice mix of acoustic folky stuff and more rocking tracks. "Ordinary People," to me, is totally out of place and shouldn't be on the album, not just because it's a dated recording, but it just totally disrupts the flow of the record. The other 10-plus-minute track is much better, I think. Closing track's kinda weird, too, with a children's choir.
Not having heard the album, I'm still convinced that it shouldn't be released, and Neil should've just released 'Ordinary People' via his site or on some EP if he really wanted to get it out there.
I love the song to death and wish like hell it would've been released back in the day as it would've given a new appreciation to his vastly underrated 80's work. I'm glad it's out now (or soon) though, because I would've hated having to wait for the third volume of the
Archives series to hear it...
Neil just needs to rock out and find his rock voice again. Listen to tapes from the 2001 Crazy Horse tour of Europe. He
kills on that tour, yet what we get now is the
Prairie Wind voice - which is kinda like someone doing a bad Neil Young impression.
Will still buy everything he ever puts out though...