26-05-2011, 07:37
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NEIL YOUNG "harvest" 1972, cd. #1 US,UK,Aust...and probably just about everywhere!
NY returned to his folk/country roots for this one by recording at least half the album in Nashville, the rest was recorded at his Broken Arrow ranch in California with the orchestrations for "a man needs a maid" being recoerded in London.
it is not the lovely,wholesome feelgood record that most people think it is, it is instead littered with songs about unrequitted love, searching for love and a place to belong, drug dependancy, allienation, superficiality of life etc...very deep,dark subject matter.
it did however give Neil a worldwide hit album and single in "heart of gold", something he deliberately steered away from after this, as he has put it numerous times: "i was cruising the highway and veered into the ditch, where i stayed and am comfortable with", he hated the media attention, the lights, the cameras, and everybody wanting a piece of him. the masteroiece of this album is the deeply depressing "needle and the damage done", written about not only the increased use of 'hard drugs' in society, but for Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and Stephen Stills, both of whom were spiralling out of control with their heroin addiction, shortly after Whitten died from his addiction, Stills took another decade to break the habit.
"old man" is a dedication to the caretaker who lived at Broken Arrow Ranch and showed the then prospective buyer NY around.
"a man needs a maid" is a song written for his then girlfriend/actress Carrie Snogress with whom he had a son with.
the worst song here for me is "heart of gold" as it is a very atypical simplistic song for NY, yet it is the one along with "four strong winds" that he is most remembered for.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: heart of gold
best track: the needle and the damage done
tracks:
1. out on the weekend***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFXoCLY_wI audio
2. harvest***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUSWllyZqg audio
3. a man needs a maid**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xchoR5upVwo live
4. heart of gold** #1 US, #14 Aust, #10 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE live
5. are you ready for the country***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g75N4Tfln2o live
6. old man*** #31 US, #99 Aust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao live
7. theres a world***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Q5FT9QuR0 audio
8. alabama***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byU7j3YnEJU audio
9. the needle and the damage done***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXvXO1Ygg0Y live
10.words (between the lines of age)**
3s=7
2s=3
1s=0
rating: 2.7 [/INDENT]
NEIL YOUNG "harvest" 1972, cd. #1 US,UK,Aust...and probably just about everywhere!
NY returned to his folk/country roots for this one by recording at least half the album in Nashville, the rest was recorded at his Broken Arrow ranch in California with the orchestrations for "a man needs a maid" being recoerded in London.
it is not the lovely,wholesome feelgood record that most people think it is, it is instead littered with songs about unrequitted love, searching for love and a place to belong, drug dependancy, allienation, superficiality of life etc...very deep,dark subject matter.
it did however give Neil a worldwide hit album and single in "heart of gold", something he deliberately steered away from after this, as he has put it numerous times: "i was cruising the highway and veered into the ditch, where i stayed and am comfortable with", he hated the media attention, the lights, the cameras, and everybody wanting a piece of him. the masteroiece of this album is the deeply depressing "needle and the damage done", written about not only the increased use of 'hard drugs' in society, but for Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten and Stephen Stills, both of whom were spiralling out of control with their heroin addiction, shortly after Whitten died from his addiction, Stills took another decade to break the habit.
"old man" is a dedication to the caretaker who lived at Broken Arrow Ranch and showed the then prospective buyer NY around.
"a man needs a maid" is a song written for his then girlfriend/actress Carrie Snogress with whom he had a son with.
the worst song here for me is "heart of gold" as it is a very atypical simplistic song for NY, yet it is the one along with "four strong winds" that he is most remembered for.
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: heart of gold
best track: the needle and the damage done
tracks:
1. out on the weekend***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efFXoCLY_wI audio
2. harvest***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFUSWllyZqg audio
3. a man needs a maid**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xchoR5upVwo live
4. heart of gold** #1 US, #14 Aust, #10 UK
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh44QPT1mPE live
5. are you ready for the country***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g75N4Tfln2o live
6. old man*** #31 US, #99 Aust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVC2cszdTao live
7. theres a world***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1Q5FT9QuR0 audio
8. alabama***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byU7j3YnEJU audio
9. the needle and the damage done***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXvXO1Ygg0Y live
10.words (between the lines of age)**
3s=7
2s=3
1s=0
rating: 2.7 [/INDENT]
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.