Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Get Blown Away By Neil Young



There are numerous Neil Young songs where I can say are my favorite. Its a tough choice, its like choosing your favorite son or daughter. Some days you choose one and others another pops into your head and then that's your favorite. Neil's songs are so diverse, starting off as a 60s kinda pop rock band with the Buffelo Springfeild. After they disbanded he went on to solo projects starting off with a folk sound then it morphed into a country sound when Harvest hit the charts. Tonights The Night saw Neil at his darkest moment with songs that can make a madman feel pain. Rock, Folk, Blues, Country, Electronic, Rockabilly, Grunge, there's not much Neil hasn't done or attempted to do. Later in his career Neil was approached by MTV to perform on their MTV Unplugged program. At first Neil didn't want anything to do with the program, stating that pride almost kept him from performing. But he became convinced that it was a good idea. Its a good thing he did because now its considered one of the greatest MTV Unplugged performances of all time. Like A Hurricane was one of the highlights on the show. Neil tapping away at the organ sounds so haunting on such a beautiful song of love and peace.

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