Beedster

I got the first time what you got the second. A guy prepared to flip everyone to get what he wants. The trail of damage he left in the late 60s and early 70s was pretty sad. I think the book makes clear how much he believes karma got him, and how

If I didn’t know better I’d think some of this was Klaus Nomi

This made me smile https://magazine.vinylmeplease.com/magazine/trans-album-so-controversial-label-sued-neil-young-over-it/

Yep, I’ve ready Shaky, hell of a read. Album’s way ahead of its time, hints of Air, nod to Kraftwerk. Hard to believe it’s the same guy who did Harvest?

Had it been released 25 years later by a pair of Frenchmen it might have been a hit

Or Fairlight perhaps?

Yep, there now, didn’t see the vocoder coming, sounds like early Trevor Horn production

Ha ha, just listening to Trans for the first time and from the first harmonies thought ‘This sounds like Yes’

Not to annoy Dad, but because it's a truly great vocal performance of a truly great song

An improvement on 'rank'

Objective discussion welcome, given the breadth of styles he’s recorded, I defy anyone to say there’s none of his music that they like, or at least appreciate in musical/historic terms. His lyrics in songs like Alabama and Ohio still resonate with current US politics, perhaps less so after yesterday however

Virtuoso 5-string DB clip that has nought to do with the thread alert

You’ve always got something positive to add

Bashdown....? Asfaced....? Baredown....? Bareas.....? The world awaits with baited breath

Amazingly No, Kent. And Mrs Beedster has hoofed it for the day also, which means me, the kids and the dog are going to be listening to a lot of Neil Young - After the Goldrush up next, then I'm going to explore some of the stuff on the Guardian's upper echelon that I'm not yet familiar with

On The Beach currently on rotation loudly chez Beedster, glorious day, all the doors open, warm sunshine flooding in, kids calm, dog snoozing in the sun. Life could be worse

That classic from Steve Coogan "What's your favourite Beatles album?" "Best of the Beatles"

Great idea. Anything that stops the ‘bad courier experience’ threads here gets my vote Good luck

Agreed, perhaps more a provocation than legitimate ranking?

Yep, totally agree re On The Beach. I think the rankings are for no other reason than to start threads like this

Should clarify that those are their ages, not their names

My girls, seven and nine, voted for them without any prompting from me, which I take as a good sign. They’re still a bit confused as to what a Rickenbacker is however

Continuation of my retrospective journey through 70s music, I found some of these rankings surprising https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/05/neil-young-every-album-ranked

Ric 4000 & rock stride. Two out of three ain't bad mate

Agreed, they were authentic weren't they, don't know how much pitch correction was being used but there seemed to be sufficient error to allow us to think none, in which case they were amazing, in fact all of them were. The band that went out in the sudden death thing last might hot a 5-part harmony at one point! I think most of the acts made X-Factor/Voice/BGT acts look synthetic