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| From | "bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net> |
| Subject | Re: Neil Young's first album |
| Date | Sat, 23 Aug 2003 12:52:42 -0700 |
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> The problem is [Neil Young's] vocals. Not really all that confident sounding at times.
David Bash were (briefly and sorta) talking about this recently.
I happen to like a LOT of high-pitched singers who I think have
a lot of f*&ked up charm because they *don't* sound confident,
including Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips...I guess it doesn't
bother me and I can see why it might bother some people....
What I especially *love* about that first Neil Young album is
the fact that it works (for me) as an *album*, and I love the
layered production...(Young himself calls it "Overdub City")
It's also sequenced nicely; "each side opens with an instrumental
overture and ends with an epic, with shorter, more straightforward
numbers in between" (that's from his biography, Shakey). It's
like a journey....
Audities folks, if you haven't heard this album but always heard
it was a piece of crap, check it out sometime -- you might be
surprised by it.
Bryan
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