> 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