http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:38:53 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-79086 The first request I received to rate 'Greendale' I gave it 2 stars out of 5 for just the movie. After I looked at Everything on the DVD, I would give it a 4 star now. The ending saved it for me. In fact I got a lump in my throat. 79086@blogcritics.org Tue, 10 Aug 2004 14:38:53 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-53804 I am a new Neil Young fan and have been desparately looking for a concert or appearance of his in US or Canada-if anyone knows where he may be playing please help!! 53804@blogcritics.org Sun, 28 Mar 2004 17:45:11 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-29878 Was fortunate enough to attend Neil's concert in Melbourne last night. We stood in the rain but hardly noticed it! Great concert, great music! One of my favourites from Greendale was 'Bandit'. Looking at his concert schedule over the last few months - USA-Hong Kong-Japan and now Australia. For an old guy he's going great. 29878@blogcritics.org Sat, 22 Nov 2003 21:55:24 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-27880 A great album, recent lps like Are you Passionate and Broken Arrow saw Neil kinda coasting and the drawn out riffs and solos were a bit dawnting to say the least and nowhere near classics like "Down By The River" or "Like A Hurricane" but I couldn't beleive that some tracks were over 10 minutes long! I just find the whole lp an amazing journey which gets better every time as the characters get more familiar! Carmicheal is perhaps one of his greatest songs in recent times in my opinion and I gat a "Tonights The Night" vibe from it. The simple blues riff on "Double E" is so hypnotic and at times even humourous, totally an enjoyable album. 27880@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 Nov 2003 19:28:40 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-25575 Greendale? Concept albums? The return of the unrepentant hippie, at long last.Finally we are back to music as art instead of predigested consumable bumpfh.I still can't believe how good this album sounds or how many times it is possible to listen to it in one day-when you are supposed to be working. The track " Be the rain " has got all it needs to be an anthem for the environmental movement. As for the overall content in its anticorporate stance it says all Chomsky could ever wish to, but so much more economically. It's enough to restore one's faith in the world. 25575@blogcritics.org Mon, 27 Oct 2003 20:57:54 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-24585 It is amazing to me how few people actually realize how little this album has to do with the Green family. Neil has used the fictional Green family as an outlet to show how desensitized man has become toward his fellow man and his enviroment. As a few examples (and there are many) his reference to Grandma and Grandpa livin' back in the days when things were better, people were people and cared more about who they were than what they were "A little Mayberry livin' can go a long way". Jeds "blunder" when he shot Carmichel, and the subsiquent reaction af all involved, from the media frenzy, to Charmicel's wife being pissed off at him, and not attending the funeral. Earls paintings selling once the "Devil" cleaned his glasses, and he started painting pictures that were not joyful and free. The names of the "characters" are also a dead give away, Sun Green, Earth Brown....How Earth (or should I say The Earth) gets parched once the Devil adds his dust to Earth's water. There is so much more to this album than what it appears to be, when you listen to it.....get outside of the box and the listening experience well be ten fold. This is easily Album of the Year!! 24585@blogcritics.org Wed, 22 Oct 2003 09:04:47 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-19108 Thanks Tammy, glad to hear it was so good - we're always looking for reports on shows. 19108@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Sep 2003 21:11:19 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-19097 I was just to Neil's concert here in PA. Man,was I impressed. I thought the music was great. He came out on stage with a bunch of actors and did the whole Greendale story. If you get the chance to see him live, I recomment that you go to see it. After Greendale, he did 4 sets. Him and Crazy Horse. He did Cinnamon Girl...My Favorite song 19097@blogcritics.org Wed, 17 Sep 2003 20:00:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-15568 Thanks Mark, excellent review, I'm looking forward to delving into the perpetual weirdness that is Neil. And thanks Thrasher, cool site, you should be a Blogcritic (except there is more to life than Neil Young - that's the rumor anyway) 15568@blogcritics.org Thu, 21 Aug 2003 19:46:31 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-15552 Hi. The concert DVD and Greendale soundtrack DVD are 2 different releases. The soundtrack DVD release is supposed to be later this fall. We'll see. Afterall, with Neil anything can happen. Interestingly, Greendale was #1 yesterday on Amazon and On the Beach was #4. For more Greendale reviews, check out Thrasher's Wheat at: http://home.earthlink.net/~thrasher1/wheatfield.html Keep on rockin! 15552@blogcritics.org Thu, 21 Aug 2003 16:28:05 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-15335 that's a good question. i popped it into a dvd-enabled laptop last night and watched a couple of tunes....can't remember if there was anything else on it or not. 15335@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:40:08 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-15326 Hey Mark, does the DVD include a movie of Greendale as well as the concert? I've seen this touted as that in various places, and MusicChoice broadcast a chopped-down version of the DVD last week and featured a long video for one of the songs, which appeared to be a part of the Greendale movie. 15326@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Aug 2003 12:14:54 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2003/08/19/095950.php#comment-15315 Thanks for the great review! Now it's got me in the Neil Young state of mind. I enjoy his acoustic and the Crazy Horse stuff. 15315@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:14:26 EDT