Neil Young song draft

[Cobain's Ghost]

13.06 - barstool blues

[Cobain's Ghost]

Songs by decade of release:

60s: 10
70s: 55
80s: 12
90s: 17
00s: 2
Unreleased: 1

Songs by album:

After the Gold Rush: 9
Harvest: 8
Freedom: 8 (Cobain has most of them)
On the Beach: 7
Rust Never Sleeps: 7
Ragged Glory: 6
Harvest Moon: 6
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere: 5
Zuma: 5
Tonight's the Night: 4
Comes a Time: 4
Sleeps with Angels: 4
Time Fades Away: 3
Buffalo Springfield Again (BS): 2
Deja Vu (CSNY): 2
American Stars 'N Bars: 2
Hawks & Doves: 2 (Mith has both)
Last Time Around (BS): 1
Neil Young: 1
Re*ac*tor: 1
Trans: 1
Silver and Gold: 1
Chrome Dreams II: 1
other: 7

We are one song away from completing On the Beach.
We are two songs away from completing Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere.
We are two songs away from completing After the Gold Rush.
We are two songs away from completing Harvest.
We are two songs away from completing Rust Never Sleeps.
We are three songs away from completing Freedom.

this means a lot of albums are getting skunked.

[Erik]

Yep, which was to be expected since he's had so many of them.

[Cobain's Ghost]

Yep, which was to be expected since he's had so many of them.

well, i'm planning to open one unopened album with my last pick, if somebody doesn't beat me to it. and foot seems like the kind of guy to pick some weird sh!t by the shocking pinks. lol

[Erik]

There's one album that I'm shocked* hasn't been picked from yet. I suspect it might be the one you've targeted.

* -- Not a sly reference to The Shocking Pinks.

[ManCalledFoot]

13.07 Wonderin' (Everybody's Rockin', 1983)



You got it CB! I was actually going to take this with my next pick, but a) Cobain threw down the gauntlet and b) I've gotten used to the Luckys not picking anything remotely near my wantlist.

"Wonderin'" rules, bite me all of you. The LP and Neil's wholesale embrace of a cartoonish 50s image were a bit cringe-worthy I'll admit... but this song should have been a solid gold hit. In fact, it was kind of a hit on MTV in its glory days. Reading the comments on YouTube confirms I'm not alone in fondly remembering this.

[Erik]

I watched this the other day. I remember when MTV had this in rotation!

It is by far the best song on ER -- and for good reason, it was written in 1970 and performed with Crazy Horse on tour that year. You can hear their (far superior) version on Live at the Fillmore East.

[Erik]

13.05 - "Star of Bethlehem" (American Stars 'n Bars, 1977)

Another one that would have been on Chrome Dreams had Neil released it. In fact, all of Side 2 of AS'NB fits this category.

[ManCalledFoot]

You can hear their (far superior) version on Live at the Fillmore East.

Really! I did not know that...

[johnnya24]

13.07 Wonderin' (Everybody's Rockin', 1983)

He seems like an Elvis impersonator who lost got lost on the way to Vegas.

After that weird interlude, back to Polly Jean

[Erik]

Foot, you gonna complete the "Geffen Lawsuit Trifecta" and take something from Old Ways next?

[Erik]

I have like 15 songs I still wanna take and only two picks left. Argh.

[Mithrandir]

Looks like i'm the only fan of Hawks and Doves...

[Cobain's Ghost]

There's one album that I'm shocked* hasn't been picked from yet. I suspect it might be the one you've targeted.

nope, not that one. though i may crack it open, too, since i just noticed my round 14 pick was taken a few rounds ago.

[johnnya24]

What about an early 90's music video draft ... there's something "DIY trying to look professional" that gives music videos from this period a unique feel.