Neil Young Signs On.
Yesterday had a rather cryptic permalink containing the words “Neil Young Signs On” and “Death to the Album”, I unfortunatly didn’t get time to write about either of those yesterday, so here it goes for today. (”Death to the Album” will come later)
Apparently Neil Young has decided to stay the course with his long time partner Reprise Records, stating that “Once you have been with a company that long they feel like family.” You all may remember he left Reprise in the early 80’s and did some wildly experiemental albums, with Geffen, which prompted him to get sued for not sound enough like himself, and in turn prompted Neil to rush out and get a hat emblazed with “You Can Take This Job and Shove It. ” Back with Reprise he recorded more wonderful albums including 2003’s Greendale, which saw mass cross promotion from DVD’s and Books, all of which I purchased, and would dutifully do again. And looks like I will have an oppurtunity to do so, announced on Friday, Neil Young’s newest album Prairie Wind will be released on Sept. 27th, and there is a movie in the works to be filmed by Oscar winning director Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs if you were wondering) . The film and album has mostly to do with Neil Young’s upbringing in rural Canada, and is showcased by a few shows he did last week in Nashville, at Ryman Theatre. Read this article to find out more, from a far more reputable news source.In the article there is a quote near the bottom of the page, in which one fan says “I’d just like to buy him a beer.” I think that pretty much sums up how I feel too.
A few posts back I mentioned a bunch of indie artists that have been covering Neil Young songs, one of which I mentioned was James Mercer of the Shins covering “Harvest”, so I figured I might as well post it, this will be the last cover I post for a while so ENJOY!
James Mercer - Harvest (Live Acoustic) Moonshine Festival Austin 10/10/2004