66 Replies to “Neil Young A Remnant Of The Original Big Bang Of Stupid”

  1. Jon you’re an idiot. Rock is not dead. Musical instrument sales are better than ever and youngsters are picking up and actually learning how to play and create. Boys still dream of being guitar heroes and the girls still love them for it, that is those who aren’t picking up instuments with the dream of becoming heroes themselves! You really need to get out more! Most of todays rock groups are now indie. The North American recording industry took their audience for granted with their girlie superstars and no talent ganstas. We still buy as much as ever, we just don’t buy SONY! And sorry lip-sync artists don’t cut it in the real world. Rap was just another fad that has seen it’s better days, after all, most of their lily-white audience has matured, and the rap message(muhfa beech keel da man muhfa) has become, shall we say, a little tedious.

  2. Neil Young was pro Reagan.
    He doesn’t hold the same respect for Bush.
    I believe that when we lose the ability to individually think beyond the conventional party line – can we really believe ourselves better than those we accuse of collectivism?
    Having said that, what cultural business does Angelina Jolie have in Iraq?
    Or Bono, or George Clooney, or, Sean Penn…?
    Can purveyors of poetry, music and motion pictures heal the world better than experienced diplomats and pragmatists?
    What role does emotion play in a practical reality?
    What privilege does the arrogant academic professor have over the farmer blessed with common sense?
    (Yes, on ice please)
    I don’t think that the west can be successful in Iraq, or Afghanistan, or Canada, for that matter, without understanding and dealing with the oppositions 1400 year old – stuck in the 7th century – ideology.
    But, unforgiveably, we already forgot Japan and Shintoiism as an abject lesson.

  3. Neil Young – with a voice like that of an out of tune bagpipe drone and lyrics that bear a remarkable similarity to scrawlings commonly found on outhouse walls.
    Does anyone gather I’m not a Neil Young fan?
    I don’t like his brand of politics either, but then again that’s just my taste.

  4. Jon, backwards ball caps? One young fella in my workplace was told only two kinds of people are allowed to wear their cap backwards – welders and c***suckers – I hope you’re a welder!

  6. The important thing to remember about Neil Young is that he is the son of Scott Young, a half-decent sports columnist.
    Cheers

  7. Neil Young is okay in my book. In fact, I think he is one of the greats no matter what his political views are.
    I looked at the youtube things from Richfisher. Neil’s got the big Toronto Maple Leafs patch right on his backside – he knows where he’s from.

  8. I love DJK’s comment re the backwards ball caps. But I’ll submit that there is another legitimate work-related circumstance that permits wearing a ball cap* backwards. If you are a geologist working in the field, and you need to examine a rock specimen with a hand lens, you will find that the shade from the bill of your ball cap obscures the view. In which case, it is permissible to reverse the polarity of the ball cap for the duration of the rock-study session.
    *In order to claim full credit for this particular work-related exemption from the “ball cap on backwards makes you look like a degenerate moron” rule, the ball cap in question should bear the logo of a helicopter company. I’m sorry, that’s just the way it is. If your cap has a Nike logo, or a Maple Leafs logo, too bad, you’re f****d.
    This has been a public-service announcement.

  9. Oh great that great bastion of knowledge Neil Young speaking out on issues he knows diddly about. Only thing stupider is the reporter who ran with the story. After Neil was booted from the Bob Dylan school of singing and voice control he has been on a one idiot crusade to change the world through music. Well note to Neil, sing something that sounds a little better than cats mating on a tin roof and you might have a hope.

  10. restored a degree of safety and security
    Most of this is “Security Theatre” designed to deter the wannabes. I once forgot that I was carrying a blade in a toolkit (this was a flight inside Canada, however) and security didn’t catch it. No worries, though, I wasn’t planning on using it on the plane anyway.
    I’ve been to the states twice over the past 6 months (Seattle and Houston) and haven’t had any problems. Taking off my shoes was a bit of an annoyance and I’ve since given up on taking off my belt as my pants might spontaneously fall down (just scan me).
    It’s annoying, but I figure the system must be fed and provide jobs so I try to be as pleasant as possible while being screened.
    More frequent fliers might be more annoyed though. Here’s a plug for WestJet that can be removed by Kate: I made reservations months ago with them and wanted to change the itinerary. I called the number from their webpage yesterday and an actual human being answered the phone within 2 rings and sorted everything out for me. I was shocked and pleased.
    I’m originally from Montreal (been in Calgary for 2 years), and this level of service is amazing. Then again, we easterners are used to talking to infernal machines.

  11. Young has crafted some exquisite music? Please!! The guy has a terrible voice, his intonation stinks by his own admission. His guitar playing is average and the tunes are juvenile. Exquisite music? Look to Gershwin, Porter, Ellington and even Lennon/McCartney. When the current generation of hippies is gone, no one will remember Young’s music, while tunes like “Summertime”, “Take the A-Train” or “Yesterday” will live forever

  12. How did that song by Lynyrd Skynyrd “Sweet Home Alabama” go?
    Big wheels keep on turning
    Carry me home to see my kin
    Singing songs about the Southland
    I miss Alabamy once again
    And I think its a sin, yes
    Well I heard mister Young sing about her
    Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
    Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
    A Southern man don’t need him around anyhow
    Sweet home Alabama
    Where the skies are so blue
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Lord, I’m coming home to you
    In Birmingham they love the governor
    Now we all did what we could do
    Now Watergate does not bother me
    Does your conscience bother you?
    Tell the truth
    Sweet home Alabama
    Where the skies are so blue
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Lord, I’m coming home to you
    Here I come Alabama
    Now Muscle Shoals has got the Swampers
    And they’ve been known to pick a song or two
    Lord they get me off so much
    They pick me up when I’m feeling blue
    Now how about you?
    Sweet home Alabama
    Where the skies are so blue
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Lord, I’m coming home to you
    Sweet home Alabama
    Oh sweet home baby
    Where the skies are so blue
    And the governor’s true
    Sweet Home Alabama
    Lordy
    Lord, I’m coming home to you
    Yea, yea Montgomery’s got the answer
    …we dont need your kind around? is that it?

  13. For the record, I can’t stand his music what so ever. Dubbed ‘neil ancient’ around here.
    Rather listen to some old Long John Baldry anyway.

  14. The only creativity to be found these days in in Techno, House, Trance, club music basically. IMHO, of course. All the weird off the wall stuff being made by kids in the garage. Mostly crap by volume, but you get these little nuggets of brilliance in there.
    You know, like rock used to be and isn’t any more. These days I listen to mainstream radio, half of it sounds like it was written by a computer program and the other half is covers of ’80s tunes by new artists.
    Then there’s Neil Young, missing half his brain from dropping acid in the 1960s (that’s more than 40 years ago, eh?) and can’t understand why 18 year olds won’t rock out to a bunch of 60+ year old Geritol chugging fossils who’s last hit was when, 1985? 1991? When the audience was watching Barney the purple dinosaur and liking it, pretty much.
    You guys seen any pictures of the Stones lately? My mum looks spry compared to that lot!

  15. Generic comment about my cynicism and lack of naivety leveraged on an attack on music I don’t like!!!!!
    Does everyone here just like to listen to themselves talk? Or is there just one guy with a bunch of accounts echoing the voices in his head? Blogs truly are the DEATH of original thought.
    Good work, Kate.

  16. ** “We just don’t have to go and spread democracy around the world.”**
    It’s official! Three out of four dictators agree with Neil Young in a new Zogby poll!
    As for me. Whoa, that’s some strange s*** coming from a dude who preached love, peace, and “Do Your Own Thing” in an age when David Crosby still had a 32-inch waistline.
    Nowadays, if you’re hanging out with Neil Young, be careful when you’re speaking to him because he’s hard of hearing due to years of high volume levels. Definitely don’t ask Neil to “Pass the grass” in a closed room because, well, y’know, he might do something ELSE now that he’s on a high-fiber diet.

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