RE: (TV) Rough guides, Hair Transplants and CSNY

[Guy Goldman <Guy.Goldman@orange.co.il>]

yes, but when you consider the fact that neil might not rock on stage for
that many years,
its better ,as long as he does, if he'll do it with crazy horse. why be
satisfied with beer while 
you have the fine whisky?

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Russ Van Rooy [SMTP:russvr@blarg.net]
> Sent:	ä 18 éðåàø 2001 5:19
> To:	tv@obbard.com
> Subject:	Re: (TV) Rough guides, Hair Transplants and CSNY
> 
> CSNY rock ! I saw them last year and for a bunch of over 50 year olds they
> could really make the metal melt. Near the end of Almost Cut My Hair,
> Crosby
> , who was playing a Strat at that moment ,bent over real low with his
> guitar
> facing a little tweed Fendar amp to wring out a little extra feedback .
> That
> moment made my night for me - it was perfect. I've always felt that Neil
> Young and Tom Verlaine have very similar soloing styles - very modal,
> eastern sounding and of course both are masters of the whammy bar.
> Speaking of Deja Vu - that's certainly one of my favorite records; all of
> the songs except for "Our House" which I must admit I can't really take,
> are
> great . And especially "Country Girl "which I would agree is the gem of
> the
> bunch. Nash is good songwriter in his own right - I Used to Be A King off
> of
> "Songs for Beginners" make me cry.  Immigration Man is another great song
> penned by him. And he's a good guy too, I sent him a get well card when I
> heard he broke his legs ( both of them) last year and he sent me back (
> along with hundreds of his closest friend I'm sure, an autographed picture
> of him - still a really nice gesture ).
> Other unfashionable bands I like : The Grateful Dead, The Eagles . Why is
> it
> that so many people seem to dispise this group ? Somehow they have become
> the poster boys for corporate rock ? I don't like their sappy stuff but
> they
> rock out with the dual guitar invasion of Felder and Walsh - reminiscent
> of
> Stills Young and Verlaine Lloyd...What up dudes !
> - Russ
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "eric s gregory" <esgregory@uswest.net>
> To: <tv@obbard.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:58 AM
> Subject: Re: (TV) Rough guides, Hair Transplants and CSNY
> 
> 
> > tho i'm very very resistant to csny in any incarnation (big
> > big fan of byrds & springfield tho...not really much of a
> > hollies fan), i'll agree "deja vu" is an at times pretty
> > powerful record...please let's leave nash outta this...he's
> > not really a writer on par with even a 2nd rate hack like
> > stills (one of the most chauvinistic jackasses in rock &
> > roll), but crosby & young are both great on this record &
> > stills decent..."almost cut my hair" IS a fantastic
> > statement of paranoid irreverent rebellion...
> >
> >
> > Billy Ancell wrote:
> > >
> > > This is totally unrelated to what has recently been
> > > debated -  my sis bought me a "Rough guide" book
> > > entitled "Music USA" for Christmas - Chapters are
> > > arranged geographically, and are chronological. I
> > > skipped right to New york in the 70's and checked it
> > > out - Televison are mentioned as, I think, "Architects
> > > of the New wave and punk movement in NY", with the
> > > usual praise for guitars and songwriting etc yet in
> > > the recommended listening section for New York they
> > > are omitted - Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads are all
> > > there tho.
> > >
> > > This is a complete tangent - What realy got my goat
> > > was what they said about CSNY's Deja Vu - I don't know
> > > about the folks on the list but I love this record -
> > > they slated Crosby and Nash's contributions as
> > > "ponderous and self concious, satisfying the needs of
> > > the writer as opposed to the audience" - they then go
> > > on to proclaim Young's "Country Girl" as one of the
> > > outstanding tracks on the album. Does anybody else
> > > feel this way? Fair enough, the Nash songs are twee (I
> > > think the american translation of twee would be
> > > "cheesy") but they are still endearing.
> > >
> > > Wonder what Tom and Richard make of "Almost Cut My
> > > Hair" - the guitar interplay is fantastic, and
> > > completely suits the atmosphere of the song - Stills's
> > > meandering (but still good) solo being completely
> > > blown out of the water by Neil's urgency and
> > > simplicity.
> > >
> > > As for Mojo - good article, but as you folks say
> > > nothing I haven't learnt since subscribing to the list
> > > and buying the records - but the quo one had me in
> > > fits, espec the bit about "polishing" - some people
> > > have absolutely no morals!
> > >
> > > P.S. Stateside folks may not know this, but over in
> > > Blighty Francis Rossi of the quo is an advertising
> > > star! He appears in the back pages of our seedier
> > > tabloids advertising Follicle transplants - Class.
> > > Almost transplanted my hair, to paraphrase Crosby.
> > >
> > > =====
> > > Nothing ever happens until it happens twice - Tom Verlaine
> > >
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