Rumblin': Can You Feel It Now?

"Rumblin'" by Neil Young, in concert in Houston, TX on 06-04-10.

"I feel a rumblin' in her ground
I feel a rumblin'
I feel a rumblin' in her ground
I feel a rumblin'
When will I learn how to listen?
When will I learn how to feel?"

Either you are a rebel or a slave.

Freedom ... For What It's Worth and FREEDOM In A New Year.

99%'rs solidarity. rise. occupy. peace. namaste

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The Answer is Blowin' in the Wind My Friends

Here's Neil Young covering Bob Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" on the 1991 Weld tour with Crazy Horse. (Unfortunately, no venue or date info)

There was a lot of discussion at the time of Neil's cover of Dylan's "Blowin’ in the Wind", one of the most celebrated folk protest songs of all time.

"Yes ‘n’ how many times must the cannonballs fly
Before they’re forever banned?
The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind. "

Young prominently featured Dylan's "Blowin' in the Wind" on the 1991 Arc/Weld tour. The song became a standard during the 1991 tour with Crazy Horse which began as the Persian Gulf war began. At the end of "Rockin' In the Free World" (listen to San Francisco, CA. 1991-04-06) Neil Young and Crazy Horse segue into a homage to Bob Dylan's "Blowing in the Wind" for a most majestic feedback drenched finale. From Pulse! article titled 'The Godfather Of Grunge Rock' by Steve Martin:

Young attributes Arc/Weld's unprecedented levels of white heat to the onset of the Persian Gulf war.

That fact is perhaps most evident on Arc/Weld's version of "Blowin' in the Wind." With due respect to Dylan's halcyon days, Young dusts off the old protest standard and gives it new relevance as a pastiche of single-note feedback and vocal anguish.

"Yeah, well, I had planned to do something along those lines," he says. "I was gonna do something off Ragged Glory that's almost the same, 'Mother Earth.' But I didn't really want to do 'Mother Earth.' I didn't think it was gonna make it to the concert. We were rehearsing 'Blowin' in the Wind' before the war and the tour started. Basically, the songs took on the ambience of the times. That's all we do--we just reflect what's going on. It just seems like we go out and it all comes from the audience; we just pick it up and send it back.

So whatever's happening, there's no reason to just go out and entertain.

Entertainment, all by itself, is great; it's a great thing to do. But when something like [the war] is happening, certain songs just seem trite. Why bother doing 'em? It's just natural that the songs reflect what was happening in the country. You'd see it in people's faces as they came in and out of the concert--the slogans they had on the signs they were holding.

But there's room for everybody," Young adds, after a moment's reflection. "Some people might want to forget about the war. Some people might not."

Young performed Dylan's anti-war epic, 'Blowin' in the Wind' shortly after the 9-11 terror attacks at the 2001 Bridge School Benefit Concert. And not just once but twice (once acoustic unplugged and again electric Crazy Horse style).

More on Bob Dylan and Neil Young.

Freedom ... For What It's Worth and FREEDOM In A New Year.

The answer, our friends, is blowin’ in the wind...

99%'rs solidarity. rise. occupy. peace. namaste

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Neil Young: Best of the Last 25 Years

The past 25 years of Neil Young's career have been even more varied than the initial phase of his career, as he continues to veer and swerve across the genres in his own unique rule breaking anti-fashion style.

From the blog The Unfinished Line: Neil Young: Best of the Last 25 Years:

I've been listening to Neil Young quite a bit lately, mostly focusing on the later part of his career.

I love his early stuff, and most folks prefer classic albums like "Harvest" and "Rust Never Sleeps". But he's remained incredibly prolific over the last quarter century, and his late-era catalogue is definitely worth exploring. While there are missteps, he's mostly been on a long string of inspiration that seems a bit taken for granted. I've compiled my favorite tracks of the last 25 years, one per album (excluding all live releases apart from the MTV unplugged collection). Selections from Neil Young solo albums are here alongside recordings with Crazy Horse and CSNY.

These are my personal favorites from each album, and they are all songs that I feel deserve a wider recognition as being some of the best work of his amazing career.

From 1986's "Hippie Dream" up to 2010's "Love and War", it's an interesting list of some essential Neil Young tracks.

Check out the blog The Unfinished Line: Neil Young: Best of the Last 25 Years.

Thanks Christian!


We've always been partial to "Ordinary People", the hard working but unemployed people. But that's just us...

So how about you? What would you have added? Or subtracted?

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Devendra Banhart Clip from Bridge School Benefit Concerts 25th Anniversary Set

A wonderfully delightful clip from the Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition of Devendra Banhart performing "At the Hop" at the 2006 Concert.

After viewing -- if you didn't know already -- you'll see that it's all about the kids.

The package is set for release on October 24.

More details can be found at Bridge School 25th Anniversary Edition.

Pre-order on DVD - Amazon.com - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary & CD - Amazon.com - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary & VINYL - Amazon.com - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary (Thanks! You'll be supporting both the Bridge School and Thrasher's Wheat! *International* orders, please use country links in middle column.)

100% of sales go to the Bridge School... because it's all about the kids. fyi, TW will be making a donation on behalf of readers this year, as well.

More on upcoming 25th Anniversary 2011 Bridge School Benefit Concert.

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Track Listing & Cover Art for Bridge Concert 25th Anniversary Edition

Art Design by Shepard Fairey

Here's the track listing and cover art for the Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition (3 DVD set and a 2 CD set).

The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition DVD:
Disc 1:
Bruce Springsteen "Born In The USA"
Patti Smith "People Have The Power"
Pearl Jam "Better Man"
David Bowie "Heroes"
Ben Harper "There Will Be A Light"
Bob Dylan "Girl From The North Country"
R.E.M. "Country Feedback"
Emmylou Harris & Buddy Miller "Love Hurts"
Fleet Foxes "Blue Ridge Mountains"
Devendra Banhart "At The Hop"
Bonnie Raitt "The Road Is My Middle Name"
Billy Idol "Rebel Yell"

Disc 2:
Brian Wilson "Surfin' USA"
Gillian Welch "The Way It Will Be"
The Pretenders "Sense Of Purpose"
James Taylor "Fire and Rain"
Simon and Garfunkel "America"
Tom Petty "Shadow Of A Doubt"
Dave Matthews "Too Much"
Neil Young "Crime In The City"
Tom Waits "16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought Six"
Elton John & Leon Russell "A Dream Come True"
Paul McCartney "Get Back"
Metallica "Disposable Heroes"
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Disc 3:
Bridge School Documentaries:
* "Backstage At The Bridge School Benefit Concert"
* "The Bridge School Story"
* Special Feature - Student/Artist Interviews

The Bridge School Concerts 25th Anniversary Edition CD
CD 1:
Bruce Springsteen "Born In The USA"
Dave Matthews "Too Much"
No Doubt "Magic's In The Makeup"
Jack Johnson "Gone"
Fleet Foxes "Blue Ridge Mountains"
Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Love And Only Love"
Sonic Youth "Rain On Tin"
Pearl Jam "Better Man"
Gillian Welch "The Way It Will Be"
R.E.M. & Neil Young "Country Feedback"
Willie Nelson "The Great Divide"
Nils Lofgren "Cry Just A Little"

CD 2:
Sarah McLachlan "Elsewhere"
Paul McCartney "Get Back"
Elton John & Leon Russell "A Dream Come True"
Band Of Horses "Marry Song"
Metallica "Disposable Heroes"
Thom Yorke "After The Gold Rush"
Sheryl Crow "The Difficult Kind"
Tony Bennett "Maybe This Time"
CSNY "Déjà Vu"
Norah Jones "Jesus, Etc"
Jonathan Richman "I Was Dancing In The Lesbian Bar"
Brian Wilson "Surfin' USA"
The Who "Won't Get Fooled Again"

Note there are slight variations between the CD and DVD sets.

The package is set for release on October 24.

More details can be found at Bridge School 25th Anniversary Edition.

Preorder on Amazon.com - DVD - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary & Amazon.com - CD - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary (Thanks! You'll be supporting both the Bridge School and Thrasher's Wheat! *International* orders, please use country links in middle column.))

100% of sales go to the Bridge School... because it's all about the kids. TW will be making a donation on behalf of readers this year, as well.

More on upcoming 25th Anniversary 2011 Bridge School Benefit Concert.

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"Mellow My Mind" - Neil Young, Japan, March,1976

Neil Young solo acoustic on banjo in concert on "Mellow My Mind", Budokan, Tokyo, Japan (either March 10 or 11, 1976).

Thanks Morten in Norway!

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Won't You Please Come to Chicago? & New York? & Washington? & L.A?

"Chicago" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young.

A music video project for a history class.

Does anyone remember Chicago in the Fall of 1968?

"We can change the world, rearrange the world
It's dying ... to get better."

Will anyone remember New York City in the Fall of 2011?


The revolution will not be televised...
it will be streamed, blogged, tweeted,
friended, shared and liked.

Watch live streaming video from globalrevolution at livestream.com

THE WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING!!!
This is what freedom & democracy looks like


STOP THE GREED, CORRUPTION & FRAUD

99%'rs Stay Safe. Solidarity. peace

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Bridge Concert 25th Anniversary Edition 3 DVD/2 CD Set Coming

Some major news: a 3 DVD set and a 2 CD set of Bridge Concert tracks has just been announced.

The package is set for release on October 24.

More details can be found at Bridge School 25th Anniversary Edition.

Preorder on Amazon.com - DVD - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary & Amazon.com - CD - Bridge School Concert 25th Anniversary (Thanks! You'll be supporting both the Bridge School and Thrasher's Wheat!)

100% of sales go to the Bridge School.

More on upcoming 25th Anniversary 2011 Bridge School Benefit Concert.

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Wheat of the Moment: Neil Young's Philosophy

Neil said...
"Just do what you want to do
Don't listen to anyone else"
(Jack Black w/ sign @
MusiCares 2010 Person Of The Year Award)

Over the years, all sorts of attempts have been made in ascertaining any discernible "Neil Young Philosophy".

Eventually, we just gave up and agreed that it was really all just one song anyways.

But after watching the recently released DVD of MusiCares 2010 Person Of The Year Award, we were struck by the quote which Neil apparently uttered sometime during that evening which was then auctioned off for the charity event.

"Just do what you want to do.
Don't listen to anyone else."

That statement works for us as being the closest we'll ever find of a "Neil Young Philosophy".

More on Neil Young Honored As MusiCares Person Of The Year.

peace

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