N Y Times
June 2, 2012
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From Neil Young's Official News page N Y Times comes a message from Neil himself to his fans:
THANK YOU THRASHERS!
June 2, 2012
Thanks for your spirited reaction to "A day at the Gallery." I must tell you that we had a good time doing that piece. It was born totally out of fear. We are so scared that Crazy Horse is not good enough to promote our new album conventionally on late night TV. Imagine the disaster that could have occurred there and the damage to our reputation that could have ensued.
What if we had begun one of our songs and gotten hung up on the intro and they had to cut away to a commercial before we got to the first verse?
Thankfully, you loyal fans have been able to understand and sympathize with us.
NY
And we can only say, "You're welcome and thank you, too."
peace & love,
thrasher & thrashette
At least someone has kept the proper perspective on all this.
ReplyDeleteThanks Neil. Well said.
ReplyDeleteThe dude is a rock and roller. I love his music. But really. Folks do get carried away. Sure it's art, but it is folk art (Neil has never developed technique).
And Neil is not responsible for all the weight of history that goes with these songs. He's just playing some old songs he grew up with with his favorite garage rock band.
Love it. Don't. Move on.
I love it. This sly message from Neil is itself a work of unbridled genius. High art. A self-referential, post-modern addendum to the Day at the Gallery piece, brilliantly drawing on, and encapsulating, the responses of the fans themselves, in an inventive, inverted, participatory promotional epilogue!!
ReplyDeleteHave Elliot buy up the commercials. Get the Sr. discount rates too.
ReplyDeleteI loved it. Neil is the best and is welcome to come hang out next trip to Ontario ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm having trouble determining how many tablespoons of sarcasm are included in Neil's message. Whatever the dose, long may he run.
ReplyDeleteAnd so the defining spiritual engine of Neil Young's output in the 21st century is revealed to be, not a race with rust, but the paralyzing fear that he and The Horse are not good enough for his online web forum critics!
ReplyDeleteHeh, can't exactly say I saw this one coming...
When Neil and the boys release a new album it's become like an event in our house. Love it to hear Old Black squealin' again. Sounds like the tube amps workin' overtime. Thanks Thrasher and Thrashette.It's almost everyday these days I'm checkin' out the site.Cool! Thanks again from Oshkosh....
ReplyDeleteSince when is a narcissist such as Neil Young worried about his reputation , what a pile of crap !
ReplyDeleteA good start , return his Canadian Governor Generals performing Arts award , bestowed upon him by the Queen's representative .
Long Live our Queen !
To hell with yer hippie dream .
Neil, if you haven't been you may like SF Silent Film Fest...it's coming up quick.
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Yeah and than you for saving us all that embarrassment
Is it just me or has Neil's message been taken down from NY Times?
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You are right D.M.
ReplyDeleteIt's gone but not forgotten
Thrasher
ReplyDeleteNeil is just being Neil which is why we love him.
Much to do about nothing.
Thanks for 15 years.
I have been a Neil fan since 1971 when my Mother bought After the Goldrush.
Thrasher
ReplyDeleteNeil is just being Neil which is why we love him.
Much to do about nothing.
Thanks for 15 years.
I have been a Neil fan since 1971 when my Mother bought After the Goldrush.
Dailies Screenings - BEN YOUNG
ReplyDeleteGoing just a bit off topic here, but the picture on Neil's site of Almac's Diner is from my home town of Fall River, Mass. Just noticed it for the first time this morning. My father used to take me there in the sixties for breakfast. Memories.
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Imagine finding yourself riding a fast and crazy looking horse.
ReplyDeleteThere's a giraffe in front of you.
There's an elephant on your right.
And there's a lion right behind you.
So, what do you do?
You get your drunken ass
off the carousel.
That's a very nice message from old Neil.
ReplyDeleteBreaking news is that there will NOT be a giant Crazy Horse tour in the next months:
NY: "The art will be the backdrop for this short tour that we’re doing," Young said of the upcoming Americana dates, which he described as "really a very short tour."
Sorry, that news came from Rolling Stone and there's a nice picture too:
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Art is just a dog on Neil Young's porch...
ReplyDeleteI don't mind Crazy Horse being (pardon the pun) loose, but *I* don't think they're too inept for LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON...c'mon Neil, do it !!
ReplyDeletenot too psyched to hear that it's gonna be a relly short tour, but - hey - a little kudos from Neil is great. The fact that he's tuned in speaks it all.
ReplyDeleteCan someone explain in laymans terms what's Neil's agenda in this NY post? I'm seriously at a loss to understand his true intentions and message here?
ReplyDeleteIt was removed from his site very shortly after it went up. I'd be surprised if Neil himself actually had anything to do with it, and in any event it obviously wasn't really intended for public consumption.
ReplyDelete@anonymous: that's my feeling too. I find it very strange that Neil would react to a discussion here and it was'nt a very clear message too.
ReplyDeleteThe very only time he did a thing like that, he used the words 'it has come to my attention'. I'm pretty sure Neil stays away from sites like these, it would make it harder to follow his own path.
Or... was that you Matthew? :-)
This notes for you!
ReplyDeleteI gotta believe the 'thank you' was directly from Neil, it's got his prose and humor all thru it. Maybe he took it down because he knew it had already been posted here.
The inference is he's gonna let someone else ghost-write for him? Doubtfull.
@ Peter d - it's obviously my fault, whatever it is. Just ask no one.
ReplyDeleteat the very least a dubious post IMO...
ReplyDeletepretty funny stuff coming from the group that the critics claimed to be the best performance at the music cares awards this year
ReplyDeleteLike Wardo says, the sarcasm is just dripping off this "thank you" letter.
ReplyDeleteThe lyrics in FITR, "sales have tanked"...perked up my ears.
The Horse records sell. The suits smile...:>)....take it to Late Night! (Take it to the bank!)
We... all want units... to sample..... and hold.
Don't need... no more Late Night!
Don't need... no more critics!
Don't need... no more no ones!
Don't need... no more.....whys?
(This is just my humble take on the music biz and the whole scene here.)
I'll never forget Arlo Guthrie in 1969 yelling out to the crowd at Woodstock,....."Lotta freaks!"
Fast forward to 2012. You can bet Neil reads every single word here....
"Lotta Comments!"
Rabinowitz: "That's good! That's good!"
If this is a real post, it is just dripping with sarchasm - like, "You guys, get a f*$king life, for christ's sake. Stop feedin' off me!" (Oh, that's Cool Hand Luke) - but same thing.
ReplyDeleteI guess it's time to go out hunting for a life.
Matthew
ReplyDeleteYou give yourself too much credit. I believe what no one actually said is (paraphrasing) that you're an idiot. She is welcome to her opinion, but let's not let her comments be misconstrued.
Neil Young is the original Elizabeth Warren (at least there's something original about him)
ReplyDeletePinto, I was being sarcastic. I think you took my comment too literally.
ReplyDeleteI wasn't giving myself credit for anything, I was making a facetious joke (referencing recent hostile remarks made by a hilariously socially inept internet bully).
Liner notes for the Americana album/CD are credited to 'NY'. Seems that the prose handle he's been using, his 'pen name' if you will for literary inscription. So the message on his Neil Young Times appears genuine, as was the message.
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