Neil Young & Crazy Horse
Philadelphia, 11/29/12
Photos by thrasher
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The Comment of the Moment is from post Photo of the Moment: Neil Young's "Walk Like A Giant" is So HUGE by Thomas:
Now that we have Toast in our possession and Homegrown was finally set free I think Alchemy moves to the top of the list for forthcoming archives releases for me.
I have very clear memories standing at the front of stage in Melbourne when NYCH launched into Walk Like a Giant (fourth song in) which seemed to morph into some overdriven white heat outtake from the Dead Man score - after 20mins of ‘scorched earth feedback guitar freakout bliss’ I was left stunned - it was like they were attacking the crowd, attacking the convention of ‘ageing rock star comes to town and plays the hits’, pushing everyone in that arena room to the limits.
A few songs later when the rest of the band exited Heart of Gold provides the absolute joyful acoustic relief many were craving but for me with the ringing in my ears, the blood still bubbling in my veins and the earth flattened around me it only served to further illustrate through juxtaposition the kill or be killed force that was taking place that night between Neil, Ralph, Billy and Poncho.
Thanks so much Thomas for our TW Comment of the Moment!
Now that is some vivid writing of a memory well over a decade ago. To say that WLAG leaves an impression -- negative or positive would be yet another vast understatement in a sea of under stated-ness.
Also, more concert reviews of Neil Young & Crazy Horse's Alchemy tours:
Excellent comment of the moment.
ReplyDeleteI couldn’t have said it better.
When we experience the Alchemy Tour at Red Rocks, it was just so incredible to witness these aging rock n’ rollers create this avalanche of sound over the entire crowd. It was really inspiring……Overwhelming for some, but undeniably beautiful for others. This was way beyond the feedback on the Ragged Glory Tour. This time there was genuine intentions involved, not just feedback. But they were really saying something with all that sound, and it related completely to the lyrics of the song. You could feel the giant approaching, and it was startling to the sense’s. Scary almost.
Peace 🙏
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ReplyDeleteI was shocked at how bored I was during that tour's Bridgeport concert while we -- the audience -- waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and waited and then waited some more for each song to finally end.
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