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if youāve never explored Neil Young further than his mega hit āHarvest Moon,ā I implore you to give his record āAfter the Gold Rushā a listen. the wistful, floaty vocals and eternally resonant messages of love, loss, and heartbreak in this album make it seem so very timeless in a way that not only captures this autumn season weāre now entering(happy october!), but also give pangs of nostalgia in a not quite traceable way.
Oct 1, 2024
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This album is like when youāre in the park on a summer day, a bit stoned, and everything seems to be pretty hazy. No oneās really following a conversation per se, and no one knows how long youāve been sitting there for.
One of four highly anticipated solo records from the Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young boys, released in I think ā71. I dont know enough about CSNY to compare and contrast (except that I know Neil Young was never interested much in this kind of la-la-laāing on his solo efforts).
I like this record because itās like insight into the mind of the last living Hippie, the true Hippie- snapshots and reel to reels from the end of the Love Decade. It sorta feels like Crosbyās standing there in the rain wondering what happened to everyone, when was it hip to get paranoid? Maybe we were lost in a flower dream the whole time!
This is seriously easy listening- and I disagree with Lester Bangs who called it āthe perfect aural aid to digestionā- this is music to wander around to, to contemplate some things to, or just to zone out to.
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I know this album cover is imprinted into the corneas of many already. but Iām listening to this ~8 yrs after I first found it, which sort of marked the start of my own self-discovery w music (along with, who else, but velvet underground). and since they are both so huge, Iāve had a hard time listening to them as earnestly in years since. of course relationships with music change, but I think I became embarrassed by the earnestness of this album & its internet overexposure. but it is sincere and beautiful (+ a little freaky and smutty) and it is very special to come back to every now and then. it turns on a certain part of my soul I canāt usually access when I come to it at the right moment. full of love and oneness w humanity, time transcendent
ālet us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can seeā
Mar 10, 2025
just a sad dude and his guitar, but somehow ahead of its time. beautiful guitar work and melodies, soft and peaceful vocals, melancholy lyrics, stunning imagery. wonderful to throw on while wistfully staring out the window with a warm drink. or looking up at the night sky asking for a purpose.
May 9, 2025
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such a hauntingly beautiful record ā will forever be associated with big life changes and with fall
Sep 30, 2024
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hi there! funnily enough I also go to school for songwriting (kinda, I'm a music production major but I'm in songwriting class with all of the songwriting majors and have been writing for a long time as well). if there was one text I'd recommend for working on your songwriting and lyric building process it'd be the exercises in the book "How to Write One Song" by Jeff Tweedy. he basically just shows you how to jumble up your current way of thinking about writing and finding new ways to put words together that you never thought you could do.
P.S. your line about wanting to creating lyrics that move people is very relatable and I understand that want very much and know you probably already are moving people and that as much as we want to be able to write like our heroes as soon as possible, our own just as powerful sound will come eventually with slow and hard work. I'm sure you know this but I thought I would say.
feel free to message me if you'd like to talk songwriting moreāhappy writing!
Oct 1, 2024
thereās this band called Big Star that started releasing records in 1971 that capture an indie rock/folk sound i think more clearly than any artist had before, but had no real success while they were first active in the 70s.
their sound was so undeniable that we start to see a new generation of musicians that discover the band and create music inspired by it with much greater success, an inspiration that can be undoubtedly heard in these musiciansā writing.
my favorites of these Big Star Influenced artists:
Elliott Smith (and thru him, phoebe bridgers)
The Replacements
R.E.M
Wilco
Teenage Fanclub
Jeff Buckley
(and many more)
Sep 30, 2024