Hi-larious!
Posted by TFG on April 30th, 2006
Young, a burnt-out dope-smoking long-haired maggot-infested hippie cockroach who only became famous for protesting the Vietnam War, hasn’t had a hit song since… since… well, since the Vietnam War. Dang cockroaches… can’t get rid of ‘em! But now we are supposed to take him seriously, because he is, gasp, *whispered tones* a serious artist.
Piss on Neil Young, hit or no hit. He’s no serious artist. He’s just another 60s burnout who failed to fade away, beloved by the cognoscenti and their forelock-tugging lick-spittles (much like Bob Dylan). As far as latest work goes, who knows or cares? I seriously doubt that it’s any better than his previous 20 or 30 folky noodlings that some dork recorded.
Gullyborg here suggests buying a Lynyrd Skynyrd album to counteract Young’s latest grab at the brass ring. I concur, so far as I care, and I suggest buying Marshall Tucker to go with it, and of course some Allman Bros. Frankly, if you don’t have them all on your iPod already, I weep for your lame ass. All those bands are bedrock, foundation types for your Outlaw Country / Americana movement. Neil Young? Ahhh…not so much, buddy.
Via Craig…
May 1st, 2006 at 7:19 am
Isn’t he Canadian?
May 1st, 2006 at 8:42 am
I like Neil Young and I like his music quite a bit. Then again, I haven’t bought anything he’s done since college. Fortunately, I learned long ago not to take the politics of any artist seriously, whether their art form was music, film, painting, “performance”, or politics.
May 1st, 2006 at 9:15 am
Now, wait just a dad-burn minnit. Are you saying that I should not enjoy watching Barbarella because of Jane Fonda’s politics? You don’t even need the sound on to enjoy that movie.
I don’t have anything new by Neil Young, or anyone else, on any of my playlists. I think Big Head Todd and the Monsters is about the most recent, except for a Billy Joe Shaver or two.
May 1st, 2006 at 9:30 am
I personally don’t give a flying eff about Mr. Young’s politics. I think they’ve been pretty clear all along, and you’ll note that I stayed away from that. I mainly dislike him sucking up music industry oxygen in a pretty transparent attention grab. And that’s because I don’t think he’s worthy.
Besides, I get the opportunity to talk up Southern Rock, a horribly ignored branch of the Music Tree.
May 1st, 2006 at 9:09 pm
I could never stand Neil Young’s whiny, glass-etching voice. I don’t know why I went to the dentist all those times when I could just have put “Southern Man” on the stereo and opened my mouth. Oh wait — I don’t own “Southern Man” or any other Neil Young song. Modern dentistry is saved!
May 3rd, 2006 at 6:48 pm
What a dumbfuck thing to say about Neil Young, Fatso. Every once in a while I come to your blog looking for your inane “thoughts,” and you never–NOT ONCE–disappoint.
May 4th, 2006 at 4:58 am
Who are you again?
May 4th, 2006 at 5:43 pm
He is a VERY IMPORTANT PERSON whose opinions you MUST heed at all times! Oh wait, that’s not him. Never mind!
May 5th, 2006 at 8:28 am
The real Toy Caldwell (God rest his Soul) was perhaps one of the most underrated pickers of the 70’s….and the man who wrote and sang “Can’t You See”, among other Marshall Tucker Band classics.
Who’s this guy to co-opt the name? Isn’t there any respect in this world anymore?
May 5th, 2006 at 8:43 am
Just another internet dork from the world of academe with no sense of history at all, Sean…