Monday, October 28, 2019

Choon of the Month: What Are We Doing


Original video located here. Accessed 28th October 2019

Song title: What Are We Doing

Artist: Egoism

Year: 2019

Why I like this song:

A snappy song with some great guitar work and a sentiment I often find myself asking. 

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Classics: Come On Baby Lets Go Downtown


Original video located here. Accessed 23rd October 2019

Song title: Come On Baby Lets Go Downtown

Artist: Neil Young

Year: 1975

Why I like this song:

And now, in my explorations of the music of Neil Young, I come to Tonight's the Night: His foray into blues rock and his mourning for both his former bandmate Danny Whitten and his roadie Bruce Berry. 
See there's the problem with Neil Young: Much has been written and documented about him that it's difficult to come up with something new. 

Personally I found this album a far from fun listen but this perhaps my favourite song on the album (a precursor to this perhaps?) and a firm reminder of what a loss Whitten was.

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Classics: Ambulance Blues


Original video located here. Accessed 2nd October 2019

Song title: Ambulance Blues

Artist: Neil Young

Year: 1974

Why I like this song:

So On the Beach: It's well documented that the success of Harvest left Neil Young at a quandary so what came afterward was far from commercial. 
Listening to On the Beach now is an exercise in disillusion:  Neil sounds bitter, like he's throwing in the towel and hellbent on criticising the US. But that doesn't make it a boring listen.
And this is the best song on the album.