Members Grant Harding Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 So this guy asks me to play Neil Young and he's never heard Old Man or Hey Hey My My. Is that unusual? They're the only ones I like to play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 Well, new generation, new material. I've found out on a couple occasions the old standards that influenced me and I still play have not been heard by the succeeding generation. The radio stations dropped what I liked for disco, meaning they sold out, and that was the end of it. So, your mission should you choose to accept it, Mr Phelps, is to busk those old songs as often as possible. I'll watch my relevance meter in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members garthman Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 . . So' date=' your mission should you choose to accept it, Mr Phelps, is to busk those old songs as often as possible.. .[/quote'] Yep. That's what I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 So this guy asks me to play Neil Young and he's never heard Old Man or Hey Hey My My. Is that unusual? They're the only ones I like to play. Yes, but not unheard of. I'm like you: There's only one Young tune I like to play: "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere." And I perk it up a lot: Up the tempo and substitute that cloying / Cmaj7 / Cmaj7 / with a much livelier / C G D G / C /. Little things mean a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 So this guy asks me to play Neil Young and he's never heard Old Man or Hey Hey My My. Is that unusual? They're the only ones I like to play. What strikes me as interesting is that he's requesting Neil Young, but is unfamiliar with two of his most successful songs. Not unheard of, but kind of weird if you ask me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 I've noticed lots of youngsters ask for random old stuff because they've heard their parents play it. For example a teenager asked us to play A Day in the Life, by The Beatles, but didn't know Here Comes the Sun or Hard Days Night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 The guy that asked for Neil would have been a teenager in Canada in the 1960's, which adds to the head scratching. Guess I should have played Heart of Gold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Delmont Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 'Cause you're gettin' old? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted February 13, 2017 Share Posted February 13, 2017 Ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 13, 2017 Author Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 I'm 24 and there's so much more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted February 13, 2017 Members Share Posted February 13, 2017 Like, 36 more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 14, 2017 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2017 + 26 more for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Emory Posted February 14, 2017 Members Share Posted February 14, 2017 Old man take a look at my life. I'm a lot like I am.....Give 'em half hour of Down by the River. Be just like '69 Peace and Freedom party potlucks at Skinners butte park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Idunno Posted February 15, 2017 Members Share Posted February 15, 2017 I like Neil. On a guitar set up for finger picking action, and with a flatpick I'm learning to use and deftly murder the strings with, I give you one of my NY favorites. Grant, I think you've got me on a NY kick with this thread. Thanks for the memories. https://app.box.com/s/4wyzl2vh77jajin4xx7w80iirp3q8khe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members t_e_l_e Posted February 15, 2017 Members Share Posted February 15, 2017 to be fair, i'm a dedicated neil young fan, one of my greatest heroes of all time. but he has released more than 40 (official) albums. i loved and lived with neil only knowing unlugged, heart of gold, freedom and mirrorball album for over ten years. i was even on a NY & crazy horse concert before i discovered the whole crazy horse world, with cortez, everybody knows... powderfinger and co... now i still possess less than the half of his albums and have not heard everything on mp3... my significant other was really disappointet when we were at a crazy horse concert two years ago, cause neil didn't play any hits nor neither a song she would know... yeah they played 20 minutes of cortez, barstool blues and powderfinger, but the played no hits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GoldJim Posted February 15, 2017 Members Share Posted February 15, 2017 Put this on my YouTube page a while back. I play all the instruments and do all the vocals. [video=youtube;kZtbuKQZRyE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Blanchard Posted February 16, 2017 Members Share Posted February 16, 2017 Funny, in the 80's, when my brother and I were playing Baltimore's Fells Point bar scene, there was always one guy at every bar (possibly the same guy) who would call out, "Play some Neil Young, maaaaaaaan." It seems nothing has changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mikeo Posted February 17, 2017 Members Share Posted February 17, 2017 What I have seen some guys do, is to make a list of all the cover songs they play. So when someone asks you if you can play a song, you hand them the list. Pretty quickly any thought that was in there head of some cover song don't play or don't want to play, soon focuses on the list. Next thing you know they have 5 songs off the list that they want you to play. So hey man play some Neil Young soon turns in to, oh gawd I love that song Teach Your Children Well, and Oh man, Working At the Car Wash Blues, my mom had the record of that when I was a kid. If it ain't those song, it will be something else, believe me. I think one of the key things you can do as a performer is make folks think what you playing right at this moment in time, is the thing to be doing. There's a bit of trickery to it, but you need to master it a bit. If you do master it, please let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ski219 Posted February 17, 2017 Members Share Posted February 17, 2017 I can't sing Neil Young songs - just too high for me. But I like 'em and I play a bunch. Favorite right now is Harvest Moon. Also play:Everybody Knows This Is nowhereDBTRCowgirl in the SandRockin' in the Free WorldHurricaneNeedle and the damage DoneOld Man (just played it tonight with my trio) Used to play Cinnamon Girl in a cover band...never really liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Grant Harding Posted February 17, 2017 Author Members Share Posted February 17, 2017 Yeah - I play Hey Hey My My in E instead of A to hit the notes properly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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