Go here and click on “The Painter” to stream a tune from Neil’s forthcoming Prarie Wind. Dana Carvey used to do a great bit about all Neil Young songs sounding the same: he played Neil’s favorite four chords and whined lyrics like “Dead dog lying in a ditch…” Anyway, that’s darker Neil Young; if “The Painter” is any indication, Prarie Wind finds the legendary songwriter back in Harvest mode — and there ain’t nothin’ wrong with that.
For something completely different, download Junior Senior’s “Take My Time” at Fluxblog. As infectious as the last Jr.Sr. track Matthew posted (“Itch U Can’t Scratch”) almost six months ago! Sadly, still no domestic release for Hey Hey My My Yo Yo ($35.99 import out 9/4). If you’re dying for more, hit Junior Senior’s official Japanese site for sound clips from the album.
UPDATE: Another new Jr.Sr. tune at Marathon Packs.
UPDATE 2: Thanks Robin:
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I’ve dropped some Junior Senior over in my small corner of the ‘sphere:
http://marathonpacks.blogspot.com/2005/08/junior-senior-no-no-nos.html
Hey-O! Long link!
dude..that dana carvey HBO specials is one of the funniest things I have ever seen…. “Dead dog lyin in a ditch, cigarette smoker has an itch….i’m gettin higher….i’m getting HIIIgher…in the world….
Love it! Thanks for bringing me back. You inspired me to find that mp3. I posted it here:
http://www.thelisten.net/record/
If you’re looking for the Junior Senior record then you might be able to get it cheaper from http://www.cdskiven.dk. Danish site and they ship all over the world. Haven’t done the currency conversion but worth checking out
here is a very long link for anyone who wants more neil… this is a clip of him in the studio doing that new song:
http://click.rollingstone.com/?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rollingstone.com%2FprerollHurl%3FclipId%3D208243%26id%3D7587099&ismedia=true&pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple5
enjoy
The Painter is a fabulous song, but sadly it’s not totally indicative of the rest of the album.
it IS a good album, but the soulfull female backing vocals and horns on a lot of the tracks definitely detract from what could otherwise be a very great record (bad lyrics aside)
he name drops Chris Rock and 9/11 in the second track, rather odd sounding.
some of it wouldn’t sound out of place on Silver & Gold tho, which was a great album.
For anyone to intimate that all of Neil Young’s stuff sounds identical is more than ludicrous … as any fan knows, he has gone on more tangents and come up with more half-baked record albums than most.
Everything from Rockabilly and Big Band to Electro-pop (before it was popular). I’d swap most of this crap for more albums that sounded like “Tonight’s the Night” or “After the Gold Rush” any day of the week.
Sometimes eclectisism gets old.
remember imitation is sincerest form of flattery. You wanna appreciate Neil’s diversity and range just play On the Beach, “walk on”, “See the Sky about to Rain”, “Revolution Blues”, “For the Turnstiles”…enuf said.
yuk bet he has bad breath and like is he like 90