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Thursday Coffee Break: The Amazing Neil Young

Posted at 8:40 AM on July 29, 2010 by Steve Seel (30 Comments)
Filed under: 9:30 Coffee Break

Neil Young performs at Northrup Auditorium tonight, and you never know quite what to expect from one of the 20th century's must fiercely independent musicians. An innovator, a free thinker, and eternally a rebel, we want to pay tribute to Neil today on the 9:30 Coffee Break with an ecclectic set showcasing a broad swath of his diverse output over the years. What would make for a good set?

Songs played:
"Down By The River"
"Cinnamon Girl"
"Harvest Moon"
"Piece of Crap"
"Ohio"
"Rocking In The Free World"

Comments (30)

Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing from 'Live At Massey Hall'

Days That Used To Be from Ragged Glory

Keep Heart of Gold and the other worn-out trax on the shelf!

Posted by lou | July 29, 2010 8:51 AM

Harvest Moon - one of my all-time favorites

Posted by Oj | July 29, 2010 8:52 AM

Ohio has been a song that has always made me stop what I'm doing and listen . . . I would love to hear it on the coffee break!! Love what you guys do!

--Austin

Posted by austin | July 29, 2010 8:55 AM

CSNY - Wooden Ships or Ohio
Hey Hey, My My
Radiohead's cover of Tell Me Why

Posted by Jenna | July 29, 2010 8:55 AM

"After the Gold Rush"--one of my favorite songs of all time.

or

"Helpless"

Posted by Adam | July 29, 2010 8:56 AM

Sweet Caroline

Posted by Nick | July 29, 2010 8:59 AM

Rockin' in the free world
Ohio
Hey Hey, My My (Into the black)

Posted by Ann | July 29, 2010 9:00 AM

"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd

Famously name-checks Neil Young in reference to his songs about segregationism and race issues in the South.

Posted by Cat | July 29, 2010 9:01 AM

Sweet Caroline

Posted by Cat | July 29, 2010 9:08 AM

There's a great acoustic version of Cowgirl in the Sand on Live At Massey Hall

Posted by Erin | July 29, 2010 9:08 AM

Sugar Mountain, Needle and the Damage Done
2nd on Rockin in the Free World and Hey Hey, My My

Posted by Allyson | July 29, 2010 9:09 AM

A good one featuring Ben Keith would be "Albuquerque"... RIP Ben. :(

Posted by Mark Kaufman | July 29, 2010 9:09 AM

I'd like to hear I'm The Ocean, the last couple of times I saw him he didn't do that one so I don't have my hopes up for him doing it tonight.

Posted by Cynthia | July 29, 2010 9:10 AM

"Are There Any More Real Cowboys" guest vocal with willie nelson.

I remember an MTV video where he was in the foreground and everything behind him was going really fast, can't remember the tune except that I liked it.

Posted by loran | July 29, 2010 9:11 AM

Please play some Cinnamon Girl! The best one cord guitar solo in rock and roll history...

John from R.I.

Posted by john | July 29, 2010 9:11 AM

Rockin' In The Free World!

Posted by DMM | July 29, 2010 9:12 AM

keep on rocking in the free world
old man
hey hey my my

Posted by SLA | July 29, 2010 9:16 AM

OH! Long May You Run definitely.

and a more recent song that would be nice:

Bandit from Greendale, which I think is one of his best of recent years..

Posted by wellst. | July 29, 2010 9:20 AM

Too many to choose from....
How about
Four Strong Winds from Comes a Time
Everybody knows this is nowhere
CINNAMON GIRL!
Like a Hurricane

Posted by marystp | July 29, 2010 9:20 AM

Out of the Blue and Into the Black
Welfare Mothers
Union Man - Live music's better...
Sample and Hold
Mr. Soul

Posted by Pail Ale | July 29, 2010 9:21 AM

My request is a newer song by Neil Young, but I think a great one and one of my favorites: Falling from Above.

Posted by Stephen | July 29, 2010 9:24 AM

revolution blues
(pretty different, angry. about the manson family)

hey hey, my my--his song with devo from the 1983 movie he directed about nuclear apocolypse starring himself, devo, dennis hopper, dean stockwell...if you've never seen it you must, it's....amazing ;)

Posted by beth | July 29, 2010 9:25 AM

See my request on your normal request blog or whatever you call that input form.

Posted by Nick Reynolds | July 29, 2010 9:29 AM

Not Cinnamon Girl!!! Just did it yesterday.

Posted by Nick Reynolds | July 29, 2010 9:32 AM

Yes Cinnamon Girl! Thanks guys!

Posted by John | July 29, 2010 9:38 AM

Neil Young & Shocking Pink 1983 Everybody's Rockin caused a ruckus with the label and he got fired according to Wikipedia and also caused REM to lose the label too. I saw him at the St. Paul Civic Center during this tour pre or post album tour - don't recall - but it was rockabilly. We were really *shocked* but pleased at the concert.

Posted by Brenda | July 29, 2010 9:45 AM

Thank you so much for this set. And for including Ohio. I love the CSNY collaboration and that era of Young's work.

Posted by Caren | July 29, 2010 9:54 AM

Yay! Keep Rockin' the Free World, Jill & Steve!

Posted by DMM | July 29, 2010 9:55 AM

You can't be sixteen on Sugar Mountain..........

Like A Hurricane!

Did anybody see Jimmy Fallon on his show last night do his Neil Young impersonation......FANTASTIC!....if you did not see it.

I would like to see him do a younger Neil Young from his Harvest days.

http://blogs.citypages.com/gimmenoise/2010/07/jimmy_fallons_n.php

Posted by bobby g | July 30, 2010 6:06 PM

*****CORRECTION****

You can't be TWENTY on Sugar Mountain....even though you think your leaving there too soon.


Posted by bobby g | July 30, 2010 6:14 PM

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