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RE: (TV) I'll miss Mr. C but...
That's my least favorite studio thing he's done. The live Bottom Line show
in the 90's...now, that's smoking with new songs.
Regards,
Micah
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Young [mailto:raggedglory57@hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 3:25 PM
To: tv@obbard.com
Subject: (TV) I'll miss Mr. C but...
...I must admit, hearing of this list's recent playlists and discovering
that a lot of us shared a respect for if not passion for Neil Young to be
good fodder for discussion. I admire artists like Tom Verlaine and Neil
Young who remain idiosyncratic artists true to their inner spirit, but
there's not been a lot of proof in the pudding lately for Tom.
I'll throw something out there for potential discussion: The Wonder. I
looked for it for years before finally buying over the internet, and when I
finally got it, I was hugely disappointed. And when I saw Tom play
acoustically at the Paradise in Boston on April 12, 1990, I was also let
down that he gave such a lackluster performance. In comparison to acoustic
performers such as Richard Thompson, Neil Young, Peter Blegvad and hell,
Louden Wainwright III fr crying out loud, Tom lacked charisma and compelling
songs. And I have the bootleg of that show (taped poorly, by myself
unfortunately) that I've gone back to a number of times thinking I must've
been previously wrong.
I say this although I have deep respect for him as an artist. I will now go
back to The Wonder and this bootleg and listen again as penance and to see
if I have since changed my mind.
Well, there you go, the cat's outta the bag. Now I'll probably be banished
or shunned. Or both.
Cheers,
Brian
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