Wild Frank

Very sad. Don't know much about him apart from is contribution to the Mac. Always heartbreaking when someone takes his own life.

That's a great cover.

Happy birthday Bob. Hope the new record is a good 'n.

Nashville is a great litte record. 'I Threw It All Away' is a beautiful song. There is a cool, raw, version of that track on the Hard Rain album if I recall.

Ragged Glory is my favourite Neil album. I didn't love broken arrow but I did like the live album that followed it, Year of the Horse. That was a cool record with some songs that you don't normally hear on a Neil live album.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2012/05/11/152486586/song-premiere-neil-young-sets-americana-on-fire Second vid. Sit down for this one. Neil and Crazy Horse doing 'She'll be coming 'round the Mountain'. A) I'm a huge Neil Young fan; I didn't like greendale or most of his recent releases. 'Broken Arrow' was even pretty poor; C) However....fo some reason...this works. Its just hits a spot for me that Neil and the Horse haven't hit since 'Sleeps with Angels'.

http://neilyoungnews.thrasherswheat.org/2012/05/official-video-oh-susannah-by-neil.html Official video for Oh Susanna. Loving it. The essence of Neil and Crazy Horse.

Watching Van Morrison in the Last Waltz is pure joy. Watching Rick Danko sing It Makes No Difference moves me to tears.

I've just watched the Man in the Sand doc. I'm trying to put my finger on what it is about Billy Bragg that really winds me up. Watching the DVD Tweedy is far more in tune with the essence of Woody Guthrie than Bragg could ever hope to be. Not sure why that is. Maybe Bragg tries too hard. Great seeing Jay in the film. His contribution to this project was massive and reminds me of how I loved that period of the group.

I like this. Quietly optimistic for this album. Has a bit of a 'Welfare Mothers' feel to it.

If I'm being honest I'm not keen on this one at all. Production very similar to the previous two but just doesn't have the songs. Might grow on me. I think the ZD collaborations have had a negative impact on this record.

Yeah, I love that album cover.

Grandaddy....are back. Looks like the guys are getting back together for some shows.

The Jim James dilema.....I agree that MMJ haven't really kicked on how I imagined they would. 'Z' is an amazing album but they seem to have lost focus with the most recent two. 'Circuital' isn't a bad record but its not one I keep going back to. That said he is a major talent and watching him belt out 'Wordless Chorus' live is something that everyone should experience at least once in their lives. He has a solo record due this year. It could either be stunning or really bad.

The 80s look better in retrospect. There were plenty of great bands around. Unfortunately I was very young so spent my time listening to Duran Duran and Aha instead of the Replacements!!

There's no strings this time around. Very much a striped down 'Chop with the core members. Looking at the recent press photo's I'm not even sure William Tyler is part of the tour, which would be a great shame as I love his guitar work.

This new Crazy Horse record of Americana, complete with childrens choir, is making me slightly nervous. I think we really need a classic Neil and Crazy Horse record at this time......and childrens choir and the 'Horse don't seem like a good mix in my eyes. We shall see. There was an interesting piece on Thrasher this morning about 'Sleeps with Angels' which was the last truly great Neil Young album in my view. I love that album. Check out the Complex Session clips on Thrasher of Neil and the guys playing 'Change your Mind' etc. Timeless Horse.

I also love the Roger solo records, particularly 'Pros and Cons' and 'Amused to Death'. I still contest that if 'Amused to Death' had been released under the Pink Floyd moniker it would have sold tens of millions. Conversely had 'Momentary Lapse' been a titled as a Gilmour solo record it would have gone down like a lead balloon.

I love electronica. Like all genres there are good and bad examples. With Dubstep the 'Burial' album is extreamly good. It has a very 'british' feel to it like a lot of the trip-hop stuff in the nineties. I would also recommend the most recent album by Royskopp which is top notch.

I might take a punt on this. After the other thread I'm feeling kind of nostalgic for the nineties. Counting Crows were mainstream rock...in a good way.

The nineties were great for music in the UK. Ignoring the 'Brit-pop' stuff bands like Massive Attack and Portishead were producing really exciting music. Tricky and the whole Bristol scene. Great stuff. Drum and Bass, with Goldie and Roni size, was also really exciting. We also had Bjork exploding on the scene. Ahhh great days. As far at the US of A goes the nineties for me represents the trio of Wilco, Jayhawks and the mighty Grant Lee Buffalo.

The Final Cut is a great record, much underappreciated. The Gunner's Dream is one of my fav Floyd songs. I would concur that the cream of the Floyd material is already out there. Regarding Animals I believe the two 'Pigs on the wing' were originally one song that was split due to the constraints of vinyl.

Anyone feel any love for European 'post-classical' artists such as those on the 'Erased Tapes' label. I downloaded one of their free compilation sets last year and since them I've been picking up loads of nice records from their store. Nils Frahm and Olafur Arnalds are both signed to Erased Tapes and the albums I have picked up by them have been staggering. Its kind of like Sigur Ros without the rock element..or the annoying vocals!!. Are there any other artists in this field of music that I should look out for?

Personally there is a clear winner. The Tom Waits track 'I'm Still Here' from the Orphans box set is sadness absolute. The way I see it the songs relates the story of an old married couple. The woman has tired of romance and the man is feeling empty and unloved'. I'm still in my thirties but I can imagine the old guy in the song and it breaks my heart everytime. "You haven't looked at me that way in years You dreamed me up and left me here How long was I dreaming for What was it you wanted me for You haven't looked at me that way in years Your watch has stopped and the pond is clear Some

I would like to see something done with 'Animals'. I don't think they will bother with the 'Immersion' sets as those don't seem to have gone down to well. Call me crazy (diamond) but the Syd era never did much for me. Things only really get interesting, in my opinion, around Meddle.