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Neil Young - St. Paul, MN 10/14/08


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i just saw an almost 63 year old man put on the best show i've ever seen in my entire life (gotta be closing in on 1000 shows at this point, if not already over)

 

(my best attempt at a setlist, may not be 100% accurate order wise, but i don't think i missed any songs at least)

 

Love And Only Love

Hey Hey, My My

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

Powderfinger

Spirit Road

Cortez The Killer

Cinnamon Girl

Helpless

Mother Earth

The Needle And The Damage Done

Unknown Legend

Heart Of Gold

Old Man

Get Back To The Country

Just Singing A Song (new)

Sea Change (new)

When Worlds Collide (new)

Cowgirl In The Sand

Rockin' In The Free World

 

A Day In The Life

 

after those first 3 songs i knew we were in for something different than i'd normally experienced at the last few Neil shows, but it just kept coming. f'n Cortez 6 songs in? and the run from Helpless to Old Man was just ridiculous. then Cowgirl?????? 2 of those 3 new songs are quite good too.

 

not only was the setlist ridiculous, but Neil was playing like a man possessed ALL night and ended A Day In The Life by ripping all the strings off 'Old Black'

 

I live streamed 2 videos during the show as well:

 

'Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere'

 

 

'Cortez The Killer'

 

 

audio is surprisingly good for my iPhone i think...

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That setlist is.. is.. indescribable1 A 'hits' show tour from Neil Young. I last saw him on Greendale. I rue that he isn't playing anywhere near the F-L-A. AAARGH!!!

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Kyle how wonderful....beautiful setlist !!!! Gaia bless Neil Young. He always brings it, however I love when he gets that "crazy horse" vibe going.You know last night was the full moon so you got that side of Neil too :lol And Day in the Life...well aren't we blessed to be able to see that? Just the stream from Farm Aid blew my mind :worship thanks for the videos.

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Sounds amazing, Kyle. I concur about the streaming set from Farm Aid (I saw the one a couple years back) blowing my mind. I'm not going to get to any of his proper shows on this tour, but I will see him (from kind of crappy seats) acoustic at Bridge School next weekend. No ZZ Top, though, so I may not go after all.

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High praise indeed Mr. Solace. Neil can do that to ya. :thumbup

 

I've seen NY a dozen times or so in the last 25 years and some of those are way high on my list as well.

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Insane 1st 4 songs! I'll combust if he does anything like this in Detroit!

 

yeah man... i kept thinking "ok... joke's over Neil, when are you gonna break out something from Greendale (which i do like, don't get me wrong), or Living With War (ditto, also like it, but still), but the his just kept rolling.

 

never thought i'd ever seen him do a full on electric Cortez

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... the best show i've ever seen in my entire life ...

Not that I didn't already think that a Wilco/Neil show was a pretty good idea, but if we get anything approaching this in Ottawa, my head might explode. Thanks for the setlist/review and video.

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Not that I didn't already think that a Wilco/Neil show was a pretty good idea, but if we get anything approaching this in Ottawa, my head might explode. Thanks for the setlist/review and video.

 

after walking out of the arena i said to my wife and friend "god, i really wanna go see Wilco w/ them @ MSG now" haha

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