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  first Neil Young tour review

Posted by: northern wave
10-21-2007, 08:01 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Setlist:

Set 1 Acoustic

From Hank to Hendrix
Ambulance Blues
Day and Night We Walk These Aisles
A Man Needs a Maid
No One Seems to Know
Harvest
Campaigner
Journey Through the Past
Mellow My Mind
Love Art Blues
Love is a Rose
Heart of Gold

Set 2 Electric

The Loner
Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
Dirty Old Man
Spirit Road
Bad Fog of Loneliness
Winterlong
Oh Lonesome Me
The Believer
No Hidden Path
Cinnamon Girl
Tonight’s the Night

Review: Idaho Statesman
by Michael Deeds

Canadian Neil Young was starting to appreciate remote Boise, even if he couldn’t get his guitars figured out.
“This place is kind of like where I grew up,” Young told the sold-out Morrison Center crowd after fiddling with an instrument. “When I see all that open space out there from the hotel window, I feel pretty good.”

About 2,000 fans felt the same way Thursday, even if Young challenged them with a concert that was light on mainstream hits and heavy on record-crate digging. Young is touring in support of his best CD in years, “Chrome Dreams II,” the “sequel” to a 1977 album that was never released. The 61-year-old rock icon delivered an intimate 2-for-1 experience: one hourlong solo acoustic set, one hourlong electric full-band set. But ultimately, the unique, entertaining concert probably was a “Cowgirl in the Sand” or “Powderfinger” short of a knockout punch for many fans.

The night felt like a final dress rehearsal – no surprise considering this was the first stop on the tour. The Morrison Center’s terrific acoustics couldn’t alter that reality.

“Aw, that’s bad,” Young declared as he realized his guitar was out of whack during the first song, “From Hank to Hendrix.” Future blooper quotes included: “Let’s try that again,” as he tossed what appeared to be a bogus set list over his shoulder before “Harvest”; “Wrong, wrong!” prior to “Love is a Rose”; and “I can still play, kind of, but I can’t tune,” as Young feigned a back injury before “Spirit Road.”

The Idaho audience got a kick out of watching longtime guitar tech Larry Cragg scurry about trying to resolve these issues. (Or just maybe it was his name.) The concert’s lack of polish was actually endearing; it matched Young’s trademark ragged country-rock delivery, a style that has helped make him the second most influential songwriter alive.

Young’s acoustic set was truly personal. Fans shouted (in vain) for favorites and seemed ready to jump out of their seats at the sign of a familiar melody. More often, they were probably perplexed by choices such as the melancholy “Day and Night We Walk These Aisles.” (“I don’t hear anybody calling for this one, but that’s OK,” Young said.) But even if the tunes were unfamiliar, it was impossible not to get goose bumps watching Young sit in a chair and deliver his four-pronged attack of guitar, harmonica, vocals and crazy legs. His famously nasal voice was fragile and pure during three songs from the 1972 “Harvest” era. He played banjo during the countrified “Mellow My Mind.” And he ambled over to a piano for the set’s bombastic standout, “A Man Needs a Maid,” which was energized by odd, booming electric keyboard notes that vibrated like a swamp cooler.

After Young had whacked the last bit of harmonica spittle onto his leg, he raised a finger to signal he had one more song in the set: “Heart of Gold.” The hungry audience went berserk.

After a 20-minute intermission, the electric set rocked as expected. Joined by longtime collaboraters Ben Keith (pedal steel, dobro, guitar), Ralph Molina (drums) and Rick Rosas (bass), Young – dressed in a frumpy new outfit – quickly cranked out a biggie: “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere.” As audience members helped sing the “la-la-las,” they definitely began wishing they could bring beer into this dang ritzy theater.

Then Young went back to lesser-known cuts. He and his band bashed through the new CD’s “Dirty Old Man” like they were half drunk and playing in a garage. Despite the song’s punk-rock perfection – it really is the true Godfather of Grunge track – many crowd members stared as if they hadn’t heard it. The reaction was similar for another “Chrome Dreams II” cut, “Spirit Road,” even though Young bounced around like a teenager. Fans did clap along to part of upbeat tune “The Believer.”

Young sprinkled in a story about seeing a Roy Orbison concert as a 12-year-old before performing “Bad Fog of Loneliness,” “Winterlong” and his lugubrious, harmonica-laced take on Don Gibson's “Oh Lonesome Me.”

Then he dug into the set’s skull crusher: “No Hidden Path,” which is nearly 12 minutes on CD and 12 days in concert. Doing his vintage flop dance, Young guitar soloed, swayed and stumbled in self-indulgent bliss. What, there was an audience? Just when it seemed the jam would end … uh, nope. Eat more fuzz, people. (It should be noted that members of Boise band Built To Spill watched transfixed from the audience. Neil! Stop encouraging them!)

When the song finally thundered to a halt, Young received an enthusiastic standing ovation from much of the crowd. Long-winded noodler or not, all hail Neil!

“Here’s one for your mama!” Young declared as the two-song encore began with a gorgeous blast known as “Cinnamon Girl.” Then Young sat down at the piano for the soulful, mysterious “Tonight’s the Night,” which was propelled by Rosa’s minimalist bass groove.

When bows had been taken and the house lights came on, many fans still seemed confused. Men stood in front of their seats shouting, “Rockin’ in the Free World!?”

Not tonight. In its own quirky way, the show definitely rocked. The tickets – many priced at $134 – weren’t exactly free. And now it was time to venture back out into the real world.

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  Eight days left!

Posted by: MattyM
10-21-2007, 09:20 AM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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I'll be taking off bound for Toronto.

Really looking forward to it!

That is all.

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  Yet more DVD help.

Posted by: EPenguin10
10-21-2007, 05:53 AM
Forum: Download & Trading Central
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Hey listers -

I'm downloading videos (the Eurohip bunch) for the first time and I'm not sure what this entails. I do not have a DVD burner and very little room to manoeuvre on my HD (40 gigs total, just getting the 9 gigs on my comp will be a challenge). So the question is, what should I do once I've downloaded the vids. I would like to store them elsewhere while I find a way to get a DVD burner? How big is each individual vid? I guess I can't put them on a normal cd...

Thanks for you help.

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  University

Posted by: mojo_mattv
10-20-2007, 02:59 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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So I'm in my first year of University at University of Toronto at Scarborough. I'm in a specialist co-op program for Cell and Molecular Biology. I like the program but hate the school. I went up to Trent to see my buddy, and I absolutley loved it. The catch is I've got free tuition at UTSC as my mother works there so its in her contract, however as i said I don't like the school. Anyways, I was considering a transfer to Trent for my second year. For my question, I was just wondering where everybody here went to university/college (if any at all) and what they thought of their respective school?

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  Badlands Guardian

Posted by: Summiteer
10-20-2007, 02:30 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Not sure if any of you's saw this, pretty fucking cool:

here's the google maps coordinates:then hit satellite

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50°00′38.20″N, 110°06′48.32″W

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  Found this online.

Posted by: EPenguin10
10-20-2007, 07:50 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.deeprockdrive.com/artist/tragically-hip">http://www.deeprockdrive.com/artist/tragically-hip</a><!-- m -->

Not exactly sure what the point is but thought I'd post it. I guess they think by signing a petition they can convince the guys to play a show in Vegas...

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  Spare EuroHip 2007 t-shirts on offer...

Posted by: Zenith
10-20-2007, 07:15 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Hello all,

I have a couple of EuroHip t-shirts going spare after the tour. Everyone from our traveling group had them, and I (and hopefully everyone else) thought that looked pretty smart. They are really good quality as well. They were professionally screen printed by Corby, so are the same standard as the PKA ones.

I have one XL and one 2XL in need of a good home, and I'm willing to post them anywhere in the world. So if anyone wants one, let me know. These were a limited edition run of 25, one of which belongs to Robbie Baker of the Hip. 8)

Here's what they look like for those that don't know:

[Image: 1515787457_06037f17ba_o.jpg]

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  Can Anyone ID This Song & Band?

Posted by: PurposelessPlay
10-19-2007, 09:43 PM
Forum: Non Tragically Hip Discussion
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Got this track from a (non-music) board and no one could id it. I thought I'd give it a shot here. I really dig it. Thanks!

<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.box.net/shared/81tm92ndoi">http://www.box.net/shared/81tm92ndoi</a><!-- m -->

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  Ultimate Album!

Posted by: Cookie.factory_West.Wind
10-19-2007, 08:36 PM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Here's the deal: Post your dream album.

Here's the catch: you have to do it this way.

1 (song listed as first track from any album)
2 (same, except second track)

You can only use each album once! Go. For all practical purposes, PBears, FEdge and UM all count as12, 13 and 14 respectively.

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  Hip Vinyls?

Posted by: Graham
10-19-2007, 01:04 AM
Forum: Tragically Hip Discussion
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Big Grin

I just got my dad's old turntable working...

I just also opened up a whole new universe previously unbeknownst to me. I'm only 21 so I kind of grew up in the post-vinyl era. I've always known how good they were *supposed* to sound but daaaaaamn.

Ive got a couple hundred vinyls here...all the big rock classics...the Zepplins, Pink Floyd, about a dozen Gordon Lightfoot, Yardbirds, Clapton, Dylan...man you name it.

But UH HUH thats right NO HIP.

Have the Hip released vinyls for all their albums? Where's a good place to get them, if any?

I have a small vinyl collection myself but have never been able to listen to them till now. All these tracks by big artists I've never heard before too...its really amazing. I can't decide what is more fulfilling to me...sex, or flipping a record over to the other side.

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