donjunio

DeRank ™: 7,00

DeAge™ : 7456 days • Here since 11 january 2006

Neil Young On the Beach

23 jan 07

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Thank you all for the comments, but this is an album I've listened to thousands of times; I was playing at home! @nick, I’m glad to hear that you love "harvest moon" so much, I also consider it a perfect album, particular for the moment and for what it represented in Neil's career (in fact, I gave it 5 stars in my review). Regarding the value of "harvest" within the Young discography, I believe it's a step below both Neil's "sick" albums, namely On the Beach and Tonight's the Night, as well as below the more classic albums, that is EKTIN, Gold Rush, Rust Never Sleeps, and perhaps Zuma. @kosmogabri, I agree on Ziggy; by the way, I discovered Debaser precisely by finding your review online!

Minutemen We Jam Econo: The Story of the Minutemen [2DVD]

23 jan 07

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I totally missed this one, well done fest! The 80s are your hunting ground!

Neil Young On the Beach

23 jan 07

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zigghio, I really loved your review. I took the liberty of making a "double" only because I love this album viscerally, and you can't command the heart. You are perfectly right about Dylan: the best tribute to "ambulance blues" that old Bob has done, I believe, is on "Highlands," a visionary odyssey where at one point Bob says, "I'm listening to Neil Young, I gotta turn up the sound / Someone's always yellin', 'Turn him down' / Feel like I'm driftin', driftin' from scene to scene / I'm wondering what in the devil could it all possibly mean." Bye!

Ash Trailer

23 jan 07

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oh target, not only are there the Ash that tarnish the legacy of Nirvana, but also you who write "bleech"....sigh sigh

Cop Shoot Cop White Noise

21 jan 07

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Thank you for the comments: pretazzo, that comment about the PG wasn't a criticism, but I believe their approach was quite intellectual, perhaps more for Spencer than for Hagerty (as Jennifer Harrema said: "Jon was a kid infatuated with Einstürzende Neubauten..). But their importance is undeniable. As for Morlock: I recommend Consumer Revolt, truly mind-blowing, while Ask Question Revolt, although excellent, is more thoughtful and polished. Cheers!

John Zorn FilmWorks XVIII - The Treatment

20 jan 07

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sfascia: it's always nice to read you on zorn, I miss this, but after all it's hard to keep up with all the things zorn has done....

The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat

19 jan 07

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Dear Zarathustra, I agree on the murder mystery, and I also like afterhours. However, I believe that album has a soft underbelly made up of soft ballads that – although they have formed a fundamental archetype for thousands of bands, from REM to Pavement – still fail to excite me much. But that’s an absolutely subjective judgment. Mediocre perhaps is excessive: definitely less inspired than the previous ones, which is understandable given the "alien" nature of those works.

The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat

19 jan 07

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truly excellent: the album is unparalleled, their swan song (I find the next record mediocre)

Neil Young & Crazy Horse Live at Fillmore East 1970

18 jan 07

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the version of "cowgirl in the sand" present here is spine-chilling, an example of how magical the chemistry between Whitten and Young was, although I personally prefer the good Sampedro... let's hope the rest of the archives reveals new (and especially unreleased) treasures...

Stephen Stills Right By You

17 jan 07

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Well, this is a site frequented by fairly experienced people, and it's known that Stills was the "rocker" soul of CSN, besides being a ballsy guitarist and a fantastic songwriter (if you have time, check out my reviews on Buffalo Springfield, I would appreciate it). In short, the phrase "Stephen Stills is not an idiot. He's not a California folkie" seems to me to be a lapse in style unworthy of your pedigree, dear PierPaolo. That's all. Regarding the version of FWIT, it’s not the original, but one made by Stills, as far as I understand: the good Stills sold the rights to all the versions made at the time, thus sitting on a mountain of dollars. I also went to the Agip website where there's the trailer for the ad, and the voice is a bit different from the original (even though you can hear it for just a few seconds). Sure, associating a protest song from the 60s with the "progress" of an oil company isn't ideal, but it is what it is... bye!