donjunio

This site offers freedom to everyone; if someone wants reviews from (alleged) critics, they should go to ondarock hehe. Perhaps the reviewer could explain why 24 hours is, in their opinion, "ugly."

24 hours ugly? It's a fundamental piece for the development of 80s rock, not to mention Curtis's lyrics, among his best and most poignant.

Yes, but in fact I used the expression "it doesn't pale in comparison to the contemporary masterpieces of Bob"..... then everyone clearly has their own opinions and it's a nice match. The important thing is that I think it is now commonly accepted that Neil can hold his own against Bob, whereas in the past, just juxtaposing the two could risk being accused of lèse-majesté towards the minstrel of Duluth. I've often played the Bob vs Neil game in my head. Other comparisons come to mind. Better backing band (The Band vs Crazy Horse), better comeback album (Oh Mercy vs Freedom), better live performance (Live at Royal Albert Hall vs Weld), better unplugged, better advertising (and here Neil wins hands down because he has never allowed the use of his songs unlike Bob hehe).

It was about "Heart of Gold": Dylan said, "Shit, it sounds like me, it should as well be me." Even though, in my opinion, there was also a hint of envy for not having written such a perfect piece himself, hehe. From time to time, Dylan throws some jabs at Neil, like in the lyrics of "Highlands," where he mocks the volume of his music being too loud. But for "Ambulance Blues," he tipped his hat to him. As for "The Last Trip to Tulsa," I've already stated my bold and criticized thesis in my review. To me, it's an epic piece like "Heroin" or "The End," and "Ambulance Blues" is its natural continuation, transitioning from the paranoia and alienation of the young white man to the disenchantment of maturity. Among Neil's best visionary odysseys, I would also include the lesser-known "The Old Homestead," forming a poetic triptych that holds its own against the contemporary masterpieces of Bob like "Visions of Johanna." As for "Down by the River," I would rather put it in competition with the best rides branded Crazy Horse, but a notch below "Powderfinger" and "Cortez the Killer."

the ambulance always and anyway.

great advice as always, I really don't know the album

splendid!

@lewis, alfredo, currahe72, supersoul: between "desolation row" and "ambulance blues" which one do you prefer? (my answer is obvious)

No one questions the raw magnificence of "Metallic Ko," of course. However, it is more of a document than a proper live album, much like the last Pistols concert in Frisco in '78, a posthumous testament to the "end of an era." A completely different matter is releasing a live album of unreleased tracks, a full-blown exorcism with that frayed ride of "Last dance" closing it out: that's why for me "the most animal and filthy live album of the 70s" will forever be TFA.

For me, there’s simply no comparison for that. "Metallic Ko" is an amazing bootleg, remaining at the level of underground knowledge for years, aside from the famous elegy by Lester Bangs. In 1973, Young performed dozens of those destructive concerts, and the corresponding bootlegs are there to prove it (one example: the live performance at the Roxy Hollywood on September 21, 1973, with "Tonight's the Night" played almost in its entirety, in an even more haunting and hallucinatory version than the one eventually featured on the eponymous album). "Time Fades Away" is an official album, a live recording of unreleased tracks DELIBERATELY released as a commercial suicide after the glories of "Harvest," in which the jarring and irritating live sounds, combined with the ruthless lyrics of songs like "Last Dance" or "Time Fades Away," sound like a true de profundis for American counterculture and the West Coast epic, a perfect first piece of the "cursed trilogy" that was later completed by "Tonight's the Night" and the masterpiece "On the Beach." Certainly not the best live album in the history of rock, "Time Fades Away," but for the reasons I’ve outlined, I believe that no one can take away the scepter of the most sick and cursed live album from it, not even the quintessential "Metallic KO." @Ole. I would say "Live Rust," the best compendium of Neil's acoustic and electric souls in a live version, while if you want to focus on Neil loud and raw, I definitely recommend "Weld."