Reviews of Neil Young AlbumsIn 2004 Rustie, Mike "Expecting 2 Fly" Cordova posted a series of articles on his experience listening to all of Neil Young's albums in chronological order. Here is one in the series. For a complete listing, see Albums in Order reviews.
Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:51:36 -0800 (PST) This live album was recorded during the Music In
Head/Friends & Relatives tour of 2000. It struck me
immediately upon release of this album that 5 of Neil's
most current albums including this one had been live or
compilation collections. Hmm, I don't know what to make of
that, but it says something.
Anyway, I have fond memories of this tour. This was the
very first tour opener I ever attended, and as a result I
was present, along with lots of other Rusties, at the
first live performance of the song Words (though Neil had
somewhat ruined the surprise with his webcast of tour
rehearsals that included this song.) The album is not
representative of the setlist of most of the tour, but it
does have some very nice performances. Words, Cowgirl In
The Sand, and All Along The Watchtower (that last one with
Chrissie Hynde), the previously unreleased Bluenotes era
tune Fool For Your Love; cool stuff. Missing were some
great tour favorites such as I Believe In You, Mellow My
Mind, Winterlong, Bad Fog Of Loneliness, and World On A
String.
I can't say that I have actually listened to this much,
nor will I probably listen to it a great deal in the
future. But I did very much enjoy listening to Road Rock
Volume 1 today.
Mike - Expecting To Fly
From: Mike Cordova
To: rust@rustlist.org
Subject: Albums in order: Road Rock Vol. 1
For more of Expecting To Fly's reviews, see the Albums in Order series.
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