Top Dozen Neil Young Songs

[Uncle Leo]

singin' a borrowed tune that he took from the rolling stones.......

I love Pink Floyd's sound and Led Zepp is probably the greatest rock band ever, but if I was ever alone on a desert island and I could only have one artist's works there with me, it would be my boy Neil and his never-ending vault of music...and Carmen Electra, of course.

My baker's dozen (plus two) top cuts from the great Neil Young:

01.like a hurricane
02.cortez the killer
03.cowgirl in the sand
04.on the beach
05.revolutionary blues
06.stringman
07.my, my, hey, hey (out of the blue)
08.down by the river
09.pocahontas
10.after the gold rush
11.powderfinger
12.the needle and the damage done
13.road of plenty
14.captain kennedy
15.time fades away

 

[holly]

Yes, Neil is the salt.

 

[Mr. Bob Dobolina]

Down By The River
The Loner
Expecting To Fly
Country Girl
Comes A Time
Like A Hurricane
On The Way Home
Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing
Alabama
Welfare Mothers
Flying On The Ground Is Wrong
The Needle and The Damage Done

 

[ecisgod]

Incredibly tough to only pick 12. In no particular order:

1. Powderfinger
2. Needle and the Damage
3. F@*?!n Up
4. My My Hey Hey
5. Harvest Moon
6. Helpless
7. Southern Man
8. Heart of Gold
9. Alabama
10. Cinnamon Girl
11. Rockin in the Free World
12. After the Gold Rush

 

[Ragged Glory]

Cinnamon Girl
Long May You Run
Sugar Mountain
After The Gold Rush
The Needle And The Damage Done
The Loner
A Journey Through The Past
Powderfinger
Harvest
Tell Me Why
Don't Cry No Tears
Comes A Time

Top 12!!! That's damn near impossible for such a great artist with so many great albums available. 12 songs is like picking an album & I'd probally put "Tonight's The Night", "On The Beach", "Zuma" & "Ragged Glory" in as my top 4 albums.

I'll just do a "quickie" 12 (sorta like a short Concert set) for the sake of a list:

1. "Ambulance Blues." (ON THE BEACH - 1974)

2. "Cinnamon Girl." (EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE - 1969)

3. "Come On Baby Let's Go Downtown." (TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - 1975)

4. "Drive Back." (ZUMA - 1975)

5. "Farmer John." (RAGGED GLORY - 1990)

6. "F*!#In Up." (RAGGED GLORY - 1990)

7. "Lookout Joe." (TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT - 1975)

8. "Love To Burn." (RAGGED GLORY - 1990)

9. "Mansion On The Hill." (RAGGED GLORY - 1990)

10. "Rockin' In The Free World." (FREEDOM - 1989)

11. "Stupid Girl." (ZUMA - 1975)

12. "Vampire Blues." (ON THE BEACH - 1974)


Damn, that was just ridiculous! I took off so many of my favorites & still realized that I was stuck on 14. I did it though. That would be an awesome Concert experience indeed.

 

[Ragged Glory]

Now that I look(ed) back on it, every song I chose other than "Cinnamon Girl" & "Rockin' In The Free World" was from those "Top 4" Albums I previously mentioned. I really wanted to add "Change Your Mind", "When You Dance, I Can Really Love", "Like A Hurricane", "Old Man", "Piece Of Crap", "Don't Let It Bring You Down" & "Dreamin Man" alongside many others. Obviously 12 won't allow that though.