Every so often and album just speaks to me in volumes and inspires me to no end. I have fallen in love with Neil Young's "Harvest" over the past few months. I'll be honest, I have NEVER been a Neil Young fan other than his work w/ Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I was playing a show a few months back and someone in the audience told me afterwards that some of my material reminded her of Neil Young's "Harvest" album and that it was her favorite record. After hearing that, how could I not check this album out?
All I can say is that this album just blows my fucking mind. The songs are so great and the lyrics just fill my soul and mind with inspiration. It's not brain surgery but yet it's so substantial. The topics of the songs, the way he addresses the south in "Alabama", the heartbreaking "Heart of Gold", and "The Needle & The Damage Done", the inspiring "Old Man"... GODDAMN! I'm inspired is all I can say.
THIS is what I need to do! This album has just blown my mind and filled my sails to steer me in another direction. Not one that is much different than where I'm at now but a direction that I have steered away from for sometime. That area of just pure unabandonment.
Ahhhh... to be inspired!
1 comment:
"The Needle and the Damage Done" is one of my favorite Neil Young tunes, that and "Don't Let It Bring You Down." I'm not such a fan of "Heart of Gold."
Good to hear you're inspired. Can't wait to hear the results!
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