tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:44:28 +0000A news blog for Neil Young fans from <b>Thrasher's Wheat</b> with concert and album updates, reviews, analysis, and other Rock &amp; Roll ramblings.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/wheatfield.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)Blogger1274125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-7684422539316105728Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:17:00 +00002009-07-04T10:24:27.334-04:00Happy Independence Day to everyone around the world!So, keep on rockin' in the free world!Thanks curiousgeorge555!And here's last year's note from Neil wishing us happy 4th of July.Also, lyrics analysis of the iconic Neil Young song Rockin' In The Free World.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/07/happy-independence-day-keep-on-rockin.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-9073345948346089030Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:06:00 +00002009-07-03T11:56:59.564-04:00Photo by Matt Crossick on Absolute RadioPaul McCartney and Neil Young encore for "A Day in the Life".Thanks BSM! (Also, avail in HD)From Uncut.co.uk | Uncut Editor's Diary - Post details: Neil Young – Hard Rock Calling, London Hyde Park, Saturday June 27, 2009 by Allan Jones: "What follows is one of the best shows I’ve ever seen Neil Young play, a full-on sonic rupture, two hours of unforgiving http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/hyde-park-london-england-hard-rock.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)41tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-625087678066963124Sat, 27 Jun 2009 18:00:00 +00002009-06-27T14:00:28.691-04:00The Neil Young Concert Review of the Moment is from Aberdeen, Scotland on 6/24/09 by Davie:Last night was just incredible, the best gig ever.I've been lucky enough to see Neil 3 times in the last 2 years, and this was the best of them. It even beat Edinburgh, it was that good.I still can't believe how young he looked last night. I could have been watching him about 20 years ago, and I honestly http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/concert-review-of-moment-aberdeen.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-3520610538349114200Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:36:00 +00002009-06-28T11:49:11.685-04:00Neil Young encore "A Day in the Life"Our comments section on the Neil Young Glastonbury Festival Concert Reviews yesterday is filled with irate BBC viewers over the poor coverage.Here's the BBC response by Mark Cooper is the Executive Producer of the BBC's Glastonbury coverage:Many viewers have left comments on the Glastonbury website asking why we are not showing all of Neil Young's set on the http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/bbc-responds-to-coverage-criticism-of.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-8495871662557688857Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:13:00 +00002009-07-03T13:04:31.205-04:00UPDATE: BBC Responds to Coverage Criticism of Neil Young's Glastonbury ConcertNice photo gallery on BBC.Thanks Pete!"A Day in the Life" conclusionVideo is complete rubbish. However, video shows Neil bashing Ol Black with mic stand?!From Review: Neil Young rocks Glastonbury - Glastonbury - QTheMusic.com: "No review’s going to do this justice, so let’s just get this out the way. Neil Young was http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/glastonbury-festival-concert-reviews-of.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)42tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-2075595911541783075Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:09:00 +00002009-06-26T12:40:34.231-04:00The Neil Young Concert Review of the Moment is from Nottingham, England: 6/23/09 on Rust Never Sleeps "Magic down by the river Trent" by Steve in York: It’s easy to forget that Neil Young is, literally, on the verge of becoming the proverbial “Old Man” – but, bizarrely, as he strode out on to the stage looking leaner and fitter than he has in years – no doubt the result of incessant touring – I http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/concert-review-of-moment-nottingham.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-5815528435058902673Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:25:00 +00002009-06-25T20:38:58.397-04:00"Rockin in the Free World" by Neil Young in Aberdeen, Scotland last night.Thanks TinySpark37!Neil Young will be performing tonight at Aberdeen Exhibition Centre, Aberdeen, Scotland. Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/aberdeen-scotland-neil-young-concert.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-8065144878541420478Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:03:00 +00002009-06-24T17:03:01.078-04:00The Neil Young Concert Review of the Moment is from Dublin, Ireland concert on 6/21/09 by Luc: What touches me, is the fact that a whole lot of people (and that is not only those on Threasher's Wheat) feel and experience the same. We all go to a kind of gathering where we feel the same : it's Neil Young and his music we come for. It does remind me a bit of the sort of feeling occured in thehttp://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/concert-review-of-moment-dublin-ireland.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-9067004538741250043Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:20:00 +00002009-06-26T16:53:00.524-04:00Somehow, it took awhile to get around to checking out the new Crosby, Stills, and Nash release Demos. Must've been because that other guy released his Archives or something?Well, I'm sure the CSN guys would be miffed if their work ever got overshadowed by Neil. So we'll devote our undivided attention to Demos.As you know, David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash helped define the Woodstockhttp://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/review-crosby-stills-nash-demos.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-3453837706169242735Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:38:00 +00002009-07-03T12:56:51.045-04:00First live performance of Buffalo Springfield song "Burned" in 40+ years by Neil Young in concert in Dublin, Ireland on 6/21/09 from YouTube.Thanks BSM & nychnych!According to Young's own account of this song from the Decade liner notes:"My first vocal ever done in a studio late 1966 (Gold Star). The boys gave me some uppers to get my nerve up. Maybe you can hear that. I was living in a $12.50 http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/burned-by-neil-young-concert-in-dublin.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-3551035561275044500Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:28:00 +00002009-06-23T17:28:01.509-04:00Neil Young will be performing tonight at Trent FM Arena, Nottingham, England. Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, middle sidebar for continuous real time RSS feed updates.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/nottingham-england-neil-young-concert.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)70tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-7599321838655453925Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:04:00 +00002009-06-22T08:58:04.989-04:00Harvest Moon was played tonight!Gavin and his family's wish in memory of Papa Joe is heard.Just in from Gavin on Neil Young News: A Request for "Harvest Moon" in Dublin:Hi folksYes, it was incredible night for all of us at the concert. Neil was absolutely amazing in Dublin tonight.....as you say Christine, the O2 was rocked to its core. Pure Magic.Like you, Liza, we had tears of sadness and joy http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/dublin-ireland-concert-reviews-of-neil.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)56tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-4554392210186106125Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:03:00 +00002009-06-21T21:33:28.369-04:00There are times when we really are left just simply speechless and find it impossible to find the right words to type.Today is such a time.Many may recall last January when Steve and his girlfriend Danielle made a request for "Harvest Moon" in Brisbane, Australia. And by some extremely wonderfully little miracle, Neil Young performed "Harvest Moon" that night and it brought a tear of joy for manyhttp://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/wish-for-harvest-moon-is-granted.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-4565632491029837626Fri, 19 Jun 2009 21:29:00 +00002009-06-21T22:21:18.022-04:00Photos by treumie's photostream on FlickrNeil Young will be performing tonight at Tanzbrunnen, Köln (Cologne), Germany. Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, middle sidebar for continuous real time RSS feed updates.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/koln-germany-concert-reviews-of-neil.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-8866916661984249254Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:09:00 +00002009-06-18T17:09:00.594-04:00Just a smokin' & shreddin' cover of Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" by Pearl Jam on Conan O'Brien Show on June 1st 2009. We understand this was not broadcast but performed as either a rehearsal or post-broadcast performance.More on Pearl Jam and Neil Young and analysis of Rockin' In The Free World lyrics.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/pearl-jam-cover-ritfw-on-conan-obrien.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-1235364795422180783Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:35:00 +00002009-06-18T10:29:42.185-04:00"A Day in the Life"Photo by Paolo BrilloGreat photo gallery by Paolo Brillo on Flickr Photostream.Neil Young will be performing tonight at Olympiahalle, München, Germany. Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, middle sidebar http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/munchen-germany-neil-young-concert.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-5402419965508841213Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:01:00 +00002009-06-17T11:42:47.390-04:00Neil Young will be performing tonight at O2 World, Berlin, Germany. Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, middle sidebar for continuous real time RSS feed updates.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/berlin-germany-neil-young-concert.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-6299200833672884652Tue, 16 Jun 2009 01:46:00 +00002009-06-26T21:52:15.235-04:00A recent letter from Gavin in Ireland:Some time ago I saw your post from 6 January 2009, including a letter from Steve in Brisbane regarding Harvest Moon. Steve’s letter, his request for Harvest Moon and Neil’s generous inclusion of it on the list at Brisbane, combine to make a partly sad but mostly wonderful story. I saw this story as I was surfing the web looking for some way to get a letter http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/request-for-harvest-moon-in-dublin.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-1439984070803905933Mon, 15 Jun 2009 15:21:00 +00002009-06-15T11:21:00.871-04:00Neil Young - Antwerp, Belgium - 6/6/09Photo by Francesco LucarelliOne of the best photo galleries of the tour by Francesco Lucarelli of Neil Young in Antwerp, Belgium on 6/6/09.Grazie Francesco!More on Neil Young concert reviews in Antwerpen, Belgium on 6/6/09.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/photo-gallery-neil-young-in-antwerp.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-8057940630934706562Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:39:00 +00002009-06-15T10:59:44.603-04:00The Neil Young Archives Comment of the Moment from Neil Young News: Archives Commentary Open Thread by Steel Madsen:Hey everyone, I've posted on here occasionally, and I've decided it was time again after playing around with the archives for over a week. I haven't posted about the archives yet, so this might get long.I waited a few days to buy it, unaware of the shortage. I'm only 20, and I beganhttp://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/archives-comment-of-moment-younger_15.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-3250524929040676172Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:30:00 +00002009-06-14T17:30:00.667-04:00Neil Young will be performing tonight at Seaclose Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, England at Isle of Wight Festival . Got a report? Drop a comment below. No registration required. Check Sugar Mountain for setlist updates. Also, see Grid Chart on Rust Radio.Also, see Neil Young 2009 Europe Concert Tour & Reviews and the right, middle sidebar for continuous real time RSS feed updates.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/isle-of-wight-festival-england-concert.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)30tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-9040465425019684041Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:21:00 +00002009-06-14T17:26:42.326-04:00Ben Keith is interviewed by Pauline Stroosnijder for Culttv, outside the Amstel Hotel in Amsterdam, June 2009. Seems like some translation sync issues on interview.Thanks BSM!More info on www.culttv.nl or www.paulinestroosnijder.com.Also, Europe Concert Tour Dates for Neil Young Summer 2009.http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/ben-keith-interview-on-culttv.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-2132724323750417716Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:19:00 +00002009-06-13T15:04:29.717-04:00To say these past weeks here at Thrasher's Wheat have been extraordinary would be one of our more understated statements in awhile. We've seen all-time record high server traffic which has caused the TW Platform to become shakey. But more importantly, thanks to everyone for coming by to visit and share.To paraphrase from post on Neil Young News: Archives Open Thread Friday, 6/12/09 by LIVE RUST:http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/archives-winding-down-open-threads.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-7637984652736477106Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:14:00 +00002009-06-13T13:39:03.990-04:00Post your Neil Young Archives thoughts and comments on experiencing NYA Vol #1. Stuff like hidden tracks, easter eggs, discoveries. (But try not to be a spoiler and more of a teaser, if you can, for those who have not received yet.)Please do not post here ordering, shipping & handling, damaged goods, MP3 download issues, technical Blu-Ray, CD & DVD playback, setup, optimization, etc. Please http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/archives-commentary-open-thread.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)74tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5788213.post-3707608327679392740Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:09:00 +00002009-06-13T13:39:15.651-04:00Post your Neil Young Archives comments and concerns regarding:- Technical Blu-Ray, CD & DVD playback, setup, optimization, etc.Please do not post here ordering, shipping & handling, damaged goods, MP3 download issues, etc. Please post those in these threads:- Archives Commentary Open Thread- Archives Ordering Questions Open ThreadPlease follow each thread's topic guidance to keep this resource http://www.thrasherswheat.org/2009/06/archives-technical-questions-open.htmlthrasher@thrasherswheat.org (Thrasher)42