NEIL YOUNG
Live At The Cellar Door
FAVORITE UNCLE
(Reprise)
Of the six selections on this solo,
acoustic, 13-song 1970 show not also represented on the solo, acoustic, 17-song Live
At Massey Hall 1971, the highlight here is
the Buffalo Springfield gem "Flying On
The Ground Is Wrong," which Young introduces for three-and-a-half minutes while
absentmindedly raking the strings of a
Steinway grand. "This song is about dope,”
he admits. "It's about what happens when
you start getting high – and you find out
that people you thought you knew, you
don't know anymore 'cause they don't get
high and you do. Your girlfriend, she doesn't understand. Your life is crazy." The
humor of the situation is not lost on him.
"You'd laugh too,” he says, "you know, if
this is what you did for a living."
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--Arsenio Orteza
THE REBEL SET
How To Make A Monster
UNCLE TUPELO
No Depression:
Legacy Edition
(Legacy)
The first time this album was reissued,
it was absolutely necessary because No
Depression had been no available in print for
some time. But here we are, almost 25 years
since the GREATEST ALT-COUNTRY
ALBUM OF ALL TIME was unleashed, and
with all this updated context.
Due to the natural progression of
things, Uncle Tupelo came to be known as
Jeff Tweedy's first band. Alt-country's
meaning changed to something far more
loosely defined and marketable. (And custom now dictates that we reissue albums
about every decade – though that depends
largely on David Bowie's whims.)
Having not revisited these songs in several years, immediately striking is how
vastly