{"id":2766,"date":"2019-05-30T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2766"},"modified":"2019-05-30T10:10:01","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T09:10:01","slug":"youngbloods-neil-covered","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/?p=2766","title":{"rendered":"Youngbloods: Neil Covered"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\"><strong><span lang=\"IT\">Old friends and a kaleidoscopic progeny reimagine NEIL YOUNG\u2019s songs: t<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">he bridge, CAMILLA AISA<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0builds it below<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Youngbloods: Neil Covered\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/playlist\/4rm08BE10QmWoGQMuXDs4I?si=rQdZsYe_TOyvuaoWfGg4yQ&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2768 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Teenage Fanclub<\/strong><br \/>\n<b><span lang=\"IT\">\u2018Don\u2019t Cry No Tears\u2019<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\nThese youngbloods have always been proud to wear some Neil love and devotion on their sleeve, whether it made for memorable song titles (\u2018Neil Jung\u2019, from 1995\u2019s <i>Grand Prix<\/i>) or the kind of rollicking cover that helps start off a long-lasting career in the best way possible. Teenage Fanclub\u2019s rendition of <i>Zuma\u00a0<\/i>classic \u2018Don\u2019t Cry No Tears\u2019 closes the \u201991 CD edition of their <i>Everything Flows <\/i>EP: all urgent strums and sludgy inflection, just as Neil covers (mostly) demand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2769\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ty Segall<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018The Loner\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nNeil Young might be the one rock \u2019n\u2019 roll godfather that no subculture or genre has ever shied away from acknowledging. The love is still mighty and strong, in fact, and the covers keep coming. Last year Ty Segall breathed new life into some all-time favourite classics with <i>Fudge Sandwich<\/i>, including \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 Neil\u2019s first solo single. \u2018The Loner\u2019 had also been his first song to be produced by lifelong accomplice David Briggs. Speaking of the tone they were looking for at the time, Briggs described it as \u201cpsycho guitar noises\u201d. Exactly the kind of sound Ty Segall so impeccably flies the flag for these days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2770\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/3-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>OP8<br \/>\n\u2018Round And Round\u2019<\/b><br \/>\n<b><\/b>Everybody still knows this is nowhere. The wistful magic of songs like \u2018Round And Round (It Won\u2019t Be Long)\u2019 sits suspended in time, whether it is 1969 or \u201997 \u2013 when a dreamy collaboration, \u201cOP8 featuring the ilk of Lisa Germano\u201d (aka Germano with Giant Sand lynchpin Howe Gelb and Giant Sand and Calexico members Joey Burns and John Convertino), chose the song as album closer for their sole release, the exquisite <i>Slush<\/i>. In their hands, \u2018Round And Round\u2019 is moulded into a sound that exists in a non-place, halfway <span lang=\"EN-US\">between a lost tape and the echo of a long-gone reverie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2771\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/4-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Cowboy Junkies<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Powderfinger\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nTalking about the original \u2018Powderfinger\u2019, first released on <i>Rust Never Sleeps <\/i>in 1979, Cowboy Junkies frontwoman Margo Timmins reflected: \u201cIt was mainly the guitar speaking to you before the words, and we just wanted to do a version where the words spoke first and the music came second, to sort of just bring out the story of \u2018Powderfinger\u2019\u201d. They surely managed to punctuate a facet of Neil\u2019s cinematic gloom that the electric storm of Crazy Horse might have overshadowed. Their own \u2018Powderfinger\u2019, released \u201990 on third album <i>The Caution Horses<\/i>, chooses a mournful combination of mandolin, fiddle\u00a0 and accordion over big guitars, finally bringing out the words and one of Neil\u2019s greatest stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2772\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/5-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Johnny Cash<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Pocahontas\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nAn appearance on <i>The Johnny Cash Show \u2013<\/i>\u00a0taped in Nashville in 1971 \u2013 ended up being more fruitful than expected for Neil Young: new sound, new producer, new band. <i>Harvest <\/i>and much more. \u2018Pocahontas\u2019 is another song that first appeared on <i>Rust Never Sleeps<\/i>, although it should have opened the eventually unreleased \u201977 LP <i>Chrome Dreams \u2013\u00a0<\/i>finally finding a more intimate, congenial mood 40 years later on the archival release <i>Hitchhiker<\/i>. Behind the acoustic gentleness, a love song, a time travel song, a nature song, a history song. A dream song from the afterlife. Autumnal complexities that a few decades later Johnny Cash would perfectly comprehend and intensify. His \u2018Pocahontas\u2019 is darker, almost ghostly; it opens disc 2 of the <i>Unearthed <\/i>box set released a couple of months after his passing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2773\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/6-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Wilco<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Burned\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nQuick band comparisons never fail to sound like an act of lazy labelling but, sure, sometimes they work. Wilco, for instance, have been described as a &#8220;post-millennial Buffalo Springfield&#8221;, a surprisingly incisive and intriguing moniker. We like it and they probably do too. Jeff Tweedy and his bandmates have never failed to declare their Neil love \u2013 he\u2019s been always \u201cvery much in our minds\u201d \u2013 and in 1996 they payed homage to his Buffalo Springfield days with a cover of \u2018Burned\u2019 recorded for the <i>I Shot Andy Warhol <\/i>movie soundtrack. The song later appeared on the band\u2019s 2014 compilation <i>Alpha Mike Foxtrot (Rare Tracks 1994-2014)<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2774\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/7-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Charles Bradley<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Heart Of Gold\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nNo wonder \u2018Heart Of Gold\u2019 is one of Neil Young\u2019s most covered songs: \u201c<span lang=\"EN-US\">This song put me in the middle of the road<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d, he admitted. \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Travelling there soon became a bore so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride but I met more interesting people there<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d. But interesting people keep loving \u2018Heart Of Gold\u2019, too, no matter what. Charles Bradley was one of those, and didn\u2019t shy away from proving once more that this is a melody you just can\u2019t resist \u2013 he had recorded it for one of his three studio albums, but the cover was released posthumous in 2018, when producer <\/span><span lang=\"DE\">Thomas Brenneck\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">compiled the <i>Black Velvet <\/i>compilation. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2775\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/8-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Carpenters<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Nowadays Clancy Can\u2019t Even Sing\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nWhile Neil Young has always stayed on the cool kids\u2019 good side, it took some years and some enlightened indie-rock to finally free The Carpenters from the capricious \u201cguilty pleasures\u201d box. Richard Carpenter himself was unhappy with the duo\u2019s carefully promoted image; on <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">The Carpenters: The Untold Story\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">he comments: \u201cT<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">hey [the critics] took <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2018<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Close to You<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">and said: <\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2018<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Aha, you see that #1? THAT&#8217;s for the people who believe in apple pie! THAT&#8217;s for people who believe in the American flag! THAT&#8217;s for the average middle-American person and his station wagon! The Carpenters stand for that, and I&#8217;m taking them to my bosom!<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">And boom, we got tagged with that label.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0In 1969 Richard and Karen were in fact more interested in a hip early Buffalo Springfield gem like \u2018Nowadays Clancy Can\u2019t Even Sing\u2019. Still effortlessly soothing, sure, but this is a rawer, striking side of The Carpenters that\u2019s definitely worth rediscovering. You just have to forget about the original sleeve (released as <i>Offering<\/i>, but fortunately revised one year later as <i>Ticket To Ride<\/i>) for proper enjoyment. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2776\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/9-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Buddy Miles<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Down by The River\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u2018Down By The River\u2019 is not only one of Neil Young\u2019s most beloved classics, but also one of those fiery rock \u2019n\u2019 roll enigmas that keep stimulating fans\u2019 fantasies and endless interpretations: a mysterious murder? Drugs? Mad love? It\u2019s the dark side taking control, and it\u2019s as appetising as the mesmeric improvisation that Neil conjured with Crazy Horse. Just a year after the release of <i>Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere <\/i>former Electric Flag and Band of Gypsys drummer Buddy Miles would offer a jazzy rendition of \u2018Down By The River\u2019 on his debut solo LP\u00a0<i>Them Changes<\/i>. The soulful side of the dark side, if you want. Still totally enticing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2777\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/10-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Rickie Lee Jones<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Only Love Can Break Your Heart\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nFor her 2012 collection of covers <i>The Devil You Know <\/i>Rickie Lee Jones picked up an <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">After The Gold Rush\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">favourite at the insistence of producer Ben Harper. Her original choice had been \u2018Cowgirl In The Sand\u2019, but Harper \u201csaw a feeling and flow\u201d in \u2018Only Love Can Break Your Heart\u2019, Neil Young\u2019s first Top 40 song, that fit the spirit of the record. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">&#8220;There&#8217;s a reserve and a quietude to the songs,<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0Rickie Lee Jones explained. \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Some part of me is reacting to what&#8217;s happening to creative world. It&#8217;s messy. Everything is so busy with the rhythms and I go to the other side with a whole other set of ideas. No reverb, pretty.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2778\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/11-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Sunflower Bean<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Harvest Moon\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nAs we were saying, Neil\u2019s always been the cool kids\u2019 favourite kind of uncle (see, <i>uncle\u00a0<\/i>sounds much cooler than the way too academic <i>godfather<\/i>\u2026or so I\u2019m told). Nowadays cool kids could hardly get any cooler than Sunflower Bean, the Brooklyn-based trio that has been releasing killer indie-pop record after killer indie-pop record since 2015 \u2013 topping off their winning streak with the explosive glam of this year\u2019s <i>King Of The Dudes\u00a0<\/i>EP. Three years ago they reworked a few favourites on another EP, <i>From The Basement<\/i>: T. Rex, The Modern Lovers, Spiritualized and, of course, Neil Young. They reached into Neil\u2019s \u201990s production and found \u2018Harvest Moon\u2019, adding sweet wistfulness to their impressive palette.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2779\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/12-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Matthews\u2019 Southern Comfort<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Tell Me Why\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nWhen Fairport Convention ultimately set to explore the hidden sound of Albion and said goodbye to Iain Matthews, the band\u2019s original male singer could count on one special fan: John Peel. &#8220;I told John Peel the part of Fairport I loved was where we would interpret contemporary American songwriters,\u201d he later recalled. \u201cHe said, &#8216;Well maybe you ought to develop that as something of your own.\u2019\u201d<span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0Matthews promptly followed Peel\u2019s advise, extending the love to Canadian sonic poets. Just listen to his 1970 production with <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Matthews<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">Southern Comfort<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">: \u2018Woodstock\u2019, a cover of the Joni Mitchell instant classic, was an international hit, while a quixotic rendition of Neil Young\u2019s \u2018Tell Me Why\u2019 worked as the centrepiece of <i>Later That Same Year<\/i>, released in November. It\u2019s the hippie dream shining through its final days, before disillusion, trusting its hopes in a campfire confession. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/13-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Laura Marling <\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018The Needle and the Damage Done\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\nAnd disillusion did indeed come, as did \u2019The Needle And The Damage Done\u2019 and the elegies to lost friends and dreams. W<span lang=\"EN-US\">ords and melody square<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">up: such despair and such beauty coexisting in such small space. It feels like the good old &#8220;There\u2019s a crack in everything\u2026&#8221; adage at work, somehow cruelly. It also feels like spying a new dawn of folk song in an undisclosed slice of past \u2013 Neil Young via Les Cousins, if you want. It\u2019s actually very close: it\u2019s Laura Marling picking up an all-time favourite in 2010 \u2013 B-side to another special cover, \u2018Blues Run The Game\u2019 \u2013 unfathomable combination of beauty, tragedy and endless attraction. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2781\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/14-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Fran<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"PT\">\u00e7<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"IT\">oise Hardy<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;Till the Morning Comes\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\n\u2018Till The Morning Comes\u2019 is not an obvious choice for a Neil Young cover. Hey, it\u2019s not an obvious choice even for Neil Young: he played it live for the first time just three years ago at a private gig, creating an interesting medley with another <i>After The Gold Rush <\/i>gem, \u2018Cripple Creek Ferry\u2019 (last track on the 1970 LP, with \u2018Till the Morning Comes\u2019 closing Side One). Our previous <i>Shindig!\u00a0<\/i>cover star Fran<span lang=\"PT\">\u00e7<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">oise Hardy\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">also saw the pithy lullaby as a perfect curtain call theme, and offered her charming interpretation on the record known as <\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">4th English Album\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">(originally released in South Africa in \u201971, then presented as another self-titled LP in France and The \u00a0Netherlands one year later, and finally called <i>If You Listen <\/i>in more recent re-releases). <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2782\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/15-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Nick Cave &amp; The Bad Seeds<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Helpless\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\n\u201cDo you ever feel like that about songs \u2013 that they were designed with you especially in mind, and that no one could ever begin to understand them in the way you do?,\u201dNick Cave asked a few months ago, presenting a short selection of his <i>hiding\u00a0<\/i>songs: \u201cThey are songs that I can pull over myself, like a child might pull the bed covers over their head, when the blaze of the world becomes too intense,\u201d he explained. \u201cI can literally hide inside them. They are the essential pillars that hold up the structure of my artistic world.\u201d He picked a Neil Young song too, as expected \u2013 the tremendously Cave-esque \u2018On The Beach\u2019. Neil\u2019s songs, Cave once explained, manage to summon the dark sounds that he had seen described in a Garc\u00eca Lorca lecture as \u201cThat mysterious power that everyone feels but no philosopher can explain\u201d. His own rework of \u2018Helpless\u2019, originally appeared on the 1989 charity album <i>The Bridge<\/i>, is majestically drenched in it: The Bad Seeds perform it as a ritual, a sacred thing, a <span lang=\"EN-US\">secret understanding amidst the melancholic ones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2783\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/16-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Dream Syndicate<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Cinnamon Girl\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nThe unmistakable riff, the legendary one note solo, plus the fact that \u2018Cinnamon Girl\u2019 might be the first ever grunge earworm: just like rock \u2019n&#8217;<span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0roll, the appeal of the <i>Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere\u00a0<\/i>classic will never die. As a matter of fact, it grows through a most kaleidoscopic array of covers, from the romantic pop of The Gentrys to the abrasive sonic collage of Hole\u2019s \u2018Starbelly\u2019 (where it finds itself combined\u00a0with\u00a0 \u2018Rhiannon\u2019 and a Patti Smith-like demo from Courtney Love). Of course, paisley youngbloods couldn\u2019t resist it either, and in 1987 The Dream Syndicate recorded their own take on \u2018Cinnamon Girl\u2019 \u2013 speeding things up and unveiling some extra jangly fury \u2013, later included as an extra track on the \u201997 re-release of \u201986 LP <i>Out Of The Grey.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2784\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/17-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Meat Puppets<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018I Am a Child\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nNeil Young had cut \u2018I Am A Child\u2019 by himself and delivered a complete tape to the other Buffalo Springfield members. <i>Last Time Around\u00a0<\/i>was released when the band had officially broken up, and \u2018I Am A Child\u2019 definitely sounds like an early solo classic (on the 1977 <i>Decade <\/i>compilation it\u2019s aptly sandwiched between \u2018Sugar Mountain\u2019 and \u2018The Loner\u2019). The Meat Puppets cover of the song \u2013 released as a bonus track on the \u201999 edition of their self-titled debut album \u2013 finally gives the song the full band treatment and the raw intensity of a garage rehearsal, characteristically throwing a nice acid punk punch in the mix.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2785\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/18-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Band Of Blacky Ranchette<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Revolution Blues\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nA stompy alter ego and a band so in love with the past it was ahead of its time: \u201cW<span lang=\"EN-US\">e were reckless and young, trying to deliver some element of the old country records that we thought were so great,<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d Howe Gelb recounted of his early adventures with The Band Of Blacky Ranchette. Old country records, sure, but Dylan and Young too. Cue the inevitable \u2013 lucky for us \u2013 cover: mid-80s, Blacky &amp; co. pull \u2018Revolution Blues\u2019 out of its <i>On the Beach <\/i>context and reimagine it as a rootsy taste of alt-country glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2786\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/19-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Isley Brothers<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Ohio&#8217; \/ &#8216;Machine Gun\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nThe timeless force of Crosby, Stills, Nash &amp; Young\u2019s \u2018Ohio\u2019 \u2013 always a strong contender for greatest protest song of all times \u2013 certainly needs no introduction. Nor alteration. But it feels particularly piercing and brave when sung by a group of Ohioans. Recorded one year after the original (and the Kent State shootings), The Isley Brothers\u2019 cover of the song showed that there were still people knowing\u2026 and still people running. Starting from home, they soon take flight to offer an electric \u2013 and devastating \u2013 bird\u2019s-eye view: Neil\u2019s implacable anthem turns into Jimi\u2019s \u2018Machine Gun\u2019. Bullets, screams, worldwide destruction. And those four Ohio bodies still laying on the ground, mourning turned droning chant all around the globe. <i><span lang=\"EN-US\">Tell me why, you gotta tell me<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2787\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/20-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Patti Smith<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>&#8216;After The Gold Rush\u2019<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cI\u2019m a highway and landscapes. You\u2019re a city and painted bricks and lots of people\u201d, Neil Young told Patti Smith in 2012 when she interviewed him onstage at the <span lang=\"EN-US\">BookExpo America<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">. \u201cI\u2019m travelling and you are, too, but I\u2019m on the road and you\u2019re travelling down streets.\u201d Better leave the travellers and their music do the talking then. Look up their one hour long chat on YouTube and then listen to \u2018After The Gold Rush\u2019, the touching cover that closes Patti\u2019s <i>Banga <\/i>album. Landscape and painted bricks can combine beautifully. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2788\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/21-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Sonic Youth<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Computer Age\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nAs Neil says, \u201cW<span lang=\"EN-US\">hen people start asking you to do the same thing again and again, that<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">s when you know you<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">re way too close to something that you don<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u2019<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">t want to be near.<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0He surely kept his distance from that perilous <i>something<\/i>during his notoriously turbulent tenure with Geffen records; in 1983 the record label sued him for recording albums that didn\u2019t sound anything like Neil Young \u2013 or, well, what a major label would expect new Neil Young albums to sound like. Love them or hate them (or all the things in between), on <i>Trans <\/i>and his other &#8220;controversial&#8221; records Neil never fails to make one thing clear: art\u2019s worst enemy is indifference. It\u2019s true for new songs and it\u2019s true for live shows. For his \u201991 <i>Ragged Glory <\/i>he was looking exactly for that, an opening act that would inexorably provoke a reaction from his audience. Who better than Sonic Youth, then? They \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">are way out there on the cutting edge with what they&#8217;re doing. And it&#8217;s also extremely similar to what we&#8217;ve been doing for a long time,<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d Neil noted. A couple of years before Sonic Youth had contributed to the tribute album <i>The Bridge<\/i>. Not with another \u2018Cinnamon Girl\u2019, but with a sprawling electric rendition of a <i>Trans\u00a0<\/i>track, \u2019Computer Age\u2019, that finally exorcised the raw, cathartic essence of the original. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2789\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/22-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Pixies<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018I\u2019ve Been Waiting for You\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nIn some way, it makes sense. Eaten by perennial discord, on the verge of disintegration, a band that had come together thanks to an unlikely (and now legendary) ad \u2013 they were <span lang=\"EN-US\">seek<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">ing \u201c<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">bassist into H<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00fc<\/span><span lang=\"DA\">sker D<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u00fc <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\">and Peter, Paul and Mary<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d \u2013 was catching its breath with a Neil Young song. \u2018I\u2019ve Been Waiting for You\u2019 was Pixies\u2019 choice of B-side for the 1990 \u2018Velouria\u2019 single (while a cover of \u2018Winterlong\u2019 appeared on the <i>Dig for Fire\u00a0<\/i>12\u2019\u2019). It\u2019s also Kim Deal\u2019s final lead vocal with the band (if you don\u2019t count the classic lineup\u2019s sole, and digital-only, post-reunion release). Neil had recorded it in 1968, as he was waving goodbye to Buffalo Springfield and longing for air \u2013 air that would come in the form of new bands and, above all, the long-awaited freedom to shape his own songs his own way. Yes, almost 30 years later that longing still made sense. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2790\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/23-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">The Church<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Cortez the Killer\u2019<\/strong><b><\/b><br \/>\nIn 1999 The Church decided to select some all-time favourites and rework them on an album called <i>A Box Of Birds<\/i>. Beatles, Kevin Ayers, Hawkwind and a monumental closer, \u2018Cortez The Killer\u2019. The <i>Zuma<\/i>c lassic can\u2019t help but feel epic, although the Australian band turns its hypnotic mightiness into a slow-burning, ghostly affair. The electric storm they trigger is desolated \u2013 a superb incarnation of what \u2018Cortez The Killer\u2019 represented to its author: \u201cThe explorer with two sides, one benevolent, the other utterly ruthless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"IT\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-2791\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24.jpg 250w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24-24x24.jpg 24w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24-48x48.jpg 48w, https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/24-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"IT\">Joni Mitchell<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018Sugar Mountain\u2019<\/strong> <b><\/b><br \/>\nTake a sad song and make it better, right? Well, Joni Mitchell loved Neil Young\u2019s lament for lost innocence, the gorgeous \u2018Sugar Mountain\u2019 he had written when he was just 21. She sang it beautifully, as this 1967 recording (still an unofficial release) proves. But the best kind of admiration artists can prove to each other goes well beyond covers \u2013 it\u2019s more a matter of further creativity. \u201cS<span lang=\"EN-US\">o I wrote a song for him and for myself, to just sort of give me some hope<\/span><span lang=\"IT\">\u201d, she later explained. \u2018The Circle Game\u2019 takes \u2018Sugar Mountain\u2019 by the hand: <i>t<\/i><\/span><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">here&#8217;ll be new dreams, maybe better dreams<\/span><\/i><span lang=\"IT\">\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<span class=\"synved-social-container synved-social-container-share\"><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2766&#038;t=Youngbloods%3A%20Neil%20Covered&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2766&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2019%2F05%2Fneil-1.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=Youngbloods%3A%20Neil%20Covered\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/facebook.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox\" data-provider=\"twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2766&#038;text=New%20post%20on%20our%20site\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"twitter\" title=\"Share on Twitter\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/twitter.png\" \/><\/a><a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-mail nolightbox\" data-provider=\"mail\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share by email\" href=\"mailto:?subject=Youngbloods%3A%20Neil%20Covered&#038;body=New%20post%20on%20our%20site:%20https%3A%2F%2Fshindig-magazine.com%2Findex.php%3Frest_route%3D%252Fwp%252Fv2%252Fposts%252F2766\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"mail\" title=\"Share by email\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-share\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" style=\"display: inline;width:24px;height:24px;margin: 0;padding: 0;border: none;box-shadow: none\" src=\"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/social-media-feather\/synved-social\/image\/social\/regular\/48x48\/mail.png\" \/><\/a><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Old friends and a kaleidoscopic progeny reimagine NEIL YOUNG\u2019s songs: the bridge, CAMILLA AISA\u00a0builds it below &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Teenage Fanclub \u2018Don\u2019t Cry No Tears\u2019 These youngbloods have always been proud to wear some Neil love and devotion on their sleeve, whether it made for memorable song titles (\u2018Neil Jung\u2019, from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2793,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[641],"class_list":["post-2766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music-videos","tag-neil-young"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2766"}],"version-history":[{"count":-1,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shindig-magazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}