Post by ~LoveJoy~ on Jun 5, 2010 21:33:54 GMT -5
HI THERE! ANYONE WHOSE MY FRIEND ON FACEBOOK HAS PROB ALREADY READ MY BABBLINGS ABOUT THIS, BUT IM POSTING IT AGAIN HERE. THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING IVE SEEN SINCE BLIND MELON IN 93 WITH SHANNON. THIS BLEW MY MIND!
I FIND IT HIGHLY NECESSARY FOR ME TO SHARE AND DOCUMENT THIS ACCOUNT OF MY THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE NEIL YOUNG TWISTED ROAD MUSICAL ESCAPADE THROUGH THE SOUL(THE TWISTED ROAD CONCERT). THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A CONCERT. I COULD TELL THIS WOULD BE UNLIKE ANY KIND OF MUSICAL EVENT IVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM THE VERY MOMENT I STEPPED INTO THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM. THE DEFINITIVE MOMENT TO MY NOTION OCCURRED THE VERY SECOND HE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE STAGE. IT WAS IN HIS WALK AND IN HIS HALF GLANCE ACROSS THE AUDIENCE. IT WAS THE TIPPING OF HIS HAT SUFFICING AS A WARMLY GUARDED HELLO THAT QUIETLY FORSHADOWED THE VERY TONE OF THE NIGHT. IT STARTED WITH A FAMILIAR ENOUGH TUNE.....MY MY HEY HEY. THE NOTES WERE FAMILIAR, HOWEVERTHE DELIVERY AND RECEPTION WAS MORE THAN MAGICAL. I WISH I COULD BOTTLE THAT FIRST FEW SECONDS AND KEEP IT FOREVER.THE SECOND SONG WAS TELL ME WHY FOLLOWED BY HELPLESS......NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. THEN THE ROAD STARTED TO TWIST JUST A BIT. HE PICKED UP HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR. THERE WAS NO DISTORTION OR OBVIOUS EFFECTS AT THIS POINT. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE PUNCTUATED, AS IF MEANT TO EASE US INTO THE WINDING ROAD AT A SLOW.....POETIC PACE.
HE STARTED PLAYING THE SONG, YOU NEVER CALL.....THE LYRICS LENT THEMSELVES TO THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD BE IN REFERENCE TO THE RECENT LOSS OF HIS LONG TIME FRIEND. "YOUR ON VACATION AND IM STILL WORKING....."YOUR IN HEAVEN, THE ULTIMATE VACATION AND IM STILL WORKING, WORKING, WORKING." THE UNRELEASED BIOMUSICAL DEPICTION...THE HITCHIKER WAS DEFINITELY A STANDOUT OF THE NIGHT. THIS WAS A MAGNIFYING GLASS HELD DIRECTLY TO HIS MIND AND SOUL. A HEARTWRENCHING ACCOUNT OF THE DARKER SIDE OF HIS SUCCESS AND THE PRICE OF EMOTIONAL DISCLOSURE . THE ROAD TOOK ON A ROLLER COASTER TYPE FEEL FROM HERE ON OUT. LOVE AND WAR MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO BREATHE. THE LYRICS WERE SHARP AS BROKEN GLASS. AS THE ROAD CONTINUED TO THROW SOME SHARP CURVES, OL BLACK......HIS FAITHFUL SIDEKICK OF A GUITAR BEGAN TO WAIL AND SCREAM WITH EMOTION.A FAMILIAR DOWN BY THE RIVER HIT WITH AN EXTRA PUNCH......CORTEZ WAS RELAYED IN A COLORFUL STORYTELLING MODE THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAINTED MORE VIVIDLY. I BELIEVE IN YOU WAS PLAYED ON THE PIANO.... THE PINK AND YELLOW TIE DYED PIANO. THE SINCERITY WAS HEARTWARMING....YET HAUNTING AND RESERVED. HE ALSO PLAYED LEIA, A SONG HE SAID WAS INSPIRED BY THE PITTER PATTER OF A LITTLE CHILDS FEET....AN INNOCENT AND FREE RIDE FOR A MOMENT PLAYED ON HIS BEAT UP OLD UPRIGHT. AFTER A BIT OF A BREAK FROM OL BLACK.....HE STARTED BACK AT SUCH WHIPLASH SPEED YOU COULD SEE THE DUST FLY FROM HIS SOUL DIRECTLY INTO YOUR FACE. A FEW FAMILIAR TUNES WERE PLAYED......OHIO, AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, AND AN UNEXPECTED AND ABSOUTELY THRILLINGLY EPIC CINNAMON GIRL......I CAN BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE......THANK YOU MR. YOUNG. TO MY SURPRISE HE ANSWERED OUR CALL FOR AN ENCORE. THROUGHOUT THE CONCERT HE DIDNT STRIKE ME AS THE ENCORE TYPE. IM SO GLAD I WAS WRONG. HE CAME BACK ON AND PLAYED A VERSION OF WALK WITH ME THAT COULD HAVE SHOOK THE HOUSE DOWN. THERE WERE MANY MORE SONGS IN THE SET. ALL WERE AS EQUALLY BRILLIANT AND EMOTIONALLY HEAVY AS THE ONES ABOVE.
I MUST MENTION HOW LOUD, FULL FORCED AND IN YOUR FACE ROCK N ROLL THE SOUND WAS. THE SEATS WERE LITERALLY VIBRATING. THE BASS HE GOT OUT OF THAT GUITAR WAS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIFYING. IT WAS A NEW KIND OF HIGH FOR ME. IT LEFT ME WANTING MORE. THIS WAS NOT AN "ACOUSTIC" LAID BACK SHOW. THIS WAS INTENSE.....I MEAN NAIL BITING HARD ROCKING SOUL SEARCHING DRAMA. IT WAS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL EVENT....... MUCH LIKE A SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY..... NOT IN THE RELIGIOUS SENSE, BUT A REVELATION ABOUT HUMANITY AND THE POWER OF EMOTION. IT IS SO RARE FOR SOMEONE TO OPEN THEIR HEART AND SOUL TO YOU IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND INTIMATE EXPRESSION OF ART. I COULD PROBABLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF WORDS HE ACTUALLY SPOKE ON MY TWO HANDS. HIS SPOKEN WORDS TO THE AUDIENCE WERE JUST NOT NECESSARY. IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND CONTRADICTORY PHENOMENON........HE POURED HIS FEELINGS OUT THROUGH HIS MUSIC...IN SONG HE WAS WARM, PRESENT, REVEALING. YET HE REFLECTED SUCH A DISTANT ALOOF DEMEANOR ONCE THE MUSIC STOPPED. IT WAS AS IF WHEN HE WAS PLAYING HIS SONGS HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ROOM, YET AT THE SAME TIME OVER-WHELMINGLY AWARE THAT HE WAS PEERING INTO THE VERY DEPTHS OF EACH LISTENERS HEART AND SOUL. I SEE IT AS A KIND OF SIMULTANEOUS AND RESPECTFUL TUG OF WAR SHARED WITH THE AUDIENCE. A TUG OF WAR BETWEEN FULL OUT EXPOSURE AND A SILENT INFERRED SELF-DISCLOSURE THROUGH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNREALIZED STATES OF MIND. HE HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF MAINTAINING A CONTROLLED AND INTIMATE ARENA COMPRISED OF RANDOM INTERRELATED EXPERIENCES WE ALL SHARE AND CAREFULLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP UNSPOKEN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS HELD IN THE PRETTY BOXES WRAPPED WITH COLORFUL RIBBONS OF SECRETS AND FEARS THAT STREAM FROM OUR OWN PERSONAL PREDICAMENTS . A SUBTLE YET POWERFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION RADIATES FROM HIS STAGE. I AM MORE FASCINATED WITH MR. YOUNG NOW THAN EVER.THERE ARE MUSICIANS AND THERE ARE ARTISTS.....I DONT KNOW WHAT COMES ABOVE ARTIST, BUT WHATEVER IT IS IT SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER MR. NEIL YOUNG. YES, I THINK IM GONNA HAVE TO START REFERRING TO HIM AS MR. NEIL YOUNG. THIS WAS TRULY AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL STAY PERMANENTLY ETCHED IN "THE NEVER TO FORGET HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE SECTION" OF MY MIND.
HERES A LINK TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT HAS ALOT OF THE SONGS. THE SOUND QUALITY ON SOME OF THE HEAVY SONGS ISNT GREAT BECAUSE THEY WERE SOOOOOOO LOUD. SECURITY WAS SO TIGHT IN NASHVILLE THAT I TOOK A FEW PICS BEFORE HE WENT ON, BUT I WASNT ABOUT TO RISK GETTIN CAUGHT TAKIN PICS OR FILMING IT. SO WHOEVER GOT AWAY WITH THIS IS PRETTY DANG SLICK!
www.youtube.com/user/NeilYoungSoloist
BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE TWISTED ROAD VIDS
TO ANYONE WHOSE AN OCD MUSIC FREAK LIKE ME......HERES A SET LIST FROM THE SHOW!
www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/2010/ryman-auditorium-nashville-tn-6bd43e82.html
I FIND IT HIGHLY NECESSARY FOR ME TO SHARE AND DOCUMENT THIS ACCOUNT OF MY THOUGHTS, FEELINGS AND PERCEPTIONS ABOUT THE NEIL YOUNG TWISTED ROAD MUSICAL ESCAPADE THROUGH THE SOUL(THE TWISTED ROAD CONCERT). THIS WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN A CONCERT. I COULD TELL THIS WOULD BE UNLIKE ANY KIND OF MUSICAL EVENT IVE EVER EXPERIENCED FROM THE VERY MOMENT I STEPPED INTO THE RYMAN AUDITORIUM. THE DEFINITIVE MOMENT TO MY NOTION OCCURRED THE VERY SECOND HE STEPPED OUT ONTO THE STAGE. IT WAS IN HIS WALK AND IN HIS HALF GLANCE ACROSS THE AUDIENCE. IT WAS THE TIPPING OF HIS HAT SUFFICING AS A WARMLY GUARDED HELLO THAT QUIETLY FORSHADOWED THE VERY TONE OF THE NIGHT. IT STARTED WITH A FAMILIAR ENOUGH TUNE.....MY MY HEY HEY. THE NOTES WERE FAMILIAR, HOWEVERTHE DELIVERY AND RECEPTION WAS MORE THAN MAGICAL. I WISH I COULD BOTTLE THAT FIRST FEW SECONDS AND KEEP IT FOREVER.THE SECOND SONG WAS TELL ME WHY FOLLOWED BY HELPLESS......NOTHING LESS THAN PERFECTION. THEN THE ROAD STARTED TO TWIST JUST A BIT. HE PICKED UP HIS ELECTRIC GUITAR. THERE WAS NO DISTORTION OR OBVIOUS EFFECTS AT THIS POINT. IT WAS JUST A LITTLE MORE PUNCTUATED, AS IF MEANT TO EASE US INTO THE WINDING ROAD AT A SLOW.....POETIC PACE.
HE STARTED PLAYING THE SONG, YOU NEVER CALL.....THE LYRICS LENT THEMSELVES TO THE IDEA THAT THIS COULD BE IN REFERENCE TO THE RECENT LOSS OF HIS LONG TIME FRIEND. "YOUR ON VACATION AND IM STILL WORKING....."YOUR IN HEAVEN, THE ULTIMATE VACATION AND IM STILL WORKING, WORKING, WORKING." THE UNRELEASED BIOMUSICAL DEPICTION...THE HITCHIKER WAS DEFINITELY A STANDOUT OF THE NIGHT. THIS WAS A MAGNIFYING GLASS HELD DIRECTLY TO HIS MIND AND SOUL. A HEARTWRENCHING ACCOUNT OF THE DARKER SIDE OF HIS SUCCESS AND THE PRICE OF EMOTIONAL DISCLOSURE . THE ROAD TOOK ON A ROLLER COASTER TYPE FEEL FROM HERE ON OUT. LOVE AND WAR MADE IT HARD FOR ME TO BREATHE. THE LYRICS WERE SHARP AS BROKEN GLASS. AS THE ROAD CONTINUED TO THROW SOME SHARP CURVES, OL BLACK......HIS FAITHFUL SIDEKICK OF A GUITAR BEGAN TO WAIL AND SCREAM WITH EMOTION.A FAMILIAR DOWN BY THE RIVER HIT WITH AN EXTRA PUNCH......CORTEZ WAS RELAYED IN A COLORFUL STORYTELLING MODE THAT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAINTED MORE VIVIDLY. I BELIEVE IN YOU WAS PLAYED ON THE PIANO.... THE PINK AND YELLOW TIE DYED PIANO. THE SINCERITY WAS HEARTWARMING....YET HAUNTING AND RESERVED. HE ALSO PLAYED LEIA, A SONG HE SAID WAS INSPIRED BY THE PITTER PATTER OF A LITTLE CHILDS FEET....AN INNOCENT AND FREE RIDE FOR A MOMENT PLAYED ON HIS BEAT UP OLD UPRIGHT. AFTER A BIT OF A BREAK FROM OL BLACK.....HE STARTED BACK AT SUCH WHIPLASH SPEED YOU COULD SEE THE DUST FLY FROM HIS SOUL DIRECTLY INTO YOUR FACE. A FEW FAMILIAR TUNES WERE PLAYED......OHIO, AFTER THE GOLDRUSH, AND AN UNEXPECTED AND ABSOUTELY THRILLINGLY EPIC CINNAMON GIRL......I CAN BE HAPPY FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE......THANK YOU MR. YOUNG. TO MY SURPRISE HE ANSWERED OUR CALL FOR AN ENCORE. THROUGHOUT THE CONCERT HE DIDNT STRIKE ME AS THE ENCORE TYPE. IM SO GLAD I WAS WRONG. HE CAME BACK ON AND PLAYED A VERSION OF WALK WITH ME THAT COULD HAVE SHOOK THE HOUSE DOWN. THERE WERE MANY MORE SONGS IN THE SET. ALL WERE AS EQUALLY BRILLIANT AND EMOTIONALLY HEAVY AS THE ONES ABOVE.
I MUST MENTION HOW LOUD, FULL FORCED AND IN YOUR FACE ROCK N ROLL THE SOUND WAS. THE SEATS WERE LITERALLY VIBRATING. THE BASS HE GOT OUT OF THAT GUITAR WAS ABSOLUTELY ELECTRIFYING. IT WAS A NEW KIND OF HIGH FOR ME. IT LEFT ME WANTING MORE. THIS WAS NOT AN "ACOUSTIC" LAID BACK SHOW. THIS WAS INTENSE.....I MEAN NAIL BITING HARD ROCKING SOUL SEARCHING DRAMA. IT WAS SUCH AN EMOTIONAL EVENT....... MUCH LIKE A SPIRITUAL DISCOVERY..... NOT IN THE RELIGIOUS SENSE, BUT A REVELATION ABOUT HUMANITY AND THE POWER OF EMOTION. IT IS SO RARE FOR SOMEONE TO OPEN THEIR HEART AND SOUL TO YOU IN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND INTIMATE EXPRESSION OF ART. I COULD PROBABLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF WORDS HE ACTUALLY SPOKE ON MY TWO HANDS. HIS SPOKEN WORDS TO THE AUDIENCE WERE JUST NOT NECESSARY. IT WAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND CONTRADICTORY PHENOMENON........HE POURED HIS FEELINGS OUT THROUGH HIS MUSIC...IN SONG HE WAS WARM, PRESENT, REVEALING. YET HE REFLECTED SUCH A DISTANT ALOOF DEMEANOR ONCE THE MUSIC STOPPED. IT WAS AS IF WHEN HE WAS PLAYING HIS SONGS HE THOUGHT HE WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE ROOM, YET AT THE SAME TIME OVER-WHELMINGLY AWARE THAT HE WAS PEERING INTO THE VERY DEPTHS OF EACH LISTENERS HEART AND SOUL. I SEE IT AS A KIND OF SIMULTANEOUS AND RESPECTFUL TUG OF WAR SHARED WITH THE AUDIENCE. A TUG OF WAR BETWEEN FULL OUT EXPOSURE AND A SILENT INFERRED SELF-DISCLOSURE THROUGH THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNREALIZED STATES OF MIND. HE HAS A UNIQUE WAY OF MAINTAINING A CONTROLLED AND INTIMATE ARENA COMPRISED OF RANDOM INTERRELATED EXPERIENCES WE ALL SHARE AND CAREFULLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF THE DEEP UNSPOKEN THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS HELD IN THE PRETTY BOXES WRAPPED WITH COLORFUL RIBBONS OF SECRETS AND FEARS THAT STREAM FROM OUR OWN PERSONAL PREDICAMENTS . A SUBTLE YET POWERFUL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF THE HUMAN CONDITION RADIATES FROM HIS STAGE. I AM MORE FASCINATED WITH MR. YOUNG NOW THAN EVER.THERE ARE MUSICIANS AND THERE ARE ARTISTS.....I DONT KNOW WHAT COMES ABOVE ARTIST, BUT WHATEVER IT IS IT SHOULD BE NAMED AFTER MR. NEIL YOUNG. YES, I THINK IM GONNA HAVE TO START REFERRING TO HIM AS MR. NEIL YOUNG. THIS WAS TRULY AN EXPERIENCE THAT WILL STAY PERMANENTLY ETCHED IN "THE NEVER TO FORGET HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE SECTION" OF MY MIND.
HERES A LINK TO THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL THAT HAS ALOT OF THE SONGS. THE SOUND QUALITY ON SOME OF THE HEAVY SONGS ISNT GREAT BECAUSE THEY WERE SOOOOOOO LOUD. SECURITY WAS SO TIGHT IN NASHVILLE THAT I TOOK A FEW PICS BEFORE HE WENT ON, BUT I WASNT ABOUT TO RISK GETTIN CAUGHT TAKIN PICS OR FILMING IT. SO WHOEVER GOT AWAY WITH THIS IS PRETTY DANG SLICK!
www.youtube.com/user/NeilYoungSoloist
BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN TO THE TWISTED ROAD VIDS
TO ANYONE WHOSE AN OCD MUSIC FREAK LIKE ME......HERES A SET LIST FROM THE SHOW!
www.setlist.fm/setlist/neil-young/2010/ryman-auditorium-nashville-tn-6bd43e82.html