#Young6Music - help pick the Ultimate Neil Young Playlist

Vampire Blues please - so relevant nowadays and excellent ! - Joe

'Last Dance' from 'Time Fades Away'. And while you're at it Neil, release the album on CD please.

Agree on track from On The Beach but I would go for Ambulance Blues...moody and reflective of his personality...at least at that time.

Good one Joe! How about 'Four Strong Winds' it's just such a sweet song!

Thrasher absolutely has to be on the playlist. the theme of moving on to pastures new sums up Neil's career

Broken Arrow, On the way home, The Needle and the Damage done, Like a Hurricane, See the sky about to rain and Rockin' in the free world must all surelybe on the ultimate playlist

The whole of the Tonight's The Night album would be on my playlist!

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Powderfinger covered by the Cowboy Junkies, only love can break your heart covered by St etienne

Another vote for 'only love can break your heart' by St. Etienne. The extended mix of course.. Truely a classic track.

It has to be like a hurricane for number 1. Neil bears his soul through the guitar in thast tune more than any! My favourite by far.

My top playlist --- "Cinnamon Girl" and "After The Gold Rush"-----just magic

Here's three from me, Like A Hurricane, Helpless and Days That Used To Be. Looking forward to the show, I've been a fan since Buffalo Springfield days.

OLD MAN,ALABAMA,HEART OF GOLD start of a legend in uk at least

Two recommendations from me, very different in style and tone, which sum up NY for me:

Sugar Mountain, a beautiful acoustic song from the early days. Hardly ever played on the radio...



Change Your Mind, an opus of a song with a sublime chorus, from his 94 album Sleeps with Angels. Terrific.

How about "Borrowed Tune" from Tonights the Night? Raw, stark, haunting and beautiful. Kills me every time.

Powderfinger and the Jackson 5 tribute (sort of!) that is Walk On. And the song with the greatest solo ever, Southern Man.

Hurricane and Philadelphia from the film of the same name please, just two of an endless list of my favourites from this huge talent.

I'd like one or two or Neil's lesser known ballads to get some recognition - Pardon My Heart off Zuma, or Love in Mind from the Live At Massey Hall release to name two examples. On the rockier side what about Revolution Blues?

Four Strong Winds, Sugar Mountain, Like a Hurricane, Long May You Run, Winterlong, Cowgirl in the Sand, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere, The Losing End, Light a Candle, Out on The Weekend, Harvest, Out of My Mind, Here for You, Thrasher, Pocahontas, Sail Away, Broken Arrow – to list but a few!

hows about ordinary people and sixty to zero LIVE with the bluenotes 1988, from my live collection ;-)

Please, Thrasher just has to be included - amazing and emotive lyrics! x

Its darn near impossible to try and compile any sort of list that could come close to explaining the great enigma "Neil Young". Id start start with Mr. Soul then either Down By The River or Cowgirl In The Sand which to stretch in at about 10 mins. Ohio, Out on the weekend, Dont be Denied, Revolution Blues, Tonight's The Night. Id also like to hear some stuff from Neils less popular and less successful albums "Wonderin'" with the shocking pinks is great, "Transformer Man" of the much bashed Electro album Trans is very Sweet. Later period Neil also, anything from "Ragged Glory" "Dead Man OST" or "Greendale" would be fantastic. "Change your Mind" from a often overlooked album "Sleeps with Angels" could very well be his best song. As for one of his influences id say Link Wrays instrumental "Rumble" which he admitted was the start of "Grunge" way before he came close to doing it. Chromatics cover of "Hey Hey, My My (Into The Black)" the oppening track of their great recent album "Kill for Love" is fantastic. Really looking forward to the show and hearing some great songs from "Uncle Neil".



Dont be Denied

It's a little obvious but I'd like to hear Emmy Lou's version of Wrecking Ball. Great song, great version which reflects the amount of wonderful work she and NY have done together.



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How about "Lookin' For A Love" from Zuma - so sweet - and no Zuma yet !

Surely we've all been through a goth phase at some stage? The Mission's 'Like A Hurricane' cover is much underrated.

I really like Nothing is Perfect, first heard on Live Aid ,1985 !! Only recently made available, Neil really knows how to sing country with soul. For me, Tonight's the Night is his most complete piece of work and sounds as fresh as the day I slipped the vinyl onto the turntable . Live, acoustic Cowgirl in the Sand ,Love in Mind, Powderfinger ,too many to mention . Despite misgivings, I kinda like what I've heard of the new stuff, Long may you Run, Neil