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I see. I only ask because I came from similar grumpiness about long songs at one point in my life. I lean towards jammier material also. Like when Modest Mouse does "Truckers Atlas"[sic], they pretty much make their point in two-three minutes and the rest of the seven minutes is an extended jam punctuated by some yelping at points.
The critic side of me will come out when I talk about some of the songs Rolling Stone inexplicably put in their top 100.
Probably Top 10 for me - but I haven't really put any thought into it and I'm sure I'd have 25 songs Top 10, so this makes sense.
It was the prototype for Neil’s flavor of garage rock, which was one of several elements that went into grunge. But yeah.
It’s a great song, but I’m fine with your placement because there’s a lot of great songs left.
I'm not really a huge Springsteen guy. He meant a lot to me during a few formative years but we've drifted apart over the decades.
Go back home some day. His output post 2000 has been pretty good, with some very good and some excellent mixed in. He was a wasteland in the 90s.
Hey! I know this one! And can hear that riff from memory! That's really the first Young track in the countdown I can say that about.
Go for it. Unfortunately in recent years Neil’s drifted more toward the Lennon side on this issue.I'm stealing this to contrast with some of Lennon's songs.
I was gonna say something about the hectoring part of the comment you made. I remember Neil as polemicist more than I do for his rockers. To wit: "Ohio" with the "four dead in Ohio" seems pretty fixin' for a debate about things.
Oh, I missed that. Yeah, that's definitely a staple of rock radio. That sort of reedy voice of his. I can hear it. Definitely another classic.
Ohio is one of my examples of Neil doing this sort of thing right. Most of his political/environmental songs since 2003 are textbook examples of how to do it wrong.
Oh yeah, I'd pretty much agree with you on "Ohio" being done right. Perhaps I'm not separating out the fire from the hectoring. As a matter of fact, I'm sure I'm doing that. Carry on.
Cinnamon Girl isn’t my absolute favorite Neil song but it’s up there in the rankings. Actually, I can’t rank Neil’s songs all that well. I either really like them or they are just ok. One thing is for certain, he could really craft a song. Thanks for this thread.
Haven't written #1 yet and I'm kind of scared to. I know how I'm going to open it, hopefully it will flow from there.
Your post in the Beatles thread reminded me I needed to catch up over here. This is a song I didn't know (really most of Neil's songs I don't sadly) and thought was terrific. Really interesting write-up, too
One of my favorites, and yes, like you alluded last night, this would be in my top 5 most days. That version from the CSNY Box Set you linked to is my favorite version - for quite awhile, this was my workout song when I went to the gym - CSNY 74, On the Beach, over and over and over....
ahh, I see. I somewhat misread (but I was a little... altered last night
Still, OTB fits both for me. Looking forward to the next one. 
Beautiful song...verrrrrryyyy mellow as you said. Loved your personal story on this one.
In high school or college I made a mix tape of mellow songs. This was track 1 of side 1. In all of my mix tapes, track 1 of side 1 was where it was for a reason.
I didn't tell much of a story in entry 22 (Only Love Can Break Your Heart), so I'm missing what you mean here.lardonastick said:
