This is my weekly reminder to listen to Sinking with Sylvia (and Sometimes Todd) on Little Radio tomorrow from 11:00AM – 1:00PM. Unfortunately Paul from the Minor Canon got sick, so it will just be Sylvia and Todd tomorrow.
I’m still playing catchup, but my weekly pick on the September 13th show was Neil Young’s “Pocahontas” from the Chrome Dreams bootleg. I picked this track, because Neil had just announced his LA shows at the Nokia Theatre on 10/30 (he’s since added a second show on 11/2). Even though the ticket prices are ridiculous, I went ahead and bought the best seats available ($270/each). The tour is in support of his new album, Chrome Dreams 2 which comes out next Tuesday.
Chrome Dreams was recorded in 1977 and consists of a lot of demos and different versions of songs, most of which were later released on American Stars ‘N Bars or Rust Never Sleeps. This version of “Pocahontas” is apparently the same version as the one on Rust Never Sleeps, minus the overdubs. Pocahontas has inspired a Disney film, a Terrance Malick film and this Neil song before either one of those.
I’ve always enjoyed the lyrics of this song. Neil starts out with the early European settlers killing American Indians, and then gets displaced to modern, crowded city life before finally longing to get back to nature (but while talking about the Astrodome with Marlon Brando). He’s got nature, industrialization, paying for sex with Pocahontas and getting stoned with Marlon Brando on his mind. It’s a bizarre juxtaposition of images and his perspective shifts from being one of the European settlers to being one of the slaughtered Indians to being Neil Young.
There’s a live version on the Unplugged CD as well. His tour kicks off tomorrow and I’m curious to see what he’s playing.
Make friends with Neil Young on Myspace
Buy tickets to see Neil Young in concert
See an OK video of Neil Young performing “Pocahontas” on Youtube
I’m still playing catchup, but my weekly pick on the September 13th show was Neil Young’s “Pocahontas” from the Chrome Dreams bootleg. I picked this track, because Neil had just announced his LA shows at the Nokia Theatre on 10/30 (he’s since added a second show on 11/2). Even though the ticket prices are ridiculous, I went ahead and bought the best seats available ($270/each). The tour is in support of his new album, Chrome Dreams 2 which comes out next Tuesday.
Chrome Dreams was recorded in 1977 and consists of a lot of demos and different versions of songs, most of which were later released on American Stars ‘N Bars or Rust Never Sleeps. This version of “Pocahontas” is apparently the same version as the one on Rust Never Sleeps, minus the overdubs. Pocahontas has inspired a Disney film, a Terrance Malick film and this Neil song before either one of those.
I’ve always enjoyed the lyrics of this song. Neil starts out with the early European settlers killing American Indians, and then gets displaced to modern, crowded city life before finally longing to get back to nature (but while talking about the Astrodome with Marlon Brando). He’s got nature, industrialization, paying for sex with Pocahontas and getting stoned with Marlon Brando on his mind. It’s a bizarre juxtaposition of images and his perspective shifts from being one of the European settlers to being one of the slaughtered Indians to being Neil Young.
There’s a live version on the Unplugged CD as well. His tour kicks off tomorrow and I’m curious to see what he’s playing.
Make friends with Neil Young on Myspace
Buy tickets to see Neil Young in concert
See an OK video of Neil Young performing “Pocahontas” on Youtube
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Great article of Neil Young dude!
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