You don’t need lots of money to make a good video. It’s romantic and cool and it works because the song rules. There’s a great moment where he tries a shot on the pool table and misses and shrugs his shoulders as if to say “You can’t win em all”. Smokey lounging around his beach house singing to the camera without a care in the world. It’s one of those early videos that was a really simple, cheap idea, but it’s just great for the song. Smokey Robinson “Being With You” I’ve always loved “Being With You” by Smokey Robinson. I heard they shot pool and partied until midnight every night and then started recording…it sounds like that in the best way. Soaked in tequila and emotion all at once. This is real late night, right on the edge, death-rattle rock and roll. It’s almost as though Neil wrote the songs with the intention of them being played that way. Neil Young Tonight’s The Night One of the only examples of a record that sounds better because of how loose it is. I always thought that every song Harry covered was better than the original. It is recorded perfectly and every nuance of Harry’s angelic voice is captured with absolute precision and detail. It’s just Randy Newman playing piano and Harry Nilsson singing Randy’s songs. Harry Nilsson Nilsson Sings Newman This is one of those amazing collaborations between two artists in their absolute prime that rarely happens. I love the sweetness and innocence of the songs too. They were such a tight, exciting live band, and it really shows on this one. Recorded live in two four-hour sessions at EMI studios. The Beatles Please Please Me Just a perfect rock and roll record. It should also be noted that, as we were walking down the street after the concert, Paul drove by and waved at me from his limo. I hung on every note of his set and when I got back to B.C. The music was what mattered, nothing else. I looked around and was absolutely transfixed by how he had instantly captured the crowd with nothing but a voice and an acoustic guitar.Įverything changed for me in that moment.
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His voice was still crystal-clear and beautiful at that time. He sat down and picked up a guitar and started banging a C chord on it like a drum, and 20,000 people fell completely silent. Neil came out to uproarious applause.this was Neil country. It started to rain and the festival staff handed out black garbage bags to wear. In between sets I remember going around yapping at everyone on the lawn saying “Who the hell does Neil Young think he is going on after Paul?! You don’t follow a Beatle!” Paul had this huge band, but when they were setting up the stage for Neil all it was was five acoustic guitars around a chair in a semi-circle, and a piano off to one side. He wasn’t the headliner though.Neil was set to close the show. Later on Paul came out and did his set and it was wonderful. I wasn’t expecting to see Paul yet so it was quite a surreal feeling: To be in the same place as a Beatle. I remember he came out and joined Tony Bennett on a song earlier in the evening, “The Very Thought Of You”. Being a Beatles-obsessed kid, I was there for Paul. I didn’t even really know Neil Young’s music other than a few songs.
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They always had a great lineup, but the first time I went was in 2002 because Paul McCartney was on the bill. The Bridge School Benefit was a two-day outdoor concert event in Mountain View, California that Neil Young and his wife Pegi would put on every year.
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It was a real summer, family-fun environment, and great for kids. I went right up to the front of the stage when they did “Surfin’ USA” and it blew me away. They’re even still going strong in that same, embarrassing format! I honestly did love it though. That was when Mike Love realized they could just be a 4th of July Beach Boys cover band and do quite well at it. I don’t think there would have been one Wilson brother in the band. It was the beginning of the awful Mike Love/John Stamos “Beach Boys”. Being a little kid I absolutely loved it, and it wasn’t until recently that I realized I wasn’t really seeing the Beach Boys that day. Strangely enough it was a Beach Boys concert at Royal Athletic Park in Victoria. I also enjoy chess, tennis, and Miller High Life. One such record, King of Cups, will be released in January. I write and sing songs and produce records. What’s In Your Fridge is where the Straight asks interesting Vancouverites about their life-changing concerts, favourite albums, and, most importantly, what’s sitting beside the Heinz ketchup in their custom-made Big Chill Retropolitan 20.6-cubic-foot refrigerators.