Comments on: Living With War http://jordanhoffman.com/2006/05/16/living-with-war/ Sympathy For Lots-o-Huggin' Bear Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:07:15 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bill R. http://jordanhoffman.com/2006/05/16/living-with-war/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Bill R. Thu, 18 May 2006 15:07:16 +0000 http://209.172.33.209/jordanhoffman.com/?p=124#comment-31 Instead I'll put on "Revolution Blues" or "Powderfinger" to remember how this guy functioned when he was going full gun. This stuff just feels too wacky to me. I can't wrap my mind around the trumpet. Instead I’ll put on “Revolution Blues” or “Powderfinger” to remember how this guy functioned when he was going full gun. This stuff just feels too wacky to me. I can’t wrap my mind around the trumpet.

]]> By: Jordan Hoffman http://jordanhoffman.com/2006/05/16/living-with-war/comment-page-1/#comment-30 Jordan Hoffman Thu, 18 May 2006 01:40:08 +0000 http://209.172.33.209/jordanhoffman.com/?p=124#comment-30 No! No! Say it ain't so! Listen to it again. The chorus stuff is the best part. No! No! Say it ain’t so!
Listen to it again. The chorus stuff is the best part.

]]> By: Bill R. http://jordanhoffman.com/2006/05/16/living-with-war/comment-page-1/#comment-29 Bill R. Tue, 16 May 2006 19:25:35 +0000 http://209.172.33.209/jordanhoffman.com/?p=124#comment-29 Heard the entire stream of the album myself. On a scale of 1 to 10 with Neil Young albums, I'd rate it about 5 or 6. It's pretty average, man -- brings to mind Landing on Water in that it sounds right in some senses, but is somehow off. The lyrics are ham-fisted and simplistic. The music just isn't quite there. Use of a trumpet with a power trio, much less a choir, isn't such a good idea. Please understand, I think Neil has written some of the best political-leaning songs in recent history: Ohio, Powderfinger, Campaigner, Days That Used to Be, After the Gold Rush, Hawks and Doves, Thrasher, Pocahontas, Rockin in the Free World, Broken Arrow, etc. All those songs, and more, still kick ass. This stuff just feels like he got hit with a giant dumb stick. Let me put it this way -- if you like Greendale, you'll love this album. (I thought Greendale was pretty bad ... as has been everything he's done since Ragged Glory.) This just aint the Neil Young I grew up in awe of. Man. Heard the entire stream of the album myself. On a scale of 1 to 10 with Neil Young albums, I’d rate it about 5 or 6. It’s pretty average, man — brings to mind Landing on Water in that it sounds right in some senses, but is somehow off.

The lyrics are ham-fisted and simplistic. The music just isn’t quite there. Use of a trumpet with a power trio, much less a choir, isn’t such a good idea.

Please understand, I think Neil has written some of the best political-leaning songs in recent history: Ohio, Powderfinger, Campaigner, Days That Used to Be, After the Gold Rush, Hawks and Doves, Thrasher, Pocahontas, Rockin in the Free World, Broken Arrow, etc. All those songs, and more, still kick ass.

This stuff just feels like he got hit with a giant dumb stick. Let me put it this way — if you like Greendale, you’ll love this album. (I thought Greendale was pretty bad … as has been everything he’s done since Ragged Glory.) This just aint the Neil Young I grew up in awe of. Man.

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