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Boomer Love Songs: Neil Young’s Cinnamon Girl Live 1991
byVanderleunonJanuary 6, 2020
Lacks that “Love Me Tender” vibe and suave was never Young’s strong suit but it still seems to get the job done as far as the audience is concerned.
I wanna live with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl
A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night
You see us together, chasing the moonlight
My cinnamon girl
Ten silver saxes, a bass with a bow
The drummer relaxes and waits between shows
For his cinnamon girl
A dreamer of pictures, I run in the night
You see us together, chasing the moonlight
My cinnamon girl
Pa sent me money now
I’m going to make it somehow
I need another chance
You see your baby loves to dance
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I know, I know. Many will shy away from Young’s hulking onstage stomp ballet. It was just how this Canadian Polio-stricken country boy worked the stage.
Those who want to hear Cinnamon Girl performed with a nasty brutalist bent sans all romance should take in O-Negative’s attack on the song from 2009. It’s from a musical age you missed. It’s not for the faint-hearted or stone-cold sober. You have been warned.
Pissed at NY for life, and I already told the story.
But, I wouldn’t react as much if i didn’t love his music. He has a bad boy prominence in the Jakob Dylan movie…
JoeDaddyJanuary 7, 2020, 3:14 AM
Yep. He, Springsteen, Ronstadt, ala Dixie Chicks are no longer in my music library. I turn the XM channel if Brucey comes on, as with the others…will endure a couple of Young’s tunes however. Gervais most certainly could have taken aim at them as well. Morons. Begging to be relevant by being ignorant is no excuse.
HJanuary 7, 2020, 5:12 AM
Old Neil is more of a tornado-spawning wall cloud force of nature than a musician to my ears. But that’s just me. As the used car dealers will tell you, there’s an ass for every seat.
Pissoir DubuqueJanuary 7, 2020, 5:29 AM
Well, my stars. Neil Young with a pageboy. Not a good look for Neil, IMHO. Nice hook, but a boring song.
timJanuary 7, 2020, 5:50 AM
Saw Neil Young’s tour of that year, 1991, in Buffalo, NY. Loudest concert I’ve ever been to and I saw plenty.
Great song…when played by Neil, Type No not so much.
JackJanuary 7, 2020, 6:28 AM
I’ve always liked Young’s music especially during the 70’s when he released his best work. Now he’s just getting old but that’s fine, all of us are.
One of the things I like about him is that unlike so many entertainers, he keeps his yap generally shut in interviews regarding contemporary politics and if he has much to say he’ll write a little song about it.
KlausJanuary 7, 2020, 2:35 PM
Tim
I was at that Buffalo show in 91 and would agree it was super loud. For me it was the Ramones being the loudest show I ever survived.
ghostsniperJanuary 7, 2020, 2:44 PM
“Every junkie’s like a setting sun.”
After hearing that the first time I set about learning every note.
It’s acoustic and not too hard, even a novice can pick it up, and plenty of room in it to improvise.
All of his stuff is that way.
NoriJanuary 7, 2020, 9:40 PM
Like most humans, Neil was at his best and brightest in his early 20’s.
Cinnamon Girl is such a good tune.
“A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
you see us together
Chasing the moonlight”
Type O-Negative growling out these lyrics is like hearing 10 silver saxes,and a bass with a bow.
Good thing the drummer relaxes.
I’d like to hear them do “Down By The River”.
“I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you don’t understand
Milk-blood to keep from running out
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun…”
Simple,but powerful. Thanks 4 the reminder,Ghost and Mr V.
WDSJanuary 8, 2020, 11:30 AM
One of the best things about being our age is we got to see all the “good” bands. Saw Neil when he was touring in CSNY right before the “4 Way Street” live album was released. Seems like a 100 years ago now.
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Who Am I? by Carl Sandburg
My head knocks against the stars.
My feet are on the hilltops.
My finger-tips are in the valleys and shores of universal life.
Down in the sounding foam of primal things I reach my hands and play with pebbles of destiny.
I have been to hell and back many times.
I know all about heaven, for I have talked with God.
I dabble in the blood and guts of the terrible.
I know the passionate seizure of beauty
And the marvelous rebellion of man at all signs reading “Keep Off.”
My name is Truth and I am the most elusive captive in the universe.
Duty, Beauty, Liberty, Country, Honor, Family, Faith — Plus a few simple easy to follow rules for guys
Men saw the stars at the edge of the sea
They thought great thoughts about liberty
Poets wrote down words that did fit
Writers wrote books
Thinkers thought about it
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
Many’s the road I have walked upon
Many’s the hour between dusk and dawn
Many’s the time
Many’s the mile
I see it all now
Through the eyes of a child
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
Lost dreams and found dreams
In America
In America
In America
And close your eyes
Leave it all for a while
Leave the world
And your worries behind
You will build on whatever is real
And wake up each day
To a new waking dream
Take it where you find it
Can’t leave it alone
You will find a purpose
To carry it on
Mainly when you find it
Your heart will be strong
About it
[Chorus]
Change, change come over
Change come over
Talkin’ about a change
Change, change
Change come over, now
Change, change, change come over
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I’m gonna walk down the street
Until I see
My shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
I see my light
See my light
See my shining light
Gerard Van der Leun
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Neil Young has lost his way but we still have his music.
A great song on my ’70’s stereo, with the 12″ woofers thumping happily.
Pissed at NY for life, and I already told the story.
But, I wouldn’t react as much if i didn’t love his music. He has a bad boy prominence in the Jakob Dylan movie…
Yep. He, Springsteen, Ronstadt, ala Dixie Chicks are no longer in my music library. I turn the XM channel if Brucey comes on, as with the others…will endure a couple of Young’s tunes however. Gervais most certainly could have taken aim at them as well. Morons. Begging to be relevant by being ignorant is no excuse.
Old Neil is more of a tornado-spawning wall cloud force of nature than a musician to my ears. But that’s just me. As the used car dealers will tell you, there’s an ass for every seat.
Well, my stars. Neil Young with a pageboy. Not a good look for Neil, IMHO. Nice hook, but a boring song.
Saw Neil Young’s tour of that year, 1991, in Buffalo, NY. Loudest concert I’ve ever been to and I saw plenty.
Great song…when played by Neil, Type No not so much.
I’ve always liked Young’s music especially during the 70’s when he released his best work. Now he’s just getting old but that’s fine, all of us are.
One of the things I like about him is that unlike so many entertainers, he keeps his yap generally shut in interviews regarding contemporary politics and if he has much to say he’ll write a little song about it.
Tim
I was at that Buffalo show in 91 and would agree it was super loud. For me it was the Ramones being the loudest show I ever survived.
“Every junkie’s like a setting sun.”
After hearing that the first time I set about learning every note.
It’s acoustic and not too hard, even a novice can pick it up, and plenty of room in it to improvise.
All of his stuff is that way.
Like most humans, Neil was at his best and brightest in his early 20’s.
Cinnamon Girl is such a good tune.
“A dreamer of pictures
I run in the night
you see us together
Chasing the moonlight”
Type O-Negative growling out these lyrics is like hearing 10 silver saxes,and a bass with a bow.
Good thing the drummer relaxes.
I’d like to hear them do “Down By The River”.
“I sing the song because I love the man
I know that some of you don’t understand
Milk-blood to keep from running out
I’ve seen the needle and the damage done
A little part of it in everyone
But every junkie’s like a settin’ sun…”
Simple,but powerful. Thanks 4 the reminder,Ghost and Mr V.
One of the best things about being our age is we got to see all the “good” bands. Saw Neil when he was touring in CSNY right before the “4 Way Street” live album was released. Seems like a 100 years ago now.
Thanks for posting.