HEAR NEIL YOUNG'S ALBUM FOR FREE AS HE ALLIES WITH TRUE MAJORITY

[Jeffersons Ghost]

It loads fast even with dial-up I hear...

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/living_with_war

Play List:
1) After The Garden
2) Living With War
3) The Restless Consumer
4) Shock And Awe
5) Families
6) Flags of Freedom
7) Let's Impeach The President
8) Lookin' For A Leader
9) Roger And Out
10) America The Beautiful

does AFTER THE GARDEN remind you of this old classic by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young?

Well, I came upon a child of God
He was walking along the road
And I asked him, Tell where are you going?
This he told me

Said, I'm going down to Yasgur's Farm,
Gonna join in a rock and roll band.
Got to get back to the land and set my soul free.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

Well, then can I walk beside you?
I have come to lose the smog,
And I feel myself a cog in somethin' turning.
And maybe it's the time of year,
But then maybe it's the time of man.
And I don't know who I am,
But life is for learning.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are billion year old carbon,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song and a celebration.
And I dreamed I saw the bomber jet planes
Riding shotgun in the sky,
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation.

We are stardust, we are golden,
We are caught in the devils bargain,
And we got to get ourselves back to the garden.

[Atman]

1. Since Neil only knows three chords, all his songs remind me of other songs

But I still love him. I can't think of anyone else who can get away with singing such high-school rhymes played to three-chord loops in a pubescent crackling voice and still be so famous and influential!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

4. he's got guts and this is the strongest music of our time

it was the strongest music back then too and VERY important in bringing down Nixon... Obviously you didn't listen to any of it.

it loads well with dial up

[Atman]

14. OBVIOUSLY? Are you INSANE?

Where do people come up with this shit? I've seen him in concert several times, in virtually every incarnation: with Steven Stills when he was cancelling out of shows in the late 70's, at Tanglewood with nothing but him and a rack of thirty guitars before "unplugged" became an MTV marketing phrase, several times with Crazy Horse, when Sonic Youth opened for them and he kicked their asses. I own more NY discs than probably anything else in my collection. Don't be so quick to jump to absurd conclusions! You "obviously" don't have a effing clue what you're talking about!

Oh...and I'll be there in Philladelphia on July 6 when he opens the "Freedom of Speech 06" tour with CSNY. Already got a line on the tickets. That'll be cool...I've never seen CSNY together. Peace out. Obviously.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

21. sure I know

because I loaded it FIRST before I posted and it was still playing while you posted... there was no way you had time to hear it ALL first. It wasn't even online until today. It may not even be in stores yet.

[Atman]

23. But Mr. Jefferson,

I didn't even post until after I'd heard all of the tracks available on truemajority. At which point I switched to neilyoung.com. In fact, I've listended to half of it TWICE already this morning. Neener neener neener!

I'm amazed that you know when I started listening to it! LOL! I bow down to your omnipotence! Forgive me...I'm not worthy! :rofl: I'm not enough of a NY fan for you! Oh, whatever can I do to make it up to you???

[Jeffersons Ghost]

29. you didn't have access before me... I was still hearing the 3rd song...

when you posted... I don't know why such a big fan is so critical of Neil Young...

[Atman]

32. I'm not critical of him. Okay, I am. I've earned that right!

Remember, I started my first post with "But I love him!" And I do! As I've stated, I've been with him since a teenager, and seen every morphing of his career. I think I, as much as anyone else, know enough about his music to make the observations I've made. Which, btw, aren't necessarily "critical." Just observations. They haven't stopped me from listening to him! I think in a way it a testement to his "greatness" that he can do so much with so little!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

38. when an important thread "greatest" draws such a negative remark

on the very first post, it simply makes me and likely ALL readers wonder... You are certainly entitled to your opinions about Neil Young... Since you go back and forth in your most recent post, I'll let you and other readers decide whether they are "critical."

I also noticed your first post didn't come with a "recommend" which is also okay. I have no problem with your ideas nor do I take issue with you posting them on this thread. I am entitled to point out, however, that those opinions could not have been based on hearing the current album because you simply didn't have time to hear it, as previous posts on this line indicate.

BTW, I never argue with what you said but instead point out that there is absolutely no way for you to have heard the album before you made the assumptions.

[Atman]

42. BTW, this is just freakin' NUTS.

Jefferson, I had listened to five tracks off the album when I made my post. Do you think you're the first person I heard about this album from? As I very clearly stated, I'm a life-long Neil Young fan, so I've been waiting for this release since I first heard about. Go ahead and pat yourself on the back thinking you introduced it to the world, but I didn't hear about it from you. And believe me, after listening to Neil Young for thirty years, I can EASILY make "assumptions" based upon the five tracks I had heard. A more ludicrous assumption is to assume that Neil Young suddenly changed everything about his writing and music style after thirty years!

[postulater]

7. Three chords is all it takes sometimes

[EVDebs]

It's 'Louie Louie' time ! nt

[Chimichurri]

2. Fantasic! Can't wait for the whole album to be released.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

5. i thinks this IS the whole album and it was just released this morning

FOR FREE

[DianaForRussFeingold]

3. Thank You,

:applause: :yourock:

[Jeffersons Ghost]

6. VOTE IT UP du

[rodeodance]

13. just recommended --and am listening. Thanks

[Number9Dream]

8. More at neilyoung.com...

For those interested, There's a lot more at neilyoung.com.
Part of one review: "Simply put, Neil Young rocks the house like a mother f**ker on a mission from God. Neil is focused, angry and on target.

Neil turns up the distortion like only Neil can. It has the best guitar tones of Ragged Glory, but don’t look for the long jams. Neil has too much to say."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. and he has to say it online

because Ray-gun set in motion laws that let right-wing CLEAR-CHANNEL buy ALL the radio stations in America.

[Atman]

19. This seems to be a higher fidelity stream

The Truemajority stream is definitely a pretty low-quality sampling.

[carpediem]

10. it stopped playing on song 5 for me

anyone else have this happen? Maybe a traffic issue.

I am loving it and really want to hear the rest.

on edit:

This time I got through song 5 and it stopped before playing song 6, maybe they are adding them over time? Unfortuneately I have to leave now, so I will have to try again later, I was really hoping to hear the impeach song before I left...

[rodeodance]

15. stopped after the 3rd song for me. I had to start over. Will see how far

it goes this time.

[Atman]

16. I think that's all it plays, maybe?

I heard the whole album was available elsewhere, and that the first link provided was just a "preview." My stream also stopped way too early!

[rniel]

44. it has stopped on song #2 for me over and over.

should just go automatically to next song right?

[rodeodance]

11. Heard some RW'ers yesterday--dissing this album--and him as a Cana-

dian--and who was he to criticize Bush, on and on they went.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

17. Check the US taxes he's paid

against what those oafs have paid.

Check out his immense charitable work during his lifetime, and, let's not forget that he's part owner of LIONEL TRAINS!!!

It's a great album, and, regardless of land of birth or citizenship, Neil Young is a patriot.

Patriotism knows no geographical boundaries. Young knows that, we know that. That's all that matters.

[OldLeftieLawyer]

12. Thank you SO much for this link

You did good.

Remember "Ohio"? (May 4, 1970 - Kent State University, Kent, Ohio)

Lyrics by Neil Young

--------

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago.
What if you knew her
And found her dead on the ground
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming,
We're finally on our own.
This summer I hear the drumming,
Four dead in Ohio.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

18. yep he cut it immediatly after the Kent State murders

back then anti-war got played on rado but not today, thanks to Ray-gun and Clear Channel

[OldLeftieLawyer]

20. The same old 18 songs

get played over and over. You're so right, and we're so ripped off.

I think maybe Young has opened a door here, using the real power of the Internet to trump the "radio stations."

We can only hope.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

22. smart assumption

and I agree... this makes all the money Clear Channel spent on hiding the truth a waste of cash.

[Atman]

24. The stream stopped at #6 on neilyoung.com, too

Anyone been able to hear the ENTIRE album yet? Besides Jeffersons Ghost, I mean, who was apparently up this morning at sunrise to start streaming it.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

25. it's a dangerous job but someone has to do it

I wonder how early our people in Iraq got up this morning... I wonder if they'll ever sleep right again with PTSD.

[Atman]

26. I notice you're not addressing my question

Has ANYONE been able to hear it all the way through, and if so, from what source? It has stopped halfway through now on two attempts at two different sources. Curiously, on the same track each time. Is the ENTIRE album actually available, or is it really only half? Doesn't make sense to me that it's stop before "Let's Impeach The President" comes on.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

27. I hear all of it over and over. it's in a loop

I don't know why you're having trouble... did you load it from my link in the OP? it loads very fast.

[Atman]

28. It loads immediately from both your link and NY's

Streams flawlessly w/o any pauses or dropouts. But then stops after track 5. I really don't want to listen to the first half of the album AGAIN...I want to hear the rest of it!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

30. it's still playing over an over on my machine flawlessly here:

http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/living_with_war

that should play all songs without problems.

I only have 512 RAM.... what's yours?

[Atman]

31. LOL! I have a gig of ram on a 2.1ghz G5

I'm usually playing music through my stereo via the wireless while watching working in photoshop and checking mail and, and, and...so no, it isn't a ram issue. It's apparently a server side issue, because I'm streaming Stephanie Miller right now flawlessly, as I do every morning. Thanks for the tips though. I'll try again later.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

33. I'm certainly no computer whiz but this makes no sense

Your the only one to say it's problematic but at least you got many of the songs for free. Is anyone else having trouble?

[Jokerman]

34. I haven't been able to hear any of it.

still trying different links.

Maybe heavy traffic on my end is causing the problem

[Jokerman]

35. Never mind - it just started playing from neilyoung.com n/t

[Atman]

36. So, where are you DOWNLOADING the songs?

From what I understand, it is available only as a stream until it goes onsale on iTunes, or wherever the deal is made. I've yet to hear anyone say they've been able to actually DOWNLOAD it...or did you simply record it via an audio-out port?

Any btw, you can't really say that you haven't heard of anyone having this trouble, since you've been part of this thread since the beginning. I am far from the only one who mentioned having the stream cut out halfway through the albums.

Anyway, again...did you actually DOWNLOAD it, or are you just continuallly streaming it?

[Jeffersons Ghost]

39. why didn't you just try downloading it from TrueMajority through all this

Not only does the OP obviously work better it promotes the strongest bi-partisan grass roots movement in America today. In the past month TrueMajority has sent petitions out to end the war and help make America economically stronger with ideas that are essentially fiscally and spiritually conservative. Why not educate America better? Why not cut a $500 BILLION defense budget? Why not feed ALL the children of the world with a tiny fraction of that run-a-way defense budget? Why IS Neil Young affiliating with TrueMajority?


PS, my mistake I'm not good with computer jargon. it just streamed i guess.

[Atman]

40. Huh?

Uh...You lost me, dude. I think I've been pretty clear that truemajority is where I started. I listened to half the album from truemajority. What's with the lecture? Jesus Christ! I have nothing against TM...this isn't ABOUT TM...it's about trying to listen to the goddam Neil Young album! When TM's site stopped streaming it, I switched to Neil Young's site. Simple as that. Calm down.

And yes, it appears we are talking about two different things..."Downloading" it means you actually transferred the music files to your computer for playback any time you want through your own music player. "Streaming" mean you are just listening to the music which is coming over your internet connection, but still resides on the host's computer.

The music won't be available for "download" for a another week or two, from what I hear Mr. Young say in his interviews about the project. Hard-copy CD's will be available for purchase as soon as the distributor can get them to stores/Amazon, etc.

[incapsulated]

41. I think this is being hit very hard right now

I can't get it to stream, either, only once and then it cut off after a few minutes. I'm going to try later tonight. I think the servers are just being overloaded with requests, now.

[Az_lefty]

37. Excellent Neil...

:yourock:

[JerseygirlCT]

43. I prefer their version, but just to give her her due

Woodstock was written by Joni Mitchell...

[euroexpat]

45. download

Download mp3's of each individual song.

http://www.chris-floyd.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=618

They have been split up from the Flash file and converted into single songs in MP3 format.

[incapsulated]

46. Thanks so much!

I was finally able to stream at:

http://www.hyfntrak.com/neilyoung2/AFF23448

But this is much appreciated! :hi:

[Atman]

47. Thanks, this is cool, BUT...

To others looking to download...

These are MONO mp3 files sampled at only 22khz and a bit rate of 32kbps.

IOW, while you'll get to listen to the tunes, you won't be able to crank it and rock out...unless you like fuzz and distortion way beyond the normal Crazy Horse style!

[euroexpat]

48. I know

But that's how he has them on the swf file.

He is only releasing stereo on the CD.

He's not stupid.

[Atman]

49. Sorry, not a crit! It's awesome.

I was just letting people know, in case they thought they'd be getting the full sound files. I'll still be purchasing it anyway, as I hope most people will! Thanks again. It's still way better than not being able to listen to it all.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

50. iThe album (CD) will be on sale March 8th at Oz records where I checked

I went in to buy it yesterday and it's not stocked yet.

[Jodin]

51. "I Hear The Voices" Anti-Bush song, and DIY Impeachment...

"I Hear The Voices" Anti-Bush song, and DIY Impeachment...

Check out this cool new song which plays with Bush's quote of "I hear the voices." It also threads in many other audio clips of bush, and a cool mixture of musical genres.

There's also a serious option on the website of how to impeach bush through a little known and rarely used option which empowers each of us in the process. It only takes a minute...

Here's the song...
http://beingism.org/cgi-bin/audiomessage.cgi?voices

Here's the Impeachment page...
http://impeachforpeace.org/ImpeachNow.html

Vigilance