Saturday, December 1, 2012

Always Read The Play List - Worst Concert I Have EVER Been To


Last night I went with a couple of long time friends (Jeff and Dave) (friends since 1975) to see Neil Young and Crazy Horse at the Patriot Center. I have been a fan of CSN & Y and Neil Young since the early 1970s.  We had dinner at Hard Times and it is always great getting together with Jeff and Dave.

This was the WORST FREAKING CONCERT I HAVE EVER BEEN TO!!!!!

He started at 9pm and played until about 11:20.  He played 12 songs and according to setlist.fm (see below) it certainly appears that is the same order he played last night.

  1. Love and Only Love
  2. Powderfinger
  3. Born in Ontario
  4. Walk Like a Giant
  5. The Needle and the Damage Done
  6. Twisted Road
  7. Singer Without a Song
  8. Ramada Inn
  9. Cinnamon Girl
  10. F*ckin' Up
  11. Mr. Soul
    (Buffalo Springfield song)
  12. Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)
  13. Encore:
  14. Tonight's the Night
    Here's the problem.  He only played three of his most popular songs - The Needle and the Damage Done, Cinnamon Girl and Hey Hey, My My.  But, one could argue that these others were providing a different type of concert.  When he played those songs, the crowd went crazy with applause.  Yes, but HERE is the REAL PROBLEM, he turned these non-popular songs into disco (super long) version of the songs that would NOT END!!!!  One song went on for 15 minutes with mindless meandering that made Spinal Tap look like a military band.   People were getting up and walking out of the concert.
    When I googled "Neil Young" "Worst Concert Ever" I got 19 MILLION hits!!

    There are lots of Neil Young fanboys out there stating, "well that is why he is BRILLIANT, he does NOT play his popular songs!"   Yeah, REAL freaking brilliant.  You will NEVER see me at another Neil Young concert.  

    My bottom line lesson is, ALWAYS READ THE PLAY LIST BEFORE YOU BUY CONCERT TICKETS!
Posted by Photons and Electrons at 2:24 PM

1 comment:

  1. NeilDecember 2, 2012 at 1:08 PM

    No apologies for the concert performance but Mr Soul is a 'popular' song by Neil Young and Tonight's The Night has also been a 'popular' live seven-minute song since 1979's Live Rust album. Powderfinger (not a favorite of mine) was on LR, too.

    BTW, when I clicked the WorstConcertEver search link you provided, your comment showed up at #6. :-)

    I clicked a couple of the links and the Red Rocks/CO from last August comments were strongly polarized one way or the other. Maybe he improves with altitude? The MSG/NY comments from this past week mirrored yours.

    Me? Saw Buffalo Springfield in LA in late 60s and saw CSN&Y outdoors at the Greek Theatre in LA during the same summer as Woodstock.

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