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Thread #43326   Message #830261
Posted By: Bobert
19-Nov-02 - 07:48 PM
Thread Name: Neil Young...and his music
Subject: RE: Neil Young...and his music
Well, Tal, them was some mighty kind words ya' said about my voice and music style and I appreciate 'em...

That said, I don't do much Neil Young these days and if I did, I'd have to Boberdize the song to the exent that, well, it wouldn't have much Neil left in it.

But we keep touchin' on an important part of *folk music* in this thread and that is bridging the gap between the 60's influenced folkies that we are to the younger folkies who are just breakin' in.
And well, not fir the sake of argument but more of reflection, we need more Neil Young's that do deal with the less purdy aspects of life that we are hearing from the lids comin' up.

Hey, *grunge* is just loud folk music and just 'cause we do it with a little more finese and a a lot less Db's doesn'y change our responsibilities. I like the kids.

And I know, Tal, that you like the kids but the kids, well, alot of 'em can relate to Neil and vice versa. And I don't think that is bad. I mean, folk music does deal with the struggels of man. You hear it in the grunge bands. The young folkies. And ya hear it in the old bluesmen. Yeah, it's about loyalties to self and others that makes Neil who he is. They are his stories and should they intersect with a new generation then...... far out!

I love ya, Tal.

But I love Neil, too.

Bobert