Neil Young 1976-1988

[CRAZY-HORSE]

NEIL YOUNG & CRAZY HORSE "re-ac-tor" 1981... #27 US, #69 UK, #27 AU

dear oh dear, how hard do the mighty fall?
ive always said that had i purchased anything from the Geffen years before any of his great albums that i would dismiss NY as overrated, they are very,very non inspired albums to say the least.
even the great Crazy Horse music on this one cannot save it, some of the worst lyrics of his career on this one, the worst on this one is "t-bone" that lasts for over nine minutes with the lyrics that a six year old could write; "got mashed potato,aint got no t-bone" over and over again, by the two minute mark i usually swap tracks.
there are two great songs on this one...are they great or just better than the rest of the drivel? "southern pacific" and "mo-tor city" appear to be very good,one about trains, the other NY is supporting US cars over Japanese imports...yeh, i know, riviting subject matter to say the least.
its sad when the bast thing here(mo-tor city) is a rewrite of 1976s "let it shine"...enough said!
and what the hell is "opera star" and/or "moe the sleaze"???c'mon Neil this is crap!
i could go on bagging this one till the cows come home but im not going to, ive said enough and anyway...if you aint got nothing nice to say you should keep your mouth shut IMO
oh man, only one link again, and its the worst track here...i cant take a trick at the moment with NY links

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: t-bone
best track: mo-tor city

tracks:

1. opera star*
2. surfer joe and moe the sleaze*
3. t-bone*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA6UM0ZM6r4 audio
4. get back on it*
5. southern pacific***
6. mo-tor city***
7. rapid transit*
8. shots*

3s=2
2s=0
1s=6

rating: 1.5