What Are You Listening To?

[CRAZY-HORSE]

THE BAND "the collection" cd,1997.

i like this album, but cant see where the "genius" is supposed to be...nothing here that says "wow!" to me at all...
a couple of tracks i do love, some bad and some good, but overall nothing special from this Canadian group.
their best work IMO, is the session duties on Dylan's "blonde on blonde".
i dont like the falsetto style vocals on "i shall be released" or the jovial style of "long black veil"...they simply got those two songs wrong, theyre supposed to both be sombre affairs!
and Georgia On My Mind...crap!
The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down...well, nothing comes close to Joan Baez' version IMO.
The Weight is still one of the finest tracks ever put down on tape IMO..but i prefer both River Hymn and Stage Fright on this one!

I LIKE THIS ALBUM

worst track: i shall be released
best track: river hymn

tracks:

1. the weight ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjCw3-YTffo live
2. the night they drove old dixie down *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jREUrbGGrgM live
3. aint got no home **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2y76zlXTLk audio
4. i shall be released *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0WMBYQL14U live
5. change is gonna come **
6. third man theme *
7. dont do it **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Y987Uf1wY live
8. stage fright ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTbX_XYo6xI audio
9. king harvest has surely come **
10.long black veil *
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_hsp4SBwO4 live (above two tracks)
11.river hymn ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnOkUk9Ynwk audio
12.georgia on my mind *
13.great pretender **
14.4% pantomime **

3s=3
2s=6
1s=5

rating: 1.9