Neil Young 2000 onwards

[Jerome]

NEIL YOUNG "le noise" 2010, #14 US, #18 UK, #42 AU.

yeh i know....i said i loved this when it was first released...and i genuinely did!...and im not afraid to put up my hand and admit that i was wrong with what i thought!
i loved the Daniel Lanois sonics and vocal loops that gave Young a distinctive new sound as he entered another decade of making music.
and that i what i love about Neil young...his willingness to chop and change sounds and ideas at the drop of a hat ie: avoiding his country/folk comfort zone that brought him so much success early in his career....sometimes it works wonderfully, other times it doesnt work and i think "what the hell is he doing?"...and thats how i feel about this one now!
although there is nothing wrong with the majority of the lyrics and the melodies, the music is way too distorted and contorted for even what i'd expect for Sonic Youth in their heyday, sure there are some good old fashioned chord crunches aka Crazy Horse style, but overall its a miss-match of a great artist and a shit producer trying to instill too much of himself into the songs.
the only real great Young song on here is "hitchhiker" which is autobiographical in nature highlighting his original journey from Toronto back in the day through to the current day with wife Peggi and kids, there are three other goodish songs on here and four complete duds, including "rumblin'" which is quite possible the worst song he has ever released...if i could give this track "0" instead of the minimum "*" it would surely qualify.
Neil Young also recieved his first Grammy Award for "best rock song" for "angry world" at this years Grammy's.

I DO NOT LIKE THIS ALBUM

1. walk with me*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUGej_ofcAQ video
2. sign of love**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVnGf_8-S24 audio
3. someone's gonna rescue you*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKZY2sU03ng audio
4. love and war**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skJddbSJQ...re=related video
5. angry world*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uDwvJK0YdI video
6. hitchhiker***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOq93UqN9...ure=relmfu video
7. peaceful valley blvd**
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r-H0rJDQjY audio
8. rumblin'*
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT_9u0xOgOU audio

3s=1
2s=3
1s=4

rating: 1.6

Excellent summary Lloyd - spot on.