Hi Abby... I am 69 years old now and was so fortunate to have my mother buy it for me in 1972 when it first came out. I was almost 18 then. We listened deeply to the album and the lyrics trying to understand them. What a wonderful time and what a great mom I had!! You do a great job with your video presentations!! Long may you run young lady!! Thank you!! D-boy
One result of this album was spurring Bob Dylan to start writing songs again. When he heard 'Old Man' on the radio he thought that should have been him singing that song. His last album was the eclectic "New Morning" in 1970. He was going through a dry spell in writing that would end in 1974 with "Planet Waves".
@@abigaildevoe I’ve heard the track was “Heart Of Gold”,& that Dylan thought was such an obvious cop of his style that he wrote “Forever YOUNG(get it?)”as a bit of a dig @ Neil. I like how your earrings & blouse pretty much perfectly mirror the album cover colors…
The depth of insight that you bring to albums (both old and new) impresses the hell out of this fan who has been around listening to music for twice as long.
One of my first albums back in the day. Still very listenable 50 years on. Tragic story about Danny Whitten. Of course he wrote the classic " I Don't Want To Talk About It".
Neil Young is one of my musical heroes. I love his acoustic albums but mostly his Rock albums with Crazy Horse. I love his sensitivity to express his feelings, the way he sees the world, how he addresses his concerns, or simply how he describes the nature and madness of life today in his lyrics.
My fav Neil Young album is Goldrush which was immediately satisfying from the get-go feeling unified in a way that Harvest didn't achieve for me. Harvest offers challenges and is the work of an original, masterful, songwriter and takes musical chances. Which should we applaud the most? Important to say I think Old Man is one of the greatest songs. A beautiful episode of Vinyl Monday, again, where we go deep, very deep, in the company of someone who has lived, is currently living, the music. It kind of makes me feel my listening has been shallow but I don't mind, I'm corrigible: it's one of the reasons I find this channel so compelling.
that's so interesting, aside from southern man i haven't warmed to gold rush the way i have harvest or everybody knows this is nowhere. thank you so much for your kind comments
Leaving a comment during the last hour of this Vinyl Monday. Coincidentally, my latest order of vinyl from go-to indie store arrived this morning at 8:35am. Included was Rose City Band's latest Garden Party, Death Cab For Cutie's Asphalt Meadows acoustic version (loved the studio version last year), Miles Davis' Turnaround (RSD)...AND serendipitously (wait for it), the latest Chris Bellman repress of Neil Young's AAA Harvest!...the same day as you vinyl Monday!! I've had an OG Canadian pressing for quite a while, but about a week ago my local had in it back in stock and I pulled the trigger (I've done the same new/old thing for Joni's Blue and CSNY's Déja Vu). This is an all-time favorite. I also have a fantastic memory of driving south into the U.S. one summer in the early 90s with my best friend, and the orchestral part of A Man Needs a Maid came on as we were driving through Franconia Notch, NH. It was so over-the-top dramatic that we both looked at each other and burst out laughing. Top 5 life / music memory for me. I was out the door early today (after my delivery) and could not consume your video as I often do (day of). I look forward to your breakdown of Harvest over coffee in the morning! EDIT: Finally sat down to absorb this entire episode. I really enjoyed your take on it and it had the effect of causing me to revisit some the Harvest lyrics. For a self proclaimed amateur musicologist, I was also surprisingly unaware of the Area Code 615 collective, so I learned that tidbit as well. Have a great week!
Ronnie Van Zant is wearing a Tonight's the Night t shirt on the cover of Street Survivors. So it wasn't just live. The line in Sweet Home Alabama is more light hearted than most people take it.
You were solid on Now ..Dig This Abby & I liked the Rodney Bingenheimer reference. He's the Mayor Of The Sunset 🌇 Strip ! On The Beach ⛱️ is my favorite Neil Young but Harvest is absolutely essential & you are on a roll with excellent records & excellent reviews. Glad I discovered your channel ! It's a good time ✌️
Happy Birthday Abby! My favourite song from this record is Old Man, I listened to it as I was walking around a museum on my birthday a while ago, turning 24. This album has most definitely grown on me, an essential along with records like CSN, Blue and Tapestry.
Another deep and insightful journey through the past. A classic album needs a vinyl Monday episode to complete it. I’m starting to think of Vinyl Mondays as a classic album hall of fame and love the anticipation of what will be next under the spotlight. Neil Young stands as one of the great commentators of our times; politics, war, racism, social decline (“nose-to-the stone people, put the business back on track”), terrorism, little or nothing escapes the watchful glare of this song writing genius. Whether facing the uncomfortable aspects that plague our society (“I watch the needle take another man”) or weaving an emotional tapestry to deftly frame the more comfortable though seemingly inarticulate observations such as the romance found scattered along Americas lost and endless desolate highways, love (“I used to order just to watch her float across the floor“) and other familiar emotions recognisable to all but framed in a way that only a master craftsman can translate into music and words. Harvest is certainly not wanting for company as a seminal album in a catalogue of works that defies any notion of limits that lesser artists might face when having to deal with the moving on from and onward progression in the wake of just a single career defining masterwork. Finding an equal that can match this man’s ability to score a soundtrack to our lives, times and social complexities is no easy task. But I’m sure that you will stumble across something for next week even if it means leaving your very blood across many a track in your continuing mining of the sounds we so cherish with an obsession justified by our passion to celebrate these artisans who curate our days with such majestic aplomb.
I heard this over my shoulder as I made model aeroplanes while my sister put it on in the rumpus room. I was first impressed by the tubular bells in Man Needs a Maid (classical orchestral nerd at around ten). I didn't hear it for a while after that but got the chance to run it by myself again in the '80s. During that time Needle and the Damage done became the joke when you referred to buskers who always included it. Thanks to this vid (and some growing up from the sentiment in the last sentence), looks like I'll be seeking it out all over again. thanks. Oh, and happy birthday.
“ Heart Of Gold” conveys a similar sense of loneliness as “ Eleanor Rigby”. Masterful and eloquent. P.S. there’s nothing wrong with drinking tea. In England 🏴 it’s mandatory.
As someone who's life is colored by the addictions that surround me, the part discussing Needle and the Damage Done hits me so hard...just, wow Appreciate the work you do with the channel, Abby
thank you. remember that while addiction is the river running through our lives, always eroding at the riverbanks, it never dictates how the rest of the ground moves. it sucks, but it's not defining
Thanks as always Abigail - an album I've known and loved since 1972 and yet you've been able to teach me many new things about it that can only increase my listening pleasure; I'm most grateful to you.
I had no idea this woman was so young, I guess because so much on this channel is focused on the past, I think the lynard skyard band forever defined themselves as blockheads with their song of regionalism over thought, which some might say is fittingly typical of the region, in a hold my beer and watch this kind of way. in my early days as a commercial sailor, I worked old ships , where on one I shared a foc'scle with some old WW2 veteran sailors out of Texas. I felt like listening to music , so asked my shipmates if they had a preference among the handful of cassettes I had. Austin White Carter the third answered, " well, you only got one good one , put on that cowboy tape." I puzzled over my small assortment of tapes and had to ask for help to find they were talking about Neil Young , probably the album "everybody knows this is nowhere"..
Love Vinyl Monday!! As someone who actually grew up with all the classic albums that you talk about, it is so impressive to me that someone your age can actually not only listen to these records, but appreciate them! Hearing you talk about them with the knowledge and enthusiasm that you have is so cool! YOU MAKE MONDAYS NOT ONLY BEARABLE BUT SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO!!! Thank you for having this channel - it's by far my favorite one out there. Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Look forward to seeing you again on Monday.
Lovely Lady Delivers Lovely Review of Lovely Album. Now that's a headline. Thanks LL, a great unbiased view of one of my favourites from way back. Many happy returns for Wednesday, enjoy!
I'm 58 years old and been divorced for after 30 years. I'm still looking for a heart of gold. And I'm still getting old. I still love myself. If I may lose the game of love in my life, Hopefully I can win the life of love.
Abigail it is my first time watching you today iam from Liverpool and i love Neil Young and i have Harvest but this may shock some people i don't believe it is his best Album, but i agree his 1970s period like David Bowie also was easily his most productive decade,if i am seeing right it is your Birthday as i write this, So a big Happy birthday to you.
Great review of Harvest. "Alabama" was also a comment of the then Governor of Alabama George Wallace who was a racist. The "Cadillac" metaphor was later used in "Tired Eyes" from The "Tonight's The Night" album which is also very worthy of your review. I believe some of The Stray Gators were replaced on the tour and the subsequent album "Time fades Away" features John Barbata on Drums instead of Kenny Buttrey who left or maybe was fired.
Words (Between the Lines of Age), IS Neil's heaviest song. It's the best track on on Harvest, hands down. It is a song of loss. The feeling that with age, we will all fade away. The piano ssounds ncredible in contrast with Neil's blistering solo. I challenge anyone to hear Neil sing "I WAS A JUNK MAN" verse and not feel like time is escaping your hands.
Hi, Abby! Happy Birthday 🎂🎉Once again, great video! This album is special to me too. Over the years, being in bands, one in particular, we played most of Harvest (except for Words and the orchestrated ones- and yes we had a pedal steel too!), we not only love these songs but they are so satisfying to play as a musician. 😘
21:30 "The dark half of the dark half". True. But have you listened to Neil's "On The Beach" album? Side two, specifically. That makes side two of "Harvest" seem happy!!! Neil Young surely knows his way around sad songs. By the way, I love your channel, I love hearing your impressions. There's always stuff I never knew or never noticed before - plus you're FUNNY!!!
Alabama rules and rust never sleeps and I have no idea what that means. Alabama chilled me to the bone when I first heard it and everytime afterwards - nothing to apologize for, Neil.
Gibby,in June 1972 Creem magazine's Barney and Mike cartoon did a send up of Harvest. First panel has Mike saying "is that Neil's new single?" Barney says " no it's his new lp". Second panel "you still playing that song?" Barney says It's not a single it's a lp." Third panel "God how many times you gonna play that single?". Barney says "it's not the same single it's a lp". Last panel Mike says "For God's sake take that damn song off". Barney says in little voice "but it's a lp."
@@abigaildevoe I have a feeling My Pal Foot Foot is un-crackable. Many have gone insane trying. It's not worth it, Abby. Please, stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
Very much appreciated. This album was so popular among my friends when it came out that I sort of avoided it but, as we all know time tells the truth and Harvest is great.
Great review , really enjoyed it . " On The Beach " is my fave Neil Young album ( perhaps you'll do that one day ) . Very much looking forward to your take on the classic break up album " Blood On The Tracks ", and all the others that are coming . Your perspective is a real strength when reviewing albums . A breath of fresh air !!!!
Another home run, Abby. I love it when you swing for the fences out of sheer passion for the music, and, in this case, the artist. As Tony Bennet said of Amy Winehouse, I think you have the “complete gift.” You have a star’s presence, and I feel proud of and excited for you every time you rise to a new occasion. You hint at your introversion here. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if your Myers-Briggs personality type is INFJ, aka “the extroverted introvert.” I’m happy (and not so happy) that I’m an INFJ. The drive for greatness has taken me to absurdly intense peak experiences. On the other hand, the loneliness that comes with it is a never-ending pain. Neil Young is a TITANIC songwriter. Easily in my top 5. No one is better at making me FEEL a song than Neil. He has become a huge part of my life soundtrack. I’m glad you spoke about living this album. “24 and there’s so much more.” Boy, does THAT resonate! 24 was one of my very best years. I was firing on all cylinders. My coming-of age decade was the 1970s. I’ll argue ‘til I’m blue in the face that the 1970s is the best decade ever to have been a kid in. Anyway, the hit song history of that era is pretty screwy. “Heart of Gold” was everywhere in 1972. It touched me deeply as an 8-year-old. Neil has always been his own best iconoclast. In keeping with that, he’s always had some punk rock in him. I think the “godfather of grunge” tag is fitting. He was pretty disillusioned by the success of having a number 1 single. He had this to say about it: “Heart of Gold” put me in the middle of the road.Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride, but I saw more interesting people there." I’d love to see an Abby tutorial on his Ditch Trilogy - my favorite era. I’d thought “Tonight’s the Night” was my favorite until I heard and digested “On the Beach,” which is the soundtrack to an epic motorcycle trip I took in 2015. Especially the song, “See the Sky About to Rain.” One myth that I wish were true is that Ronnie Van Zant was buried in a Neil Young T-shirt (that myth led to the desecration of his grave!) You sparkle brightest when you’re discussing music that has deep personal meaning for you. No matter how much I love music, there are only a few albums that I’ll obsess over so completely that it’s all I’ll listen to for months on end, effectively living them. “On the Beach” is the one for me. “Tonight’s the Night” is Neil’s guilt laid bare. That is one harrowing listen, but I’m drawn to harrowing albums. “In Utero” and Big Star’s “Third” are also on that list. They have Neil Young qualities whether they know it or not. A fearless songwriter! Who else could have written “There's one more kid that'll never go to school never get to fall in love, never get to be cool” and sell it with such unmitigated rage? Heroin is a soul-killer. ‘Nuff said. Keep on doing what you’re doing -especially the writing. Get ready for the big time. Keep on rockin’ in the free world!
Love this album and treaure my first press that I inherited from my mum's collection. I rarely play it as I want to keep it in the very good condition it is. When I do drop the needle my mind always turn to my mum age 19, with her whole life in front of her, doing the same when she first bought the record. I think Alabama is a very forthright song that could only be written with the certainty of youth. For me, it is understandable why Neil Young now finds it condescending. It would be interesting to know if you feel the same way about the song in 10-20 years time.
My first concert ever was Neil Young back on Jan. 1973. He was playing many of the songs from Harvest. I really don't remember much about it though, too much partying beforehand. I learned to play a few of the songs on the guitar and have begun playing several songs from this album again after retiring. I enjoyed this review very much ,you explained so much that I never knew about Harvest and the musicians involved. Also, a better understanding of what was going on with Neil back then. You've covered two of my favorite albums from my teens recently, Harvest and Blood on the Tracks. Brings back many memories for me. Thanks!
A great look at a great album. Neil Young has long been one of my favourites. Happy Birthday, Abigail! (speaking of birthdays, I happen to share one with Neil)
Neil is one of my favorite guitarists and songwriters , my favorite album by Neil is everyone knows this nowhere, ronnie van Zandt and Neil Young had a mutual respect friendship, Neil even played a memorial concert for ronnie playing sweet home Alabama they would both wear eachothers rock t,s in live shows , I lived in the south, racism is still prevalent in 2024
Abigail, Happy Birthday. Thanks for your spirit and content. Your 24th birthday is the end of your 24th year. I've seen Neil Young in concert a few times... it helps to have looked someone in the eye and exchanged smiles. I'm a Scorpio, too, and near the end of my 75th year. I remember the early 70s and this music and these people and those times, so it's wonderful to see young people appreciating it. I wish I could introduce you to my granddaughter who makes her own 70's style clothes and drives around with Led Zep cranking on her car stereo :)
I’ve lived in Los Angeles for a while now, but when I lived in Somerville in 2015, I met some friends in western Mass to see Neil Young. The first half of the set blew me away, but then he played the Monsanto years and the quality just plummeted. We all left when he started to play that album. But looking back I don’t know what I was expecting, he had just released that album. Anyway, “Harvest” is def in my top 10 albums of the 70’s. “Comes A Time” is also up there for me. Nice pick.
Your take on Words feeling like we entered halfway through it is pretty spot on. Words originally ran 16+ minutes- Neil's next album- the ill fated soundtrack album Journey Through the Past- contains this longer version, albeit in a different take and slower arrangement than what wound up on Harvest.
Harvest is one of the three vinyl albums I have and Neil Young was the first concert I went to as a kid. I also share a birthday with him, so maybe that scorpio energy is what draws me to him. Loved the "more barn" story. Thanks Abby!
i saw neil at farmaid one year! it got me into his 90s stuff before the 60s/70s. i totally feel being drawn to artists born under your sign: see my longtime love of bob dylan
On You Tube, Neil's version of Man Needs a Maid with just Neil and a piano and without the mawkish big orchestra that ruins the album version. Neil noodles the piano melody for a long while, starts singing. One of the great pop songs of history.
Great video! My personal favorite is After The Gold Rush, though. Recently, my wife and I went to the theatre to see the Harvest documentary, which I thought was amazing and my wife thought was torturous- she can't take 10 or 15 minutes of jamming on the same song to get it perfect. That kind of stuff fascinates me, though. And I, too, know how the feeling of loneliness in your mid 20's can age you and drive you to solace in substances (alcohol in my case). I listened to this album quite a lot back then because I was basically living it. Thanks for another great episode!
🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊stray alligators🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊🐊 Neil has got one of those unique perspectives, He's the canadian-american whose more american than most americans. These songs are so much deeper than first listen. Neil can write a tragedy and make it sound like a love story, and write a love story and make it sound like a tragedy. If and when you ever feel depressed, listen to some neil and you'll slowly snap out of it. Your situation is never as bad as it seems...🚜🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
That was the best assessment of this album I’ve ever come across. Once again, you put other music “journalists” to shame!
wow thank you so much!
Hi Abby... I am 69 years old now and was so fortunate to have my mother buy it for me in 1972 when it first came out. I was almost 18 then. We listened deeply to the album and the lyrics trying to understand them. What a wonderful time and what a great mom I had!!
You do a great job with your video presentations!! Long may you run young lady!! Thank you!! D-boy
One result of this album was spurring Bob Dylan to start writing songs again. When he heard 'Old Man' on the radio he thought that should have been him singing that song. His last album was the eclectic "New Morning" in 1970. He was going through a dry spell in writing that would end in 1974 with "Planet Waves".
wow i didn’t know that! i guess even dylan has that one song he wishes he wrote haha
@@abigaildevoe I’ve heard the track was “Heart Of Gold”,& that Dylan thought was such an obvious cop of his style that he wrote “Forever YOUNG(get it?)”as a bit of a dig @ Neil. I like how your earrings & blouse pretty much perfectly mirror the album cover colors…
I heard Bob Dylan actually play Old Man at a show back in 2002, a couple of weeks later I tracked down a copy of Harvest and became a Neil Young fan.
@@willowufgood261 😮
Abby's choice of top reminds me on the "On The Beach" design.
Yes... the inside of the sleeve.
The depth of insight that you bring to albums (both old and new) impresses the hell out of this fan who has been around listening to music for twice as long.
wow this is such a high compliment, thank you so much! i hope i can keep bringing something new to the table
Seriously one of the best songwriters ever. Neil is the man
My stepdad was the biggest Neil fan. All of Neil's music reminds me of him. Miss him like crazy.
Earth tones and orange, yes, you nailed it.
haha thanks! the earrings reminded me of the sun on the cover
One of my first albums back in the day. Still very listenable 50 years on. Tragic story about Danny Whitten. Of course he wrote the classic " I Don't Want To Talk About It".
Neil Young is one of my musical heroes. I love his acoustic albums but mostly his Rock albums with Crazy Horse. I love his sensitivity to express his feelings, the way he sees the world, how he addresses his concerns, or simply how he describes the nature and madness of life today in his lyrics.
My fav Neil Young album is Goldrush which was immediately satisfying from the get-go feeling unified in a way that Harvest didn't achieve for me. Harvest offers challenges and is the work of an original, masterful, songwriter and takes musical chances. Which should we applaud the most? Important to say I think Old Man is one of the greatest songs.
A beautiful episode of Vinyl Monday, again, where we go deep, very deep, in the company of someone who has lived, is currently living, the music. It kind of makes me feel my listening has been shallow but I don't mind, I'm corrigible: it's one of the reasons I find this channel so compelling.
that's so interesting, aside from southern man i haven't warmed to gold rush the way i have harvest or everybody knows this is nowhere. thank you so much for your kind comments
" Twenty-four and there's so much more " Enjoy your day....Aloha
Happy 24th! We Canadians and Brits kinda get Americana. Robbie Robertson sure does, and no one can tell me Bad Co. wasn't southern rock!
I loved how personal you made "Needle and the Damaged Done." It is my favorite Neil Young album like Blood on the Tracks is my favorite Bob Dylan.
I like the incorporation of snippets of a song when you talk about it: augments your already cogent thoughts
the viewers bullied me into doing that actually, the response has been great. glad you appreciate it too!
@@abigaildevoe oh no 🥲
Leaving a comment during the last hour of this Vinyl Monday. Coincidentally, my latest order of vinyl from go-to indie store arrived this morning at 8:35am. Included was Rose City Band's latest Garden Party, Death Cab For Cutie's Asphalt Meadows acoustic version (loved the studio version last year), Miles Davis' Turnaround (RSD)...AND serendipitously (wait for it), the latest Chris Bellman repress of Neil Young's AAA Harvest!...the same day as you vinyl Monday!! I've had an OG Canadian pressing for quite a while, but about a week ago my local had in it back in stock and I pulled the trigger (I've done the same new/old thing for Joni's Blue and CSNY's Déja Vu).
This is an all-time favorite. I also have a fantastic memory of driving south into the U.S. one summer in the early 90s with my best friend, and the orchestral part of A Man Needs a Maid came on as we were driving through Franconia Notch, NH. It was so over-the-top dramatic that we both looked at each other and burst out laughing. Top 5 life / music memory for me.
I was out the door early today (after my delivery) and could not consume your video as I often do (day of). I look forward to your breakdown of Harvest over coffee in the morning!
EDIT: Finally sat down to absorb this entire episode. I really enjoyed your take on it and it had the effect of causing me to revisit some the Harvest lyrics. For a self proclaimed amateur musicologist, I was also surprisingly unaware of the Area Code 615 collective, so I learned that tidbit as well. Have a great week!
Happiest birthday wishes, Abby! 🎉🎶😊
thank you! :)
I love Neal, this album is one. Of my favorite. Have a great birthday on Wednesday
Fantastic album, I love it. You do great work Abby.
24 & there's so much more...
Happy belated birthday Abbie🎉❤
Ronnie Van Zant is wearing a Tonight's the Night t shirt on the cover of Street Survivors. So it wasn't just live. The line in Sweet Home Alabama is more light hearted than most people take it.
Always with the cute outfits!
Abby, I think it would be really neat if you and Matt Williamson of Pop Goes the 60's collaborated on a video. Keep them coming you rock 🤘
Yes, I like him too
Thank You for this video, gorgeous girl !
My era of music !
Likewise, I have bazillions of albums.
You were solid on Now ..Dig This Abby & I liked the Rodney Bingenheimer reference. He's the Mayor Of The Sunset 🌇 Strip ! On The Beach ⛱️ is my favorite Neil Young but Harvest is absolutely essential & you are on a roll with excellent records & excellent reviews. Glad I discovered your channel ! It's a good time ✌️
Happy Birthday Abby! My favourite song from this record is Old Man, I listened to it as I was walking around a museum on my birthday a while ago, turning 24. This album has most definitely grown on me, an essential along with records like CSN, Blue and Tapestry.
thank you! that's a perfect way to experience harvest
I have been a Neil Young fan since forever and now i am a fan of your channel as well. Good job !
My very first vinyl i bought was Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps which is still one of my favourite albums of all time.
that album and dylan's bootlegs 4 made me truly appreciate the magic of live music
awesome vinyl monday. im canadian eh. i been a long time neil young fan. actually since 1989 when i was 11
I also love this album. I always thought Tom Petty's You Don't Know How It Feels sounds like Out On The Weekend. Thanks for another great video.
Another deep and insightful journey through the past. A classic album needs a vinyl Monday episode to complete it. I’m starting to think of Vinyl Mondays as a classic album hall of fame and love the anticipation of what will be next under the spotlight.
Neil Young stands as one of the great commentators of our times; politics, war, racism, social decline (“nose-to-the stone people, put the business back on track”), terrorism, little or nothing escapes the watchful glare of this song writing genius. Whether facing the uncomfortable aspects that plague our society (“I watch the needle take another man”) or weaving an emotional tapestry to deftly frame the more comfortable though seemingly inarticulate observations such as the romance found scattered along Americas lost and endless desolate highways, love (“I used to order just to watch her float across the floor“) and other familiar emotions recognisable to all but framed in a way that only a master craftsman can translate into music and words.
Harvest is certainly not wanting for company as a seminal album in a catalogue of works that defies any notion of limits that lesser artists might face when having to deal with the moving on from and onward progression in the wake of just a single career defining masterwork.
Finding an equal that can match this man’s ability to score a soundtrack to our lives, times and social complexities is no easy task. But I’m sure that you will stumble across something for next week even if it means leaving your very blood across many a track in your continuing mining of the sounds we so cherish with an obsession justified by our passion to celebrate these artisans who curate our days with such majestic aplomb.
Happy Birthday Abby.....24 and there's so much more.
thank you! :)
Among my favorite Neil Young albums, along with After the Gold Rush, On the Beach, and Zuma. Yet another great video!
I heard this over my shoulder as I made model aeroplanes while my sister put it on in the rumpus room. I was first impressed by the tubular bells in Man Needs a Maid (classical orchestral nerd at around ten). I didn't hear it for a while after that but got the chance to run it by myself again in the '80s. During that time Needle and the Damage done became the joke when you referred to buskers who always included it. Thanks to this vid (and some growing up from the sentiment in the last sentence), looks like I'll be seeking it out all over again. thanks. Oh, and happy birthday.
Insightful as always. Thank you and HAPPY BIRTHDAY !
thank you!
Wonderful job Abigail!
“ Heart Of Gold” conveys a similar sense of loneliness as “ Eleanor Rigby”. Masterful and eloquent. P.S. there’s nothing wrong with drinking tea. In England 🏴 it’s mandatory.
or sewing.
A comment so well observed it’s got me heading for the kettle.
@@paulduggan5323 Cheers!🫖☕️
Abby just found you. I loved the review of Neil Young's Harvest. I won't be missing any from now on!
thank you so much! welcome to this long strange trip
Love love love this channel.
This was An Awesome Video Thank You always Look forward to the next Exciting video. Now I have more respect for this album.
As someone who's life is colored by the addictions that surround me, the part discussing Needle and the Damage Done hits me so hard...just, wow
Appreciate the work you do with the channel, Abby
thank you. remember that while addiction is the river running through our lives, always eroding at the riverbanks, it never dictates how the rest of the ground moves. it sucks, but it's not defining
Thanks as always Abigail - an album I've known and loved since 1972 and yet you've been able to teach me many new things about it that can only increase my listening pleasure; I'm most grateful to you.
I had no idea this woman was so young, I guess because so much on this channel is focused on the past, I think the lynard skyard band forever defined themselves as blockheads with their song of regionalism over thought, which some might say is fittingly typical of the region, in a hold my beer and watch this kind of way.
in my early days as a commercial sailor, I worked old ships , where on one I shared a foc'scle with some old WW2 veteran sailors out of Texas. I felt like listening to music , so asked my shipmates if they had a preference among the handful of cassettes I had. Austin White Carter the third answered, " well, you only got one good one , put on that cowboy tape."
I puzzled over my small assortment of tapes and had to ask for help to find they were talking about Neil Young , probably the album "everybody knows this is nowhere"..
More barn!
You are truly gifted Abigail...keep it up! Been binging all your reviews and am very impressed!
Happy birthday Abby! 🙂
Great episode, love Harvest.
You make me look forward to Monday!
Love Vinyl Monday!! As someone who actually grew up with all the classic albums that you talk about, it is so impressive to me that someone your age can actually not only listen to these records, but appreciate them! Hearing you talk about them with the knowledge and enthusiasm that you have is so cool! YOU MAKE MONDAYS NOT ONLY BEARABLE BUT SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO!!! Thank you for having this channel - it's by far my favorite one out there.
Also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! Look forward to seeing you again on Monday.
thank you! glad you like the videos
Lovely Lady Delivers Lovely Review of Lovely Album. Now that's a headline. Thanks LL, a great unbiased view of one of my favourites from way back. Many happy returns for Wednesday, enjoy!
Regarding Alabama, Abigail... Hear hear!
Thanx for this review, and the bittersweet memories of heading off to college that it stirs.
i relate to neil's music being tied to college years - i spent lots of time with everybody knows this is nowhere back then
An incredibly well done vinyl Monday episode. The entertaining backstory and the insightful inside-out analysis of the music, lyrics, and theme. 💯.
24 and there's so much more.
congratulations on your television debut, I hope you much comarshall success
Thank you Abigail☀️
Beautiful garb. Amazing actually.
Iove your channel 😊. As a photographer, I always knew it was a door knob
Happy Birthday!
thank you!
Love this album! 🤘Great video!! Thank you for your deep-dive informative reviews. ☮
Once again, a superb in depth look at a true classic. Happy birthday for this coming Wednesday.
thank you!
I luv "Harvest" and "Words (Between the Lines of Age)". It's a cool album! BTW great job with this video and your TV debut!
I'm 58 years old and been divorced for after 30 years.
I'm still looking for a heart of gold.
And I'm still getting old.
I still love myself.
If I may lose the game of love in my life,
Hopefully I can win the life of love.
Abigail it is my first time watching you today iam from Liverpool and i love Neil Young and i have Harvest but this may shock some people i don't believe it is his best Album, but i agree his 1970s period like David Bowie also was easily his most productive decade,if i am seeing right it is your Birthday as i write this, So a big Happy birthday to you.
Great review of Harvest. "Alabama" was also a comment of the then Governor of Alabama George Wallace who was a racist. The "Cadillac" metaphor was later used in "Tired Eyes" from The "Tonight's The Night" album which is also very worthy of your review. I believe some of The Stray Gators were replaced on the tour and the subsequent album "Time fades Away" features John Barbata on Drums instead of Kenny Buttrey who left or maybe was fired.
Words (Between the Lines of Age), IS Neil's heaviest song. It's the best track on on Harvest, hands down. It is a song of loss. The feeling that with age, we will all fade away. The piano ssounds ncredible in contrast with Neil's blistering solo. I challenge anyone to hear Neil sing "I WAS A JUNK MAN" verse and not feel like time is escaping your hands.
Check out "Words" Live at Red Rocks Colorado on UA-cam
Hi, Abby! Happy Birthday 🎂🎉Once again, great video! This album is special to me too. Over the years, being in bands, one in particular, we played most of Harvest (except for Words and the orchestrated ones- and yes we had a pedal steel too!), we not only love these songs but they are so satisfying to play as a musician. 😘
thank you! gotta love music that's fun to play, i'm glad you had fun playing harvest tunes
A truly seminal artist. If i had to pick a favourite album it would probably be on the beach. Thanks for the review.
21:30 "The dark half of the dark half". True. But have you listened to Neil's "On The Beach" album? Side two, specifically. That makes side two of "Harvest" seem happy!!! Neil Young surely knows his way around sad songs.
By the way, I love your channel, I love hearing your impressions. There's always stuff I never knew or never noticed before - plus you're FUNNY!!!
Alabama rules and rust never sleeps and I have no idea what that means. Alabama chilled me to the bone when I first heard it and everytime afterwards - nothing to apologize for, Neil.
Gibby,in June 1972 Creem magazine's Barney and Mike cartoon did a send up of Harvest. First panel has Mike saying "is that Neil's new single?" Barney says " no it's his new lp". Second panel "you still playing that song?" Barney says It's not a single it's a lp." Third panel "God how many times you gonna play that single?". Barney says "it's not the same single it's a lp". Last panel Mike says "For God's sake take that damn song off". Barney says in little voice "but it's a lp."
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You have cracked the code of Harvest!
today: harvest. tomorrow: philosophy of the world by the shaggs.
@@abigaildevoe oh no the shaggs. i guess thats an eventuality (gulp). well, i trust you
@@abigaildevoe I have a feeling My Pal Foot Foot is un-crackable. Many have gone insane trying. It's not worth it, Abby. Please, stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
Beautiful album/choice Abby, Harvest always speaks to me directly as it brings me back home.
Very much appreciated. This album was so popular among my friends when it came out that I sort of avoided it but, as we all know time tells the truth and Harvest is great.
oh man there are so many albums i avoided at first out of their sheer inescapable popularity, i totally get it
cool video and Happy Birthday tomorow :)
thanks!
The first live concert I ever saw was Neil Young and Crazy Horse/ International Harvesters in Melbourne Australia in 1985. I still love Neil Young.
Abba Abba Hey, happy birthday week! 🎂
Another great share! 🎉
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Agree with your favorite tunes from this classic album Abby. Thanks for the insightful, informative, and always entertaining reviews. Happy 24th! 🎂
your top is the cutest!
edit: also you literally make me laugh out loud, this is my first video of yours and I'm totally subbing :)
aw thanks so much! welcome to this long strange trip
Great review , really enjoyed it . " On The Beach " is my fave Neil Young album ( perhaps you'll do that one day ) .
Very much looking forward to your take on the classic break up album " Blood On The Tracks ", and all the others that are coming .
Your perspective is a real strength when reviewing albums . A breath of fresh air !!!!
good eye, i'm excited to get into that album too. it's proving to be quite a challenge!
Another home run, Abby.
I love it when you swing for the fences out of sheer passion for the music, and, in this case, the artist. As Tony Bennet said of Amy Winehouse, I think you have the “complete gift.” You have a star’s presence, and I feel proud of and excited for you every time you rise to a new occasion. You hint at your introversion here. I wouldn’t be at all surprised if your Myers-Briggs personality type is INFJ, aka “the extroverted introvert.” I’m happy (and not so happy) that I’m an INFJ. The drive for greatness has taken me to absurdly intense peak experiences. On the other hand, the loneliness that comes with it is a never-ending pain.
Neil Young is a TITANIC songwriter. Easily in my top 5. No one is better at making me FEEL a song than Neil. He has become a huge part of my life soundtrack. I’m glad you spoke about living this album. “24 and there’s so much more.” Boy, does THAT resonate! 24 was one of my very best years. I was firing on all cylinders.
My coming-of age decade was the 1970s. I’ll argue ‘til I’m blue in the face that the 1970s is the best decade ever to have been a kid in. Anyway, the hit song history of that era is pretty screwy. “Heart of Gold” was everywhere in 1972. It touched me deeply as an 8-year-old.
Neil has always been his own best iconoclast. In keeping with that, he’s always had some punk rock in him. I think the “godfather of grunge” tag is fitting. He was pretty disillusioned by the success of having a number 1 single. He had this to say about it: “Heart of Gold” put me in the middle of the road.Traveling there soon became a bore, so I headed for the ditch. A rougher ride, but I saw more interesting people there." I’d love to see an Abby tutorial on his Ditch Trilogy - my favorite era. I’d thought “Tonight’s the Night” was my favorite until I heard and digested “On the Beach,” which is the soundtrack to an epic motorcycle trip I took in 2015. Especially the song, “See the Sky About to Rain.”
One myth that I wish were true is that Ronnie Van Zant was buried in a Neil Young T-shirt (that myth led to the desecration of his grave!)
You sparkle brightest when you’re discussing music that has deep personal meaning for you. No matter how much I love music, there are only a few albums that I’ll obsess over so completely that it’s all I’ll listen to for months on end, effectively living them. “On the Beach” is the one for me. “Tonight’s the Night” is Neil’s guilt laid bare. That is one harrowing listen, but I’m drawn to harrowing albums. “In Utero” and Big Star’s “Third” are also on that list. They have Neil Young qualities whether they know it or not.
A fearless songwriter!
Who else could have written “There's one more kid that'll never go to school never get to fall in love, never get to be cool” and sell it with such unmitigated rage?
Heroin is a soul-killer. ‘Nuff said.
Keep on doing what you’re doing -especially the writing. Get ready for the big time.
Keep on rockin’ in the free world!
Love this album and treaure my first press that I inherited from my mum's collection. I rarely play it as I want to keep it in the very good condition it is. When I do drop the needle my mind always turn to my mum age 19, with her whole life in front of her, doing the same when she first bought the record.
I think Alabama is a very forthright song that could only be written with the certainty of youth. For me, it is understandable why Neil Young now finds it condescending. It would be interesting to know if you feel the same way about the song in 10-20 years time.
My first concert ever was Neil Young back on Jan. 1973. He was playing many of the songs from Harvest. I really don't remember much about it though, too much partying beforehand. I learned to play a few of the songs on the guitar and have begun playing several songs from this album again after retiring. I enjoyed this review very much ,you explained so much that I never knew about Harvest and the musicians involved. Also, a better understanding of what was going on with Neil back then. You've covered two of my favorite albums from my teens recently, Harvest and Blood on the Tracks. Brings back many memories for me. Thanks!
A great look at a great album. Neil Young has long been one of my favourites. Happy Birthday, Abigail! (speaking of birthdays, I happen to share one with Neil)
Neil is one of my favorite guitarists and songwriters , my favorite album by Neil is everyone knows this nowhere, ronnie van Zandt and Neil Young had a mutual respect friendship, Neil even played a memorial concert for ronnie playing sweet home Alabama they would both wear eachothers rock t,s in live shows , I lived in the south, racism is still prevalent in 2024
🌠good album abby bear.. congrats on the tv thing ..I'll watch it..
Abigail, Happy Birthday. Thanks for your spirit and content. Your 24th birthday is the end of your 24th year. I've seen Neil Young in concert a few times... it helps to have looked someone in the eye and exchanged smiles. I'm a Scorpio, too, and near the end of my 75th year. I remember the early 70s and this music and these people and those times, so it's wonderful to see young people appreciating it. I wish I could introduce you to my granddaughter who makes her own 70's style clothes and drives around with Led Zep cranking on her car stereo :)
Maybe I'm gonna buy this album. Too many to choose 😂
I’ve lived in Los Angeles for a while now, but when I lived in Somerville in 2015, I met some friends in western Mass to see Neil Young. The first half of the set blew me away, but then he played the Monsanto years and the quality just plummeted. We all left when he started to play that album. But looking back I don’t know what I was expecting, he had just released that album. Anyway, “Harvest” is def in my top 10 albums of the 70’s. “Comes A Time” is also up there for me. Nice pick.
Your take on Words feeling like we entered halfway through it is pretty spot on. Words originally ran 16+ minutes- Neil's next album- the ill fated soundtrack album Journey Through the Past- contains this longer version, albeit in a different take and slower arrangement than what wound up on Harvest.
Harvest is one of the three vinyl albums I have and Neil Young was the first concert I went to as a kid. I also share a birthday with him, so maybe that scorpio energy is what draws me to him. Loved the "more barn" story. Thanks Abby!
i saw neil at farmaid one year! it got me into his 90s stuff before the 60s/70s. i totally feel being drawn to artists born under your sign: see my longtime love of bob dylan
On You Tube, Neil's version of Man Needs a Maid with just Neil and a piano and without the mawkish big orchestra that ruins the album version. Neil noodles the piano melody for a long while, starts singing. One of the great pop songs of history.
First LP I bought. So many thoughtful listens.
this Old Man wishes you a Happy Birthday and so much more
Great video! My personal favorite is After The Gold Rush, though. Recently, my wife and I went to the theatre to see the Harvest documentary, which I thought was amazing and my wife thought was torturous- she can't take 10 or 15 minutes of jamming on the same song to get it perfect. That kind of stuff fascinates me, though. And I, too, know how the feeling of loneliness in your mid 20's can age you and drive you to solace in substances (alcohol in my case). I listened to this album quite a lot back then because I was basically living it. Thanks for another great episode!
You are gonna get an honorary Journalism degree... im calling it .. I love the way to sum up these records!
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Neil has got one of those unique perspectives, He's the canadian-american whose more american than most americans. These songs are so much deeper than first listen. Neil can write a tragedy and make it sound like a love story, and write a love story and make it sound like a tragedy. If and when you ever feel depressed, listen to some neil and you'll slowly snap out of it. Your situation is never as bad as it seems...🚜🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾🌾
Amazing album. Among Neil's best. 🙂
Warshboards. Also double as a rhythm device.
That was one if my favorite albums. My girlfriend ( now the wife) listened to that album for hours. What a fantastic analysis.
Wow! Excellent review of a great album. Really nice job.