ithaka

4y

I LOVED IT i was rocking with him

IN FACT bowie said this about watching neil improvising long jams with crazy horse when he saw them live in 1996:

They began to dance, turning around, like in a tribal circle, very slowly. And it seemed to me that they were doing that to catch back their dreams, to find youth again, to not allow the energy to escape…”Dead Man Walking” is a sort of homage to rock and roll that is still young while we are all growing old.

There was a sense of grace and dignity about what they were doing, and also an incredible verve and energy. It was very moving, watching them work under the moon

they were playing together at neil young’s bridge school benefit a charity neil put together in 1986 with his wife to which partial proceeds benefited the bridge school, which assists children with severe physical impairments and complex communication needs as neil young’ son ben young heavily suffers from.

one of the thrusts of the program is the use of advanced augmentative and alternative communication and assistive technology.

the show still goes today

that performance that night inspired bowie the song dead man walking

in fact dead man walkings second verse is bowie’s dream memory of that night, a realization that he, too, had become a crazy old man dancing under the moon:

Three old men dancing under the lamplight

Shaking their s***and their bones

And the boys that we were ...

ithaka

4y

his face on the cover

sfsorrow

4y

how is Living With War compared to his other stuff? My mom used to play that in the car a lot when I was a kid n the cover is stained in my memory, that’s all I know from him

sfsorrow

4y

how is Living With War compared to his other stuff? My mom used to play that in the car a lot when I was a kid n the cover is stained in my memory, that’s all I know from him

Sir Swagalot

4y

speaking of which

ithaka

4y

woah your mom picking deep obscure stuff

it’s not an album i go back to ngl

Elric

4y

wasnt obscure fam it was the new neil album and got alot of press

ithaka

4y

never heard of it or being talked about it but ig im wrong

Eyesonthesmile

4y

Harvest moon works in full but I have heard this one a lot. I guess I’ll wait and see if Apple is fixed by tomorrow

Elric

4y

top 3 mum album for me

Elric

4y

werent you pretty young and in france

ithaka

4y

i still have to give this a spin

i did like the hitchhiker one

Sir Swagalot

4y

i like it better than hitchhiker tbh

Eyesonthesmile

4y

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I’m bumping trans tomorrow that cover got me ngl

ithaka

4y

mmmm

well

i was

ithaka

4y

@vanity try a spin on “everybody knows this is nowhere” when u get a minute!

@cotton_dockers u stan?

ithaka

4y

what’s with the moms and dads itt

imdoinf

4y

Listening to title track rn, this is nice im gonna give the full album a listen sometime

Elric

4y

family music memories are like the most precious thing