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Neil
Young
"The Bridge School Benefit XIII"
Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, California
Saturday, October 31,1999, 2:00pm
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I
had a big smile on my face the whole time. he was amazing,
as usual. throughout the rest of the show, I notice talking
all around me, but as soon as Neil started playing it was
silent. It seemed that no one wanted to miss anything of his,
and was sitting in silence and rapt attention. While Neil
was on, I saw a shooting star through the center of the sky
and directly between the flags on top of the stage. I could
hear people gasping.
Neil's acoustic songs seem to have a strange beauty that not
many other people can capture and communicate. They seem filled
with intense sadness and (at times) regret, yet there's a
shadow of happiness behind all of them, just enough to make
you smile. Dylan, on the other hand, writes beautiful songs
that are heartbreaking no matter how optimistic the lyrics
and upbeat the tempo. The spanish have a muse-type being called
duende who inspires their music and writings, but instills
them with sadness and impending destuction and loss. I think
that Neil's songs have this duende - the lyrics aren't particularly
sad, but I get chills when I hear him perform them. Cortez
The Killer was great. The way he repeated " he came dancing
across the water..." Did anyone happen to tape this? (Michelle
Smith's Sunday Report).
The guitjo (or banjitar) is a six-string banjo with the neck
of a guitar. It is tuned like a guitar and can be played by
guitarists who desire the sound of a banjo. |
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Track
Details:
Regular Set
1.
Old King (on guitjo, with "story")
2. Long May You Run (on pump organ)
3. Sugar Mountain
4. Homegrown (on guitjo)
5. Oh Mother Earth (on pump organ)
6. Harvest Moon
7. Cortez The Killer (on 12-string)
8. Old Man
Finale
9. I Shall Be Released
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