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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2019 13:30:36 GMT
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Post by stuball on Feb 6, 2019 16:23:52 GMT
I don't get the mystique around Neil Young. Yes, he wrote some great songs, but his over-inflated ego and very weak voice overshadow that for me. The upside is that like Bob Dylan, it opens his songs wide up to interpretation and artists covering his work can quite easily eclipse his original version. I don't think any Bob Dylan song (pre-1969) sung by Bob Dylan is "the" definitive version. He needed CSN to flesh out his songs and as for him being a great guitar player...? Get outta here! I always idolised Graham Nash, he was my favourite Hollie since forever. But his whole recent spat with David Crosby over his new girlfriend has really turned me off this man. His egotistical autobiography that became more about David Crosby than him in the end, was accompanied by a book tour where he just spat out the same stories over and over again, never elaborating on the Hollies and still dismissing them as his inferior work. He then left his wife of 39 years for a young hippy-wannabe groupie who still continues to post on Instagram, idolising all 1960s bands. She's the Millennial fan-girl who's actually bagged herself a real 1960s star. I don't think he sees that. Even his kids won't speak to him for the foreseeable future. How can you be THAT selfish as a human being to put your family through that? Neil Young recently showed his true colours too, divorcing his wife of 32 years, Pegi Young. She remained classy about the whole thing, but Neil made some below the belt remarks about her and flaunted his new girlfriend, who David Crosby called a "poisonous predator". Unfortunately for Neil, his jibes about Pegi and marrying the "love of his life" came just days before Pegi passed away after a quiet battle with cancer. Yes, David Crosby is no saint and has had more than his fair share of demons to battle, but at the end of it all, I believe his heart is in the right place. He's just not subtle or succinct about dealing with it. How two grown men can just give up on their 32 and 39 year marriages for younger women, and fall out with their children over it is just beyond me. Not something I look for in an idol at all. Ironic isn't it, that the group that endlessly preached 'peace and love', has shown so little of it in their own lives. I never bought it then and time has proven CSNY to be little more than spoiled egotists, who take what they want and do whatever pleases themselves at any given time. There seems to be a lot more hate and anger in Nash, Young and Crosby, than love. And so they ditch their women when they have outlived their usefulness, and grab some new candy off the shelf. Like pampered children, they've had their way for so long, that they have no moral code. Or perhaps more accurately, they follow another old late '60's moronic chestnut: 'if it feels good, do it!' And to hell with everyone else.
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Post by moorlock2003 on Feb 6, 2019 16:30:33 GMT
Getting back on subject, considering there are so many longtime fans who dislike the current lineup, maybe the solution is for them to become an instrumental band. With the greatest of respect, get over it. Our favourite bands from the 1960s are all still touring in one form or another - some of them with NO original members at all! The fact that Bobby and Tony are still on the road, and Ray Stiles too has been with the group now for over 30 years, should be recognised. They deserve some respect for that, whether you like Peter Howarth or not, you can't escape that fact that the Hollies still completely sell out increasingly bigger venues all over the world every year now. Which is more than they were doing for 20+ years while Allan Clarke was still with them. Jesus Christ I was making a joke, because the band as it is today IS a joke; a half-assed tribute band.
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Post by anthony on Feb 6, 2019 22:23:52 GMT
With the greatest of respect, get over it. Our favourite bands from the 1960s are all still touring in one form or another - some of them with NO original members at all! The fact that Bobby and Tony are still on the road, and Ray Stiles too has been with the group now for over 30 years, should be recognised. They deserve some respect for that, whether you like Peter Howarth or not, you can't escape that fact that the Hollies still completely sell out increasingly bigger venues all over the world every year now. Which is more than they were doing for 20+ years while Allan Clarke was still with them. Jesus Christ I was making a joke, because the band as it is today IS a joke; a half-assed tribute band. Hi Moorlock, Just had a strange thought, when you saw the Hollies with Rickfors, they were only a tribute band back then, Allan, Graham, Eric, Don had all gone, only one original member was at that show and that was Tony, hey some argue he wasn't original too as he took over from vic Steele. From a tribute band they did make some great music, my favourite song from that era was " wont you feel good that morning" Just a question is your first name Fred?
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