You should see Neil Young's 'Greendale'

It's a great film, built entirely around his album of the same name. They both came out last year. It bored me at first, but then before I knew it, I was totally engrossed.

Here's some commentary from a review. I don't have time to write my own.

"Greendale is the story of a small fictional seaside town in California and specifically, the Green family. There's the activist daughter Sun Green, the cop-killer cousin Jed Green and grandma Thibodeaux. My favorite is the cantankerous Arius grandpa Green who tries to scare off the invading media hordes from his property with a shotgun.


On Greendale, Young's themes are environmental exploitation, specifically the Bush administration's plan to exploit the pristine wilderness of Alaska for oil exploration and extraction; the intrusive nature of the media; a government increasingly obsessed with surveillance of its citizens; and Young's familiar themes of family, love, hope and freedom. While there are no hit singles, the songs are for the most part well constructed and have a tight, cohesive feel that dovetails perfectly with the album's themes. The closing number 'Be The Rain' is a classic rousing-fist pumping anthem reminiscent of Young's 'Rockin' In The Free World'. Here Young sings, "Save the planet for another day/Attention shoppers, buy with a conscience and save/Save the planet for another day/Save Alaska. Let the caribou stay/Don't care what the governments say/They're all bought and paid for anyway/Save the planet for another day/Hey Big Oil, what do you say?"


While Young offers no solutions to these very real issues, he at least attempts to raise awareness and encourage participation: 'You can make a difference; if you really try... We got a job to do. We got to save Mother Earth'. On "Grandpa's Interview", Young rails against the media: 'TV crews and cameras/They wanted to interview Grandpa on the porch/They came through the gate and up on the lawn/Knocking' down Edith's tiki torch/Grandpa saw them there/Looking through the Venetian blinds/Those people don't have any respect/So they won't get any of mine/I ain't gonna talk about Jed.../

I don't watch channel 2 or 6 or 9/I don't have time to talk that fast/And it ain't my crime. It ain't an honor to be on TV/And it ain't a duty either/The only good thing about TV/Is shows like 'Leave it to Beaver' /Shows with love and affection/Like mama used to say/A little Mayberry living/Can go a long way."

http://www.6moons.com/worldmusic/greendale.html

:smoke:

"Share your love and you live so long,...live so long."

I saw it live, and it rocked. It has some of my favorite Crazy Horse tunes ever.

And the message is simple and pure. Save the planet for another day.

Be the rain.

That ole grumpy Canadian was always before his time

"Sugar Mountain"

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

It's so noisy at the fair
But all your friends are there
And the candy floss you had
And your mother and your dad.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

There's a girl just down the aisle,
Oh, to turn and see her smile.
You can hear the words she wrote
As you read the hidden note.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Now you're underneath the stairs
And you're givin' back some glares
To the people who you met
And it's your first cigarette.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Now you say you're leavin' home
'Cause you want to be alone.
Ain't it funny how you feel
When you're findin' out it's real?

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
With the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

Oh, to live on Sugar Mountain
with the barkers and the colored balloons,
You can't be twenty on Sugar Mountain
Though you're thinking that
you're leaving there too soon,
You're leaving there too soon.

(snip)
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/neilyoung/sugarmountain.html