"Razor Love" by Neil Young

Man I love Neil Young. I've talked about him and his music here before, but I've had his music on my mind much more lately since I've started to play guitar again. I could post one of his songs once a week for months and it would take a while to run out of good stuff.

Anyway, today's Sunday Sublime song comes from his later stuff - a slow gem off his acoustic album "Silver & Gold." The first time I heard "Razor Love" I just couldn't believe it. It just stirred something inside of me.

Close your eyes and listen:



And just for fun, here is me and my friend Chad playing it:

"Deep Forbidden Lake" by Neil Young

Oh Neil Young...where do I begin? I've listened to Neil since I was a baby - in fact, I recently looked in my baby book and at three-six months, my mother recorded that my favorite album at the time was "After the Goldrush." I still love that album.

His music always moves me...and those close to me - the first time I played 1972's "Harvest" for my wife, she was blown away - she never heard the album before until then. My father of course is the one who turned me onto him when I was very little. My daughters are just starting to uncover his music.

Anyway, one of my favorite Neil Young songs, "Deep Forbidden Lake," is a slow gem from his unreleased album "Homegrown," which was supposed to be sort of a sequel to "Harvest." The song itself was too good to shelve, so it was released as part of a greatest hits album in the late seventies. It's Neil at his early 1970's finest - acoustic and sublime. I could listen to the steel pedal guitar all day...

Close your eyes and listen:



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