Weld
Product Description
Crank it up! This double live set was recorded during Neil Young’s 1991
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Media Type: CD
Artist: YOUNG,NEIL & CRAZY HORSE
Title: WELD
Street Release Date: 10/22/1991
Genre: ROCK/POPAmazon.com
Live Rust gets the most props, but if you’re looking for a live document of Neil Young and Crazy Horse at their speaker-shredding, stage-scorching best, Weld is an absolute must-own. Fired up by the success of 1990′s Ragged Glory, and outraged by the eruption of the Gulf War, Young and his cohorts attacked their 1991 tour like men on a suicide mission. An angry, gunshot-laced version of Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind” is the closest thing here to an acoustic reverie; the rest of the album offers up staggeringly intense electric versions of Neil songs both current (“Crime in the City,” “Love to Burn,” “Rockin’ in the Free World”) and classic (“Cortez the Killer,” “Cinnamon Girl,” “Powderfinger”). The back-cover photo of a disheveled Young cradling a broken-stringed guitar pretty much says it all–no one could have unleashed a sonic onslaught this brutal, and emerged unscathed from the experience. –Dan Epstein
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5 Responses to “Weld”
If you listen to this CD, my voice can be heard… When I saw Neil and Horse live in L.A., I yelled “Powderfinger”, “Powderfinger”, two times… I really wanted to hear that song. Then, right after, the song “Cortez the Killer” began… I turned to my friend and said: “Oh, cool… Powderfinger will be next because they always play those songs together”. On this CD, which is partly recorded in L.A., right before the song CORTEZ THE KILLER you can hear a voice… that is me… yelling “Powderfinger” twice. And that, my friends, is my fifteen seconds of fame… Or rather, seven seconds. This CD, other than the stud yelling on disc 2, is very good, and is much better than YEAR OF THE HORSE that came out a few years later. I also like it better than RUST NEVER SLEEPS ‘cept that that CD has acoustic stuff… I’ll put it this way; WELD is my favorite live CD of Crazy horse electric tunes. And don’t bother getting ARC or ARC/WELD because ARC is just a bunch of feedback and is kinda annoying, and I like feedback. Anyhow… “POWDERFINGER! POWDERFINGER!”
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a live album, with both acoustic and electric songs. The acoustic songs are really relaxing tunes, good compositions and the form a real balance to the electrical stuff ont this album (like Hey hey, Welfare Mothers). If you want to discover two sides of Neil Young, this is the album to have. It shows Neil Young at his best: live, electric and acoustic. I think its his best live album till now. It will give you the perfect live feeling, just like you are there in the arena. Check it out, buy it and discover the World of Weld.
Rating: 5 / 5
its not in the leauge of live rust or rust never sleeps buts its still a decent cd to own. My only complant is some of the music he does. Most noticeably when he does blowin in the wind which was bad. But my my hey hey cortez the killer like a hurricane and f****** up make this cd worth having.
Rating: 4 / 5
I don’t understand how people think this is better than Live Rust. It’s good, but not as good as reviews would lead me to believe. Some songs are great, but others kinda drag. Love the Album Ragged Glory, but the live versions of songs from that album aren’t as good as the studio versions.
Rating: 4 / 5
Send the women and children to the mall, and turn this baby up. Especially the subwoofer. But just crank it up. A strong and long-time devotee of the 1st. Amendment, in the tradition of Frank Zappa; Neil pulls no punches. Great solid rock, delivered well. Get both parts of the album. Nothing schmaltzy here, no PC crap, just great rock.
Rating: 5 / 5