NEIL YOUNG - DUBLIN 2008
July 13, 2008 – 5:25 am
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NEIL YOUNG & THE CHROME DREAMS BAND
Malahide Castle [No label, 2CD]
Live at Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland, UK, June 29, 2008. A Dutch Masters Audience recording.
How important is freedom of speech?
After taking his “Freedom of Speech” tour on the road in the U.S. with Crosby, Stills and Nash in 2006, his current European Summer Tour is laidback by comparison. That old tour is still “alive and well” and coming to your home theatre in a week or three as Deja Vu, the movie. We hear a soundtrack is also to follow.
That was their ’60s tour. CSNY were all aged above 60 and the songs represented the spirit of the Sixties - protest songs, civil rights, anti-war, public spiritedness, social awareness and active citizenship.
On this European Summer Tour, it’s all about dreams especially shiny, happy chrome dreams. Young ends every evening with a spirited rendition of that Beatles’ song A Day In The Life. If you get to see the Spanish broadcast DVD, you can see Young banging on his guitar a la Hendrix - above the head, behind the neck and thrashing about on stage. Not acting his age for sure.
He opens tonight’s almost all-electric show with a ear-splitting Love And Only Love to make the case for love as salve and salvation. The songs that follow match the opener’s ferocity with Mr Soul, Powderfinger and Hey Hey, My My. The last third of the show is reserved for some jamming. No Hidden Path is almost half an hour long while the rarely played Words stretches to 13 minutes.
There is no solo acoustic set or Young at his pump organ. There is a short set of ballads with fan favourites Oh Lonesome Me, The Needle And The Damage Done and Old Man.
This is not the Sixties anymore. Young people want to be entertained. Older fans want to reminisce about the “good old days”. Nostalgia is not the same as contemplation but sometimes you make the mistake.
While there’s a lot of rocking, there’s no preaching like on the Freedom Of Speech Tour. The fact is, Neil ends the night with John Lennon’s A Day In The Life. This is a song about contemplation. But it’s not HIS song. It’s not HIS tune. When you watch the Spanish broadcast, he’s angry.
“I read the news today oh boy…” So how important is freedom of speech?
With thanks to the Dutch Masters Collective. This show was taped and edited by Young Dutch Master. A fantastic audience stereo recording done right in front of the stage. Lineage: Edirol R-09 + Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8 microphones.
- The Savage Hippo 
Click on the highlighted tracks to download the MP3s (these are high quality stereo MP3s - sample rate of 192 kibit/s). As far as we can ascertain, this recording has never been officially released.
Note: These tracks are no longer available for download as sharer Dutch Master objected to their sharing in a lossy format.
CD 1
Track 101. Love And Only Love
Track 102. I’ve Been Waiting For You
Track 103. Mr. Soul
Track 104. Spirit Road
Track 105. Powderfinger
Track 106. Hey Hey, My My
Track 107. Too Far Gone
Track 108. Oh, Lonesome Me
Track 109. Mother Earth
Track 110. The Needle And The Damage Done
Track 111. Unknown Legend
Track 112. Old Man
CD 2
Track 201. Get Back To The Country
Track 202. Band Introduction
Track 203. Words
Track 204. No Hidden Path
encore
Track 205 A. Day In The Life
Lineup:
Neil Young - guitar, harmonica, pump organ, vocals
Ben Keith - pedal steel, lap steel, guitar, organ, background vocals
Rick Rosas - bass, background vocals
Chad Cromwell - drums
Pegi Young - background vocals, vibraphone, piano
Anthony Crawford - background vocals, guitar, piano
Larry Cragg - banjo
Still unreleased is the soundtrack of the new Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young documentary, Deja Vu, that premiered at Sundance in January 2008. It documents the group’s 2006 trek across America playing live Neil’s album Living With War. His anti-Bush songs [in particular Let’s Impeach The President] practically divided his fans between pro and anti-Bush supporters. So which side are you on? Buy the Living With War album here.
21 Responses to “NEIL YOUNG - DUBLIN 2008”
excelent !!!! as all the concerts you offer.Many thanks !!!!!
By daniel on Jul 13, 2008
Hello All,
I never was a huge Young fan(Angus maybe) but I will still look forward to giving this one a listen.
For those of us that can not make it to many concerts,this site is a REAL blessing and I for one would like to express my deep gratitude.
We are listening to the new/old Fleetwood Mac offering as we speak and it seems to be a real jewel with Excellent sound quality.
I look forward to providing a show or 3 from my personal collection,mostly classic rock and prog.
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Thanks a MILLION from SMOKEY CALIFORNIA !
~Myche
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Peace/War
By Myche on Jul 13, 2008
Neil Young
Every concert of Neil Young is an adventure.Last weekhe played in Leipzig (Germany).It was great.Fans from all corners of Germany came to see and hear him.All people I spoke with had one meaning
IT WAS PERFECT !
By Joe "The Catman" on Jul 14, 2008
There’s no ‘resume suport’ for the first track, so, since I’m on dial-up, there’s little chance of downloading the file.
I guess I can wait until Friday and try to see if I can syphon grocery money toward premium access. If that would allow me to download the whole track, it’d be well worth missing a few meals for, I’d think.:)
By Society's Pliers on Jul 14, 2008
Fantastic , please more from Neil Young
Thanks again .
By bob on Jul 15, 2008
Great stuff, thanks!
By Bozo on Jul 18, 2008
Thanks for the effort.. but no thanks .. sound quality reminds me of the awful Greatful Dead tapes I had to listem to in college. Hand held Tape from row 754.. Love the coughing
By Kenny on Jul 18, 2008
Thanks for the Great Neil Young.He just keeps getting better with time.
By Mike on Jul 19, 2008
Thanks. This is actually very nice sound. Turn it up and you feel like you’re right there. And a rather cool set list as well.
Jim
bookofkills.com
By jim on Jul 22, 2008
Hi,
As I am the person who recorded this show and uploaded on dime I want to have this taken of here. It’s a shame to make it available in a lousy format. And next time contact me first when you want to upload someone else’s work.
Dutch_master
By Dutch master on Jul 22, 2008
Hmmm…an audience recording…already lo-fi in the first place…how much crappier can mp3 make it sound?
Share this, Douche Master…
By O.B. Dan on Jul 25, 2008
please open again! I missed it
By neto on Jul 25, 2008
http://soliloquise1.livejournal.com/5456.html
By db on Aug 9, 2008
Hi webmaster!
By Kazelvms on Aug 16, 2008
Interesting facts.I have bookmarked this site. stephanazs
By stephanazs on Sep 20, 2008
Wow. I just read the taper’s comment. How said that someone who tapes shows wants to deny music to those who would love to hear it. I can understand the ‘ask first elitist mentality. That’s quite common and well within reason. And it’s nice he/she/it offered it on Dime but unless I’m mistaken, people for whom broadband is either unaffordable or (in my case) unavailable, are just lesser humans and are simply out of luck.
But, hey, he’s not the only one who thinks only those with money or who live somewhere where there are options other than dial-up matter. Hell, at one time only landowners could vote, asnd those of a darker skin colour - well, I’m sure there’s no need to go there.
She/he/it (Shit?) probably wishes Bush could get a third term so the rich can get more tax breaks and those without can get shit upon more.
Thank God for the kind-hearted folks behind this site who have ever so often proven that not everyone lives with an “I have, so I’m better than you” philosophy.
Thanks again, Big O people and lets hope that someone a bit less into class distinction taped the show and may make it available. And that maybe Shit’s broadband will be inexplicably terminated.
By Society's Pliers on Sep 21, 2008
“And next time contact me first when you want to upload someone else’s work.”
Sheesh. Talk about irony. So what did Neil say when you asked him before uploading it in the first place?
By stupidheaddave on Sep 21, 2008
On September 20, Neil Young performed at Farm Aid 2008 at the Comcast Centre in Mansfield, MA. He played the following tracks:
Love And Only Love
Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
Powderfinger
Mother Earth
Unknown Legend
Old Man
Get Back To The Country
A Day In The Life
Click here to download the tracks.
By bigozine2 on Sep 21, 2008
Can we get the tracks back for download or order a CD? I saw Neil Young at The Hop Farm festival and I think this set is very close to what he played then. I would love to have something to listen to to remind me of the amazing time I had.
By Chris on Sep 25, 2008