Prairie Wind Music Cd

Neil Young - Prairie Wind

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Prairie Wind      Artist : Neil Young      List Price : $18.98 USD        Your Price : $10.97 USD      ProductGroup: Music      Release Date : 2005-09-27      Studio : Reprise / Wea      Label : Reprise / Wea      Avg. Customer Rating : (155 reviews)

Reviews Customer Reviews for Prairie Wind      He's not just older, he's better      Rating:      This is a wonderful album. I find myself singing the songs in my head long after listening. His writing has matured along with us and the song topics just fit our generation. MUsic is beautiful and haunting.     Customer Reviews for Prairie Wind Cd      Looking back through the prairie wind      Rating:      The breezy, mellow feel to the opening song on this CD, "The Painter," perfectly sets the pace and tone of "Prairie Wind." "The Painter" quietly offers up laid-back but nostalgic lyrics sung in a wary, classic Neil Young voice; a beautiful slide guitar intersperses the gentle guitar plucking; light drums and a dependable bass lend weight to the composition. Undoubtedly, "Prairie Wind" was an ideal title for this album. The following tune, "No Wonder," contains a darker sound, but the song's lyrics uphold the naturistic feel of the CD, and convey a sense of one's own mortality. The down-home instrumentation and vocals make it seem as if these tunes could be played on the rustic porch of a windswept prairie in the middle of nowhere. "Falling Off the Face of the Earth" is an example of Young's amazing ability to mesmerize simplistically, without bells and whistles. Whether he's rocking out electrically with his Crazy Horse band or playing lighter fare, as on "Falling," many of Young's songs have a way of sneakily sucking you in in a catchy, repetitive manner that's lulling, both vocally and musically. On some of Young's tunes, seven minutes have passed by before you realize it; but somehow, the composition doesn't drag. Not all of "Prairie Wind" is soothing Western ballads played on the Badlands. "Far From Home" has a good-time, old-fashioned vibe that's endearing like an enjoyable family reunion; the title track dares to flex its acoustic muscle with hardened but longing lyrics and great backing vocals by a slew of talented female musicians; "He Was the King," a tune about Elvis in all his incarnations, is pure rock and roll fun, while "When God Made Me" is a piano-soaked gospel relic that questions just as much as it faithfully believes. As poignant as all these songs are, perhaps none are more so than the sublime "This Old Guitar," sung and played plaintively by Young, but somehow stirring up emotion by the truckload. The song is indicative of this entire heartwarming album, which thrives on simplicity, feeling and easy hooks.