The chorus is catchy as hell, and it’s hard to not sing along with it if you’re driving in a car or are alone listening to it. ![]() This is one of the songs you just know is going to close the concert when he plays it, it just has that feel to it (he actually did so in the ‘Heart of Gold’ movie, which you should check out by the way). A nice little solo mimicking the vocal line pops up at the end, and the song fades out right before you start to get bored. The backing vocalists take over at one point, and Neil lays his patented acoustic playing style all over the place. Like ‘No Wonder’ off of Prairie Wind, this song definitely stands apart from the other songs, mainly because it features more ‘rock’ style instrumentation (dig Kenny Buttrey’s drums) than the country feel on the rest of the album, and the lyrics paint a more abstract mental picture. This is (how can I say this?) the “heaviest†song on the album. The harmonica solo towards he end is one of Neil’s best. The lyrics are pretty unremarkable, just a typical love-ballad, but are still very catchy, along with the acoustic lick the pops up here and there. The sound of a broom being swept features in the background prominently, providing an atmospheric touch to the mellow country-style ballad that is ‘Harvest Moon’. Corny at times, yes, but a solid song as well. This, the title track, most popular song and sole Greatest Hits representative off of Harvest Moon is by no means overrated. He starts to duet with Nicolette Larson after a while, and the song ends suddenly at nearly the four-minute mark. It’s a very mellow, repetitive song (like Round and Round off of Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere) with lots of his trademark slides and hammer-ons. This song is performed solo by Neil, sounding like he’s playing alone to himself in an empty auditorium. Neil does it again with his lyrics, especially how he expresses his love for music in “Can we get it together, Can we still stand side by side, Can we make it last, Like a musical ride?†5/5 It’s a nice upbeat song with lots of Neil’s classic folk harmonica, pump organ between verses and a prominently thumpy bass line. ![]() This is an upbeat song about a woman Neil loves who he’s been with since, well forever. There are some nice clean electric guitar fills in between verses that you will be humming for hours after hearing. Neil Young veteran, Ben Keith’s slide guitar stands out, as well as with female backing vocals from (also Neil Young veterans) Nicolette Larson and Linda Ronstadt. It’s played in a very country style, with the lyrics telling of a free-spirited woman who rides the desserts with a Harley-Davidson. This song sets the tone for the rest of the album. ![]() Review Summary: The sequel to Harvest, what more could you want?Īfter the loud, raw Ragged Glory/Weld tour in 91, Neil Young was recovering from tinnitus and had decided to put down the distorted electric guitar and to revisit his acoustic side, as exhibited on the chart-topping Harvest and lesser-known Comes A Time.
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