Melancholy to snuggle

"On the beach" is a favorite of critics. The audience is less successful, I say now times without being informed about the sales figures. Other than that, also with critics and Neil Young himself, much appreciated, but weak-selling "Tonight's the night" is "On the beach" but an album containing only brilliant songs with good lyrics that still seem very pleasant now. Those who like Neil Young's music, this album should have absolutely! It is a work full of melancholy, thoughtfulness, self-pity and sarcasm. Only the first song "Walk on" is cheerful, here is the Master himself speaks about courage. Otherwise, it is already clear when you look at the song titles, where the journey goes: three times Blues. The coolest is the Vampire Blues ", a scathing reckoning with the greedy oil industry. The result at the time of the oil crisis of the 1970s. Would be a nice song for a TV commercial. Fittingly as Lennon's communist anthem" Imagine ", which a few years ago an energy company had incorporated. "I'm a vampire baby, sucking blood from the earth."
The majestic song, one of the best that has ever been written Neil Young's "Ambulance Blues" - indescribably beautiful! But as I said, just a blues. "I never knew a man Could tell so many lies. He has a different story for every set of eyes."
As for everything new needs of the listener some time to warm up with on the beach. "The album just does not hit and no easy catchy Gedudel to which you get used to as soon as has heard enough of. Like the best works of the master , "Harvest", "After the Goldrush", "Comes A Time" etc. unfolds the whole size of this stroke of genius is best when listening to the whole album. But even individual songs, especially Ambulance Blues "are already brilliantly on its own! Good thing there are the repeat button on the CD player. Oh, CD's. The do not particularly like the masters known and has therefore so long delayed the publication of this plate in digital format, because he was dissatisfied with the sound quality of the CD's cold. Unfortunately, I do not know the vinyl version. But this CD sounds quite good, even over headphones. And if you want even more, waiting for the DVD-Audio version. With Harvest "the record company has already begun to publish the back catalog in improved sound output.

"On the beach" is an introverted, brooding and melancholy Neil Young. In the title piece, he confesses: "I need a crowd of people, but I can not face them day to day." This is honest and sympathetic to spit certainly better than the sometimes annoying audience, as did Pink Floyd's Roger Waters. Neil Young takes here is a break from show business after he was recently with "Heart of Gold" at a crossroads. In the short term it could have been one of the most commercially successful stars of the seventies. He opted for a long-lasting musical career to date and allowed himself the luxury to live out his creativity. The fans love him for it idolatry, even though they had to endure this nonsense as "Trans" and "Everybody's rocking".

Playing tips: Walk on, Vampire Blues, Ambulance Blues