Neil young has 101 books on goodreads with 21809 ratings. Penguin putnamthe perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil young s legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Sep 25, 2012 the perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Jun 06, 20 waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame. The perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil young s legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. The vexing simplicity of neil young the new yorker.
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Limited and signed edition 9780399162848 by young, neil and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at. This copy was signed by neil young on the number page. Neil young looks to the future and contemplates the past. At points, the book feels like the annual round robin of a proud dad. Praise elliptical and personal waging heavy peace eschews chronology and skips the scoresettling and titillation of other rocker biographies. Neil young has written a memoir, waging heavy peace, whose subtitle sets the mood. Hell on heels by the pistol annies, that slinky trio of country. In waging heavy peace he shares the long and eventful story of his life, but not in the manner which you may initially expect.
In his lively, rollicking, highspirited, and reflective memoir, young, the hugely influential canadian singersongwriter invites readers to sit down on his porch for comfortable conversations about his guitars, his bands, his cars, his inventions, his trains he owns a small share in lionel, and his family. The book is sometimes loose and episodic with no clear orientation, but the spontaneous story telling keeps the writer inspired and the openhearted neil give us lots of interested stuff on the way. The perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. Waging heavy peace is a convoluted road map to that life, drawn on cocktail napkins and pinned up with refrigerator magnets part freeform blog, part liner notes to some future hundreddisc. Young stopped drinking and smoking shortly before starting to write, and it may be that the book represents a sort of displacement therapy. Right off the bat, the problems with waging heavy peace stem from neil young s lack of ability to stick to a story telling format that works. Nov 06, 2012 neil young s new autobiography, waging heavy peace, largely recounts the strange career of its writer, but it contains few of the brilliant peaks that make some of young s frustrating releases. Neil young has, for many years, been a mysterious and elusive figure within the world of rock. Neil young stands still long enough to be photographed with crazy horse the backing band he recruited to record his second album, everybody knows this is nowhere 1969 on malibu beach in 1975. Neil youngs most popular book is waging heavy peace. Neil young s most popular book is waging heavy peace. He also wants you to know that as a result of his weedless existence, hes suffering from a heavy case of songwriters block.
As the book progresses, the operatics of the rock life give way to signal family events, deconstructions of his musical partnerships and musings on the natural world. I was a little surprised when neil young published his memoir, waging heavy peace, because he is the only artist i have ever encountered who is proud of not reading. Waging heavy peace by neil young cover of neil young s memoir neil young, one of the greatest folk and rock songwriters of the last 45 years, has now discovered late in his career the pleasure of writing prose. Penguin putnamthe perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his iconic, beloved songs. The signature is on a special page before the title page, and the book comes in a special. There are many neverbeforereported tidbits in this keepsake. David carr, the new york times waging heavy peace finally is neil young on neil young. Waging heavy peace finally is neil young on neil young.
Neil young books list of books by author neil young. Waging heavy peace by neil young penguin books australia. This book was bound as a signed limited edition by the publisher. Waging heavy peace is a convoluted road map to that life, drawn on cocktail napkins and pinned up with refrigerator magnets. Neil young s new autobiography, waging heavy peace, largely recounts the strange career of its writer, but it contains few of the brilliant peaks that make some of young s frustrating releases. Waging heavy peace book the seattle public library. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable story of the life of one of the worlds best known musicians in his own words. An iconic figure in the history of rock and pop culture inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame, neil young has written his eagerly awaited memoir. Waging heavy peace is a memoir only young could write. The perfect gift for music lovers and neil young fans, telling the story behind neil youngs legendary career and his iconic, beloved. He is clearly still in love with his wife, pegi, and full of wonder at the achievements of his three. Oct 29, 2012 for waging heavy peace there is, in addition to the whole honkin neil young catalog, one of his recent favorites.
I think i will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if i am to succeed and deliver the cargo i so carefully have carried thus far to the outer reaches. He tells of his childhood in ontario, where his father instilled in him a love for the written word. A hippie dream is the first autobiography by the rock musician neil young, published in 2012. The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of neil youngs waging heavy peace, the rock music memoir of the year. This is not a chronology of neil young in the way one might expect a rock memoir to be this is a collection of his musing on life, on his past, on his family, on his loves, and his relationship with drugs. It is a beautiful book, and the sturdy stock gives. From left, they are drummer ralph molina, bassist billy talbot, rhythm guitarist frank poncho sampedro and young.
Neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitari. Featuring a nonlinear narrative, the book covers aspects of his career, family life, hobbies, and nonmusical pursuits. Readers will learn few of the secrets of youngs art of songwriting, save that ohio came in a flash in response to the bad news from kent state, and he didnt play a note on teach your children.
Neil young takes readers on a desultory journey through his life and music in waging heavy peace. Waging heavy peace is a convoluted road map to that life, drawn on cocktail napkins and pinned up with refrigerator magnets part freeform blog, part liner notes to some future hundreddisc anthology and part loopy travelogue through one aging hippies expansive backyard. I think i will have to use my time wisely and keep my thoughts straight if i am to succeed and deliver the cargo i so carefully have carried thus far to the outer. As the book progresses, the operatics of the rock life give way to signal family events. In memoir, neil young wages heavy peace fresh air october 1, 2012 waging heavy peace is about his music, raising two sons with special needs, and his own medical conditions, which have. Waging heavy peace by neil young 2012, hardcover for sale. Neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture generally in the last four decades. Waging heavy peace is an honest book about neil youngs personal and music life.
In a twopage chapter called why this book exists mr. For the first time, legendary singer, songwriter, and guitarist neil young offers a kaleidoscopic view of his personal life and musical creativity. Oct 28, 2012 neil young looks to the future and contemplates the past. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young.
The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of neil young s waging heavy peace, the rock music memoir of the year. Still, young shows a little leg and has some laughs. Inasmuch as this memoir compares to anything, its dylan on dylan in chronicles volume 1, and at the risk of offending, one must read it as perhaps one might the bible. I am a fan of neil young s music and iconic entertainermusician autobiographies and biographies. Neil youngs waging heavy peace is a memoir only he. Waging heavy peace is the remarkable memoir of rock icon neil young neil young is a singular figure in the history of rock and pop culture in the last four decades, inducted not once but twice into the rock and roll hall of fame. Neil youngs memoir, waging heavy peace the new york times. Penned without a coauthor, waging heavy peace often reads less like a traditional autobiography than a lively blog full of casual asides, unpredictable tangents and openended questions as he. This is how it felt to read through the wonderfully thick waging heavy peace.
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