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DISCID=6c092009
DTITLE=Neil Young / Living With War (''In The Beginning'')
DYEAR=2006
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=After The Garden (Raw Mix)
TTITLE1=Living With War (Raw Mix)
TTITLE2=The Restless Consumer (Raw Mix)
TTITLE3=Shock And Awe (Raw Mix)
TTITLE4=Families (Raw Mix)
TTITLE5=Flags Of Freedom (Raw Mix)
TTITLE6=Let's Impeach The President (Raw Mix)
TTITLE7=Lookin' For A Leader (Raw Mix)
TTITLE8=Roger And Out (Raw Mix)
EXTD=Living With War (''In The Beginning'')\n2006 Reprise Records, Inc
EXTD=.\n\nOriginally Released May 8, 2006\nRaw CD+DVD Edition Released
EXTD= December 19, 2006\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: In a move that deliberat
EXTD=ely echoes the rush release of "Ohio" in the wake of the Kent Sta
EXTD=te shootings, Neil Young bashed out his 2006 protest record Livin
EXTD=g with War in a matter of days, sometimes recording songs the day
EXTD= they were written, and then seized the opportunities of the digi
EXTD=tal age by streaming the entire album on his website only weeks a
EXTD=fter it was recorded, with the official digital and CD releases t
EXTD=railing several days later. It's the best use yet of the instant,
EXTD= widespread distribution that the Web has to offer, and it also h
EXTD=earkens back to the days when folk music was topical, turning the
EXTD= news into song. But if the ballads of the 19th century were pass
EXTD=ed along gradually, growing along the way, or if the protest tune
EXTD=s of the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s grew in stature being
EXTD= performed regularly, gaining strength as singer after singer san
EXTD=g them, Living with War captures a specific moment in time: early
EXTD= 2006, when George W. Bush's approval ratings slipped to the low 
EXTD=30s, as discontent sowed by the Iraq War, Hurricane Katrina, risi
EXTD=ng gas prices, and much more turned into a general malaise in the
EXTD= country (or in political shorthand, it was the moment when Georg
EXTD=e W. turned into Jimmy Carter). To some, the specificity of Young
EXTD='s writing on Living with War will forever date it, but that's a 
EXTD=risk with any topical folk, rock, or pop, from "We Shall Overcome
EXTD=" to "We Are the World" -- or "Ohio," for that matter. Young is a
EXTD=ware of this and embraces the allegedly short shelf life of his s
EXTD=ongs for Living with War by directly addressing the political tur
EXTD=moil in the U.S.A. in 2006 and the real human wreckage it has lef
EXTD=t behind. As such, it will function as a vivid document of its er
EXTD=a, as much as any journalism of its time, but Living with War isn
EXTD='t rock-as-CNN: it's a work of art, and it's a canny one at that,
EXTD= with Young drawing on familiar words and music to create both hi
EXTD=storic and emotional context for his songs. It's not merely cleve
EXTD=r that "Living with War" quotes "The Star Spangled Banner," or th
EXTD=at "Flags of Freedom" consciously reworks Dylan's "Chimes of Free
EXTD=dom" -- it helps tie Young's work to the past and gives his new w
EXTD=ork greater resonance. And nowhere is that more true than on "Let
EXTD='s Impeach the President" and how its melody recalls "The City of
EXTD= New Orleans" to help underscore what was lost in the government'
EXTD=s bungled reaction to Katrina's devastation to the legendary Amer
EXTD=ican city. With a grandstanding title like that, along with its G
EXTD=eorge W. soundbites, "Let's Impeach the President" is the flashie
EXTD=st song here, and it crystallizes what's good about the album: su
EXTD=re, it pulls no punches and it's angry, but it's not just ranting
EXTD=; it's artfully written and effective, as is Living with War as a
EXTD= whole. It's not perfect, but it has a vitality lacking in Young'
EXTD=s recorded work of the last 15 years or so, and its blend of Gree
EXTD=ndale's loud, meandering guitar rock and the bittersweet mournful
EXTD=, aging hippie vibe of Prairie Wind is not only appealing, it's b
EXTD=etter executed than either of those good yet flawed records -- an
EXTD=d that execution not only applies to the ragged glory of the reco
EXTD=rding, but to the songs themselves. They manage to be unified in 
EXTD=a way that Young wanted Greendale to be but didn't quite pull off
EXTD=, yet they also stand on their own and are, overall, more memorab
EXTD=le than those on Prairie Wind. And that's the reason why, politic
EXTD=s aside, Living with War stands as a very strong, effective Neil 
EXTD=Young album that will continue to have a punch long after the Geo
EXTD=rge W. Bush administration has faded into the history books.  -- 
EXTD=Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nEven if y
EXTD=ou don't agree with Neil Young's politics, you can't help but be 
EXTD=daunted by the intersection of his genius and ire on his second a
EXTD=lbum in less than seven months. It is the very rare artist who is
EXTD= able to channel indignation and moral disgust in such a coherent
EXTD= and forceful way--without sacrificing any of the vivid imagery, 
EXTD=passion, or the high level of musicality that we have come to exp
EXTD=ect from him over the past four decades. But that's not what elev
EXTD=ates this album: it's his pure, naked, visceral reaction to the B
EXTD=ush administration's foreign policy, building on a canon of outra
EXTD=ge that he began with 1970's "Ohio," penned in the wake of the Ke
EXTD=nt State student deaths. But here he goes one better, filling in 
EXTD=the lines that he began to draw on 2003's Greendale about a famil
EXTD=y caught in changing times. But Young's done with musing about lo
EXTD=st ideals. On Living with War, he demands much more from his audi
EXTD=ence, and himself. This is nothing less than a call for fearless 
EXTD=action in extraordinarily fearful times. --Jaan Uhelszki \n\nAmaz
EXTD=on.com Product Description\nThe Canadian music hall of famer and 
EXTD=former member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and
EXTD= Young is responsible for hits like Southern Man, Heart of Gold a
EXTD=nd Harvest Moon. But on his newest record, to be titled Living wi
EXTD=th the War, Young is taking a page from Bob Dylan and putting tog
EXTD=ether an album of protest songs against the actions of American P
EXTD=resident George W. Bush. One of the tracks on the upcoming releas
EXTD=e, which as of yet has no release date, is said to feature the si
EXTD=ngle Let's Impeach the President whose subject is fairly obvious.
EXTD= Not a stranger to protest music the Crosby, Stills, Nash and You
EXTD=ng tune Ohio was written in reaction to a protest against the Vie
EXTD=tnam War. \n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nIn a time of crisis, subtle
EXTD=ty is not an option, and speed is essential. Neil Young recorded 
EXTD=the nine original songs on this album in six days, just a month a
EXTD=go. He wrote four of those songs on the day he cut them. And in a
EXTD=ll nine, Young charges the current president and his administrati
EXTD=on with, among other things, lying, spying, waging war with no ri
EXTD=ght or reason and dereliction of duty to the nation's founding id
EXTD=eals. He then calls for the most extreme judgment available to th
EXTD=e American people in "Let's Impeach the President," with rusty-fu
EXTD=zz guitar, the righteous muscle of a hundred-strong choir, a trum
EXTD=pet playing "Taps" and the self-incriminating voice of Bush himse
EXTD=lf. \nLiving With War is one man's opinion: Young reports, you de
EXTD=cide. But it is an indictment of the sorry state of open debate i
EXTD=n this country -- and its rock & roll -- that the most direct, pu
EXTD=blic and inspiring challenge to the Bush presidency this year has
EXTD= been made by a sixty-year-old Canadian-born singer-songwriter wh
EXTD=o, even at his most apoplectic, can't resist a line like "trippin
EXTD=' down the old hippie highway" ("Roger and Out"). It is also an i
EXTD=mpressive measure of Young's refusal to burn out or fade away tha
EXTD=t he states his case with clarity as well as dirty garage-trio mo
EXTD=mentum. For me, the most damning lines in "Let's Impeach the Pres
EXTD=ident" have nothing to do with Iraq and everything to do with Was
EXTD=hington's shameful delinquency at home: "What if Al Qaeda blew up
EXTD= the levees?/Would New Orleans have been safer that way/Sheltered
EXTD= by our government's protection?" \n\nYoung has stuck his neck ou
EXTD=t before, not always in the expected direction ("Even Richard Nix
EXTD=on has got soul," he noted in "Campaigner"). But he has not writt
EXTD=en and recorded with such emergency since "Ohio." You can hear th
EXTD=e haste in the sometimes odd balance of Young's strangled tenor a
EXTD=nd the gospel army behind him. And many songs are built on mantra
EXTD=like repetition: Young's chanting of "Don't need/No more lies" in
EXTD= "The Restless Consumer," the circular worry in the melody of the
EXTD= title song. But much of the album is set to the rhythm of Vietna
EXTD=m repeating itself. In "Flags of Freedom," a young girl watches h
EXTD=er brother march off to certain death to a chorus that echoes Bob
EXTD= Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom." And since the White House ensures t
EXTD=hat we don't see the soaring price of Iraq -- the coffins coming 
EXTD=home -- on the evening news, Young has trumpeter Tom Bray blow a 
EXTD=bruised, elegiac solo for the dead in "Shock and Awe," against sa
EXTD=ndstorm guitar and the harsh splash of drummer Chad Cromwell's cy
EXTD=mbals. \n\nRight-wing foghorns will go to town with the fact that
EXTD= Young is not a U.S. citizen, even though he has lived here since
EXTD= the late Sixties and has three American-born children who will h
EXTD=ave to live through the consequences to come. But at the end of t
EXTD=he album, Young lets America speak for itself, in the choir's Sun
EXTD=day-prayer-meeting delivery of "America the Beautiful." There is 
EXTD=no irony, anger or guitars, just faith and a final warning that u
EXTD=ntil we truly live up to the perfection in the final verse -- "Br
EXTD=otherhood/From sea to shining sea" -- no one has the right to say
EXTD=, "Mission accomplished."  (May 1, 2006) -- \nDAVID FRICKE\n\nHal
EXTD=f.com Details \nProducer: Neil Young, Niko Bolas \n\nAlbum Notes\n
EXTD=Personnel: Neil Young (vocals); Tommy Bray (trumpet); Rick Rosas 
EXTD=(bass instrument); Chad Cromwell (drums).\nNeil Young has never b
EXTD=een one to avoid political commentary. Ever since "Ohio," his cla
EXTD=ssic anthem of moral outrage about the Kent State student massacr
EXTD=e in 1970, Young's music has pulled no punches about the injustic
EXTD=es of American policy both foreign and domestic. 2006's LIVING WI
EXTD=TH WAR continues that trend; in fact, the album is the most overt
EXTD=ly political of Young's long, dazzling career.\nA collection of p
EXTD=rotest songs that takes the Bush administration directly to task 
EXTD=for their actions in Iraq and elsewhere, LIVING WITH WAR boils wi
EXTD=th outrage and aches with pathos (the grungy, midtempo opener "Af
EXTD=ter the Garden" is a fine example of the latter). "Let's Impeach 
EXTD=the President" and "Lookin' for a Leader" leave little question a
EXTD=s to Young's opinion of George W., while the crunching, electric-
EXTD=guitar-heavy feel of the album underscores Young's bitter aggress
EXTD=ion. The album draws on the artist's lineage to the socially cons
EXTD=cious activism of the 1960s, yet it feels energized, angry, conte
EXTD=mporary, and timely, further highlighting Young's status as one o
EXTD=f rock's longest-running and most integrity-driven heroes.\n\nAMA
EXTD=ZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMISSION ACCOMPLISHED, December 25, 2006\n
EXTD=Reviewer: Mo Lindsey (Newark, New Jersey United States)\nThis is 
EXTD=a great cd. Overall the cd is an abashing commentary on the GW Bu
EXTD=sh administration's incompetent , deceptive , and arrogant approa
EXTD=ch to going into Iraq and its effect on most of the soldiers , th
EXTD=e friends & relatives of the soldiers , and the American public i
EXTD=n general. \n\n"Lets Impeach The President" and "Lookin' For A Le
EXTD=ader" are very direct expressions of disdain for George W. Bush. 
EXTD=The titles alone will tell you that. ("Lets Impeach The President
EXTD=" uses Bush's own soundbites to point out his contradictions). "S
EXTD=hock & Awe" reminds us of the embarrassing display of overconfide
EXTD=nce by Bush landing on that fighter deck and claiming "mission ac
EXTD=complished" yet unfortunately after that day there have been hund
EXTD=reds and hundreds of soldiers in Iraq killed since. For me , this
EXTD= is one of the more powerful songs on this cd along with "Lookin'
EXTD= For A Leader". At times its tough for me to determine which one 
EXTD=is my overall favorite because both are so good. (I'm leaning tow
EXTD=ards "Lookin' For A Leader"). I love the accurate message/lyrics 
EXTD=, that slightly overamplified guitar-driven sound , and the choir
EXTD= is awesome. \n\nWhether you agree or disagree with his point of 
EXTD=view really isn't the issue. Neil makes it very clear where he st
EXTD=ands. "Lookin' For a Leader" and "Shock and Awe" are as powerful 
EXTD=as "Southern Man" and "Ohio". His effective blend of his own ster
EXTD=n hopes and observations with terrific instrumentals makes this c
EXTD=d a work of art from top to bottom. Neil Young had something to e
EXTD=xpress through his art and he achieved it loudly and clearly.....
EXTD=mission accomplished. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMusically
EXTD= this album stands up with the best of Neil Young. , August 21, 2
EXTD=006\nReviewer: Brit Bunkley "Brit" (New Zealand)\n\nMusically thi
EXTD=s album stands up with the best of Neil Young. Although one of hi
EXTD=s infamous, brilliant long solos could have improved the recordin
EXTD=g, his spare electric rock playing is his strongest in years. Gre
EXTD=at back up band. \n\nLyrically, "Living With War" is both sappy a
EXTD=nd naively ill informed as well as thrilling and endearing...like
EXTD= most Neil Young songs. Although I, like most of the world, agree
EXTD= that the occupation of Iraq is criminal; his faith in George Bus
EXTD=h preceding the invasion was immature at best. I am also unclear 
EXTD=how he could suggest Colin Powel might make a good president. Aft
EXTD=er all, Powell began his career as an officer in charge of coveti
EXTD=ng up the Mai Lai massacre in Vietnam. Powell in high level decis
EXTD=ion making capacity (like Rumsfeld and Cheney) supported Saddam w
EXTD=ithout guilt throughout the dictator's worst atrocities in the 80
EXTD='s. \n\nBut then Young tends to follow the corporate media's lead
EXTD=, as when supporting Reagan in the 80s' (in reality, the only maj
EXTD=or administration found guilty in the international court at The 
EXTD=Hague of "terrorism" when mining the harbors of democratic Nicara
EXTD=gua). The liberal wing of the Orwellian corporate powers that be 
EXTD=(including some in the corporations that own and operate the majo
EXTD=r media) now realize the war was a mistake (not because of its ru
EXTD=thless illegal bloodshed, but because we did not win). Young is s
EXTD=imply following the lead. On the other hand, given the power of t
EXTD=he media, who can really blame him? As with the magnificent song,
EXTD= "Ohio", he does a great job at radical chic. \n\nFantastic music
EXTD= though and his overall sentiment is commendable. \n\n\nAMAZON.CO
EXTD=M CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNeil Young - Sinkin' Since The River Took Emmy
EXTD= Lou..., July 17, 2006\nReviewer: Raymond Gerling (Grosse Pointe 
EXTD=Woods, MI)\n\nAlright I get it - Barb and Neil want a Democrat in
EXTD= the Whitehouse. I know Republicans lie - Democrats don't. I got 
EXTD=it -enough already!!! Neil Young needs a reality check. Young has
EXTD= created a catalog of many great songs/albums/DVD's and 3 great t
EXTD=unes bubble up to the service on this one; "After The Garden", "F
EXTD=amilies", and "Roger and Out". The remainder of the album is bogg
EXTD=ed down by poor music (no melodies) and poor lyrics \n(righteous 
EXTD=indignation). When Young sings of Americans \ndoing "what we knew
EXTD= best and now we can't go back" in the vapid "Shock and Awe" he d
EXTD=escribes the population of America as a regretful mass of Bush su
EXTD=pporters with no iniative to move forward. Young's depiction of A
EXTD=mericans is both insulting and inaccurate. Young seems to be prea
EXTD=ching to the "100 voice choir" \non most of this album. Most fans
EXTD= of Young already have similar political viewpoints and probably 
EXTD=will welcome his vitriol. I have been a fan of Young's music for 
EXTD=years but most of this album is unlistenable for me. I know that 
EXTD=it is hard for an artist of Young's caliber to maintain consisten
EXTD=t quality over a \nlong career, but this album makes me long for 
EXTD="Rust Never Sleeps" \nan album that seemed to be a more mature "p
EXTD=rotest" album. On "Rust..." nobody was neglected; his contemporar
EXTD=ies(Thraser and Rust), Hollywood's lunacy and America's mistreatm
EXTD=ent of native Americans (Marlon Brando, Pocahantus and Me), etc. 
EXTD=\n"Living With War" does not even come close to Young's finest wo
EXTD=rk. Cromwell and Rosas combine to mimic a "Crazy Horse" sound. Bu
EXTD=t what ever happened to Crazy Horse? Are they a bunch of Republic
EXTD=ans? I wonder what Young would do if Ozama showed up at his door.
EXTD=..Would he invite him in, call the authorities, or pull the trigg
EXTD=er. I'd pull the trigger and "never stop to wonder why."\n\n\nAMA
EXTD=ZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nnot um ... not good, July 2, 2006\nRevie
EXTD=wer: will owens (seattle)\nThis is my first negative critique, bu
EXTD=t thought it necessary because I treasure the Neil Young catalogu
EXTD=e and wanted to sway any new fans away from this. I do greatly ap
EXTD=preciate the concept of the album, and can embrace lyrics such as
EXTD= "Let's impeach the president / For hijacking our religion and us
EXTD=ing it to get elected." That, unfortunately, rings too blatantly 
EXTD=true. But the music itself does not, which actually ends up hurti
EXTD=ng the overall cause. Relying on distorted electric guitars, for 
EXTD=example, places too much emphasis on the drumming which is just p
EXTD=ainful to listen to here. Electronic drum tracks usually sound su
EXTD=bstantially better. I'm really not sure how fans of Crazy Horse c
EXTD=ould even digest this recording. The remainder of the mix, style 
EXTD=and structure pales in comparison to any of Neil's finer work, wh
EXTD=ich (among others) includes Tonight's the Night, Zuma, On the Bea
EXTD=ch, Stars n Bars, Ragged Glory and his first four solo albums. Of
EXTD= his more recent recordings, 2005's Prairie Wind holds up nicely 
EXTD=while using similar choir-like backing vocals as used here. It's 
EXTD=a well-formed acoustic album with nice hooks, sweet melodies and 
EXTD=more thoughtful lyrics that better befit Neil Young, a great reco
EXTD=rding artist we're very lucky to still call (at least in the broa
EXTD=der sense) an American. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nI thoug
EXTD=ht we were gonna roll?, May 15, 2006\nA Kid's Review\nWhat's up, 
EXTD=Neil? I thought we were gonna roll? You know, fight for freedom? 
EXTD=I must have missed a memo. This cd is laughable - Country Joe and
EXTD= The Fish for the 21st century. Once you drive this lemon off the
EXTD= lot it's already depreciated considerably. In a couple months it
EXTD= will be as dated as that half gallon of milk that's been sitting
EXTD= in the back of your fridge. What pathetic about most of you Bush
EXTD= haters is how you will give 5 stars to anything that gives vent 
EXTD=to your vile hatred of the president, regardless of the quality. 
EXTD=Let's Impeach the President - what a pathetic, artless example of
EXTD= pettiness. Would a Dylan or a Springsteen resort to this patheti
EXTD=c, artless exercise even if they felt the exact same way. That's 
EXTD=why Neil's in Triple A compared to those guys. But you can buy th
EXTD=is glistening turd and build up Neil's bank account and pretend t
EXTD=hat your making a difference. As for me I'll be laughing at you t
EXTD=he whole time. ;-) 
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