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DISCID=7d09d00a
DTITLE=Neil Young / Living With War
DYEAR=2006
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=After The Garden
TTITLE1=Living With War
TTITLE2=The Restless Consumer
TTITLE3=Shock And Awe
TTITLE4=Families
TTITLE5=Flags Of Freedom
TTITLE6=Let's Impeach The President
TTITLE7=Lookin' For A Leader
TTITLE8=Roger And Out
TTITLE9=America The Beautiful
EXTD=Living With War\n\nOriginally Released May 8, 2006\nRaw CD+DVD Ed
EXTD=ition Released December 19, 2006\n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: In a move 
EXTD=that deliberately echoes the rush release of "Ohio" in the wake o
EXTD=f the Kent State shootings, Neil Young bashed out his 2006 protes
EXTD=t record Living with War in a matter of days, sometimes recording
EXTD= songs the day they were written, and then seized the opportuniti
EXTD=es of the digital age by streaming the entire album on his websit
EXTD=e only weeks after it was recorded, with the official digital and
EXTD= CD releases trailing several days later. It's the best use yet o
EXTD=f the instant, widespread distribution that the Web has to offer,
EXTD= and it also hearkens back to the days when folk music was topica
EXTD=l, turning the news into song. But if the ballads of the 19th cen
EXTD=tury were passed along gradually, growing along the way, or if th
EXTD=e protest tunes of the folk revival of the 1950s and '60s grew in
EXTD= stature being performed regularly, gaining strength as singer af
EXTD=ter singer sang them, Living with War captures a specific moment 
EXTD=in time: early 2006, when George W. Bush's approval ratings slipp
EXTD=ed to the low 30s, as discontent sowed by the Iraq War, Hurricane
EXTD= Katrina, rising gas prices, and much more turned into a general 
EXTD=malaise in the country (or in political shorthand, it was the mom
EXTD=ent when George W. turned into Jimmy Carter). To some, the specif
EXTD=icity of Young's writing on Living with War will forever date it,
EXTD= but that's a risk with any topical folk, rock, or pop, from "We 
EXTD=Shall Overcome" to "We Are the World" -- or "Ohio," for that matt
EXTD=er. Young is aware of this and embraces the allegedly short shelf
EXTD= life of his songs for Living with War by directly addressing the
EXTD= political turmoil in the U.S.A. in 2006 and the real human wreck
EXTD=age it has left behind. As such, it will function as a vivid docu
EXTD=ment of its era, as much as any journalism of its time, but Livin
EXTD=g with War isn't rock-as-CNN: it's a work of art, and it's a cann
EXTD=y one at that, with Young drawing on familiar words and music to 
EXTD=create both historic and emotional context for his songs. It's no
EXTD=t merely clever that "Living with War" quotes "The Star Spangled 
EXTD=Banner," or that "Flags of Freedom" consciously reworks Dylan's "
EXTD=Chimes of Freedom" -- it helps tie Young's work to the past and g
EXTD=ives his new work greater resonance. And nowhere is that more tru
EXTD=e than on "Let's Impeach the President" and how its melody recall
EXTD=s "The City of New Orleans" to help underscore what was lost in t
EXTD=he government's bungled reaction to Katrina's devastation to the 
EXTD=legendary American city. With a grandstanding title like that, al
EXTD=ong with its George W. soundbites, "Let's Impeach the President" 
EXTD=is the flashiest song here, and it crystallizes what's good about
EXTD= the album: sure, it pulls no punches and it's angry, but it's no
EXTD=t just ranting; it's artfully written and effective, as is Living
EXTD= with War as a whole. It's not perfect, but it has a vitality lac
EXTD=king in Young's recorded work of the last 15 years or so, and its
EXTD= blend of Greendale's loud, meandering guitar rock and the bitter
EXTD=sweet mournful, aging hippie vibe of Prairie Wind is not only app
EXTD=ealing, it's better executed than either of those good yet flawed
EXTD= records -- and that execution not only applies to the ragged glo
EXTD=ry of the recording, but to the songs themselves. They manage to 
EXTD=be unified in a way that Young wanted Greendale to be but didn't 
EXTD=quite pull off, yet they also stand on their own and are, overall
EXTD=, more memorable than those on Prairie Wind. And that's the reaso
EXTD=n why, politics aside, Living with War stands as a very strong, e
EXTD=ffective Neil Young album that will continue to have a punch long
EXTD= after the George W. Bush administration has faded into the histo
EXTD=ry books.  -- Stephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Rev
EXTD=iew\nEven if you don't agree with Neil Young's politics, you can'
EXTD=t help but be daunted by the intersection of his genius and ire o
EXTD=n his second album in less than seven months. It is the very rare
EXTD= artist who is able to channel indignation and moral disgust in s
EXTD=uch a coherent and forceful way--without sacrificing any of the v
EXTD=ivid imagery, passion, or the high level of musicality that we ha
EXTD=ve come to expect from him over the past four decades. But that's
EXTD= not what elevates this album: it's his pure, naked, visceral rea
EXTD=ction to the Bush administration's foreign policy, building on a 
EXTD=canon of outrage that he began with 1970's "Ohio," penned in the 
EXTD=wake of the Kent State student deaths. But here he goes one bette
EXTD=r, filling in the lines that he began to draw on 2003's Greendale
EXTD= about a family caught in changing times. But Young's done with m
EXTD=using about lost ideals. On Living with War, he demands much more
EXTD= from his audience, and himself. This is nothing less than a call
EXTD= for fearless action in extraordinarily fearful times. --Jaan Uhe
EXTD=lszki \n\nAmazon.com Product Description\nThe Canadian music hall
EXTD= of famer and former member of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, St
EXTD=ills, Nash and Young is responsible for hits like Southern Man, H
EXTD=eart of Gold and Harvest Moon. But on his newest record, to be ti
EXTD=tled Living with the War, Young is taking a page from Bob Dylan a
EXTD=nd putting together an album of protest songs against the actions
EXTD= of American President George W. Bush. One of the tracks on the u
EXTD=pcoming release, which as of yet has no release date, is said to 
EXTD=feature the single Let's Impeach the President whose subject is f
EXTD=airly obvious. Not a stranger to protest music the Crosby, Stills
EXTD=, Nash and Young tune Ohio was written in reaction to a protest a
EXTD=gainst the Vietnam War. \n\n\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nIn a time of 
EXTD=crisis, subtlety is not an option, and speed is essential. Neil Y
EXTD=oung recorded the nine original songs on this album in six days, 
EXTD=just a month ago. He wrote four of those songs on the day he cut 
EXTD=them. And in all nine, Young charges the current president and hi
EXTD=s administration with, among other things, lying, spying, waging 
EXTD=war with no right or reason and dereliction of duty to the nation
EXTD='s founding ideals. He then calls for the most extreme judgment a
EXTD=vailable to the American people in "Let's Impeach the President,"
EXTD= with rusty-fuzz guitar, the righteous muscle of a hundred-strong
EXTD= choir, a trumpet playing "Taps" and the self-incriminating voice
EXTD= of Bush himself. \nLiving With War is one man's opinion: Young r
EXTD=eports, you decide. But it is an indictment of the sorry state of
EXTD= open debate in this country -- and its rock & roll -- that the m
EXTD=ost direct, public and inspiring challenge to the Bush presidency
EXTD= this year has been made by a sixty-year-old Canadian-born singer
EXTD=-songwriter who, even at his most apoplectic, can't resist a line
EXTD= like "trippin' down the old hippie highway" ("Roger and Out"). I
EXTD=t is also an impressive measure of Young's refusal to burn out or
EXTD= fade away that he states his case with clarity as well as dirty 
EXTD=garage-trio momentum. For me, the most damning lines in "Let's Im
EXTD=peach the President" have nothing to do with Iraq and everything 
EXTD=to do with Washington's shameful delinquency at home: "What if Al
EXTD= Qaeda blew up the levees?/Would New Orleans have been safer that
EXTD= way/Sheltered by our government's protection?" \n\nYoung has stu
EXTD=ck his neck out before, not always in the expected direction ("Ev
EXTD=en Richard Nixon has got soul," he noted in "Campaigner"). But he
EXTD= has not written and recorded with such emergency since "Ohio." Y
EXTD=ou can hear the haste in the sometimes odd balance of Young's str
EXTD=angled tenor and the gospel army behind him. And many songs are b
EXTD=uilt on mantralike repetition: Young's chanting of "Don't need/No
EXTD= more lies" in "The Restless Consumer," the circular worry in the
EXTD= melody of the title song. But much of the album is set to the rh
EXTD=ythm of Vietnam repeating itself. In "Flags of Freedom," a young 
EXTD=girl watches her brother march off to certain death to a chorus t
EXTD=hat echoes Bob Dylan's "Chimes of Freedom." And since the White H
EXTD=ouse ensures that we don't see the soaring price of Iraq -- the c
EXTD=offins coming home -- on the evening news, Young has trumpeter To
EXTD=m Bray blow a bruised, elegiac solo for the dead in "Shock and Aw
EXTD=e," against sandstorm guitar and the harsh splash of drummer Chad
EXTD= Cromwell's cymbals. \n\nRight-wing foghorns will go to town with
EXTD= the fact that Young is not a U.S. citizen, even though he has li
EXTD=ved here since the late Sixties and has three American-born child
EXTD=ren who will have to live through the consequences to come. But a
EXTD=t the end of the album, Young lets America speak for itself, in t
EXTD=he choir's Sunday-prayer-meeting delivery of "America the Beautif
EXTD=ul." There is no irony, anger or guitars, just faith and a final 
EXTD=warning that until we truly live up to the perfection in the fina
EXTD=l verse -- "Brotherhood/From sea to shining sea" -- no one has th
EXTD=e right to say, "Mission accomplished."  (May 1, 2006) -- \nDAVID
EXTD= FRICKE\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Neil Young, Niko Bolas \n
EXTD=\nAlbum Notes\nPersonnel: Neil Young (vocals); Tommy Bray (trumpe
EXTD=t); Rick Rosas (bass instrument); Chad Cromwell (drums).\nNeil Yo
EXTD=ung has never been one to avoid political commentary. Ever since 
EXTD="Ohio," his classic anthem of moral outrage about the Kent State 
EXTD=student massacre in 1970, Young's music has pulled no punches abo
EXTD=ut the injustices of American policy both foreign and domestic. 2
EXTD=006's LIVING WITH WAR continues that trend; in fact, the album is
EXTD= the most overtly political of Young's long, dazzling career.\nA 
EXTD=collection of protest songs that takes the Bush administration di
EXTD=rectly to task for their actions in Iraq and elsewhere, LIVING WI
EXTD=TH WAR boils with outrage and aches with pathos (the grungy, midt
EXTD=empo opener "After the Garden" is a fine example of the latter). 
EXTD="Let's Impeach the President" and "Lookin' for a Leader" leave li
EXTD=ttle question as to Young's opinion of George W., while the crunc
EXTD=hing, electric-guitar-heavy feel of the album underscores Young's
EXTD= bitter aggression. The album draws on the artist's lineage to th
EXTD=e socially conscious activism of the 1960s, yet it feels energize
EXTD=d, angry, contemporary, and timely, further highlighting Young's 
EXTD=status as one of rock's longest-running and most integrity-driven
EXTD= heroes.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMISSION ACCOMPLISHED, Dec
EXTD=ember 25, 2006\nReviewer: Mo Lindsey (Newark, New Jersey United S
EXTD=tates)\nThis is a great cd. Overall the cd is an abashing comment
EXTD=ary on the GW Bush administration's incompetent , deceptive , and
EXTD= arrogant approach to going into Iraq and its effect on most of t
EXTD=he soldiers , the friends & relatives of the soldiers , and the A
EXTD=merican public in general. \n\n"Lets Impeach The President" and "
EXTD=Lookin' For A Leader" are very direct expressions of disdain for 
EXTD=George W. Bush. The titles alone will tell you that. ("Lets Impea
EXTD=ch The President" uses Bush's own soundbites to point out his con
EXTD=tradictions). "Shock & Awe" reminds us of the embarrassing displa
EXTD=y of overconfidence by Bush landing on that fighter deck and clai
EXTD=ming "mission accomplished" yet unfortunately after that day ther
EXTD=e have been hundreds and hundreds of soldiers in Iraq killed sinc
EXTD=e. For me , this is one of the more powerful songs on this cd alo
EXTD=ng with "Lookin' For A Leader". At times its tough for me to dete
EXTD=rmine which one is my overall favorite because both are so good. 
EXTD=(I'm leaning towards "Lookin' For A Leader"). I love the accurate
EXTD= message/lyrics , that slightly overamplified guitar-driven sound
EXTD= , and the choir is awesome. \n\nWhether you agree or disagree wi
EXTD=th his point of view really isn't the issue. Neil makes it very c
EXTD=lear where he stands. "Lookin' For a Leader" and "Shock and Awe" 
EXTD=are as powerful as "Southern Man" and "Ohio". His effective blend
EXTD= of his own stern hopes and observations with terrific instrument
EXTD=als makes this cd a work of art from top to bottom. Neil Young ha
EXTD=d something to express through his art and he achieved it loudly 
EXTD=and clearly.....mission accomplished. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER R
EXTD=EVIEW\nMusically this album stands up with the best of Neil Young
EXTD=. , August 21, 2006\nReviewer: Brit Bunkley "Brit" (New Zealand)\n
EXTD=\nMusically this album stands up with the best of Neil Young. Alt
EXTD=hough one of his infamous, brilliant long solos could have improv
EXTD=ed the recording, his spare electric rock playing is his stronges
EXTD=t in years. Great back up band. \n\nLyrically, "Living With War" 
EXTD=is both sappy and naively ill informed as well as thrilling and e
EXTD=ndearing...like most Neil Young songs. Although I, like most of t
EXTD=he world, agree that the occupation of Iraq is criminal; his fait
EXTD=h in George Bush preceding the invasion was immature at best. I a
EXTD=m also unclear how he could suggest Colin Powel might make a good
EXTD= president. After all, Powell began his career as an officer in c
EXTD=harge of coveting up the Mai Lai massacre in Vietnam. Powell in h
EXTD=igh level decision making capacity (like Rumsfeld and Cheney) sup
EXTD=ported Saddam without guilt throughout the dictator's worst atroc
EXTD=ities in the 80's. \n\nBut then Young tends to follow the corpora
EXTD=te media's lead, as when supporting Reagan in the 80s' (in realit
EXTD=y, the only major administration found guilty in the internationa
EXTD=l court at The Hague of "terrorism" when mining the harbors of de
EXTD=mocratic Nicaragua). The liberal wing of the Orwellian corporate 
EXTD=powers that be (including some in the corporations that own and o
EXTD=perate the major media) now realize the war was a mistake (not be
EXTD=cause of its ruthless illegal bloodshed, but because we did not w
EXTD=in). Young is simply following the lead. On the other hand, given
EXTD= the power of the media, who can really blame him? As with the ma
EXTD=gnificent song, "Ohio", he does a great job at radical chic. \n\n
EXTD=Fantastic music though and his overall sentiment is commendable. 
EXTD=\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nNeil Young - Sinkin' Since The 
EXTD=River Took Emmy Lou..., July 17, 2006\nReviewer: Raymond Gerling 
EXTD=(Grosse Pointe Woods, MI)\n\nAlright I get it - Barb and Neil wan
EXTD=t a Democrat in the Whitehouse. I know Republicans lie - Democrat
EXTD=s don't. I got it -enough already!!! Neil Young needs a reality c
EXTD=heck. Young has created a catalog of many great songs/albums/DVD'
EXTD=s and 3 great tunes bubble up to the service on this one; "After 
EXTD=The Garden", "Families", and "Roger and Out". The remainder of th
EXTD=e album is bogged down by poor music (no melodies) and poor lyric
EXTD=s \n(righteous indignation). When Young sings of Americans \ndoin
EXTD=g "what we knew best and now we can't go back" in the vapid "Shoc
EXTD=k and Awe" he describes the population of America as a regretful 
EXTD=mass of Bush supporters with no iniative to move forward. Young's
EXTD= depiction of Americans is both insulting and inaccurate. Young s
EXTD=eems to be preaching to the "100 voice choir" \non most of this a
EXTD=lbum. Most fans of Young already have similar political viewpoint
EXTD=s and probably will welcome his vitriol. I have been a fan of You
EXTD=ng's music for years but most of this album is unlistenable for m
EXTD=e. I know that it is hard for an artist of Young's caliber to mai
EXTD=ntain consistent quality over a \nlong career, but this album mak
EXTD=es me long for "Rust Never Sleeps" \nan album that seemed to be a
EXTD= more mature "protest" album. On "Rust..." nobody was neglected; 
EXTD=his contemporaries(Thraser and Rust), Hollywood's lunacy and Amer
EXTD=ica's mistreatment of native Americans (Marlon Brando, Pocahantus
EXTD= and Me), etc. \n"Living With War" does not even come close to Yo
EXTD=ung's finest work. Cromwell and Rosas combine to mimic a "Crazy H
EXTD=orse" sound. But what ever happened to Crazy Horse? Are they a bu
EXTD=nch of Republicans? I wonder what Young would do if Ozama showed 
EXTD=up at his door...Would he invite him in, call the authorities, or
EXTD= pull the trigger. I'd pull the trigger and "never stop to wonder
EXTD= why."\n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nnot um ... not good, July
EXTD= 2, 2006\nReviewer: will owens (seattle)\nThis is my first negati
EXTD=ve critique, but thought it necessary because I treasure the Neil
EXTD= Young catalogue and wanted to sway any new fans away from this. 
EXTD=I do greatly appreciate the concept of the album, and can embrace
EXTD= lyrics such as "Let's impeach the president / For hijacking our 
EXTD=religion and using it to get elected." That, unfortunately, rings
EXTD= too blatantly true. But the music itself does not, which actuall
EXTD=y ends up hurting the overall cause. Relying on distorted electri
EXTD=c guitars, for example, places too much emphasis on the drumming 
EXTD=which is just painful to listen to here. Electronic drum tracks u
EXTD=sually sound substantially better. I'm really not sure how fans o
EXTD=f Crazy Horse could even digest this recording. The remainder of 
EXTD=the mix, style and structure pales in comparison to any of Neil's
EXTD= finer work, which (among others) includes Tonight's the Night, Z
EXTD=uma, On the Beach, Stars n Bars, Ragged Glory and his first four 
EXTD=solo albums. Of his more recent recordings, 2005's Prairie Wind h
EXTD=olds up nicely while using similar choir-like backing vocals as u
EXTD=sed here. It's a well-formed acoustic album with nice hooks, swee
EXTD=t melodies and more thoughtful lyrics that better befit Neil Youn
EXTD=g, a great recording artist we're very lucky to still call (at le
EXTD=ast in the broader sense) an American. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER 
EXTD=REVIEW\nI thought we were gonna roll?, May 15, 2006\nA Kid's Revi
EXTD=ew\nWhat's up, Neil? I thought we were gonna roll? You know, figh
EXTD=t for freedom? I must have missed a memo. This cd is laughable - 
EXTD=Country Joe and The Fish for the 21st century. Once you drive thi
EXTD=s lemon off the lot it's already depreciated considerably. In a c
EXTD=ouple months it will be as dated as that half gallon of milk that
EXTD='s been sitting in the back of your fridge. What pathetic about m
EXTD=ost of you Bush haters is how you will give 5 stars to anything t
EXTD=hat gives vent to your vile hatred of the president, regardless o
EXTD=f the quality. Let's Impeach the President - what a pathetic, art
EXTD=less example of pettiness. Would a Dylan or a Springsteen resort 
EXTD=to this pathetic, artless exercise even if they felt the exact sa
EXTD=me way. That's why Neil's in Triple A compared to those guys. But
EXTD= you can buy this glistening turd and build up Neil's bank accoun
EXTD=t and pretend that your making a difference. As for me I'll be la
EXTD=ughing at you the whole time. ;-) 
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