#flyin high

[half-deadmagicperson]

And He Answered: mer!Danny, inspired by Reign Storm, Everlasting Trio

Crow Lake: like swan lake but with crows and a quest, Savant Par, Fantasy AU?, Royal!Danny

Flyin' High: Danny gets a pilot's license, Slice of Life, Lancer/OC Male Character

[retrocgads]

UK 1998

[flo-ydmarch]

[honkygay]

some AFTG wips that r probably never gonna get finished

[apomaro-mellow]

Finally got to wear my heels from the Karolina Zebrowska collab with American Duchess with the outfit I bought them for so yall get a mini photo shoot

[rastronomicals]

7:25 AM EDT November 2, 2024:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "High Flyin' Bird" From the album Americana (June 5, 2012)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Haunting minor key tune, cover of a song covered second by a band featuring Stephen Stills. Jefferson Airplane and HP Lovecraft also took a crack

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[almostfoxglove]

so some lovely people have been reading through cover me up for the first time and anytime I see comments in the chapter 15-17 range I go hehehe and then they get to chapter 18 and I just.... wait... for them to get to 19 like.... 😳😳😳

[ereborne]

Song of the Day: May 5

"I Hope It Rains" by Jana Kramer

[krispyweiss]

Song Review(s): Neil Young - “Human Highway” (Live, Nov. 5, 1973, w/ the Santa Monica Flyers) and “Little Wing” (Live, 1977, w/ the Ducks)

Two new Neil Young singles - one with the Santa Monica Flyers; the other with the Ducks - focus on Young’s acoustic and electric sides and the lo- and hi-fidelity ends of Young’s Original Bootleg Series.

The Flyers’ Somewhere Under the Rainbow and the Ducks’ High Flyin’ arrive April 14.

While the Nov. 5, 1973, recording of “Human Highway” - and presumably the entire LP from which its culled - is seriously hampered by what sounds to be an amateur audience recording, “Little Wing,” from ’77, belies the Series’ Bootleg banner.

If only one of these LPs can sound good, at least it’s the Ducks’, a short-lived band that played stealth gigs in small venues and never made a proper record.

“Little Wing” suggests that might have been a tactical error. And the cut seeks to rectify that situation.

With Young’s lead and Jeff Blackburn’s rhythm occupying opposite channels and the band fully cognizant of Jimi Hendrix’s legacy, it’s a track that works in both performance and production.

Solo-acoustic, muffled and barely listenable “Human Highway” is so poorly recorded, it’s impossible to discern much about the quality of the performance itself. More concerning is what this means for the full-band selections, which seem guaranteed to be slathered in thick mud.

Grade card: Neil Young - “Human Highway” (Live - 11/5/73, w/ the Santa Monica Flyers) and “Little Wing” (Live, 1977, w/ the Ducks) - D/A-

3/6/23

[meadow-dusk]

Albums I Loved in 2023

May: High Flyin' (2023)

I remember seeing this photo a long time ago: Neil Young playing in front of an amp labeled with a big sticker that read "DUCKS RULE." I thought it was some joke at the time, but I looked into it and learned about them, and it added to the great mercurial mystery that Neil was becoming. After a year of being a fan, I conceded I still had so much to learn about him. So, along with thousands of others, I waited to have a chance to hear anything more than a snippet of the mythic Ducks. There wasn't much circulating: their seven-week tenure in the 1977 Santa Cruz bar scene fizzled out as quickly as it started.

But oh…how blessed we were to get High Flyin': a triple disc bootleg that puts you right there in the middle of the action. In ways, it was everything I expected and in others, everything I didn't expect: country harmonies, folk melodies, loving odes to cars and sea shanties set to rock’n’roll. The ridiculously fun surf rock instrumental “Hey Now” (clearly a Neil Young brainchild) is equally entertaining and adorable. More than anything, it's a good time and good music. There’s no better indication of everyone enjoying themselves than the audience quacking sometimes in lieu of applause (and the band occasionally returning the gesture).

It should surprise no one that I'm coming at this from my usual angle: yes, there are other musicians in this group, and they’re very good (Jeff Blackburn, Johnny Craviotto, and Bob Mosley), but I'm really not here for them, no matter how much they're featured. I was so excited for this release that I placed myself into the detailed fantasy where I could be a witness to their performance, even knowing Neil had more of a backseat role, and loving his versatility to be able to slot into secondary instead of taking the spotlight. But his presence is palpable anyway, the tone of his guitar a deliciously continuous flow through the right side channel (his driving direction perhaps clearest on the slick, heavy “Windward Passage”). Another fan described The Ducks as what Buffalo Springfield would sound like as a 70's bar band, and their rendition of "Mr. Soul" (possibly my favorite ever now!!!) supports that. But they do so much more. They sound like summer. They feel like a welcome sign of parting clouds.

Neil, as usual, brings a rough edge that makes the music feel complete in a way that I’ve come to expect. The same way that, when I was a child, I needed to have the color green in any landscape (or anything really) to be satisfied. It wasn’t a want, or a preference, but a need. One that, in the situation at hand, goes beyond a musical expectation. I recognize that this is likely not a permanent state of being, because nothing ever is. But I have kindled the lights of love, appreciation, and gratitude for Neil for nearly three years now, and this record adds weight to the ever-growing list of reasons why those flames still burn hot. I feel immensely grateful to have insight into this dimension of his artistry and continue to understand him as someone that can be a team player as well as a leader. The inspiration extends beyond technical to a personal realm I’ve never felt with any artist before, and sometimes I forget how truly special that is. It’s good to have reminders like this. Leave it to me to spin this Ducks album reaction into yet another declaration of my love for Neil 😂 but I hear the crowds on this bootleg that light up as soon as he sings…and I know I’m not the only one.

[jazznoisehere]

The Ducks: High Flyin' (Shakey Pictures Records, 2023)

[lakecoded]

look at this insane bathroom i was in earlier

[beemansclub]

[andyridgeley]

me after watching the justified: city primeval episodes

[psychterminal]

Opus & Falco "Flyin`High"

Falco az én szemcsimet húzta fel.

[rastronomicals]

7:28 AM EST December 29, 2023:

Neil Young & Crazy Horse - "High Flyin' Bird" From the album Americana (June 5, 2012)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Neil Young's Four Most Underrated Albums --- People just don't get it, man

re-act-or

Broken Arrow

Americana

Living With War

Neil Young's Three Most Overrated Albums --- Not that they're *bad*, mind you, they're just praised beyond their virtues

American Stars And Bars

Psychedelic Pill

Zuma

*** Other albums are properly rated, methinks ***

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