Word: neil
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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THIS IS JUNK, and not even the good junk that we've come to expect from Neil Simon. Many of the touches in the movie are familiar--you will probably recognize your own refrigerator--and once an hour one of Simon's characters delivers a comic yet profound line about American relationships on the run in the 1970s. But Chapter Two, an adaptation of Simon's long-running Broadway play, never grasps onto more than the obvious...
Several of these antiques, including Led Zeppelin and the Rolling Stones, have adjusted to current trends, trying to retain some of their grandeur, but one survivor has refused to change his tune. Neil Young highlighted 1979 with his Rust series, a three-part statement that reaffirms his faith in rock and in himself...
...time, or that was never there at all, whether it is a collection by Solomon Burke or some blues by Jimmy Reed. The evaluations can be infuriatingly arbitrary: albums by a group of four-chord gobblers like Mahogany Rush are rated as high as some by Van Morrison and Neil Young. The fault, however, is also part of the point. Rock reviewing is high-temperature writing. It has as much in common with the sports page as the book review. The best entries in the Guide mean to pick a fight, to get you to listen close and to give...
...Neil Young & Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps (Reprise/Warner Bros., 1979). Young's songs are benedictions at the end of a long, troubled night. This album strikes a neat balance between reverie and delirium...