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Topic: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

June's Featured Song of the Month is:

After the Goldrush by Neil Young

You can go up to the top of Chordie.com and click on "Home" to search for the song by name in the search box.  There's a few different versions of this song indexed right here on Chordie, though most appear pretty much the same in different keys.   

As well, you can always change it up!  It's a cover after all, and playing it exactly as the original isn't a requirement!  Go do your thing, and come back here to post your recorded version in a reply to this thread!

Here's a few options for those that don't feel like searching:
Rated Best Version indexed on Chordie: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.p … LDRUSH.TXT
Neil Young, Youtube clip from Farm Aid 1998:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOMaqe0LOmo

Listed as Dolly Parton: http://www.chordie.com/chord.pere/www.r … ldrush-crd
YT link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rXwBro3bJc

Covered by tons of others, here's a few Youtube links:
Radiohead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fAz54YWw6I
K.D. Lang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngY5TFwXet8
Natalie Merchant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yE4IvcHYoXA


So, what are you waiting for?  READY?  SET?  WAIT... no spoilers until JUNE 1st, then ...GO!
In the meantime, feel free to discuss your thoughts below!   The song has been selected and posted here so that you have time to practice up, record, and are ready to go June 1st if you want to be one of the first to post your recording.  This thread will stay open though, so if you don't get your recording in before July hits, you can STILL add it at a later date.  smile

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

So looking forward to what people will do with this song smile

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Garsh lets do a hard one! LOLOL dang Girl nice choice to push me!  I guess Rocking in the free world is out! lolol

Speaking of which who gets to be the  one to name the song each month?

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

After the Goldrush has been done by SO many people, yet it always has a similar feel to it... so... I WANT to hear something different!  smile  Come on Scott, rock it out!  LOL!

The suggestion thread is over here for next month:  http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=29668  After we get a bunch of suggestions, the mods will pick together!  HOW will we choose?  Not sure yet!  Ha ha!  But it'll be partially based on song suggestion, participation, who's suggestion has already been chosen, etc... Choices will be made with fairness!  SO.. go for it and offer your suggestions over there!  smile 

REMEMBER - don't post your recording of After the Goldrush in this thread until JUNE!  smile

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

ok I'm in.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Yep i will be having a crack at this one too.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Gave it a shot, not gonna happen with me. That's a rough one.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

beamer, plenty of time yet, they cant go up before June anyway ....... try different chords maybe? or just make it your own version, your own style, using  the same lyrics.   I haven`t tried this one yet, but will give it ago smile

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Ok so Topdown aka Jeff is going to be in Vegas this weekend and we have decided to record June's song. Do y'all want me to embargo it until June 1 or can we fudge a bit? smile

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Baldguitardude wrote:

Ok so Topdown aka Jeff is going to be in Vegas this weekend and we have decided to record June's song. Do y'all want me to embargo it until June 1 or can we fudge a bit? smile

Woohoo, record it!!!   Will look forward to hearing it .........but wait until 1 June to post wink

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Ok and here we go .........

start practicing (or not), get recording, get your version of After the gold Rush up by Neil Young.  Looking forward to hearing everyone's take on this song.  Remember you can make it your own, you don`t have to copy the original if you don`t want to smile

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

I have put my version of After The Gold Rush up on soundcloud if anyone is interested to have a listen. https://soundcloud.com/eatleville/after-the-goldrush

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

I like what you did there. Did you lay all those tracks down manually or how'd you do that?

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

You rotten sons of sea cooks!  Now I've pulled out a D harmonica only to be reminded that I have no idea how to play a harmonica. 

Hmph. 

And a 12 string. 

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Bit   Floydy  Peatle  a  very  different  approach  well  executed .

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Go Peatle
First cover for the month.Come on the rest of ya!
Looking forward to what ya got.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Thank you for having  a listen and the feed back. I did the backing as single tracks with borrowed instruments with the help of my  visiting friend from India, Yogesh and his work, microphones and other tricks.   With the vocals I just recorded that with a cell phone no mike. My aim is to try to keep things raw as possible and aviod using technology. Also that way it covers up my poor singing voice. So its all done manual on this one so that is why the playing is not that great. Drums, Keyboard, Guitar, Bass. We only had an hour to get the instruments down.  Vocals done at home later with cell phone. Zurf I have been trying to get a tune out of a Hamonica I got given at Christmas and it has proved to be a tough instrument to conquer.

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Manually with help on recording instruments by sound engineer.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Cool beans. Experimenting with multiple tracks is something I have yet to frustrate myself with.

The idea for balladizing it was cool.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

We have a copycat in the thread.

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Re: June 2016 Featured Song - After the Goldrush - Neil Young

Your voice suits this style Pete!  Groovin man!  smile  Nicely done, and the FIRST recording of the month! 
Thank you for sharing this with us.  smile

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Liked it Pete!
I agree with Graham - has a Pink Floyd touch to it.
Nice job !

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Woohoo well done Peatle smile

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Zurf wrote:

You rotten sons of sea cooks!  Now I've pulled out a D harmonica only to be reminded that I have no idea how to play a harmonica. 

Hmph. 

And a 12 string. 

- Zurf

Zurf, just starting to learn the harmonica myself,..........*cough* practicing on children`s songs first to get the basic`s in.....................and my husband thinks i am long winded? hah, i don`t have enough puff to make the harmonica sound good yet.  smile

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easybeat wrote:

Go Peatle
First cover for the month.Come on the rest of ya!
Looking forward to what ya got.

Same goes for you easybeat, get onto it smile

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