Neil Young - Mr. Soul (12'' extended remix)

[jrmullett]

Just seen a copy in a London record shop for £25. Pretty tempted - this is nuts, kind of Neil meets Joy Divison meets Kraftwerk remixed by an Italio Disco don. It would be brilliant if NY's next move was to revisit this era after the feel-good nostalgia of the Buffalo Springfield reunion. Keep everyone on their toes.

[tomadamsinva]

Who changes more? B. Dylan, N. Young or the thin white duke? I like Neil better when he channels Dylan or Native American spirits. In this he seems to have tapped into D. Bowie(a.k.a. 'thin white duke'). But Neil is the most prolific genius to date(though B. Springsteen is giving him a run for his money). Long may you run Neil.

[rhymepays]

Neil what were you thinking? I wish I never heard this.

[qslab92]

Very cool. Seems like Neil's vocoder vox are clearer here than on the album. And lots of fun little extra effects added throughout. Oh Neil!

[spatoon]

Let it be known that I like this video *thumbs up*

[spilledlikewine]

thanks so much for this! it's slaaaaaaying me!

[DDtelecaster]

OK - its the sennheiser. Thanks. I've been trying out the EVOC 20 vocoder in logic pro. Using the EVOC20 in track oscillator mode you can use any synth (or other source) you have for the carrier signal. Sounds very good with Arturia's Moog Modular plugin!

[VoiceEncoder]

Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201!!!

[VoiceEncoder]

@response007 I just confirmed this myself with my copy of the book.

[response007]

@VoiceEncoder Actually it's the Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201...but I too used to think it was the Moog!!

[TheQ1605]

This is exactly like something Neil would do and this being his trans days even more so. It's like he said of tonight's the night. You may not put it on at 10 in the AM but there is a place for it somewhere.

[DDtelecaster]

@VoiceEncoder Thanks ! The sound is distant and dangerous, fits the mood perfectly. I'm very curious how you know NY's vocoder technology from 1983.

[danycam1]

Hi there, is this the flipside of the same song that was on the cd trans? I have been looking for this version of mr soul for eons and no one, i mean, no one has it. Do u have it and can i get a copy somehow? I grew up with this song. I sooo wish i had it.

[KOSMICKEN09]

Neil does whatever the fuck he wants...which is why he's so amazing even today...his newest lp Le Noise is amazing.

[shalloend]

like this version.....funky, different

[DDtelecaster]

Anybody know what vocoder Neil was using on Trans ? A few vocoders are shown in this vid - but does anybody know for sure ? It wasn't R3 since it wasn't around in 82.

[response007]

@DDtelecaster Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201!! I too like 'VoiceEncoder' used to think it was the Moog!!

[VoiceEncoder]

@DDtelecaster Sennheiser Vocoder VSM201!!!

[crackheadmanning]

i believe i heard it on the streets of nyc. some black dude had on his ghetto blaster

[weinerbongo]

It's like Neil Young doing The Residents doing Neil Young.

[umpfco]

Trans was the first Neil Young LP I ever bought. A late night TV show would play clips from the Berlin show. Sample and hold was the 1st Neil Young song I ever heard at age 13. Still on of my favorites. I have worn out several copies at this point.

Would love to hear the "Sample and Hold" remix!

[jazzliscious13]

This came from his 1982 album "Trans". BUY IT! That's right this is a real record! My dad bought this album when it was brand new! MTV showed a video for a very short time of Neil and his band (which consisted of Nils Lofgren) performing Sample And Hold. His most innovative work ever!

[ffferol]

This is really wonderful and I very much appreciate your detailed liner notes. Thank you!

[cbmccarthy]

Another brilliant track from Trans

[alexriesenbeck]

this is incredible. thanks for the upload!

[lotusnes]

wow.

[kvanderaa]

Absolutely fantastic, way ahead of it's time

[btartar1]

Mas super que nunca!

[GodfreRayKing]

hello mr soul , i saw neil and bruce palmer perform this at the cow palace in the eighties , it was really SOMETHING

[roblawson88]

yup, if i remember right neil saw devo had written it on a door in some studio, i might be remembering wrong. for all neil young information read the biography 'Shakey'

[jeffkahl]

no he sat in at a Devo gig at The Mabuhay Gardens and did My My Hey Hey and they sang "rust never sleeps" on the backups.

[ruzz3ii]

Isn't "Rust Never Sleeps" a phrase created by a guy from Devo?

[jeffkahl]

yes

[herwig666]

nice nice , i like

[Each21]

This is too weird for words.

[louiseduvee]

Cool mix!

[jackstpaul]

Did Geffen win? Do tell details. Sickened me that he got sued by David Geffen like that. Not interested in art anymore, eh David? Yes, this is real. One of Neil's many bizarre, unpredictible changes in direction; that genius & madness thing.

[MrHanksWorld]

Excellent!

[Kaneoism]

is this a real record?

[mojofilter02]

Of course. Why do you ask?

[Kaneoism]

it just doesn't seam like the record neil young would produce..... did you remix it or something :P I dont know about this one

[mojofilter02]

It's on the 12" single of "Sample And Hold." An extended mix of the track from the "Trans" album. One of four different mixes of the same recording done by Neil.

[Kaneoism]

aw alright. Well thank you for posting it! It really is different

[Sirveaux]

@Kaneoism I know Neil Young personally and it does seem like a record he would produce and it seems like this because I know Neil Young personally.

[bigrussthefusss]

@Kaneoism In the 80's Neil Young was going through some changes, when his son ben was born he was diagnosed with cerebal palsy. Communication with his son was impossible. I think Neil was kinda going through this weird faze of his life because of that. The whole Computer wave was taking off, digital music was starting to become very popular, so it all kinda makes sense when you know the facts. hope this helped

[brianallancobb]

@Kaneoism

Neil did a lot of weird shit in the early 1980s trying (perhaps -- I can only guess; it was Neil, after all) to stay relevant.

And it was only by being Neil (This Note's For You, in 1987 or 1988) that he found his audience again.

[phillipremaker]

@Kaneoism Check out the article on Neil Young's now out-of-print "Trans" Album on Wikipedia. I would love if they re-released it. The vocoded "Mr. Soul" caused quite a stir; old fans were outraged and a new generation (including me) were introduced to the song in that version.

[Ishtar0racle]

@phillipremaker I was one of the old fans that loved the trans album so much that i forced my kids and their friends to listen to it every weekend for three months until they knew it by heart.

[chascja]

@Kaneoism yes i played this in the clubs an exeriment neil did for dance clubs

[totovillefranche]

Westbam must have known this when he did * No more R&R *

[markbrow]

It's not fake, I have this vinyl and saw the Solo Trans tour where he recreated all the parts live by himself, using tape loops.

[rockinroller7]

markbrow,

I saw the same tour.

The music was so different "Changed," as Neil has been doing all his life,

Remember the sunglasses he wore had a mic attached so he could roam the stage, playing and singing, and made it a beautiful evening?

Peace.

Rock

[kidkillaforilla]

Even if this was fake, it's totally fucking cool.

[gusbenson]

is not Devo, is Gino Soccio sound , is a

electronic canadian sound

[sandethesandman]

now THAT was weerd ! phew!

[econoroller]

very cool and ever-so-rare!

thanx!!!

[luckyshortster]

I saw the Trans Tour in 1983. Totally awesome!!

[Paley]

I saw a broadcast of it on TV. It was great

[silvanski]

ditto!!!

[weinerbongo]

This sounds a bit like Devo, a bit like Kraftwerk, and a little like R. Stevie Moore.

[weinerbongo]

What the fuck was wrong with David Geffen? This is great.

[fordieform]

geffen thought young's target audience wouldn't appreciate this; this would make future sales of young's even non experimental music drop as they would view him as changed. Basically Geffen is an asshole who doesnt let musicians grow, but that's the whole music industry and for the same reason; that's why we listen to music from the dinosaurs even today.

-hero

[phddddd]

Now remind me ... is this the record company that sued Neil Youg for not sounding like Neil Young, AND WON!

[fordieform]

she said:your strange;but don't change

-hero

[MrHanksWorld]

I actually liked Trans quite a bit. I liked the fact that Young was trying something different and I felt that he was did an excellent job with it. Now my friend Gary who had been a longtime Neil Young fan at that point found the album to be repulsive. I could not understand that as the album was well produced.

[gryzynx]

I have always been a Neil Young fan and I have never been an electronic music dance mix fan, but I have to say Neil really nailed it with this version. Absolutely my favorite! Something about the robotic rythm really brings out what this song is about.

[gobugeaters]

That was trippy.

[astrololee]

Love it, Love it, Love it and just Love it. Thanks for uploading.

[buggerit2]

i'm an absolute neil fanatic

you know, all the mainstream success stuff and mr. soul is my favourite song ever, both the acoustic version he does on sugar mountain and mtv unplugged and the buffalo springfield album version

and i have to say

this is fucking great! ihought i'd hate it!

[music4uguru]

trans is a really trippy lp if you listen too much you are too hooked.

[hypogenetic]

I have the Sample And Hold Maxi Ep and play it constantly to enthralled crowds in Brisbane, Love it!

[Elidoransgar]

Love it. Trans is my favorite Neil Young album. We R In Control! *headbang*

[bobafettuccine]

Do you have the Sample and Hold remix from the maxi?

[Raymantico]

should have let Devo do it...

[MoreToleranceNow]

Sir... ENABLE THESE RATINGS. I demand my contitutional right to give it a 4.2!!!

[KnockKnockPeas]

lmaoooo

[Doitchampions]

Trans was fuckin strange man,,,kudos to Neil for trying to push the barriers hough

[terrymoser47]

do you have the original video?

[mojofilter02]

No, sorry, I don't have the video of this one.

[terrymoser47]

thanks anyway, have you ever seen it, I think it was done back in the 80's it was a cool video, we have been trying to find it for a long time, but no luck thanks again for replying

[WinnersCircleMan]

try checking out the you tuber named GnomeAddict..he has a vid called neil young 2000 and about 2 minutes into it you will find what you seek...love nils lofgren in it as well!!

[Ishtar0racle]

@terrymoser47 I don't remember any video produced by Neil for the Trans album. It was before video killed the radio star :-)

[jeffkahl]

wow definitely one for the archives! interesting twist on an old classic!

[rsensorat3]

I didn't really get into this until long after Springfield when Neil released this on Journey Through the Past in '72.

Never heard this version but I like it.

And the hits just 'keep on comin'. Thanks Mojo cinq*

[bloggo1]

i thought Neil Young's "Trans" album was one of his most interesting. this song is from it, just not the dance verson.

[julyarchives]

This is a great version from a period of Youngs turbulent family problems and the expectancy of the time and the record label he was on at the time.

regards

jimmy

ps my daugter was around 4 at the time and she loved it.

As an aside point she also loved "sunny inside" from the bluenotes album [she must have been around 9] and we played that at her wedding last year .How weired is that.

[secordman]

Now to search on one of my VHS tapes for a TV special Neil did around this time, doing songs inspired by Trans and Everybody's Rockin'. He was dressed as the Transformer Man I guess, or whatever he called it. Then he did a live set with the Shocking Pinks.

[Yippykiyay505]

That's the Solo Trans video! I would love to see the full thing sometime!