The Stills-Young Band
Long May You Run
Fontainebleau
Guardian Angel
Neil Young s songs from this ill-fated collaboration are widely regarded as toss-offs, but the disc does contain three or four swell Young tunes. The title track is among his finest work from the mid- 70s, with its generou.
more »s pop hook wrapped in shambling rhythms, laconic pace, nostalgic subject matter, and subtle, country-fried accents. The slow, powerful Fountainebleau a story of rock-star hotel decadence is Powderfinger -ish with some of Young s most nimble-fingered fretwork ever, and his vocals on Midnight on the Bay are stunningly on key. Unfortunately, Stephen Stills s musical muse was more than burnt out by the time this record was made, and Guardian Angel sounds like the cast of Godspell on a very off day. Make Love to You, with its faux-soul keyboard runs, Stills s dying-moose moans, and the insanely cheesy Hey baby, I just wanta make love to you -type lyrics, sounds so ridi