Talk:After the Gold Rush (song)

Kick ass
Kick ass song. I peronally think it is against pollution and expansion, especially all the references to mother nature. Brockman

Instrument
What does that solo? An oboe? -67.188.236.172 02:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

I can guarantee you that it is NOT an oboe. It sounds more like a French horn to me. An oboe has a 'reed' sound to it, this has a brass sound, and it is a muted one, therefore I speculate that it is a French Horn. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.188.25.148 (talk) 12:15, 14 March 2010 (UTC)

The wind instrument is definitely a french horn. While the article says that it is a flugelhorn, it sounds nothing like a flugelhorn. The flugelhorn is a relative of the trumpet, with a timbre more mellow than a cornet. A great example of the flugelhorn sound is on Chuck Mangione's "Feels so Good." You can instantly tell the difference in roundness and voicing of the sound. Z2WZ6vpjOHvs (talk) 19:37, 17 October 2011 (UTC)

I corrected the instrument in the article, but then realized that the album credits list Bill Peterson — flugelhorn. That makes no sense to me since the sound is clearly a french horn. Nevertheless, I undid my correction. Z2WZ6vpjOHvs (talk) 19:47, 17 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Agree that it sounds like a French horn, not a flugelhorn. I wonder if there is a definitive credit somewhere. JohnMason (talk) 18:58, 14 June 2024 (UTC)

The flugelhorn referenced in the liner notes appears on "Till[sic] the Morning Comes." Marco Adria agrees it is a french horn on "After the Gold Rush". Obinatorus (talk) 17:48, 11 November 2013 (UTC)

Childhood's End
Has anyone read the Arthur C. Clarke book Childhood's end? The ending of the book is very similar to the third and last verse of this song. --206.148.16.16 18:07, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Assessment
This article needs some sources, if possible. --NormalAsylum (t) 07:18, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Preludes version - incorrect date given?
Actually, if I remember correctly, Prelude recorded their version of 'After the Gold Rush' is 1972, not 1974 as cited in the entry.

Did they record or release it more than once? 64.175.56.187 (talk) 05:23, 9 May 2008 (UTC)


 * The notes to their 2-CD After the Goldrush anthology say 1973. I will edit the article accordingly. Paul Magnussen (talk) 17:57, 14 October 2011 (UTC)

External link
The lyrics given at Dolly Parton's webpage are not the original ones. The lines "There was a band playing in my head / And I felt like getting high" are rendered as "There was a band playing in my head / And I felt like I could cry". These lyrics are both incorrect and disrespectful towards Mr. Young's work.


 * As noted in the text, she did it with Neil's permission (I would think after his experiences and those of one of his bandmates, he would be more than understanding if people didn't want to make drug references in music). Daniel Case (talk) 21:54, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Covers
Please add details about covers of this song. Is there a complete list somewhere, at least of the 1960s and 1970s covers? It seems like the version  I best remember from the 1960s sounded like a female chorus, almost shrill, can't figure out who/which version it was...-96.237.75.72 (talk) 21:07, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
 * Guess is was the 1974 a cappella hit version by Prelude I was thinking of...-96.237.75.72 (talk) 22:29, 31 January 2011 (UTC)