People talk smack about "one string solos" but the simple fact is Neil Young can bring forth more emotion and feeling on one string than most players can with a full band.
After many years of hearing this song, I truly appreciate just how beautiful, haunting and touching it is. This has to be one of the best live songs ever.
Indeed it is an absolutely amazing song live, I was fortunate enough to see Neil in 81 at the University of Georgia Coliseum... A completely acoustic show, just Neil his guitar, harmonica and an old upright piano th truly haunting tone... That is one of my top 5 concerts.
Wow! Watching in 2024 - first time I’ve seen this performance despite buying this album back in ‘79. My all time NY song. Thanks for posting this video.
Saw this show at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. I was 15 (older sister took me). Learned what a "contact high" was for sure. "Cortez the Killer" runs 8 plus minutes with no vocals for the first two: Fans had patience; Neil and crew mesmerized us (and not just because we were stoned). We screamed for Harvest and After the Gold Rush, but Neil blew everyone away with cuts from his new album, Rust Never Sleeps. Little did we know how this artist would continue to evolve for decades to come (excuse the pun)!!!
Played this (actually the long live version 18 min) to my nephew when he was about 8 years when we were at our summer cottage at fall and he listened the song so calmly, hardly said anything. I was so pleased not to hear any complaint about the lenght of the song or anything:) And I still am.
> Learned what a "contact high" was for sure. Same! 2012, Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Golden Gate Park. I'd only arrived in the states the day before, after a 13 hour flight from Australia. I stood in the crowd, seeing various other bands (incl. Beck, Foo Fighters), and inching closer to the stage for a good 6-7 hours. Everywhere I looked, there was at least one person enjoying some left handed lettuce - here in Australia, the sniffer dogs would be on you before you've even left the train station. I was about 3-4 rows from the front when they finally came on after the sun had gone down, and it was everything I dreamed it would be. They played all the good shit, plus a few numbers from Psychedelic Pill. By the time I got back to my hostel that night, I'd made sloppy oral love to a burrito thicker than my arm, and was feeling suspiciously good - if not floaty as hell. Good times.
Me and an old friend of mine rocked hard to this whole movie several times on mushrooms and was some of the best times of my life as a teen. Not many got why 2 kids in the early 2000s kept watching rust never sleeps over and over. But its because the whole movie is a fucking masterpiece that will stand the test of time!! Rock on niel!!❤🎉
I get it!! I grew up with NY. I too rocked out on Shrooms and many other goodies, while listening to him work his magic. Saw this show in 1979 at Chicago Stadium when I was 19..... man, wish I could go back.
@@donnahidder3092 I was at that show in Chicago. I was twenty and thanks to youtube I go back and revisit all the time. But yeah it was a great time to be a young "adult" lol
The first time I heard Neil play this was in 1976 at The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. My other stand-out memory of that show was Neil sitting at an old upright piano for A Man Needs a Maid. Talk about haunting......
That guitar solo is still one of the most legendary Every note from Neil Young is THE perfect note in that moment. Accept no substitute...because there simply isn't one. This man has more passion in his big toe nail than the rest can hope for in a lifetime.
Madison Garden Shows: up in the nosebleed seats in 73 with the stray gators, too. Caught a smile From Billy as he got into a limo by himself. My parents drove me and returned from Jersey to pick me up . The Palladian, Carnegie Hall. Best in 88 at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. 200 people front centerstage table of 6. 5 ft away. First in line. Two nights, Everybody knows Neil live is a life altering event.
Ole hippie who just never gets tired of the good shit. Musical genius. I can listen to anything he's ever done from CSNY to farm 🎉aide with Willie. Today's music! EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE !
In 79 I was working in a factory in Trenton Ontario on the afternoon shift. I would get home to my apartment in Brighton well after midnight. I lived in the upper half of an old law building,it was beautiful and I could climb the tv antenna to get on the roof. I used to take my stereo and speakers up there and I would listen to this whole album drinking a cold beer. I was just 20 then.
I've seen Bowie,Alice Cooper,Pink Floyd,Genesis,Black Sabbath Radiohead,Neil (solo) Neil &Crazy Horse and Cortez The Killer is without doubt the best song ( the longer the better) I ain't arguing it's my opinion and that's that,the feel you get from them 4 guys playing it is pure and how music should feel somewhere deep inside,😎😍
First thing I learned at my first Neil Young concert: You don't know Cortez the Killer until you've heard it, live. Live, it just goes "next level". (-as most of Neil's songs do, in fact...)
After seeing him live several years ago and him at 67 ish , Neil rocked across and around the stage like a 20 yr. old while blowing the house away with masterful chording. I love Neil Young for decades now! HAH...DECADES!!
Liliana's are really rock and roll man and he's a very special man and whoever doesn't know that while then you filled yourself because there's nothing that this man he's a true hippie he can really belt out the songs and the lyrics and he's really got it that mean it's in his blood
On hearing and seeing this. Tupac comes back to life. Snoop gives up on even owning a mic to drop. Stephen King is inspired and writes something about burning boats and commitment. Neil doesn't give a fuck..What a gift of a post Ic!!!!!! 10 years late but I'm here now and thanking you
Neil’s bouncing back & forth & up and down while the whole band weaves their magic. Lightly plucking of the guitar strings - a heavenly sound. LOVE!! 💖
Those who seen this concert you are one of the lucky individuals. Saw this in 79 at the walk in theater frying on acid they passed out 3D glasses to everybody. Love Neil and always will. Thank you Neil and the boys for all your telent. From southern California. 🇺🇸✌️
One of the best live versions of this like one of its kind of out of this world masterpiece that Neil Young and Crazy H stung us with. Rust Never Sleeps, for sure, thank God. And thanks for posting. Helps me get through the day, as days go by. As it has for years and will until the end of time.
I was there. It was first time I saw Neil and The Horse. Needless to say I I've seen Neil Young and Crazy Horse many many times since then. Is there a rust never sleeps show is seared in my memory banks. Feels like just yesterday
Neil young grande simplicidade e humildade como trata a música um dos meus ídolos comecei por o ouvir tinha eu 18 anos hoje tenho 60 e continuo a gostar de o ouvir como quando tinha 18 anos grande nostalgia. Obrigado.
Once that George Harrison said he could not tolerate Neil’s style of lead guitar. True his style would get out there, choppy and screechy at times. But truly brilliant here. Neil and Em min or A min, a natural.
Yeah these are some of the best guitar effects I've ever heard. Absolutely perfect. The studio version is pretty bad, but I've always been in love with this live version- just perfection.
God father of both folk and grunge… How can this be ? I listened to Live Rust on cassette in the local woods around a keg somewhere in western Pennsylvania many years ago. Has it been 45 since I was a Senior in High School? I guess it has. I am enjoying the ride … thanks Neil. Thanks for your catalog that unlocks my journey through my past ✌🏼
Neil Young's electric guitar of choice, known as "Old Black," is a 1953 Gibson Les Paul gold top that's been painted black and heavily modified with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, Firebird bridge pickup and several other small tweaks.😅
They peaked in 1991. Smell the Horse Tour, also known as Weld for the live album they put out for it. That was Neil Young and Crazy Horse in their absolute prime.
Young Neil . So so so cute . Massey Hall 1971. Farm Aid 1090 Indianapolis . Miller October 2010 . Carnigie Hall January 10 2014 , many more. No matter where , he is fantastic . We love you Neil .
Saw this on a cinema way back in '79. Afterwards bought the double cassette tape and CD in the 90s. Now watching it in 2021 brings back those youthful memories. Regularly plays both studio and live versions in my Playlist. What more can you ask for. Hhhmm. Best version yet in YT from the Live Rust album. Keep it up.
This song and performance crushes, almost to much to bear, the jawa weirdness just takes it to the next level. Here he comes! Neil is the best guitar play ever, srsly, those solos . . .
Neil does a little Rasta riff at the end, that was huge at the time. Yeah I'm an oldie. Saw this in Boston in a packed Back Bay movie theater. Huge historical errors Neil makes in his Good vs Evil formulations, but who cares. That's when "Rock and Roll" had just become ROCK. Having such good times I can't remember what else happened that year.
I had no idea that Neil and Crazy Horse rock it and sound as good now on the 2024 Love Earth tour as back then.. Beautiful awesome song, and hopefully Neil and the Horse play it in Bend upcoming in.July. Wonderful love it. Great video. Thanks wow ❤
What I like about Neil is that he allows his vision to dictate the feel to bring emotion through dimished minor chords and detuning to achieve unique tones which adds depth to his folk plucking and compositions
People talk smack about "one string solos" but the simple fact is Neil Young can bring forth more emotion and feeling on one string than most players can with a full band.
It's art, not high jumping....
Technical mastery is great, maybe essential even, but then what? There is only exploration into the within thereafter
With one note
I couldn't have said it better 😅
You damn right! I just love how intense Neil is.
After many years of hearing this song, I truly appreciate just how beautiful, haunting and touching it is. This has to be one of the best live songs ever.
So Agree.!!!°
Absolutely!!
Indeed it is an absolutely amazing song live, I was fortunate enough to see Neil in 81 at the University of Georgia Coliseum... A completely acoustic show, just Neil his guitar, harmonica and an old upright piano th truly haunting tone... That is one of my top 5 concerts.
Lucky guy and fan 😅@@markcoggins-jx6rr
Wow! Watching in 2024 - first time I’ve seen this performance despite buying this album back in ‘79. My all time NY song. Thanks for posting this video.
Same
Listen to the Dave Matthew’s live version. It’ll blow your mind.
@@grindfestoutdoors It’s a good cover. No Neil.
I saw them on this tour. Roadeyes
I was at the concert and then I bought the album and then I bought the live album and then I went and watch the concert film in the theater.
My wife and I went to the theater 3 days in a row to watch this! Going in high as a kite, I miss those days!
That's my kind of groove. Was then still is today. I got stuck. I was blessed , I was there.
Saw this show at Nassau Coliseum on Long Island. I was 15 (older sister took me). Learned what a "contact high" was for sure. "Cortez the Killer" runs 8 plus minutes with no vocals for the first two: Fans had patience; Neil and crew mesmerized us (and not just because we were stoned). We screamed for Harvest and After the Gold Rush, but Neil blew everyone away with cuts from his new album, Rust Never Sleeps. Little did we know how this artist would continue to evolve for decades to come (excuse the pun)!!!
Sean 1971 queen street nz still love it
Played this (actually the long live version 18 min) to my nephew when he was about 8 years when we were at our summer cottage at fall and he listened the song so calmly, hardly said anything. I was so pleased not to hear any complaint about the lenght of the song or anything:) And I still am.
> Learned what a "contact high" was for sure.
Same! 2012, Neil Young & Crazy Horse in Golden Gate Park. I'd only arrived in the states the day before, after a 13 hour flight from Australia. I stood in the crowd, seeing various other bands (incl. Beck, Foo Fighters), and inching closer to the stage for a good 6-7 hours. Everywhere I looked, there was at least one person enjoying some left handed lettuce - here in Australia, the sniffer dogs would be on you before you've even left the train station.
I was about 3-4 rows from the front when they finally came on after the sun had gone down, and it was everything I dreamed it would be. They played all the good shit, plus a few numbers from Psychedelic Pill.
By the time I got back to my hostel that night, I'd made sloppy oral love to a burrito thicker than my arm, and was feeling suspiciously good - if not floaty as hell.
Good times.
Don’t I just feel you!
He come dancing across the water now
Me and an old friend of mine rocked hard to this whole movie several times on mushrooms and was some of the best times of my life as a teen. Not many got why 2 kids in the early 2000s kept watching rust never sleeps over and over. But its because the whole movie is a fucking masterpiece that will stand the test of time!! Rock on niel!!❤🎉
I get it!! I grew up with NY. I too rocked out on Shrooms and many other goodies, while listening to him work his magic. Saw this show in 1979 at Chicago Stadium when I was 19..... man, wish I could go back.
Today, people get high on Mushrooms thinking Justin Bieber is the ' Ducks Nuts'
@@donnahidder3092 I was at that show in Chicago. I was twenty and thanks to youtube I go back and revisit all the time.
But yeah it was a great time to be a young "adult" lol
I’m with you on that, 72 now still the best video in the world. Love from england
Neil Young has written some really great songs, and this is one of the most epic.
The first time I heard Neil play this was in 1976 at The Auditorium Theatre in Chicago. My other stand-out memory of that show was Neil sitting at an old upright piano for A Man Needs a Maid. Talk about haunting......
I was there ♥️
I was 18 when I saw this tour at Market Square Arena, Indianapolis Indiana. Blew me away. First row. NY is the greatest
Mr. Distortion .. sounds like he's playing underwater .. simply the best .. Long live Neil Young
this is the best version of this song i've ever herd ......
It does'nt get any better then this.. True Rock and Roll, always timeless.
What other songs come to mind?
You got that right crazy bad man
All this type of creativity is long gone
That guitar solo is still one of the most legendary
Every note from Neil Young is THE perfect note in that moment. Accept no substitute...because there simply isn't one. This man has more passion in his big toe nail than the rest can hope for in a lifetime.
I saw this tour at the Nassau Coliseum, 18 years old. I'm old but I've seen all the greatest bands ever, so I got that going for me 😏
Same here , bro
If you weren't old you wouldn't have seen them. So thank your stars.
Nobody does this song as good as Young with Crazy Hourse. They project pure gut wrenching emotion that gives me chills.
Crazy Horse! He is brilliant.
Almost cinematic. Cortez and Powderfinger are such powerful songs.🇨🇦✌️
That's probably my two favorite NY songs, but it's hard to say, he's probably the only songewriter/singer that I can't think of one song I don't like.
What an INCREDIBLE Story set to MUSIC
The true architect of grunge. Pure genius.
Madison Garden Shows: up in the nosebleed seats in 73 with the stray gators, too. Caught a smile From Billy as he got into a limo by himself. My parents drove me and returned from Jersey to pick me up . The Palladian, Carnegie Hall. Best in 88 at The Royal Hawaiian Hotel. 200 people front centerstage table of 6. 5 ft away. First in line. Two nights, Everybody knows Neil live is a life altering event.
Ole hippie who just never gets tired of the good shit. Musical genius. I can listen to anything he's ever done from CSNY to farm 🎉aide with Willie. Today's music! EVERYBODY KNOWS THIS IS NOWHERE !
Hey hey my my, 45 years has just zipped on by
One word! Beautiful!
Making me cry, like it did 40 years ago
I saw these guys playing Cortez the Killer @ Rio, one of my highlights moments! Unforgettable.
In 79 I was working in a factory in Trenton Ontario on the afternoon shift. I would get home to my apartment in Brighton well after midnight. I lived in the upper half of an old law building,it was beautiful and I could climb the tv antenna to get on the roof. I used to take my stereo and speakers up there and I would listen to this whole album drinking a cold beer. I was just 20 then.
Great memory.
I saw the Rust Never Sleeps concert at William & Mary Hall. A once in a lifetime experience. It was incomprehensibly loud. I loved it.
During a speech in Spain last December, Paz said: “To idealize the vanquished is no less fallacious than to idolize the victors.”
This is one of the very best performances of one of Neil’s very best songs
I've seen Bowie,Alice Cooper,Pink Floyd,Genesis,Black Sabbath Radiohead,Neil (solo) Neil &Crazy Horse and Cortez The Killer is without doubt the best song ( the longer the better) I ain't arguing it's my opinion and that's that,the feel you get from them 4 guys playing it is pure and how music should feel somewhere deep inside,😎😍
preach
The sound quality on this is simply AMAZING!!
First thing I learned at my first Neil Young concert: You don't know Cortez the Killer until you've heard it, live. Live, it just goes "next level". (-as most of Neil's songs do, in fact...)
Neil Young to this day still sounds just the same as he did back in 79
AMAZING ✌🏼🇺🇸‼️‼️‼️
I’ve been blessed to see him 3 times now 👍🏼🎉
this is a fucking awesome rocker that is up there with the best ever!
Neil and Crazy Horse,simply fantastic.
After seeing him live several years ago and him at 67 ish , Neil rocked across and around the stage like a 20 yr. old while blowing the house away with masterful chording. I love Neil Young for decades now! HAH...DECADES!!
No one does that soul tearing controlled Feedback/harmonics/ subtle overdrive guitar thing like Neil Young. This just soars higher and higher.
Love this song. Love this concert. Love Neil !!!! 😀😎😎✌️💙✌️💙😎
i am still an avid fan of neil young im turning 62 by august from phils
Just turned 62 myself, brother‼️ It isn’t too bad. Happy Birthday 🎉🎂🎈 in August.
I’m 72 and this will go to the grave with me. Hi from England music just transcends miles and time
I was going to say it's a shame nothing stays the same but with these recordings everything Remains the Same thank God Neil was so young and beautiful
A MASTERPIECE. 🎶
This version and the 'Weld' version compete in my mind for best ever.
one of my favorite songs ever... What a killer!
Of all the bands, artists who've done Cortez The Killer, it'll always be Neil Young's for me.
The first time I heard this was Warren Haynes cover but here I am!
Liliana's are really rock and roll man and he's a very special man and whoever doesn't know that while then you filled yourself because there's nothing that this man he's a true hippie he can really belt out the songs and the lyrics and he's really got it that mean it's in his blood
The guitar solo at 5:05 is the greatest thing ive ever heard in my life
Live was awesome.
One of my favorite versions.
I always liked the stage presentation of this tour 😊
On hearing and seeing this. Tupac comes back to life. Snoop gives up on even owning a mic to drop. Stephen King is inspired and writes something about burning boats and commitment. Neil doesn't give a fuck..What a gift of a post Ic!!!!!! 10 years late but I'm here now and thanking you
What a wonderful expression of you, thank you very much!
Thanks to the stars for Neil Young
Neil’s bouncing back & forth & up and down while the whole band weaves their magic. Lightly plucking of the guitar strings - a heavenly sound.
LOVE!! 💖
Neil Young, giant glittering star in the firmament of R&N Roll for ever. Thanks 🤩🤩🤩
Those who seen this concert you are one of the lucky individuals. Saw this in 79 at the walk in theater frying on acid they passed out 3D glasses to everybody. Love Neil and always will. Thank you Neil and the boys for all your telent. From southern California. 🇺🇸✌️
Sounds like you had a great time 👍😎😭
Neil is one of us.
Til we die.
Never had the chance to see Neil live. And I doubt I ever will at this point in his career. Sometimes ya win and sometime ya lose right?
Questa è la più bella canzone della storia della musica rock,in un'interpretazione spettacolare.
One of the best live versions of this like one of its kind of out of this world masterpiece that Neil Young and Crazy H stung us with.
Rust Never Sleeps, for sure, thank God. And thanks for posting.
Helps me get through the day, as days go by.
As it has for years and will until the end of time.
top 10 songs ever_this version makes the hair on the back of my neck stand-curl & flip!
I was there. It was first time I saw Neil and The Horse. Needless to say I I've seen Neil Young and Crazy Horse many many times since then.
Is there a rust never sleeps show is seared in my memory banks. Feels like just yesterday
Super Guitarsound! I am close to tears.
Gracias Paula! Thanks! 🙂💙
@@carlos96899 De nada, amigo :).
Me sucede lo mismo!! Bellísimo!!
I always knew that young was the best
We watched this in my front room pretty stoned all night. Got to be my favourite dvd back then
@@donnabendell7688 🤗
This is truly how rock at its best used to be...
god ..he looks so young.. but thats his surname ! amazing !!
My old buddy Chris was one of those roadies 🎉🎉
I missed this tour when it came to Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto. My buddies saw it. Biggest rock and roll regret of my life.🥲
No one sounds like my great Neil Young it it is so awesome great guitar playing soothe your soul the song it's like you're there
Saw him on this tour...in Philadelphia. Best show I ever saw...♥️🎼🎸
I saw that concert at the University of Notre Dame what an amazing show and I love the stage graphics I remembered it to this day
The best song ever@
Neil young grande simplicidade e humildade como trata a música um dos meus ídolos comecei por o ouvir tinha eu 18 anos hoje tenho 60 e continuo a gostar de o ouvir como quando tinha 18 anos grande nostalgia. Obrigado.
Once that George Harrison said he could not tolerate Neil’s style of lead guitar. True his style would get out there, choppy and screechy at times. But truly brilliant here. Neil and Em min or A min, a natural.
Yeah these are some of the best guitar effects I've ever heard. Absolutely perfect. The studio version is pretty bad, but I've always been in love with this live version- just perfection.
Studio version is awesome.
Love you Neil..you truly awesome human..😘😘😘
A Masterpiece in every way.
God father of both folk and grunge… How can this be ? I listened to Live Rust on cassette in the local woods around a keg somewhere in western Pennsylvania many years ago. Has it been 45 since I was a Senior in High School? I guess it has. I am enjoying the ride … thanks Neil. Thanks for your catalog that unlocks my journey through my past ✌🏼
Neil Young's electric guitar of choice, known as "Old Black," is a 1953 Gibson Les Paul gold top that's been painted black and heavily modified with a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, Firebird bridge pickup and several other small tweaks.😅
It's the best thing ever.
Wish I could have been there...
Peak Neil and the boys...Such a great performance
They peaked in 1991. Smell the Horse Tour, also known as Weld for the live album they put out for it. That was Neil Young and Crazy Horse in their absolute prime.
this might be in toronto, i remember poncho wearing the montreal # 19 ( larry robinson, if i remember that as well), either way, a great concert!
Was at this concert at Madison Square Garden 🤙🏻
Me too my brother! Great Concert...
@@babulah8447 you 2 are blessed.
This is from the movie „Rust never sleeps“ which was filmed in Cow Palace, South San Francisco, Ca.
Neil Young is my Hero!
Long live rock,,,
Young Neil . So so so cute . Massey Hall 1971. Farm Aid 1090 Indianapolis . Miller October 2010 . Carnigie Hall January 10 2014 , many more. No matter where , he is fantastic . We love you Neil .
Saw this on a cinema way back in '79. Afterwards bought the double cassette tape and CD in the 90s. Now watching it in 2021 brings back those youthful memories. Regularly plays both studio and live versions in my Playlist. What more can you ask for. Hhhmm. Best version yet in YT from the Live Rust album. Keep it up.
The last living real inspiring musician for me. Every time I hear him I have to pick up the guitar.
dicen que escuchar a neil yohng es como una droga es cierto ....tiene una voz maravillosa ..y es un musico como muy pocos ...siempre neil 😊😊😊😊
This song and performance crushes, almost to much to bear, the jawa weirdness just takes it to the next level. Here he comes!
Neil is the best guitar play ever, srsly, those solos . . .
There's at least 2 more recent versions of him doing this live; they're even better if you can believe it 🌛
Neil does a little Rasta riff at the end, that was huge at the time. Yeah I'm an oldie. Saw this in Boston in a packed Back Bay movie theater. Huge historical errors Neil makes in his Good vs Evil formulations, but who cares. That's when "Rock and Roll" had just become ROCK. Having such good times I can't remember what else happened that year.
It’s awful as a history lesson, but it’s fantastic as poetry. And the guitar playing is totally inspired
Yeah, the lyrics are more than a bit naive, but wonderfully evocative guitar playing as always.
if you think the lyrics are supposed to be a historically accurate story, then you don't understand the lyrics my man
Neil Young & Crazy Horse at their very best. Big thanks for this clip!
Thanks to you
MY SINCERE THANKS FOR ONE OF THE FIRST RARE CLIPS OF THE PROPHET
I had no idea that Neil and Crazy Horse rock it and sound as good now on the 2024 Love Earth tour as back then.. Beautiful awesome song, and hopefully Neil and the Horse play it in Bend upcoming in.July. Wonderful love it. Great video. Thanks wow ❤
What I like about Neil is that he allows his vision to dictate the feel to bring emotion through dimished minor chords and detuning to achieve unique tones which adds depth to his folk plucking and compositions
I just love this song!
Me too!!! Love the whole concept
Spettacolo, indimenticabile.
temazo ...como muy pocos ....viva Neil ..es ucharlo es como una droga pero siempre buena y beneficiosa ❤❤❤
Good quality sound on this clip!
My first concert at 19 yo. LA forum. Legendary. Got super high.
NYCH is the best shit ever; so fucking cool to see live. I saw this tour along with 77 and 78 shows.....so much fun.
great
This is one of my favorites .Definitely one of my favorites playing the guitar . He has magic hands. The best of the best . We love you Mr Neil ❤❤❤❤
Thank you Harry - My man