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  • @cathyhall199
    @cathyhall199 4 года назад +254

    Neil Young has always been an activist for anti-war, anti-racism and has stood alongside native tribes in both Canada and the US over land rights!

    • @stucknearthegulf
      @stucknearthegulf 2 года назад +21

      Very true, it's also very true that he is very underrated guitar player.

    • @glennred4830
      @glennred4830 2 года назад +10

      As did Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Guess Who, all Canadian musicians. !

    • @MrAlbalto
      @MrAlbalto 2 года назад +5

      This is my first time listening to this and I loved it from the word GO. This is not my genre of music but good is good, period. I have to listen to this guy some more. Here it is Jan. 2022........I'm LATE

    • @smurfsrule9680
      @smurfsrule9680 2 года назад +1

      Yeah but he let the side down a bit recently by pushing NWO jabs. Shame but I still love him.

    • @metalfansavarani
      @metalfansavarani 2 года назад

      @@smurfsrule9680 the jabs have noting to do with the nwo because Christians are still on earth and most things people like you think that are true are lies by conspiracy theorists and anti Jewish people who are as bad as racists which are extreme conservative republicans who clam to be Christians but are not Christians and will burn in hell because they believe in lies from the devil which is found in conspiracy theories and anti Semitic and racism.

  • @chemquests
    @chemquests 3 года назад +53

    The guitar solo’s tone also reflects the pain & dissonance. I love how he crafted it to reinforce the mood of the song.

    • @patrickoneill290
      @patrickoneill290 Месяц назад +1

      I know it's 3 yrs ago but that's what I was thinking. You can hear and feel it in the guitar. The song is deep but I love Neil Young's playing and vocals. He's one of those artists you only need a few notes or words to know it's Neil Young.

  • @JayPhonomancer
    @JayPhonomancer 4 года назад +240

    I love how you can hear the rage in Neil's voice in this song. The song positively burns with white-hot anger

    • @kindnessfirst9670
      @kindnessfirst9670 3 года назад +4

      "White" in both senses of the word.

    • @tonyiacomi4822
      @tonyiacomi4822 3 года назад +3

      You are projecting.

    • @JayPhonomancer
      @JayPhonomancer 3 года назад +8

      @@kindnessfirst9670 Yes, Neil Young is white. Well observed

    • @JayPhonomancer
      @JayPhonomancer 3 года назад +9

      @@tonyiacomi4822 Sorry, Neil is of course positively delighted as he sings these warm nostalgic lyrics about the good old days. That better?

    • @tonyiacomi4822
      @tonyiacomi4822 3 года назад +2

      @@JayPhonomancer You don't have to get mad so easy. Its just weird for you to say what someone else is feeling when they are singing. You feel enraged so that's what you think and hear. Psychology 101

  • @theother1406
    @theother1406 4 года назад +18

    I practically grew up with this song as I was born in 63. This song has always grabbed me by my heart and guts. That was a really powerful experience watching a young black woman listen to this for the first time. It's indescribable the emotions I just felt watching you listen to this. God bless you beautiful girl.

  • @stanleyrichiii4474
    @stanleyrichiii4474 2 года назад +7

    So brave. What a song. Love you Mr Young. Ahead of your time

  • @scarletc.7055
    @scarletc.7055 4 года назад +132

    @India Reacts I'm only 3 minutes in but your shock was something I needed to mention. Rock and roll used to say important things. Sometimes it was overt but sometimes it was hidden in symbolic words or phrases. Neil Young was a Canadian looking into our world. Yes, this song was written in 1970 about racism and segregation. There are references to slavery and the KKK. The song "Ohio" is also a song about an important time in US history.

    • @avalonaudiovisual
      @avalonaudiovisual 3 года назад +10

      This was so well said.

    • @cathyscaggs2357
      @cathyscaggs2357 3 года назад

      AGREED!!!

    • @teriharrison1794
      @teriharrison1794 3 года назад +1

      I have heard this song for years and liked it but never actually listened to the words and the other day I heard the words and was like oh man wth am I listening to then I just looked up the lyrics and got it so when I saw your reaction I'm glad you're reaction I agree

    • @JohnOShaughnessy
      @JohnOShaughnessy 3 года назад +2

      so right! The sixties and early seventies was a special time and we had enough of racism, ignorance and all the things that DIVIDE us as humans!

    • @deershelton1813
      @deershelton1813 3 года назад

      Misinformed jackass! Northern Govment Ships! South no navy Throw in an anthrax blanket for da lndians!! Go Yankees

  • @phoenixdoglover9403
    @phoenixdoglover9403 4 года назад +79

    Neil Young is not fooling around. I've been listening to him for 50 years.

  • @tonysimmons5729
    @tonysimmons5729 3 года назад +38

    I love how you were respectful of Neil’s guitar soloing and didn’t talk over it. He has said that The solo sections were really emotive for him during these sessions..He really got to the emotions and pain he was feeling and produced them in the solos. Thanks for being real cool about that. Thanks for being U🙏

  • @tlking4194
    @tlking4194 4 года назад +527

    Neil Young is a musical genius. He has so many good songs.

    • @linomcd2193
      @linomcd2193 4 года назад +11

      Absolutely. Im a huge fan. I love his music, can feel it! Saw him last year. He performed with so much passion und energy. It was fabulous. I will never forget these live experiences for the rest of my life!

    • @TheTestingGrounds
      @TheTestingGrounds 4 года назад +4

      @John Signs And I read Neil Young say he'd rather play Sweet Home Alabama than Southern Man. To top it off look at the covers of Skynyrd's Street Survivors album. Notice what Ronnie Van Zandt is wearing?

    • @TheTestingGrounds
      @TheTestingGrounds 4 года назад +3

      @John Signs Yes, the shirt is the cover of Tonight's the Night album cover.

    • @williamjordan5554
      @williamjordan5554 4 года назад +3

      Good songwriter, terrible vocalist, okay guitar player.

    • @williamjordan5554
      @williamjordan5554 4 года назад

      @John Signs People who can't spell aren't allowed to comment on RUclips, smegma boy.

  • @izzonj
    @izzonj 4 года назад +17

    Neil Young could really make anguish come out of his instrument as well as anyone ever could

  • @dennisvincent94
    @dennisvincent94 4 года назад +78

    I’ve been listening to this song since the 70s and the imagery and emotions it evokes are as powerful today as they were over 45 years ago. The lyrics “I heard screaming and bull whips cracking” still conjure horrible images in my mind and my spirit still aches for the poor souls who suffered at the hands of slave owners and other bigots. I have a friend who had never listened to rock until recently when I made her a cd full of some of my favorites along with a printout of the titles and short comments about the songs. For Southern Man I wrote “One of the most important songs ever written, Close your eyes and listen carefully to the lyrics. Have a box of Kleenex ready.’

    • @HTJB60
      @HTJB60 3 года назад

      Did you include STRANGE FRUIT by Suzie Q & Banshee's ????? Great follow on from S. Man.

    • @richardsinger01
      @richardsinger01 3 года назад +6

      @@HTJB60 the Billie Holliday song?

    • @MrAlbalto
      @MrAlbalto 2 года назад +3

      You are absolutely correct. Here it is Jan. 2022, I'm listening for the first time and I liked it from the word GO. This isn't my genre of music but good is good period. I was pleasantly surprised. From what I've gathered I have to listen to more of this legion.

  • @colleencreamer2472
    @colleencreamer2472 3 года назад +10

    That whole cd by Neil Young is genius.

  • @MickTheQuickk
    @MickTheQuickk 4 года назад +106

    Neil Young is talking about Jim Crow in the south of 1970 as well as slavery that ended a century before that.

  • @jbrlvegasram9815
    @jbrlvegasram9815 4 года назад +43

    Neal Young is a genius.

  • @brianryden6045
    @brianryden6045 3 года назад +21

    “God didn’t make any of us to be tortured”. That right there, wow so powerful. Thank you for your insight and perspective.

  • @davidkuhn8106
    @davidkuhn8106 4 года назад +620

    Interesting that a Canadian wrote two of the most iconic songs about what was (is) wrong about the USA back in the 1970's: Southern Man and Ohio.

    • @neilmartin99
      @neilmartin99 4 года назад +34

      That's because Canada is boring by comparison.
      What's he gonna do...write songs about hockey and snow?

    • @sobo2001
      @sobo2001 4 года назад +17

      And Brittish band Iron Maiden wrote Run to the Hills.

    • @cinemarchaeologist
      @cinemarchaeologist 4 года назад +37

      A third would be "Alabama."

    • @tarahill2193
      @tarahill2193 4 года назад +11

      Greàt song

    • @540welch
      @540welch 4 года назад +3

      true So

  • @rohe4077
    @rohe4077 4 года назад +114

    The guitar purposefully being played in an ugly mangled fashion was genius. I always remember that part thoroughly.

    • @MrDshack
      @MrDshack 4 года назад +10

      No-one plays the guitar angrily better than Neil Young!

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 года назад +7

      And the piano played by Nils Lofgrin is fantastic

    • @RavenNewsWatch
      @RavenNewsWatch 4 года назад +4

      So many Neil Young songs are in the minor key switching to an alternate major chord that throws in a hars discordant sound. I've never seen his style repeated. That's probably why 80% of the songs I play on guitar are Neil Young.

    • @alanahhannah
      @alanahhannah 4 года назад +3

      Sounded a bit like mayhem/chaos, craziness and suffering, maybe the insane inhumanity of the crazy people who seen no wrong in the wrongest thing!

    • @carolk5770
      @carolk5770 4 года назад +1

      ro he My son plays guitar also. There’s not many better than Neil.

  • @JoeSmith-ey2xp
    @JoeSmith-ey2xp 4 года назад +68

    I saw him 30 years ago and it was just him, his guitar, his harmonica and another guy on a piano and it was one of the best concerts I ever saw.

    • @oest2029
      @oest2029 4 года назад +4

      I saw him last year for the first time and it was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. He's still brilliant.

    • @JoeSmith-ey2xp
      @JoeSmith-ey2xp 4 года назад +1

      @@oest2029 gad to know he still got it :)

    • @jhamptonjr
      @jhamptonjr 3 года назад +2

      Spooner Oldham on piano? Yeah those were some sweet shows!

  • @rachaelross4182
    @rachaelross4182 4 года назад +19

    Genius ....still gives me chills
    His raw voice and emotion
    How long how long awwwwhhh
    Amazing thanks for the listen and thoughts

  • @suzie4417
    @suzie4417 Год назад +6

    Our Canadian 🇨🇦 rocker is a treasure ! He is not afraid to say what he thinks especially when it comes to civil rights, he is a true activist. He could have lost his career over this recording, but he went ahead to tell this story & open peoples eyes to what was going on in the south. Neil, also has stood strong with Indigenous peoples & farmers who are losing their way of life.

  • @wickedvideowatcher
    @wickedvideowatcher 4 года назад +161

    I love watching these videos because I've heard these songs hundreds upon hundreds of times in my life, and I don't really appreciate them any more. Seeing someone's reaction to them on the first listen, it's like I'm hearing them for the first time again.

    • @cnatview
      @cnatview 4 года назад +1

      @wickedvideowatcher...... I agree 100%!

    • @jamesdignanmusic2765
      @jamesdignanmusic2765 4 года назад +5

      It's like vicariously hearing the songs again for the first time. I'm so glad that India and a few others of the "younger generation" (god, it makes me feel old saying that!) are listening to some of the good music that might all too easily be forgotten otherwise.

    • @nicholashurst780
      @nicholashurst780 4 года назад +2

      Yup

    • @joshburgess79
      @joshburgess79 4 года назад +3

      You articulated how I feel as well.

    • @Reclining_Spuds
      @Reclining_Spuds 4 года назад +3

      You took the words right off my keyboard!

  • @woodedlane
    @woodedlane 4 года назад +90

    Harvest - Neil Young - iconic album - just say'n

    • @lisabullock7461
      @lisabullock7461 4 года назад +1

      🔥💟💙

    • @JerryDurante
      @JerryDurante 4 года назад +1

      I'm with ya, for me it was live rust. but yea, harvest is really really good.

    • @swampfizz
      @swampfizz 4 года назад

      HAS 2B IN EVERYONES COLLECTION

    • @elainebaldwin928
      @elainebaldwin928 4 года назад

      I agree.....classic xx

    • @byHeaLiiAU
      @byHeaLiiAU 4 года назад +1

      Not even in his top ten best, it's just his most famous one. Isn't half as good as on the beach

  • @JoshLooperMusic
    @JoshLooperMusic 3 года назад +11

    You have to see this was written after the events of 1968 and previous years. Neil is one of my greatest heroes. This is a very cool video if it is indeed genuine and I believe it is her first time hearing a Neil’s southern man. His music changed me for sure from where I grew up and stuff. He changed my mind. The He’s straight up a song writing genius

  • @Silverchord1974
    @Silverchord1974 2 года назад +4

    Neil Young is one of my biggest influences as a musician!
    You can’t get better than Neil!

  • @jeffmartin1026
    @jeffmartin1026 4 года назад +66

    Yes, back in the day when musicians had some balls. "Ohio". "Monster" by Steppenwolf, "Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane.... the list goes on and on.

    • @redshift912
      @redshift912 4 года назад +2

      They still do .., there are ,have been and always will be bands that have political messages . You just have to look for it yourself .. isn’t on the radio anymore .

  • @benjaminjohnson2828
    @benjaminjohnson2828 4 года назад +337

    This song was a reaction to the south's treatment of blacks and how there must be change.

    • @jacksprat418-ju5qo
      @jacksprat418-ju5qo 4 года назад +35

      @KV Bradford Yeah, now they are racist southern Republicans..TODAY!

    • @jacksprat418-ju5qo
      @jacksprat418-ju5qo 4 года назад +13

      @KV Bradford Ever hear of the southern strategy? Lying dumbass!! Lol

    • @elegantirony78
      @elegantirony78 4 года назад +7

      @@jacksprat418-ju5qo I remember Lee Atwater

    • @jacksprat418-ju5qo
      @jacksprat418-ju5qo 4 года назад

      @@elegantirony78 Wasn't he a peach! lol

    • @therafonreport3847
      @therafonreport3847 4 года назад +1

      @@jacksprat418-ju5qo Southern Strategy was a BIG FAT LIE....................... that fools fall for.

  • @bernardboka4277
    @bernardboka4277 4 года назад +22

    This song is an unapologetic call out and indictment on the evil side of southern history and of southern racism. It’s not just the words, it’s how he sings them. Throughout history we have all been such beasts to one another.... I hope one day love will prevail. Love you and your perspectives on music

  • @massdiongue3309
    @massdiongue3309 3 года назад +9

    Sister you made me cry You took back Home to Senegal where I discovered Neil young back those days I didn’t understand a word of what he was singing about.Now That I understand the lyrics I love him Twice and the funny thing is at the same time I was a great fan of Lynyrd Skynyrd back in 1984 when I landed to New York I had a good friend he was a white man we become very good friends and was helping to perfect my poor English, he is the who told me how Lynyrd S replied to this song - in Sweet Home Alabama -: “ Heard what Neil Young said about us, Hope Mr young will remember Southern man don’t around anyhow “ .did you listen to The new song by Neil Young “ Looking for new leader “ he is not talking to America alone but to all Countries.Thank you sister and like Neil said “Keep on Rocking in Free World.

  • @sirhoopalot1
    @sirhoopalot1 4 года назад +251

    Neil Young talking to the Southern men about what he saw in the south and the devastating effects of institutionalized racism. Lynyrd Skynyrd responded with their song “Sweet Home Alabama” in which they told Neil Young off. Neil then wrote the song “Alabama” asking Alabama wtf is wrong with that state.

    • @bodaciouscowboy
      @bodaciouscowboy 4 года назад +27

      Neil's song "Alabama" came out before the Skynyrd song. "Sweet Home Alabama" was also a response to that.

    • @patbonny1175
      @patbonny1175 3 года назад +23

      "well I heard Mr. Young talk about her, I heard ol' Neil put her down yeah. Well I hope neil young will remember, Southern Man don't need him around anyhow" - Sweet Home Alabama, obviously written before Neil's song, It took a really great band to be able to do justice to a response to it, they fought Wallace too but they were stung by the scathing words about their home state. They carry about the same weight but I'm a 68 year old white guy and I lean toward Neil. Watching your face India, on hearing this song for the first time, made me smile and tear up at the same time, I'm crying as I type, God bless you girl.

    • @taylormade1275
      @taylormade1275 3 года назад +16

      Neil Young publicly said he was proud to be mentioned in one of their songs. He's also great at writing protest songs. However, he would never do anything to harm the memories of Ronnie Van Zant. Neil is a beautiful soul and I wish there were more like him.

    • @catserver8577
      @catserver8577 3 года назад +11

      Sweet Home Alabama was written in the same vein as Southern Man. It's not Lynyrd Skynyrd's fault people don't understand social satire, irony, and the intricacies of poetic storytelling. It's fortunate that Neil Young did.

    • @CaptWalker
      @CaptWalker 3 года назад +17

      Well i have nothing personal against Skynyrd, but from there reaction to this i can only assume there were at the very least pro-Confederacy, and possibly much more than that, but will say no more...

  • @thecoogs
    @thecoogs 4 года назад +227

    Way ahead of his time about generational racism and just about every social issue throughout his storied career. More please

    • @seelenwinter6662
      @seelenwinter6662 4 года назад +4

      i was for nearly 20 years on holidays in new orleans and nowwhere was more racism like there... only listening a rap cd in my car was dangerous... the whites were angry, because i listen black music and the blacks were angry, because i listen their music and no rock n roll... and i am coming from germany, formerly known as the hometown of racism, but here we havnt such problems... only in our next town near two big air base station of the US army... there are blacks and whites soldiers strictly in different pubs and shops... USA is in my eyes the most racist state on earth...

    • @falungongboy
      @falungongboy 4 года назад +3

      @@seelenwinter6662 You need to get to some world news. The USA is racist, but so is Israel, Saudi Arabia, China, Russia, etc. Don't make absolute measures of racism, it's all over the world!!!

    • @vladdrakul7851
      @vladdrakul7851 4 года назад

      @@falungongboy Well said.!

    • @fuckamericanidiot
      @fuckamericanidiot 4 года назад

      @James Mills It is weird saying someone was ahead of his time for talking about the past

    • @justaflamingo
      @justaflamingo 3 года назад +2

      He grew up with it. He was right in his time. Look at the history of civil rights from the 50s, the protests of 60s and 70s. He knew first hand.

  • @traceyrychewhite1874
    @traceyrychewhite1874 Год назад +3

    Neil Young is an amazing artist. It just so happens that, what looked like the late 70's, Neil Young was being filmed and the people who were around him. They just released this movie 🎬 and it will be in theaters starting December 1st, 2022.

  • @bonniepoole1095
    @bonniepoole1095 4 года назад +46

    1970's music more relevant today than ever.

    • @clairevientos241
      @clairevientos241 3 года назад +3

      Case in point - Marvin Gaye's What's Going On

    • @FFM0594
      @FFM0594 3 года назад +5

      70,000,000 MAGA fans hate this song.

    • @bonk9657
      @bonk9657 2 года назад

      More relevant than when blacks where actually enslaved?

    • @Methadone4Life
      @Methadone4Life 3 месяца назад

      Well this song hates them too lol

  • @Trucker231610
    @Trucker231610 4 года назад +79

    Down by the River is a GREAT song

    • @StokesMusicStudiosOnline
      @StokesMusicStudiosOnline 4 года назад +3

      Down by the river was the first song I learned on guitar. Well, one of the first... It's been a while

    • @dianneross5449
      @dianneross5449 4 года назад +1

      Rick Baltimore...my favorite Neil

    • @artvallejos1460
      @artvallejos1460 4 года назад +1

      If I could stand to see her crying I would tell her not to care, when she learns of all your lyin will she join you there. Country Girl.

    • @tarahill2193
      @tarahill2193 4 года назад

      Hurricane,,by Bob Dylan and what is it Death Most...? Both iconic

    • @klw11jlw00
      @klw11jlw00 3 года назад

      Was written about his beloved dog 😓

  • @shawnlovering1841
    @shawnlovering1841 4 года назад +14

    You are a beautiful lady, you take information, then... Appropriate response! Thank you as always!

  • @The626785
    @The626785 4 года назад +6

    Neal Young rocking in the freeworld is great to Def recommend

  • @walts4856
    @walts4856 4 года назад +16

    Liked your take on this song, bought the album when I got out of the army,still have the vinyl from back in the day.

  • @anthonyrome7543
    @anthonyrome7543 4 года назад +74

    Notice how much feeling he puts into the solos! The lyrics and vocals are evocative, but not less is Neils distinctive guitar style. Disturbing and raw....

    • @sn1ckers100
      @sn1ckers100 4 года назад

      I remember someone saying back in 1975 that described Neil Young's guitar style as "rancid". Somehow that seems to fit. We all liked him then and still do today.

    • @blindriv3r
      @blindriv3r 4 года назад +2

      @@sn1ckers100 Neil described it himself as 'it sucks' lol but it sucks like nobody else

    • @sn1ckers100
      @sn1ckers100 4 года назад +1

      @@blindriv3r No doubt about that.

    • @rodciferri9626
      @rodciferri9626 4 года назад +1

      I saw him in the early 1990's at the RPI Field House. He was changing guitars often because of how many strings he was breaking. He went berserk playing "Keep On Rocking In The Free World" - twice! Nobody can say he didn't feel it...

    • @christopherburnett1745
      @christopherburnett1745 4 года назад +5

      I always felt that his soloing, at least in Southern Man, was meant to feel painful. As if he were trying to describe the lyrics through his playing as well. Nothing about the man has ever really been smooth though. I love a lot of his music. We could use more Neil Young types, imo.

  • @MrDallan3
    @MrDallan3 4 года назад +14

    I keep playing things like this for my older kids, they want to know what the 60's/70's were ....this was it.

  • @ashikana21
    @ashikana21 4 года назад +6

    I don't remember the first time I listened to this song since my parents are big Neil Young fans but it's effective *every single time*

    • @Methadone4Life
      @Methadone4Life 3 месяца назад

      Never gets old and you can feel the fire and anger he plays with and it is some of the best music you will ever set your ears upon!!!

  • @nicholashurst780
    @nicholashurst780 4 года назад +15

    22 seconds in and my reaction thus far "oh gods she's gonna listen to Southern Man. She's gonna cry and it's gonna suck for her". Just wanna say now, hope you're well

  • @stevedotwood
    @stevedotwood 4 года назад +26

    One of his best! Lyrically, amazing guitar solo and the pure energy and aggression

  • @JackCerro
    @JackCerro 4 года назад +99

    Give Neil Young a paper bag and an E String and he will make you feel it.

    • @ryanm5578
      @ryanm5578 4 года назад +4

      Nicely said, lol

    • @sacluvsBM
      @sacluvsBM 4 года назад +4

      @@ryanm5578 God wishes he could write songs and play guitar as well as Neil Young.

    • @BubbaBrazille
      @BubbaBrazille 4 года назад +2

      Dude found some mediocre bar band musicians, but they had the soul and he knew it. Crazy Horse may as well be a paper bag and an E string as far as the studio musicians are concerned, but Neil is real.

    • @PincherVoice
      @PincherVoice 4 года назад +1

      @@BubbaBrazille I used to perform this song, haven't heard Neil's in a while, and I was actually surprised by how formal the arrangement is in retrospect. However, the sidelong version of Words really illustrates this band as being exactly what you've described, as does the whole Tonight's the Night album in particular, and all of them in general. Neil is a good arranger, the structures are relatively single, he dragged and kicked this band to the next level every night.

    • @BubbaBrazille
      @BubbaBrazille 4 года назад

      @@PincherVoice Neil’s autobiography is a must read. I played a lot of covers, but never could pull off a NY song. Not enough confidence, like trying to actually fly for me.

  • @royluke5311
    @royluke5311 3 года назад +2

    I love this song! Thank you Neil Young!

  • @avalonaudiovisual
    @avalonaudiovisual 3 года назад +4

    I had the pleasure of seeing Neil live, even at 70 years old he was one of the most powerful experiences of my life.

  • @tyrannicaltypomichaeltester
    @tyrannicaltypomichaeltester 4 года назад +5

    Heart Of Gold, and Old Man are Iconic Neil songs

  • @scottmartin4052
    @scottmartin4052 4 года назад +2

    Songs that hit the heart and soul and make you think about it ! He did his job ! Great writer and performer

  • @goldog63
    @goldog63 3 года назад +2

    Thank You so much! Much better understanding of the lyrics now.

  • @mma1st105
    @mma1st105 4 года назад +68

    Gotta respect a man who stands up for what he believes. He's still putting his money where his mouth is.

    • @jarnettifritjof2246
      @jarnettifritjof2246 4 года назад

      Yea'Good'ol Neil's musical *BACKFLASH* about this one..'cos: Lynyrd Skynyrd basically gave Neil *the* *finger* in "Sweet Home Alabama":
      "Well I heard mister Young sing about her
      Well, I heard ole Neil put her down
      Well, I hope Neil Young will remember
      A Southern man don't need him around anyhow".. - True. Every Man Has a Voice ..Too. _( *True..* ruclips.net/video/9Cyokaj3BJU/видео.html ..or False..)

    • @artvallejos1460
      @artvallejos1460 Год назад

      Yeah, Neil put it to them.
      "Alabam You Got The Rest Of The Union To Help You Along, "

  • @LaoZi2023
    @LaoZi2023 4 года назад +4

    The great Neil Young. Yes, his message was so real.

  • @cozmovox
    @cozmovox 4 года назад +148

    for the Neil Young newbies : he is regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time next to Bob Dylan or Van Morrison. For many of us the first steps in learning guitar was probably a Neil Young tune. One more detail : He NEVER cared if his songs would become hits or not and in the beginning of the seventies he was quite radical for change regarding political issues. Check out his music. lots of great tunes and lyrics out there. He is also know to be a grumpy old fart nowadays.....

    • @ericdesmeules8117
      @ericdesmeules8117 4 года назад +18

      No wonder he's grumpy... 60 years of nothing changing.

    • @CH-gc1fd
      @CH-gc1fd 3 года назад +8

      Hell I don’t blame him

    • @ewokwarrior2656
      @ewokwarrior2656 3 года назад +7

      Best kind of Grumpy ol' fart...I'm right there with him, but he has better wording!

    • @brupic8968
      @brupic8968 3 года назад +5

      his father was a very well known journalist in canada. wrote a few dozen books. also big on TV back in the day. controversial too. his mother was a tv personality....he lived in winnipeg and toronto

    • @bobbyhulll8737
      @bobbyhulll8737 3 года назад +3

      Also a great Canadian! Grew up in Winnipeg Qing with Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman

  • @yinyangja
    @yinyangja 3 года назад +1

    Great song writer, singer and musician. He has it all.

  • @jamesmorrison2063
    @jamesmorrison2063 3 года назад +3

    I was hooked on Neil at 14 yrs old when I first heard "Heart of Gold". Genius!

  • @deechatterton5828
    @deechatterton5828 4 года назад +11

    India, you hit the nail on the head.

  • @Silverchord1974
    @Silverchord1974 2 года назад +1

    So raw and powerful! Still to this day!

  • @Copeandseethe822
    @Copeandseethe822 4 года назад +86

    Neil Young is a legend. It's just sad how far society hasn't come.

    • @BritIronRebel
      @BritIronRebel 3 года назад +5

      Exactly. It pains me that in the 60's we fought for equal rights and my children today still do. I try to explain to them that we too had strong feelings so long ago. We did our best but it never seems that's enough.

    • @harrycojones4273
      @harrycojones4273 3 года назад

      No

  • @steveb796
    @steveb796 4 года назад +3

    Neil young has inspired soooo many musicians. The Thrasher changed my outlook on life. And Neil is one of the best guitarists period. He has used his fame and fortune to do many good things.

    • @artvallejos1460
      @artvallejos1460 Год назад

      Yep, benefit concerts for disabled children, farmers, environmental issues etc.......

  • @Tonyblack261
    @Tonyblack261 4 года назад +79

    His song - After The Gold Rush is amazing. Also his song "Ohio" is more relevant now than it was when he wrote it.

    • @MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd
      @MyrnaMinkoff-yy4qd 4 года назад +3

      After the Goldrush, just about my fav song ever.

    • @paulhagger3895
      @paulhagger3895 4 года назад +3

      Ohio is more relevant today? How so? Ohio is about a very specific incident.

    • @DanielSanchez-og4ox
      @DanielSanchez-og4ox 4 года назад +3

      No it's not. There are not four dead in Ohio. We need to remember and respect what went on then.

    • @11bkev
      @11bkev 4 года назад +1

      Tony Blackwell Ohio was about a specific incident. It cannot be more relevant now than at the time of the incident.

    • @11bkev
      @11bkev 4 года назад

      Paul Hagger Because Orange Man Bad

  • @lewstone5430
    @lewstone5430 3 года назад +2

    Neil cuts straight to the point. I'm a Southern man and I love this song! I was born and raised in South Carolina but now live out West (thank goodness). Thanks for doing this song India, glad you appreciated it! On a side note, you have very pretty eyebrows, no big fake arch and very thick; two good things. *Stop racism people!* Peace.

  • @ThisGuy76
    @ThisGuy76 4 года назад +2

    I'm 1/2 black & 1/2 white; grew up in Jacksonville FL in the early 80s. This song was on major repeat in my house when I was a kid. The very 1st concert I ever went to was with my hippie parents: Neil Young in Gainesville; I was maybe 12? This song was one of my (white) mother's favorites. When Neil came out, she stood up & screamed "play Southern Man!!" Not a lot of other black people have heard this music that has been so much a part of my life. Thank you for being, as you said, "open minded" enough to take it in and give us your honest modern reaction.

  • @POET444
    @POET444 4 года назад +6

    I still remember the first time I heard Neil Young...'On the Beach' is imo his greatest work.......an artist for all times....especially now...'southern Man' is great because he doesn't try to make it pretty ....the guitar is a blunt instrument.......how about reacting to some Lou Reed?

  • @keithorlandini4919
    @keithorlandini4919 4 года назад +14

    'Southern Man' by Neil Young is one of the greatest songs of the Rock & Roll Era (1954 to Present). India's reaction to this song is one of her greatest reactions ever.

  • @janeterambert5455
    @janeterambert5455 3 года назад +1

    Neil Young, just amazing...

  • @cynthiaparr-nyberg9093
    @cynthiaparr-nyberg9093 3 года назад +2

    Neil had guts to write this song. Billie Holliday sang Strang Fruit. Please review that shocking song. It took guts for her to sing in in the 1930s. Remember what Gid says"The first SHALL be last and the last shall be first.GBY

  • @mattcanich4287
    @mattcanich4287 4 года назад +68

    Fun Neil fact, for a brief time in the mid 60s, he and Rick James were band mates.

    • @sjd5750
      @sjd5750 4 года назад +6

      The Mynah Birds, out of Toronto, and signed with Motown, in 1966.

    • @rubbersole79
      @rubbersole79 4 года назад +2

      Rick gave Neil his first job as a guitar player.

    • @onsesejoo2605
      @onsesejoo2605 4 года назад +2

      When Crosby, Stills & Nash started to look bassist they asked Rick James. He declined but recommended Greg Reeves who plays on CSN & Young album Deja Vu.

    • @sacluvsBM
      @sacluvsBM 4 года назад +1

      @@rubbersole79 first "real" job.

    • @mkerwin1
      @mkerwin1 4 года назад +3

      Neil affectionately calls Rick James "Ricky" - I always liked that they were bandmates and friends too :)

  • @deedee67888
    @deedee67888 4 года назад +13

    I had almost the same reaction the first time I heard this song. It still makes me cry every time I hear it.

  • @adawineect7872
    @adawineect7872 2 года назад +2

    I was essentially born with this song in my Playlist and it was so well known in my circles that I never thought I'd be able to see it through fresh eyes, much less someone who didn't know what it was about. Neil Young has some powerful songs with powerful messages, and it's a beautiful thing to see someone experience that for the first time. Thank you for doing this video.

  • @Silverchord1974
    @Silverchord1974 2 года назад +1

    I get chills whenever I listen to my man Neil!

  • @tracyhintz8519
    @tracyhintz8519 4 года назад +10

    You should be in movies. You have the look, passion, and humility.

    • @TheCornishCockney
      @TheCornishCockney 4 года назад +2

      humility?
      among movie stars??
      hahaha,thats a good 'un.
      besides,why not aspire to be better than that in a nation where image is everything and how much you have in your bank account is equally important.
      more to life than money,image and fame.

    • @tracyhintz8519
      @tracyhintz8519 4 года назад

      Just sayin she looks great on film!!!! Hollywood needs humility!!!!

    • @harrycojones4273
      @harrycojones4273 3 года назад

      😳

  • @floorticket
    @floorticket 4 года назад +22

    "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" from Crosby, Stills and Nash's first album.

  • @seanmcaleavy2369
    @seanmcaleavy2369 4 года назад +1

    Love love love Neil Young!

  • @costaliberta5969
    @costaliberta5969 8 месяцев назад +2

    he hits the strings like whipping

  • @sandradespainbultman2892
    @sandradespainbultman2892 4 года назад +4

    You are so freaking amazing and so insightful that's exactly what Neil Young was trying to portray. I have no tolerance for prejudice in any way.

  • @ludofuzz3012
    @ludofuzz3012 4 года назад +3

    Neil young wow i love him. The one And only one. Beware it's just old hippies songs...And i love it

  • @marchenaivan
    @marchenaivan 4 года назад +2

    Young is well known for his powerful songwriting and this is just another brilliant example on how timeless his music is

  • @davidhicks9215
    @davidhicks9215 3 года назад +1

    His guitar solos are fierce and furious.

  • @jakeet999
    @jakeet999 3 года назад +3

    This entire album is amazing this song in particular and says so much about tyranny and oppression

  • @rickfortier8664
    @rickfortier8664 4 года назад +91

    This song is the reason Lynyrd Skynard mentioned him "Ol' Neil better remember, Southern Man don't need him around anyhow" in Sweet Home Alabama.

    • @ishpadful
      @ishpadful 4 года назад +33

      Lynard Skynard defending racism, much like McConnell and most republicans defending it now! SOB shithole trump has no opinion, he's too dumb to care. He only knows he's got the racists following him and he's got them fooled into believing everything he does is FOR THEM! Idiots all!

    • @ktwebbdevil
      @ktwebbdevil 4 года назад +39

      @@ishpadful You couldn't be more wrong or more uninformed! Moronic comment

    • @josephz803
      @josephz803 4 года назад +17

      Yep, and Lynyrd Skynyrd can go f*** themselves

    • @ktwebbdevil
      @ktwebbdevil 4 года назад +18

      @@josephz803 so can you

    • @brianmoss5483
      @brianmoss5483 4 года назад +4

      Comes in all colors

  • @Dustin031
    @Dustin031 2 года назад +1

    Took some balls to make this song for the given time period. Mad love for this song

  • @jklinders
    @jklinders 4 года назад +1

    Niel Young is a musical treasure.

  • @five_o_fever9381
    @five_o_fever9381 4 года назад +40

    Another Neil Young song that would be in this same theme would be *Alabama.*

    • @themoodyteam
      @themoodyteam 4 года назад

      FIVE_O_FEVER a song even NY thinks is over the top. I do like the ‘wheel in the ditch’ line 😀

    • @Alsatiagent
      @Alsatiagent 4 года назад

      @@themoodyteam I bet that was said in another era...if ya know what I mean.

  • @MarkCurryonline
    @MarkCurryonline 10 месяцев назад +3

    legendary

  • @chrisgist3090
    @chrisgist3090 4 года назад +1

    Neil Young only points out what was relevant before, relevant then & still relevant today as we can see daily on news! One of the very gifted songwriters of our age-in same company as Bob Dylan, etc.

  • @jacobjones5269
    @jacobjones5269 3 года назад +1

    This album and Harvest are the best back to back releases in Rock history..

  • @kellywales4059
    @kellywales4059 4 года назад +6

    Answering to Neil Young's "Southern Man"..Lynyard Skynard's.."Sweet Home Alabama". Early Battle in music. Both songs are iconic.

  • @rickywilliams9937
    @rickywilliams9937 4 года назад +12

    Brought tears to my eyes watching you react to this as a white male. Our nation has a horrific history.

  • @stuartsoll3254
    @stuartsoll3254 8 месяцев назад +3

    Neil Young was a supporter of civil rights.

  • @hippylong
    @hippylong 4 года назад +1

    Lynyrd skynyrd responded with sweet home Alabama. Neil's an icon.

  • @VanVaper
    @VanVaper 4 года назад +1

    Neil Young is definitely one of greatest of all time. Too many hits to liist, Live Rust Never Sleeps showcases many of them.

  • @artvallejos1460
    @artvallejos1460 4 года назад +13

    I Was Born To Rock I'll Never Be An Opera Star.

  • @MrThobias711
    @MrThobias711 4 года назад +136

    What "your" good book says. As opposed to "the" good book. Their religion, their misinterpretation.

    • @Shawney-jf6kc
      @Shawney-jf6kc 3 года назад

      Bitter Buffalo I lived in those days. I’m white. What happened back in 60s was terrible to black people. 🤮. Their religion...who did you refer to? It is OUR faith in Jesus. Not THE faith.

    • @jakefoster5611
      @jakefoster5611 3 года назад +7

      @@Shawney-jf6kc He's saying "your" good book, as in, "not mine". It's about the slavers and KKK members using Christianity to justify their racism.

    • @CH-gc1fd
      @CH-gc1fd 3 года назад

      Jake Foster even though the bible says hating anyone is wring lol

    • @jkaanta8555
      @jkaanta8555 3 года назад +1

      1 Peter 2:18, Ephesians 6:5, 1 Timothy 6:1 :-(

    • @jakefoster5611
      @jakefoster5611 3 года назад +2

      @@CH-gc1fd The Bible never, once, not at all condemns slavery. Never. It only tells masters how much they can beat their slaves. Never does it say "no one shall own another human being. If you own slaves, release them." No, it just says not to beat them to death (Exodus 21: 20-21). Has nothing to do with hate. I'm not saying the slavers were correct in interpreting the bible. I merely said that they used it to justify slavery. See also the story about Canaan and Ham seeing Noah drunk and naked.

  • @wandaprescott6672
    @wandaprescott6672 3 года назад

    Listen to Neil young in ?2021 you'll understand where he's comming from..Listen to all his Music..Back then till Now...He Has a Huge Heart..🙏✌Peace !! ❤😉🎵🎼🎶
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  • @josephcoon2385
    @josephcoon2385 4 года назад +1

    I'm so glad that young people are discovering these amazing works of art from the past.

  • @andrewlustfield6079
    @andrewlustfield6079 4 года назад +16

    It's a very in your face protest song from the 60s, in reaction to church bombings, race riots, etc. The 1960s gave us great music out of very turbulent, and in some ways very dark times times in our country. This is just one facet of that prism.

  • @lilyliz3071
    @lilyliz3071 4 года назад +3

    Whole album was great ,not a bad song on it

  • @lindasulla5302
    @lindasulla5302 4 года назад +1

    Your reaction is totally right on. Social injustice has been fought for decades I'm sorry to say. I'm 64 years old and I cry that we can't find our way through this morass. It's incomprehensible that this should still be happening. My descendants came to America in 1632 as indentured servitudes.

  • @jeremyhodge6216
    @jeremyhodge6216 Год назад +1

    If anything this song is a learning lesson for all to learn. It was controversial when it first came out in 1970 and it still resonate today 🤔

  • @josephscally6270
    @josephscally6270 4 года назад +17

    ......and just when we thought we were making progress.....

  • @dandilion62
    @dandilion62 4 года назад +15

    Music lyrics meant more to my generation than they do today.

  • @tinaburkhalter6111
    @tinaburkhalter6111 2 года назад +2

    I saw CSNY live and enjoyed them very much they have harmonies you have nevr heard before ! Greetings from concord , nc. I have been following you and your reactions for a while and girl i am enjoying your reactions ! Keep up the great work ! 😍😍

  • @jpntributes5456
    @jpntributes5456 3 года назад +1

    Your interpretation is spot on!
    It is my belief that slavery is the most heinous blemish in our nation's past history. We must always remember and honor the innocent individuals and families that had to endure slavery.
    May we as a nation truly live up to the ethic that we are one nation under God; and all people are created in God's image; and because of this, everyone is to be treated equally, with dignity and with absolute fairness.