He has so much good music that it's hard for me to say. He did a similar performance for The Needle and the Damage Done. "But every junkie's like a setting sun." It always hits me like a ton of bricks.
I was 18 and now 64. How can one play a ballad so subliminally and then turn around and knock it out of the park with _"Powderfinger"_ or _"Cinnamon Girl"_ with such emotive note bending. And to think George Harrison dissed his guitar playing.
@@benjira Well, for me, now at 72. Having switched ends of the song and am the old man now it gives me understanding of my Father, which when I was 20 I really did not understand him. It is just perspective I guess.
"24, and there's so much more." I never thought I would make it past 24, in the world that I grew up in! And now, I am an old man, in that same world's eyes. It is like a mystery, and a beauty, and an indefinable, interminable loss. Not many regrets, I must say. It could have been better, but it was not - And that, is entirely okay.
I believe this to be a song about deep loneliness. At the end of the day, the old man is all he has. And I find it phenomenal that Neil Young was able to buy a ranch at 24 years old.
Keep in mind he had just finished this song three days before and this was his first time playing it live. It remains the best performance he's ever done!
I love it when younger people discover musical treasures that older Fowlkes grew up with. The 50's, 60's and 70's were the best music ever recorded - and it was everywhere. Keep on exploring those musical treasures and broadening your perspective.
I’m in my mid 60s and I absolutely agree with you as far as the music we grew up with being so much better than what is currently being produced.. The music industry has become a cookie cutter product anymore where looks and songs that sound the same are more important than talent and songs that have long lasting staying power. Look up Johnny Bravo on the Brady Bunch, it doesn’t matter if they’re talented or not, they fit the suit😆
It sure slipped by faster than we thought didn’t it brother, being young wasn’t always great but I’ll be dammed if it wasn’t way better than these days.
I'm 75 and grew up in CA. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young was one of my favorite groups in the late 60's and all during the 70's and 80's. Each musician was a great talent individually. Together they made some of the most memorable songs of those decades.
🎼Hello there! I’m the 70 year old whose brother was born with cerebral palsy. My sister was the last one of us 6 kids to take care of our brother. When she died, her funeral was a tear-jerker. We played her favorite song by Neil Young. “Heart of Gold” and yes… she had one.
🎼Neil Young is 78 years old now. He’s got a Heart of Gold. His son was born with a very involved case of cerebral palsy and he’s poured his heart into him. I love the guy and truly identify with him because my brother was born with the same. I am 70 years old and have been listening to Neil for years now. In fact, my whole adult life. Dig into his work. The man is gifted.❤️❤️
I first heard this song when I was 8 years old in 1972. My brother had a cassette of this album. I put it in the player and pressed PLAY and even back at the time this song touched me. I didn't know why . Now I do.
Today’s music lacks artists showing their vulnerability, especially men. That’s what Neil Young was so great at doing when he was “younger“. You can still be strong yet acknowledge and share your vulnerability. Thank you for showing this video on your channel.
I really enjoyed this reaction. I’ve been watching music reactions for several years and yours made me cry❤ thank you. Neil Young is very important to me and my family🇨🇦
So right, so much amazing music and all we get on reaction channel's is the same old restricted selection Mostly from Harvest, which is so overrated, he has so many better album's out there
@@jameswiglesworth5004 True, but Harvest is still helluva an album, but that's one of the things with a so creative and experimental artist as mr. Young, I think he has an album for everyone. I guess I have most of his albums and they have a great span of different music, from country and 50's rock to acoustic music and really heavy rock. There is even a "synth album", which I also love by the way. =) And I agree, I too always wish that reaction channels would dig a little deeper in Neil Young's song treasure.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 A few observations by critics: ...most of Harvest reduced the lean power of After the Gold Rush to elementary formula. If Young had stuck to the Harvest approach (country-flavored soft-rock), he could have had more hits, but as he famously proclaimed, the middle of the road was a bore, so he headed for the ditch... [Tonight's the Night is] one of Young's staggering achievements... one of the bravest and most moving albums of the decade... On the Beach was savage and ultimately triumphant... a consummate album and a crucial turning point in Young's career.
The reason why we love Neil Young is that he's never been complicated by others people's ideas or culture or whatever, even when he was young. Neil has always just been Neil, and if he decides to write a song about something, it sticks to you.
I played this for my son on his 24th birthday. He, too is a wise young man and he ‘got’ it, as I knew he would. He’s 33 now and soon to be a father - truly, there is “so much more”… I hope I’m still around to play this for my grandson on his 24th birthday, but if I’m not, maybe my son will remember…🙏💕 I love your heartfelt reactions. You always make my day… 💕
Yeah, chills. I still get them after all these years and I'm tearing up too. I love this guy. Our Neil is a proud Canadian and we are very proud of his contribution to music history.
The simplest songs are always the most meaningful🎶 We are all living the human condition, and it just comes down to truth. I'm a guitarist and the 2 songs I love to play at an open mic are, Harvest Moon and Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Neil Young. I don't know if you have reacted to these 2 songs. They are Gems 😊
beautiful reaction. I love that you got it right away. So many of his songs have an emotion beyond just the words he uses. I hope you react to more from Neil Young, or his bands Buffalo Springfield or Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young.
It’s always such a pleasure to see a young woman or man succumb to this main artist’s music , music that changed my life fifty years ago. Welcome in our emotional tribe . Maybe will you try to go further and will discover also the golden treasure that Crosby Stills Nash and Young left us with their music .
Beautiful song, lady and reaction...thank you so much! This beautiful and moving song touches on what we all need and seek in the form of home, stability and love. Both the Old Man and Neil are drawn to the same property in paradise yet they're from opposite situations. Such a simple yet beautiful message.
Sarah, the irony in listening to this version of 'Old Man' is that Neil IS the young man at the point in time that this video was made. But such vision! He is now 78 years old and still performing. I've been a fan of his throughout his career, from my own youth to my present age of 70. I truly enjoy watching your channel. Thank you.
Quite possibly he is. I recall watching a documentary many years ago and I can’t recall if it was Crosby, Stills or Nash speaking, but Neil saw the news reports about the Kent State shootings, grabbed his guitar and locked himself in another room. It was something crazy like 20 minutes later he’s re-emerges from the private room and has the lyrics and chords the timeless, classic song “Ohio” Straight from his heart to the guitar to our ears (and hearts).
Wonderful reaction to this beautiful song! I love you truly take into account the meaning behind the words and not just the sound...both equally flawless of course. It is strange the first time I heard this I was a kid and I am now the same age he sung this...funny how the time goes past
Neil Young is one of the most essential figures in rock history. He is inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, as a solo artist and also as a member of the legendary group Buffalo Springfield. He has countless classics: "Like A Hurricane", "Cinnamon Girl", "Heart Of Gold", "Down By The River", "Cowgirl In The Sand", "Sugar Mountain" are among the best.
He's the most prolific song writer of he's era mainly from 60s to now. I've listened to this song at least 500 times and eveytime I here this song I get teary eyed just like you. You picked a good song. Thank you for breaking it down.
This song moves me as deeply as it did the first time I heard it, more than 50 years ago. Thank you for sharing this with us, and I think you'll find all of Neil's work to be filled with strong emotion. 'Cinnamon Girl' is a favorite of mine, and I highly recommend you listen to music from the band 'Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young', they're amazing together. I love what you're doing, and I'll see you on the next video. Happy Trails!😁
Your reaction was so sincere and seeing the effect that it had on you. The same effect it has on me. It causes me to think about different people and different periods of my life that have come and gone. Goals I once had, but never met. The last smile or hug that I shared with a loved one who has long since passed on. I don’t like feeling sad and I’m sure you don’t either, but it’s nice to witness some humanity and some sincere heart in this zombified world. You are a REAL person and I loved watching this. Subbed.
SAME BBC CONCERT SARAH, YOU GOTTA DO ( HEART OF GOLD )💯 😊YOU MIGHT KNOW THE SONG BUT HAD NO IDEA IT WAS NEIL, IT'S WITH HIS HARMONICA PLUS GUITAR AND HIS VOICE OF COURSE, AND HE MAKES THE AUDIENCE LAUGH WITH THE HARMONICA STORY 👍 HUGE HIT SONG FROM BACK IN 72
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I was a young man when I first heard this, now I'm The Old Man. Still sounds good. Thanks.
my wife passed 2 years ago and this song makes me cry then i'm alone
Same here now I am a old man too . When I first heard it it reminded me of my father .
I was a kid old man when I first heard of you….now I am an old man and hope some kid gets to hear of you too…..
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Same with me. Well I’m just past the half century mark.
Some reaction videos remind you that great art should sometimes be appreciated with silence.
That episode is the finest acoustic performance by a solo artist in TV history.
Agreed
He has so much good music that it's hard for me to say. He did a similar performance for The Needle and the Damage Done. "But every junkie's like a setting sun." It always hits me like a ton of bricks.
Just a young man sitting on a chair with his guitar... Neil Young at his best :)
I was 20 when I heard this. I'm 72 now. I've kind of seen both sides of this song now. It always touches me.
I was 18 and now 64. How can one play a ballad so subliminally and then turn around and knock it out of the park with _"Powderfinger"_ or _"Cinnamon Girl"_ with such emotive note bending. And to think George Harrison dissed his guitar playing.
Beautiful song. I've always interpreted it as "old man" "father". My father raised me.
Sad
@@benjira yes, played that way for me too.
@@benjira Well, for me, now at 72. Having switched ends of the song and am the old man now it gives me understanding of my Father, which when I was 20 I really did not understand him. It is just perspective I guess.
I heard this song when I was fifteen, now I’m 67, and totally hear it from another perspective. Beautiful.
ditto
me too !!
and I been a fan ever since.
Same here now 68 and still listen to him and sometimes tear up . Reminds me of dad now passed.
Great reaction. Neil Young is a legend.
Those tears tell me you have a heart of gold.
"24, and there's so much more." I never thought I would make it past 24, in the world that I grew up in! And now, I am an old man, in that same world's eyes. It is like a mystery, and a beauty, and an indefinable, interminable loss. Not many regrets, I must say. It could have been better, but it was not - And that, is entirely okay.
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up in the 70s it had the best music!
Check out "Heart of Gold" and "the Needle and the Damage Done", and Ohio". ...among so many other songs by Neil Young.
I believe this to be a song about deep loneliness. At the end of the day, the old man is all he has. And I find it phenomenal that Neil Young was able to buy a ranch at 24 years old.
you have a heart of gold Sarah greets from australia mate
Keep in mind he had just finished this song three days before and this was his first time playing it live. It remains the best performance he's ever done!
No way! Wow
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Wow....really? Three days before!! So natural, easy. Just rolls right through him. 😲❤😊
I love it when younger people discover musical treasures that older Fowlkes grew up with. The 50's, 60's and 70's were the best music ever recorded - and it was everywhere. Keep on exploring those musical treasures and broadening your perspective.
I tell people that all of the time. Any music, pop, jazz, rock, fusion, folk, whatever you want, that age of music is absolutely the best of all time.
I’m in my mid 60s and I absolutely agree with you as far as the music we grew up with being so much better than what is currently being produced..
The music industry has become a cookie cutter product anymore where looks and songs that sound the same are more important than talent and songs that have long lasting staying power.
Look up Johnny Bravo on the Brady Bunch, it doesn’t matter if they’re talented or not, they fit the suit😆
The three things everyone needs. Something to do, someone to love and something to hope for.
Been enjoying this song since I was a teen, now I'm the old man.
It sure slipped by faster than we thought didn’t it brother, being young wasn’t always great but I’ll be dammed if it wasn’t way better than these days.
please NEVER apologize for feeling emotions. EVER. it's beautiful!!!
Yes agree 100%
I'm 75 and grew up in CA. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young was one of my favorite groups in the late 60's and all during the 70's and 80's. Each musician was a great talent individually. Together they made some of the most memorable songs of those decades.
🎼Hello there! I’m the 70 year old whose brother was born with cerebral palsy. My sister was the last one of us 6 kids to take care of our brother. When she died, her funeral was a tear-jerker. We played her favorite song by Neil Young. “Heart of Gold” and yes… she had one.
🎼Neil Young is 78 years old now. He’s got a Heart of Gold. His son was born with a very involved case of cerebral palsy and he’s poured his heart into him. I love the guy and truly identify with him because my brother was born with the same. I am 70 years old and have been listening to Neil for years now. In fact, my whole adult life. Dig into his work. The man is gifted.❤️❤️
Amen to that.
Wow you know alot about him. You must be a close friend
Wow, I never knew this. But it doesn’t surprise me. Thank you!
@chrisjenkins6120. Both of his sons have cerebral palsy and his daughter has epilepsy.
I used to buy weed from his neighbor and could hear them banging around in their barn from our perch.
I'm an old man now. Didn't hear how deep and true this song was in my youth.
Thanks, Sarah.
I first heard this song when I was 8 years old in 1972. My brother had a cassette of this album. I put it in the player and pressed PLAY and even back at the time this song touched me. I didn't know why . Now I do.
Just by watching you I can tell you are a beautiful soul and a great person ☝️
Today’s music lacks artists showing their vulnerability, especially men. That’s what Neil Young was so great at doing when he was “younger“.
You can still be strong yet acknowledge and share your vulnerability. Thank you for showing this video on your channel.
It's not just emotional, it is existential, philosophical and has wisdom to it.
In this terrible world today....who's the President??😢😮
Your beautiful soul comes thru in your reactions. I wish you nothing but a life of love and health.
Hi Sarah, I love Neil Young, for exactly the feelings you so eloquently describe.. obviously you are an amazing human being 🥰
I really enjoyed this reaction. I’ve been watching music reactions for several years and yours made me cry❤ thank you. Neil Young is very important to me and my family🇨🇦
Neil Young is one of the true music legends. There are so much amazing music to find in his enormous catalogue. A genius if you ask me. ❤
So right, so much amazing music and all we get on reaction channel's is the same old restricted selection Mostly from Harvest, which is so
overrated, he has so many better album's out there
@@jameswiglesworth5004 True, but Harvest is still helluva an album, but that's one of the things with a so creative and experimental artist as mr. Young, I think he has an album for everyone. I guess I have most of his albums and they have a great span of different music, from country and 50's rock to acoustic music and really heavy rock. There is even a "synth album", which I also love by the way. =)
And I agree, I too always wish that reaction channels would dig a little deeper in Neil Young's song treasure.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 A few observations by critics: ...most of Harvest reduced the lean power of After the Gold Rush to elementary formula. If Young had stuck to the Harvest approach (country-flavored soft-rock), he could have had more hits, but as he famously proclaimed, the middle of the road was a bore, so he headed for the ditch... [Tonight's the Night is] one of Young's staggering achievements... one of the bravest and most moving albums of the decade... On the Beach was savage and ultimately triumphant... a consummate album and a crucial turning point in Young's career.
I'm 67 and I have loved Neil Young since the 70's and CSNY! I really enjoy your reactions
The reason why we love Neil Young is that he's never been complicated by others people's ideas or culture or whatever, even when he was young. Neil has always just been Neil, and if he decides to write a song about something, it sticks to you.
He became a lunatic leftist in recent years.
Sarah, thanks so much for your beautiful reactions, which I enjoy without fail. You have a beautiful soul.
I took my daughter and granddaughter to see him this last summer.
One of the best songs ever written. Ever.
This is truly a great song by a great artist, you have to try Sugar Mountain, …….
I played this for my son on his 24th birthday. He, too is a wise young man and he ‘got’ it, as I knew he would. He’s 33 now and soon to be a father - truly, there is “so much more”… I hope I’m still around to play this for my grandson on his 24th birthday, but if I’m not, maybe my son will remember…🙏💕 I love your heartfelt reactions. You always make my day… 💕
Gosh kids....in this terrible world today.... hope his kid will be ok.
Neil Young - Harvest album is very good
One of the very few perfect live performances ever captured on film.
Yes. It's just pure perfection. Masterful.
you nailed this!!! very insightful observations!!!
Darling, you're the soulful one.
Yeah, chills. I still get them after all these years and I'm tearing up too. I love this guy. Our Neil is a proud Canadian and we are very proud of his contribution to music history.
Truly a beautiful song and never grows old.
The simplest songs are always the most meaningful🎶 We are all living the human condition, and it just comes down to truth. I'm a guitarist and the 2 songs I love to play at an open mic are, Harvest Moon and Only Love Can Break Your Heart by Neil Young. I don't know if you have reacted to these 2 songs. They are Gems 😊
Glad to see a new generation rediscovering a genius like this artist
Through the decades I still love this song I never tire of hearing it. One of the all time classic greats.
beautiful reaction. I love that you got it right away. So many of his songs have an emotion beyond just the words he uses. I hope you react to more from Neil Young, or his bands Buffalo Springfield or Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young.
I absolutely loved your reaction to this performance. Thank you.
So many other great songs from this same performance await your ears.❤😊
gorgeous song
Wonderful reaction🎉 thank you. May your god be with you🧚
It’s always such a pleasure to see a young woman or man succumb to this main artist’s music , music that changed my life fifty years ago. Welcome in our emotional tribe . Maybe will you try to go further and will discover also the golden treasure that Crosby Stills Nash and Young left us with their music .
Great reaction, heard this song when it first came out and it still stands the test of time.
Truly a great song...
Good job!!
If you liked this song and the emotion in it then you got to listen to Heart of Gold from this same concert
Beautiful song, lady and reaction...thank you so much! This beautiful and moving song touches on what we all need and seek in the form of home, stability and love. Both the Old Man and Neil are drawn to the same property in paradise yet they're from opposite situations. Such a simple yet beautiful message.
Beautiful reaction. Keep this song close to your heart. The older you get, the more powerful it is
I learned this on the bass guitar recently, amazing amazing song!
Sarah, the irony in listening to this version of 'Old Man' is that Neil IS the young man at the point in time that this video was made. But such vision! He is now 78 years old and still performing. I've been a fan of his throughout his career, from my own youth to my present age of 70. I truly enjoy watching your channel. Thank you.
The greatest songwriter of our generation, Live on Neil😊
Quite possibly he is.
I recall watching a documentary many years ago and I can’t recall if it was Crosby, Stills or Nash speaking, but Neil saw the news reports about the Kent State shootings, grabbed his guitar and locked himself in another room. It was something crazy like 20 minutes later he’s re-emerges from the private room and has the lyrics and chords the timeless, classic song “Ohio”
Straight from his heart to the guitar to our ears (and hearts).
thank you for your sensitive beautiful reaction to our beautiful musician Neil Young
Simply gorgeous!! Sweet reaction Sarah 😊
Pure genius well written Niel and very well sung we all love you Neal 💐💕xx
Wonderful reaction to this beautiful song! I love you truly take into account the meaning behind the words and not just the sound...both equally flawless of course. It is strange the first time I heard this I was a kid and I am now the same age he sung this...funny how the time goes past
Love Neil Young.... A fellow Canadian!
Neil Young has been a fantastic performer for nearly 60 years & his lyrics are brilliant
Love that you played this song, so it's not lost!
❤truth I love your reaction really
This performance blows my freakin mind every time I see it. What a talent he was.
Is
Neil Young has a voice that speaks to the heart an soul.
Been following you for a while now Sarah.....great to see your reaction.....you get it!!! You understand!!!
This song has such real life depth, and you get it!
Neil Young is one of the most essential figures in rock history.
He is inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, as a solo artist and also as a member of the legendary group Buffalo Springfield.
He has countless classics: "Like A Hurricane", "Cinnamon Girl", "Heart Of Gold", "Down By The River", "Cowgirl In The Sand", "Sugar Mountain" are among the best.
This is my favorite version and also the best version of this song that he does.
That really is a masterwork of a song, and great guitar playing.
This song brings tears to my eyes too. Its nice to know a beautiful woman could enjoy such a beautiful song.
I am now 70 and have followed, played and listened to Neil since I first heard him in the sixties and seventies. Love the guy!
Neil Young is just a living legend!
Just a amazing song thank you for sharing your reaction
Loved the reaction to one of my all time favorite songs from the day
One of the Great Folk singers. LEGEND!!!
I've heard this song a billion times. I really listened to it with you, and it was great.
You should react to "Heart of Gold" from this same live performance. It's incredible!
You’re a so wonderfull emotionell Person….nice to see that Neil reaches your Heart with this outstanding Song….good luck and love for you👏👏👏👏🌹🌹
The legend. I also grew up listening to his music. I'm 66 years. He's definitely gifted and knows how to create emotion with his music. ❤ thanks. 😊
He's the most prolific song writer of he's era mainly from 60s to now.
I've listened to this song at least 500 times and eveytime I here this song I get teary eyed just like you. You picked a good song. Thank you for breaking it down.
Thank you Sarah. Your reaction to Old Man was stunning. I agree with your sentiments. ❤
This song moves me as deeply as it did the first time I heard it, more than 50 years ago. Thank you for sharing this with us, and I think you'll find all of Neil's work to be filled with strong emotion. 'Cinnamon Girl' is a favorite of mine, and I highly recommend you listen to music from the band 'Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young', they're amazing together. I love what you're doing, and I'll see you on the next video. Happy Trails!😁
I Love the way you GET our old beautiful. Thanks!
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Neil Young "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 💔
Birds.
Bears.
COWGIRL IN THE SAND!
Nice reaction. I saw him back in the early 80's and now, 40 years later, I'm going to see him again in a couple of months.
It gives you a heart of gold ..to me one of the best acoustic guitar players that's just me❤
Yes, this is really a special song 💜
One of my favorite tunes from all time.
Thank you for reigniting my interest in him 🙏
Neil Young is a genius he pulls at our heart strings and reminds us who we really are as humans ✨
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THANK YOU
It made me feel great to see you enjoying music I love. ❤
This song reminds me of my grandfather and I riding in the car and listening to this song when it first hit the airwaves. I miss him so much. 😔
Every time you listen to this song he's with you!
Your reaction was so sincere and seeing the effect that it had on you. The same effect it has on me. It causes me to think about different people and different periods of my life that have come and gone. Goals I once had, but never met. The last smile or hug that I shared with a loved one who has long since passed on. I don’t like feeling sad and I’m sure you don’t either, but it’s nice to witness some humanity and some sincere heart in this zombified world. You are a REAL person and I loved watching this.
Subbed.
I was 15 when I bought Harvest....now I’m 67 and stil have goose bumps hearing these gem...from a french "old man"....
Mr young is one of the best artist in history of music he don't need others musicians he is band himself
Love your facial reactions, energy, how you openly connect and zest for a good song. Much love to you and all you do ❤
SAME BBC CONCERT SARAH, YOU GOTTA DO ( HEART OF GOLD )💯 😊YOU MIGHT KNOW THE SONG BUT HAD NO IDEA IT WAS NEIL, IT'S WITH HIS HARMONICA PLUS GUITAR AND HIS VOICE OF COURSE, AND HE MAKES THE AUDIENCE LAUGH WITH THE HARMONICA STORY 👍 HUGE HIT SONG FROM BACK IN 72