Neil Young "Old Man" REACTION & ANALYSIS by Vocal Coach / Opera Singer
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- Опубликовано: 28 фев 2021
- I resonated with this song so much, having been raised on an orchard and knowing many a ranch foremans. Neil Young wrote this song after he bought a ranch in California and met its foreman, and the emotion pouring out of his soul is breathtaking.
Join professional opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff, as she listens to Neil Young for the first time, performing "Old Man” Live.
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Performed by Neil Young - Words and Music by Neil Young
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Elizabeth Zharoff is an international opera singer and voice coach, with 3 degrees in voice, opera, and music production. She's performed in 18 languages throughout major venues in Europe, America, and Asia. Currently based somewhere between Los Angeles and Tucson, Arizona, Elizabeth spends her days researching voice, singing, teaching, writing music, and recording TONS. She also plays Diablo and Dungeons & Dragons.
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I love your reactions and the detail you add. I've been a big Neil Young fan since the 60's. Another group he was in was The Buffalo Springfield. here's a couple songs from them enjoy. For What It's Worth & Mr. Soul - Medley - ruclips.net/video/3V8VvEzuQ6Y/видео.html , For What it's Worth '67 - ruclips.net/video/gp5JCrSXkJY/видео.html
I lived close to Neil’s ranch in Ca. He picked me up and drove me home one time when I’d been in a car accident. He was soft spoken and very kind. I’ve always loved this song in particular. It usually makes me cry, missing those times.
I dont know if you've read his book "waging heavy peace" but he mentions picking up a girl after an accident in that I believe. Seems you might've got a mention!
What a priceless memory!
Speaking of dipping into.....I'm an old man too, and l've got a wish list just for you. Teach me to improve my singing. Rock music and blah blah, blah. Bring my old friends back from beyond the waves of grain, waves of pain, waves of goodbye. Bring a tear of joy to my eye.
What an awesome story, Ive loved Neil Young all my life, & Old man is the song that started it all for me, I also must recommend the album 4 way street, where Neil Young teams up with David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. Awesome combination. 😜👍🎼🎶🎵🎶
Hi Mary…did you have your accident on Skyline Blvd?
Dude is one of the greatest song writers in history
A quote from some music magazine about Neil Young's performances: "There is nothing lost between what Neil Young feels, what he plays, and what the audience experiences"
Yeah drugs will do that to you. Noise sounds good. Smelly shitty people seem nice.
This was recorded at Massy Hall in 1971, Toronto Canada. Neil Young and Gordon Lightfoot are both fantastic story tellers.
Simply put, Neil Young is a Canadian national treasure.
So are Rocky and Bullwinkle.....
@@Gerard-yt3dz... moose squirrel
Much like Trailer Park Boys. Oh wait…
Yes we have some good artist in Canada
Yes he is but America totally embraced him too .
I'm almost 59; about 8 years ago I introduced my only son to Neil Young's discography and he grew to love his music, this was one of his fave Neil Young songs. My son died in Sept 2015 at 31 years old and we played this song (among others) at his funeral. Each time I hear it now it makes me feel close in spirit to my son. Miss you so much, Daniel.
Sorry for your loss and thank you for sharing your story. I’m glad you shared the music with him and I hope that peace and love from it continues to guide you through until you see him again one day. 🙏 stay strong my friend
@@Bodeesafa Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. Blessings to you!
Very beautiful account .
This inspired my heart.
I send Blessings to you and your son's spirit .
🌟💓🌟
@@Mars- Thank you so much.
Sorry for your loss. Neil Young’s music definitely transcends age and genres when given the chance.
10:39 "It doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you." This line is both emotional and grammatical gold.
One of the best lyrics to a popular song ever!
Neil is such a beautiful writer.
'and I need you more than want you, and I want you for all time'
..another fav line. Not Neil tho. . .:-)
I made the same comment 2 years ago on this song without annoying interruptions and got 1 like! Yours got 88 so I’m adding 87 to mine 😅
Yes - always liked that - even in my early teens, then.
The fragility of his singing draws me in. His “Needle and the Damage done” tears me up. I lost a couple of dear friends to junk. It still hurts. Same thing happens with “harvest moon.” That song wrecks me because I lost the love of my life to a stroke. We used to dance to that song. Tears are cleansing.
I love how Elizabeth not only listens with her ears but feels the whole song.
Yep
Neil Young makes it easy.
@@ManicSalamander word
You can never mistake Neil Young. Nobody has a voice like his. And his song writing skills are out of this world. And old man is one of the best.
voice...yes. distinct. songwriting skills are great but there are scores of better songwriters
@@RobertMJohnson I never said there wasn't. Syd Barrett and Roger Waters alone are better, and that's just from one band. But Neil Young still has amazing songwriting skills
very unique!✌👍🤟
@@RobertMJohnson you are comparing apples and oranges. I consider myself a devotee of Barrett, Waters and Young. Yet I don’t feel the need to compare as there is no reason to
Nobody has a voice like his? Praise The Lord!
Sometimes not perfect is the very thing that makes people like Neil Young perfect.
"That's why we don't wanna be good!"
You got it!
I think other reactor Beth Roars said about Billie Holiday that sometimes, it's about knowing your weaknesses and learn to exploit them to turn them into strengths.
Neil's slightly off-key singing fits his folkish music perfectly. Bob Dylan's voice does the same for his music.
I love it when people (not you) say Neil can’t sing. Neil’s voice is perfect for his song. And he’s also one of the best songwriters ever.
Neil Young has a very clear, distinctive voice. It's instantly recognisable. I personally love it, but I can understand why some people don't. He's also a great lyricist, great guitarist /pianist. Above all, he's one of a kind.
Producer David Foster once told Neil his singing was a little flat.
Neil replied, 'That's my sound, man'.
He's not the best singer technically but if you listen with your heart he's among the most haunting and magical of all time. A pure genius no one and no ordinary logic can touch.
Hello Mr Soul. And Bruce Berry come to mind. And many more.
Some of the best singers aren't technically great.
There's this other little old man who sings how he feels like and he's called Bob Dylan
And no amount of preferring a voice to follow a particular melody.
@@lukerabin5079 I'm sorry... what?
from the same concert is a recording of him premiering his song "Heart of Gold"... it is bonechillingly beautifull.
His biggest #1 hit.
The number one rock song of 1972. These two songs were on the radio all summer long that year. I remember playing outside with a little transistor Radio on and hearing those two songs over and over and NEVER getting tired of hearing either of them. He’s probably the greatest songwriter of the 1970’s in so many peoples mind; he is mine. So many other great songs.
Second this
Having Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor doing your backup vocals is always a plus!
This entire concert is amazing. I love that Neil sounds the same live as he does on a studio recording. Brilliant!!!
"Authentic" is the key word when describing Neil Young's music.
which would describe 100% of great songwriters and singers
He explains exactly why he sounds so genuine, in one line "it doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you". He played for himself.
Neil is one of the best song writers of all time. 24 years old and he wrote a song like this. Can you imagine having that much talent?
Legendary talent. One in a billion. No other way to describe the depth of all the factors that had to come together to make one Neil Young. A true gift from beyond
One of the greatest lyricists of all time too.
He didn’t stop here.
I have always loved Neil Young’s playing and wonderful vocals. You did him justice. I thought. Amazing recording too from almost 50 years ago.
@@Markle2k you can say that again.
Imagine hearing this as a teenager then hearing it fifty years later being the old man. I’m now 66.. perspective. So glad you enjoyed this incredible song writer. You’ve only touched the surface of his talent.. 👍❤️
I was 13 when this song came out. Listened to it in the middle of the night on AM radio when I was suppose to be sleeping, school in the morning. Back when AM radio played music.
Yes. I was in my early 20’s when I first heard him and this song seemed like me singing it to my grandparents or mom and dad. All my friends and I were so young, we felt we’d never grow old, we couldn’t even imagine it. Now most of my friends are gone and I see the song was for me and all the others who made it this far, looking around I wonder if the journey’s been worth it.
Great comment man..
I'm 72 and lived through it to, it jerks at tears in me and you.
I saw Neil in Mpls in 1971
Neil Young's guitar just instantly sets you down in front of a camp fire for an intimate performance. It is truly amazing.
Neil's "nasal" tone was iconic for 1960s when I was living in Haight -Ashbury. When he joined Crosby, Stills and Nash the harmonies were taken to such beauty.
It's not just lyrics, it's poetry. That's what makes Neil young so good.
Good call ! Lyrics by :
Neil Young
Bob Dylan
L Cohen
j Mitchell
Should be mandatory in text books in schools
When I first heard this song I was the "person" singing this song (25 years old) and in the blink of an eye I an the one being sung about (74 years old). I really like Neil Youngs story telling ability and do several of his songs on karaoke nights--Good reaction.
I’ve been singing this song with my guitar since I was about 20. Now I’m 66, and the lyrics sound kind of stupid coming out of an old guy’s face. (I sing it anyhow, not gonna stop!) It’s enlightening watching someone hearing this for the first time. We who grew up with Neil take him for granted. Her reaction reminds us not to.
Nothing like a beautiful song by Neil young to bring tears to your eyes and to think back to the 70's when we were all younger! And now we still listen to the past hits. Not only of NY but Dylan, Jonie Mitchell etc. Beautiful songs that dont age with time, but now are appreciated by younger generations who realize that the pulp that is being sung by the current crop of so called singers these days will not be remebered in 50 years time!!!!
His guitar playing is so diverse in one song. And his vocal just sails over the whole thing. Genius
Fun fact, he does Heart of Gold after this performance for the first time ever. People had never heard it. Imagine being there hearing that song and so many years on realizing you were there for history.
And still one of my favorite renditions :)
Love his out on the weekend from this performance as well
@Bobb Grimley I remember watching that concert on the tv when it came on for first time! I was 16 and bought Heart of Gold single that had Sugar Mountain on the B side. Fell in love with it and bought the album Harvest next payday! I'm now 66 coming 67 and after 50 years can now just about play a mildly good version on guitar!😄👍
@Bobb Grimley with respect Bobb Grimley. I can assure you Sugar Mountain WAS the B side. It was played over and over again in the cafe jukebox where our collection of friends would hang out every night here in Ayrshire Scotland in the early 1970s. I don't know where you're from but record companies would release different singles/albums in different countries. ✌
@Bobb Grimley Bobb Grimley. I apologise unreserveredly!
I was wrong and you were right. I have trawled through my memory and realise it Was the later 1970s and not the early 70s as i first thought! I have now learned a valuable lesson. As we enter the later years of our life, tis best not to rely solely on our own singular memories of events. (the Lifestyle of our younger years may also play a part). I apologise once more and give credit where it is due. You were right and I was wrong. 🎶✌
It may be worth remembering that today, about 50 years after that performance, Neil is still working.
Ya, working on cancelling people who are guilty of wrong think.
@@Spectre-wd9dl he definitely has been a shit head here lately
It's better to burn out than to fade away
@@SilentTat That certainly does sound good but I would never recommend it.
@@Spectre-wd9dl he doesn't like people hurting others. Big difference
Some days after my dad passed away in 2014, I was sitting at my computer thinking of a song that would always remind me of him, I thought of this song and played it over and over, tears streaming down my face. I know that's not what the song is about, but it was for me at the time. Always will be when I hear it again...
Like a coin that won’t get tossed is a GREAT line.
Another deep song he wrote is "The needle and the damage done"
Totally agree with you. It's another masterpiece from him.
"Harvest - Neil Young", one of the best records out there.
That is one of my all time favorite songs by Neil, such a deep, dark yet beautiful song.
Every junky's like a setting sun....
My faves by Neil are Harvest Moon and Cortez the Killer. There's a band called Zodiac that does an OUTSTANDING cover of Cortez that's worth it for the guitar solos alone.
Man, this song changes as you get older.
Yeah I've been playing it since I was 24 now 58 and an old man still playing it lol
The first time I listen to this song, I was looking outside n now I was looking inside at 65 as the song played me. Music is a vitamin, it tickles the soul, peace bro.
yeah...... when i first heard Old Man, i was "24 and so much more"..... and now i "live alone in a paradise, that makes me think of two".....
Neil Young, David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash - all talented in their own right, but together they were magical. Listen to "Ohio" by them as a group. And "For what it's worth" with Buffalo Springfield (that included Stephen Stills and Neil Young.
Carry On is absolutely amazing!!!!
The best harmony of any of the old groups. Better by far the famed Beatles. Just my opinion.
When I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young they all sang & played wonderfully. Very talented group of individuals. The first half, they played the acoustic stuff, Teach your children, Love the one your with & Judy blue eyes.(?) The second half was the electric music as they called it, Ohio, Southern Man (long version). The encore was Carry On. Santana came on first and was good but this was the 70's & CSN&Y were awesome. I prefer later Santana music. But his Woodstock performance was legendary. The best music in those days. 😌 🎶🎸
My son has been singing this song when we do family karaoke since before he could read the lyrics. Having a small boy singing & smiling at me saying 'old man look at my life, I'm a lot like you were' kills me every time.
Neil Young is a genius that walks among us.
This southern woman needs him around anyhow.
You need to get into Thom Yorke
True. A genius that walks among us.
@@salinagrrrl69 what happened now she's yappin bout boogers n snotses?
He's got a tick in his ear sangin backup and bullshit he was high as a mF
I can't believe I am so old now that I live in a world where people working in music don't know Neil Young. He was a giant in his era. It's like not knowing Dylan.
Never said she didn't know him at all, but it might be the first time she has considered it in this depth
Or just the first time in camera
Who's Dylan ? ...... Just kidding, I'm 62, and Neil has been one of my favorites since I was a little boy.
She.
Is.
Lying.
Stop watching this garbage. Watch Neil without this made up theater.
@@Wakeywhodat Are you joking ??? She not only can analyze the music but she responds emotionally as well. Why would she lie ???
Neil’s music and lyrics are to be deeply felt, not only heard. He’s one of the world’s best story tellers.
I was 21 years old when this song came out. It was an immediate hit during a time of youth rebellion. These many years later, the song even means more to me than even back in my youth.
The whole Harvest album is a joy. A Man Needs a Maid and The Needle and the Damage Done are heartbreaking.
Dude, you just wrote what i was thinking.. so true...
What makes Harvest even better is the quality of the people who were backing Neil on that album. The Stray Gators, with their haunting pedal steel playing, along with Linda Ronstadt and James Taylor on the backing vocals. Just a perfect album dripping with mood.
Got that album on a vinyl, still sealed. I will hold on to that until the day I’m 6ft under.
Definitely. A man needs a made on from this show was outstanding.
Music like this needs to be shared to our kids I'm only 32 but this is real music
"Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you" is a damned cold line. One of my favourite lyrics ever.
And mine. :)
Thinking of all the times I have listened to, and sung along with, this song, but never really hearing and UNDERSTANDING that lyric until now...goose flesh!
In one line Neil summarizes a common dynamic between the young and the old. It can have a cold meaning, yes, but it can also have a charitable and empathetic one.
I personally think that this song is about his father, and that particular line reminds him of a time when he was trying to set out on his own.
One of my favs also, and I just recently got the wording right. For 30 years I thought it was "Doesn't mean that much to me does it mean that much to you"
You may not see this comment given it is a year and a half late but… Neil said in an interview a short while back that he had polio as a kid and it affected the left side of his body and that has impacted his playing and his voice. When I was young and stupid I didn’t appreciate his voice but as I have aged a little I realize his voice is perfect for his songs and he is one of the best songwriters ever. The fact that he knows what he has and his own limitations just makes it even better.
Neil Young is one example of how somebody can lack a great voice and still be a great singer. Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen are two other examples. I think sincerity is part of it. Being a talented composer singing your own work probably adds to that sincerity.
I can understand Dylan and Young, but Cohen has a beautiful voice..
Neil Young has an amazing voice. G-d given talent of the highest order.
I think Springsteen also fits your description. Very effective vocalist.
I think he has a great voice
Famous Blue Raincoat!
Neil Young was/is such a rare talent. People don’t write like that any longer. “Love lost, such a cost
Give me things that don't get lost
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you”. That says so much in so little words. Music speaks to your soul!
I don't know if you have or haven't heard them, but the Avett Brothers have lots of songs with good meanings in the lyrics.
Gordon Lightfoot and Bruce Cockburn have similiar writing and singing skills.
Oh I think a few do write like that still.
Not many in any generation.
I was 17 when this was released. I shed a tear every time I hear it. And now it’s much more relevant than ever being how I’m now that old man and I have a son. As I write this I have tears on my cheeks after all these years. AND HE WAS ONLY 24 when he wrote this.
This music I will pass on to my children and im only 32 it's literally timeless music that all need to hear
I was 15 and still remember the inspiration Neil had with his unique voice and vivid storytelling in his incredible songs.
We are privileged to have had these masters with us, growing up in the 70's......
Certain songs can touch your soul regardless of technique. This is one for me.
That's why he is one of the greatest singer/song writers of the last 100 years
I was born in 1973. I grew up listening to Neil Young, and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. I've heard this song a least a thousand time, yet his passion still pierces my heart every single time I hear this song. And the story means so much more to me the older I get. It's so great to see his music being appreciated by a whole new generation. Thank you for the thoughtful review!
And I was born in 1960. I'm happy this song would still pierce my heart if I was 13 years younger. ☺️
Well put sunshine, such a great singer and soloist. Love it.
When I heard that a vocal coach was gonna analyze Neil Young, I just had to see that. One of the most unique voices in popular music. You either love it or hate it. I love it. :)
Not an either or...I can appreciate the songwriting and the playing while understanding he was definitely not a great or even a good vocalist. But I feel the same about Dylan.
You need to get as many Neil young albums as you can finde. Also Buffalo Springfield. Fantastic for more than 50 years
It's rare indeed to find a live version of a song that's better than the studio one. Such is the case here though. His vocals are amazing. The song wouldn't have made much of an impact on me back in 71 when it was released . Only now in late middle age, do i truly appreciate it's majesty. Pared back and raw.Just him and his guitar . You've gotta be some talent to make that work. Absollutely brilliant
Many people wouldn't realize how gifted this guy is on the guitar.
It's his primary skill as a musician
His next best skill is composing.
He’s a monster on guitar.
His technique is like a hybrid technique. It sounds like finger style but he is using a pick very skillfully and he opens the chords up a lot.
its his style of strumming and picking its a true talent not as much here but in needle and damage definately
@@rctopfueler2841 it's everything
Calling Neil’s sound “sincere,” “authentic” & “true” absolutely nails it...
I think the fact that you listened to the whole first verse without pausing to comment is a testament to the beauty and power of this song.
The old man came with the farm! Literally came with it when he bought it. Neil still lives on Broken Arrow
Neil Young is as about as close to perfect song writing, emotion and lyrics can be. I'm glad you appreciate him.
scores of songwriters that are superior to Neil. he's friggin great, but he's not top of the heap. no way.
To me, this live performance is much better than his studio version. Just him and the guitar is all you need on a song like this. This was him at his very best.
I love the album version too; the lapsteel and instrumentation.
Neil is one of the few that he really is just as good or better alone. Tyler Childers is like that for me too
I prefer this one to the studio version as well. Stripped bare.
A great Canadian....
James Taylor on banjo and backing vocals on the album cut...Linda Ronstadt on there too.
Neil is one of the greatest lyricists ever.
I love the emotion he lets out around 7:07. It just hits home with that bit of vocal fry.
Neil Young was also member of Buffalo Springfield.
For what it's worth
And Crosby Stills Nash and Young
He was more folk oriented at this time
And a member of the
“Miner Birds”
with Rick James
@@PInk77W1 Mynah Birds was their name.
It's so cute to see a young, yet mature person discovering Neil Young with such wonderment. He's an icon for at least two generations of listeners and is possibility the most honest and organic vocalist of the past 50 years. As a preteen in the early '70s, his sound and stories captured me immediately. The old cynic in me suspects a degree of theatre in your reaction, but the eternal youth in me loves that Neil Young's passion still resonates.
I'll respond that your view as to the genuine vs theatrical level of her reaction is solely based on your opinion and smacks of patronizing, imo. She's an artist, she's reacting to art, she's allowed her own reaction to art, and it seems to be consistent in all of her reviews....but you think it's theatre?
Ask yourself if you'd say the same of Neil Young. Was all his hunching and pinched eyes and soulful crooning genuine, or a degree of theatre for "likes"?
@@traveltime6975 we're talking anout the guy who had himself erased from the csny woodstock performance so yep, he was aware of impression management
Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot. Canadian legends.
Leonard Coen too
The studio version of this song is much more elaborate and expansive, but I prefer this version's simplicity and honesty. And his story of the song's inspiration adds so much to the experience.
Neil was "grunge" before there even was a "grunge" movement. Ask Pearl Jam as they credit him with the sound.
IIRC Jerry Cantrell was influenced by him as well.
@@JungleScene and Zakk Wylde
kurt cobain as well. he used neil young’s lyrics in his suicide letter and in 1994, the year kurt died, neil young wrote the song Sleeps with Angels for kurt.
Well, Neil Young is known by his nickname "Godfather of Grunge", so no surprise here ^^.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Young
Nirvana too.
This is acoustic guitar masterpiece..and rock on farmers 🔥🔥
Neil is my favorite acoustic guitarist of all time. His style is so percussive and precise, but at the same time completely emotional.
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young are legendary for their harmonies. You would love them. If you do another song by Young, you should do "Heart of Gold" - DEEP lyrics - and on live versions he plays guitar, harmonica and sings!
Yes! Those 4 were amazing together.
Agreed!
Definitely venture into CSN and CSNY - Carry On and Suite Judy Blue eyes.
Neil Young has the gift. After the gold rush, Helpless,come on baby lets go downtown, Bite the bullit. So many more , my friend's.
Neil as with so many, from his era, worked with raw talent. No vocal coaches, no autotune.
Neil has a catalogue of tremendous songs and performances almost at a par with Dylan. A great Canadian boy and a true genius.
I'd say on a lyrical scale, he's right on par with Dylan.
Less mumbling
Also Waits. As a Canadian, I've always thought of Neil as our version of early Tom Waits.
@@j0hnn13K they both the best storytelling lyricists such as Hurricane and Old maid by Bob and Neil respectively.
@@jadonx agreed :)
The only musician that truly tugs at my heart strings, is Neil.
Not Gordon Lightfoot?
@@coyote4237 Joni?
What I like about him is that he is genuinely himself. He cannot be bought or sold.
you should listen to Neil sing the needle and the damage done...
in the 80s (lots of 60's, 70's and 80's) this is the sort of bread and butter music I grew up with - and Neil Young is a legend. I am not surprised by your reactions to him. Music isn't like this since the 90's when I was about your age. Keep listening - music used to be so much better.
You'll see.
I was curious how Elizabeth would react to Neil Young's 'unique' vocal style and ability. I guess I am pleasantly surprised that she had so many good things to say about it. I can appreciate artists who can perform vocal gymnastics with ease, but my heart lies with the singers who can write and deliver a song like Neil Young writes and delivers a song. Some might find it 'simple' in comparison to a Floor Jensen or Maria Carrey performance, but I find a different kind of amazing artistry in a Neil Young, Carole King, Cat Stevens performance, that seems more 'real' to me. (I date myself.) Elizabeth's comparison with Aurora resonates. I was afraid that this channel may get caught up in the singers who only have incredible or unusual vocal ability, and overlook those who may not have a clear 4 octave range, but touch the heart and soul in just one octave. My fears have been allayed. Thank you, Elizabeth.
Very well said my friend and what you say is so true. Im Canadian so of course I relate to Neil's music in a big way. From the vibrato, expression and transitions he does is so overlooked by many and very hard to achieve. What I find ironic is that I literally learned this song on the guitar 2 weeks before Elizabeths posting. Amazing timing :)
Ditto, My head says constantly weak and off key, just like Dylan, but dam 4 some funny reason... Its perfect.
OMG thank you for doing this song. I turn 50 this year and grew up with Neil.
As I get older, I go to his music to help me feel what I'm feeling--when I don't always know what I'm feeling. His music opens up my heart and mind, and I can begin to put words to what I'm feeling. I so value his way with words and music.
I was 24 when this song came out. Now I'm 74. Talk about change in perspective and a moment in. time
Music today can never match Neil Young's genious
During this same concert he sang "Heart of Gold". He really connected with the audience while was putting on his harmonica equipment before he sang. A young man with an old soul.
I absolutely love her analysis. I love how she says the song is not “square”. It’s absolutely not. It’s got so much depth,. An endless pit of emotion and story-telling. I love this man’s music, all around.
So, I agree that this song has all of those things, but I do think she meant the phrasing of the lyrics over the guitar wasn't so precise. Maybe that leads to better story-telling. Is that what you mean?
Such a powerful soul moving song ❤
One of the most honest beautiful people to ever walk this earth. And he'd be the first to walk the road with you....
Neil Young, the voice you like to hate or hate to like. What ever side of that coin you stand, there is no denying his incredible talent and ability to make a statement. There are few that will ever be able to match his body of work and contributions to music. That being said, this is one of those songs of my youth that brings back emotions and feelings from the depth of my memories.
His voice isn’t for everyone’s ear, but his lyrics are undeniably the best. I’ve encouraged friends to listen to him for his lyrics and music versus his voice. Too many people missing out on his genius just because they don’t like his voice.
"He sounds so human" is one of the best ways I have ever heard Neil Young's singing described. I have been a huge fan of his since the early 80's and it is great to see that people are still discovering him.
Still get chills speacialy when he belts it out.
Neil Young is the definition of a "charismatic voice" his songs are so powerful despite not being anywhere near a conventionally great singer
I have always thought Neil was one of the great soul singers. No affectation, he just opens his mouth and his whole soul comes out. That he is also one of the greatest songwriters ever only adds to the magic.
I saw him in Ireland about 12 years ago. When he came out on stage, I was surprised at how old he looked. Then he opened his mouth and Neil Young started singing.
And one of the greatest guitar players. He's just great. I saw him in 2009. He channels!
totally, 20 years ago sitting with a fully trained Spinto, my mother in law, German Conservatory trained and a lengthy Adelaide Opera career, even she remarked of Neil, now there’s a voice..
One of the amazing things about Neil Young, for me, is in the world of rock and roll, he is one of the few singers who is absolutely clear - you understand every word he sings and yet he is still so true to the melody.
I was thinking the same thing. Imagine if he wrote these great lyrics and nobody could understand them!
Yes, I agree. Neil's voice was (is) crystal. You are perfectly right.
Yes!!! Watch the "Bob Dylan Anniversary" performance of "My Back Pages" with this in mind.
Another thing I truly love about his music is shown in this song - how he shifts from delicate finger-style picking to hard folk strumming and back with total ease.
Yes, Harvest is a classic. After so many decades it is still one of my go-to albums. Neil;s induction of Paul McCartney into the rock and roll hall of fame was the best. What a humble, honest and talented man.
Neil Young is a great Canadian treasure. I’m 64 and came to love Neil’s music just in the last 10 years. He’s such a phenomenal musician even today. And he’s married to Darryl Hannah. SCORE, Neil.
Neil’s father Scott Young was a fiction writer in Canada and wrote novels about a teenage hockey player set in Winnipeg, Manitoba , and Neil would have been a young child and teenager during the time these novels were written. I remember reading and loving these books as as a teenager myself in the early 70’s as Neil’s music career had started to soar. I could never have imagined that 40 years or so later, I would come to love a different kind of writing by Scott Young’s son Neil when I was in my 50’s. An irony I noticed is that the main character in the father’s novels was possessed not with finesse, but raw talent, heart and determination and this is not unlike Neil Young’s rise in the music business. Neil came out of Winnipeg in the late 60’s which was like Canada’s own British Rock explosion. Along with Neil, Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings and the Guess Who, and in the 70’s Harlequin and Bachman Turner Overdrive. As you can tell I love Canadian rock music history and Neil Young is one of our Greats. Thanks for the enthusiastic reaction to Neil’s work.
The Cosby, Stills Nash and young song "Ohio" was written by Neil Young about the students killed at Ohio Campus by National Guards. It is very melodic and made David Crosby cry the first time he hear it.
I also cried the first time I heard it. And I'll never forget that day at Kent State. Although I was living in Arizona riots broke out at ASU as they were burning the ROTC building and others. The National Guard was actually cruising the streets of Tempe in armed vehicles that day. (Jeeps with mounted 50 calipers) Let me say it wasn't too haphazardly shoot anyone. It's because unrest was breaking out and they wanted a show of force to shut it down which it did. Many blamed Nixon,but the governors are responsible for National Guard within their states. Nixon actually ended the draft and then withdrew from Vietnam ending the endless conflict. And of course the CIA which was elbow deep in 1970 in that part of the world making huge profits off of the opium and heroin trade within Cambodia flooding Vietnam as well as the US with the gooey substance.
i have my suspicions that kent state was a psyop...no one was actually killed.
@@jeffreypierce1440 Interesting. I never looked at it this way. From what I’ve seen the Guardsmen were backed into a corner and young scared boys pulled the trigger. We have to remember the times and how different they were. We have our differences now but it was such a cultural shift then. They’ve had 50yrs to fan the flames now but horrible as it was, it’s hard to blame them when they feared for their lives.
@@jeffreypierce1440 Trust me, they were killed.
Cosby, Stills, Nash, and Young are a must-listen. It was the sound of the times. Ballads about the war in Viet Nam made singers/bands popular and also controversial. Young broke off because of the direction the group was taking.
See Jimmy Fallon's Neil Young Impression. He gets Neil to sing with him. The best one was taken down from Y.Tube, but "Two Neil Young's On A Tree Stump" is still there. About his posture - he had polio as a kid, and an article about a January 1971 concert says that he only played acoustic guitar that night because he was recovering from a slipped disc.
YES!!!
No, don't! Jimmy Fallon is a hack that should not be on TV. He's not even funny, just irritating.
Awesome performance...always entertaining.
That was pretty epic...Jimmy tried real hard and Neil seemed to be game for the gag and it produced a really good duet.
I wondered what happened to the on stage version. Was looking for it recently to send to someone. But I have a copy I downloaded somewhere.
When you are a 19 year old college student from a small town in the mid west in 1972 Neil Young's voice and lyrical genius hits your angst like a brick!!!! PS: check out Sugar Mountain.
why does the world needs this?
Everybody Needs To Rock.
Neil is a genius of creativity. He can carry a soft ballad in one moment and bat out sonic rock anthems like he did in the late 70s, which was a magical time for him, I felt. There is only one Neil Young!! God Bless.
Neil Young is the godfather of nasal singing. It makes him the Neil we love.
Thanks Elizabeth....you're helping this old man to understand and appreciate a lot more!
I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in Cleveland Stadium in 1974 Labor Day weekend, when I was 17. It was an 11 hour concert , with three other bands. 92 thousand people all enjoying the show, and it was an incredible event. Oh to be young again.
The album recording of this song has Linda Ronstadt singing on the outro.
Neil is often cited as the grandfather of grunge and you can see why in this kind of performance.
Neil knows he's not a great singer, but his singing style and lyrics elicit emotion. That's his gift to all of us.
That's why he's the godfather of grunge.
Voice is improtant - but the meaning behind is gold. Just look at Dylan's voice. His is a gravel road, and look at him!
I agree Dan. Look at artists like Petty, Stevie Nicks, Cash, Cobain, and Layne Staley. Not technically great voices, but they exude palpable emotion everytime they step to the mic
He got the most out of what he had!
@@chrismenoscal8213 omg, absolutely true…
It is al about the emotion when you are creating a new piece of art.
If you want to experience one of Neil Young's deepest songs check out "The Needle and the Damage Done" it's a very sad tribute to the many musicians lost to intravenous drugs in the 70's
In 1971, I was 24 and looking for guidance and wisdom. Now I am 74 and am still available to share what I have learned along the way to those who would ask. This song is a moment in time for me.