"After the Goldrush" Linda Ronstadt

"After the Gold Rush" written by Neil Young appears on Linda Ronstadt's 1995 Elektra album, Feels Like Home with backup vocals by Valerie Carter and Emmylou Harris and The Skywalker Orchestra featuring strings and a glass armonica. The song later was included on the 1999 Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, and Linda Ronstadt Trio II album. This sound recording is administered by WMG. No copyright infringement is intended. The purpose of this upload is for viewer enjoyment and education not for monetary gain.

[@ppierquet1]

Gorgeous! Neil Young's great tune, with Linda's wonderful voice....what a combination. :-)

[@dressler37]

i love this version of after the goldrush. god bless this voice. i can listen to linda ronstadt all day long.

[@johnfulton4921]

This has to be one of the greatest songs ever written the lyrics the music the arrangement and lord you wanna talk about thought provoking and of course what Linda did with this song not just as a great singer but as a producer is awesome

[@joesnelson8287]

Linda is the woman of many musical hats. She goes so deep. And her philosophy on life is humble and giving. Though she didn't mince words. A beautiful soul.

[@lnlikens]

Valerie Carter's vocals are exquisite but then so are everyone else's and the harmonies are a one way trip to heaven.

[@tonyreilley2842]

Emmy Lou is unmistakable and you almost think Dolly is back there too, though it's Valerie Carter. What a lovely ethereal cover of Young's timeless prophecy, but Linda could cover anything.

[@mikelewis7405]

I never heard Linda sing this before. It is mesmerizing!

[@zippypinhead1583]

As is everything she sings.

[@oscarcardenas7078]

Great singer The BEST...never silenced your voice is present forever and ever🎤🎤🎤⚘⚘⚘

[@laurasalvador3568]

Amen.

[@normanelder3481]

Beautifully sung.beautifull harmonys and beautifull voice.

[@bobstrelitz6968]

I love this song, and esp. this singer❤

[@SUPERROCKDRUMMER]

Valerie is great in this song. She is very under rated.

[@mikedineen7857]

A blend of beautiful music

[@bholly8964]

Great song. Great woman.

[@sookiekona6577]

Perfect!!

[@jamesdixon6792]

Only thing is this song is too short. Love it! And love Neil's version!!!

[@boffyflowandspike]

Absolutely beautiful. Cried listening after Shane Warne’s memorial

[@johnconroy6103]

Much prefer this version with Valerie Carter in lieu of Dolly.....Dolly has a great voice in her own right but this combo works best for me....Gotta' love Emmylou

[@beverlyhayshouston2770]

Dolly tries to be the main singer instead of singing with the other girls.

[@wordgiesworld5483]

The harmonies are so much better in this version. Like the sirens from mythology.

[@terryford4821]

@@beverlyhayshouston2770 I think it's just a characteristic quality of Dolly's voice, that it penetrates instead of blending.

[@laurenceburlet6188]

I like this song, it's a beautiful version

[@santaclaushawkeyenj3878]

Duh.... the song is a TRIO!!!! Dolly Parton , Emily Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Gessh het it right! Original video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5ywq4Zsqsyhhqs

[@timothydalby7800]

Lovely as usual

[@ianrust8353]

A tormenting face replaced with an image born of the sun, and ohhh that voice.

[@Nilsosmar]

Beautiful.

[@pepper1dancer]

Omg! I didn't know this was here. I'm crying.

[@garbats]

I agree. His rendition is full of pain and delicacy..

[@fernandoguill7279]

Linda, un abrazo desde España... Te queremos!!....

[@donaldgenenavarro]

i like the trio version a lot, but i like this version more with linda in the lead vocal

[@tomjohnston3352]

almost every person with talent and a good voice and style pulls this song off great i guess it is because it is such a strange and beautiful song that it is so easy to let it shine without much effort

[@tammiealmany6239]

Love it

[@wordgiesworld5483]

Did anyone else let out an audible “oooooooooo” when those harmonies kicked in?

[@h2roughtouch897]

Love both versions, Neil Young or Linda Ronstadt.

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

It’s Prelude for me 👍🏻

[@harmseable]

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[@luckyman4003]

Thank you , Niel.

[@zibbyzubb]

I love this version. I love the Feels Like Home album! I wish Linda Ronstadt would record another pop/rock album with the emphasis on rock. While she's at it, how about another Trio album with Dolly and Emmylou too?

[@markberry3496]

So tragic that her wonderful voice has been silenced by Parkinson's.

[@Marcel_Audubon]

She's 73 ... most singers vocal chords are shot by then. ... not tragic, inevitable. She had a good long run at the top. Don't mourn her, celebrate her.

[@neilprocter]

I think you'll find, if you listen carefully, that Valerie Carter is singing lead, not backup.

[@santaclaushawkeyenj3878]

Ahem.... the song is a TRIO!!!! Dolly Parton , Emily Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Gessh het it right! Original video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5ywq4Zsqsyhhqs

[@rosemarycowan1921]

@@santaclaushawkeyenj3878 No, Dolly is not singing in this version.

[@NPC--666]

Great cover! Prefer the original lyrics, but it still rocks!

[@mrsomething4ningnong268]

Cool

[@whatbum1]

I know Linda sang in Neil's Harvest. There were other instances as well.

[@BelRiose2000]

@dressler37 Really? It is ok, but the original is really naked, and the lyrics express this. With all these double tracks, and backing singers, doesn't it really take away from the meaning of the song? Isn't the power Neil's lonely tenor almost tearing apart the power of this song? Have you heard it?

[@LorenzoNW]

Agree, I don't feel anything from this version.

[@Scottlp2]

@@LorenzoNW Agree. It is a pretty version of song not meant to be pretty.

[@JohnSmith-zv8km]

love her but this is not a patch on the Prelude version

[@Marcel_Audubon]

haha you mean the Neil Young version, of course!

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

John, I throughly agree 👍🏻

[@bearcookie13]

Also my favourite version!

[@10995]

whose voice is at the front here? Like Dolly's voice was at the front in the Trio version? something seems off here. Is it Linda? Then who is doing the high part? Because the high part in the Trio version was Linda.

[@bearcookie13]

Prelude’s version beats them all!

[@johnmugglestone8589]

Love Linda to bits but Irene Hume has got her beat on this one.

[@phoebus]

Funny how Linda wanted to cry and Neil wanted to get "high".

[@mrsvle]

I'm probably in the minority here but I think "felt like I could cry" is a much better lyric and more fitting to the mournful lamenting quality of the song than "felt like getting high" which I think is rather lame, like Neil Young couldn't quite find the right words for that line.

[@MrBothandNether]

Spoken like one of the lucky ones that didn't have to kill or die for their country. These were the exact words of that dreadful time.

[@MrBothandNether]

My condolences, - but even that experience pales in comparison to having to _take life_ Fwiw, my mother was an ensign pharmacists mate 1st class and served from '42 to '47 at Pearl putting maimed kids back together. Ask any Vet that killed if they would've rather died than have that experience, the honest ones will set you straight.

[@j.r.8905]

Natalie Merchant does a great version of this tune

[@alanspringett9233]

Lyric changes were strange but...who gives a shit.........i recall the Kinks, Ray, who had to change 'coca cola' to ' cherry cola'......the song remains the same......

[@titusgray4598]

I really like Linda's voice on this song and the arrangement is nice, but what bothers me are the lyrical changes like "in the 20th century" instead of "in the 1970's" or "I felt like I could cry" instead of "I felt like getting high". No, Linda, no. Those little things fucking change the whole song, and not for the better.

[@davidcunningham2984]

Matt Van Vrancken The meaning of the song applied more in the later twentieth century and even more now in the twenty first century than it even did in the 1970's. "I felt like I could cry" probably adds more to the meaning than the original line (sort of like the old commercial with the native American with the tear in his eye). In any event Neil Young approved the changes. He didn't think the meaning was changed.

[@titusgray4598]

Jake Miller I do remember reading that Neil approved the changes. That has a lot of weight. I just think they were changes made to censor the more risqué lines of the song and to me as a songwriter I wouldn't do that. Jim Morrison didn't do that, and John Denver didn't do that. Why a songwriter of their caliber would do that I don't understand.

[@davidcunningham2984]

Matt Van Vrancken Whatever. You don't understand because it's too complicated for you and you are fixated on getting high. That's cool. Party on dude.

[@davidcunningham2984]

Matt Van Vrancken Wow you sure went hard on me. I think I might cry. So let me see if I've got this right. You're telling me that the money was more important to Neil than his words. So he's really kind of a sell out. Party on dude.

[@titusgray4598]

Pretty much, good job on reading comprehension there. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a bong to hit.

[@ekspert52]

Lyrical changes unnecessary.

[@garbats]

I love Linda but Neil's version is a million times better than this...

[@santaclaushawkeyenj3878]

Duh.... the song is a TRIO!!!! Dolly Parton , Emily Lou Harris and Linda Ronstadt. Gessh het it right! Original video link kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5ywq4Zsqsyhhqs

[@deadandburied7626]

There are too versions, this one from Feels Like Home (Valerie, Linda, Emmy), and Trio 2 (Dolly, Linda, Emmy). Both are wonderful.

[@blonde7000]

When i was half a sleep at 05.55 AM (Today as i write) i put the radio on and thought i heard the words "Dreamt i saw a spaceship coming in a song" I jotted it down to look up later. I found it hard to find the song, I could barely remember it, but KZbin came up with Neil Young, i knew it was not this? Then i found this version! This is so wonderful, what a lovely voice she has? Thank you so much for this truly lovely song. I am glad i found it.

[@davidshakespeare2408]

blonde7000 You are aware that this beautiful song is a Neil Young composition? Just making sure as your comment is a bit unclear, glad you love Neil's song.

[@ronaldomadrebien7045]

Please listen to the Prelude version of this song, the standard in my opinion by which all others are measured

[@blonde7000]

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