First listen to Neil Young - Old Man (REACTION)

This song had such deep meaning, thank you all for requesting it.
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[@zebulon8819]

I take it as a mirror image Neil sees himself as the old man and the old man as him Young. I've heard that Neil kept the old man on his ranch as the caretaker till his death. Which to me speaks a lot of Neil's character✌️♥️

[@michaelcassidy5684]

Neil is a great songwriter that knows a few things about life. A must listen The Needle And The Damage Done

[@joelliebler5690]

Michael Cassidy Another great one and so close to his heart with all that had happened to his band members!

[@Dooklawz]

Yes, that one hurts but it's brilliant ;)

[@GinMae]

Yep - love that one, and "After the Gold Rush:.. and also "Long May you Run"... (about a cherished motorcycle) - and in the romantic vein -- "Harvest Moon"...

[@matinuskathundrrphukk3233]

My brother died of heroin, this song touches me deeply.

[@tomroome4118]

Daniel, you are a very perceptive young man (I'm 65). I enjoy your dissections.

[@dinacox1971]

II feel confident that when he wrote "Doesn't mean that much to me , To mean that much to you", that he wasn't saying something negative to his audience, but rather saying that he was committing to not chasing or being swayed by fame. He was saying that he was going to stay grounded in himself and his music. We certainly can now celebrate that he has lived his life this way and we can all benefit from his body of work.

[@steveneardley7541]

Thanks for your explanation. The line made no sense to me before, and your explanation makes a lot of sense.

[@quikmart1]

The studio version has a beautiful slide guitar. By all means, Heart of Gold.

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

And James Taylor on banjo

[@debrabrabenec3731]

It's a pedal steel, but yes, it is wonderful and is the icing on the cake!

[@emanonfox1709]

this is from 1971 my friend! He's a bit older now, to say the least

[@luckymustard]

More Neil - "Down by the River" and "Downtown"

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Bob Dylan “Mr Tamborine Man” live at Newport Folk Festival 1963 video. I saw a reaction to this, was not blocked. It’s a historic moment.

[@patticoppla8440]

Cinnamon girl is definitely a good one

[@navinspurpose7609]

Wow not bad DDR. Great reaction and almost 500 views in the 1st hour. Well done.

[@mikephalen3162]

Electric Neil, Rockin' in the Free World.

[@cheampeake1680]

For the other side of that tossed coin, Neil's Rockin' in the Free World is his best.

[@diogenesagogo]

The version with Pearl Jam is fantastic!

[@unstrung65]

I just want to say , David that you always had the ear , had the sensitivity to dial in some great songs . Don't know where you are now , but I hope you are happy . Some of us loved your takes on the music of our era . I'm 76 yrd old, and very much appreciated your contribution to music .

[@BigfootAnthropologist]

Great reaction! Back in 1978 when I was in graduate school, I came home for lunch and in my mailbox was a cassette tape made by my friends back home. They knew that I loved Neil Young. Still do. The first song that they played for me was "Old Man." It happened to be my 24th birthday. It brought me to tears. Next was "Heart of Gold" followed by ""Southern Man" and ended with a very long version of "Down By the River" with a never ending ending. At the end of which, they all yelled "Happy Birthday" to me and then needled me by yelling "Neil Young sucks!!! We did these songs for you, buddy!" Now, I'm the "Old Man" watching you react to one of my favorite songs. These same friends of mine wanted to play Neil Young's song "Hey Hey My MY" at my wedding 40 years ago (I'm still happily married). They wanted to play it as I was to walk down the aisle. [You should react to that song.] It's wild and raw. I think that's why they wanted to blast it at full volume in the church. The Priest nixed it, saying it was secular.music and not in the hymnal. With a lyric like "It's better to burn out than it is to rust" with full distortion at full volume (it was grunge before there was a thing called "Grunge"), they all thought it was the perfect song to send me off to wedded life. I recommend you checking out his website Neil Young Archives. He's a great dude and from what I've seen of you, you seem like a great dude far beyond your years. Love your reactions and dissections, Dicon.

[@sidecardog5244]

Harvest was one of the great albums from the early seventies. My favorite NY song is Sugar Mountain. The Ranch Foreman comes with the ranch...included in the deal...the buyer is responsible for his well being. Quite common 50+ years ago in the west. ps, Pocahontas is one of his classics...the marlon brando reference cracks me up every time.

[@MissAstorDancer]

Oh, I love "Sugar Mountain"! Such beautiful and evocative lyrics! It's one of my favorites! But I love most of Neil's catalog! Also love "Look Out for My Love" and "Cortez The Killer"!!!!

[@thegorn68]

This was from 1971 so Neil is about 26 years old in this. It's a full set on a BBC program so he's talking to a British audience which is why he says, "I don't know if you have things like that here." at the first of the clip. The whole concert from this show is on KZbin (see link provided) and he's playing mostly songs from the album "Harvest" Great songs like "Heart Of Gold", etc. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i2fZoWR7gtOkntE

[@ew56]

This was written in 1971 released 1972. In the film Heart of Gold, Young introduces the song as follows: About that time when I wrote ("Heart of Gold"), and I was touring, I had also-just, you know, being a rich hippie for the first time-I had purchased a ranch, and I still live there today. And there was a couple living on it that were the caretakers, an old gentleman named Louis Avila and his wife Clara. And there was this old blue Jeep there, and Louis took me for a ride in this blue Jeep. He gets me up there on the top side of the place, and there's this lake up there that fed all the pastures, and he says, "Well, tell me, how does a young man like yourself have enough money to buy a place like this?" And I said, "Well, just lucky, Louis, just real lucky." And he said, "Well, that's the darnedest thing I ever heard." And I wrote this song for him.

[@wendyshaw688]

The smile on your face is priceless! Makes my day!! Thank you!

[@rodneygriffin7666]

This man is over 70 now. Look at yourself now knowing you probably will be 70 too. He was in his 20's then. Can you imagine yourself then?

[@RicoBurghFan]

So many great songs by Neil. Southern Man, Like a Hurricane, Cowgirl in the Sand, Cinnamon Girl, Don't Let It Bring You Down, A Man Needs A Maid/Heart of Gold live, Hey Hey My My, Rocking In the Free World and I haven't even scratched the surface.

[@joelliebler5690]

samsbro1952 Great Songs

[@beckyfinch6628]

Hello Samsbro, now you seem to be someone who knows what I know!!!! I have been a NY fan since I was old enough to listen to music!!! Youngest of six kids, is me!!!!! My oldest brother was in Vietnam and we played him home by listening to all those songs you mentioned and many more over and over and over again!!! We would sit in front of "back then the old cabinet stereo and vinyl albums" and I was maybe 9or10 but I loved to sing!! And I promise you I KNOW EVERY WORD TO EVERYONE OF THESE SONGS!! I AM NOW 60yrs AND STILL KNOW EVERY WORD!!! I did indeed sing my big brother home safe and sound from all that ugly and violent shit that should have never happened!!! But, you put these songs in motion for me again, and I can't wait to get all my NY out and smoke a fatty and take myself a trip down memory lane!!! I cry Everytime because of the meaning this has to me.... But I cry harder for all those who's story didn't end like mine!!! Bless you for bringing this to me again!!!!! I AM LISTENING AND I AM SMILING!!!!!!!!!.. NEIL YOUNG YOU ARE TIMELESS!!!!!

[@TwelveDeck]

Harvest was his best period. Classic Young.

[@raymondcpl]

How could Cortez The Killer not be included!! 😂... Im partial to the live version on Weld... So many crunchy tracks on it too

[@firebird7479]

And when he finishes reacting to Southern Man, Daniel should react to Sweet Home Alabama, Lynyrd Skynyrd's response.

[@rileyearl1]

Love this song. It reminds me of sitting on the sunny patio with my brother Bill. He played guitar and we sang harmonies for hours. He was 15 and I was 18. This song takes me right back there. We lost Bill about three years ago. Tresured memories.

[@sundance9042]

I was lucky enough to see Neil Young live .. I almost cried when he played Old Man love. This is from the album Harvest. Harvest is my favourite album, the whole album is just beautiful ❤️

[@supercudaone]

This generation has the ability to interact with the older generation, YT gives you a way to do it, since you don't know who is on the comment section. My generation had only two ways to know anything about these bands Radio and the Record stores. We didn't have older people guiding our browsing history, showing us Chuck Berry and Jerry Lee Lewis, except family members (see the opening to the movie "Tenacious D" with Meat Loaf as his dad) LOL !! WE want to Rock

[@mhgilham]

So are you indicating you couldn't go see acts in person?

[@supercudaone]

@@mhgilham Not until I was 16 and just so has it, it was 1976 what a year for music

[@mhgilham]

@@supercudaone Whoa, indeed it was . . .

[@supercudaone]

@@mhgilham a few shows at the Golden bear in Huntington beach, ca and a couple at the Waters Club in San Pedro

[@mhgilham]

@@supercudaone Sounds amazing . . . A seminal summer for popular music.🤙✌️

[@garn1177]

That whole show is a must see, not too long either. Perfect for a channel. :)

[@theplanetruth]

The line, “live alone in a paradise that makes me think of two,” is an allusion to the garden of Eden.

[@billz6553]

I seen Neil Young in Tampa, 1981 or 82, solo accoustic concert

[@injairgun]

The studio production is amazing! I love that there is an included banjo playing along with Neil!

[@Trapper50cal]

This is a really good version...soon after he wrote it, in London at a BBC live presentation. From the early 70's.

[@midnightfury7267]

"Comes a Time", "After the Gold Rush", "Sugar Mountain" are super tunes in the Neil Young catalog. Great musician and song writer.

[@rhwinner]

My personal fave Neil songs: _Powderfinger_ ; _It's a Dream_ ; _Cinnamon Girl_ ; _Down by the River_ ; _Out on the Weekend_ . But there are so many....

[@gablen23]

This one was released in 1972, on his album "Harvest", which was his biggest commercial success I think, so he was about 27 years old at that time. I would love if you would react to "On The Beach", another great Neil song!

[@MissAstorDancer]

"On the Beach" is an amazing song! Of course, just one of SO MANY great Neil songs!

[@johnfullford163]

THIS is music. Clean and raw. Just Neil and his gutiar. Other songs from this concert have Neil playing gutiar and harmonica. Also so good

[@MaunderMaximum]

Neil absolutely knew this "old man" very well. His name was Louis Avila and he was a caretaker at Neil's Broken Arrow Ranch in northern California, where Neil still lives.

[@dinacox1971]

I can't get over how young people know nothing about such profoundly talented and rebound artists such as Neal Young. That said, what a treat for them and it makes me deeply happy that they are finding this music now!

[@stevemd6488]

I think as a young man confronted with a future you too will succumb to it is a stark and jarring realization. My take on this wonderful song

[@80srocker67]

This is live and this guy is a story teller that is unmatched to anyone.

[@redcrabsc1149]

Neil has one of the deepest catalogues ever, and he's amazing! Love this song. I have most of his Cds; I agree with every suggestion. I'll add "After the Goldrush", " Birds", "Campaigner", Requiem For the Rockets, and for fun- "Farmer John", "Welfare Mothers"- and definitely "Ohio"- definitely! Nice reacting/analysis, Daniel.

[@tommycanadasmobazimmer]

Neil Young, one of Canada's greatest treasures.🇨🇦.

[@poodlegirl55]

I've always loved this live version. Man to have been in that audience would have been epic.

[@rhiahlMT]

Neil Young, the conscience of a generation. He was all about the music. He played with several bands. They would start to do things for commercial success and Neil would be like, it's about the music, I'm out. This was about the ranch hand on his place. The old man lived the rest of his life out on Neil's place.

[@capncanuck2064]

Harvest album is one of the best albums ever made. Love his accoustic stuff. Listen to " Four Strong Winds by him ". A song not heard often yet is one great song. Been listening to him since his beginning. Incredible amount of good songs. Neil Young is a Canadian National Treasure. Really enjoy your reactions. Cheers from Canada.

[@mattshaw6180]

There have been very few performers as versatile and passionate as Neil, and he has reinvented himself endlessly over the years. Take your time to go down that rabbit hole; his song "Powderfinger" would give you plenty of musical and narrative fodder, especially the liver version from 1979.

[@santiagoalvareztabares3598]

This piece is taken from a british tv show called "Old grey whistle test" where bands or solo artists like in this case played live in front of a small audience

[@bobdelp2023]

YESSS, HEART OF GOLD IS ON HARVEST! :)

[@fidoz2370]

Neil Young Live at Massey Hall 1971 and Young Shakespeare are two great live albums from this era.

[@marshastapleton1148]

Neil Young's "After the Gold Rush" is the first LP I ever bought .. (and you are adorable Daniel)

[@axandio]

Awesome Daniel!

[@stardust164]

this is live! he is amazing for sure. my fellow Canadian.

[@tanya4025]

ehhey, am excited following your reactions, you can guess my age now lol...those popular Heart of Gold, Four Strong Winds, After the Gold Rush..... though these are the ones in my top fave list from Neil Young : HARVEST MOON and WAR OF MAN... if you have time, try check them out 😉👀 ......BTW try check out CSN 's TEACH YOUR CHILDREN also if you havn't heard it yet 😇..

[@cynthianavarro4316]

A Man Needs a Maid, Are You Ready for the Country, Don't Let It Bring You Down (studio versions), and Ohio (the black and white video of student protesters). Later: Cortez the Killer (but there are so many versions of this song out there!). This song transfixes me

[@nancymjohnson]

It’s live. I was so fortunate to grow up when this stuff was new.

[@gregj1295]

Heart of Gold a Must!

[@1Lovebird1]

I've always liked Neil Young a song I would recommend would be Harvest Moon.

[@msmrsro]

I love this song. It was used so well in the documentary movie “Dogtown and Z-Boys”.

[@davidmaholchic6146]

This is LIVE and the best version of the song love you

[@jinglebe11rainbow37]

Yes to heart of gold. Yes to a deep dive of Neil Young. Yes to a deep dive of Joni Mitchell. My musical trinity is as follows, 01 Joni Mitchell, and a tie of Neil Young and Bob Dylan for the second spot. Although in actually choosing my top three is like choosing my favorite child, it's not a fair question. Great reaction Daniel.

[@andymullarx6365]

This was on one of the very first albums I owned as a kid because of the song Heart Of Gold but this became my second favorite song of his back then.

[@pdmel9887]

This was probably early 1970’s. He had been in Buffalo Springfield earlier and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young-both amazing groups. Singers in the 60’s and 70’s had to be able to sing and play in person virtually as well as they did in a studio because concerts were very up close and raw. Musicians had to be very talented and very real.

[@kevind4850]

Yeah, definitely live - back in the pre-autotune and synth days when performers actually had great voices. Got to me back then when I was young, and still does now that I'm old. Neil is still putting out great music.

[@OronOfMontreal]

This concert must have taken place about 50 years ago, if you can believe it. Neil is in his 70s as of 2020. There are two musicians generally credited with creating the laid-back, southern California Folk-Rock sound: Joni Mitchell and Neil Young... and both are Canadian. They are national treasures North of the 49th parallel.

[@sallyg.5869]

🌹Loved Neil since he came on the scene in early 70's when I was a young teen. He always felt like an old soul and it's ironic that he uses the word old often. He could really rock in his later LP's, too. Bob Dylan had a big impact on singer's styles. No longer needing the perfectly standard voice. Tom Petty and Neil come to mind right away. Bob (at 78 now) released a sound this year called Murder Most Foul. Highly recommend you check that one out -the lyrics are intriguing and it is to do with the murder of JFK. I can always find it on utube. Just love your channel, comments and interest in music which was way before most music gadgets were available. Pure talent.

[@cindys9858]

Ranch hand, old, worked with his back & hands and really still had nothing. Along comes this kid that can afford a $350k property (my parents middle class home around same time Neil bought the ranch, cost $12k in one of the most expensive states, for some perspective). Neil is telling him yeah but we are both the same, alone in paradise. Way I always took it. We all can find something to bond us if we look hard enough. Love Neil, his voice, words, playing, activism and attitude. Southern Man next, please.

[@russelldye7304]

He is a great story teller on his own and as a member of Crosby,Stills,Nash and Young ! Heart Of Gold,Harvest Moon, etc!

[@MaunderMaximum]

Neil's greatest songs are enigmatic and often self-contradictory. There is no definitive interpretation, and that is deliberate on Neil's part. To me that's what gives them their amazing power. He's a genius.

[@kljindiana5551]

You really should check out Cortez The Killer from his 91 tour. This shows his touring side, he's with his band Crazy Horse.

[@peircedan]

Just found your videos today. I like your format. When you were going over the song facts for this one I could not help but think of another by Neil Young, "Sugar Mountain". Perhaps it complements this. I'd say there are other connections as Joni Mitchell wrote a response to Sugar Mountain in "The Circle Game". Just thinking of other connections in that Joni Mitchell also wrote the lyrics to Crosby Steel Nash and Young's "Woodstock". All worthy songs.

[@susantaylor9000]

Agree is a conversation between old and young. I really enjoy your reactions in that you actually get it or at least try to. Rock on.... or should I say Keep On Rocking In The Free World

[@kayew5492]

Another vote for The Needle and the Damage Done, incredible 12 string guitar, painful but beautiful at the same time. Also the raw almost angry Southern Man, and the hauntingly beautiful After the Goldrush.

[@dolnick7]

So many great things one could say about Neil: his songwriting, his performance, his politics, his dedication to music, but let me just mention one thing and that is his lyrics. Most of his songs are quite simple, but sprinkled with lines that are ambiguous but at the same time drip with a surprising meaning. I don't know how he does it. "Blue, blue windows behind the stars..." I have no idea what those words mean exactly, yet they most powerfully land.

[@philging]

Brilliant performer and songwriter.

[@SafferPOV]

I listened to and interview with Graham Nash (of CSN&Y) about why they brought Neil Young in. Apparently it was for his raw, "darker" sound

[@e.nowbodhi144]

It's vital to remember the context in which this song was written: the younger and older generations were pretty much at war. To me this is a song of reconciliation, that tries to defeat the stereotypes and misconceptions that define what seem, at the surface, to be opposites. It illustrates essential commonalities in the human condition, and will played and sung and loved by people long after anyone any of us alive now know has gone from the Earth.

[@lessevdoolbretsim]

That's an amazing performance

[@gabrielmauller8137]

Neil Young was the coolest guy, made Crosby Stills and Nash cool.

[@Rick-or2kq]

This was recorded in a BBC studio in London, you should watch the entire performance a classic, I believe about '72'. Oh, he had a thing for Joni Mitchell wrote a short song for her entitled "Sweet Joni".

[@ENDTIMEsVideoLibrary]

I'm a musician and a Pro Sound Guy.. Just a very good studio setup with a direct feed into the recording system multitrack for mixing and mastering later on, just like it was a closed Studio Session.. That setup allows for addressing issues later on while still providing the Live Experience. They were Pros..

[@CaffeineNightOwl]

one of my all time heroes.

[@jeanmarie9797]

His poetry set to music.❤

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Yes sir, PLEASE react to "Heart of Gold" !!! .. One of my all time favourite songs, and I NEVER tire of it .. Would love to see you do a deep dive into it .. Wayne

[@rodneygriffin7666]

Reflection. Mirror. No matter what age you are, there you are. 24 or 70.

[@david-yi5tm]

54 yrs ago I felt old, the acid I think. Neil young "last trip to Tulsa ". bob Dylan "every grain of sand" thanks

[@herbhill7591]

Neil is another of those Canadian musical geniuses. Like Lightfoot and Mitchell; it’s a bottomless pit of talent and skill.

[@todd8414]

You should also do Heart of Gold from the same concert. He talks to the audience before he plays and it's very enjoyable to listen to.

[@moonrich3492]

He'll always be Young.

[@egorock1632]

😂

[@Blinkerson55]

Hi 9, I'm loving your choices in music. Not sure who is helping you but is spot on. Next N Y song has to be "Needle and the Damage Done." Recorded same time as "Old Man". He is on many "Mt. Rushmore" lists. With supergroup CSNY in 70's gave us the best political songs of era. Two that stand out are "Ohio" and "For What its Worth. Last song was N Y previous supergroup "Buffalo Springfield ". Neil always wanted to be solo artist and left CSNY a few times. Cheers, Chicago Ray. Born 1955

[@sjd5750]

This is obviously the very first time the audience has heard it, because for 50 years it is one of his most recognizable songs. If they had heard it, the audience would have reacted far differently. You just stepped into another rabbit-hole. He is one of the all time best...I believe this is 1970.

[@lynette.]

One life not a rehearsal live it the way you want.

[@bobdelp2023]

I'M KINDA SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T PICK UP YOUR GUITAR AND START PLAYING THIS AND HEART OF GOLD AND HE HAS SO SO MUCH MORE 2-3 MIN. ACOUSTIC SONGS DANIEL :) ANYWAY

[@tmcgrenere]

Neil was 26 when he wrote this. I was weened at 26.

[@pamelajordan5948]

He's one of our healers

[@matinuskathundrrphukk3233]

Everyone that plays guitar knows " needle and the damage done"

[@maineman9447]

It sounds perfect because it's Neil Young. He is a far bigger legend on his own (often with Crazy Horse as his band) than CSNY as a group, and you know how great they were. Glad you liked it.

[@christinewortman425]

Niel young was perfect imperfection...

[@Beausoir1]

Hi Daniel, there's lot of musiciand who are available on youtube: Elton John, James Taylor, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Neil Diamond in the 70's

[@alvarsdzenis4739]

Neil Young. The "Godfather of Grunge" made "unplugged" popular decades before it became popular.

[@wilfbentley6738]

Young's must-listen is "Needle And The Damage Done".

[@kevinkeys3578]

The fine, fine music of my youth. Time is fleeting. Yes, Neil Young has a "good" voice! This was 1970'ish! Break out of your box - explore the music of 66-77.

[@Lwize]

The Godfather of Grunge in his larval stage.

[@crazydale1000]

Stephen Stills does a song called Tree Top Flyer.A song about a smuggler. I flew choppers in Vietnam. The lyrics ring true.

[@A.Hidell]

This song is about HIS father.........so overlooked

[@snacks1781]

Great reaction!!! Check out Nirvana unplugged - where did you sleep last night