NEIL YOUNG - Powderfinger | FIRST TIME REACTION

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[@stpnwlf9]

Neil has tha amazing ability to write an entire novel in one sentence: "Big John's been drinkin' since the river took Emmylou." It provides context, yet also tells another entirely different and very sad story layered under the main one. That's incredible writing!

[@lupodelupis3672]

One of the saddest song ever written but even one of the most beautiful...man Neil is such a legend!

[@thomasmoroney1079]

When he was at his best he was the sloppiest great guitarist I’ve ever heard! Beautiful noise

[@charliecochran3035]

The imagery of him watching the reflection of his face splash in the water as he falls off the dock is pretty awesome.

[@Chapps1941]

_"Shelter me from the powder and the finger_ _Cover me with the thought that pulled the trigger_ _Just think of me as you've never figured"_ *The greatest lyrics in all of Rock'n'Roll*

[@hlawrencepowell]

This is my all-time favourite Neil Young song. There are whole websites devoted to its meaning. I see it as the revenue officers coming up the river lookin' to shut down moonshiners. The boat is an government boat.

[@tracyyork1428]

This is my favorite Young song too, and I agree with your interpretation. Young's brilliant lyrics sound like a Steinbeck short story set to music.

[@Allhailthegreatcatperses]

The cowboy junkies version is pretty damn good too. Very well suited to the languid delivery of Margot Timmons

[@jameswiglesworth5004]

Rarely do I prefer a Neil Young cover, but Cowboy Junkies nail it

[@blackturtleshow]

My guess is the line "red means run son" provides historical context. During the Revolutionary War the British were referred to as "redcoats" because.... you guessed it.... their uniform included a red coat. Maybe it's something else, but that was always my assumption going way back to when the song was originally released.

[@Doggeslife]

"Young recorded a solo acoustic version of "Powderfinger" at Indigo Ranch Recording Studio in Malibu, California in September 1975, and intended it for his unreleased mid-70s album Chrome Dreams. He later sent the tape to his friend Ronnie Van Zant of Lynyrd Skynyrd who were to use the song on their next album. However, Van Zant died in a plane crash in October 1977, and Lynyrd Skynyrd never recorded the song. The song was officially released in an electric version on Young's 1979 album with the band Crazy Horse, Rust Never Sleeps. The Indigo take was released in 2017 on Hitchhiker alongside other tracks from the session. "

[@shspurs1342]

Big up to a crazy horse.

[@captainsatellite2112]

"Numbers add up to nothin'." True, since there are infinite positives and infinite negatives. Neil declares a mathematical fact while rocking out! He is one of a kind. Thanks for the great reactions.

[@bobschenkel7921]

Neil Young is The MAN. And this particular song is one of the reasons. It is a tough story, sung by a a tough man, and it is good enough to tear you up inside. But you should have played the version with the video from the movie "Rust Never Sleeps". Not whining, I own it, but I think you would enjoy seeing Neil and Crazy Horse doing their thing on stage, in their prime.

[@ragnarmyhr7238]

This album is awesome. "Live Rust", the live album gives me goosebumps.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

The whole thing.

[@kevinmalone2218]

I saw Neil Young and Crazy Horse live in 1976 when I was 16 years old. The first set was Neil playing acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonica. The 2nd set was electric with Crazy Horse. The blew the roof off! Still my favorite concert after all these years and I've been to 100s of concerts.

[@andyandy2629]

I would have loved to have seen that.

[@dslocum61]

This song always gave me civil war vibes.

[@jeffstevens4262]

Neil is so under rated a s brilliant guitarist. He's one of the truly great songwriter/storyteller/performers ever. I LOVE this brilliant track 🙋‍♂. I always felt his rifle backfired. The impression I always got that all this happened during the US civil war but I stand to be corrected.

[@stevedahlberg8680]

I really do like this reaction now that I've watched to the end. For some reason, this is always been one of my favorite Neil Young songs. And he was on the radio and then my mind since I was a little kid but hate persisted for several years and influence so much other interesting music that was unfolding at the time when I was young and going into college-age.

[@sherrymartz9422]

The gun backfired!!!!!

[@andyshan]

One of his greatest songs. Great album too.

[@moosey7300]

Indeed

[@ridemfast7625]

Fantastic lp. The concert was even better:)

[@bobdelp2023]

👍😊

[@clifton8929]

You're always there for your fans, bringing great music. RUST NEVER SLEEPS is a fantastic album. Thank you for all your hard work and listening to your appreciative fans and Subscribers. You're the best.

[@bobdelp2023]

AHHHHHH, YESSSSS MY FRIEND, THIS WAS DEFINITELYYYY ONE OF GREAT ROCK GUITAR SONGS GIB!!! 💯😊 RIGHT ON! 👍 PERFECT VERSION TOO OFF OF HIS 79 ALBUM ( RUST NEVER SLEEPS )

[@carnivoroussoupspoon]

Rust Never Sleeps is one of the greatest albums ever. 1st song to last song, absolute greatness

[@brenthenderson3983]

Yep, Neil was the lead guitarist, also Frank Sampedro from Crazy Horse was a guitarist.

[@MikeOstrowski-iq8wf]

……love how you break songs down and then check out the meaning on song facts ! I learn as well ! Even tho I have heard all these songs 100’s of time. 🔥❤️

[@ShawnSalvadori]

Always great to hear, thank you 😄

[@carnivoroussoupspoon]

I never knew the Lynyrd Skynyrd story, thats pretty amazing

[@z-man2343]

Its a poignant tale of a young man living in the South during the Civil War. His dad was killed earlier in battle and his brother was out hunting in the mountains when the Union Army was approaching by boat. This brave young man did what he needed to do...grabbed his father's rifle and tried to protect his homestead from the northern invaders. Neil had a real gift for putting these types of stories into heart-felt yet still rockin' music. He always kept it real.

[@jazzzman8050]

Why do you assume it’s a southern kid during the Civil War? Nothing in the lyrics indicate that. Neil is Canadian, and based on Southern Man, and Alabama, he doesn’t have too much regard for the Confederate cause. I think he deliberately left this story out of time or place, painting a picture of how an unprepared guy could make a bad decision, and perhaps start a war(?)

[@robertmckinney1898]

@@jazzzman8050 - Yeah, WTH ? The south? Holy shit , that is the craziest interpretation I've ever seen,haha.

[@lankylankster7148]

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[@stevedahlberg8680]

Absolutely love your reaction as usual and now you're diving into it afterwards but I would point out that no it was extremely asymmetric, he did not get killed by a bullet after he raised his rifle to his eye. This is set in Civil War times but the ship that was approaching was lobbing cannonballs increasingly up towards him in their homestead. They took out the dock and then it was just coming and it was a very asymmetric gesture to raise a rifle in the face of that and then it just took him out. And then the words that he sings afterwards are almost like you would hear at a service or something and they are so provocative. I love that you're reacting to this kind of thing and really engaging with it.

[@dslocum61]

"Rust Never sleeps" is the studio version, if you want the live version it is on the album "live Rust". I like the live Rust version the best.

[@debjorgo]

This is live. Recorded at McNichols Arena, Denver, 1978.

[@bobschenkel7921]

As a suggestion for an Emmy Lou Harris song, "Evangeline" from "The Last Waltz" concert film with The Band is most excellent. With really good cinematography. Hey it's a Martin Scorsese directed movie.

[@bobdelp2023]

THERE'S ANOTHERRRR SUPER GREAT SONG THAT YOU CAN DO GIB, IT'S ALLLLL OVER THE NET 😊 LYNYRD SKYNYRD : FREE BIRD LIVE AT OAKLAND COLISEUM 77👍, THE PLANE CRASH HAPPENED SHORTLYYYY AFTER THAT CONCERT, TRULYYYY TRAGIC 😮☹

[@ChrisAddotta5373]

i always assumed it was during the Civil War days judging from some of the lyrics. And it definately seems like the main character is from the South. The boat maybe a Union Army boat. And Powder Finger, like you got gun powder on your fingers from loading your rifle.

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Been a long time since I last heard this 👍

[@jameskneubuhl9115]

I think it's intentional how the exact details of the story are never given - it's just a song about the kind of circumstances, thoughts and emotions that lead a young person into violence. I always imagined it takes place in a community living on a river far from society, and if they see a gunboat approaching, they know it means trouble.

[@adamelliott18]

Super fun to play on acoustic guitar! 😊

[@cletushouse906]

Yeah.

[@eirikasbjrnberg8753]

My interpretation is that its a family who does not like the authority .

[@rickwestic746]

As in other comments, I would think,historical,revolutionary war,civil war,or the revenues scenario would work.i suppose you can either,but that is the kind of scenario that fit the defensive actions described. Great reaction, take care

[@charlesmorgan4485]

Try cowboy junkies version for a real treat

[@georgelynch6139]

Haunting version 👍

[@petergarayt9634]

Giant Fender amps and, 'roadeye's'.

[@lewismaddox4132]

This isn't live. This is the studio version.

[@user-nw7ow1ei1q]

Powderfinger will really wear on ya...

[@RalphSpoiledsport]

I think the breach the rifle, which belonged to his dead dad, blew up in his face and killed him.

[@williamstokes5299]

I know this is Neil’s song, but the Cowboy Junkies do it so much better.

[@mvs0416]

Neil Young on proper technique when playing guitar: "First off, nobody cares if you know how to play scales. Nobody gives a shit if you have good technique or not. It's whether you have feelings that you want to express with music, that's what counts, really. When you are able to express yourself and feel good, then you know why you're playing. The technical aspect is absolute hogwash as far as I'm concerned. It bores me to tears. I can't play fast. I don't even know my scales. I know that most of the notes I play aren't where I play them. They're simply not there. So you can play any note you like. I think about it on another level, I don't care about that sort of shit."

[@neilhamilton7487]

American Civil War