I'm 72 years old (2024) and have watched Neil Young age like the finest of wines since "Harvest". "It's better to burn out then to fade away or rust". 60's child still running wild! Rocking on...👨🚀✌
I bought John Mayer’s first album in Tokyo in 2003 and I discovered Neil Young through John. Japan is my favourite place in the world for many reasons. Such a beautiful country, and amazing people ✌️
Neill'd passaged my Live also from 14 til today,i'm a 54 yo. male and german what means it's not my language and there have been too long distances in my lived Life where i have lost any Kind of music through! But as Iifted up again and the music got finding my soul again these "Heart of Gold",named Neill Young was gettin' back and has become a proofstone for how I feel a man has to think and musically, together with his lyrics we're a form of Symbiosys😊👍💔=💝!😉?
LIke I do when I listen to most of Neil's music. I'm 64, American, and a musician myself. I cover lots of his tunes. But lots of his stuff just takes me back to 69-71 so perfectly -- if you don't believe in time machines, take a very close listen.
Been listening to this since Live Rust. Saw Crazy Horse in concert in 1985 with a mate and after they finished 'Cinnamon Girl' my mate yelled out 'Cortez!' and they played it.😁
Across the water, a small village in a china where it is still stuck in the poor and sadness like JiaZhangke's film. Cortez the killer is my searching of heart of gold.
Today my uncle passed away. He had corona, now i'm listening this song in loop. In this song is something like longing for good. I wish you all stay healthy, Lord loves each of you.
Cortez the Killer is an alternate universe that we get to glimpse once in a while when a musician finds a wormhole into it, but they can only keep the wormhole open for between 9 and 20 minutes or so. The musical soundscape of that universe is eternal and all-encompassing, and it would be incomprehensibly cool to exist there, but we can only get filtered short bursts of it. Thanks, Neil, for finding it.
I saw Neil Young and Crazy Horse last night in Forest Hills , Queens , NYC at the old tennis stadium . This was the opening tune and it melted the place
What’s amazing about this song is that the lyrics and chords are pretty straight forward - Neil wrote the song when he was 15. And who knows what it might have sounded at that time. But this performance- it’s a man who has lived a lot and puts such incredible emotional depth into his singing, the solos and interacts with the band so seamlessly. I like that I can hear the boy and the man in this performance
Post-rock and grunge owed alot from Neil Young, his such a beautiful mess and full of emotions in his tune: his guitar and his vocals. Long live Neil Young.
Absolutely. The group Built to Spill covers this song in they album aptly titled Live, and if you listen to that and then hear some of their studio work you'll hear just how indebted their guitarist Doug Martsch is to Neil Young's sound and inventiveness
I absolutely agree with you both. I feel a strong Gilmour vibe between their styles of soloing. Just a bend of a string with a slight vibrato of real emotional can mean some of the most ethereal experiences you'll ever encounter.
I got this album in 1992, and it's never left my walkman, mini-disc player, portable CD player, MP3 player, android device since. Especially this song. This song is high school, confusion, first love, nights wondering, darkness, dreams, this song is everything.
As the say save the best till last was lucky enough to see Neil and Crazy Horse back in 93 at Slane Castle Ireland Van Morrison played the same day along with a few more ,had just turned 18 the day before what a way to start my manhood one of the best days of my life can remember it like yesterday now I'm 43 and iv got my ticket for Neil and Promise of the Real with Bob Dylan and his Band in July when the come to Ireland cant wait to see Neil again best wishes from Ireland and long may you run
how many times had he played this song already, yet here he plays it like his life depends on it! Absolutely amazing performance, when so many other bands literally go through the motions....
He stopped by the volcano On the road to Tenochtiklan You need to make your pistol jump If the Aztecs won't respond Christ blead just to save all souls Victims of the throng Blood thirsty gods of Mexico Had to answer for their wrongs Niel he strummed his old guitar He sipped his cup of tea He loved the sight of bloody hearts It filled him full of glee Don't know if he was sober Don't know if he was high But when they tossed the bouncing skulls I saw a tear drop in his eye. Bachus had his followers I'm sure you will agree Dionisus met his match When niel went on his spreeI
Just a fake tag of the grandfather of Grunge. Mr Young was far beyond the tag and more importantly his music style. The man’s music was and is far beyond any grunge phase!!
Neil Young is a kind, yet deep sasquatch with a heart of gooey gold that some Canadian hunter trapped, shaved & taught the gentle Bigfoot how to play gnarly riffs with bar chords. Then he set the beast loose & told him, "Go tell nature's story." God bless Uncle Neil, the hairless sasquatch Goonie Goo Goo
Scott Pullen he does come from a whole different way of thought, just a whole different paradigm. Some might say he delivers these lyrics almost blandly, like a shopping list, but I know what he would say to this one: that there isn’t enough anger in anyone’s voice to do it justice, and it is not his place. He can however, as a story teller (a term he almost took religiously) remind people of what happened and he can use his guitar to honor and mourn the lost. I have also heard him say that lyrics are static, they are what he was thinking at a specific time and place, while the guitar is how he feels about it now, which is why some songs change a great deal over time. Very few people could break through the Sasquatch part f his personality, but I knew a dj that could get a good talk with him as long as he had final say on the cut. I think these epic interviews are everywhere now, but I don’t have permission to use the person’s name so I shall not.
2024 .... en France... et ce morceau qui m'a toujours émerveillé ...les paroles..la voix...et ce jeu de guitare . Merci Neil Young de m'avoir accompagné durant ces 57 années !!!
Who knew one click on an obscure song I stumbled into breaking a cycle of mindless binging CZcams would inspire such emotion and be the most beautiful guitar song I’ve ever heard wow. What a song so much emotion in those sound waves.
The guitar work in this particular version is actually unreal. It's not that there's just a blistering solo in it, and there is, but it's some of the most technical, experimental, and emotional playing I've ever heard. Watermelon in Easter Hay kind of stuff. Dream gig/show for all involved.
Yes. I feel you are correct in your observation. Actually the whole band was clicking. Right time, right place, right mood of all band members. We are fortunate that it was captured on film/audio. I have no doubt that all of their shows were excellent, but I doubt they were this fruitful.
Someone tried to tell me that there were no Latin influences in Rock online the other day. And they were serious. Latin music has been added to countless Rock and Country songs.
In 1977...Neil was hanging out in Santa Cruz...... neighbors complained about Late Night Jam sessions at Jeff Blackburns Ranch.... We , the Locals were so thrilled to have Young play the local clubs for $2.00 That was Neils hold out ..... 2 bucks.........Thank God there were No Cell phones in those glorious days..... The secret would have got out in days.... it lasted about 4 months... neils guitars got stolen , people found out he was hangin in SC... and he flew away.... The Ducks have flown South for this lifetime... Aloha Brother Duck
Fuck these Godfather of Grunge thing. Sounds disrespectful and stupid as for me. Like if somebody praised The Beatles for inspiring One Direction. This grunge is just another subgenre and Neil is just one of all time greats. A great artist who inspired so many different musicians, genres and just people outside of any classifications.
Many great musicians, but not many bands where the musicians are so in-tune with each other, on the same existencial plane as each other. The true meaning of a Super Band. Double Trouble proved to be such a band when SVR played a concert the night of his father's funeral, losing himself in the guitar.
One of the greatest TRUE ARTISTS in music history. Writes it. Sings it. Plays It. Feels It. And most of all conveys it... for all of us to enjoy! Damn I love this guy. 40+ years ago and still today!!!
Sometimes when I forget how good Mr. Young's guitar skills are I remind myself with "Cortez the Killer" "Like a Hurricane " and "Rust Never Sleeps " rock on Sir !
I was there live. And it still shakes my soul today. Neil is by far, without exception, the greatest artist ever. I am so thankful to have lived in his time and to have been able to experience his greatness. No one can match his soul shaking magnificence. Thank you for being a part of my life!
The first time I heard this song I was frankly hypnotized by the eerie sound and style of play. There is no one like Neil Young. He holds a special place in my heart and soul; growing up in the 70's. He stands out completely.
I think the best guitar on stage was ... intro / sweetjane .. lou reed .. on rock n roll animal ... a master piece written by marsters .... it blows me away every time i hear it loud and clear ... and ive heard it 1#₩€##₩##00 times ..
Some people laugh at me when talking about best guitarists ever, I always mention Neil along with Freddy Mercury or Steve Marriot as among the best vocalists as well. They can laugh all they want but I KNOW I'm RIGHT. He's also one of the best songwriters along with Dylan, Lennon & McCartney
I'm sure I've been so very lucky to have been born in '54. Keith Moon. Hendrix, as mentioned Marriot, Lennon, Dylan, Mr Young (C, S and N) Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson, Joni Mitchell, Cream, Roy Harper, Floyd, The Kinks, Peter Gabriel's Genesis to name but a few and believe me I could go on and on but suffice to say Aren't we lucky? 😂
I agree, in like technical ability, sure there’s better vocalists, but the raw emotion this guy has, that vibrato just gives me chills every time, not everyone can do it like Neil or Freddy. It takes talent.
Neil Young - for me still simply the best. His music, idealism, straightforwardness, clearity, joy and depth. A lot of light shining through his words, music and eyes. Listening to this song and watching this performance ... I have no words to describe how deep it touches.
Total genius, my favorite performance of this masterpiece... everybody has said it all already, and it is clear this is something very special. All I can add, possibly, is that Crazy Horse know exactly what NOT to play, and how NOT to rush the pace at all. It's unreal...
What’s your interpretation of punk rock??? Why I ask is because the term “punk rock” has been watered down so much! Through the corruption of the markable of a so called product
What's cool about Neil was that he was never demissive of punk rock like many of his contemporaries. His collaboration with Devo showed his openminded nature.
After a two year boycott of Spotify, in which he protested the site's allowing of disinformation and false narratives to poison the streaming site, Neil Young has officially allowed his music to return! This was the first song that I played to celebrate.
The amazing thing about this song if you imagine the characters, is that they sound perfectly represents the art, sophistication, fear and desperation of each man. Montezoma and Cortez. Cortez who burnt his own ships, so his men would know they had to succeed or die. Montezoma fought for his home, but still wanted peace, supposedly killed by his own men in disgust "... suddenly such a shower of stones and darts were discharged that (our men who were shielding him having neglected for a moment their duty, because they saw how the attack ceased while he spoke to them) he was hit by three stones, one on the head, another on the arm and another on the leg, and although they begged him to have the wounds dressed and to take food, and spoke kind words to him about it, he would not. Indeed, when we least expected it, they came to say that he was dead." So tragic but confusing this must have been to see on either side, except for Cortez. "Better to die with honor than live dishonored", "I love to travel, but hate to arrive", "We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure." Cortez was a man getting his gold, and one wise enough to realize what his bottom line was, the point in which man will do scary things. What a Killer
Cortez was a greedy, gold hungry psychopath killer who through deception and disease brought down one of the most advanced civilization in the New World.
of all the songs of electric neil, this really transcends the studio cut. it has the most feeling and most soul of all. the solos just drift over you and into your pulse. it's just ......there
Me to mate after 32 years I just cant get enough of it ever since I was 14 Neil Young has been the main man for me was lucky enough to see Neil and Crazy Horse back in 93 Slane Castle Ireland and last July when he came back to Ireland with Promise of the Real and Bob Dylan all I know is my world will never be the same if Neil is taken from us before I die best wishes Peter and long may you run
I was just a kid in ‘91 and bought weld double live album. I got it cuz of the cover, not know who Neil was. I listened to that thing over and over till I knew every song by heart. That’s all I had back then, music.
Who’s listining to this masterpiece march 2024 ? 👏🏽
Me
@@crasm407 -- it never gets old right ?
Nobody yet lol
hell yeah
@@josephcooper4439 -- epic never gets old
Who's listening to this masterpiece with me in 2020?!!!
Me! He came Dancing across the Water....✋😉🤩
im still good as ever
Try to close your eyes and listen... Wonderful!
We all listen when Neil plays. God love him
I am and it's just as good now!
I'm 72 years old (2024) and have watched Neil Young age like the finest of wines since "Harvest". "It's better to burn out then to fade away or rust". 60's child still running wild! Rocking on...👨🚀✌
great comment
Yeah! ♥
My brother got married tonight. I saw my mom for the second time in 14 years. I'm drinking a beer and listening to Cortez. Life is good.
Drinking a beer and listening to Cortez rn too , life sure is good
I'm listening in Japan 8/26/2020. I am 64, and I have loved and listened for more than 50 years. Neil is my best favorite！
I bought John Mayer’s first album in Tokyo in 2003 and I discovered Neil Young through John. Japan is my favourite place in the world for many reasons. Such a beautiful country, and amazing people ✌️
wish i was there listening with you my friend.
I am also 64 (well, 63 1/2), and have followed Neil for arouhd 50 years. Rock on Neil!
Awesome.
Neill'd passaged my Live also from 14 til today,i'm a 54 yo. male and german what means it's not my language and there have been too long distances in my lived Life where i have lost any Kind of music through! But as Iifted up again and the music got finding my soul again these "Heart of Gold",named Neill Young was gettin' back and has become a proofstone for how I feel a man has to think and musically, together with his lyrics we're a form of Symbiosys😊👍💔=💝!😉?
I consider this one of the most flawless performances ever recorded.
Agreed wholeheartedly
I prefer this rendition over the more fast paced 70s and 80s versions. This is pure beauty
Yup. And he is wearing an Elvis t-shirt. What a masterpiece.
He started w this forest hills NY 5/24 Wed misty night
Any other grown men get emotional when listening to this song?
Ben, I get misty eyed whenever I listen to this masterpiece. This particular version when NY sings "how I lost my way", gets me even more.
no because I know actual history
@@dillonpersel8561 what arre you talking about? I'm talking about nostalgia.
LIke I do when I listen to most of Neil's music. I'm 64, American, and a musician myself. I cover lots of his tunes. But lots of his stuff just takes me back to 69-71 so perfectly -- if you don't believe in time machines, take a very close listen.
Gets me emotional yeah. It’s a moving song, takes me somewhere else
This has to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. It moves me to tears.
Just what I was about to write. I have no words. Beautiful.
+1. What a genious.
Been listening to this since Live Rust. Saw Crazy Horse in concert in 1985 with a mate and after they finished 'Cinnamon Girl' my mate yelled out 'Cortez!' and they played it.😁
Yes, Miss Mary...every single time😪
😍🥰🥰
2023 and this still hasn’t gotten old
🖤💕🌸he’s definitely on my bucket list
music doesn't work that way. only you get old. get over yourself
@@CSM100MK2 lol chill tf, “this song never gets old” as in i can always listen to it never get bored of it, go take your Valium, you weirdo 🚬💀
Yesss
@@CSM100MK2 seek pyschiatric assistance immediately
Across the water, a small village in a china where it is still stuck in the poor and sadness like JiaZhangke's film. Cortez the killer is my searching of heart of gold.
The man wrote this when he was 17, in history class, when he learned about cortez.
From his pinko professor.
@@BudSchnelker of course. It never happened. There was no Quetzalcoatl
Really?
@@susandalrymple2917 according to mr. Young, yes
@@bjornyesterday2562 The concept of "The Noble Savage" is racist.
Today my uncle passed away. He had corona, now i'm listening this song in loop. In this song is something like longing for good. I wish you all stay healthy, Lord loves each of you.
same for me, love you bro we must go on
So Sorry for your loss. Please pass on his spirit in some way.
Sorry for your loss
Have you heard Dave Matthews/Warren Haynes cover? It's unbelievable. Sorry for your loss as well.
@@Musicologist365 absolutely yes
Cortez the Killer is an alternate universe that we get to glimpse once in a while when a musician finds a wormhole into it, but they can only keep the wormhole open for between 9 and 20 minutes or so. The musical soundscape of that universe is eternal and all-encompassing, and it would be incomprehensibly cool to exist there, but we can only get filtered short bursts of it. Thanks, Neil, for finding it.
I don't know if there is a better way to say it
That was beautifully said and exactly how I feel. Thanks for putting it to words
Thank God 🙏 we had a deep relationship with
Him before we came to this planet
Liseys story
Agreed... Completely agreed. It s not scifi.. Real worm in our minds
I saw Neil Young and Crazy Horse last night in Forest Hills , Queens , NYC at the old tennis stadium . This was the opening tune and it melted the place
So did I! My ninth time in various versions since the mid Seventies. He can still bring it.
Was there Wed night, amazing, earth & heaven met
This is honestly a masterpiece. Truly a legend Neil Young
Every note officially endorsed by the Music Gods.
What’s amazing about this song is that the lyrics and chords are pretty straight forward - Neil wrote the song when he was 15. And who knows what it might have sounded at that time. But this performance- it’s a man who has lived a lot and puts such incredible emotional depth into his singing, the solos and interacts with the band so seamlessly. I like that I can hear the boy and the man in this performance
agree
At 15?? What a legend
Lovely Words
Respect
Post-rock and grunge owed alot from Neil Young, his such a beautiful mess and full of emotions in his tune: his guitar and his vocals. Long live Neil Young.
It's called ragged glory by his long time board operator so true
I agree. At 630 it is beyond post rock. So cool.
Absolutely. The group Built to Spill covers this song in they album aptly titled Live, and if you listen to that and then hear some of their studio work you'll hear just how indebted their guitarist Doug Martsch is to Neil Young's sound and inventiveness
Beautiful mess..... perfect description. I think i love you.
This post rock have you heard the Slint cover? It’s how I discovered him. I’d wager noise rock also has a debt to him
Neil doesn't play fast or a lot of notes in his solo's............................but he plays THE RIGHT ONES !!
Yeah that, EXACTLY! Nobody ever sounds as him of will sound, because he plays with so much emotion and soul
I absolutely agree with you both. I feel a strong Gilmour vibe between their styles of soloing. Just a bend of a string with a slight vibrato of real emotional can mean some of the most ethereal experiences you'll ever encounter.
@@nickparsons337 True we can shake the hand on your comment!
FUCK U I CUT HIS GRASS IN WINNIPEG U DON'T KNOW HIM TRY I BEEN TO REDWOO I BEEN TO HOLYWOOD U WOULD HAVE NO IDEA THE STREET CORNER
@@davidclouthier3598 you're not a miner? Are you?
First time I heard this I cried, to date the only song that’s actually made me shed a few tears because it was so damn perfect
Besides this one, I have a few other songs that have done it for me if your interested in crying some more!
@@ijeff2005 totally
Every time.
Yeah, perfect combo
Perfection
I got this album in 1992, and it's never left my walkman, mini-disc player, portable CD player, MP3 player, android device since. Especially this song. This song is high school, confusion, first love, nights wondering, darkness, dreams, this song is everything.
Did we all had the same childhood?
Certainement. Tous les trois. !!!!🫶🫶🫶🫶😘
This and After Berlin among others are played all the time by me buddy!👍
Well said
Youre a poet my friend. Doing the same thing for me right now. Wishing you the best.
His hands plays what his soul feels.
Absolutely.... such a monster talent and beautiful soul within... This song gets me all the freaking time...
He is a soul, as you are
@@Leha__777 exactly.
Good ol Neil, lookin like a homeless frankenstein's monster and playin his heart out.
@@lesliestremp4452 This is for certain! I always think of Neil as the smartest gorilla that ever lived.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh,haaaaaaah,haaaaaah!!!!
NAILED IT !!! :)
You got a laugh out of me on that one. Lol
Fuk the government
They r what the problem is ✌
If you're going to play a few songs today on CZcams, save this one until last, as nothing can follow this. This is what it's all about.
As the say save the best till last was lucky enough to see Neil and Crazy Horse back in 93 at Slane Castle Ireland Van Morrison played the same day along with a few more ,had just turned 18 the day before what a way to start my manhood one of the best days of my life can remember it like yesterday now I'm 43 and iv got my ticket for Neil and Promise of the Real with Bob Dylan and his Band in July when the come to Ireland cant wait to see Neil again best wishes from Ireland and long may you run
"Ambulance Blues" can follow anything each and every time.
Chris Bingham 22/02/1985 Western Springs Auckland New Zealand,Still get goose bumps when I look back.
@@jamesgreene4811 Bold as Love, Jimi Hendrix, or, All along...
I shit this off it was dismal and boring and compared to Justin Beiber this guy cant sing he’s out of key where as Beiber is spot on
Slow burning, shimmering, hypnotic , lyrical, melodic , emotional - Simply a thing of beauty that refuses to age and become fizz less .
How lucky we are to have captured this masterpiece.
This is what a garage band looks like when it reaches the stratosphere. Awesome.
Dead on!
Perfect sentence. Absolutely perfect.
i was thinking, when your buddy who hangs drywall tells you about his show tonight.
lol.
That tone, that coordinated slopiness,, that slightly off-key singing.... it just all works together so perfectly!
perfectly undone, I agree 100%!
Neil is a nutshell
Agree...i know its a different genre, but willie is the same way..ive aleays thought that about both of them...but it really works
no-one else sounds like the horse. Ragged Glory indeed
That’s the type of playing many guitarist try to avoid but yet he makes it sound soooo danmmm good I love it
how many times had he played this song already, yet here he plays it like his life depends on it! Absolutely amazing performance, when so many other bands literally go through the motions....
no fake artists, no face tattoos, no fucking stories just a damn masterpiece
Nice profile picture
Fucking A!!
He is literally telling a story
He stopped by the volcano
On the road to Tenochtiklan
You need to make your pistol jump
If the Aztecs won't respond
Christ blead just to save all souls
Victims of the throng
Blood thirsty gods of Mexico
Had to answer for their wrongs
Niel he strummed his old guitar
He sipped his cup of tea
He loved the sight of bloody hearts
It filled him full of glee
Don't know if he was sober
Don't know if he was high
But when they tossed the bouncing skulls
I saw a tear drop in his eye.
Bachus had his followers
I'm sure you will agree
Dionisus met his match
When niel went on his spreeI
Just a fake tag of the grandfather of
Grunge. Mr Young was far beyond the tag and more importantly his music style. The man’s music was and is far beyond any grunge phase!!
Neil Young is a kind, yet deep sasquatch with a heart of gooey gold that some Canadian hunter trapped, shaved & taught the gentle Bigfoot how to play gnarly riffs with bar chords. Then he set the beast loose & told him, "Go tell nature's story." God bless Uncle Neil, the hairless sasquatch
Goonie Goo Goo
Nuff said
Scott Pullen he does come from a whole different way of thought, just a whole different paradigm. Some might say he delivers these lyrics almost blandly, like a shopping list, but I know what he would say to this one: that there isn’t enough anger in anyone’s voice to do it justice, and it is not his place. He can however, as a story teller (a term he almost took religiously) remind people of what happened and he can use his guitar to honor and mourn the lost. I have also heard him say that lyrics are static, they are what he was thinking at a specific time and place, while the guitar is how he feels about it now, which is why some songs change a great deal over time. Very few people could break through the Sasquatch part f his personality, but I knew a dj that could get a good talk with him as long as he had final say on the cut. I think these epic interviews are everywhere now, but I don’t have permission to use the person’s name so I shall not.
@@Voirreydirector agree
Amen! Is he playing it drop-D?
@@kingswayguitar possibly, because the chord progression is Em - D(sus2) - Am(7) - Cm(something). But not sure :)
2024 .... en France... et ce morceau qui m'a toujours émerveillé ...les paroles..la voix...et ce jeu de guitare . Merci Neil Young de m'avoir accompagné durant ces 57 années !!!
Pareil que vous sauf les années.
Who knew one click on an obscure song I stumbled into breaking a cycle of mindless binging CZcams would inspire such emotion and be the most beautiful guitar song I’ve ever heard wow. What a song so much emotion in those sound waves.
Welcome, my friend. Glad you found us here. Cheers.
Dear God, this is beautiful
it is.
He looks like *The Hulk* in mid- transformation.
Lol
Like hes a skinny hulk?
@Sniper Steve Javier Bardem 😀
🤣
Yet so gentle.
The guitar work in this particular version is actually unreal. It's not that there's just a blistering solo in it, and there is, but it's some of the most technical, experimental, and emotional playing I've ever heard. Watermelon in Easter Hay kind of stuff. Dream gig/show for all involved.
🎼🎸1990/91 undoubtedly Neil and The Horses at the "ragged glory" peak of their powers 🐎🎶🎵
Yes. I feel you are correct in your observation. Actually the whole band was clicking. Right time, right place, right mood of all band members. We are fortunate that it was captured on film/audio. I have no doubt that all of their shows were excellent, but I doubt they were this fruitful.
Nice FZ reference
Yes it's not the lyrics that get me emotional, it's the sounds coming from his guitar that effect's me.
In the bedroom with my love, dancing she said "I never knew Neil Young was so incredible". Oh how I miss you Jillian. ❤
5:46 to 7:06 is so unfathomably beautiful. The absolute peak of all guitar solo performances, in my book.
Totally agree. Its biblical. Especially that latin sounding part.
@@Leo-qe3gl Indeed my friend, indeed
@@dzaijn 😊
And you gotta include Hurricane 🌀
Someone tried to tell me that there were no Latin influences in Rock online the other day. And they were serious. Latin music has been added to countless Rock and Country songs.
You can throw out every other song Neil Young composed and leave this one and we’d all still know his name.
In 1977...Neil was hanging out in Santa Cruz...... neighbors complained about Late Night Jam sessions at Jeff Blackburns Ranch.... We , the Locals were so thrilled to have Young play the local clubs for $2.00 That was Neils hold out ..... 2 bucks.........Thank God there were No Cell phones in those glorious days..... The secret would have got out in days.... it lasted about 4 months... neils guitars got stolen , people found out he was hangin in SC... and he flew away.... The Ducks have flown South for this lifetime... Aloha Brother Duck
Most loving comment I'd ever read (mind you, don't read much)
As free, as we, can be! Cheers, John!
Santa Cruz is magic ... that must have been magical and then some
john you guys are too cool
That's fantastic, thanks for the story.
The "Godfather of Grunge" killing it onstage!!
Fuck these Godfather of Grunge thing. Sounds disrespectful and stupid as for me. Like if somebody praised The Beatles for inspiring One Direction. This grunge is just another subgenre and Neil is just one of all time greats. A great artist who inspired so many different musicians, genres and just people outside of any classifications.
@@nikitan7473 The Sonics own that title.
Grunge ???????????????????
@@blloodstone8762 agree , no grunge going on here
@@williamdelaney5416 the sonics are more punk breh
Still a masterpiece today in 2024!
I'm listening. Listening since the late 70s. I've aged but this hasn't,
Neil has played with many great musicians but the chemistry with Crazy Horse is unique!
Listen to Neil Young with the Ducks.
You mean chemicals
Many great musicians, but not many bands where the musicians are so in-tune with each other, on the same existencial plane as each other. The true meaning of a Super Band.
Double Trouble proved to be such a band when SVR played a concert the night of his father's funeral, losing himself in the guitar.
This band show the true sprites of Neil young at his best
Agreed. I think most of his best work was with crazy horse
One of the greatest TRUE ARTISTS in music history. Writes it. Sings it. Plays It. Feels It. And most of all conveys it... for all of us to enjoy! Damn I love this guy. 40+ years ago and still today!!!
Glad I'm not the only one who appreciates this man
@@dianekennedy876 truly !
One of the greatest songs, EVER! Both from an instrumental & lyrical perspective. Thank you, Neil!
I've been loving his music for the past 55 years and never get tired of it
Sometimes when I forget how good Mr. Young's guitar skills are I remind myself with "Cortez the Killer" "Like a Hurricane " and "Rust Never Sleeps " rock on Sir !
AND so many more, for đure!
Sure!
And the original Southern Man...for the longer drive😉😎
I was there live. And it still shakes my soul today. Neil is by far, without exception, the greatest artist ever. I am so thankful to have lived in his time and to have been able to experience his greatness. No one can match his soul shaking magnificence. Thank you for being a part of my life!
Where was this concert held?
Tom Buehler Las Vegas I believe
för mig är han bara bäst sett dom minst 3 gånger live.p.
@@1BDP2B this performance was recorded in Civic Center, Pittsburgh
Love this soooo much☮️❤️
Neil's playing here is amazing. The tone and feel are amazing and his use of feedback is heavenly! Neil Young is such a legend.
Best version I’ve ever seen
I listen to a lot of music, but this, this is music I feel.
The first time I heard this song I was frankly hypnotized by the eerie sound and style of play. There is no one like Neil Young. He holds a special place in my heart and soul; growing up in the 70's. He stands out completely.
Listening now at 63 yrs old and it's 2024...his greatest song ever the man is a genius
One of the greatest versions of this song ever played praise Neil Young
First time I listened to this masterpiece I cried. That’s how you never forget a song.
Yep
Same here, and I consider it a privilege to be able to feel that emotion, and that others do as well.
Some of the finest guitar playing ever performed on a stage.
I agree with you I don't think that there is anything more beautiful than a great song played with so much feeling!!!!.
@Owen Harris
i mean...seriously.
i like Neil, but he has never had good guitar chops.
A beautiful touch ... beautiful tone ... every bit of power and finnese where it should be .. yes sir ... heavenly .......
I think the best guitar on stage was ... intro / sweetjane .. lou reed .. on rock n roll animal ... a master piece written by marsters .... it blows me away every time i hear it loud and clear ... and ive heard it 1#₩€##₩##00 times ..
@@TheSighphiguy guitar is not about speed, its about feel. Neil on guitar always sounds good- that makes him one of the best. One of.
Some people laugh at me when talking about best guitarists ever, I always mention Neil along with Freddy Mercury or Steve Marriot as among the best vocalists as well. They can laugh all they want but I KNOW I'm RIGHT. He's also one of the best songwriters along with Dylan, Lennon & McCartney
Guitar player magazine did a public poll of the 100 best guitar solos in about yr 2000 and this was in there quite high if i remember.
God damn right!
@@realmad213 fuck yes!!!!!
I'm sure I've been so very lucky to have been born in '54.
Keith Moon. Hendrix, as mentioned Marriot, Lennon, Dylan, Mr Young (C, S and N) Jon Anderson, Ian Anderson, Joni Mitchell, Cream, Roy Harper, Floyd, The Kinks, Peter Gabriel's Genesis to name but a few and believe me I could go on and on but suffice to say Aren't we lucky? 😂
I agree, in like technical ability, sure there’s better vocalists, but the raw emotion this guy has, that vibrato just gives me chills every time, not everyone can do it like Neil or Freddy. It takes talent.
50 years a rock fan I'll never love any one as much as " shakey" NEIL YOUNG. God bless him.
Neil Young - for me still simply the best. His music, idealism, straightforwardness, clearity, joy and depth. A lot of light shining through his words, music and eyes. Listening to this song and watching this performance ... I have no words to describe how deep it touches.
Eerie. Probably the most beautiful electric guitar playing ever.
For a song so full of dissonance every note is perfect. Ultimate respect.
We are all listening to this Masterpiece by The Master Neil ❤❤❤❤
Respect
Total genius, my favorite performance of this masterpiece... everybody has said it all already, and it is clear this is something very special.
All I can add, possibly, is that Crazy Horse know exactly what NOT to play, and how NOT to rush the pace at all. It's unreal...
I grew up on punk rock but Neil Young is an undeniable force of nature
What’s your interpretation of punk rock??? Why I ask is because the term “punk rock” has been watered down so much! Through the corruption of the markable of a so called product
@@spello8191 Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Ramones , and The Cramps are my faves.
What's cool about Neil was that he was never demissive of punk rock like many of his contemporaries. His collaboration with Devo showed his openminded nature.
Neil has some punk songs like "sedan delivery".
Punks not allowed here
After a two year boycott of Spotify, in which he protested the site's allowing of disinformation and false narratives to poison the streaming site, Neil Young has officially allowed his music to return! This was the first song that I played to celebrate.
And I’m still listening to this masterpiece in 2024. Wondrous wondrous stuff !!
All his emotions, frustrations,feelings comes pouring out here! Of course this is one of his best songs ever ...
Agreed!
9 minutes long version, seems like a blink to me. Hats off.
Neil Young uses his guitar like a choir wrapped in emotion.
I’m now a young 67 year old and just love the classic rock
The most atmospheric use of three chords ever.
In 91 we thought Neil was a living legend and he was still playing and making cool songs- what does that make him now?
Sit in a beanbag chair, put on headphones, fire up and be glad others can give you their talent and make you happy
OH YES FINALLY ANOTHER THAT APPRECIATES GREAT CANADIAN TALENT OR ANY TALENT
Legend....end of story 😎
Hi Kerry for sure will do that but no headphones just some volume
I'll skip the beanbag and sit at my old drums and act like a teenager.
Face melted...spinning in circles...ahhhh
Why tf this song makes me cry everytime? Neil Young is a legend!
And before I forget: Fuck you, Spotify!
he's back on it now btw
First time hearing this and I’m hypnotized
Sames
I'm listen in 2020. Great tunes.
What makes this song brilliant is it’s simplicity.
I'm listening here in Sydney, Australia. Stay safe from Covid the Killer and fix your once Proud Nation’s Pain in November.🙏🙏🙏
The pain will get worse if Biden gets elected and the left takes over
Grant Sutherlannd 🤣🤣🤣
Grant Sutherlannd - No it won't. And you will not have to learn Russian. 😂👍
Let's get it Trump 2020
This was a magical night. Other performances of this song on CZcams are good but this one is incredible.
dave matthews warren haynes central park version is great too
Uncle Neil is just like a fine wine... he just gets better with age. A wizard
The amazing thing about this song if you imagine the characters, is that they sound perfectly represents the art, sophistication, fear and desperation of each man. Montezoma and Cortez. Cortez who burnt his own ships, so his men would know they had to succeed or die. Montezoma fought for his home, but still wanted peace, supposedly killed by his own men in disgust "... suddenly such a shower of stones and darts were discharged that (our men who were shielding him having neglected for a moment their duty, because they saw how the attack ceased while he spoke to them) he was hit by three stones, one on the head, another on the arm and another on the leg, and although they begged him to have the wounds dressed and to take food, and spoke kind words to him about it, he would not. Indeed, when we least expected it, they came to say that he was dead." So tragic but confusing this must have been to see on either side, except for Cortez. "Better to die with honor than live dishonored", "I love to travel, but hate to arrive", "We Spaniards know a sickness of the heart that only gold can cure." Cortez was a man getting his gold, and one wise enough to realize what his bottom line was, the point in which man will do scary things. What a Killer
I should read more about this,very interesting words from you, thanks !
Jesus Christ bless you and your family 🙏❤️
Michael
Cortez was a greedy, gold hungry psychopath killer who through deception and disease brought down one of the most advanced civilization in the New World.
Montezuma was okay with Human Sacrifices.
I'm 70 years old, Neil Young is a part of my life soundtrack. Three simple chords and great solos to make a masterpiece. WHAT A POET!!!!!!
The combo of Neil Young and Crazyhorse was magical.
THAT is the Best Version Of That Song I’ve EVER HEARD. Sometimes Neil can be , it’s like he gets Possessed by Somethng...
He plays every note as if it were a whole song! He sums up every feeling he wants to express! Grandmaster
This live version transcends how music is organic bliss for the soul
“Live Rust” got me thru my college days....
this could be an never ending song ❤
so true! haha. That could have gone on for hours.
when the instrument is the artist, and the guitar a tool, this is a deeply personal expression of artistic expression in a soundscape. Beautiful.
Thoughtful I dig your comment!
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That is gibberish.
Thank you
of all the songs of electric neil, this really transcends the studio cut. it has the most feeling and most soul of all. the solos just drift over you and into your pulse. it's just ......there
Hafta add a ps: i can play this song for 24 hours non-stop like the radio station did with stairway to heaven way back
You have to remember, too, that he originally wrote this song in HIGH SCHOOL!
I love that guitar tone
Me too ....l its an energy all by itself ... fukn amazing live ...
Neil Young and Crazy Horse. A match made in Heaven!
this is the version I keep coming back to, even after almost 30 years.
Me to mate after 32 years I just cant get enough of it ever since I was 14 Neil Young has been the main man for me was lucky enough to see Neil and Crazy Horse back in 93 Slane Castle Ireland and last July when he came back to Ireland with Promise of the Real and Bob Dylan all I know is my world will never be the same if Neil is taken from us before I die best wishes Peter and long may you run
Only other acceptable version is by Dave Matthews Band
Who doesn't love Neil Young
No one will ever contribute more to this style of rock than Neil Young, hell, he created it!
Never forget Mr. Young when talking about the best guitarists. He's up there.
One of the best.
Don't let the critics tell you different. 👍
@@darrynhughes8526 F the critics.
He’s among my favorite pianists, to boot.
Ah Neil - I was there - and YOU will never be lost! Rock on forever Neil!!! We ARE Still listening!!!
share this music with the grand kids, yeah?
I’m hearing it for my first time in 2020-- and Neil lives right up the road.
Hey! What in the hell are you talking about? Your making a lot people jealous over here..
God wishes he could play guitar like Neil. True story. He told me so just the other day.
You been speaking to Clapton lately?
Surpasses studio version for me.
Agreed. This sound has a certain atmosphere that feels so organic and magical and which could only be created “in the moment”.
I was just a kid in ‘91 and bought weld double live album. I got it cuz of the cover, not know who Neil was. I listened to that thing over and over till I knew every song by heart. That’s all I had back then, music.
Im 42 an grew up to his music , i feel for kids these days an what is offered up as music for them
I’m 65 and I did to. Neil is like that.