Chilling!! :

My Fav. Young tune ... RAWK ON !

Detlaps wrote:
The Cowboy Junkies cover of this is my favorite - so much feeling and emotion.

...reminds me of rugby fudge.......

This song has always reminded me of Ruby Ridge.

'tis rumoured that Neil Young wrote this song for me!!

get real you lot.... stop taking lyrics soooo seriously!

I'll still give it a '7' though for the voice and the geetar work...

zevon wrote:

I've also heard that it was a story Skynyrd was familiar with about either a moonshining / drug running family who the Feds busted one day while the youngest boy was left in charge. Since he was young and had to act, he chose to fight even though deep down he heard his father's warning and knew he couldn't win the battle. The last image is him at the dock, fatally wounded, falling into the water and seeing his image reflected back at him - wishing that his life was not cut so short and to have truly lived a life with a full love and the happiness that could be.

'Tis rumoured that Neil wrote this song for Ronnie Van Zandt, who met his tragic demise before being able to record it.
Adds a whole'nother dimension of sadness to this one.

This is such a wonderful song with a mysterious story - allegedly gotten from Lynyrd Skynyrd.

Neil has so much music running around in his head, and I'm so glad he lets some of it out for a spin.

Just took my 16 yr old son that is an aspiring guitar player to see Neil at SantaBarabara Bowl. The Greendale show is something to experience. he has taken rock concerts to a new dimension!

great song! i think i like the studio version a little bit more. sure would like to hear "don't cry no tears" too!

catsoup wrote:

I think Neil's whinging is delightful.

But Seriously Folks, this is an incredible song....if you take the time to listen to it, he evokes the sense of desperation in someone who has to deal with something way too early in life. Tragic, sad, beautiful.

For all those fans of fingernails and chalkboards, may I present Neil Young! Ugghhh!

Just a little trivia: The australian band (or is it it New Zealand) Powderfinger (quite good band btw) is named after this song. And the riff always reminds me of the theme for a Heidi series shown for a while here on german TV. ;)

saw him do this one live in cheyenne, great show

Dear RP-

You guys can't play too much Neil for me! Thanks! :)

A cut from On the Beach would be great! Perhaps Ambulance Blues...it's 8+ minutes long and would be a very nice Neil fix!

This is a marvelous classic. The Cowboy Junkies recorded an excellent version of this on their "Caution Horses" album. I'd also love to hear that version on RP somtime. ;)

I went thru a Neil revival there a few years ago: I bought Arc! :p

But Weld is a good CD.

Dear catsoup,

QUIT WRITING!

Thanks.

Dear Neil,

QUIT WHINGING!

Thanks.