ri_shelton wrote: 
I hear "splashed"  9.

 beset wrote: 
,,,bump-worthy !!!

 Bill has a team now? NEIL  is getting old.

Does any other song here have more comments? (except anything reviewed by Romeotuna) ahem.

 jjtwister wrote: 
This song really came alive after reading thousands of pages of "Killing Mr. Watson" by Peter Matthieson. That story takes place in the Florida Everglades. The story of this song is imaginable in any backwater where "mountain people" still thrive. In era, I can imagine any time between early 19th century and late 20th century U.S.

 ri_shelton wrote: 

Ok.....I love Powderfinger....also the Cowboy Junkies version.....but.....can anyone tell me where the "action" tyook place and what was going on? I think it may have been written about the  the  Civil War era???

jjtwister

One of my all time favourite songs from Neil.

 helgigermany wrote:
  Bill has a team now?

 ri_shelton wrote: 
... crickets chirping...

Neil Young rules the scene and this one...yes.

 Papernapkin wrote: 
Say you like a song very much today. 30 years from now you still like it. Do you have a problem with still liking it :^) ? Mozart or Beethoven bother you for being rather distinctly old? Everything ages and passes. Some songs to some people will always sound great. Not worth getting hung up on, imho. Oh, Christ! He's playing Billie Effing Holiday now! Talk about old!
Chill, bro. Plenty to enjoy here. Peace. 

Papernapkin wrote: Are they the ones that hang out with bad asian drivers, watermelon chompin' blacks, whites that can't play the blues, gays who can't fight and women who can't think? - 'cause those guys are lame!

Well now, hang on there. I swear he changed the words to my favorite line in this version: Doesn't the original go "...face splashed in the sky" and this version is "...face flashed in the sky". I expect a response within thirty seconds from you interweb dweebs.

 choffman2001 wrote: 

I like the Beat Farmer's version (first version I ever heard).  Haven't heard the Cowboy Junkies version.

 Bosami wrote: 

 HazzeSwede wrote:  Yep ,,and it's LIVE !    

10 

 Papernapkin wrote: 
Music is not as disposable as a Papernapkin... Foo!

gawd, do I love the opening chord on this tune, feedback and all.

Yeah its old. And its gonna keep gettin older. Keep playin it Bill

Love Neil Young. Prefer the album version to this live one. But I actually prefer the Cowboy Junkies' version over any of Neil's! Blasphemy? Listen and tell me then. She makes us feel that she *is* that young man standing on the dock, with the rifle to her eye.

 Papernapkin wrote: 
I cannot agree! Bills Team always look for new artists,. Its difficult to find , but there are some good ones. For me, the 30 years old music is old, but not tired. Maybe, you are tired to hear, and you need a break, but for me, a lot of old songs come fresh and the lyrics are up to date right now.!

 Papernapkin wrote: 

True that with some but not so with me, my friend. I embrace the old and the new.

Besides that by your statement - every song will eventually become old and tired. You can't just discount timeless material because you happened to hear it so much that you're sick of it and it doesn't sound fresh. It was, at one time - fresh and powerful and distinctive, original and as moving as anything you may have heard at that point in your life. To simply shrug it off years later as boring is shallow on your part.

Just sayin.

The bad day I was having just got a bit better. Thanks Bill!

 Papernapkin wrote: 

Bike rack at 3pm!

 Bosami wrote: 
This song is old. And tired. I notice a lot of RP listeners hold on tightly to music from 30 years ago. Look at there favorite lists and you're rarely see new artists.

If only he'd remained only a guitarist...

Simply. Awesome.

And I will fight anyone who thinks otherwise!  Put em up!

GO CANADA GOLD!!!! Wooooooo!!!!!!!!