This one will only make sense to very select group of Australian listeners who remember d-gen the late show but I prefer the Grassby Grills Nudge and Plum version

Dull, does nothing for me...unlike Neil whom I could at least listen to some songs :-)

I know it's probably sacrilege to say but the K D Lang version is nearly as good as this.

Man, I'm a fan for life. Love this tune and so many more from CS&N. (& Young)

....love these guys.....

Sums up a lot.

It sounds like electric country but in reality Neil was one of the first Astral travellers.

beset wrote:
Yes, I read the exhaustive bio a couple years ago. I thought the last, say, 100 pages got a bit tedious, but overall an excellent read. My only complaint would be that McDonough takes too much credit for Neil's career moves. ("I told Neil to do this or that, blah, blah"; yah, right.)

I could break down and cry. This song brings it all to the surface, all 60 years worth.

All I can do when I hear this song is sit and let the emotion wash over me. It's so sublime, so ethereal, so absolutely perfect... I can breathe now.

I'm a Neil Young mark and one of his best.

I was humming this song just a few minutes ago while brew some coffee, up here in Northern Ontario! Thanks!

oh how this brings back memories.....

Great song!

This song has meant so many different things to me at different times in my life. Now it just makes me think of the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

so simple, yet so damn good...

I think if I heard this song every day for the next few months I still would want to hear it more. It makes me feel the way I am supposed to feel: at peace with the world. It's not so much the lyrics as it is its mood.

Without a doubt, The Last Waltz performance truly shows the emotion that music is all about.

Has anyone read "Shakey" by Jimmy McDonough? I'm on page 519 of 738 pages - not counting the "(Very) Selected Bibliography", pp 739 to 759. I'm thoroughly enjoying this Neil Young biography. When Jimmy "shows" what Neil's saying, it sounds pretty real to me. There's much use of the four-letter F word, and not just from Neil.
This is a deeply revealing story of Neil and many others who were touched by him and vice versa. I didn't know 'til I read this book that Nicolette Larson passed away. Reportedly, she died on December 16, 1997 of complications from cerebral edema. "Nicki" had a nickname for Neil: "Changeable Charlie".
He's a very talented, complex person. He's human, that's for sure. I'm a longtime fan of Neil, and that probably won't change, as it appears he's never "sold out"!

Geecheeboy wrote: Well, I'm not exactly a guy... However, I believe the opening instrument is a harmonica. This song is done by Neil and The Band, with backup vocals sung by Joni Mitchell during the Band's farewell concert, "The Last Waltz". I've just purchased a copy of the DVD and watched it with my main squeeze (he's a guy). I think I've enjoyed this movie about five times now - so far. :)
See Neil & The Band with Joni perform this very song on the following site:
http://indieblips.dailyradar.com/video/the_band_neil_young_helpless_live/
Sincerely a Neil Young fan,
a female feline named Beset >^_^<