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Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: May 19, 2013 - 05:43 My fav. song from Neil! This version...not my taste! |
| mamyam (Germany) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 04:01 Great, with this unique voice and her own emotional kind for rendition |
| woodchuk (Lunar Lagrange point L1) | Posted: Feb 14, 2013 - 02:06 I usually like Natalie Merchant, but this rendition of Neil Young's classic just doesn't do it for me. It seems to lack passion. Who knows, it may grow on me. 6 for now. |
| teleskialaska (Alaska) | Posted: Jan 13, 2013 - 18:24 One of Neil's all time greats, and this is a beautiful rendition. I bet Neil loves it |
| MirageRF (Clemmons, NC, USA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:28 ScottishWillie wrote: I like this version but I’m one of the few listeners who don’t find her voice irritating. A nice tune from a favorite gal. Good choice! |
| pigtail (Southern California) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:28 I believe her beautiful voice finally gives these lovely lyrics their moment in the sun. |
| slieve (Strabane Co Tyrone N Ireland United Kingdom) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:27 Very accomplished cover a real pro |
| sunybuny (The West Coast & Best Coast of FLA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:27 I liked this! |
| ottojschlosser (Beaverton OR (no, really, that's its name)) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:27 She has taste in music, I will give her that. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:26 I am with you Bill... this is a wonderful cover! |
| southcoastsounds (East Sussex, UK) | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:25 Great guitar solo in the middle |
| egsstaff | Posted: Dec 13, 2012 - 09:24 leave it to Neil next time please |
| ShirleyEva | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 00:31 Thanx for great great music!!! ![]() |
| ScottishWillie (The Scottish Lowlands) | Posted: Nov 12, 2012 - 00:28 I like this version but I’m one of the few listeners who don’t find her voice irritating. |
| jhorton (Trailer Park on Cape Cod) | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 16:05 Love Natalie's voice and love this song, but this cover? Not so much. Wholly uninspiring. |
| ppopp (Portland, Oregon) | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 16:04 I like this version. And hats-off for playing Natalie Merchant in the first place. Question is, do you have the balls to play Hateful Hate (10k)? |
| leafmold | Posted: Oct 11, 2012 - 15:59 I absolutely hate this cover. She slaughters this song. |
| R7-12 (Abbotsford, BC) | Posted: Sep 10, 2012 - 02:34 I can't say I care for merchant's singing at all - especially on this classic track. Lang's version of Neil's song is soooo much better. |
| JIan (SW Desert, AZ, USA) | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 15:08 shelt wrote: I don't get it. I'm normally right int he thick of the RP reviews. Sorry, but this song is spectacular! Her version of Space Oddity is also great. Listen again if it doesn't gel! Shelt: I will give your advice a shot, as I prefer the original greatly over this version, but this was the first time I heard this version. On that note, I do have to say the comment directly below yours, by xarlos, if I recall correctly, did make me laugh out loud in my office upon reading it. |
| Keef (Confluence of the American River) | Posted: Aug 09, 2012 - 15:08 I like it too Bill! |
| ycb661 | Posted: Jul 09, 2012 - 04:39 did she do it in the exact same key? - her voice actually sounds lower than Neil's |
| shelt (Marin County, California) | Posted: Jun 21, 2012 - 22:22 I don't get it. I'm normally right int he thick of the RP reviews. Sorry, but this song is spectacular! Her version of Space Oddity is also great. Listen again if it doesn't gel! |
| xarlos (Newport News, VA) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:25 Natalie Merchant has a voice like a big tall glass of Pepto-Bismal - all thick and pink and makes me want to take a dump not long after. |
| k-man (SCruz, CA) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:24 Kind of a dreamy rendition. Very nice, brings the song home for me. But IMHO, it's hard to beat the instrumental that the duo of Michaels (Hedges and Mannering) created. Whoa boy ... |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:23 Gack. Oh yuuuuuccccchhhhhh. No way. Blecccchhh..... |
| WayUpNorth | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:20 whtahtefcuk wrote: Bill I am with you... This is a wonderful version!!!! Yeah, not a big Natalie fan, and a huge Neil fan, and I REALLY like this. I'm sure I'd never have heard it if not for RP. |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:19 simply horrible. |
| djengs | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:19 I like Natalie, and not a bad cover, but really just sounds like she needed to fill out a set. Nothing new, nothing special. |
| LongGoneDaddy | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:18 this is the best cover I've heard from her in years...but then again, I'd like this song even if Elmo were singing. |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Jun 07, 2012 - 11:18 Sorry Ms. Merchant, but your voice ruins the song for me.... |
| alanthecowboy (Lakefield) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 17:26 musability wrote: Wow! I am surprised this song is poorly welcomed, for me it drifted lightly in the background, a beautiful song with Natalie Merchant in it. Then I heard what Bill said, something about, and I paraphrasing, "...but others disagree with me because the ratings are low", and had to listen to the song again on Youtube to make sure I was not missing something. RadioParadise is so awesome because it plays the best, and it sometimes challenges you. But then again, I sometimes I leave this station for KCRW and PIG radio, because I want something more upbeat or challenging. Agreed. Bill sometimes challenges us. In my opinion, this is great, but others may disagree. I love Neal's version too. It's a hard song to ruin; maybe the Rolling Stones could do it, but Natalie can't. |
| justlistening (So. California) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 17:26 musability wrote: Wow! I am surprised this song is poorly welcomed, for me it drifted lightly in the background, a beautiful song with Natalie Merchant in it. Then I heard what Bill said, something about, and I paraphrasing, "...but others disagree with me because the ratings are low", and had to listen to the song again on Youtube to make sure I was not missing something. RadioParadise is so awesome because it plays the best, and it sometimes challenges you. But then again, I sometimes I leave this station for KCRW and PIG radio, because I want something more upbeat or challenging.
What you said. |
| old_shep (Iowa) | Posted: May 06, 2012 - 17:24 Excellent. |
| musability (San Francisco, CA) | Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 00:52 Wow! I am surprised this song is poorly welcomed, for me it drifted lightly in the background, a beautiful song with Natalie Merchant in it. Then I heard what Bill said, something about, and I paraphrasing, "...but others disagree with me because the ratings are low", and had to listen to the song again on Youtube to make sure I was not missing something. RadioParadise is so awesome because it plays the best, and it sometimes challenges you. But then again, I sometimes I leave this station for KCRW and PIG radio, because I want something more upbeat or challenging. |
| justlistening (So. California) | Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 00:51 A 7 because I think this is underrated. I find Natalie a much more substantial and enjoyable female singer than some of the other waifish sounding female artists here. I think she did a good job on the cover. |
| vanmas (Leiden, Netherlands) | Posted: Apr 05, 2012 - 00:41 matz wrote: This is the only Way to Listen to that song, since Neil Youngs voice totally sucks... Sorry for being that rude, but he may be a great songwriter, but he is a terrible singer. You're so wright! |
| matz (Bamberg, Germany) | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 08:13 This is the only Way to Listen to that song, since Neil Youngs voice totally sucks... Sorry for being that rude, but he may be a great songwriter, but he is a terrible singer. |
| FredT01 | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 08:13 love it ! |
| msymmes (Toronto, CA) | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 08:12 I could get by with a Natalie Merchant Radio Free Paradise. I'll give that cover a 1. |
| Larry_Rosenow (Bend, OR) | Posted: Mar 04, 2012 - 08:10 Great job Natalie.....I've listen to Neil for years and this is good. |
| whtahtefcuk (Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:47 Bill I am with you... This is a wonderful version!!!! |
| GwentRabbit (South Wales) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:47 Hang your head in shame for that Natalie! |
| jagdriver (Just a nod and a wink south of Paradise) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:46 |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:44 yet another example of a song being improved by a singer with a DECENT voice... |
| scraig (Santa Barbara, CA) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:44 I'd rather hear Thome York's version. This is crap. |
| oldsaxon (United Kingdom) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:44 meinthecorner wrote: Sorry, Bill. Sounds to me like she mailed this one in , without a stamp! gotta agree |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Feb 01, 2012 - 15:44 One of the finest songs of the rock and roll era. But I just don't like one-note Natalie. |
| meinthecorner (Tranna) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 22:00 Sorry, Bill. Sounds to me like she mailed this one in , without a stamp! |
| squeeze1234 | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 21:24 I don't agree with the naysayers. This is a good cover of a good song. Thanks for playing it. I hope to hear it more often. |
| mandolin (...drifting...) | Posted: Dec 31, 2011 - 21:19 |

