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Neil Young — Helpless
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DaveInVA
(In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:06
 
"Big Bird Flying"


 

trek_29er
(western carolina)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 08:02
 
"and in my mind, i still need a place to go"....yeah,i get that

kaviksdad
(Mission Control...)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:58
 
 railroadwail wrote:

Although I prefer, the "Last Waltz version of this song with Joni singing harmony, it's always good to hear Neil on RP.  Keep it up, Bill. We have a mutual admiration society for Neil and Mark Knopfler.



 

What he/she said!

lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: May 16, 2013 - 07:57
 
Wait.... Looking at that picture.....Is this Jimmy Fallon??????

Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada)
Posted: Feb 26, 2013 - 12:21
 
 Shaken_Bake wrote:
I love north Ontario.  Not necessarily this time of year, though...
 
It's just fine here at this time of the year, if you like snow. :-p

Shaken_Bake
(Mile High City-or is it just me?)
Posted: Jan 10, 2013 - 21:05
 
I love north Ontario.  Not necessarily this time of year, though...

islander
(Seattle)
Posted: Dec 10, 2012 - 12:04
 
Man this is good.

rockpommel16
(rockpommel´s land...near the netherlands)
Posted: Nov 24, 2012 - 12:19
 
  fingerpin wrote:
A 10 today. 
 

treatment_bound wrote:


What about tomorrow?
 
...what about THIS?............

treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison)
Posted: Nov 21, 2012 - 09:23
 
 fingerpin wrote:
A 10 today. 
 

What about tomorrow?

stunix
(Narrowboat nr Caen Locks)
Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 03:30
 
feckless more like.

dew34
(Wisconsin-quite woodsy)
Posted: Sep 22, 2012 - 15:28
 
 Sjaaks wrote:
Sjaaks wrote:
I'm sorry but i couldn't help sing along "Let It Be" and "Knock- knock knockin' On Heaven's Door"...
{#Nyah}
Not all that original...
4


Touché!
But still, it sounds so generic melodically speaking... On the other hand, somehow my feelings managed to appreciate this a bit more since RP played this song a couple of times, so i'll bump this up to a 6. But that's more like a 5.6 than a full 6....

{#Think}   
 
WHAT!!!!?   {#Doh}

Sjaaks
(Horst, Netherlands)
Posted: Aug 22, 2012 - 03:41
 
Sjaaks wrote:
I'm sorry but i couldn't help sing along "Let It Be" and "Knock- knock knockin' On Heaven's Door"...
{#Nyah}
Not all that original...
4
 

Hannio wrote:


Your derision is misplaced.  Helpless was first recorded in 1969.  Let It Be came out in 1970.  Knocking on Heaven's Door in 1973.
 

Touché!
But still, it sounds so generic melodically speaking... On the other hand, somehow my feelings managed to appreciate this a bit more since RP played this song a couple of times, so i'll bump this up to a 6. But that's more like a 5.6 than a full 6....

{#Think}   

railroadwail
(Deep in Penn's Woods)
Posted: Aug 06, 2012 - 17:34
 

Although I prefer, the "Last Waltz version of this song with Joni singing harmony, it's always good to hear Neil on RP.  Keep it up, Bill. We have a mutual admiration society for Neil and Mark Knopfler.



Stingray
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:40
 
 luisgpr wrote:
I grew my teen years listening to CSN&Y good memories.
 

Good you got this off of your chest, Luis!



sadjester
(Whittier, CA USA)
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:40
 
Thumbs Down Thumbs Down Thumbs Down

Stingray
Posted: Jul 21, 2012 - 17:39
 
Many are good - nobody is better than Neil!

merkin_muffley
(Down the rabbit hole.....)
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 07:56
 
KD Lang covers this really well.

luisgpr
Posted: Jul 06, 2012 - 07:18
 
I grew my teen years listening to CSN&Y good memories.

Byronape
("post-capitalist wreckageville")
Posted: Apr 02, 2012 - 01:29
 
As fantastic as this is, the CSN&Y version is better.  The layered harmonies just makes the song for me.

 

Bad_Art
(Outa' Space -- EVE Online)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:12
 
I am no sort of Neil Young fan.  So often sounds like he's just whining.  This one's different.  An easy 9.  Nice work.

Webfoot
(Eugene, Oregon)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:10
 
Lump. . . throat. . . .can't. . . . talk.

bee222
(Northern California)
Posted: Mar 01, 2012 - 09:08
 
{#Daisy} Love me some Neil ♥

ScottN
(Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:21
 
The live version of Helpless is, for me, significantly inferiior to his recorded version.

fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:19
 
A 10 today. 

MiracleDrug
(Earth)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 - 06:18
 
the crying man...

great.

jersey_birdman
Posted: Jan 13, 2012 - 12:08
 
The Last Waltz version is the the best....  This one works too.

{#Clap} 


terryp17
(Whitegate, United Kingdom)
Posted: Nov 27, 2011 - 05:01
 
Simply the best - no one can top this guy.

amoreena
(west whatnot)
Posted: Oct 26, 2011 - 14:22
 
Thank goodness some yahoo didn't find it necessary to ruin this song with a whistle or a woo-hooo......maybe there were adults in the audience?   Much appreciated.

Misterfixit
(Nashville)
Posted: Oct 10, 2011 - 11:16
 
 cc_rider wrote:
Having just heard a dear, dear member of the RP community passed away, tragically, this song is all the more poignant. We all feel helpless, trying to make sense of a senseless loss.

Peace, Melissa.
 

Amen

cc_rider
(Austin Texas. Y'all.)
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 13:12
 
Having just heard a dear, dear member of the RP community passed away, tragically, this song is all the more poignant. We all feel helpless, trying to make sense of a senseless loss.

Peace, Melissa.

LowPhreak
(United Corporate States of Neo-Feudal Amurika, Inc.)
Posted: Aug 24, 2011 - 13:11
 
Friggin awesome.

HazzeSwede
(Vinyl Land)
Posted: Jul 24, 2011 - 04:26
 
 gigikent wrote:

Although it's probably just a matter of aquired taste, i wish i could give it another 11!

  
 
Helped you out there..we are cool with just one eleven,glad that you like this song ! {#Good-vibes}

martinc
(Ottawa Canada)
Posted: Jul 08, 2011 - 07:02
 
I was proud to see Neil at the closing ceremony for the Olympics in Vancouver. Him and his guitar. The Canadain trubadour. Songs like this reflect that Canadian spirit that will always be part of this artistry.

Tamster
(Thousand Islands Canada)
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 15:10
 
 Cynaera wrote:
I love this song anyway, but a live version - slowed down a little, with more nuance, more emotion - this takes me to another place. (I still wish he'd substitute a cello, a harp, or a mandolin for that ever-irritating harmonica part.)  Not changing my 10. Neil Young will be what I have in my MP3 player, my CD player, or whatever I've got when the end of the world happens. 
 
like button...........

Lumpy13
Posted: Jun 22, 2011 - 15:07
 
 dcjohnson77 wrote:
It seems most people on this string are either too young or too musically under-educated to understand Neil Young so you should stick to Facebook
 

Smack!

thefoodoflove
(Sydney)
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 15:59
 
 dcjohnson77 wrote:
It seems most people on this string are either too young or too musically under-educated to understand Neil Young so you should stick to Facebook
 


Here here, RP is just not for NY haters so move on please! This station is about musical appreciation not denegration.

dcjohnson77
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 15:38
 
It seems most people on this string are either too young or too musically under-educated to understand Neil Young so you should stick to Facebook

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 15:34
 
 gigikent wrote:
Indeed, or in the context of a whole album the sweet silence between the tracks!!!
Although it's probably just a matter of aquired taste, i wish i could give it another 1!

 chadlymn wrote:
the best part of every Neil Young song is THE END!  {#Puke}
 
 
So, since you can't give it another 1, why don't you move on? We get it. (Um, and learn to spell - it's "acquired.")


Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Jun 06, 2011 - 15:32
 
 bentonian wrote:
Neil Young, always a good time for a bathroom break!
 
To each his/her own. I hope that while you're in the bathroom, the muzak is something by Kenny G. 


On_The_Beach
(Vancouver BC, Bud)
Posted: May 21, 2011 - 23:29
 
 chadlymn wrote:
the best part of every Neil Young song is THE END! 
 
Strike One: You rated a Rush song 10 (please, tell us you're joking).
Strike Two: You used absurdly large text and that moronic puking emoticon.
(Of course you don't get Neil Young.)


gigikent
Posted: May 06, 2011 - 01:39
 
Indeed, or in the context of a whole album the sweet silence between the tracks!!!
Although it's probably just a matter of aquired taste, i wish i could give it another 1!

 chadlymn wrote:
the best part of every Neil Young song is THE END!  {#Puke}
 



chadlymn
(Apple Valley, MN)
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 09:23
 
the best part of every Neil Young song is THE END!  {#Puke}



RipperP
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 09:16
 
Neil, solo acoustic was the very first concert I saw circa '82. This recording always evokes an incredible memory of that experience.

adroc
(left of centre)
Posted: Apr 20, 2011 - 09:14
 
 ubuntourist wrote:
I find my reaction to Neil Young's material so unpredictable.  Often, I like it but I think his material would be better in someone else's throat.  The better known recording of "Helpless" falls into that category.  But this version he owns well.
 
Perhaps you should search for KD Lang's version.


fingerpin
(oHIo)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 10:00
 
Ahh, Christ...still leaves me feeling helpless.
RIP Fred.


bentonian
(Longmont, CO)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 09:57
 
Neil Young, always a good time for a bathroom break!

ortega1
(Warsaw, Poland)
Posted: Apr 04, 2011 - 09:56
 
cry cry cry

Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal)
Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 20:53
 
I love this song anyway, but a live version - slowed down a little, with more nuance, more emotion - this takes me to another place. (I still wish he'd substitute a cello, a harp, or a mandolin for that ever-irritating harmonica part.)  Not changing my 10. Neil Young will be what I have in my MP3 player, my CD player, or whatever I've got when the end of the world happens. 

cohifi
(Denver)
Posted: Mar 19, 2011 - 20:49
 
I bow to the RP Community.....Off the charts   {#Meditate}

helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Mar 03, 2011 - 22:47
 
Best version on: The last Waltz