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One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
And I'm gonna try
And thank them all
For the good times together.
Though so apart we've grown.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
And I'm gonna thank,
That old country fiddler
And all those rough boys
Who play that rock 'n' roll
I never tried to burn any bridges
Though I know I let some good things go.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
From down in L.A.
All the way to Nashville,
From New York City
To my Canadian prairie home
My friends are scattered
Like leaves from an old maple.
Some are weak, some are strong.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
And I'm gonna try
And thank them all
For the good times together.
Though so apart we've grown.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
And I'm gonna thank,
That old country fiddler
And all those rough boys
Who play that rock 'n' roll
I never tried to burn any bridges
Though I know I let some good things go.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
From down in L.A.
All the way to Nashville,
From New York City
To my Canadian prairie home
My friends are scattered
Like leaves from an old maple.
Some are weak, some are strong.
One of these days,
I'm gonna sit down
And write a long letter
To all the good friends I've known
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
One of these days,
One of these days,
One of these days,
And it won't be long, it won't be long.
| joelbb | Posted: Sep 14, 2012 - 15:59 Harvest Moon is one of the weaker NY albums. In fact, the primary truth of his career is that the awesomeness of his recordings is inversely proportional to the length of his solo experience. His original hard rocker "Neil Young with Crazy Horse" still blows the socks off just about anything else he's recorded. Not to mention what a TERRIFIC cut his "Rock and Roll Woman" with Buffalo Springfield was. I'm a long time fan, but sometimes his arrogance and vanity does in my head. I'm giving this tune a 6. |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jul 24, 2012 - 14:32 adroc wrote: So every guitar player who stands to learn a thing or two from Carlos Santana is a hack!? That logic makes 99.9999% of all guitarists hacks.  True, but still, this was in front of a crowd, not on the back porch. Not usually the ideal time for a lesson. |
| dew34 (Wisconsin-quite woodsy) | Posted: Jul 13, 2012 - 18:05 DoofusGeezer wrote: Yup, like Cynaera said. I'm a big fan whether his "pastoral" or raunchy/angry stuff. He's written some of my favourite songs. One of These Days in the context of Prairie Wind brings me to tears. I count Neil Young as a true genius and even though I can't abide everything he has done you must admit he is the gutsiest performer from an era of truly gifted and emergent rock talents that we will not see again. This song is but one example.  |
| MiracleDrug (Earth) | Posted: Jan 05, 2012 - 10:12 Randomax wrote: One of these days....this song will finally end... proof positive of a merciful God... that day. |
| pinnyrat | Posted: Dec 04, 2011 - 15:24 Randomax wrote: One of these days....this song will finally end...
Ha ha ha...true dat. |
| adroc (slightly left of centre) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:48 ScottFromWyoming wrote: Mmmaybe. I saw Carlos Santana grab Neil's guitar by the neck to show him the (correct) chords once, so... So every guitar player who stands to learn a thing or two from Carlos Santana is a hack!? That logic makes 99.9999% of all guitarists hacks. |
| Randomax (Wimberley, TX) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:43 One of these days....this song will finally end... |
| tournemire (Bordeaux, France) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:42 "One of these days ..." definitely great !! how important is it to know if he's a hack guitarist or not ? when you wrote gold songs like "harvest" or this one, or again "hey Hey My My", only the results count ... |
| DoofusGeezer (Pilvimaa) | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:42 Cynaera wrote: Children, BEHAVE! Failing that, could you simply be CIVIL? God, sometimes I'm convinced that human beings were wrongfully allotted the "superior-species" slot in the big scheme of things. Having said that, I love Neil Young's music. He's not the greatest singer or guitarist, but he's an incredibly-gifted visionary. Take umbrage if you must, but at least be somewhat polite about it. Pretend we're face to face.  Yup, like Cynaera said. I'm a big fan whether his "pastoral" or raunchy/angry stuff. He's written some of my favourite songs. One of These Days in the context of Prairie Wind brings me to tears. |
| gigikent | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:42 they're also terribly long... |
| gigikent | Posted: Jun 30, 2011 - 06:40 I'm so surprised that whenever I open the forum link for a neil young song it proves i haven't aleady given it a 1. There are just so many of them on RP!!!!! 88 to be more precise!!!!!! |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: May 29, 2011 - 15:07 Children, BEHAVE! Failing that, could you simply be CIVIL? God, sometimes I'm convinced that human beings were wrongfully allotted the "superior-species" slot in the big scheme of things. Having said that, I love Neil Young's music. He's not the greatest singer or guitarist, but he's an incredibly-gifted visionary. Take umbrage if you must, but at least be somewhat polite about it. Pretend we're face to face. |
| BKardon (Boulder, CO by way of State and Madison) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 09:25 To the posts below calling Neil Young a hack guitarist - that's laughable man. NY is NOT a hack guitarist. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Dec 23, 2010 - 09:20 h8rhater wrote: One of the most laughable comments I've seen on the RP boards. You're a hack, pal. And you're a troll and a hater, hater hater. Time for some self-reflection, pal. |
| Aud (lost in lakecity) | Posted: Oct 21, 2010 - 00:03 one of these days I'll mute you for good |
| MojoJojo (Indianapolis, IN USA) | Posted: Jul 17, 2010 - 08:18 Thomas? Are you reading this?  You better be. I'm listening to an entire Neil Young song.  |
| ThePoose | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 11:41 DoktorC wrote: musicology wrote: great tune. neil's right up there with bruce and bob among the best american songwriters. von_Hayek wrote:And I always thought Bruce Dickinson is english... And I always thought Neil Young was Canadian ... He is of course Canadian and he always acknowledges that. Musicology needs to brush up on his musicology—or at least listen to the lyrics of this song, where Neil sings, ''to my Canadian prairie home...'' |
| ScottFromWyoming (Powell) | Posted: Jun 15, 2010 - 11:39 h8rhater wrote: One of the most laughable comments I've seen on the RP boards. You're a hack, pal. Mmmaybe. I saw Carlos Santana grab Neil's guitar by the neck to show him the (correct) chords once, so... |
| lmic (Harmless Little Bunny) | Posted: May 14, 2010 - 17:08 WayUpNorth wrote: This song is an instant hostility zapper Yah. I want to hug Neil, truly a great spirit.  |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Apr 12, 2010 - 22:32  |
| DoktorC | Posted: Mar 12, 2010 - 07:54 musicology wrote: great tune. neil's right up there with bruce and bob among the best american songwriters. von_Hayek wrote:And I always thought Bruce Dickinson is english... And I always thought Neil Young was Canadian ... |
| musicology | Posted: Feb 08, 2010 - 18:51 theme song to neil's annual bridge school benefit concert retrospective video - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-sRm3RY2U&feature=PlayList&p=25D1105667B79E5F&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=17 one of the best music events of the year - every year. |
| mcYammer (Beervana) | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 07:58 Neil always comes alive for me on road trips. This tune carried me through the rolling Idaho ripple hills in Nez Perce territory. |
| h8rhater | Posted: Jan 08, 2010 - 07:57 tg3k wrote: For the reasons you mention, I highly respect the guy and the influence he's had on music for all these years. Still, I don't like his singing, and he's a hack guitarist. /Liked him best with CSN&Y. One of the most laughable comments I've seen on the RP boards. You're a hack, pal. |
| byrd | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 13:55 In general Neil Young usually tends to grate my nerves, but this song is always fantastic!! |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 06, 2009 - 13:54 Very nice, indeed!! |
| von_Hayek (Fr-Su Duesseldorf, Mo-Th Magdeburg) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 13:35 musicology wrote: great tune. neil's right up there with bruce and bob among the best american songwriters. And I always thought Bruce Dickinson is english... |
| jtarp (Dublin, Ireland) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 12:56 Reading the comments I see that people seem to either love him or hate him. I fall on the hate side— or at least the dislike side— due to his singing and so I don't really give his music the chance I'm sure it deserves. But I kinda liked this. The lyrics are nice. |
| WayUpNorth (Down on the Farm) | Posted: Sep 04, 2009 - 12:47 This song is an instant hostility zapper |
| paulpaar | Posted: Aug 04, 2009 - 00:03 How can a foo give neil and harvest a 7.?
This is 8.8+ Thank you , Bill! ! ! |
| ShakeyNeil | Posted: Jun 01, 2009 - 10:39 Neil is a top geezer. Beautiful understated track. Neil Young is definitely one of the greats. A living legend. |
| musicology | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 14:55 'buckets of rain' followed by 'one of these days'. wow. this is why i love radio paradise. thanks, bill! |
| calypsus_1 | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 14:54 Patsy Cline - Crazy ==> Madeleine Peyroux - California Raining ==> Bob Dylan - Buckets of Rain ==> Neil Young - One of These Days —- very very good sequence! |
| k_trout (Dream State) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 10:12 tg3k wrote: For the reasons you mention, I highly respect the guy and the influence he's had on music for all these years. Still, I don't like his singing, and he's a hack guitarist. /Liked him best with CSN&Y. everybody has an opinion - and since you are a "retired guitarist" who could possibly have more cred in labeling neil young as a "hack guitarist"?  |
| musicology | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 10:04 great tune. neil's right up there with bruce and bob among the best american songwriters. |
| Leonidas (Prague) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 10:03 nice transition from Dylan... |
| toterola (Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | Posted: Nov 22, 2008 - 10:03 Nice segue. Very nice. One of Neil's best. |
| Candela (Trondheim, Norway) | Posted: Oct 21, 2008 - 21:18 |
| FSODA@iomint (Bangkok, Thailand) | Posted: Sep 20, 2008 - 05:38 To Bob, Neil and the DJ -  |
| Phlegmaticman (270 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Aug 19, 2008 - 16:27 I don't know, he seemed to pull off some pretty amazing fretwork at last year's Bridge School benefit concert. I would not call him a hack. tg3k wrote: For the reasons you mention, I highly respect the guy and the influence he's had on music for all these years. Still, I don't like his singing, and he's a hack guitarist. /Liked him best with CSN&Y. |
| tg3k (The Jungle - 459.62 miles south of Paradise, CA) | Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 00:57 stewliscious wrote: ...He's been around for DECADES, mentored so many other great artists, been covered by about 20% of the bands that RP plays, and still going. Yes, he has an unusual voice and he's a freaky dude. But he covers such a range there has to be something in his collection most of you would identify with.
For the reasons you mention, I highly respect the guy and the influence he's had on music for all these years. Still, I don't like his singing, and he's a hack guitarist. /Liked him best with CSN&Y. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 00:52 Very nice indeed. Is that Emmylou amongst the backups? Sounds a little different to Nicolette. |
| OCDHG (Tlingit-land) | Posted: Jul 19, 2008 - 00:47 Best. Album. Ever. Or at least in the top 10. |
| tclodes (Oklahoma City) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 12:02 peyotecoyote wrote: hahahaa...funny how the Dylan haters are more likely than not to be the Neil haters.
Me...I LOVE 'EM BOTH! Word. |
| stewliscious (northGA) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 12:01 Alpine wrote: He doesn't need to carry a tune. His writing and playing speaks for itself. I think his voice fits perfectly in his music. 
Of all the no talent hacks in the world and the bizarre stuff that RP plays, I don't get how Neil gets singled out. He's been around for DECADES, mentored so many other great artists, been covered by about 20% of the bands that RP plays, and still going. Yes, he has an unusual voice and he's a freaky dude. But he covers such a range there has to be something in his collection most of you would identify with. |
| killahfunkadelic (Raleigh, NC) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 11:59 effing beautiful. love love love it. |
| peyotecoyote (Home of Sir Frederick Banting) | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 11:58 hahahaa...funny how the Dylan haters are more likely than not to be the Neil haters. Me...I LOVE 'EM BOTH! |
| Alpine (N39d39mW121d30m) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 13:24 lwilkinson wrote: Flat, flat, flat ...... the boyo never could carry a tune. Must be why his backup singers sound so much in tune by comparison. Of Dylan who was just played and this guy, I'll take Dylan. If I gotta get into protest music at least Bob's an original.  He doesn't need to carry a tune. His writing and playing speaks for itself. I think his voice fits perfectly in his music. |
| Pharlap (Bahama, NC) | Posted: Apr 15, 2008 - 13:22 kazuma wrote: You are incorrect, sir. And George Harrison is best known as being in The Traveling Wilburys sorry, meant this as an answer to "algrif's" comment. |
| PurplePrincess (the mountains) | Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 01:43 07734 wrote: A little Neil Young can go a long way... RP plays him way way too often.
Some of us REALLY disagree with you. Can't play too much of a great thing. |