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Neil Young — Walk On
Album: On The Beach
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Released: 1974
Length: 2:36
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I hear some people
Been talkin' me down,
Bring up my name,
Pass it 'round.
They don't mention
Happy times
They do their thing,
I'll do mine.

Ooh baby,
That's hard to change
I can't tell them
How to feel.
Some get stoned,
Some get strange,
But sooner or later
It all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,
Walk on, walk on.

I remember
The good old days.
Stayed up all night
Gettin' crazed.
Then the money
Was not so good,
But we still did
The best we could.

Ooh baby,
That's hard to change
I can't tell them
How to feel.
Some get stoned,
Some get strange,
But sooner or later
It all gets real.

Walk on, walk on,
Walk on, walk on.
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This will always take me back to when I was stationed in Berlin, Summer of 1974 ... you had to have been there. Love it!
Posted 1 year ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
I ❤️ NY
Posted 1 year ago by Stratocaster    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
Yippee! Another song from "On The Beach".
The song that was a response to "Sweet Home Alabama", which was a response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama".
From Wikipedia:  "Lynyrd Skynyrd's . . . second album, 1974's Second Helping . . . featured their most popular single "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man". Today, Young claims that he and Van Zant were not rivals, that they were actually fans of each other's music, and that they had talked of collaborations together. It is often assumed that Young's song "Powderfinger" was given to Lynyrd Skynyrd to perform, speculation Young does not deny. Unfortunately, the Skynyrd plane crash happened just months after that song was penned, leading Neil Young to perform the song himself on his 1978 album Rust Never Sleeps. Furthering the rumors of friendship, Young has occasionally included the chorus from "Sweet Home Alabama" at his own live concerts, including at Young's first live performance following Van Zant's tragic death. Finally, one of the last photos of Ronnie Van Zant prior to his passing features the frontman wearing a Neil Young t-shirt."

https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/images/catalog/detail/OCS770702-03-FP.jpg

And now they're nothing but far-right wing asshats pandering to the GOP rhetoric of hate and division. #formerfan
Posted 1 year ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

some of that guitar work sounds like duane allman



I surely wish it was, but Duane died in '71 and this is dated '74.  And I maybe sorta doubt NY borrowed some of DA's lick tricks. 
Posted 2 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
some of that guitar work sounds like duane allman
Posted 2 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 steve2 wrote:

Rather listen too a dentist drilling my tooth , can't stand his voice.



I could say the same about a couple of other musicians I hear on RP, but...I don't... I keep it to myself.  Love me some NY!
Posted 2 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
 jp33442 wrote:


Well go to iHeartRadio since that is more your speed 
 
I heard they have a channel that's all oral hygienist a cappella groups. But I don't know that for a fact.
Posted 3 years ago by Ok_Sobriquet    [ Reply ]
 steve2 wrote:
Rather listen too a dentist drilling my tooth , can't stand his voice.
 

Well go to iHeartRadio since that is more your speed 
Posted 3 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Rather listen too a dentist drilling my tooth , can't stand his voice.
Posted 4 years ago by steve2    [ Reply ]
Lost gem from my favorite dreamer. Not the best cut on the album, but it’s a great album. So...
Posted 4 years ago by volnomad    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp}zesty still ! excellent album !
Posted 5 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
great shot
Posted 5 years ago by Krid    [ Reply ]
 pilgrim wrote:
Howsa 'bout some Vampire Blues from this one?

 
I'm a vampire, babe, suckin' blood from the earth. Right?
Posted 7 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
Howsa 'bout some Vampire Blues from this one?
Posted 7 years ago by pilgrim    [ Reply ]
 treatment_bound wrote:
Nice to hear some Neil songs which haven't been overplayed...Thanks RP.

 
Indeed!
Posted 9 years ago by wtango    [ Reply ]
 Mexilicious wrote:
Winnipeg! Who knew it would be such a font of great music.

 
I thought Neil Young was from Ontario, oh, I guess he moved to Winnipeg later on.
Posted 9 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
As one of my Latin teachers used to say, with one cocked eyebrow: "Lacks a certain suavidity..." 
Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
Nice to hear some Neil songs which haven't been overplayed...Thanks RP.
Posted 9 years ago by treatment_bound    [ Reply ]
{#Heartkiss} Top album from a top artist - BIG fat 9
Posted 10 years ago by Peter_Bradshaw    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:
What else can you do there?
 
Shiver?
Go ice fishing?
Drink heavily?
Posted 10 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 Mexilicious wrote:
Winnipeg! Who knew it would be such a font of great music.

 
What else can you do there?
Posted 10 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
Superb.
Posted 10 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
This song fits my life at the moment.
Posted 10 years ago by Bohemianbemuser    [ Reply ]
Really not his best, but still take it. Gets more points for using a fin from a 1959 Cadillac on the album art.
Posted 10 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
Great Neil tune - one of the countless great Neil tunes.
Posted 10 years ago by Rick_V    [ Reply ]
WHAM!  Instant time travel - Berlin, 1974, living the life of a miserable Spec 4 on TDY, having the time of my life .... it all comes back in a flash!

Neil Young is truly one of the immortals ...
Posted 10 years ago by hanssachs    [ Reply ]
 softjeans wrote:
 SavetheTuna wrote:
It's all real......Neil rules !!    Although he does look a little scary on stage these days.
 




True. He's actually looked a little like one of the hulking serial killers that used to haunt Santa Cruz for some years now, at least at times, in certain lights. But just goes to show you can't judge etc. He's a good guy if there ever was one, with the Bridge School concerts, Farm Aid, and a thousand other examples...

 
He might actually be Sasquatch, hiding in plain sight -- ever thought of that?
Posted 10 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
ahh. this is great.
Posted 10 years ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
Neil rules!

Everybody in my rehab dance class loves this song!
Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
 SavetheTuna wrote:
It's all real......Neil rules !!    Although he does look a little scary on stage these days.
 




True. He's actually looked a little like one of the hulking serial killers that used to haunt Santa Cruz for some years now, at least at times, in certain lights. But just goes to show you can't judge etc. He's a good guy if there ever was one, with the Bridge School concerts, Farm Aid, and a thousand other examples...
Posted 11 years ago by softjeans    [ Reply ]
{#Meditate}  If you don't have this album you should.
Posted 12 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
My god, this was released in 1974 and I have a table and chair set that looks just like that. I think it's time for an upgrade.
   In addition I do like the tune, it has been a many a year since I've heard this one, got to love RP !
Posted 13 years ago by parrothead    [ Reply ]
Winnipeg! Who knew it would be such a font of great music.
Posted 13 years ago by Mexilicious    [ Reply ]
It's all real......Neil rules !!    Although he does look a little scary on stage these days.


Posted 13 years ago by SavetheTuna    [ Reply ]
Great Album: other tracks are easy 9's...  Play more from On the Beach!  the crowd is clapping for that...  {#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by jersey_birdman    [ Reply ]
Nice segue from Built to Spill.
Posted 14 years ago by spunkyboy62    [ Reply ]
Neil Young on, mute on. What was so special about Pavlov?
Posted 14 years ago by fredriley    [ Reply ]
On the Beach!! Great hearing this from one of my favorite Neil Young albums. 
What a happy surprise :)
Posted 14 years ago by meadowwoods    [ Reply ]
Not even close to Neil's norm. {#Yell}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 countyman wrote:


I disagree.  Not with the Neil Young comment, but the Greatest Hits comment.

I realize that record companies or artists will put out "greates hits" albums to fulfill contratual obligations, but how can a musician or group put out a greatest hits while they are still making music?  This practice has only come about in the last twenty or twenty-five years.
 
So it's greatest hits to date it they're still recording. 
Posted 14 years ago by ceviche    [ Reply ]
 Atlantis wrote:

Change that to "coolest" and I will agree with you!
 

I disagree.  Not with the Neil Young comment, but the Greatest Hits comment.

I realize that record companies or artists will put out "greates hits" albums to fulfill contratual obligations, but how can a musician or group put out a greatest hits while they are still making music?  This practice has only come about in the last twenty or twenty-five years.
Posted 15 years ago by countyman    [ Reply ]
Great song!

"sooner or later it all gets real!"

Posted 15 years ago by ashleydb    [ Reply ]
Bill, thanks for this particularly appropriate nod to Neil on his birthday.
Posted 15 years ago by p2h2d2    [ Reply ]
Always a Neil fan.  Saw him in a roller rink in Eureka California in 1989 - my ears are still ringing from that show.  {#Bananajam}
Posted 15 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
alph wrote:
Decade's one of the cooler "greatest hits" album i've ever owned (but i haven't owned many, honestly).
Change that to "coolest" and I will agree with you!
Posted 15 years ago by Atlantis    [ Reply ]
Decade's one of the cooler "greatest hits" album i've ever owned (but i haven't owned many, honestly).
Posted 16 years ago by alph    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by rmt    [ Reply ]
Posted 16 years ago by folkalta    [ Reply ]
By no mean my favorite Neil Young, but still a solid 7 I'd say.
Posted 16 years ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
Wow you rate Neil and the Grateful Dead in the same catagory. I think that is good for both of them. Stefen wrote:
No offense to Neil, but this sounds as bad as the Grateful Dead.
Posted 16 years ago by eastcoast    [ Reply ]
No offense to Neil, but this sounds as bad as the Grateful Dead.
Posted 17 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
kazuma wrote:
some get strong some get strange
I think it's "some get stoned." Ooh baby, that's hard to change I can't tell them how to feel. Some get stoned, some get strange, Sooner or later it all gets real.
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
For being on the Best of album, I'm not sure if it's the best take but it's a walking song none the less!
Posted 17 years ago by Ebabeleba    [ Reply ]
some get strong some get strange
Posted 17 years ago by kazuma    [ Reply ]
Iconic period.
Posted 17 years ago by slowhand    [ Reply ]
Yippee! Another song from "On The Beach".
The song that was a response to "Sweet Home Alabama", which was a response to "Southern Man" and "Alabama".
From Wikipedia:  "Lynyrd Skynyrd's . . . second album, 1974's Second Helping . . . featured their most popular single "Sweet Home Alabama", an answer song to Neil Young's "Alabama" and "Southern Man". Today, Young claims that he and Van Zant were not rivals, that they were actually fans of each other's music, and that they had talked of collaborations together. It is often assumed that Young's song "Powderfinger" was given to Lynyrd Skynyrd to perform, speculation Young does not deny. Unfortunately, the Skynyrd plane crash happened just months after that song was penned, leading Neil Young to perform the song himself on his 1978 album Rust Never Sleeps. Furthering the rumors of friendship, Young has occasionally included the chorus from "Sweet Home Alabama" at his own live concerts, including at Young's first live performance following Van Zant's tragic death. Finally, one of the last photos of Ronnie Van Zant prior to his passing features the frontman wearing a Neil Young t-shirt."

https://images.wolfgangsvault.com/images/catalog/detail/OCS770702-03-FP.jpg
Posted 17 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Driving through the backroads of Georgia in (at least I remember it as) 1974 I only had an AM Radio in the company-provided car. There was a station in Atlanta in those days that, when within range, I could pick up. I forget the call letters, but it was an AM station with a guy named (once again, as I recollect it) Ross Britton. This song was on the playlist - I loved it then and I still love it now. It was a lot of years ago, done a lot of walkin' on...good to hear a reminder of distance roads past.
Posted 17 years ago by hugh6    [ Reply ]
walk on through the turnstiles, good one bill! walk on!
Posted 17 years ago by Mari    [ Reply ]
I keep trying to get back to the Adam Carolla show but, Bill & Neil won't let me
Posted 17 years ago by Losman    [ Reply ]
Could be the only danceable Neil Young tune that I know of ('danceable' is to be interpreted loosely obviously). Love it! Get those boots a stomping!
Posted 17 years ago by stabby    [ Reply ]
Nice....show em how it's done Neil.
Posted 17 years ago by Bocephus    [ Reply ]