Old Man

[Ματθιας]

From 1971

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An2a1_Do_fc[/ame]


Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.

 

[steelslaver]

Neil Young makes some good music.

 

[PatriotX]

One of my favorite songs ever. It means something different to me now, being an Old Man.
Thanks for sharing.

 

[Rustyt1953]

James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt provided the studio backup vocals for Old Man.

Harvest was a favorite of mine in '72.

 

[HOUSTON RICK]

I now identify with different characters then I did from when the song came out.

 

[llowry61]

Yeah, how things are so different, but ultimately they all end the same.

Neil's comments about the origin.

What have the artists said about the song?

Neil ponders age, sex and death in a ballad for his groundsman. As he explains during his 1971 Massey Hall performance in Toronto, this song is about the foreman who lived on Neil's ranch – "he came with the place when I bought it."

The song was released on his 1972 album Harvest. James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt both contributed vocals.

 

[Beemerguy53]

Here's Dick Clark interviewing Buffalo Springfield in 1967, when Neil Young was still fairly clean-cut...with some interesting history of the band...

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WgwY91KnKoA&t=9s[/ame]

 

[Rudi]

Lenard Skynard had a feeling for him.

 

[Fishslayer]

He's been milking that one decent album for fifty years.

If I want to listen to Canadians I'll take Heart and BTO.

 

[Ugly Hombre]

Ah the good old days when there was great music, glad I lived when it was coming out.

 

[Cdog]

It has always been a wonder to me just how insightful some young singers (I use the term loosely) are on life, love, pain, aging.

I know some were singing older folks compositions, but many from that era were doing their own stuff.

 

[rwsmith]

Golden years...

Those were Golden years for music.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

A haunting song that always brings me up short when I hear it. ANother one in the same vein

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_39eAx3z8[/ame]

 

[gregintenn]

Neil Young makes my ears bleed.

 

[wood714]

He should do a rewrite of the song.

Young man look at my life
I'm a lot like you were
Young man look at my life
I'm a lot like you were


Young man look at my life
Seventy four and there's not much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.


He's 75, but 74 rhymed better.

 

[ZGrand]

James Taylor and Linda Ronstadt provided the studio backup vocals for Old Man.

Taylor also played the banjo on the song.

 

[Dashriprock]

Neil and the Old Man, caretaker Louis Avila.

 

[Hair Trigger]

A haunting song that always brings me up short when I hear it. ANother one in the same vein

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80_39eAx3z8

I was going to post that also; it's a song for all times, but especially the one it was written for. here's a stage version of it:
[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp5JCrSXkJY&feature=emb_rel_end[/ame]

That's probably my favorite Buffalo Springfield song

 

[geddylee10002000]

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