Neil looked out of his mansion and over his hundreds of acres in Northern Cali and decided to rearrange the room. Would the ornate organ look good over there in front of the window? THEN he noticed the anger out here. Seriously, what is the deal with the video? I love the opening with the satellite/moon arcing over the sky, but then? Shouldn't it show some of the....anger that the song so beautifully and perfectly captures? Anyone else think the video is an odd match for the song?
I CONCER, I TOO WILL BE CRYING FOR A MAN WHO HAS CHANGED MY LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS. BACK IN THE LATE 70'S, MY BF AND I HITCHED FROM NY TO OHIO, BUT WHEN WE GOT P/U BY SOME BASTERD GUYS WHO WE NICK- NAMED FRED AND WILBER (THE FAT PIG) IN THERE 16 WHEELER-PUT IT THIS WAY, NIEL YOUNG HELPED US GET HOME SAFELY BECAUSE HIS SONGS, LIKE DOWN BY THE RIVER WHICH WE SANG AS "THE BAD MEN" DROVE OFF LEAVING US IN W.VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. IT DIDNT MATTER. WE HAD NIEL ON OUR SIDE...
@atomicwedgieify lol you must be talking about the lyrics because the song itself sounds nothing like that song... and if you mean the lyrics then you must of meant tears for fears mad world
the world is so screwed up today by armchair politicians, war hungry generals, greedy corporations and their minions, certain countries using their wealth and influence to bully other nations to plunder earth's fragile natural resources, etc...neil sings from the heart and soul, keep the music coming, neil!
@livinginthepast3 I agree, and when I say he never sold out I wasn't talking monetarily either, his shows always sold out in the day. But he was never a sell out to the corporate influences that be. Makes me respect him all the more! Ian Anderson was a lot of fun too! :)
I started to listen to this fine musician in the very early 70's, I paid to see him live and bought his albums, I guess you could say I like his music. As for the man, I never heard him sing a single lie. Neil, is from the heart. He never sold out. I'm sure when its my time to pass in this life, one of my last request will be that something special be played for my guests. Maybe "Comes A Time"! I sang many of his great songs growing up,out on the weekends, friends used to call me "Neal Old".
I started to listen to this fine musician in the very early 70's, Through the years I paid to see him live and bought his albums, I guess you could say I like his music. But for the man, I never heard him sing a single lie. Old Neil, is from the heart, all the way. He never sold out. Not in my eyes. I'm sure when its my time to pass in this life, one of my last request will be that something special be played for my guests. Maybe "Comes A Time"!
Theres plenty of good rock bands out right now, I'm fucking sick of people saying that. Check out Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Dead Confederate, Alberta Cross, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for starters.
The Grammy's are completely irrelevant when it comes to groundbreaking music. Neil Young is way above that. One of the few artists who has remained his credibility after all these years. We should treasure that...
my comment wont have much impact, according to neil his music wont change the world. however. neil is concluding its an angry world yet in between the refrain you hear major notes, concluding that even though its an angry world that there is hope.
Id like to see andy Lau of Hong Kong do this song with all of his beatiful dancers.
neils beatlistic record repeat is so awesome I hope he continues doing more
similiar in some respects to his trans venue with the synclavier instument
Bought this album yesterday it's amazing, unique & experimental. While most artists are living off their past at this stage of their career Neil Young is producing new vital material like this!
i do think there is a great sound here but having listened to two songs from le noise I am very dissapointed with the weakness in the song craft . i play a few of neils songs and they are magical but this is so far from his best . when lyrics are bland or obvious then we the listener fail to be drawn in . if I was at an open mic night and someone sang this song as their own I would be heading to the bar.
Personally, I like the song. It's a million miles away from being Neil's greatest, but it's relevant. Personally, however, if I had to choose any single song from the "Le Noise" album to win this Grammy, it definately would've been "Love and War". And to all those who are hating on Neil and are like "wot?", as the person above, look at his discography. The man's managed to create 43 solo albums. Nuff said, period. And Neil Young lives in New York. He's not yours anymore, Canada. Get over it.
The thing about it is this. This has substance. It's definitely rock. it is origanal and daring. As far as young hard working bands putting all this effort into something, then you know nothing about Neil and his perfectionist side. A young band can work for weeks trying to get what Neil does in a day. It's called experience. The real fact is, he's never left relevance. Check out his discography sometime. It didnt stop in the seventies. Congrats Neil, keep it up. The rest, keep trying.
Its funny how the ad that came on before this was about that new video game where north korea invades the united states and the ad is just guns and shooting everywhere. I found that ironic!
"I'm not Grammy material," he said in a 1987 interview recounted in the authorized biography "Shakey." "I hate that s---. It has nothing to do with rock 'n' roll. It only has to do with Hollywood, and it's jive -- a buncha people handin' each other awards and talkin' about how they made the best record ... There is no best in music."
i'm laughing at all the people coming in here, getting mad because he won best rock song, well here is the thing. Neil young didn't ask to be nominated, the board did and they chose it, so instead of bashing such a wonderful song, bash the boards. Neil Young maybe old but he can still rock out hard then alot of us, Check him out with bruce springsteen (all along the watchtower) and Pearl jam 93'. and people who think he sucks, then you have no idea what good music is. also congrats on the award
@EliotNess4rmWest The board simply screwed up years ago when they could have given him a Grammy for "Heart of Gold" easy. Now they try to make it up and choose this song, which is pretty cool. I like it, I learned it on guitar too. But yeah, they couldn't go back and pick a classic to give him a Grammy, which he easily deserves before he's done and they Grammy commit don't want to look stupid leaving him out.
I love Neil Young's music but Little Lion Man shoulda won the Grammy. It was by far more powerful and will hold up in the long run. This sounds like a b-side or filler song. And to those who say he can't rock well you're way off. Just search something like "Neil Young and Pearl Jam" and you'll see what I mean.
dude .. this song is quite overrated ... i mean winning the best rock song of the year.. from my oppinion this is not that good of a rock song , he`s voice is just way to soft , the guy can sing a folk song country song or w.e but just can`t rock(only reffering on this song ).
as a great fan of neil for the past 39 years and having personally met him several times to thank him for his music, i thought i had lost my mind at 53 years old when i heard this after hearing he had finally won a grammy award... it's typical neil on the far side experimental but definitely, in my opinion, not one of his best. maybe it's one tune that has to be heard right where it was recorded to appreciate the reverberation? he's still a legend, grammy or not. thankx for the post...
I really love Neil Young, and think he's written some fantastic songs, but I'm sorry, this production just sounds sloppy. Neil's thin voice is better suited for the sound coming out of his guitar in southern man; it's just squashed by that huge, heavy, bass n' mids guitar.
And that looped vocal sounds like it belongs in a euro-house song. It feels grating.
Congrats to Neil; he deserves Grammys for Needle and the Damage Done, for Old Man, and many more, but for this? This was a miss.
Good song, but the video purposely does not show the angriest part of this world - the muslim world who is enraged at every group beside them, different from them or even a different sect than them. But that overlooking and ignoring is something all leftists are known for.
Neil is still relevant after all these years. He does more with whiny vocals and 3 chords than most of the over-produced Grammy winners ever could achieve with their arsenal of electronic tricks. I'd like to hear this song without all the effects, though. The buzzing feedback detracts from the message. (Maybe it's my cheesy computer speakers). You go, Grandpa Neil!!
Hey hankd18, music is very personal, I happen to love Neil's music and have for many, many years. I like this song very much. Odds are, if you were to tell me what you liked, I wouldn't. Take it for what it is.
Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000? XXX
Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000?
Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000?
It's humorous to see all the "bad sports" come here to bash this song. It's cool as hell, and definitely ROCK. I listened to some of the other crap nominated for best ROCK song, like Little Lion Man-----nice folk songs but NOT ROCK at all.
Neil Young has ALWAYS been MY Bob Dylan. I love the lack of POP in what he does. It's refreshing to NOT hear a Jonas Bros. Beat. This kind of work may save REAL ROCK MUSIC. Rock, by it's very nature, pushes boundaries around. Brilliant.
sometimes awards are given in recognition of a lifetime of great music, not necessarily for the specific category a musician or actor wins it for. This is one of those times.
Actually the best song on there is probably "Peaceful Valley Boulevard". It's not Grammy material either, but he gets on one of those lyrical rolls that he used to do so well in the '70s. And I really like what Daniel Lanois did producing these. He makes the echo effects throughout the tracks into a cool thing, very new for Neil songs.
hey brutha and sistahs of the shakey persuasion...this grammy is a make up call...any sports fans out there...neil deserves the make up call, and it has nothing to do with this song...it has to do with those 'refs' missing all the calls earlier in the game...back in the 70's, even the 80's to some extent..."...over and over again my love" embrace the love...the song is a toss away soon to be forgotten, we all know that....now how about getting some airplay for those ragged glory faves!
This was just a chance to finally give him the Grammy he deserves for his old work. Sometimes that happens, especially with long-hair rock people who weren't respectable to the older generation when their songwriting was hot.
As for this song, I like it. Grammy material? No not really.
@lucidwebpress THANK YOU. I agree totally. For his old work, cuz this isn't an grammy worthy song, but maybe it depends on criteria, but outta ALL the songs?? no way. pretty good song though, lotta awesome sounds/echoes, i can't wait to get my new headphones for it. I feel like it needs to be put in an indie film, sounds like where in belongs, in Slacker, Clerks or something. Even Freaks and Geeks. Guess I have'ta put in it mine LoL
I've been following Neil Young since 1968. I thought that Hitchhiker or Love and War were better cuts from the album. If this song is not a grammy worthy, consider it payback for a number times when Young was ignored. Harvest , Rust never Sleeps, Freedoom are classic album that didn't get a sniff from the Grammy. He's 65!! It's pretty bad when a senior beat out everyone else for best rock song. It's better to burn out than it is to rust.
i must say i've been a fan my whole life but he kind of stopped being very good many years ago. i tend to agree that this certainly wasn't worth a grammy. must be some die hard fans in the the group who picked it.
The problem is not whether this song is Rock. The definition of Rock is not precise, and Folk isn't either. There are lots of folkies who would laugh at the idea of a song with the torn-speaker sounding distortion of this song could be called Folk. I think Neil Young as an artist is one of the greats, worthy of a Grammy if one cares about such things. But whether he should win for this song is another matter. I mean, it's an OK song, but it shouldn't make a list of the top 25 Neil Young song.
The problem is not whether this song is Rock. The definition of Rock is not precise, and Folk isn't either. There are lots of folkies who would laugh at the idea of a song with the torn-speaker sounding distortion of this song could be called Folk.
I think Neil Young as an artist is one of the greats, worthy of a Grammy if one cares about such things. But whether he should win for this song is another matter. I mean, it's an OK song, but it shouldn't make a list of the top 25 Neil Young song.
Même si je ne suis pas une spécialiste en la matière, je n'ai jamais douté de son talent. Quelque soit sa nationalité, IL EST, c'est tout et je doute que ce génie ait réellement attendu cette reconnaissance.
It's in the message. No jobs. Talking about all the things we did in the 70's & 80's some didn't make it threw so well. I was just dam lucky. The young of today. U have to listen to words to get it.
Honestly, judging this by a song alone, not just a Neil Young song, it really isn't very good and certainly not grammy-deserving. This was a sad loss for the other artists who had earned that grammy. If people want Neil Young to get a grammy because he never got one before so bad, then just give him like a lifetime achievement grammy or something like that but not rip off hard-working bands and artists who should've won this.
I've listened to Neil Young all of my life, I love all his stuff, especially when he was part of CSNY. The fact that he never won a grammy until now is despicable, but this song does not deserve a Grammy. The heavily distorted guitar makes the song sound like shit, and it really doesn't sound like a Neil Young song at all...
Apologies to everyone from Canada and beyond. I do know he is Canadian but in my celebration of the American Grammy that he won I misspoke. Even though he is Canadian and deservedly the pride of your country, we claim him as well as an icon. If I ever make it to that town in north Ontario I hope to meet up with some others with dream comfort memory to spare.
This has nothing to do with whether my favorite band won or lost, but this song had no right being in the "best rock song" category. There were so many songs that were so much better. At no point in this song, is there...ROCK. This is a sappy, folk song if anything. I love it, don't get me wrong, and I love Neil Young. But seriously, there were much better categorized songs that could have won. But it just goes to prove, the music industry has become a total joke.
@Raazer You're a child. You don't know what Rock is.
Kindly shut your mouth. The Grammy awards have always been a joke. Neil doesn't give two shits if he never wins one. The fact that you care who does wins one when you say in the same breath that the industry is a joke just goes to show how immature and childish you are. You're clearly not a fan of NY.. Just some asspained kid who's mad his favourite band didn't win some shitty award.
@darkcowboyhero first off...fuck your mother and die in a fire, shit dick.
Second i'm a 37 year old with one of the most eclectic music tastes you'd ever see. I actually have been a fan of Neil Young for almost 30 years. When I first heard him with CSNY. However, this song DOES NOT belong in the best rock song category. It is a folk song. Now, if he had been awarded for Rockin' the Free World...then yes i'd be all for it. That's just how it is. Plain and Simple. I don't give a fuck who wins...
@Raazer HAHAHA.. If you're 37 years old then you're one sad retarded idiot man. You're not a fan of Young, nor is this song folk. You're a moron. It can easily be classified as rock.
Rockin in the Free world is a throw away rock song, On the Beach, Tonights the night, those are some of the best rock albums ever written.. Seriously, buy better bullshit, the stuff you have is not working out for you.
@Raazer u can't talk sense to douchebags like "darkcowboyhero". He is just some punk kid internet troll trying to start shit. He probably thinks Ke$ha is the best singer in the world.
Aum Namah Shivaya...If you understand this, you "Get" this song. If you dont get Aum Namah Shivaya, you wont get this Awesome song! Keep on Rockin Neil
I love Neil, but this song is pure crap. Grammys mean absolutely nothing to me in terms of how i respect an artist anway. The idea that people deserve one for being snubbed in the past is pure stupidity. Just because Neil had a ton of awesome albums in the past doesn't mean he needs a trophy for a terrible song like this.
@PhunkYouInTheEye dude, theres no such thing as crappy music, and if there was, this would never be one.
im sorry if you were upset when your band lost, and guess what, they are all some of my favorite bands, but once you try to listen to the sadness in his voice and the efforts he did when he recorded this, you would realize he didnt win because of pitty.
this song has so many motives and messages, and its hard ro realize it at first, but this is something that goes way deeper then most songs.
@VolumeCenterEilat CORRECTION! Anything by Psychopathic Records is crappy music, and I should be lynched for calling it music. be thankful you've never heard of them.
@VolumeCenterEilat first off, i don't even know the other artists nominated for this award, nor do i care. Thousands of rock songs were recorded this year, and most of them probably incorporated more originality, creativity, and more masterful songwriting than this. If you think this is the best rock song of the year, you don't know modern rock music. and if you think this is anywhere near the top of the list of Neil Young's rock songs, you are insane. I'm willing to bet Neil would agree
@PhunkYouInTheEye ya, I'm pretty sure that he won this year just because they want to make up for his years before. this is not his best song. But Neil Young deserves to be rocognise.
to be honest, this song is pretty bad. Sure, Neil young is amazing, but then he should get an award as an artist, and not for this song. If u people didn't know this was neil young, you would think differently, because this song sorta sucks...
@puglaw Very true= so much more of his work should have won a Grammy, but at the end of the day people will just remember the grammy and not the song. There's still time for that lifetime achievement award, I suspect the only reason he hasn't won it is because they know he's not finished rockin' in the free world ;)
this isnt grunge, its more like grunge
CHUNDERTHUNDER99 1 month ago
great song
shanehenning26 3 months ago
he still has that voice!
HouseHoldGuy1 3 months ago
This song makes me thinks at the white stripes but ... without drums! :) good song
metalandpunk27 3 months ago
Neil looked out of his mansion and over his hundreds of acres in Northern Cali and decided to rearrange the room. Would the ornate organ look good over there in front of the window? THEN he noticed the anger out here. Seriously, what is the deal with the video? I love the opening with the satellite/moon arcing over the sky, but then? Shouldn't it show some of the....anger that the song so beautifully and perfectly captures? Anyone else think the video is an odd match for the song?
nestorian9 4 months ago
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nestorian9 4 months ago
Mr Shakey nails the TRUTH
pavanatanaya 5 months ago in playlist More videos from neilyoungchannel
Im usually kinda happy..
Unless theres a fisherman driving 25 mph in front of me on the expressway during rush hour...
Rodel757 5 months ago
when neil young dies im going to cry
TheArmyRanger82nd 5 months ago
@TheArmyRanger82nd
I CONCER, I TOO WILL BE CRYING FOR A MAN WHO HAS CHANGED MY LIFE IN SO MANY WAYS. BACK IN THE LATE 70'S, MY BF AND I HITCHED FROM NY TO OHIO, BUT WHEN WE GOT P/U BY SOME BASTERD GUYS WHO WE NICK- NAMED FRED AND WILBER (THE FAT PIG) IN THERE 16 WHEELER-PUT IT THIS WAY, NIEL YOUNG HELPED US GET HOME SAFELY BECAUSE HIS SONGS, LIKE DOWN BY THE RIVER WHICH WE SANG AS "THE BAD MEN" DROVE OFF LEAVING US IN W.VIRGINIA MOUNTAINS. IT DIDNT MATTER. WE HAD NIEL ON OUR SIDE...
karenschank 4 months ago
@karenschank Hello Mr. Capslock
zackboomer 1 week ago
sounds a shit load like gary jules' mad world i think
atomicwedgieify 6 months ago
@atomicwedgieify lol you must be talking about the lyrics because the song itself sounds nothing like that song... and if you mean the lyrics then you must of meant tears for fears mad world
TheArmyRanger82nd 6 months ago
@atomicwedgieify Yeah if it got kicked up the arse with a distortion pedal!
Spookytooth25 4 months ago
What a great album, Neil is the man!
mat11trick 6 months ago
Not a bad song, but 'Tighten Up' was better
Birgalicious75 6 months ago
@Birgalicious75 yep, but the Grammies are so wack....Tighten Up sounds more R&B to me than this...as Neil said ' there is no best in music'
blindriv3r 5 months ago
1. he won the best song award with a song of just him and a guitar with an overdub or two 2. hes neil young ... thats all i need to prove hes awesome
caulinrocker1 7 months ago 2
fucking advertisments
mikesdjftr 7 months ago
the world is so screwed up today by armchair politicians, war hungry generals, greedy corporations and their minions, certain countries using their wealth and influence to bully other nations to plunder earth's fragile natural resources, etc...neil sings from the heart and soul, keep the music coming, neil!
clouds882 7 months ago
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MonkeyGangstaz 7 months ago
godfather of grunge
gammagrunge 7 months ago 14
Neil Young has the worst greatest voice there ever was! It's like this, he's such an artist that he can work it out and create music that we love.
dan7dees 7 months ago 2
I'm glad this was chosen over Little fucking lion man.
ZootAllures92 7 months ago
Not a competition hes neil young undenialable talent
ihave35cents 8 months ago
No doubt everything will go as planned... Yeah...
wash711 8 months ago 2
@livinginthepast3 I agree, and when I say he never sold out I wasn't talking monetarily either, his shows always sold out in the day. But he was never a sell out to the corporate influences that be. Makes me respect him all the more! Ian Anderson was a lot of fun too! :)
nealold1 8 months ago
@Remulaktake2 Long May He Run!
johnnyleonard1 8 months ago
love the song and the mix. WowNeil looks here just like Jan Schrama..
haarbreed 8 months ago
@Remulaktake2 still got bob dylan
MrGuitarman187 8 months ago
Sorry for the duplicate posts
nealold1 8 months ago
I started to listen to this fine musician in the very early 70's, I paid to see him live and bought his albums, I guess you could say I like his music. As for the man, I never heard him sing a single lie. Neil, is from the heart. He never sold out. I'm sure when its my time to pass in this life, one of my last request will be that something special be played for my guests. Maybe "Comes A Time"! I sang many of his great songs growing up,out on the weekends, friends used to call me "Neal Old".
nealold1 8 months ago 8
I started to listen to this fine musician in the very early 70's, Through the years I paid to see him live and bought his albums, I guess you could say I like his music. But for the man, I never heard him sing a single lie. Old Neil, is from the heart, all the way. He never sold out. Not in my eyes. I'm sure when its my time to pass in this life, one of my last request will be that something special be played for my guests. Maybe "Comes A Time"!
nealold1 8 months ago 2
@nealold1 Spot on assessment...Neil is a no nonsense, honest musician. Free from boundaries, presumption, and silly pop "iconery."
livinginthepast3 8 months ago
Theres plenty of good rock bands out right now, I'm fucking sick of people saying that. Check out Black Keys, My Morning Jacket, Dead Confederate, Alberta Cross, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club for starters.
lutecore 8 months ago 2
The Grammy's are completely irrelevant when it comes to groundbreaking music. Neil Young is way above that. One of the few artists who has remained his credibility after all these years. We should treasure that...
jerryveneman 8 months ago
my comment wont have much impact, according to neil his music wont change the world. however. neil is concluding its an angry world yet in between the refrain you hear major notes, concluding that even though its an angry world that there is hope.
Id like to see andy Lau of Hong Kong do this song with all of his beatiful dancers.
neils beatlistic record repeat is so awesome I hope he continues doing more
similiar in some respects to his trans venue with the synclavier instument
clancy49 9 months ago
Neil gets old, BUT DOESNT GET OLD !!! its as easy as that !!
alaiasurfers 9 months ago 2
I love Neil young, but the fact that a 65 year old man won the Grammy for the best rock song is ridiculous. Why isn't there any good new rock bands?
johnnyscouser 9 months ago
@johnnyscouser check out The Black Keys if you're living on the moon for the last ten years. Plus Neil rules you dumb.
KeepTheFocus 9 months ago
@KeepTheFocus I don't see tighten up getting a grammy
johnnyscouser 9 months ago
@johnnyscouser because most of the new rock sux
coolman1558 9 months ago
@johnnyscouser because most of the new rock sux
old rock always has been and always will be the best
coolman1558 9 months ago
Bought this album yesterday it's amazing, unique & experimental. While most artists are living off their past at this stage of their career Neil Young is producing new vital material like this!
ChuckHippy 9 months ago
I saw this guy at a bar in winnipeg he's a cocky fucker hahaha
yellowmon123 9 months ago
i do think there is a great sound here but having listened to two songs from le noise I am very dissapointed with the weakness in the song craft . i play a few of neils songs and they are magical but this is so far from his best . when lyrics are bland or obvious then we the listener fail to be drawn in . if I was at an open mic night and someone sang this song as their own I would be heading to the bar.
howrugettinon 10 months ago
great stuff!
Seiosh 10 months ago
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The lyrics do seem a tad inane. But surely Neil Young has better songs to be remembered for.
Gosh .. I so avoid listening to "Philadelphia". Am reduced to a hopeless, sentimental ass when I listen to it :-)
coolbull20 10 months ago
The lyrics do seem a tad inane. But surely Neil Young has better songs to be remembered for.
Gosh .. I so avoid listening to "Philadelphia". Am reduced to a hopeless, sentimental ass when I listen to it :-)
coolbull20 10 months ago
I hate the end, its kinda disappointing
Merlo177 10 months ago
Imagine if Neil contacted Flea/Chad to record an alternate version of the album that included a rhythm section
quachmin 10 months ago
Personally, I like the song. It's a million miles away from being Neil's greatest, but it's relevant. Personally, however, if I had to choose any single song from the "Le Noise" album to win this Grammy, it definately would've been "Love and War". And to all those who are hating on Neil and are like "wot?", as the person above, look at his discography. The man's managed to create 43 solo albums. Nuff said, period. And Neil Young lives in New York. He's not yours anymore, Canada. Get over it.
kincoism 10 months ago
@kincoism Actually, I think he lives in California, and he retains Canadian citizenship.
ifeeltiredsleepy 7 months ago
@ifeeltiredsleepy right..Santa Cruz mountains for nearly 40 years...I'm a Canuck myself..in the US since 85 and moving to No Cal next year
LightSnowOvernight 6 months ago
His voice hasn't changed!
capoeira26 10 months ago
@HayabusaRecon You help make up this Angry World. You clearly aren't familiar with Neil Young and his work.
preds420 10 months ago
I'll stick with Sugar Mountain. This is rubbish.
zoyclem 10 months ago
his voice is annoying, like billy maddison's voice when talking to the penguin
CHUNDERTHUNDER99 10 months ago
He has still Got It
grgharrison9 11 months ago
Canada: the 51st state.
There's more difference in culture between new york and alabama than new york and ontario.
dietmrfizz 11 months ago
@dietmrfizz What type of excuse is that? Canada should never be considered the 51st state, ever.
TommyRizos 10 months ago
I wish this album waited a bit.,,,,I love Dan's work and Neil but this has not grown on me at all.It's rare that I'm even critical.
carlheinz 11 months ago
This song sounds like a child making noise with a guitar and shouting out words.
choclatecupcakes2 11 months ago
@choclatecupcakes2 you're a dope
TheMrtimmy28 11 months ago
The thing about it is this. This has substance. It's definitely rock. it is origanal and daring. As far as young hard working bands putting all this effort into something, then you know nothing about Neil and his perfectionist side. A young band can work for weeks trying to get what Neil does in a day. It's called experience. The real fact is, he's never left relevance. Check out his discography sometime. It didnt stop in the seventies. Congrats Neil, keep it up. The rest, keep trying.
rac92966 11 months ago
Rush and old Neil are both Canadaian
rickess123 11 months ago 2
What a beautiful man. No homo.
mangoopolis69 11 months ago
Its funny how the ad that came on before this was about that new video game where north korea invades the united states and the ad is just guns and shooting everywhere. I found that ironic!
abighairywoman 11 months ago
I love Neil Young and I like this song, but how did this win a grammy for best rock song? There were so many other better rock songs
rewazilol 11 months ago
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YoungDylanFan 11 months ago
neil rocks - see my channel for many Neil videos!
RustedTelevision 1 year ago
And do go off sayn O then why are u listening to it! i just saw that this dude won and i wanted to see if he was any good
gosdang 1 year ago
No Rush is like x100 better than this dude
gosdang 1 year ago
Now how did this song beat rush?
gosdang 1 year ago
@gosdang because Neil Young > Rush
Scumbagization 1 year ago
"I'm not Grammy material," he said in a 1987 interview recounted in the authorized biography "Shakey." "I hate that s---. It has nothing to do with rock 'n' roll. It only has to do with Hollywood, and it's jive -- a buncha people handin' each other awards and talkin' about how they made the best record ... There is no best in music."
drumrz2 1 year ago 53
@drumrz2 One of the most true statements I have ever read. Well said!
rjdshmetal 6 months ago
i'm laughing at all the people coming in here, getting mad because he won best rock song, well here is the thing. Neil young didn't ask to be nominated, the board did and they chose it, so instead of bashing such a wonderful song, bash the boards. Neil Young maybe old but he can still rock out hard then alot of us, Check him out with bruce springsteen (all along the watchtower) and Pearl jam 93'. and people who think he sucks, then you have no idea what good music is. also congrats on the award
EliotNess4rmWest 1 year ago 67
@EliotNess4rmWest The board simply screwed up years ago when they could have given him a Grammy for "Heart of Gold" easy. Now they try to make it up and choose this song, which is pretty cool. I like it, I learned it on guitar too. But yeah, they couldn't go back and pick a classic to give him a Grammy, which he easily deserves before he's done and they Grammy commit don't want to look stupid leaving him out.
MarpoleMadness 9 months ago
I love Neil Young's music but Little Lion Man shoulda won the Grammy. It was by far more powerful and will hold up in the long run. This sounds like a b-side or filler song. And to those who say he can't rock well you're way off. Just search something like "Neil Young and Pearl Jam" and you'll see what I mean.
diggitymoon 1 year ago 2
@diggitymoon Little Lion Man is the best! <3
DuduEspoir 1 year ago
his voice doesnt really seem to be suitable to the guitar or visa versa, but thats just my opinion
CHUNDERTHUNDER99 1 year ago
dude .. this song is quite overrated ... i mean winning the best rock song of the year.. from my oppinion this is not that good of a rock song , he`s voice is just way to soft , the guy can sing a folk song country song or w.e but just can`t rock(only reffering on this song ).
alexczink 1 year ago 3
@alexczink you haven't hear " Rust Never Sleeps " then
RDKF13 1 year ago
@alexczink Fuck you! listen to hey hey my my
MrTimothyWatts 9 months ago
I968Velle, this was one of the awards that they actually got right at the Grammys.
That, and the Arcade Fire win.
Stoshie 1 year ago
when you rock, you rock
fluffylambut 1 year ago
as a great fan of neil for the past 39 years and having personally met him several times to thank him for his music, i thought i had lost my mind at 53 years old when i heard this after hearing he had finally won a grammy award... it's typical neil on the far side experimental but definitely, in my opinion, not one of his best. maybe it's one tune that has to be heard right where it was recorded to appreciate the reverberation? he's still a legend, grammy or not. thankx for the post...
Zanthxs 1 year ago
Is this a joke? How is this the best rock song of the year?
I968Velle 1 year ago
I really love Neil Young, and think he's written some fantastic songs, but I'm sorry, this production just sounds sloppy. Neil's thin voice is better suited for the sound coming out of his guitar in southern man; it's just squashed by that huge, heavy, bass n' mids guitar.
And that looped vocal sounds like it belongs in a euro-house song. It feels grating.
Congrats to Neil; he deserves Grammys for Needle and the Damage Done, for Old Man, and many more, but for this? This was a miss.
SquirtgunWarfare 1 year ago 2
Good song, but the video purposely does not show the angriest part of this world - the muslim world who is enraged at every group beside them, different from them or even a different sect than them. But that overlooking and ignoring is something all leftists are known for.
michaelryder2 1 year ago
Neil is still relevant after all these years. He does more with whiny vocals and 3 chords than most of the over-produced Grammy winners ever could achieve with their arsenal of electronic tricks. I'd like to hear this song without all the effects, though. The buzzing feedback detracts from the message. (Maybe it's my cheesy computer speakers). You go, Grandpa Neil!!
HiflyinLo 1 year ago
this song is absolute shit. im still confused how this song got best rock song over mumford and sons.
drummerboyz24 1 year ago
@drummerboyz24
Mumford and Sons? Maybe because they aren't rock.
thunderboltpatterson 1 year ago 2
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STEEL IS MADE TO LAST..... RUST DOES SLEEP. But has to be sanded and painted sometimes. Good as ever Neil, Wife, and Son.
gatesbags 1 year ago
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STEEL IS MADE TO LAST..... RUST DOES SLEEP. But has to be sanded and painted sometimes. Good as ever Neil, Wife, and Son.
gatesbags 1 year ago
STEEL IS MADE TO LAST..... RUST DOES SLEEP. But has to be sanded and painted sometimes. Good as ever Neil, Wife, and Son.
gatesbags 1 year ago
Hey hankd18, music is very personal, I happen to love Neil's music and have for many, many years. I like this song very much. Odds are, if you were to tell me what you liked, I wouldn't. Take it for what it is.
Congrats Neil for a well deserved Grammy!!
thunderboltpatterson 1 year ago
Congrats Grammy Winner!
freontec 1 year ago
What a piece of crap.You people are delusional.
hankd18 1 year ago
Congratulations for your Grammy Award! As if you are totally reading this on your account, I just want some thumbs ups!
oxnerd 1 year ago
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Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000? XXX
sra1956 1 year ago
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Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000?
sra1956 1 year ago
Wow. I like it. Its weirdly Neil. He's got to stay on the edge. He's got to stay real. He will not stop being him self. I'm mixed on having just a singel, electric guitar. On one hand its very cool with its uniquely far out fuzz tone. On the other hand, I could imagine it with a very hard, slow, john bonham rock beat. Lyrically, you're reminded of how things how completely changed from the free love/medical/food 60s. We definitely got uglier in Bush's 8 years. What if Gore had won in 2000?
sra1956 1 year ago
It's humorous to see all the "bad sports" come here to bash this song. It's cool as hell, and definitely ROCK. I listened to some of the other crap nominated for best ROCK song, like Little Lion Man-----nice folk songs but NOT ROCK at all.
RiverRat99 1 year ago
@RiverRat99 I know you're trying to add emphasis to the word "rock", but you are aware ALLCAPS just looks stupid, right?
bobknowsall 1 year ago 2
@RiverRat99 no, I am not aware, so how to I emphasize anything, I do realize if you cap alot it looks like yelling. Please educate me Obi-wan.....
RiverRat99 1 year ago
wtf boring
nishunaruto 1 year ago
hey hey my my is far better than this song
Cassify06 1 year ago
Neil Young has ALWAYS been MY Bob Dylan. I love the lack of POP in what he does. It's refreshing to NOT hear a Jonas Bros. Beat. This kind of work may save REAL ROCK MUSIC. Rock, by it's very nature, pushes boundaries around. Brilliant.
soothem 1 year ago
sometimes awards are given in recognition of a lifetime of great music, not necessarily for the specific category a musician or actor wins it for. This is one of those times.
danzac1979 1 year ago
i like it
bourkey2007 1 year ago
his name may be Neil "YOUNG" but he is trully far tooo old to make a rock song !!
XXXtreamZZZ 1 year ago
u call this a "ROCK" song ?
XXXtreamZZZ 1 year ago
neil young is ruined
tambyra 1 year ago
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cant believe tis shit got a grammy!!
dlordzheitan 1 year ago
cant believe tis shit got a grammy!!
dlordzheitan 1 year ago
This is a grammy winner??? This is the worst song I've ever heard. It sounds like a sad old man who drank too much and recorded a depressing a song.
LegendaryRoots77 1 year ago
thumbs up if you came to check him out after watching the grammys
wwwaaallleeeddd 1 year ago 3
Actually the best song on there is probably "Peaceful Valley Boulevard". It's not Grammy material either, but he gets on one of those lyrical rolls that he used to do so well in the '70s. And I really like what Daniel Lanois did producing these. He makes the echo effects throughout the tracks into a cool thing, very new for Neil songs.
lucidwebpress 1 year ago
we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate we ate
wiwif 1 year ago
hey brutha and sistahs of the shakey persuasion...this grammy is a make up call...any sports fans out there...neil deserves the make up call, and it has nothing to do with this song...it has to do with those 'refs' missing all the calls earlier in the game...back in the 70's, even the 80's to some extent..."...over and over again my love" embrace the love...the song is a toss away soon to be forgotten, we all know that....now how about getting some airplay for those ragged glory faves!
raindep 1 year ago
Who are you people?
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cyniejc 1 year ago
Who are you people?
cyniejc 1 year ago
This was just a chance to finally give him the Grammy he deserves for his old work. Sometimes that happens, especially with long-hair rock people who weren't respectable to the older generation when their songwriting was hot.
As for this song, I like it. Grammy material? No not really.
lucidwebpress 1 year ago
@lucidwebpress THANK YOU. I agree totally. For his old work, cuz this isn't an grammy worthy song, but maybe it depends on criteria, but outta ALL the songs?? no way. pretty good song though, lotta awesome sounds/echoes, i can't wait to get my new headphones for it. I feel like it needs to be put in an indie film, sounds like where in belongs, in Slacker, Clerks or something. Even Freaks and Geeks. Guess I have'ta put in it mine LoL
MidKnightBlaze 1 year ago
I've been following Neil Young since 1968. I thought that Hitchhiker or Love and War were better cuts from the album. If this song is not a grammy worthy, consider it payback for a number times when Young was ignored. Harvest , Rust never Sleeps, Freedoom are classic album that didn't get a sniff from the Grammy. He's 65!! It's pretty bad when a senior beat out everyone else for best rock song. It's better to burn out than it is to rust.
guitarmiister 1 year ago 2
Compared to some of the winners, this one is great ...
richardthomas47 1 year ago
I'm a pretty huge Neil Young fan... but I gotta say, this song in particular is certainly not worthy of a Grammy.
diroc 1 year ago
This trash won ?
staszica100 1 year ago
dont deserve it
chuckups 1 year ago
The Grammy should be molded from this great artists image.
sannlatham 1 year ago
Neil Young the proud Winnipeger!
mrmanitoba 1 year ago
This would have been better with Crazy Horse.
jimiange 1 year ago
i must say i've been a fan my whole life but he kind of stopped being very good many years ago. i tend to agree that this certainly wasn't worth a grammy. must be some die hard fans in the the group who picked it.
dirkness42 1 year ago 2
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The problem is not whether this song is Rock. The definition of Rock is not precise, and Folk isn't either. There are lots of folkies who would laugh at the idea of a song with the torn-speaker sounding distortion of this song could be called Folk. I think Neil Young as an artist is one of the greats, worthy of a Grammy if one cares about such things. But whether he should win for this song is another matter. I mean, it's an OK song, but it shouldn't make a list of the top 25 Neil Young song.
drothberg3 1 year ago
The problem is not whether this song is Rock. The definition of Rock is not precise, and Folk isn't either. There are lots of folkies who would laugh at the idea of a song with the torn-speaker sounding distortion of this song could be called Folk.
I think Neil Young as an artist is one of the greats, worthy of a Grammy if one cares about such things. But whether he should win for this song is another matter. I mean, it's an OK song, but it shouldn't make a list of the top 25 Neil Young song.
drothberg3 1 year ago
Même si je ne suis pas une spécialiste en la matière, je n'ai jamais douté de son talent. Quelque soit sa nationalité, IL EST, c'est tout et je doute que ce génie ait réellement attendu cette reconnaissance.
Merci à lui.
CHANTAL7755 1 year ago
Great song! I don't know if it was rock song of the year, but still great.
steveafulton 1 year ago
Congratulations for your Grammy's Award!
MrLouisfine 1 year ago 44
@MrLouisfine shite song
zyclonb6 1 year ago
It's in the message. No jobs. Talking about all the things we did in the 70's & 80's some didn't make it threw so well. I was just dam lucky. The young of today. U have to listen to words to get it.
missmicheleo 1 year ago
Honestly, judging this by a song alone, not just a Neil Young song, it really isn't very good and certainly not grammy-deserving. This was a sad loss for the other artists who had earned that grammy. If people want Neil Young to get a grammy because he never got one before so bad, then just give him like a lifetime achievement grammy or something like that but not rip off hard-working bands and artists who should've won this.
MyTague 1 year ago
It's in the message.
missmicheleo 1 year ago
I've listened to Neil Young all of my life, I love all his stuff, especially when he was part of CSNY. The fact that he never won a grammy until now is despicable, but this song does not deserve a Grammy. The heavily distorted guitar makes the song sound like shit, and it really doesn't sound like a Neil Young song at all...
SirStiller 1 year ago
holly shit! r u fuckin dumb or me? how the hell this won Grammy???
chandigorom 1 year ago 2
Apologies to everyone from Canada and beyond. I do know he is Canadian but in my celebration of the American Grammy that he won I misspoke. Even though he is Canadian and deservedly the pride of your country, we claim him as well as an icon. If I ever make it to that town in north Ontario I hope to meet up with some others with dream comfort memory to spare.
jeffreyhsykes 1 year ago
@jeffreyhsykes Check out the museum named after him, its pretty cool
mcconnell51 1 year ago
How did this song win a grammy?
BulldogNation08 1 year ago
@BulldogNation08 That's a ridiculous question.
beatonm198 1 year ago
Canada is part of North America idiots.
unloopy 1 year ago
This has nothing to do with whether my favorite band won or lost, but this song had no right being in the "best rock song" category. There were so many songs that were so much better. At no point in this song, is there...ROCK. This is a sappy, folk song if anything. I love it, don't get me wrong, and I love Neil Young. But seriously, there were much better categorized songs that could have won. But it just goes to prove, the music industry has become a total joke.
Raazer 1 year ago
@Raazer You're a child. You don't know what Rock is.
Kindly shut your mouth. The Grammy awards have always been a joke. Neil doesn't give two shits if he never wins one. The fact that you care who does wins one when you say in the same breath that the industry is a joke just goes to show how immature and childish you are. You're clearly not a fan of NY.. Just some asspained kid who's mad his favourite band didn't win some shitty award.
darkcowboyhero 1 year ago
@darkcowboyhero first off...fuck your mother and die in a fire, shit dick.
Second i'm a 37 year old with one of the most eclectic music tastes you'd ever see. I actually have been a fan of Neil Young for almost 30 years. When I first heard him with CSNY. However, this song DOES NOT belong in the best rock song category. It is a folk song. Now, if he had been awarded for Rockin' the Free World...then yes i'd be all for it. That's just how it is. Plain and Simple. I don't give a fuck who wins...
Raazer 1 year ago
@Raazer HAHAHA.. If you're 37 years old then you're one sad retarded idiot man. You're not a fan of Young, nor is this song folk. You're a moron. It can easily be classified as rock.
Rockin in the Free world is a throw away rock song, On the Beach, Tonights the night, those are some of the best rock albums ever written.. Seriously, buy better bullshit, the stuff you have is not working out for you.
darkcowboyhero 1 year ago
@Raazer u can't talk sense to douchebags like "darkcowboyhero". He is just some punk kid internet troll trying to start shit. He probably thinks Ke$ha is the best singer in the world.
BehindTheLight99 1 year ago
@darkcowboyhero lofl..........that guy pwn3d you so fucking bad
BehindTheLight99 1 year ago
Ha, Old Neil finally gets a Grammy Award after 40 years, while many poor talent, studio sponsored artists keep winning these phony awards....
MrFudgeIt 1 year ago
I love the overlay of "angry" with an undercurrent of Love Love Love. best song easily
pavanatanaya 1 year ago
Aum Namah Shivaya...If you understand this, you "Get" this song. If you dont get Aum Namah Shivaya, you wont get this Awesome song! Keep on Rockin Neil
pavanatanaya 1 year ago
I love Neil, but this song is pure crap. Grammys mean absolutely nothing to me in terms of how i respect an artist anway. The idea that people deserve one for being snubbed in the past is pure stupidity. Just because Neil had a ton of awesome albums in the past doesn't mean he needs a trophy for a terrible song like this.
PhunkYouInTheEye 1 year ago
@PhunkYouInTheEye dude, theres no such thing as crappy music, and if there was, this would never be one.
im sorry if you were upset when your band lost, and guess what, they are all some of my favorite bands, but once you try to listen to the sadness in his voice and the efforts he did when he recorded this, you would realize he didnt win because of pitty.
this song has so many motives and messages, and its hard ro realize it at first, but this is something that goes way deeper then most songs.
VolumeCenterEilat 1 year ago
@VolumeCenterEilat CORRECTION! Anything by Psychopathic Records is crappy music, and I should be lynched for calling it music. be thankful you've never heard of them.
GarthVarnish 1 year ago
@VolumeCenterEilat first off, i don't even know the other artists nominated for this award, nor do i care. Thousands of rock songs were recorded this year, and most of them probably incorporated more originality, creativity, and more masterful songwriting than this. If you think this is the best rock song of the year, you don't know modern rock music. and if you think this is anywhere near the top of the list of Neil Young's rock songs, you are insane. I'm willing to bet Neil would agree
PhunkYouInTheEye 1 year ago
@PhunkYouInTheEye ya, I'm pretty sure that he won this year just because they want to make up for his years before. this is not his best song. But Neil Young deserves to be rocognise.
m0410450 1 year ago
Neil is a WINNIPEG icon Muthah Fuckahaaaazzzzzzz
khunopie 1 year ago
This song is crap.
ronpaul101789 1 year ago
to be honest, this song is pretty bad. Sure, Neil young is amazing, but then he should get an award as an artist, and not for this song. If u people didn't know this was neil young, you would think differently, because this song sorta sucks...
Hugodamasta 1 year ago
@puglaw Very true= so much more of his work should have won a Grammy, but at the end of the day people will just remember the grammy and not the song. There's still time for that lifetime achievement award, I suspect the only reason he hasn't won it is because they know he's not finished rockin' in the free world ;)
mikekoz68 1 year ago