Neil Young - A Day in the Life

[rikwalker917]

9 people forgot to turn the sound on

[drskillet]

Holy Fuck! 

[bernadetebernabee]

Amo todas as suas interpretações. Esta música fica magistral na sua performance.

[1022wil]

good cover 

[rock696900]

maestro...¡¡

[caballito862]

Neil, just too much, amazing.

[what1111000]

neil has covered 3 songs ever... this, four strong winds (which is like the 2nd national anthem of canada), and "oh lonesome me" - by don gibson, one of the best song writers of all time.

neil, jerry g., bob dylan, beatles --- those are the 4 best of all time.

[kingdantje]

@what1111000 He also covered imagine.

It's in the suggestions.

They are all amazing covers!

[what1111000]

@kingdantje hey thanks man, i didin't even know that. just checked it out --- very good. i like day in the life a little better but, it's great too --- thanks!!!

[DeliciousMike]

Amazing

[terrapin227]

Neil! Doing Beatles. Excellent

[waldoghead]

A pretty handy version! But then this bloke is one of the greatest musicians ever so hardly a surprise.

[concam28]

this song is apparently based on paul mccartnys death apparently he died in a car crash if u listen to the lyrics you can cinda here it

[sergio40990]

Belleza absoluta,

[MizzBonesUSA]

Just Amazing!!!

[nannysack54]

neil young is great same with the beatles = amazing

[minotipo16]

GOOD OLE NEIL !

[windymeadows2]

neild young blew me away with this song.

[fomomoto3]

Saw Mellencamp on Letterman the other night and wondered whatever happened to the Farm Aid concerts. Do they still go on?

[israelmonrroy]

Daammmnnn Neail Is possesd by a ./.. great DEVIL! long loive neil young!

[bluesboy25000]

I love this. Great interpretation. Not as great as Jeff Beck's but still cool.

[theblahman]

@bluesboy25000 Jeff's version is pretty epic, but very different, comparison aint neccesary, it may be the same song but the genres and mood each artist tries to achieve on each version is completly different

[kickinitonthetube]

Long Live Neil Young, one of the few remaining living legends

[paucannell]

You here all the critics saying that Lennon had geater creativity was somehow better when he left the Beatles; I've never got that. He never surpassed this song, infact has anybody?

[ShineOnCrazyDiamond1]

I MUST SEE NEIL YOUNG Li

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[magdaszabo]

@ShineOnCrazyDiamond1 yes u must. i was lucky enough to see him, long long time ago. i love him. he walked off stage when the audience wouldnt let him play his accoustic music. he came back & gave them the rock they wanted saying, i'm never ever coming back to pittsburgh again. i love him. i love how he was riding around in a pick up in the mud with jimi hendrix when he was Sposed to be on stage wi. stills nash & crosby....hahahahaha.......i love him. perfekt.

[larean57]

He played this as an encore in Barcelona. I thought I could die.

[theschneiderman23]

wala kang kupas neil!! young kpa din!

[Flufffy666]

PAULPFC, ima let you finish, but i think kanye west was actually the best vocolist of all time

[Buccaneers01]

@Flufffy666 are you a fucking jew ... how are you going to compare neil young to a nigger/faggot wack rapper

[13magic74]

@Buccaneers01 Hey Buccaneers, you're more than welcome to share your opinion, just leave the ignorant, racial comments to yourself. Got it?

[PAULFC93]

I know people (even Neil Young fans) are going to dispute this.....but i really think that Neil Young is the greatest vocalist of all time....

[beatlesthebst]

beatles' version is much better than this one!

[alwayswithmyfaith]

@beatlesthebst  off course ..

[olmahnor]

I love to turn you oooo ooo ooon

[bnjmnlmbrt18]

1:50.... sorry, out of his vocal range...

[DoctorPencilK]

5:59 Hat drop

[RockinRowdyRoberto]

Politics? Didn't you guys see how awesome this shit is? He broke ALL of his strings playing with his thumb.

[mudspud01]

Neil fuckin rocks , still the young rocker in an old man...proof of age is a state of mind !

[savannasaurus]

I read You Tube today...Oh boy

4,000 comments about US v Canada

and though the comments were rather small

I had to read them all

Now I know how many words it takes to argue over nothing at all

why dont you just listen to the soo..ooo..oo..ong?

[89s10lvr]

hahahahhahahha

[Imptheshrimp]

Has anyone ever told you that you happen to be a very witty person?

[jirdimaster]

@savannasaurus Weak, that didn't flow at all.

[TheNewRoleModels]

@savannasaurus I give you the internet for that. I'm sure this is the best comment ever made on YouTube.

[shortylurvsmusic]

why are u fighting this is an awesome vid and u guys r fighting over canadians and americans?

[Kanadianas]

The faster people realise that Canadians and Americans are basically the same except for accents the better off North American will be. As a french canadian I'm somewhat an outsider and i've observed both groups, there isn't a big difference. Lock an American and a Canadian in a room and they'll get along just fine. International online fighting is stupid. Neil is Canadian though...

[prjctcivilian]

canada and america are nothing alike. There is a reason we canadians do not proclaim to have a national identity unless we are talking to yank. Most think of americans as a bunch of stupid, right wing, fat asses that care about nothing more than their next t.v. show.

Canadians would never even accept the potential candidacy of bush, palin and the rest.

we may be drunk n stoned most of the time but we will never reach such a degenerated state as the states

... we are also not imperialist!

[Kanadianas]

Settle down.

[Hnil96]

You know, Canada does have a right wing as well. Blue Tories and such.

[prjctcivilian]

our tories are right, but as a whole they are much more centre than the american republican.

[piggod1234]

america= riff

the rest of the world= more elaborate

[beatlemaniac1978]

Incredible version. Great Neil Young.

[danihadvideos]

awesome! why does it matter if hes canadian or american? music is universal! and he's a legend.

[duxberry1958]

neil young is so bleedin good and wonderful version of my fav beatles song....

[woodenbeard]

HE Canadian though Just remember that when u think we have no music talent

[jlsmsu12]

plus The Guess Who, BTO, Rush........Canada is a goldmine for musical talent.

[blsplr51]

Neil Young is an American Icon!! actually a World Icon!! hats off Neil!!

[iamurfather69]

hes actually a canadian icon, not american

[mrk1839]

@iamurfather69 a Canadian citizen with the American sense of rock n roll and freedom, oh and over thirty years of living in California. Rock on

[Caddis10000]

@iamurfather69 And American!

[Argentino246]

actually, canada is in america (north america)...

[mrk1839]

@blsplr51 He is a Canadian citizen but a master of the American invention, discovery, creatiion, of rock n roll. He is a world icon in the same league with Dylan and Lennon. one of the gods of rock n roll. I love Neil Young

[billscorpse]

neil young rocks

[DREAMECHOS]

wow, I think this rendition of Day in the Life is the best and even in some ways better than the original-- Neil sure does emulate the Hendrix like guitar feedback at the end but with his own unique style. what I really have always like about his music is the grittiness that permeates his sound. McCartney surely must have listened to this and enjoyed this rendition.

man Niel, you RocK-- your a great muscian

[EccentricFrog]

paul mccartney actually came out and sang this song with neil young at one of the shows

[dandjny3169]

Iv'e seen Neil over 30 times...and with the exception of his "Greendale" set this was single handedly the best 45 min. set of his I've seen in years....long live the Godfather of Grundge

[abisail]

every great artist sings beatles' songs...why? because they are the greatest band in history...period.

[jasonriggs]

this makes me sad, because it makes me realize that John never got a chance to perform this awesome song live. Imagine if John did it live in concert, that would have been amazing.

[KadaverInzest]

@jasonriggs John had actually 13 years to do it ;)

[lees2oo8]

@jasonriggs it was pauls song...

[danmcc08]

@lees2oo8 the middle was Paul's. The rest was John's.

[SRV1DOORS1HENDRIX1]

@jasonriggs What do you mean never got the chance?Sgt Pepper was recorded in 1966/67 and John died in 1980 that's 14 years of a opportunity to play the song live,he had the chance he just couldn't be bothered.

[doritosworld]

@jasonriggs :( LENNON FOREVER!

[JacobMorrisNinetyTwo]

@jasonriggs It's not like he never got a chance, this song was released about 13 years before he was shot. John never played this song live because it was written during the time when the Beatles were exclusively a studio band and had stopped touring.

[serdubra]

he has a version of John Lennon-Imagine ..

[TheKrissstof]

I'm hoping he will come to europe(belgium) again, because I've never seen him live.

I'm 17 years old and have discovered him +/- a year ago, I'm born too late...

dus does anyone know if he has covered more beatles songs, cause this one is really amazing, and so are the beatles!

and expozane, you have exactly my choice of music: Beatles and Young

[lokdi]

Ik zag hem enige tijd geleden in Antwerpen met zijn vrouw in het voorprogramma. Fantastische ervaring, schitterend optreden!

[TheKrissstof]

Inderdaad, maar toen had ik net exaam, dat was even vloeken...

[lokdi]

Hopelijk was het de moeite en zijn de resultaten van de examens goed geweest. Mvg

[TheKrissstof]

Bedankt,

de examens waren goed hoor, en ik heb nog altijd youtube en cd's om naar hem te kijken en luisteren, maar zo vaak zal hij waarschijnlijk niet meer naar europa komen (al hoop ik op het tegendeel natuurlijk)

groeten

[olmahnor]

Ik was er ook bij tijdens het optreden. Was toen ook 17 jaar en had ook examens :)

[mastermcgovern]

im 16 and i saw him at hyde park london and him and paul mccartny sang this song it changed my life

[pattyboy15]

I am also 16 :) this is where its at!

I do not listen to any other style of music!

I saw Neil in Toronto, one of the greatest things I have ever witnessed!

[arielatomguy]

i saw him live at Munich a few days before the Hurricane festival ... it was the best show i ever witnessed :)

don't miss out his next visit to Europe :)

[1i1feat]

I was waiting for Pete Townsend to come out and smash that LP into the amps and floor!!! amazin' cover!!

[CelsoCalvin]

Beatles Forever!

Neil Young Can't Never Die!

[john73a]

he should grow his hair long again it looks cool that way and great cover

[foreversport89]

he played this song in calgary last year but i think he used an acousticguitar. either way it was incredible. better than this i'd say

[jknyphausen]

how long has he been playing

[Expozane]

Favourite Band - The Beatles.

Favourite Singer - Neil Young.

[nvmimfine99]

not really a fan of this cover although neil young and the beatles are obviously both incredible

[Expozane]

He played this Song in Winnipeg last year, and i gotta say, it was just Awful.

Neil Young is Really Amazing, he is one of my Favourite Artists, but he doesn't sing it as well as John.

[Sutor]

It's not just the singing, the band are pretty loose, the drummer especially. Whether it's intentional or not it doesn't sound great.

I love Neil Young but yea this isn't one of my favourite covers of his.

[Expozane]

Yeah i know, plus he has the big Electric while John played Acoustic and i gotta say, Acoustic sounds better.

[sth246]

i thought nirvana, the man who sold the world was the greatest cover, having listened to this ,i was wrong, blown away

[VanityOD]

this is totally amplifying my awesomeness ..

Neil Young is great :O

[kez1979]

Needles to say... I took drugs.

[nickfromCO]

THE greatest song ever written covered by one of the greatest artists ever to set foot on earth. Speechless. No words to describe this.

[CaldaroneRyan]

I must agree. Although It's saddening to see such timeless artists age.

[vanityofdulouz]

you guys are fossils!!

I saw NeilYoung 3 times in concert, needless to say it was fab. That was during the '90s ;)

[budcowan]

Ya, qmort, I saw the show in L.A., in Oct, '78. It was so fucking loud. Neil was wearing a Jackson Browne t-shirt. What a memory, huh?

[qmort]

Yeah bud, the GREATEST concerts out of many rock shows I saw were those few that were not afraid to play great music prior to the show. Most shows play mediocre music beforehand to make them look better in comparison. Who else dares play a seminal Beatles song before they come out? So the '78 tour opened with this song, and then the recent tour closes with it. Neil always shows no fear.

[PhillSpace]

Love it! The one in Calgary was scarier. John lives.

[VanityOD]

when everything else fails to be just good...

something like this will come along, to give me the chills and remind me :)

For the Love of ... MUSIC !! WOW

[budcowan]

Anyone remember the Rust Never Sleeps Tour when John Lennon's version played immediately before Neil opened with Sugar Mountain?

[qmort]

I do remember!!! I was there at Madison Square Garden in NYC in '78. I totally forgot about that until you mentioned it!!!

[kelso120]

neil young is a legand, top guy, top tunes, and top cover. the one and only neil young.

[Rockospoogie]

The original is where its at for most things but mad props to Neil for making it believable (not an easy task with this tune).

[DivingHawk1]

Great Comment! Could not have said it better.

[joemosss]

some songs make me cold sweat and shiver, and the hairs on my arms stand up... am i alone? this one does

[abeatlesguy]

Neil Young is my favorite artist after the Beatles, and he his playing my favorite Beatles song. This is really cool. Neil Young not only writes great music, but he has great taste....his cover songs are always of my favorites.

[meh354]

Saw him do this on Saturday at Hyde park and Paul McCartney joined him on stage. Wow. Just wow.

[ThePeacepoet]

Im usually very cynical when it comes to beatles covers. but i have to say i really like how neil young sings this. I think its a great version and very suitable for concerts. I saw him sing it at glastonbury on telly and it sent a shiver down my spine so it must have really been somthing to actually be there

[superduperpostrocker]

i got the shiver as well!

:D

[ThePeacepoet]

i think its his voice when he sings the verses that gets me the most

[jaivomi]

John Lennon would have been smiling down on his performance! Well done Neil..Rock On!

[simonca1]

Just seen 'A Day in the Life' on the TV from Glastonbury.................to­tally awesome!

[themmmarvels]

he still has the pasion of an 18 year old!

[lou84reed]

he did this at the I O W 09 and man it blew my head off :)

[sampekimpah]

los tiburoneslocos te saludan y veneran,.eres el más grande!

[sirbwian]

Im sorry, I have to wholeheartedly disagree with you, I was also at that gig in Dublin and I thought his version of this song was amazing. I was well impressed.

[cullenm9]

You're dead right. Down by the River was the best song of the night though! And those extra few chorus's of Rockin' in the Free World were great!

[davebest2001]

I thought both things that you have pointed out were minus points. Down By The River went on and on and on. I listen to Clapton and Page and they never waste a solo. Young's solos drag on and on and on. Down By The River was ridiculous and the constant restarts of Rockin' In The Free World sounded amateurish.

[davebest2001]

I was at Neil Young tonight in Dublin. He played A Day In The Life as his final encore. It sucked farts. It doesn't suit his musical style or his voice. I don't know why he is defiling a classic

[BillyRubin4]

Sucked?Way too harsh! Beatles version is better, Neil young is much more heavy, but some might prefer that. Thought it was an excellent finale.Breaking strings so end of encore. The Xylophone at the end- priceless!!!

[jonnybabes1]

He played this last night (14/06/09) at the Isle of Wight festival. Totally amazing, and he almost destroyed his guitar at the end. A spectacle that left me open mouthed. He gets bettter as he gets older.

[STIFTESSER]

He played it in Munich as well.

Overall great performance!

[489600]

Neil litterally flipped his lid lol

[lokdi]

this is even better then the original song...

[danmcc08]

This is actually the second time that Neil has used this in his live shows. During Rust, the Road Eyes finished setting up the stage as the Beatles version blasted through the sound system. Neil cut off the final chord which played at the end of the show. This is a rather subdued version compared to the one I saw in Detroit last December.

[jukkaa123]

legends playing another legends song... legendary

[KCVROCKS2008]

this is great...but if you haven't heard JEFF BECK doing this one, check that out also, his version is amazing.

[abeatlesguy]

Beck's is good, but I don't like it as much as Neil's or the Beatles' versions.

[profquesada]

Like the first sip of fine Scotch.

[Wheezetones]

"Even they end up lacking."

Yeah, right.

[tasteofcu]

Perfect cover

Completley made it his own

[hekkl5]

Yeah, Neil and I are the same age. I've been blown away for decades. But the musicianship on this song i/medley is beyond incrediblle, The Beatles is the only thing worth standing next to him.

Even they end up lacking.

[theoutlawstave]

dude my hats off to mr. Niel Young. Great Cover.

to and Awsome song! Beatles Forever!

[jschwartz06]

im pretty sure the ahhhs after the traditional mccartney part may be mccartney's voice

[pleenknegt]

my dear friend, if there's one thing certain, then it is that the original ahhhs are Lennon's and not Macca's (it's one of these songs they actually did make together). As for the ones in the Neil Young concert - most probably done by some of his stage musicians (doesn't need to be play back after all!) Good cover after all, especially given the absence of a classical orchestra for the psychedelia touch

[roba81]

Accually lennon wrote while reading the morning paper!

[tyroneSloth]

Actually, I have heard that John had the beginning and end of a song, Paul a middle, so they put both together.

[guitarT3]

neil young, john mellencamp, willie nelson, dave matthews all organize it. they should go on a major tour together!

[guitarT3]

this guy is my idol

[pattony420]

He is the man!!!!!! Age means nothing to the crazzzzzy horse!!!

[lokdi]

he made it a neil young song! awesome!

[Dahnkster]

He played this today at the New Orleans Jazz Fest! You are the shit! New Anthology out,,,,can't wait. Never a bad time at this guy's show! As for critics, meh. Rather see Young doing this than hearing Muzak style Beatle cover selling cars or shoes on a TV commercial

[joony60]

no one should do this, except the origin.

[Walrus12321]

Saw him play this in october......i came multiple times during it

[Nalinho]

lol

[moddave78]

yeah, you're right, but hats off to neil young for giving it his own twist. he's a massive beatles fan and proves it here by getting as near as possible to the original recorded version. imagine how someone like U2 would butcher this with there effects laden guitars, over produced so called live sound and bono's grating voice. i think neil's version has a nice raw quality that he pulls off! i'm a beatles purist by the way and don't think anyone should cover them but i'll let him off! top man!!!

[NeoCon2K7]

proof of ur comment is the video of U2 covering southern man, Neil's song from gold rush. painful massacre of such an ace song. But Neil covering Beatles... love it =]

[joeymrules]

Basically this is awesome.

[ampattic]

he sings like a fool

[tbruchey]

You're a fool

[louiestrums]

In my opinion better than the Beatles version. All due respect but, John Lennon does not have enough emotion in his voice. Where Neil does.

[Pepsthecat]

Are you kidding?

[louiestrums]

No. I don't why. But, when I saw this then listened to the original I prefered Neil's I don't why.

[dylanyoung22]

Yeah I think Neil plays it so it is enough like the beatles but he puts his own twist on it, his famous and different tone and sound. Saw him play this live, so good. Better then I could have hoped. Saw him play this a Wachovia Spectrum in philly that is

[abeatlesguy]

Lennon's lack of emotion was intentional. ("Well I just had to laugh/I saw the photograph/He blew his mind out in a car") He did it to make the song have a very dark and depressing sound and feel. This version is good, but John's lack of emotion is what makes the original as great as it is.

[jens0208]

Neil just rocks ,that old mother fucker

[TheMozey]

i love the 3:17 part

[Mahler005]

great rendition but I have to say the ending was something of an anti-climax...

I was hoping for a Pete Townsend style guitar-amp smash up....

[Beremith]

You can't expect Neil to destroy the Old Black.... that would just be absurd. That guitar could almost be called his friend.

[Mahler005]

Neil doesnt always treat his friends very well....eat a peach Old Black, smash!!!

[dylanyoung22]

Anti-climatic?!?!? Try epic and humorous. Only neil would shred that hard and then end it with a tap of the xylophone. Classic!

[smoke117]

No real Neil Young fan would ever say that...smash 'Old Black'? You have to be smoking crack...

[Mahler005]

I don't claim to be a fan...OK, I bought most of the 70s albums when they were released, but gave up after Hawkes & Doves....

[rubberduckkk]

If you haven`t seen Neil play "A day in the life" live, you have no frame of reference here. One of the best music moments I`ve ever seen.

[489600]

i second that

[lazrawk]

the beatles original is better, but it's interesting to see neil's take on it

[robbiemac71]

In person this was magical. It was Mr. Young's Opus.

From the fifth row I was in awe...

[cotecio]

WITHOUT BREATH