Neil Young live Johnny Cash Show - 1971

[0481870]

Two dislikes?, figures .... I thought there was 'one' in every crowd .... this one must have a twin?

[slapbush]

can you believe neil and rick james were roomates!?

[maonofsorrows777]

Kamikaze said it. The operative word is "ape". Many people can ape someting. Few people can actually create something(beautiful)from nothing but thier imaginations. I'm just sayin'...J.

[gr8cutter]

yeah kami .............ape but you could never make it magic like he

[TheWelthawood]

Two of my heroes...and Neil Young is ANYTHING but a "1960s self-congratulatory hippie." He remains an artist of great integrity and not a sell-out to a corporate sponsor who would - to use the words of James Taylor - encase him in 2 inches of plastic. Good job, Johnny Cash, and good job, Neil Young. And women - how many of you agree that the young Neil was mighty good looking?!

[leeleeturn]

It just floors me the way Neil Young pours out one beautiful, haunting song after another. What a great, great artist!

[posthastey]

Give me a  break. These 60's self congratulatory hippies are really tiring.

I know a couple of chords too, do I now get a bully pulpit to call my own?

[KamikazeProd]

@posthastey neil young was a master of the acoustic guitar... you're a fuckin idiot

[posthastey]

@KamikazeProd With all due respect my foul mouthed foe, I can ape anything Neil Young does on acoustic or electric guitar, and I consider my playing skills.....oh.....average?

[Pobnifus]

@posthastey So what? I can write every word Shakespeare wrote. Christ, even a ROBOT can COPY someone. Can you write as many hits? And convince as many musicians of equal quality to record with you? And change as many lives? No? Then you're full of shit. You CAN'T do what he does.

[Pobnifus]

@Pobnifus this was supposed to be responding to KamikazeProd. oops.

[Beelzubub13]

@posthastey but can you write a song that touches millions. I say not.

[theRoseofmyheart]

Two legends

[aeschre]

holy shit. i guess you are referring to what came down right before they cut "tonight's the night."

[myblimpyburger]

great songs and people.

[vreynoldson56]

Johnny Cash did things that no one else had the gall to do.He did not care what others thought and had no problem pushing the envelope.If it were not for him the song Sunday Morning Coming Down would not be heard today as Kris Kristofferson,who wrote the song,was afraid to perform it because of the reaction that it might have.John listened to it and said he would perform it exactly as it was.And he did.He believed in others,their music,and their right to their own beliefs.The way Americans were.

[gtarz40ful]

thats some heavy stuff man!

[lindatintop]

Two greats, so much talent.

[medickorea1973]

Sorry.. the song is "Let's Roll"

[medickorea1973]

urkingod Neil Young has stood the test of time. if you really like music check out " Flight 93"... good luck on your search.

[damiensongs]

aside from his great music...is anybody cooler than this guy?

[PInk77W1]

my brother died of a heroin OD... 54yrs old. love this song none the less

[philipatoz]

As great as Neil is, I'm sure, especially today, he looks at Johnny Cash as everything he aspires to be as a songwriter and poet. They share a lot of the same qualities: the willingness to show vulnerability, a disdain for the inauthentic, the polished and slick disposable music that will soon be forgotten, that has nothing of value to say. They both record the human condition, its brokenness, its frailty. They both attempt to sing about things that truly matter.

[dsfddsgh]

@philipatoz Was there anyone more badass then Johnny Cash? Unlike the posers of today like Kanye West who would shit their pants if they faced off against Johnny.

[moproducer]

I remember when this first aired, it was shot at either Belmont or Vanderbilt (someone help me). One of the last regular JC shows before the network very abruptly cancelled him. Much like the Smothers Bros., Cash was a little too risky for ABC.

He left the show with a contract that gave him periodic specials. But he never had the quality, integrity or truth to the music like he had with his '68-'71 series on ABC.

Many of his guests have not appeared on primetime network TV since then.

[sotchease]

Wow, one of my heroes praising another of my heroes...absolutely beautiful.

[CatapultYourMom]

Why would a fine man like Johnny Cash turn his show over to a hippie singing about drugs?

[karl198]

@CatapultYourMom

Way to miss the point of the whole damn thing.

[blissedtrip]

@CatapultYourMom, You don't get the point do you!

[radiootoo]

I was in Vietnam when this show aired having seen for myself the damage Done to Christopher Corwin Cook. You'll find him in his place on a panel of the Wall in D.C.

[ledZeppelin7680]

@radiootoo when the band played hail to the chief, I wonder, did they point the cannon at you?

[mustangjjz109]

Johnny was the best.

[xraycat18]

whats this song called?

[ozsweet]

@xraycat18

The Needle and the Damage Done

[brushuk]

@xraycat18 hi, i don't know if anyone's replied but it's called 'the needle and thedamage done', and it's either on the album 'harvest' or 'after the goldrush', can't quite remember.... it was a long time ago! :-)

[cachick420]

@brushuk This great song is on Harvest :)

[GalaxyHorse]

@xraycat18 The Needle and the damage done

[TatooedTears]

Neil Young is a Giant. End of.

[codeastronomer]

I had to clap. Absolutely incredible. He's one of the greatest artists ever.

[beatleographer]

Cash was way ahead of his time and he didn't give a fuck what anybody thought about him. That's what he will be remembered for the most. He DID do it his way. It took a lot, a lot of guts to allow this song on his show in the 70s. My hat will forever be off to him

[soaringvulture]

@beatleographer I agree 100%. Genius knows genius, courage lets courage be heard.

[urkingod]

Sorry but what's so great about this guy? ... I guess he is a folk singer like Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, James Tayer, Johnny Cash, ... who else?

kinda depressing...... but I guess it was a HIT? in the 70s. They are long gone ....

[boulderjames]

@urkingod - To say that Neil is folk singer is too simple. What I hope that happens when you discover someone you've not heard before on YouTube is to research a bit to see what made them noteworthy, for Neil try Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and the extensive solo material that reaches far beyond a folk singer. I say take a listen to Cortez the Killer for starters...

[gambalonso]

@urkingod no sabes nada te lo digo en español a ver si lo entendes

[headstock48]

@urkingod Not everybody is going to like Neil Young, but if you are into lyrics you might want to listen to some of his other stuff. He's a great acoustic guitar player, also.

Sugar Mountain, Hey Hey My My, Don't Let it Bring You Down, Keep on Rockin in the Free World, Heart of Gold, Cowgirl in the Sand, Down by the River.

[treyhoehn]

@urkingod he rocks . if ya had a mind you would understand

[medic357]

@urkingod His ability to put into words the reality of life, real life. Not some made up bs.

What is your background that qualifies you to define greatness anyway?

Is there anything in your life that YOU have made and produced that has stood the test of time and touch so many people in such profound ways? Please share it if so. IF Not, maybe you should focus on giving the world something that compares.

BTW, it is James Taylor. I think Cash is the only one GONE, yet his music lives.

[jahellaspartan]

Johnny Cash and Neil Young .... Two Greats!!!

[TelepathicStudios]

OMG Amazing!

[DrClawizdead]

I wonder how Cash felt about "Southern Man"?

[headstock48]

@DrClawizdead He probably totally loved it. He was all for justice across the board.

[jhamptonjr]

@DrClawizdead Speaking from the perspective of most of my friends in the south in the 70's, he probably felt like we did - we loved the song because it spoke the truth to a bunch of hateful racists, and we didn't feel like it was directed towards us, since we were not racist (I'm speaking of hippies and free-thinkers like Neil and Johnny). That was just another great "in your face" song that made people examine themselves, and some didn't like what they saw (and some still don't, sadly).

Peace!

[pjl1015]

SWEET!!!!

[alpalfly]

"a while ago...i was gonna do the johnny cash show" - live at massey hall.

[CommercialVehicle]

thanks Johnny

[vcx9dfne]

I assume Cash didn't know Young and had never heard his song. He introduced Young by video, far removed in time and space from Young. I assume some producer told Cash it would be cool NOT to do "Hee Haw" over again. It's prime time, after all. A buck's a buck.

[RawUmbers1]

@vcx9dfne Here's another perspective on Johnny Cash - he had people like Dylan and Linda Ronstadt and Joni Mitchell on his show in 1969-70 because he was connected to the kind of music they made; in my view Cash was the opposite of a corporate suck-up.

[phil2269]

@vcx9dfne...Sorry VC maybe you should learn some music history. In 1968-1969 Johnny Cash was doing Nashville Skyline with Bob Dylan not playing to the Hee-Haw audience. He was almost never considered mainstream country but came up with a bunch of early rockers like Elvis and Jerry Lee Lewis. In doing the video feed cash was reminding his more conservative viewers that it was the young people that were shaping the country.

[croissantanyone]

freeeeak.

[89DirtDog]

@ steve 1861 I`m from germany and I got a probleme too ,to post a comment suck on youtube now somethings wrong here

[Steve1861]

ssssa

[Steve1861]

this new YouTube layout sucks !!! Im unable to save the video posts and even writing this post wasnt workin right either!!! Why did they have to Fuck up something that was good.Now Im pissed I cant save the videos anymore !!!!!! Is anyone having this problem????

[ranger59]

That sounded very close to the version on Harvest. Does anyone know if it was or not.

[rlawton002]

When I was a kid I made the same drug argument of Musicians....was bullshit. Clapton is great, I like Neil Better,I like Garcia better than both, Imagine Garcia without Heroine...he would be playing to-nite somewhere in Maryland.

[jackaroe2293]

if only man, if only

[anndeesavage]

I have to say that many of you underrate Clapton as a songwriter. 'Bell Bottom Blues' is an absolutely beautiful and desperate tune, 'Lonely Stranger' and 'Running On Faith' are near perfect and very pained ballads. The guy can write; maybe not Dylan or Neil Young, but those guys are the best. And while I LOVE Johnny Cash, he was not really the songwriter many people mistake him for, but more of a great interpreter of other people's songs.

[bobbelibob]

Running On Faith was written by Jerry Lynn Williams. You could replace that song with Old Love, which Clapton co-wrote.

[mastertusk]

I like your analogy Monkey50 (change your nic) its just music..its not science...its to be enjoyed...most of these reefer heads wouldnt know how deep their music became for the listeners...are they still listeneing?

[skagtrendy06]

i dont think this is from the johnny cash show at all looks very similar to neil youngs performance at massey hall 1971

[TheNigelr]

Johnny....such a rich pageant........

[pencilstop]

Neil is god

[Monkberry50]

Clapton is God, Neil Young is Jesus Christ, John Lennon is the Holy Ghost.

........ and Dylan is the Pope

[smoke117]

Ew...what an insult to Young, Lennon, and Dylan...you take three brilliant songwriters and lyrics and put them with a guy who can basically just play guitar? He may be a great guitarist...but to put Clapton anywhere close to that three is an insult to all of them...

[Monkberry50]

smoke...agree about the "brilliant" part... but young, dylan, Lennon were not great guitar players... clapton is a master of the fretboard, plus he wrote Layla.

[smoke117]

...actually Duane Allman came up with most of that song, that is him on electric slide guitar...and I think Neil Young is a great guitarist and better then Clapton. EC just plays the same boring blues crap thats been played since the 50s...he's a student of his hereos...Neil Young is actually one of the most unique guitarist ever.

[smoke117]

Eric Clapton is basically an example of technical ability over actual skill. I think he was a passionate player...while he was a junk addict lol. What's Clapton cleaned up from heroin he didn't do shit. I'm not you saying you need to do drugs to be creative at all as Neil Young who has done his fair shar (never a junkie though) is an example of pure songwriting brilliance. Not even the most avid Clapton fanboy's would call him more then Decent songwriter/lyricist. He's an instrumentalist.

[mugwamp4]

he wrote half /3/4  of layla ,, great guitarist

but the greatest songwriters have all been average musos,,, Dylan .lou reed lennon,,van morrison neil young ,, I'll take a great songwriter over a great muso anyday

[bloomoonwachr]

wow i did not know about JCs show till this minute

[Sincopare]

"Milk blood, to keep from running out." Rings true, Mackenzie Phillips?

[zep500]

this song is about danny whitten but it was written while he still was alive

[sisterdiggins]

Amazing!

Johnny Cash took big risks for his time and his audience.

He took some criticism but it didn't phase him.

He believed in promoting artists he felt worthy.

[karmadhyana]

@sisterdiggins I think Johnny Cash was secure enough in his own skin, in his own art, that he didn't worry about what the critics said. He was a bonafide genius and an all-round awesome guy. AND, to feature Neil Young on his show, was, like you said, a risk, but JC appreciated true talent and NY has it in aces. RIP, Johnny. Long may you run, Neil.

[MissCaptainWeird]

YEAH!! You Go JOHNNY!

[bellmount]

i wounder did neil young and johnny cash ever do a duet ?

[highwayman012]

They did. On Little Drummer Boy.

From American Outtakes also features in "heroes and friends"

[BelmondoB]

ya they did a duet.. little drummer boy

[neorules]

Below is a quote from Rollingstone from Neil about the Reason he wrote this song.

[neorules]

:"[We were rehearsing with him and he just couldn't cut it. He couldn't remember anything. He was too out of it. Too far gone. I had to tell him to go back to L.A. 'It's not happening, man. You're not together enough.' He just said, 'I've got nowhere else to go, man. How am I gonna tell my friends?' And he split. That night the coroner called me from L.A. and told me he'd OD'd. That blew my mind. I loved Danny. I felt responsible. " Neil had given Him the $ that he figured he used to OD with!

[NLFilms]

@neorules true. but this video was way before danny's death

[NLFilms]

@neorules i mean, this appearance on johnny cash show*

[tingly7654321]

@neorules DANNY WHO

[privettricker]

@tingly7654321 Danny Whitten.

[neorules]

The story behind this song is very compelling. Has it been brought out in earlier comments?

[vonPook83]

not sure, please tell anyway :)

[Raoul33]

Neil, Bob, Van  they are all great

but you have to remember this was Johnny's show. He's the one who led the way for them

[smoke117]

Uh...not really. Johnny Cash was a country artist and he wasn't much of a musician, I've never really gotten the appeal of him...and that is not an attack on country...Kris Kristofferson and the original Hank Willaims are brilliant. He's nowhere close to a Young, Dylan, or Morrison that's for sure...

[Misfit412]

I makes no sense to me how anyone who knows about and enjoys music could so easily discount Johnny Cash.He was not a lolished musican but make more of an influence on the world as any of the fine artist you mentioned ,with the exception of Hank Sr. As fas as Kris we wouldnt even know his name of not for JC.

[spadge321]

twat fucking shut up ,, Johnny Cash Influenced Dylan you cunt,, its not about musicianship ,, Lennon was no Julian Bream but he was a mother fucking genius ,, keep your trap shut if you dont know jack shit man !!

[thedramatictype]

Johnny Cash was mostly a great song writer in his early years his voice was formidable instrument, however it was his ability to paint pictures with words more than anything that I love. Much like Dylan and Young these guys can't sing man, yet they can because we hear the emotion the pain and the honesty in their voices.

[R0SECR0IX]

As a lyricist he's a match for Dylan or Young, and miles ahead of Morrison. As a tune writer, he's simple but effective. Delivery, of course, is always superb.

[mugwamp4]

how many great songs did j.c write??/most of his biggest hits were covers he's not in the same league as NY let alone Dylan he was great but not in the top shelf imo

[borski67]

Neil reigns - him and Dylan the last greats - whose better that's around today?

[somewhereintyme]

nobody

[robbieshell]

I fully agree with you,......with one addition: Van Morrison!

I just searched for this after listening to Neil's Archives release of MASSEY HALL 1971, when he talked about goin on the Johnny Cash show! Brilliant !

[borski67]

cool - can't wait to check it out - thanx - my good friends RAVE about Van the Man - I also love the Band very much......do you?

[robbieshell]

yah! Run out and buy it. Also Neil is such a great guy, that MASSEY HALL 1971 sells for cheap AND comes with a DVD of the show as well. He's not a money-grubber,......just a sick sick artist ! Long live NEIL, BOB, VAN ! (and yes,....of course: I looooooove the band!)

[kalelskywalker]

pure class

[camster88]

needle and the damage done

[commandernchiefpt2]

anybody know what this song is called??

[bookkeeper57]

The Needle and the Damage Done (clearly an anti-drug song; borne out by the lyrics).

[bookkeeper57]

Cash never hosted a performer he didn't respect, or whose viewpoint he didn't agree with. Neil Young was 26-27 at this point in

time, and writing one number after another.

In 1971 alone, he introduced at least 12 songs

considered among his best.

[freer256]

loving it, come on back to the old country my friend!

[ZombieEaterz]

Neil Young was at his songwriting peak around this time, amazing song.

[saltwaterebel]

this country is gone.

[ewoldt]

I agree. Have you ever listened to Townes Van Zandt?

[saltwaterebel]

yes, katie belle is my favorite song by him

[tomg212]

Find "Nothin'" by Townes. It is amazing!

His son has a version on youTube that sounds like his Dad.

[drbrian168]

neil at his best,chilling.....

[freddiezgay]

Just brilliant