Neil Young BBC Concert 1971 - Part One

[Physalis925]

i can't stop watching these

[chev202]

i got custody of my boys today and now i don't have to be the lonely out on the weekend. thank you GOD!

[89mega89able]

make me feel good.

[PocoPortillo]

I remember getting to go and see this at the BBC studios.I was fourteen and had been playing guitar a couple of years. The crowd was very polite and couldn't believe that One Man Band. It was a real experience I will never forget it as were all the Old Grey Whistle Test concerts I saw there.

[balingagpart2]

i love you man for posting this video.....this is amazing!

[iamdna2]

to tears he takes me .. he does not drive me but takes me, gently, unexpectedly. . . to tears . . . wow.

[CaioSarm]

It's really, really, really good. He's from another world

[CanRom79]

Hi from Argentina !! Neil youre the best. CHECK OUT MY CHANNEL !! IM UPLOADING A CONCERT OF THE 70/71 SOLO TOUR AT ROYCE HALL LONDON

[MrDrakeponder]

yep here come the goosebumps.....

[Montagerish]

i wanna throw up this makes me so happy!

[manbearpig5000000]

One of the greatest acoustic guitarists of all time

[bryanthcin]

where can i buy this dvd?????

[downrodeo2112]

Neil young is my favorite of all time but I just hate there's a world on Harvest. I feel like it ruins the album

[metallica0925]

@downrodeo2112 I respect your opinion but i think that song was a masterpiece

[chromedreamz]

he can humble any young musician

[celloprofundo]

Every song on Harvest conjures up different memories of that era for me...favorite being "A man needs a maid."...not for any misogynistic reasons...honest ; )

[ghty43]

Old Man was great. Love that song.

[be1here1now]

neil young will always be my favourite musician. Something that just resonates withing me, that no other band or singer does

[YoungZeppelin2112]

i am one of Neil Young's biggest fans!!!!! when i saw this for the first time it almost made me cry haha and it still almost makes me cry!! i wish i could see him, i am only 15 and i can relate to half of the stuff he says. my favorite song by Neil is Helpless because i moved from N.B to A.B and it took me awhile to make a change. but i hope i see Neil someday before i die!!

[keeponskating2]

@YoungZeppelin2112 well somethimes I think I'm a huge fan to but actually compared to others I'm just a fraction of a fan. Like someone in my town has almost every cd/dvd published from Neil young. So as you know that is one hell of a collection! I had the privilegde (how you spell that? xD) of seeing Neil Young playing in Belgium, sportpaleis in 2008. Incredible and probably last time that he was in Belgium so I won't see him again I think. cheers

[lostbuffalo]

50/50 your either right or wrong unless you want to argue about it then I'd have to say your maybe 49/49 right or wrong lol

[mgbradshaw1]

watching bands now that talk about being rock n roll. no one comes close to this guy. absolute legend.

[KaitlynBenx]

Better idea about Russian women gettop5.info

[chrisbrennan08]

@KaitlynBenx whay women?

[Danieeway]

I Saw that concert on Vh1 it was so fucking great :D

[charly9927]

last Sunday I saw this great concert on VH1LA and I just loved it! Neil's one of my favorite artists!

[68foxy99]

great song

[LelouchLamperouge019]

If I would say my biggest musical inspiration is, it would be Neil Young.

[uhokstupid]

im sorry but neil is 10x the musician then kurt ever was. he had to shoot himself because he wasnt man enough to get through life

[trueamerica75]

If i had a time machine and could go see one concert this would be it. I listen to mostly metal and hard rock but neil just touches me so deeply.

[ejgiv]

Where is Kurt Cobain when you need him?

[PieceofMindmusic]

@ejgiv - ut what does he have to do with this^?

[ejgiv]

@PieceofMindmusic Give me Nirvana unplugged over this any day.

[PieceofMindmusic]

@ejgiv -granted, that was reallly good performance of theirs.

but if it werent for this very performance by Neil, that band never wouldve had the inspiration or cohones to good thru with the unplugged gig in the first place.

I dont know if your familiar with Mark Lanegan's solo records, but that first record, "The Winding Sheet", was like this ^ also a huge influence on them deciding to go unplugged.

[ejgiv]

@PieceofMindmusic Henry Ford once said "History is bunk." I tend to agree with him. I am just going by pure performance, in a vacuum as it were.

[PieceofMindmusic]

@ejgiv Fair enough.

[19che28]

When I get asked at drunk house partys or ever get asked the question. "If you could go see any gig in the world, dead or alive, who, and where would it be?"

This would be it. To have sat in that crowd and have witnessed this genius god like act. Is beyond me. (Watch all the way through, part 2,3, and 4.)

Thankin the uploader, neil young, and if you have to, the bb(fuckin)c

Peace

[gotproof100]

omgosh this is like massey hall but some diff songs.. luv it

[cardwell]

Thanks so much for posting this. What a treasure!

[peopleforthepeace]

I love how he's just screaming in Old Man!!! AMAZING!!! and thats coming from a 16 year old! Neil is my HERO! I wish they would bring this kinda music back to the airwaves!! but since the lyrics actually have meaning... they probably wont because they only play are about scoring with chicks and money and being a ganster... retarded. I don't even consider that crap music! andyone can mumble to a beat!!! or scream to some shity assholes playing guitar!!!

[jeyesiebaby21]

I saw three seconds of the first bit, with the sound off. Out on the Weekend I thought. Sound on, I'm right. Well done me. Not really,its 'cos The Man gets into your soul and that will never ever go away. Now Old Man's playing..... Must go so I can drift away with the best ever songwriter to grace the Earth. Love you man.

[11xzxzxz]

These BBC Concert films of Neil are both acoustically and visually fantastic. And Neil's combination of humor and shyness are both welcome..

[TheRealCatnut]

Dam ... he's a Fu**ing genius!

[11xzxzxz]

And Graham Parker's first 3 records. And at one time Van Morrison before he got religiously bland.

[11xzxzxz]

Just got off the phone with Neil. Frankly I like mostly his '66 to '80 and only some of his more recent stuff (please no criticism from all of you far-out open-minded experimental lovers. His songs from 1980 on are sometimes great but too often not) No one even comes close in the number of great songs he has written. Next closest is John Lennon with the Beatles and early Elvis Costello before he went Cole porter in 1980.

[11xzxzxz]

I love Neil Young more than anybody. If only he's write back more than once a month (just kidding .. I wish). It is always amazing how he does some of his early performances as good or if not better than the record. To think when he was with Buffalo Springfield that he was scared of singing .. his voice is so heart-felt and amazing at times and one of his greatest weapons .. Never will be another like him.

[sergeantfan]

This is 39 years ago. I honestly cannot believe that.

[panovideo]

Greatest songwriter of the world along with Dylan and Cohen.

[85haromaster]

rad shit...thx4post

[samchilliden]

A great beautiful song....not so many musicians doing live and unplugged concert such a peaceful feeling....thanks for posting...

and thank you ...YOU TUBE

[85haromaster]

neil in his prime....this is rad shit !!!!! thx4posting

[dakotagoldhor]

Hey Eleonore Hendricks....this is for you... I miss you...you're Louise, I'm Thelma...can't wait to take a ride with you. xoxoo

[coijoi]

thanks 4 sharing BRO"

[RICK8044]

By far the best artist better I think than either Crosby , Nash or Stills. Though great talents in their own right.

[KarenHudson100]

Wow. So glad I found this. But, the buffering is a b*tch.

Thanks for posting.

[herbfletcher]

It looks like a Gibson

[Hematocheziawhiz]

@herbfletcher

its actually a martin

[indiansummermusic]

He has been an inspiration for me the past few months. He is an inspiration for many musicians. I'm an indie artist who is ready for a change in american music.

[unicornz55]

neil is god

[BrokenChair88]

So there is a God!

[celloprofundo]

I don't care what anyone says, Neil Young is the shit !..here he is at the heighth of his powers...hauntingly intimidating ; }

[jesuispamplemousse]

I love Neil Young.. being able to watch this so easily makes me appreciate technology. I can't see how Neil would be opposed to us enjoying his music.

He's living comfortably.

Sit back and enjoy the music, don't waste your life away, arguing in the YouTube comment area :)

It's fascinating how every video I watch has a huge argument going on below it, it serves as great entertainment, to see the grammatical errors and vast levels of ignorance.

Sometimes, you're so right, you're wrong.

[StukeSowle]

beautifully put.

[grifftrain]

@jesuispamplemousse Nice comment. The comment section can be pretty funny. It seems to bring out the worst in some people. I like the way this music has stood the test of time.

[headstock48]

@jesuispamplemousse You are so right about the arguing on Youtube. Thank you.

[yourdogsmusic]

@jesuispamplemousse You're talking about grammatical errors; yet you clearly comma-spliced, man. "It's fascinating how every video I watch has a huge argument going on below it, it serves as great entertainment, to see the grammatical errors and vast levels of ignorance." Sigh.

[icantmakemyownblood]

some days you just need some good ole hobo blues.

[kemicon]

Funny to see all the piracy talk on a Neil Young performance. Posting the whole four part series seems a little over the edge but I've got a feeling the people that will tune in probably own a crazy amount of Neil Young CDs, DVDs, Vinyl, MP3a, Learn to Play Acoustic guitar, Bobbleheads etc etc. Think of this as marketing if it makes you feel better.

[LawrenceF677]

i wasnt there god i hate my life for not being there WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[k0p0nen]

Hey guys. Can you just peace out here and do your arguying discussion somewhere else??

Oh God Neil was amazing in those times. And oh my gosh his still so amazing!

[joker80james]

neil young is the best!!!!!!!! love this concert

[razmanaz011]

man a complete concert...ON YOUTUBE im soo pumped right now

[589216001]

I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHH!!!

[chev202]

"lonely boy" was written for all the guys out there that are divorced, separated, or lonely & single. but the chicks today are all into (c)rap and hip hop glop. music has died but it is still on life support thanks to u tube. this round is for all the guys that are sick of it all. drink up

[RideMyBMW]

"chicks today are all into (c)rap and hip hop glop. music has died but it is still on life support thanks to u tube" - chev

Dude, agreed. But I sez when people stop stealing sh%$ off the net thats when things will turn around. There ain`t no money in music no mo, n smart people got to where the money is... :(

[589216001]

There no money in music any more? That is 100% wrong. Besides real musicians don't it for the money. It's the dumbed down populace and people like my brother who watch MTV like a brainwashed zombie. It's the publics fault for the lack of real music now a days. Rap and hip hop keep goin strong because people buy their CD's. Every time we purchase an album we are voting on what kind of music is going to be made.

[RideMyBMW]

"Every time we purchase an album we are voting on what kind of music is going to be made." - 5892

Thats what I fu%$in said you `tard. When people stop stealing sh%$ off the net thats when things will turn around. There ain`t no money in music no mo, n smart people got to where the money is...

[589216001]

sorry but our statements are completely different. I can see you know furrowing your brow in a vain attempt to understand...

[RideMyBMW]

"sorry but our statements are completely different" - 5892

Dunno WTF you`re tryin to say mo`tard, all I knowz NOBODY buys CDs no mo jackass...people fu$%in STEAL sh&%!!!

[chafa420am]

dude, just look at your username and shut up,besides, the people who do whatever money dictates aren't smart, they're just greedy consumers just wanting more and more, just like you and your BMW seller. Do us a favor, either turn arround or shoot your brains out trough your mouth, because the majority of people nowadays are just like you and because you're the majority our society is the way it is and i'm finding it difficult to come to terms that during my life time i'm not gonna be able to see

[RideMyBMW]

"dude, just look at your username and shut up,besides, the people who do whatever money dictates aren't smart" - chafa

When people stop stealing sh%$ off the net thats when things will turn around. There ain`t no money in music no mo, n smart people got to where the money is ie : Producers, A&R people, publicists, etc...

[chafa420am]

whatever dude, stealing shit from the web (an activity of which i'm proud to be part of) is the least of our problems, i guess you say that because you're in a band or something and you're in it really for the money and fame and your bullshity avarices seem frustated by the helpful skill of piracy. Well, tell you what, piracy is the filter we needed to get rid of the "artists" who just do it for the money. now they all are "musicians" so that they can become movie stars. Fuck you and them

[RideMyBMW]

"piracy is the filter we needed to get rid of the "artists" who just do it for the money" - Chafa

Fu%$tard!, do you have any idea how many professionals were behind acts like The Stones, The Beatles, Neil Young, etc ? For every "Beatles" that were signed back in the day, there were 30 bands like "the Monkeys". THAT WAS the filter you jackass! Producers, A&R professionals who had an "ear" for talent. People who knew a helluva lot more bout music than we do.Thats all gone now you moron!

[chafa420am]

real talent doesn't depend on ears who sing them, real talent depends on its self. The lack of talent in artist today isnt cause the people who sing them have a bad ear, the lack of talent in artists today is because of the whole money, fame, self interest and greedyness inmersed in the industry, the whole zeitgeist of our time is the reason. Piracy is just a consecuence, not a cause, if the people today had the same selflessness as artists in past decades they could be even better than they.

[RideMyBMW]

"i guess you say that because you're in a band or something and you're in it really for the money and fame" - chafa

Dude, I like quality music like what we`re hearing right now ...and Neil was as much a product of the "industry" as was

Olivia Newton -John. Thats all gone now...Thanks to thieves that steal sh&% off the inanet.

[giannis4]

piracy is the filter we needed to get rid of the "artists" who just do it for the money

DUDE that is the smartest most truthful and coolest thing Ive ever heard

[chafa420am]

well, thanks dude, it just seems logical to me. peace

[chafa420am]

a lot of things that i'm aking to see, like caring for one another for instance. Fuck money, it's just printed paper, is it that difficult to see? you're wasting your limited time in this earth gathering paper and to me that's really really stupid

[jonny3692]

If that were true the music must have been so much better before napster (1998).

Nuff said, bc we all know how much crap there was.

This "copying music on the internet kills good music" is a myth made by the richest of the rich,who now had to downgrade from Rolls to Bentley.

And ppl like Lars Ulrich said they were fighting for the little band..BS.

Never before have there been more succesful GOOD bands coming up than these days...

Before MTV and big labels dictated who made it and who didnt.

[RideMyBMW]

If that were true the music must have been so much better before napster

(1997). - jonny

Judge for yourself. We`re coming up on the 15th anniversary of file sharing. How many bands that came out around 2000 do you still listen to ? No too many...The music "industry" was there for a reason man. To provide an excellent "product". YES, product. Label executives, producers, engineers, managers, A&R, etc.

[jonny3692]

How many bands do listen to that came out in 1985?

That's no argument, i dont even get what point you're trying to make there.

The point is what already said:

If your previous argument were true the music would have been better before napster and it's not!

That's not even arguable is it?

[RideMyBMW]

How many bands do you listen to that came out in 1985? - jonny

Tons. Fu&%in tons. 80s, 70s, 60s music is sooo superior than all the post-Napster sh&%!

[allman21]

I agree. Minus the 80's. The 80's were worse than the music nowadays. 80's has to be the worst of all time for music.

[vonniedp]

eh chev202, there are a lotta girls out there who love neil and think that hip hop/pop is trash

[karl198]

He captures the feeling perfectly :'(

[emphaticleech]

@chev202 What? Music has not died, there's plenty of amazing stuff out there...you just have to get off your lazy ass and look for it. There's been crap in music since the dawn of time..there's no more today than there ever has been. And before you wallow in your own ignorance, not all rap and hip-hop is anything like what's popular on the radio right now.

[saosinic00]

@chev202 nicely said my friend.

[downrodeo2112]

@chev202 it's out on the weekend

[TruroCityBoy]

@chev202 I think the song is called "Out on the Weekend" from After the Goldrush......he was always giving the impression of a lonely man....but he was happily married to susan when he wrote this song....then she left him because he was always away and on the road.......and then he met and fell in love with carrie snodgrass immediately! Never without his maid this guy!

[7beergut]

@TruroCityBoy harvest not after the goldrush.Susan was history by then.

[7beergut]

@TruroCityBoy Get your facts straight before posting.Everithing you said is pretty much wrong.

[SKAuthenticDank]

@chev202 Jesus christ man. You fucking blew my mind.

Without Youtube, I dont want to live on this planet anymore.

[cesarvivas]

@chev202

you sound pretty bitter, guy. girls and women are out there. drink up, stop wallowing, and live it up.

[cesarvivas]

@chev202

"Out on the Weekend"

you sound pretty bitter, guy. music has changed, not died. relationships are hard, but girls and women are out there. drink up, stop wallowing, and live it up. good luck.

[Magn0liafan]

What a voice...

[dangib1978]

Absolute genius this was made 7 years before I was born but this blows me away

[idoru1]

i love the fact that he gets lost in the music and takes you with him!

[NotANumber1]

thank u for posting.

u can hear he means what he sings.

Something I miss inmost of todays music.

Neil, thank you for giving me this feeling, when I listen your songs.

This is education school can't give u kids.

[palfootfoot]

It hurts my heart how much I love Neil and his music; thanks for posting this - it brings back so many great memories...

[stsancho]

I freakin' love this version of Old man. I like it much better than the one on Harvest.

[Nicoslu]

wonderful

[allrequiredfields]

Bob Dylan makes no sense to me, but this makes so much.

[Powderfinger112]

Amazing!! Neil is my GOD!! Its hard to believe that there are people out there who think Neil cant sing..... dumbasses

[avidalocan]

When did this come out?

[bookkeeper57]

The show was recorded in 1971 in Massey Hall. Neil was about 25 years old.

[nubeguitar]

This is not the Massey Hall show... read the info on the video. Listen to the Massey Hall show.. it's definitely not the same.

[Cutchemist7879]

wow, old man is by far one of the best songs EVER. neil is the epitome of acoustic guitar talent.

[chev202]

some good ole hobo blues!

[mcnultyfrank]

lost for words

thank you so much for putting this up man

[sirmontisqueofseabag]

you are a legend for putting this up! thank you!

SUCH brilliant songwriting!

[cawder]

a brilliant songwriter

[123trexyz]

FUCKING AMAZING!!! thank you

[Poopaloo55]

ICONIC!!!!! You make Canada proud, Neil.

[Warburt0n]

Thank you so much for putting this up. Really, seriously, thank you. Thanks.

[aRaRaR187187187]

love neil young

if my older sis dident introduce me to his musi¢

id be stu¢K listening to "lil wayne" hahaha!!!!! :)

[pugs2300]

you sister is the shit...lol...you should defiantly thank her for introducing you to MUSIC...lol...

[thunderbayhawaiian]

anyone who knows music...knows neil....if you can HEAR neil...your at peace

[lampshadetattoo]

I don't see how music can get much better than this!

[icbaseball35]

what i would have done to be there

[chuck1990bb]

does anyone know what microphones they used in these videos. they used them in the old grey whistle test a lot in the early 70s. Are the telefunken or neumann?

[firipurangu]

Totally agree, just talking about songs like that, so new, and playing them so raw... just brilliant. God bless you Mr Canada!!!

[xREWx]

This is so heady.

Watching him introduce such an epic song like "Old Man" for the first time in front of an audience like this is incredible. They had no idea what he was about to drop on there unsuspecting ears.

[liamfaz84]

mtv inventing acousstic performances!? what the fuck?!

[tux56]

Sarcasm Son :)

[Nalinho]

NEIL!

[JeffreyJaguar]

This is great. Neil Young at his finest IMO. And that's a lot.

[bookkeeper57]

Give me things that won't get lost, like a coin that won't get tossed; rolling home to

you. Neil Young is a poet~

[rdw1970]

this is 1 of the finest peices of music I've ever seen. And to think it was years before MTVs unplugged series :)

[jazzbandball]

Yeah, I always thought MTV invented acoustical performances.

[lefty10185]

hilarious

[steelpeech]

where are you Neil, I forgot about that song, and would love to just give you a bite on the face, a primal nip...u know...look how time the goes past, rolling into your songs, old man, a cool old man I'm sure!!!!!!!! Look at your lip, I can tell it's true! You're always welcome in Jersey, by the lake, with the cool history, U've Always Been the best, the sliviest, great word right? I think so but we could have written the dictionary, LOVE YOU!

[BizMoney]

What the fuck are you even SAYing?

[yurwilakusdundur]

great performance