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  • cool song!

  • bruce palmer is the bass player and hell he plays. neil youngs car at the start was a a coffin car this is a tune and a half

  • the bass player standing with his back to the camera for the middle 8 along with Stills in a suit & tie along with a cowboy hat. Pretty strange,

  • were these lip-synched?? Or played to a backing track? How did they do the backing vocal tracks?

  • @papershack1 backing track recorded prior to the show as to prevent any fuckups, i been reading neils biography and apparently they did that often back in the day

  • Beyond groovy.

  • I wonder if Mick and Keith thought Neil was taking liberties with that "Satisfaction" riff. Just sayin..

  • @EnlightenedRogue Nearly a copy of the Stones.probably why i like this track

  • @ 0:35 moonwalk

  • @richmj67 actually Planet of the Apes stole Neil Young's haircut!

  • perfect song, perfect album

  • the 8th beatle?!

  • Nitro shaking good tune. Can't wait ka-boom.shake shake

  • "Is it strange I should change, I don't know

    Why don't you ask her?"

    Psychedelia comes to Middle America via a network TV variety show.

    This song always makes me think of the movie "Shampoo", since it was used in its soundtrack. The movie was made in 1974 but was set in 1968.

  • Cool as fuck!!

  • They all look like they are having the time of their lives!

  • @utwspfan Because they are, maaaaan! Haha.

  • "Classic"

  • elementary particles watt-sun top bottom strange charm up down

  • Foi a banda mais completa do mundo *-* e estranha tambem

  • One of Winnipegs best... Great musicians.

  • the drummer looks EXACTLY like the twin guys on antiques road show Exactly LOL

  • Damn. SO sideburns were in in the 60's, but got funny shpe-ups in the 70's! Wild times.

  • riff reminds me of the Satisfaction one every time. Or is it the other way around

  • 10 years on the road playin' one night stands, speedin' my young life away -

    Waylon Jennings

  • In the spring of 1967 , I stood about 5 feet from Neil Young as they played back up to the Seeds. "You're Pushin' Too Hard". At the Music Box in Lubbock, Texas.

  • loving the guitar riffs..now that Rock and Roll baby

  • Stephen Stills stole his hat from the cowboy dude in the neon sign at Glitter Gulch in Las Vegas.

  • What's the story with the backwards bassist in silhouette?

  • @Rawblah Their original bassist, Bruce Palmer, was famously shy.

  • @art2liv4 No kidding? Wild stuff, thanks! I heard Jeff Beck still has stage fright to this day.

  • @Rawblah Bruce Palmer had been arrested for marijuana at the time. It is actually the band's manager in silhouette.

  • @Rightsideup Aw, hm. The mgr. is playing the bass part then? Or is it a tracked vid? Feels live...

  • @Rawblah Definitely tracked. Notice no other mics other than the one Neil is singing into yet there is a harmony vocal going on. Not to mention the song fades out, no real stop. Definitely a cool tune, but not live.

  • @Rawblah thats Bruce Palmer on bass a Canadian here illegally, a warrant for his deportation outstanding, he couldnt show his face on tv...same on the For What Its Worth clip

  • @watcher9987 The clip shows their manager on bass, Palmer had been deported and would not return to the band until June 67.

  • almost as good as broken arrow!

  • I've been a huge fan of the Springfield for yrs & even I'm having a hard time telling if this is live or not. Almost sounds like neil is singing over pre-recorded music but I can't tell, this bugs me. Great clip though thanks for uploading

  • In 1967 I was 4 feet from that Red Gibson , Sky Saxon and The Seeds were the lead act act.

    They were pushing : "You're Pushing Too Hard". The Buffalo Springfield were pushing :

    "For What It's Worth ".

    Neil Young playing this red Gibson .

    He was wearing a dark blue World War tunic with white pipe pining , deer skin gloves jammed into the epileps. A silver belly calvary hat turned down .

  • @coloradobob1 Spring 1967 at Lubbock, Texas the venue was called the "Music Box".

  • @coloradobob1 Orange Gretsch, I think, Bob

  • ....If you want change....Ron Paul...2012.

  • I want all those guitars!

  • Now convinced at least most of the audio on this wasn't live, but pre-recorded, one way or another. Neil does bump the mic at :31 without a change in his sound at all; there's the clapping of Stills and Young, beginning at about :47 which can't be heard; they remove their hands from their guitars, yet music stays the same; the backing vocals are crystal clear with no mic on Furay and Stills -- if there had been a mic for them, we would have heard the clapping. Looks & sounds great, though!

  • @Jinpagee someone who pays attention to the details but still appreciates whats's happening.loved their first album, now days clancy can't even sing.i was a teenager when these guys came on the scene. never could have envisioned seeing this ever.

  • look at stills go.

  • Young Neil Young!!!! Great!!!

  • When the baby boomers came of age they expressed their dissatisfaction and desire for a better world though their music. Up until that point such things hadn't been done en masse. It's easy to sit and point the finger at he wrongs of the previous generation. But it really takes balls to stand up and try and change things for the better. That is why I applaud the Occupy Movement of today...there is hope...at least they got the message and are carrying the torch that was lit 40-50 years ago.

  • @Colin2155 I DON'T SEE WHERE THEY HAVE BALLS supporeted by politicians and most of the media. you say they are carrying the torch. how so?

  • @animascat Tell me you're over 55 years of age. Maybe not. Because if you were you'd know who The Silent Majority were (and continues to be), and you'd know what The War on Poverty was (and continues to be). This is the torch I'm talking about, with the same sense of purpose. The one percent dictating to the other 99 percent. More things change the more they remain the same. Unfair distribution of wealth & power, poor being shafted... What political and media support? The wealthy own the media.

  • @Colin2155 born 1950. lofty ideals are great. some people have it better than others. i'm not wealthy. don't have a lot of the really important things like relationships and family. lived long enough to know that, when it comes to the really important things , YOU GET WHAT YOU GIVE.to blame your woes on wealthier oR happier people like the misguided occupy wallstreet people has not accomplished anything.

  • @animascat That is a brilliant post, my friend. Like my Irish parents, your misfortune has given you a gift that most lack-wisdom.

  • He has got a planet of the apes haircut

  • @richmjr67 I see it the other way around: this footage is of 1967, Planet of the Apes was in the cinema in 1968 :D! Gr. Maurice. P.s. Love this song for years. Thanks for the upload!

  • @richmjr67 which he is somehow pulling off.

  • @richmjr67 That was "clean cut" for back then

  • @richmjr67 Watch it, human!

  • @colin2155: Way to generalize and show how myopic you are. There are plenty of people in this generation who have worked hard for what they have, and I'm proud to say I'm one of them. Go back in your hole.

  • Anyone who lived through this era like I did knows that the music of our generation carried with it the power to change society like no other force of its kind. This era saw more social change,more activism,more liberation,and more expression of the human spirit that any other time in recent memory. I'd like to see the so-called music artists of today try and try and do this now. Not going to happen, because this generation has been brainwashed and thinks the world owes them everything.

  • @Colin2155 And now your era, children of the greatest generation by the way, has so irrevocably fucked up the planet with greed, selfishness, poison, etc. that the 2-3 generations that follow you will spend the next century cleaning up the mess. But, hey, at least you left us with some good tunes.

  • @Colin2155 You are correct. Some of us tried to stop it, but no one would listen.

  • FUCKIN AWESOME

  • Bruce Palmer always was a weird dude

  • It's a somewhat standard chord change that's been used on a lot of songs. Just change the phrasing a little and you've got a new tune.

  • Wow!! Look at Neil Young!! Voice never changes though. Check out Prarie Wind on youtube.

  • Great tune sounds a lot like I can't get no satisfaction but that must be an coincidence...

  • B U F F A L O S P R I N G F I E L D - For What It's Worth 1967 original Tag ??

  • A live performance on the television show Hollywood Palace - Springfield's non-bass-playing road manager held a bass with his back to the camera while the band mimed to a prerecorded track.

  • cool song

  • It's not live.

  • Gallus... ; )

  • Good to see Neil Jamming with a band he looks somewhat happy in

  • i fucking love this song!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Damn Neil Young!!! I need a Time Machine!!!

  • Some road manager is playing faux-guitar with Neil at 1:10 in this live performance.

  • @11xzxzxz I might be wrong, but that's the bass player Bruce Palmer whose notorious drug problems may have had him sitting somewhat off camera...Maybe

  • @FreshFFFish Maybe, but he looks to a little thick for a skinny guy and I heard otherwise.. doesn't matter.

  • @11xzxzxz Jim Messina ?

  • @FreshFFFish Jim was committing suicide at this time.

  • @11xzxzxz ,,,Ha Ha don't tell him that, much less Loggins.

  • @FreshFFFish He was in the country illegally. Hence not wanting a big part in the vid. :-)

  • @SteveGad Then why did he go on the stage at all?

  • pick a year, band, performer, genre.....No TV clip I can think of is any better than this.

  • Oh have mercy...I was 17 when I first heard/saw this, back in '67, and the RUSH is just as good after all these heavy years...even without the Orange Sunshine...Far out...I can see colors.. LMWAO. a 60's 70's survivor.....Zap

  • Oh, Mr Wizard, grant me this wish and take me back to the days of my youth. 

  • I can't listen to this with out getting drunk and High,,,Gotta go, Bye !

  • I have this & bluebird +2 on a 7inch 45 vinyl EP

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  • Neil Young is now portrayed by Hank "Startrain" Luckett and His Lucketts, of Alvin and Austin, Texas

  • Actually this is an unreleased studio version of Mr Soul contained in the Buffalo Springfield box set.

  • Im not entirely convinced theyre playing live. However , they were such crack musicians I suppose they couldve played their guitars without really looking like they were.

  • thats a kick ass song. Great complimentary guitar and rocks hard

  • Neil young young as fuck!

  • moonwalk at 0:36 !

  • Definitely a backing track at the least . . . the harmony vocal is nice and clear, but none of the other band members, not even the shadowy bass player have a mic or mic stand evident.

    Note that Neil bumps the mic up at 0:30, but you hear neither noise nor a change in the vocal volume . . .

    . . . leading me to believe the entire performance, including lead vocal, was a lip synch.

  • @pianozach1 yeah good point. but the solo and gutairs are totally different than the album version.sounds really good tho

  • Neil borrowed (e.g. "borrowed tune" from Rolling Stones) and this is one of those borrow but it's so unique and wonderful. The borrower has bested the beast of burden guys.

  • @11xzxzxz haha what the heck are you talking about? your a beast of burden with that comment. someone borrowed your sentence sentence structuring and didnt return it.

  • @jesch1689 Someone borrowed your "sentence sentence " structure ? Nice critique buddy. You added a lot of wisdom to humanity today today today with your over-borrow reacharound runaround. Thanks for wasting my time. 

  • @11xzxzxz its ok i love you anyway.

  • @jesch1689 I love you more. I was harsh. Waste my time anytime. Good luck.

  • I am just glad I was a teen in the 70s and got to witness the decade firsthand. Great vid.

  • Just saw this on a BBC documentary about Neil Young - awesome stuff! :o)

  • I'm pretty sure the backing track was the version that was intended for the Again album, but somehow didn't make it and those sorta weak versions appeared on the mono and stereo versions. It's on the box set though...albeit in so-so quality because the master wasn't used for whatever reason. Neil probably "didn't feel like" going and getting it, most likely.

  • Neil Young was rockin' the side burns!

  • Anyone notice the riffs sound like a combo of Day Tripper and Satisfaction

    

  • @capitolemiproducer But it's better than both?

  • @capitolemiproducer yeah, it does

  • @capitolemiproducer and rebel rebel by bowie :D

  • @MoPower2112 yeah but Rebel came afterwards

  • @capitolemiproducer

    Day Tripper? Not at all. Satisfaction? Kind of. Its a very common riff, you can find thousands of songs with this same type of riff. 

  • @capitolemiproducer holy shit, you're right! :D

  • @capitolemiproducer

    And Jumping Jack Flash (came out a year later by Rolling Stines)

  • @capitolemiproducer very astute, rip of of stoneswho ripped off Jimmy Reed

  • @socrates1818 You may be right, but I'd argue Neil's lead playing is pretty darn original...... unless there's a Jimmy Reed song where he plays like he's having an epileptic seizure...

  • @capitolemiproducer In that day, everything was between a Hard Day's Trip and Satisfaction. ;-)

  • who cares it's TV at the time they look cool and the track is greatwhat a larf this is great!!

  • just watched this again, did they slow down the track & have them lip sync to it???? sounds just a tad slower than on the album????

  • the Springfield's problem is they were about 5 or 6 yrs ahead of their time, people weren't ready for this & the members were going in different directions but what a great band they were. I was the only 13 yr old girl at my school to have all their albums, & in 1987 that wasn't cool....but to me it was :)

  • Supposedly written for Mr. Soul Otis Redding!

  • Some beautiful guitars up there, I do know hat much!!

    Great post, thanks!!

  • Wow, look at the way Stills scoots around s easily. Looks great.

  • He could have been using a delay pedal

  • Feels so Good

  • wow, that's great footage. and I'm pretty sure the reason bassist bruce palmer is sitting in the dark with his back to the cameras was because he was in the U.S. illegally. I know he eventually got deported.

  • @epicmeade According to Jimmy McDonough, the band was without a bass player at this point - Palmer had already been deported. So the bass player is alleged to be the band's manager, pantomiming the bass line to a prerecorded track. Not sure I buy it - clearly Neil's vocals are live, and it doesn't look to me like the band is faking it. However, what's going on at :49? Neil and Stephen both stop playing guitars to clap their hands, and the sound changes not at all. Is that just Richie alone?

  • @kennesound Yeah, I see what you're talking about. it looks to me like they're miming to a prercorded version of the song (but not the released version) with neils vocal being the only thing done live. that was a fairly standard way of doing things back then (hell, even now), since it lessoned the possibility of mistakes and solved mixing problems. even the Beatles did that on the world broadcast of 'All You Need is Love'. only the vocals, bass and guitar solo were live.

  • @epicmeade Just to add to all that, live TV sound at the time wasn't very good and most bands preferred to lip-synch (for an example of bad 60s TV sound, see the Doors on Ed Sullivan). To complicate it, the musicians' union actually banned lip-synching (for supposedly putting musicians out of work). So vocals would be done live and an alternate mix would be used (note the differences in the guitar solo), or sometimes the band would pre-record a new version and fake to it, and it looked "live"!

  • Genius

  • Very beautiful!!!! Thanks!!!

  • thank you!

  • i love it!!!!

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