Mike Plays Old Man Neil Young

[reiectus]

In the months following a fairly nasty divorce almost a decade ago, I got the chance to see Neil Young with my father. Ironically, I was 24 at the time. This song will always hold special meaning to me...

[M0T0RID3R559]

sounded great

[alec12]

incredible!

[666graveyarddisciple]

nice! slow down lol. jus fukin i get it ur playin fast and thats skill,way to go brother neil young is the man!

[ygreciano]

Great job but you should slow down :P

[Wusty6969]

yeah man dont screw up the song because u wanna play it ur way thats a classic song

[cdparker662]

Great tune. To everyone bitching about the tempo or telling him to sing: clearly he did it his way. That's what a cover of a song is -- doing it your own way while paying homage to the original. If you wanted to hear the original, go listen to it. Mike did a great job and played with it a bit to get his own feel for it. Great cover. Not the original, but that's what a cover is, not the original.

[eddypfunk]

great version, i dont care if its too fast. you did it your way and its damn close to neil youngs version.

[visegripswarpaint]

Love your arrangement. You should post a lesson.

[Itsbeavis]

very good, just a little too speedy

[tontibearz]

to fast man. way to fast.

[jclaxon]

Neil would be proud. Nice way to put your own touch on a great song.

[LeeJB67]

Play it on 33 RPM not 45 dude, you are good but it sounds like 2 or 3 times too fast!

Nice clawhammer technique too.

[ReggaesRockers]

Totally wrong, can't believe this was featured.

[nraised]

keep dreamin dude

[bishophs]

your too fast -- you can't sing it -- you suck

[xfootballdood11]

pretty good just slow it down

[bakkefrank]

pay no attention to these swine!

[achemie]

too fast bro, but apart from that nice :)

[dbmam3]

I gave you 1 star, if I could give you 0 without not contributing to the rating, I would. I don't know why this video's "FEATURED" but it shouldn't be. If any cover of this song should be featured, it sure as hell shouldn't be this one- it should be one of the many others by people who follow the rhythm and chord progressions of the song. IDK who "MIKE" is, but he clearly can't grasp the mood of the song, why would you want to play it so fast? It's usually beginners who cant control their tempo.

[Rafem]

This is featured!? Awesome, thanks so much for letting me know!

[3213422700]

@Rafem no shit shurlock

[naturalone2]

sounds good, but slow it down abit and sing.

[underhill17]

ya man sounds good but chill on it a bit

[Mukilteoman]

Put down the Jug..Old man is a story of an Old Man Neil bought a ranch from..with a slow mode...sipp on the tune..don't slam it.....lmao

[Dubdriver26]

play it the way you feel like to each his own for interpretation!

[shamoo3500]

Take it easy dude.

[swejkcuf]

man you play 10 times to fast, you don't play the intro right and i have no idea why you would thing that you know better chords for th chorus than neil himself. He chose the chords for a reason. You are a really good player but this is a shitty cover.

[kamcbk3]

good, u just need a metedrome

[maxrieser]

slow the fuck down speedy youngalez

[smoke117]

If you really want to get the Neil Young sound on this song you have to "cup" your pick...that's how he gets that "thick" sound...

[adup1fc]

Nice job man.

[scrumblescump]

just snorting my line of speed now...

[patrickmazzone]

just a hair fast, otherwise great job!!

[Bubblez20008]

Its a little fast, but still amazing nonetheless

[achimreinhardt]

Sehr Gut Gemacht.

Gruß Achim

[missypatt8111]

Very good! Love this song.. great job!

[jetmanjack]

where do you take lessons cus i just loooooooove neal yong man and this song is just ahhhhh i love it

[translationwiz]

Excelente Papa........

[littlepacha]

mike plays it well

[jph6696]

Perfect but why so fast?

[Canteloup1]

yeeap! really good man!

[supjimmy22]

dont listen 2 none of these guys.that was perfect.(bravo)

[armadafan]

good player...................bad bad video.

[neufguy]

awesome

[DrSpas]

a little fast but REALLY good.

you can get that slap effect by slapping the guitar. instead of just strummiong down on that beat, strum down and in so you hit the box too

[JBgrizzlyking]

how to do that slam effect. the very beginning intro.. i cant get get a good rhythm. seriously bro plz get back to me.

[Pan3405]

a little bit too much slam effect on the body!

[SoilentGr33n]

That's the mic picking it up because it's close

[whistler147]

Very nice. I like the uptempo. Makes it sound a little less of a "sad bastard song" (quoting Dave Mathews.)

Nice cover and it helped me to figure out the last parts of the song. Thanks man.

[markbhoward]

holy shit, Dave Mathews can't carry Neil's guitar pick, lets go with the 'sad bastard song' approach

[nickfromCO]

LOL Dave Matthews isn't even on the same universe as Neil Young so lets not quote his nonsense on a NEIL YOUNG cover.

[jph6696]

i seen neil young five times. I love dave as well DO u know Neil likes Dave Matthews, They are on the same Universe indeed!  Just hard to compare

[Nunsweepit421]

Yea...slooooooooooooooooow down!

[joeltallica]

very good.....a lil bit off tempo but w.e i love it :)

[fernandostanlei]

me gusto

[14mckphi]

NIGGA SLOW THE FUCK DOWN!! LMAO

[titanium53]

Good, need to be slowed down. Shame you don't have a head :(.

[luisdagreat1]

great cover man

[JackerFist]

i think it should be SLOWED THE FUCK DOWN. because if neil young were to see this video he would bitch slap funkysmurf suckafuck or whatever in the face :D

[Fade9150]

Why slow it down its fine, hes jamming it out and playing with the chords.

[richiemaryport77]

good but slow it down

[funkysmurf12345]

yeah who the FUCK are you to tell him to slow it down

[nat00ben06]

Ok so it's sounds like Old Man and you have your own arraignment, but it is sped up way to fast I'm not putting down your playing, just saying that when tempos are changed it loses alot in the feel of the song, meaning try singing to that and see what you come up with.

[PjKabz17]

this suxx cuz its sped up like a mentally challenged kid

[stairwy2heven]

nice

[sproggino]

That was damn good.

And to others: Easy on the sanctimony. Its his own arrangement, no need to stomp your feet around because it doesn't sound like Niel Young. Harvest was an album... an overrated one at that... not hippie scripture. So why are we flipping fucking lids like a tempo change is blasphemy?

[IGotASnakeMang]

Out of EVERYONE I've heard do this cover on youtube yours sounds the best. No one has even come close to doing the intro as good as you. Also, the way the you play it right before the chorus is awesome! Anyone who bashes you is just jealous their not as good. Keep up the good work!!! Oh, and I give you a 10 out of 10.

[snafuedem]

Dont listen to these idiots. Your obviously having a good time playing it this way. Hes not niel young people. Its his version just be happy he took the time to record and share it with you. If you dont like it dont watch it

[jeminiany222]

way to fast, wrong chords, not even how the song goes

[kpukahole]

very impressively well done....

[vasquero616]

you emulate this song very well. original sound for a cover. i give it a 1 out of 10.

[PandawooT]

how people interpret songs are completely up to them. i don't wanna be starting no crap, but we all weren't born neil young for a reason.

good job mike!

[mdotremix]

seriously dude this isnt a punk song. u got skills but i cant get into this new techno style sped up style of music. goddamn generation Y..... fucking up all the original hits

[585jzz]

so wat if its sped up. i play but not that good, awsome playin,dont like the speed but every note was hit.

[Medinafr]

dude u ruining the song, slow down abit and sing for fuck sakes, neils live version is a peice of art

[gtarz38]

need to slow it way down dude .waiting for the chimpmunks to start singing

[pmari1012]

Very good. Camera was a little fuzzy. I would have liked to see it clearly as I'm learning the song myself.

[JimiHenbricks]

You're a very good guitarist but come on man SING ALREADY

[windalooman]

omg,good job dude..:)

[meltdownman1]

Definitely a different take on the way Neil plays. I really like it. Do you think you could TAB it for us? It would be greatly appreciated. The Meltdownman

[kellaway]

Wow dude this is a great song and you covered it so awesome! Im gunna try to learn this song. But my Acoustic guitar only has 3 strings so i guess ill try it on my electric =P.

- Kellaway

[lolufuckinjoke]

slow the fuck down - but fuckin sick

[crimminall]

I'm your biggest fan. Hi from croatia. Awesome.

[Urkel2762]

mate could you PLEASE tab this???

[johnnybermo]

that's impressive!! Best I've seen yet! By the way, are you using a pick?

[Hadjihaa]

Great man!

But i think u should try to sing it aswell

It would be even more great :D

[Tellmewho04]

very very nice

[tomtetummetott]

faster faster faster :Dbut its still good

[blackdog2403]

you kick ass man! this is "how to play acoustic guitar". just a little fast but it's ok

[james021179]

That's a nice sounding guitar. What make and model is it?

Well played.

[pointq]

holy freakin crap man

[Ximius]

Holy beans! That's easily the best cover I've seen.

[NickG]

amazing

[maxplateau]

Just Great !:)

[Trickofdisaster]

Thanks max!

[ginneinge]

perfect intro, I like it very much

[DocVader]

meh.

[KrazyLegz39]

thats unbelievable.. one of my fav songs, i def. got to practice more to get it as dead on as you.

[ChillStrummin]

Sorry just too fast for me, and its not exactly how he plays it but your rendition still sounds good just too fast

[Ximius]

I agree.

[armandalegitcost]

Top notch old man.

[phunghai]

awesome !!!!

[saga111luna]

i love this song it's so sweet.

[mmark123]

damn u good bastard. awesome playing

[Trickofdisaster]

thanks Echo!

[echoeverlasting]

aww, I love this song, you're good man *thumbs up*

[creativefisher]

Beautiful, that's one of my favorite songs, well done. :)

[Trickofdisaster]

Thanks Creative Fisher!

[Trickofdisaster]

Ha! Practice makes perfect!

[MrsPeacock]

wow! i wish i was that good.

[Trickofdisaster]

Thanks Evanescene!

[evanescence4]

AWESOME !!!!

[CHASEoBASE]

excellent

[Trickofdisaster]

Thanks!