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  • as a true Neil Young fan I have to say this: Jewel nailed it. 

  • Two words: ICONIC TALENT

  • SAW jEWEL WHEN SHE WAS SMALL WITH HER GRANDPA AT ALICE'S CHAMPAIN PALACE IN HOMER, ALASKA...WHAT TALENT!

  • I don't know why people are bashing this so much. I'm not a huge Jewel fan, but she totally did a decent job with this. At least she really plays, doesn't use autotune and has some kind of musical concept and style, unlike 99% of the rest of the computer generated music that's played on the radio.

  • I'd hit that so hard a mushroom cloud would rise from her quim.

  • butchered. don't think this song is meant to be played for ones own benefits. unless your not humble, and scared of humility, this song wont be played good.

  • Jewel's rack was so awesome it made me forget about her snaggle tooth.

  • with all due respect... NOT as good as the original

  • @4ctionBastard HMM MAYBE BECAUSE ITS NOT THE ORIGINAL DUR DUR DUR FUKIN RETARD LOL

  • I love this song. It's simple yet incredibly powerful. I'd love to see it on an album

  • im not a fan of her version but shes still talented and i have very much respect for her

  • I think it's a great homage to a great song. She's got a lot of soul & she can play. Another great song by her is " Who's gonna save your soul ". Check it out.

  • sure why not... plus she is stacked and that aint bad.

  • Give it a break. I've heard Neil do it worse. The girl can play it for me anytime!

  • Who cares if the chords are note for note? She's paying homage to Neil Young, the greatest abstract musician this world has ever known. Be free.

  • sheesh, get the picking intro right, then the chords are wrong too, lol the first verse words she fks up, \then she replaces the words into the thrid verse...lol, ok ok I cant listen to the rest, if you like this....version, you are very easily pleased or somehow attahed to her, you will be amazed at the original...this is a 2 out of 10...and i like her, but why does every classic she does sound like sh(*&^t ref sweet home alabama....et al...

  • beautiful voice and great performance even if I still prefer the original

  • You might not like it, but at least she has enough skill to actually play an instrument.

  • Prefer neil's version...

    But i'll date her...

  • "I've never done this actually before, it's my first time.."

    That is what she said when she sucked my dick.

  • @Midnightrambler3760 "...with one so small."

    You forgot the rest of the statement there.

  • @CthulhuForCocoaPuffs Are you projecting?

  • Good Job Jewel.. Neil is a God and you paid him respect

  • Love this song, it is a hard song to play, beautiful done!!

  • it's hard to touch neil... she respected his art and paid a tribute to it.... i didnt like it because im a neil fan and it's hard for anyone else to come near that...but she did it well and with her own twist.

  • The damage is done to families as well the addict. It's a family disease. Seems like everyone knows someone. STOP THE MADNESS!!

  • @GDS4VR the cycle will continue. there is no stopping it.

  • @nutsack666 "Somebody said it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied-That maybe it couldn't, but he would be one THAT WOULDN'T SAY SO TILL HE TRIED!!!" It will be stopped one day, but where will you be standing when it happens?

  • At first I thought I loved Jewel. Then I realized she is very skillfully playing the part of the girl one might love. Then it was all over.

  • Hmmm she's not bad, but her voice is very country-like. Doesn't feel suited for this song, sadly. Because I'm sure she's a great singer.

  • @MvrLiesbet .....yeah, because Neil Young never did anything remotely country. Nope.

  • @redredshoes Oh no I never said it didn't fit Neil Young's style or anything. Just doesn't suit this song in my opinion. Just because Neil did country doesn't mean that every country-voice fits his songs.

  • OMG That is awesomw

  • I much prefer the original. Her voice is...eh, not my thing. But strong, she's certainly good. Much better than me.

  • Can't say I'm a fan of everything she's done but I can't understand the disapprovers here...take a second listen to her guitar work while she's singing...She nails the guitar and presents it in her own style. Isn't that what being an artist is? I dug the riff at the end. The girl can play

  • Be nice to pound her pretty bonde ass.

  • Ladies always need capos.

  • @derflotr because their voices are naturally higher omg ???

  • @Lauren42321 its not about how high her voices goes/is, its about the 'pain' and 'darkness' that a lower voice brings(in most cases), the way she sings the song, its like she actually enjoys it (im sure she doesn't) or atleast hasn't been hurt by the topic of the song. Whilst neil youngs version creates an aura of sadness, regret and despair. Im sure her voice could create that presence within the music, but it just doesn't in this version in my opinion.

  • I'm not sure what some of you yea-who?s are 'hearing,' but her rendition of this amazing tune was dead on..well the fuck done Miss Jewel ♪

  • if she was so bad, why dont you people give it a shot !

  • Doesn't do it justice at all

  • Haha I love the two contradicting top comments.

  • no way she should be doing this song

  • She has a beautiful voice, obviously worships Neil, and she was very humble I have a feeling he probably likes this version.

  • I thought she did this pretty good.I feel that she DEFINITELY could have done it much better. No reason she can't drag out those words more like Neil did.She could definitely do it,she has the lungs and pipes.

  • @ed170rg she probably just did it the way her soul felt like doing it.

  • No soul in this. She obviously has no idea whatsoever. lamest take ever recorded

  • Nissan & Jewel always brings us the best in music! God bless Amerika

  • Anyone who covers Neil Young is GOOD in my Book ;-)

  • what is this shit?

  • I hope you are joking. If not, you need to get a refund for every guitar lesson you ever took.

  • Lol she forgot some of the lyrics. And didn't even know the beat. this is like, a high schooler learning the chords and reading the lyrics then trying to sing it without ever hearing the original

  • awful

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  • she just destroyed the song....

  • I wanna go camping with her....and let her sing around the campfire!!

  • I can respect that others like Jewel and this version, but man, this song just kills me. I honestly thought, in my opinion, she was butchering the song with her 'over-the-top' inflictions and everything.

  • Love this song...... Loved when she sang it on the Howard Stern show! Jewel .... U are fabulous!

  • she recorded most of her first album on Neil Young's ranch. So whether she hits every note or not I think there is some mutual respect there.

  • I don't understand what everyone's problem is...I think it sounds fine.

  • I don't think this is a song anyone should try to cover. Leave it be. Sorry Jewel but stick to your originals hunny.

  • I heard her sing this on Stern and I think a lot of people have a massive minconception about her. as far as laughable goes, really? did you laugh? I hear worse every time i'm an a local drinking establishment or switch the tv on.

    Is it Neil Young? no. Did you expect it to be?

  • I've seen the jewel cover of neil young and the damage done.

  • OMG you are so beautiful and you did a wonderful job playing a classic Neil Young song. Kudos to Jewel. BTW I am a diehard Neil fan so good job.

  • why dont some of you make a video then , if you dont like it !

  • beautifull cover of neil young!!!

    and she looks bether:-)

  • She is trying so hard, but you can tell she just dosen't "feel" this song...She hasen't lived through this, she dosen't know....Bet she dosen't even know what milk blood means..

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  • @Drspeedwayboogie I'm not a Jewel fan but anyone who remembers when she first made it big heard the stories. She came up in some rough times and lived through some bad situations. I'm gonna guess she knows more about the pain and destruction caused by drugs than most.

  • @superthunderbombhead First off, there is a reason they're called stories.....They are probably not true...Also, her music dosen't reflect anything like that, so that just reinforces my opinion. One more thing, she's using a capo to play this song, I don't need a capo to play this song....What a bum!!!!! Thanks for the comment though..

  • wonderfull, is a personal interpretation no an imitation,there is her soul inside!

  • this is bad.

  • She's hot but....this is bad!!!

    Neil is much better!!

  • Haters hate thats all...just troll, far from "laughable", it's an homage to a great songwriter..in HER style...it is what it is - you aint gotta like it, but to throw hate is wrong....just move on.

  • she can play guitar, she can sing. But this song doesn't fit for you girl...

  • Jewel doesn't do this song any justice. Her performance is laughable. 

  • Why does it sound like she's trying to seduce someone when she's singing this. The needle and the damage done is the worse song to seduce someone to!!

  • Sorry Jewel but you ain`t cuttin` it on this one. "soft and belt" singing don`t work real good on folk songs. But I do gotta admit when you did this you were obviously trying to get attention as that is the most revealing I ever seen you dress.

  • meh

  • she sounds like a skank

  • She probably doesnt even know anything about these lyrics..

  • @Topnotch1083 do you know anything about her? I'm not even a fan but I know her father made her play in sleazy bars from like the age of 12... and seen it all at a young age.. just putting it out there.. she came from nothing..

  • I love Jewell. I think she's hugely talented!! But no one but Neil Young does this song justice, IMO.

  • FAIL

    

  • @Kallun13 Agreed, she is from bum fuck alaska, I doubt she has ever seen a needle, let alone known someone taken by drug addiction. Oh, and her cover sucks.

  • epic fail

  • HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA (snort.... mmmm HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    

  • she fucked this up BAD!!! someone tell her to shut the hell up, this is horrible!

  • Well I see Alcohol and poor judgement are alive and well on the one

  • Ugh, a shot and a miss : /

  • It's not jewel in the rough... its diamond in the rough... and this shit sucks!

  • wtf?..she fxcked this 1 up

  • 2:17 shes a flamingo lol

  • Neil Young is definitively better, but Jewel did not ruin the song. This is a nice take on the song and a good cover. Nevertheless, Neil Young is one of the greatest artists of all time.

  • Jewel plz just stop making noise

  • girl can sing, but she kinda missed the mark on this one.

  • I like the lady but this is a butcher job.

    Almost as bad as Cyndy Lauper destroying Marvin's Gaye "What's Going On"

  • Sucks.

  • you uneducated pathetic untalented fools who don"t realize that she is paying tribute to a great artist and a great song should just shut the fuck up

  • sounds like a fucking dead rabbit

  • way to fuck up an incredible song by thee most amazing artists of all time...stick to saving your soul jewel...

  • sOME OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MUSICIANS OF ALL TIME RECORDED OTHER PEOPLES SONGS AND MADE THEN BIGGER THAN THE ORIGINAL!! LIKE ELVIS JOE COCKER AND JIMI HENDRIX!!!! IF I SPELLED JIMI'S LAST NAME WRONG SORRRYYYY!!!!!

  • She has nice tits.

  • get bent all of of you so called critics she captures this song brilliantly

  • If you didn't know this was written and recorded by Neil Young, and hadn't heard it before, think about how you would react to it.

  • fucking horrible. she took a beautiful song and ruined it

  • Now I know she is no Neil Young, but her representation or version was quit good. She sung it with feeling and meaning and i'm sure the unintended feel as if a junkie themselves was singing it and could relate to the meaning of the song. I give this a thumbs up. You go girl!!

  • very weak

  • Does she even know this song is not about a boy coming over, but a junkie?

  • weak. she has no clue.

  • For all those who didn't like it: let's see Neil cover some of Jewel's songs. I'm sure the cover won't be to the specification of Jewel fans but we won't through shit insults at him for his interpretation :)

  • I am sorry and I don't have words to describe... What's it like in the can? Love you. Let's drop it. Call me.

  • Wow. Cool song. I've got no clue what it's about (other than my headless friends and their medicine cabinet) but it just sounds so cooooool! aahhhhh Technical clueless... My love is a freeway...

  • This sucks, Reinforcing my belief that Jewel literally sucks, and figuratively.

  • I thought this was terrific...you don't have anything better to do but be nasty and negative?

  • good god that is some shit! How can anyone mistreat such a great Young song in this disgusting fashion?

  • Nice rendition. Doesn't try & copy Neil, but at the same time retains the feel of the word's meaning. Perfect command of the guitar. Nice sound from the Taylor.

  • Neil Yound sould be allowed to repeatedly stab this dumb bitch with a fuckin needle. she cant even play the damn guitar!! a mockery of this classic !!.

  • I mean, she's the pure opposite of Neil. Her voice is too bluesy, she's fingerpicking on a piece of shit Taylor that needs to be thrown off a 30 story building. I hope her career fails dreadfully.

  • its not so bad, cmon

  • hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaah­ahahahahah

    i actually cant stop laughing...

  • wtf is this crap? XD

  • this makes me laugh really hard. She's trying so hard. This is a folk song, you don't belt it.

  • lets see you do it fuck boy?!

  • @CastAThinShadow This isn't folk... Neil Young, and this style was hippie rock, NOT FOLK.

  • god if your going to cover a great song at try to sing it a bit like it was written. reminds me of singers trying to rewrite the national anthem

  • ... This girl doesn't seem to understand what she's singing. Parts of this are good but she fucked it up overall.

  • HEY RIGHTOUS-A-HOLE SHUT THE F-UP. NOT YOUR WHOLE ASS.....but your ass--hole!

  • HEY RIGHTOUS-A-HOLE SHUT THE F-UP. NOT YOUR WHOLE ASS.....but your asshole!

  • I pressed the dislike button right when she started singing.

  • @Burgerphile That was funny. I thought the same thing. She sings like Minnie Mouse.

  • should be called jewel - "attempt" at needle and the damage done

  • I like Young's Damage Done, and I like Jewel as well. But, they don't go well together.

  • Ouch!!! This Is Horrible!!!

  • I'm glad Neil Young is still alive or he'd be rolling over in his grave.

  • @noahstfuboi lmao do you go to every neil young video to spew your malarkey? most angry person on the internet or what lol

  • what the fuck was she thinking, that she could cover this???? theres a meaning to this song that i believe, only few should play, the lyrics are too strong to just easily be played by some "Jewel".... YUCK. it feels like theres resinatied irritation after watching this video...

  • @xXBlinDXx12 I agree. This is a deep soul searching song. Trying to be sexy just ruins the meaning. I hope she apologized to Neil Young at some point.

  • BLASPHEMY

    

  • This is almost as inappropriate as Celine Dion covering AC/DC. Not quite, but almost.

  • I respect her for doing this. It is obviously a stretch from the regular pop shit that she does. She isn't Neil Young. That's like comparing apples and oranges. Something you people also fail to understand is that this is Jewel's INTERPRETATION of the song. It doesn't mean that she has to get up there and do her best Neil Young impersonation. This is how she understands the song and reflects it in her performance. So, please, give the girl a break.

  • Stick to baking cupcakes bunny. A song like this is out of your league.

  • How do you even compare jewel to neil young?I am honestly confused

  • on another note, this is a really easy song to learn on the guitar roo

  • wow leave it to the professionals dear

  • YUCCHHH

  • God you guys are rude. She doesnt compare to neil young, yes. but my god, lighten up.

  • oh my good god. 'never done this before', I wouldn't bother doing it again either love. 'OOh look at me...doing songs about herion cos I'm so edgy and down with drug culture' DO ME A FUCKIN FAVOUR you plastic fuckin bint. Neil young would spin in his fuckin grave like a washer on spin cycle....if he was dead. I'd like to 'miiilk' your fuckin blood. Go an do Alanis Morriset (dont care if ive spelt it right) covers or somethin, you're at about the same level, annoyance wise.

  • BETTER THAN THE SHITY ORIGINAL

  • I hate it when she says, "Miiiiillkk.... Blood" and when she sucks at guitar. And at every other part.

    She gets all confident when she sings but her voice is not honest like Neil's.

  • why dont more people dislike this?

    

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  • Jewel, shoot heroin for 10 years and then come back and cover the song. This is awful.

  • @corkkyle this cover blows but niel young wasnt a junkie. And shooting herion for ten years wont help i shot dope for 12 and couldnt come close

  • sounds like shit.... stick to what you do best ....suckin' dick and singin' your own music...

  • some one shoot the bitch please! D:

  • what an INSULTING cover

  • I hope Neil got a nice blow job for letting this cooz riun his song, I hate it when white, blonde haired twits try to sing like soul sisters,.

  • @RighteousBigot4u  youre just jealous

  • @RighteousBigot4u You understand that Neil is white and from Canada right jackass?

  • @RighteousBigot4u I hate it when white's talk like niggers.

  • @RighteousBigot4u I hate it when white's talk like niggers. 

  • @RighteousBigot4u You aint right

  • Don't kill the song. This is not for u

  • She sure is a butiful gal. That's one Blessed Cowboy she's with.

  • She's too sweet t sing this song... does not compute...

  • @driverafranqui

    I totally agreed.... wow, she has some probs to play the guitar ....

  • I really want to erase this from my head. I never really liked Jewel in the first place, a few songs of hers I liked, but this is just a disgrace to Neil Young and it's stuck in my head!

  • I think her voice was too much 'listen to me I can sing' and it drowned the song out for me. It is difficult to cover early NY songs though because Neil's take is nearly always perfect. Her guitar playing was good though and I loved her leg work and definately wouldn't kick her out of bed.