Neil Young - Expecting To Fly

[RustedTelevisione]

Wow!

[FuckngBastard]

There be retards!

[TumbaTyson]

Neil Young is like seltzer- the older I get, thr more I appreciate.

"when you;r old enough to repaint, but young enough to sell." No 16 y.o. on earth understancds what this means, but it's a great and sad day when you do.

[francoisdewitte]

Exeptional piece of music. Too bad most people are corporate slaves with steril emotions, lacking any feeling for the most wonderful pieces of music from the fifties till the seventies. By not understanding this music it feels like they're missing out on a big part of... well, beauty.

[vampyros1]

Ah ... he cut the end off, my favorite part. Artistic license I guess. I've always got the Springfield version.

[lightlyone]

damn... one of the best! eternal music

[foamulator]

This wonderful song was playing , when I met the love of my life, 35 years ago....

It's ours.

[bornfreesix]

eternal song.. no words to describe how beauitful is this song.

[Kershekm]

Utter beautiful soul.

[celloprofundo]

Neil, often imitated, never duplicated ; )... Neil did this first with Buffalo Springfield, check it out..

[TheMaceymacreary]

this song was only written once. no others like it, though some come close. it was a different time and a different neil.

[danocable]

Or listen to blue jonie mitchell that will grab you.

[danocable]

yeah you got gram parsons the band bob dylan,especially his new stuff its not dark yet,you got rocky ericksson the thirtienth elevators yeah i understand dont forget ode to billy joe or earl scrubs.yeah. Check out john hiatt littlie village or kick lowe rockpile so it goes.

[123alexirving]

Your not alone PigsofDarkness, I was born the same year and am in the same boat. I just hope maybe we aren't past the point of no return.

[sam5204]

beautiful song...beautiful song

[tjmcanu1]

Right on James Petit...Right ON!

[strumbum69]

Man you are an "Old Soul" Can't hear this kind of music in this place now not just because of what happened to the record business commercially, but who we are as a people....The Baby Boomers (my generation) came into it's own at a time of great upheaval...In particular there are 3 geniuses who brought the depth and beauty of melody and harmony like no one before or since: Brian Wilson, Paul McCartney and Neil Young...If those 3 guys were of this generation it would not be the same! Capiche?

[noidentificationable]

@strumbum69 and bob dylan??? john lennon??? roger waters??? (ecc...)

[jamespetit1]

Hell no 89pigsofdarkness, there are a few of us around still. Pathetic what Lady Gaga or Clay Aikens makes next to this. This music is gone now, as is respect, manners, and giving a shit about things other than money...

[fatalfflaw]

I friggin LOVE Uncle Neil, but he made a few errors, shifted to the major too soon about 3/4 the way through, and the original ends ' if I ever lived without you , now you know I'd die, if I ever said I love you , now you know I tried'....but WTF, it's HIS song and he can sing it like he wants!

[JTJMOMEDTEK]

I was just on youtube because I felt like hearing Neil Young singing "Expecting to Fly" figures I'd find him doing something cool like this.

[jimfckinmorrison]

Beautiful.

I dig the beard.

[pbesmer]

AS great as it is received, this song is underated

[pbesmer]

AS great as it is received, this song underated

[Powderfinger07]

so prolific

[11xzxzxz]

This is one of the top 20 haunting and beautiful songs in rock and I thank Smokies76 for bring this to us.

[arusky2001]

The hours I spent.. earphones on.. back in 68-69.. listening to this "anthem" What a privlege to see Mr Young do this solo so many years later.. chills

[MrBlackmambo]

What a great recording of a great song!! Thank you so much for adding this vid.!!

[megapodcast]

Hey '89 all you can do is support the musicians you love to listen too, and hope the industry gets a clue.

[89Pigsofdarkness]

we re trapped in a strange world. i cant find any new artist new song that is 1% close to this one emotionally musically and as lyrics. can anyone help me or am I just a person living in the past even if i was born in 89. im 20 and i would give all my life to be able to go back to 60s. am I weird? or people just become robots?

[rabbitspliff]

at least music doesn't die. we can still pick up an old record and put it on, and blissfully ignore the shit gettin kicked out these days. i've seen quite alot of younger people (including myself, 17) who are into older music, hopefully one day some of us will find our bearings and start writing some good music again, even if the "music industry" shuns it.

[leavingjupiter]

@89Pigsofdarkness

Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated.

[Mcgweeezy]

@89Pigsofdarkness idk man, things changed fersher, im 17 and i hate all this new generation pop bullshit, ill bring it back to the 60 whenever i need inspiration.

[Powderfinger07]

@89Pigsofdarkness

I think if there was an artist out there that can come close to this they would have to be totally disconnected from this world and the technology. Think about it, everything moved at a much slower pace then to where you could fully absorb inspiration when it hit you without the constant distractions.

[fishhedz]

@89Pigsofdarkness

I'm afraid that they have.

[johnedsel]

@89Pigsofdarkness

Civilization peaked in the 60s. That's why nothing other era in history has been as good since. Look, mate if I ever invent a time machine, that's the first place I'd go and happily live out the rest of eternity there...and you're invited. But be mindful; as Hunter S. Thompson said "Buy the ticket, take the ride."

[killthepast333]

@89Pigsofdarkness There has always been and will be good soulful music. In the sixties that music became widely excepted and reached a lot more people. It is out there today but you have to look for it hard. You're right, most people have become robots but we can still experience the freedom of the 60s. We all have to band together and form communities in which we live for these ideals. I am also 20 and I hope in this lifetime you find peace, solidarity, and good music.

[SirMontyBagger]

@89Pigsofdarkness

Blame the record labels my friend, they're going with the money, that's why all popuar music sounds exactly the same these days. Hell even here on Youtube you'll find many great original songwriters.

Nobody is interested until they're publicised, until they are in the spotlight, and the only ones with the power to give that are the labels.However music moves in cycles, all that's needed is a catalyst and the taste will change again, at least I hope so.

[noidentificationable]

@89Pigsofdarkness try checking out damon rice, he's new but he knows his shit, maybe you like him

obviously he's not neil young :)

[neobob187]

@89Pigsofdarkness Thom Yorke, who has said he is heavily influenced by Neil Young, puts out ite a bit of emotion in his music.

[dajesusblues]

@89Pigsofdarkness You ain't strange dude...it's the world that's all fucked up. You know what? It's a good thing that more and more of us are fed up with all the bullshit that is heaped upon on. It's only a matter of time that the ones that control the entertainment world will come crashing down under the weight of their own bullshit. Keep on keeping on dude. Peace.

[JarodSaysFuckYou]

@89Pigsofdarkness there's alot of good music. BUT it's really not easy to find. you arent going to find it on the radio or the fucking tv. do yourself a favor and through both of those out right now, hop on your computer and read some music blogs, try and fail ur way through it till you find something worthwhile.

wintersleep, try them on

[Scoob505]

@89Pigsofdarkness I am the exact same, in face I had to check the username to see if I had commented this instead. I was born in 89 as well, and my music taste is trapped mainly in the 60's. I get alienated but I don't give a shit, I think people respect me for thinking for myself.

[liilliil]

@89Pigsofdarkness you're trapped in the world where nobody want to pay for music

[bigglesworth5283]

@89Pigsofdarkness Be proud for the love of this music song, artist. I am touched that you recognize and feel the music of my greatest era. It was the very best I could have ever imagined it was a period, rich in human expression of thoughts that cried out..lessons learned..... we were different from them.

[victordamn]

@89Pigsofdarkness nice. i was born in 84 and i still feel i should have been born in the 60's,where there was good music around... not like the crap you hear nowdays,and kids are being brainwashed with this. i am glad you feel like this. i only wish there were more of you out there.

[dajesusblues]

@89Pigsofdarkness Considered yourself blessed. All of it is open to you. The old and the new. The past and the present. Music is, and will always be, the story of our times. Now go and make your own. God Bless.

[jarhole23]

@89Pigsofdarkness check out elliott smith, he is as good as neil or bob, i feel the same way, but listen to elliott smith, hendrix of acoustic and immense feeling in lyrics and melodies

[focus2aus]

So who has writing credit for this song, buffalo springfield or neil young ?

[vampyros1]

Dammit Neil, you changed the ending ... my favorite part!

[minddredge]

wow Neil with a 12 string thats rare

[edumota]

thanks for all, Neil.

[DeliberateCruelty]

I love you Neil !

[Schebby]

I really like Neil's '98 stage, with that beard and heartfeltedness. I was there for his Bridge '96.

[mstj1949]

He is a tool that our church forefathers used to keep the masses under control (read as under the thumb.)

[11xzxzxz]

Exactly. Fake vaginas and false prophets. Yeah his Buffalo Springfield days were great.

[mstj1949]

There is no "GOD". He was just someones imaginary friend who escaped into the world!!!!

[11xzxzxz]

And it so important that those who work on the Sabbath should be killed to. Look at the 10 commandments .. I think 4 of them are just god being Vain. "If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities." [Voltaire]

"Religions are all alike – founded upon fables and mythologies." [Thomas Jefferson] "Say what you will about the sweet miracle of unquestioning faith, I consider a capacity for it terrifying and absolutely vile." [Kurt Vonnegut]

[11xzxzxz]

I just don't get it: When a hundred people are killed in a plane crash and 1 survives the 1 and other living people say "thank god .. he was looking after me". What a slap in the face to the other 99 and their families who were killed. Oh, I guess it was just their time. God decides everything. What if the one survivor of the crash turned out to be Hitler? Oh I guess god works in mysterious ways. Jesus too: Servants obey your master. God: stone to death children who talk back to parents, etc.

[Yesmar94]

I'd be afraid if the world was always a jeepers and happy place, where nothing bad, and terrible happened.

This is a video of Neil Young performing "Expecting to Fly", by the way.

[11xzxzxz]

I disagree. The world would be great if it was a happy place for everyone .. but that's never going to happen. Expecting to Fly is one of my top 20 songs of all time; I know everything Neil and Buf Springfield have ever done. Now you know I tried, Babe, now you know.

[RainbowLeg88]

I was just wondering how religion got brought up on a video like this.

[11xzxzxz]

No time like the present. So much hate and discrimination of Atheists/Agnostics/Secular Humanists. You and most people probably do not think about it much.. but religion is repression. So much propaganda from the Religious Right. I could write a billion times this amount in all the inappropriate and appropriate places and still never catch up up with all the lies of Christianity, all the quotes, and the stranglehold of Religions ... sorry to step on your fun .. I'll just be leaving now.

[RainbowLeg88]

It's not the present, it's all the time. It's not a peicfull place. Different groups of people will always be discriminating against eachother. It's always gonna be that way.

[11xzxzxz]

Sure discriminating will always be inborn and taught to us for all kinds of different reasons. I am not even saying the world would be better w/o religion; I just think the truth should be told when the emperor has no clothes. Religion is being quickly undressed by the science and logic in the last couple of century. Take away the punishment and the heavenly gifts of god and you wouldn't even have religion.

[theneilguy]

@11xzxzxz i see your in rare form again this song in no way has anything to do with what your saying its about love not religion and not you sorry god bless science ha ha

[11xzxzxz]

theneilguy - I see you are in rare form too to realize I went off topic again. No seriously I really like your name and any fan of Neils, religious or not, can be my friend. Also though I blog for non-believers, and most of my friends are, I like god believers too. Let's keep in touch if you want and I won't go off topic again. Take care.

[RainbowLeg88]

@11xzxzxz How do you know you know everything about that band? I always like to think that I don't know anything. Because all I know is all I've seen, and knowing that I haven't seen anything, I know that I don't know anything. I'm sure that not even members of Buffalo Springfield know about everything that went on in that band. I've read Neil Young's official biography, but I still know very little about Neil Young. Remember, all you read is an outsider's perspective.

[11xzxzxz]

@RainbowLeg88 Excellent point thought I think that sort of stuff all the time .. no one can really know reality and it's pretentious... Perhaps you should remember, with me , to stop taking my tongue-in-cheek so seriously. I don't know Neil. I just ramble and so if I always apologize and say "I'm not sure" it takes away the fun of writing both seriously and amusingly. I know a lot about Buf Spring but so many others know way more and read more and actually have meet the boys...

[11xzxzxz]

@RainbowLeg88 I just tend 2 remember idiosyncrasies and try to write in an interesting style. I'm quirky. I'm not looking for truth or honesty as most people think of it but seek a certain kind of insight into Neil & BS and the world at large. Yeah Shakey left me confused about Neil too. OK, so from now on just repeat 2 yourself that this guy is quirky in his attempts to write in almost a stream-of-consciousness way that doesn't easily allow for people to know when I'm kidding or not.

[11xzxzxz]

With heaven and Jesus or whoever religious people think will be meeting them it is amazing that religious people aren't a hell of a lot more moral than Atheists/Agnostics who do good without salivating over heaven. I guess a good upbringing far outweighs a million visits to churches, etc. Atheists do good and bad as most everyone else but live lives without heaven as the carrot on the stick. Studies show their morality is as high as believers but you won't find them. That truth is suppressed.

[11xzxzxz]

One of my all time favorites but the acoustic should be more subtle and there should be an orchestra behind Neil just as Jack Neitzche produced this song with the Buffalo Springfield in 1967. Listen to that version and try not to cry. Neil and The Replacements are my favorites of all time because they both (well Paul Westerberg) could write the most sensitive songs and with their hearts on their sleeves. Dylan and others write more abstractly, but Neil and Paul are so real and personal.

[UncleErnie71]

Man, that beard suits Neil. Sure, it makes him look older but it also make him look experienced.

[williheckaslike]

A Brilliant and very emotional song

[olddoctripod]

And three thousand roses to you as well for posting this.

[Mp25DIII]

The thing about this guy is you hear the recorded version and think "he could never pull this off live" and then you see a hand held video taped version that knocks you out. I saw him at Jazz Fest and he blows away anyone 40 years younger than him--if he's still breathing and playing within 200 miles of you, buy the ticket!

[ob1ob123]

one of my favorites

[Leodorus]

Wonderful!!!

[orginelenaam]

Neil is getting old. That really sucks!!! Bud he still rocks!!!!

[ufricchetton]

it's so beautiful it makes me want to cry...

[11xzxzxz]

This is off of Buffalo Springfield Again and is one of the most heartfelt song I have ever heard.

[MrSpiritCoach]

Soulful doesn't even begin to describe this. His voice, his life, his spirit.

How many of us "Tried so hard to stand as I stumbled and fell to the ground?" God, it just creates a fucking Universe in a song. Peace

[11xzxzxz]

Neil is sort of a god. But I am an Atheist. There are only a few things in this world I am sure of and have studied well enough to fell I am right about : there is no god. I have a friend who is writing a book that is better than Dawkins or Hitchens ..and of course it won't find a publisher.

[louiseduvee]

this is one of his best songs! And, what happened to 'The Last Trip To Tulsa? Thanks for setting things right.

[billyfc3]

What Happened to the version where all you saw during the song was a car driving a foggy road. Did WMG take that one too??! Bastards

[skepticepilleptic]

the pricks took it down because of copyright laws

[rubyred421]

one of my very favorite songs but so sad as it reminds of a love deep in my heart that will always hurt

[11xzxzxz]

Rubyred - Those are beautiful words, sorry about the hurt. Neil is one of the few singers who can write about sadness and let it all hang out. One of my fav songs too.