I just drank some booze and how the fuck is this considered legal when cannabis is illegal? I just feel really dumbed down in a numb way, whereas cannabis at least makes you aware of things and I can also hear things in music I couldn't hear without it (pot). I just don't understand this world. But anyways, this song is great regardless.
Actually this song talks about Hernan Cortez, a Spanish who " conquered " Mexico and brutally murdered most of the Aztec people. He kidnapped the local group leader forcing them to give him gold and other valuable stuffs, in return, he would give the leader back to his people. But instead of it, he killed the leader and other 80,000 unarmed soldiers with his military front. I studied part of this story few weeks ago. Dancing across the water = Cortez coming with his ship in the ocean waters.
As i understand it the Aztecs had a legend that their dead ancestors would return on big ships. When Cortez came they though that Cortez was their ancestors.They brought corzet and his men to the Aztect capital city where he demanded them under Spain. The Aztects actually won a few battles and Cortez used the many other indian tribes that hated the Aztects aginst them in battle as well as cannons and kill the Aztects. So much for their legend.......
I love reading comments by the ignorant! The song is about the Aztecs. They weren't peaceful. Everybody feared them and their warrior societies called the Jaguar Knights and the Eagle Knights. The Aztecs would wear the skin of vanquished enemies until it rotted and fell off of them and they would also engage in ritualistic cannibalism. Peaceful? Not very. This is still one of Neil Young's best songs.
If we could only get back to the day of the Aztec and Maya there would be perfection and no war and only peace and no hunger. I blame Bush for the destruction of the Aztec and Mayan cultures. The brown man brought justice and peace; the Bushes brought destruction.
rock is the only music, and always will be...., and he is one of it's greatest prophets, may you still rock on for a very long time noone will be ever able to play the guitar like Neil!!!!!!!!!
This is such a fantastic, tasteful solo/song that really immerses the listener und takes him to somewhere else. You could indeed hear it over and over again without ever becoming tired.
I think Neil Young 'the guitar player' is severly underrated. Many people just consider him an exceptional lyricist but the thruth is he's got some great chops on the instrument too.
no one has ever or ever will do this song better than neil young. the best recording of this song and many others is from the decade album I loved you back in the 70s when i first heard this song and still love you to this day
Seriously believe this is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. I get chills literally everytime i hear it. Truly amazing, keep on rockin in the fuckin free world brah!
Cortez landed in the Yutacan around 1518. At that time the Myans were ruled by Montezuma II . When Cortez landed Montezuma sent a party with gifts to greet the vistors. Cortez commited his first act barbarism killing 2000 Chululans.
@123mollieb Ouch. Im a huge NY fan, but there exists a number of other fine guitarist who could be said to have "invented" the guitar solo. I'm no expert but surely the surf guitarists led the way. And then there is Jimi. If I remember it was Neil himself who once said about Hendrix: "There's no one in the same building as that guy." My personal favorite is the lead gutiar trade-offs in Blind Faith's "Had to Cry Today," where Winwood goes toe-to-toe with Clapton right down to Shuffletown.
Great song. Great music. Was at the Weld Concert in Buffalo NY in January 1991 (1991?). In addition to Cortez, Neil and Crazy Horse played Hurricane, Hey Hey, Cinnamon ... and Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Will long remember the tour and songs.
i always loved this song and dug the live rust version until i listened to weld and that became my fave [biased- arc is his best] but tonight! is the night...and this live version has more hara, gut, soul...going back to live rust as the best version.
oh yeah! I love it as well, and I love the studio one too. what is special about the live rust version is these choirs that make Neil's voice takin off :-)
The Aztecs were one of the most horribly bloody civilizations to ever exist on this earth. The reason Cortex found success in fighting them was, yes admittedly due in large part to technological advances in armor and weapons but also from the fact that he was joined by many other native civs who wished to end the Aztecs destructive policy of removing their hearts to make sure the sun rise.
And they had a caste system, not the beautiful almost utopia eglanterism system Neil Young sings about.
The Aztecs were one of the most horribly bloody civilizations to ever exist on this earth. The reason Cortex found success in fighting them was, yes admittedly due in large part to technological advances in armor and weapons but also from the fact that he was joined by many other native civs who wished to end the Aztecs destructive policy of removing their hearts to make sure the sun rised.
And they had a caste system, not the beautiful almost utopia eglanterism system Neil Young sings about.
During a time of Head Knockers, costumes, and mega hits by people with incredible management teams, and no talent... this man stood damned near alone. Follow this tune with Transformer Man and this is the best the 80's had to offer. Neil is just a man, but he lives with Miles, Ornette Coleman, Mozart.. Not many have his talent, or his voice.
@djogigem01 i know its your opinion like this is mine dmb should not cover such great atist like uncle neil,he could never do it justice,dmb is yuppie shit music, and he wouldnt know talent if it hit him in the face sorry thats just my opinion
@killtodayscountry I love Neil Young as much as the next guy but DMB and Warren Haynes blow this out of the water. The Jamacian stuff and the end? Silly...O sorry, that's just my opinion!
I have to admit the first time I heard this song, it was performed by Warren Haynes and Dave Matthews Band. I had no idea who wrote it. When I found it was Neil Young who wrote it, I freaked the fuck out!
I've always thought it was about the sense of awe -however deluded-Cortez must have felt. To argue that the Aztecs were nasty seems to miss the point.
I love this song to death, but the lyrics are pretty funny to me: Neil seems to be ignoring the fact that the Aztecs were just about the most brutal, war-like, and least (culturally) advanced civilization in the Western hemisphere at the time of Cortez. They pillaged, killed, raped, etc. hundreds of other tribes, yet when the Spanish came in and wiped them out THEY were the bad guys. Wow Neil.
@funkmasta666 hey come on now done ignore the rough in front of your eyes how many civilizations has the western world destroyed and continues to destroy.
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Neil Young makes the most depressing, spirit-crushing noise in the world. Neil Young is responsible for more suicides than all the other causes of depression known to mankind.
@MWCR how dare you mention that fowl wench! especially in a video where there is real music playing (obviously) no that being said lets enjoy this master piece and admire real talent
My band does this tune along the lines of the Dave Matthews Band with Warren Haynes version. I call this song Neil Young's history lesson. It's a pity these peoples were wiped out by the Spaniards. I wonder what we might know today if it weren't for the crazy Catholics trying to conquer the world in front of the Muslims.
I've got both the LR & Weld versions of Cortez, although excellent, neither sound as good as this one......which cd is this from? thank you for posting this vid/stellar tune.
@sgtdarkness1 - My apologies buddy, shouldn't have come accross how I did. Let's try to be constructive about this. As I mentioned, Franco died on Nov 20th 75. Cortez the killer was released on the Zuma LP 10 days before Franco's death. In July 76, Adolfo Suarez , for the Democratic Party, was appointed President of Spain. Anyone will tell you that in those days, a record that was released in the US would take around a year to reach Spain, so you see that this rumour has no credibility.
@sgtdarkness1 - No problem buddy! I am Spanish by birth, so you will understand that I did not take lightly that some guys (not you) were using this to have a go at Spain for something that happened 500 years ago. Anyway, let's forget all this and enjoy this masterpiece from Neil. Peace brother!
@sgtdarkness1 - The rumour was spread by Neil himself. According to his notes on the Decade album, he mentions that this song had been banned by Franco. As explained, Franco would have been dead when this record reached Spain, so this in itself should be enough to prove that this was not true. After Franco's death, the new government was formed by a socialist democratic party, who's last intentions would have been banning a record from being played in Spain. I do agree with you on ROCK on Neil!
Neil Young is a fucking phony who has a hate on for whites.That fucker would never write a song about savages from other races who have a history of torture,rape and murder for amusement and sacrifice to their stupid ass pagan gods.
Cortes was great man.Not only Southern Man don't need him around anyhow neither does Spain.Cortes stopped montezuma from sacrificing babies to his evil Gods.Cortes went ashore with five hundred men and sixteen horses and conquered over five million savages.Neil Young can go to hell.
@xxdonaldqxx Cortes was a syphilitic pirate scum mother of some Catalonian whore. He deserves to go down in history next to filth like Gen. Franco and Adolph Hitler. Why don't you wake up and pull your head out of your ass you fucking clown.
@kjug250 In my book Cortes was a hero.A great warrior who defeated a bunch of stone age cannibalistic savage violent animals who practiced human sacrifice.
This song could stop a car wreck, and everyone involved would close their eyes, nod and sway in time. It's hard for the Art School wave of musicians to write a song like this. They have compassion, sure, but no understanding of the world, what goes on it, or what makes it run. I'm not calling Neil Young god, but he had his finger on his pulse, our pulse, and you can just hear that in his music.
@joofire88 White hero you piece of shit if Hitler was around today he would round you and your family and process you through a camp. I can't believe how stupendously stupid some people are....
@kjug250 In my book Cortes was a hero.A great warrior who defeated a bunch of stone age cannibalistic savage violent animals who practiced human sacrifice.
He wrote some of his best music ever while lying in bed with a 102 degree fever back in the Canyon where he lived. Keep on rock'in the free world. Neil is old now, and so am I, but if the spirit is still there that's all that counts. Please visit my channel for some classis rock playlists. Peace to all.
Cortez what a genius! This should be the Spanish national anthem (Ronald Reagan thought Born in the USA was pro American). And I hate reggae but Neil makes me like it . What a killer song, what a genius, what a millionaire, what a mystery but a most unusual talent the world has ever known. Neil Young is the most important person in my world (cause I'm such a loser) and would be the first person I would pick if I had my choice to talk to anyone. Next would be Paul Westerberg/Replacements.
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date is the reason for his death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date is the reason for his death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
That is utter nonsense! This song was never banned in Spain. It is rumoured that Neil may have said this when the record was first released, but it is far from the truth. Cortez the killer was released on 20th November 1975 as part of the Zuma album, which coinsidently was 10 days before Franco´s death.
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muskwasis 4 days ago
@pbesmer ...... heres your girl, right here!! Neil will be playing on my death bed. Hes the last thing I ever want to hear!
klw1197 1 month ago
a proud Republican
ripley450 1 month ago
if u ever happen to upload the version from WELD i am heard yelling POWDERFINGER! at the top of my lungs at that show, on that album.
cultfilmfreakreviews 1 month ago
@cultfilmfreakreviews Oh my God...is it really you? haha I've always loved that. It sounds like "mother f****r" though.
Matt123ttam 1 week ago
this song is the meaning of life
gaggletalgeese 3 months ago 2
I just drank some booze and how the fuck is this considered legal when cannabis is illegal? I just feel really dumbed down in a numb way, whereas cannabis at least makes you aware of things and I can also hear things in music I couldn't hear without it (pot). I just don't understand this world. But anyways, this song is great regardless.
rsohlich1 3 months ago
@rsohlich1 They dont want you to think,they want you dumbed down.like the people in brave new world, and 1984
you can be winston smith and I be john savage.
join the army,see the world and get killed by a freedom fighter, or survive and come home crazy regected and homeless.
you're smarter than the average bear rsohlich1.
kaptainbastard 3 months ago
What a KILLER!
BravoAlphaLimaJR 4 months ago
doh us hicks would notta nowed that, cmon that is incredibly condescending!!
alapal123 4 months ago
Actually this song talks about Hernan Cortez, a Spanish who " conquered " Mexico and brutally murdered most of the Aztec people. He kidnapped the local group leader forcing them to give him gold and other valuable stuffs, in return, he would give the leader back to his people. But instead of it, he killed the leader and other 80,000 unarmed soldiers with his military front. I studied part of this story few weeks ago. Dancing across the water = Cortez coming with his ship in the ocean waters.
Capanema74 5 months ago
neil young knows whats going
tcboner97223 6 months ago in playlist wii
Gott sei Dank, dass Neil Young noch lebt - ich bin ihm immer für seine Lieder dankbar
Mathiaswillyg 6 months ago
@Mathiaswillyg Ich auch.
emilyBerlin 1 month ago
I'm a fetus and I listen to music like this, music now just sucks.
lunchboxdsp81 7 months ago 3
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91mladjo 7 months ago
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91mladjo 7 months ago
As i understand it the Aztecs had a legend that their dead ancestors would return on big ships. When Cortez came they though that Cortez was their ancestors.They brought corzet and his men to the Aztect capital city where he demanded them under Spain. The Aztects actually won a few battles and Cortez used the many other indian tribes that hated the Aztects aginst them in battle as well as cannons and kill the Aztects. So much for their legend.......
WoWoldgeaser 8 months ago
Like Neil Young? Have a look at my channel, we're an up and coming band from the UK named: The Madcap Laughs. Have a gander, thank you, peace.
MadcapLaughsOfficial 8 months ago
I love reading comments by the ignorant! The song is about the Aztecs. They weren't peaceful. Everybody feared them and their warrior societies called the Jaguar Knights and the Eagle Knights. The Aztecs would wear the skin of vanquished enemies until it rotted and fell off of them and they would also engage in ritualistic cannibalism. Peaceful? Not very. This is still one of Neil Young's best songs.
kforinger1 8 months ago 2
this was banned in spain. They don't know what they're missing
xbox360fanatic123 8 months ago
Thanks for the all the tunes Neil, when you are in Lompico, the beers are on me!
grjobin 9 months ago
I want a girl who loves neil as much as I do.... nyc/li
pbesmer 9 months ago
where are the hot young women who like this kind of music? thanks
MattsMisc 9 months ago
Neal's not Neal without Steve.
aprilglaspieable 10 months ago
@aprilglaspieable Nope. And also it's spelled NEIL
Kenedamick 9 months ago
If we could only get back to the day of the Aztec and Maya there would be perfection and no war and only peace and no hunger. I blame Bush for the destruction of the Aztec and Mayan cultures. The brown man brought justice and peace; the Bushes brought destruction.
TheCannonofMohammed 11 months ago
@TheCannonofMohammed
Wow! He destroyed their culture centuries before he was born? That's awful.
IOYB 10 months ago
@TheCannonofMohammed
Uh, pretty sure the Aztec's were not peaceful. Something about them sacrificing virgins to appease the gods doesn't quite sound too great.
MrTurdFurgeson 10 months ago
@MrTurdFurgeson that doesn't justify the fact that your stupid white brethren came in and massacred an entire civilization
pili63net 9 months ago
@TheCannonofMohammed can't tell if serious..
SleepyKites 10 months ago
@SleepyKites Not serious. I just get off mocking political correctness, multi-culturalism, etc. Sorry.
TheCannonofMohammed 10 months ago
@TheCannonofMohammed rofl, well done.
SleepyKites 10 months ago
@TheCannonofMohammed the incan's were peaceful
RedWings216 8 months ago
@RedWings216 oh no, very far from that!
and they ritually sacrified humans!
so they were far from peaceful they were conquereros themselves.
59mar 8 months ago
@59mar oh
RedWings216 8 months ago
@RedWings216 well ..you have got access to the internet.. you can educate yourself !
go to wikipedia for instance 'inca civilization'
59mar 8 months ago
@59mar Interesting
RedWings216 8 months ago
thanks!!
chromedreamz 11 months ago
rock is the only music, and always will be...., and he is one of it's greatest prophets, may you still rock on for a very long time noone will be ever able to play the guitar like Neil!!!!!!!!!
superhep44 11 months ago
@superhep44 Totally agree with u except there is a genre called blues and noone plays it electric like Peter "Green God" :-)
troutwilly 10 months ago
Incredible
marklfc 11 months ago
16 people are hulk hogan
DieFlacheFaust 11 months ago
you came dancing across the water neil neil neil. what a man!
sjdinergrrl 11 months ago
you came dancing across the water neil neil neil. young.
sjdinergrrl 11 months ago
thanks james for sending me this vid
buffspringfield 1 year ago
the first song i ever heard by neil was don't let it bring you down and i have loved his music ever since
thefabulousbugman 1 year ago
@thefabulousbugman thanks james for this and the other vids be well
buffspringfield 1 year ago
Neil rocks,hes a genius with integrity and pure soul.
Thank you for enriching my life and keeping my dreams alive.
Utter brilliance!
florenceflowers 1 year ago
excellent
tallkoolone 1 year ago
Epic. One day Neil, you will pass on. You will leave a hole (for me)....like Jimmy Hendrix, Jim Morrison and Gary Moore. Rock on Neil.
mountjeff 1 year ago
farfrickenout
deepknotch 1 year ago
far out
gtsport02 1 year ago
Gänsehaut und Leidenschaft pur!!!
harryno100 1 year ago
hey Ilearned bout cortez we listened to this song
terminator101985858 1 year ago
I have a a midterm on Cortez tomorrow. Thanks Neil! lol
ninmachine109 1 year ago 3
This is such a fantastic, tasteful solo/song that really immerses the listener und takes him to somewhere else. You could indeed hear it over and over again without ever becoming tired.
I think Neil Young 'the guitar player' is severly underrated. Many people just consider him an exceptional lyricist but the thruth is he's got some great chops on the instrument too.
Tokeiihto13 1 year ago 7
no one has ever or ever will do this song better than neil young. the best recording of this song and many others is from the decade album I loved you back in the 70s when i first heard this song and still love you to this day
terryihde1 1 year ago 3
Ahhhhhhhhhh Yeahhhhh!
Nettster61 1 year ago
Seriously believe this is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. I get chills literally everytime i hear it. Truly amazing, keep on rockin in the fuckin free world brah!
trell23Mobile 1 year ago 2
in the second picture, from 0:28, he looks like Hugh Laurie
Betterman89 1 year ago
@Betterman89 : yeah and even more on his picture on deezer!
pouidg 1 year ago
Cortez landed in the Yutacan around 1518. At that time the Myans were ruled by Montezuma II . When Cortez landed Montezuma sent a party with gifts to greet the vistors. Cortez commited his first act barbarism killing 2000 Chululans.
Ohio440 1 year ago
Haunting guitar playing. Neil Young...long may you run.
skychurchify 1 year ago
If you don't like this there is something seriously wrong with you.
Bunzypoo 1 year ago 2
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Your words are real
klasseykat 1 year ago
Good Solo Neil!
raginggamer768 1 year ago
Just when I'm about to forget, Neil reminds me what a Bad Ass he is...
BigWoollyMammoth 1 year ago 2
@123mollieb i totally agree with you on that
duxberry1958 1 year ago
Beautiful song!! Nothing can top this man.. the cavemen invented fire.. neil invented guitar solos.
123mollieb 1 year ago 49
@123mollieb
and about his solos; his one string adventure is hard to top !!!
drpimpelmees 1 year ago
@123mollieb
Nice saying!
John Sistermans from Holland.
felwolfje 1 year ago
@123mollieb
Ahhhhhhhhhhh!
Nettster61 1 year ago
@123mollieb Ouch. Im a huge NY fan, but there exists a number of other fine guitarist who could be said to have "invented" the guitar solo. I'm no expert but surely the surf guitarists led the way. And then there is Jimi. If I remember it was Neil himself who once said about Hendrix: "There's no one in the same building as that guy." My personal favorite is the lead gutiar trade-offs in Blind Faith's "Had to Cry Today," where Winwood goes toe-to-toe with Clapton right down to Shuffletown.
phddddd 10 months ago
@123mollieb : yeah, and Jimi Hendrix invented the wheel....
Mishulyna 8 months ago
Happy Birthday Neil !!!!!!!
pca260 1 year ago
It is time to saddle up the Horse again. Hey, hey.
Stoney4020 1 year ago
Great song. Great music. Was at the Weld Concert in Buffalo NY in January 1991 (1991?). In addition to Cortez, Neil and Crazy Horse played Hurricane, Hey Hey, Cinnamon ... and Bob Dylan's Blowin' in the Wind. Will long remember the tour and songs.
Stoney4020 1 year ago
Love that Crazy Horse sound!
GypsyMofakka 1 year ago
i always loved this song and dug the live rust version until i listened to weld and that became my fave [biased- arc is his best] but tonight! is the night...and this live version has more hara, gut, soul...going back to live rust as the best version.
MsMiika13 1 year ago
best solo ever
joontfish 1 year ago
i like weld's more...
YerUncleKeith 1 year ago
@YerUncleKeith Damn straight... I think Weld's recording of this song is the best recording of Cortez full stop. Brilliant stuff on that album...
Bigpineapple 1 year ago
this is not the version from Live Rust...
ericslide11 1 year ago
@ericslide11 good version though, aint it?
DONNANDMARY 1 year ago
@DONNANDMARY
oh yeah! I love it as well, and I love the studio one too. what is special about the live rust version is these choirs that make Neil's voice takin off :-)
ericslide11 1 year ago
@DONNANDMARY wonder if u'd like our cover...
ericslide11 1 year ago
bad ass.....
tonictrain 1 year ago
The Aztecs were actually wiped out due to disease brought over on the Spanish ships.
MWCR 1 year ago
Untouchable---true genious
llevi100 1 year ago 22
After all these years Neil Young still sings from my soul - it;s not the lyrics or the music it's the feeling - he's a modern philosopher
wherryuk 1 year ago
Saw this live, not a dry eye in the house. Outstanding song.
number51oco 1 year ago
The Aztecs were one of the most horribly bloody civilizations to ever exist on this earth. The reason Cortex found success in fighting them was, yes admittedly due in large part to technological advances in armor and weapons but also from the fact that he was joined by many other native civs who wished to end the Aztecs destructive policy of removing their hearts to make sure the sun rise.
And they had a caste system, not the beautiful almost utopia eglanterism system Neil Young sings about.
machineoffender 1 year ago
The Aztecs were one of the most horribly bloody civilizations to ever exist on this earth. The reason Cortex found success in fighting them was, yes admittedly due in large part to technological advances in armor and weapons but also from the fact that he was joined by many other native civs who wished to end the Aztecs destructive policy of removing their hearts to make sure the sun rised.
And they had a caste system, not the beautiful almost utopia eglanterism system Neil Young sings about.
machineoffender 1 year ago
During a time of Head Knockers, costumes, and mega hits by people with incredible management teams, and no talent... this man stood damned near alone. Follow this tune with Transformer Man and this is the best the 80's had to offer. Neil is just a man, but he lives with Miles, Ornette Coleman, Mozart.. Not many have his talent, or his voice.
putitupmike1 1 year ago
@putitupmike1 true. Neil Young is probably the last remaining spark of that thing which was Rock.
SaypheZonE 1 year ago
A true classic. killllllllllllllllllllllller
balllinger 1 year ago
such a greatsong. . . i like dave matthews version also.
djogigem01 1 year ago
@djogigem01 i know its your opinion like this is mine dmb should not cover such great atist like uncle neil,he could never do it justice,dmb is yuppie shit music, and he wouldnt know talent if it hit him in the face sorry thats just my opinion
killtodayscountry 1 year ago
@killtodayscountry I love Neil Young as much as the next guy but DMB and Warren Haynes blow this out of the water. O sorry, that's just my opinion!
NHTOATLANTA 1 year ago
@killtodayscountry I love Neil Young as much as the next guy but DMB and Warren Haynes blow this out of the water. The Jamacian stuff and the end? Silly...O sorry, that's just my opinion!
NHTOATLANTA 1 year ago
What a kick ass version of my favorite Young song. Thanks.
ButchPetty 1 year ago
"And they built up with their bare hands what we still can't do today"
Cortez The Killer and Through My Sails are two of his greatest tracks.
squirehendrix 1 year ago
one of my favorite songs of all time. it is amazing.
NoRulesInNam 1 year ago
I have to admit the first time I heard this song, it was performed by Warren Haynes and Dave Matthews Band. I had no idea who wrote it. When I found it was Neil Young who wrote it, I freaked the fuck out!
AustinLuck78 1 year ago
He could have composed other one that could be called: USA, the mass murderers.
jpvhack 1 year ago
@jpvhack oooohh yeah,(i can kill, cause in god i trust)
onyachamp 1 year ago
Cortez was an enormous douche-bag.
sydferret 1 year ago
I've always thought it was about the sense of awe -however deluded-Cortez must have felt. To argue that the Aztecs were nasty seems to miss the point.
PhilRebbeck 1 year ago
I love this song to death, but the lyrics are pretty funny to me: Neil seems to be ignoring the fact that the Aztecs were just about the most brutal, war-like, and least (culturally) advanced civilization in the Western hemisphere at the time of Cortez. They pillaged, killed, raped, etc. hundreds of other tribes, yet when the Spanish came in and wiped them out THEY were the bad guys. Wow Neil.
funkmasta666 1 year ago
@funkmasta666 hey come on now done ignore the rough in front of your eyes how many civilizations has the western world destroyed and continues to destroy.
Guitarstring187 1 year ago
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Neil Young makes the most depressing, spirit-crushing noise in the world. Neil Young is responsible for more suicides than all the other causes of depression known to mankind.
ScaredPiglet 1 year ago
@ScaredPiglet You deserve to get killed by Cortez you douchebag
88Gojira 1 year ago
I swear at 6:22 he says "Lady Gaga".
;) LMAO!
MWCR 1 year ago
@MWCR how dare you mention that fowl wench! especially in a video where there is real music playing (obviously) no that being said lets enjoy this master piece and admire real talent
EliotNess4rmWest 1 year ago
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lozano701 1 year ago
Neil Young rocks!! most people don't know the true meaning of this song & i'm glad there is discussion here about it. 'what a killer'...............
peace & love
donnylimo 1 year ago
My band does this tune along the lines of the Dave Matthews Band with Warren Haynes version. I call this song Neil Young's history lesson. It's a pity these peoples were wiped out by the Spaniards. I wonder what we might know today if it weren't for the crazy Catholics trying to conquer the world in front of the Muslims.
mrbobkingpin 1 year ago
what a killer
russellharman 1 year ago
Niel is one bad mother
ysansour 1 year ago
Maggot Brain + Cortez the Killer = Purple Rain
polluxgolgoth 1 year ago
I've got both the LR & Weld versions of Cortez, although excellent, neither sound as good as this one......which cd is this from? thank you for posting this vid/stellar tune.
floridashorti 1 year ago
@floridashorti DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE KILLS THIS SONG CHECK IT OUT
magcrash1 1 year ago
@floridashorti live rust
meanlezbo 1 year ago
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sgtdarkness1 1 year ago
@sgtdarkness1 - My apologies buddy, shouldn't have come accross how I did. Let's try to be constructive about this. As I mentioned, Franco died on Nov 20th 75. Cortez the killer was released on the Zuma LP 10 days before Franco's death. In July 76, Adolfo Suarez , for the Democratic Party, was appointed President of Spain. Anyone will tell you that in those days, a record that was released in the US would take around a year to reach Spain, so you see that this rumour has no credibility.
JGBugs 1 year ago
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sgtdarkness1 1 year ago
@sgtdarkness1 - No problem buddy! I am Spanish by birth, so you will understand that I did not take lightly that some guys (not you) were using this to have a go at Spain for something that happened 500 years ago. Anyway, let's forget all this and enjoy this masterpiece from Neil. Peace brother!
JGBugs 1 year ago
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sgtdarkness1 1 year ago
@sgtdarkness1 - The rumour was spread by Neil himself. According to his notes on the Decade album, he mentions that this song had been banned by Franco. As explained, Franco would have been dead when this record reached Spain, so this in itself should be enough to prove that this was not true. After Franco's death, the new government was formed by a socialist democratic party, who's last intentions would have been banning a record from being played in Spain. I do agree with you on ROCK on Neil!
JGBugs 1 year ago
xxdonaldqxx are you a fuc***g 10 year old?
Zachattack4Million 1 year ago
@Zachattack4Million are you a fucking moron?
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
Neil Young is a fucking phony who has a hate on for whites.That fucker would never write a song about savages from other races who have a history of torture,rape and murder for amusement and sacrifice to their stupid ass pagan gods.
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
@xxdonaldqxx Chingado tu Madre, Bobo
kjug250 1 year ago
@kjug250 This computer monitor is in a home in the United States........PLEASE USE ENGLISH!!!
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
Cortes was great man.Not only Southern Man don't need him around anyhow neither does Spain.Cortes stopped montezuma from sacrificing babies to his evil Gods.Cortes went ashore with five hundred men and sixteen horses and conquered over five million savages.Neil Young can go to hell.
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
@xxdonaldqxx Cortes was a syphilitic pirate scum mother of some Catalonian whore. He deserves to go down in history next to filth like Gen. Franco and Adolph Hitler. Why don't you wake up and pull your head out of your ass you fucking clown.
kjug250 1 year ago
@kjug250 In my book Cortes was a hero.A great warrior who defeated a bunch of stone age cannibalistic savage violent animals who practiced human sacrifice.
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
This song could stop a car wreck, and everyone involved would close their eyes, nod and sway in time. It's hard for the Art School wave of musicians to write a song like this. They have compassion, sure, but no understanding of the world, what goes on it, or what makes it run. I'm not calling Neil Young god, but he had his finger on his pulse, our pulse, and you can just hear that in his music.
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RandyRudeDictator 1 year ago
bravo, I love this masterpiece ! THX <3
domihaz 1 year ago
Neil Young is a living legend.
55roberto55 1 year ago
@55roberto55 fukinarght
deepknotch 1 year ago
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Neil Young is a living legend
55roberto55 1 year ago
Neil Young is a living legend
55roberto55 1 year ago
You disgusting jew bastard.
joofire88 1 year ago
@joofire88 eat yer heart out
deepknotch 1 year ago
@joofire88 dont hate for no reason
deepknotch 1 year ago
@deepknotch I do have a reason! That JEW is talking shit on a WHITE HERO.
joofire88 1 year ago
@joofire88 White hero you piece of shit if Hitler was around today he would round you and your family and process you through a camp. I can't believe how stupendously stupid some people are....
kjug250 1 year ago
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@kjug250 In my book Cortes was a hero.A great warrior who defeated a bunch of stone age cannibalistic savage violent animals who practiced human sacrifice.
xxdonaldqxx 1 year ago
He wrote some of his best music ever while lying in bed with a 102 degree fever back in the Canyon where he lived. Keep on rock'in the free world. Neil is old now, and so am I, but if the spirit is still there that's all that counts. Please visit my channel for some classis rock playlists. Peace to all.
sgtdarkness1 1 year ago
@sgtdarkness1 fkinarght
deepknotch 1 year ago
look up "History of Spain", in Wikipedia, nothing but war after war after war
hemet92544 1 year ago
Cortez what a genius! This should be the Spanish national anthem (Ronald Reagan thought Born in the USA was pro American). And I hate reggae but Neil makes me like it . What a killer song, what a genius, what a millionaire, what a mystery but a most unusual talent the world has ever known. Neil Young is the most important person in my world (cause I'm such a loser) and would be the first person I would pick if I had my choice to talk to anyone. Next would be Paul Westerberg/Replacements.
11xzxzxz 1 year ago
What a song for a soldier to relish!
orphangun 1 year ago
I want to cry every time I listen to this.
NoRulesInNam 1 year ago
Neil young is a god among men.
aaalayna 1 year ago
cortes was a genius
kautilya21 1 year ago
My favourite .Thanks Neil!!!
indy26211 1 year ago
The right singer-songwriter, born a the right time and place, Neil takes his place as one of the music greats of our age!
Damis101 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date is the reason for his death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date is the reason for his death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
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If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
If we take into account that this record would probably not have reached Spain until at least several months later, it is practically impossible that Franco would have censored this song. Unless of course he did it from his grave. What isn´t clear to date are the reasons behind Franco´s death. Could it have been after listening to this song? LOL
jubugs02 1 year ago
That is utter nonsense! This song was never banned in Spain. It is rumoured that Neil may have said this when the record was first released, but it is far from the truth. Cortez the killer was released on 20th November 1975 as part of the Zuma album, which coinsidently was 10 days before Franco´s death.
jubugs02 1 year ago