Buffalo Springfield/Neil Young - Broken Arrow

[RioValleyGirl]

Have that album and saw them in San Bernardino, Calif. in 1969....what great memories!!!

[WoodRatGirl]

I love the piano playing and personally find the song quite beautiful.

[thewho9208]

Neil young is my god

[dandeexxxx]

you get it-alot of people dont

[yensidtun]

broken arrow and expecting to fly are 2 of neil young's best efforts-saw him when he went solo at the fillmore east-i do not think he has put any good material out since his everybody knows this is nowhere album came out-he has become a world wide entertainment but nothing as musical as his buffalo springfield days

[quacamolequeensoon]

wow i feel like a child again when i hear this - ..hey is it really about *that*?.. :-)

[MorroccoM13]

Did you all know its about missing nukes?

That's what they call broken arrows.

[JohnNorthWillys]

its dean martin singing the opening parts of this song , hes aping neils voice , making fun of him , he often called neil a " skinny-nut-less-hermaphrodite "

[barcelonaterry]

johnNorthwillys you arsehole!go back to listening to `pop`.

[GodfreRayKing]

barfalona terry , you useless slimeball , please go away , you are making all the paying customers ----> sick !!!

[dandeexxxx]

when and where was that?

[ifoundwaldo299]

it took me a few listens to really love this song

[tecwolfen]

This song is unbeatable by any degree.

[septip123]

who's playing "mr. soul" at the beginning of this song?

[ydocmit]

It's a live recording of the Buffalo Springfield.

[septip123]

yeah but who's singing??? steven stills??

[longrockwoman]

It's definitely Neil Young doing lead vocals.

[lewigr]

It's definitely NOT Neil Young doing lead vocals on Mr. Soul (and not Stills either). Neil sang it on the single, and sings the rest of Broken Arrow (which is obvious), but the intro is a live performance where I believe the drummer Dewey Martin is singing. He apparently could sing that way but they it didn't fit their style (plus Stills could sing the blues very well in his own right).

[longrockwoman]

Yes, after listening to the intro, I'll concede that it's not Neil singing. But he's doing pretty much all the lead vocals on the rest of this post. There's some harmonizing in Broken Arrow, probably with Stills.

[ydocmit]

for some reason my post yesterday didn't get added. i can confirm it is dewey martin singing on the mr soul intro - lewgr is right.

listen to 'good time boy' from 'BS again' if you need confirmation.

[DKat263]

jencomakey...i believe Jack White is pretty much carrying that torch of even the Black Keys...both have awesome new rock music

[nomiclas]

good morning vietnam!

[JonWRowe]

I like this song. But one thing I don't get about it is why it begins with a few seconds of the end of Mr. Soul.

[PhukIT1865]

Peaceniks...the Unknown Soldier in there too perhaps....hippie self-indulgence..who knows? who cares?...

the music is good. the lyrics kinda suck now that I think about it

[oldjoe5]

If U want to call that thinking

[jencomackey]

I love the way you boobs are arguing about the rock and roll hall of fame. Move out of your mothers' basements and get a life. It's just music, that's it. There is no deeper meaning to it. There is no more rock and roll. I declare rock dead. Who is carrying on the torch of rock...no one.

[bananagammazoid]

a small broken man is moving slowly sideways over a desert of indiffrence.he looks like a crab,and yes he carries that torch...though now it is without its flame,but one still burns....IN HIS EYES!!!

[fallingthroughcarpet]

yeah man

[Tsugaheterophylla]

Intro of Broken Arrow seems to be a live performance of Mr Soul. Sounds very hot ... I don't suppose by some miracle the whole song & maybe even the whole show was recorded and released?? Maybe I'm just dreaming.

[hagusmcfeeble]

even if the entire thing was not released, where did they get the intro from? Ive always wondered that about this song.

[sarahjeanbeans]

this and "the turnstiles" are a couple of my favs.

[PHYZOE]

Certainly, that year was Neil's finest hour, with or without Stephen. Of course Impeach The President rings well and true in this day and age! Thanks

[22clodius]

who will make a video of their other gem:

i am a child

[blastingcaps]

one of the most underrated bands in the history of rock n roll.

[blindsuperman]

i dont know about that.. they're in the rock and roll hall of fame while there are other bands that are alot more important to rock that still arent in it..

[blastingcaps]

The rocknroll hall of fame is a joke though. Its an opinion based kinda thing because there is no way to quantify it outside person preference. I base what i say on what is heard today and if there is a lasting impact.

Doesnt madonna have a place at the "rocknroll" hall of fame? And did sabbath get in yet? I dont know using the RNR hall of fame as a measuring stick seems strange to me.

[cholulasaucehot]

more important to rock than springfield ? what you think started Crosby/stills and nash ? let alone  young's personal career with or without the other big 3.....look to see how many songs young wrote...you have no clue shit statement you made

there are no bands not in the hall more important than buffalo. Think about it stupid

[blindsuperman]

Neil Young wouldnt even be known if it wasnt for the ppl before him like elmore james, robert j, bb, buddy guy, the list goes on. and i never said neil young doesnt deserve to be in the rock n roll hall he grew up in winnipeg where i live. All im saying is that there are ppl who have had more influence that is unrecognized while buffalo springfeild got in before their own influences got in.

[cholulasaucehot]

your an idiot....just the line, "springfield got in before their own influences got in"

describes you as an idiot.

all those others that came first and paved the way ? well that's just fuckin dandy

but me and most other people never even heard of them.....and i'm sure their music while resembling springfield in form and substance probably sucks.

you know what you said in previous postings and in my eyes your still a jerk off

............so put that in your pipe and smoke it

[westhendrix]

amazing!

[rami620]

Great sing!

[kevsul47]

what a ridiculously brilliant song.

[LordFancourt]

I agree. This is a Neil Young classic. I wish there were more groups now that were as apdept at producing beautiful melodies dipped in a bit of psychadelia! Well - check out Sigur Ros.

[22clodius]

the 2 last albums they reach the level of the best of beatles i feel,neil young is so good mixing classic arrangement with pop

[tage92]

Its Dewey Martin who sings Mr. Soul in the beginning right?

Broken Arrow, one of Buffalos Best songs!

[bobbrun46]

neil young fool

[tage92]

Omg its not NEil young singing in the beginning

[themustardrebellion]

You are correct. That is definitely not Neil during the little intro. I believe it is indeed Dewey Martin.

[shylarussell]

great song

[barcelonaterry]

I got into Buffalo Springfield after first listening to Neil & his American stars & bars in 1977 & learning his band history,never stopped listening to them ever since- Fantastic!

[dixiesda]

Great tune from a great Band.I've been listening to this for over 40 years now and it sounds as fresh today as it did in 67!

[ballsaque]

The first time I heard this song was last year! Its so good. I love all of Neil Young's native music. Cortez the Killer is awesome!

[adrianlombardini]

Thanks for the explanation. This song was always so beautifully mysterious and...i don't know how to say it -evoking? to me. Neil is a genius, and Buffalo was one of his best eras.

[enilegnave21]

Now that you know the story.

I'd like to know it too.

This is one of my favorite songs!

This song saw me through a tough time

and a seriously broken heart back in

1980 and I was 20.

[romanowskistudios]

The term, "Broken Arrow" was actually taken by Neil from fellos he became friendly with on the Sunset Strip. They were guys returning from Vietnam. The term "Broken Arrow" had slipped into their language as a byproduct of their time in the military. You see, "Broken Arrow" is the military's radio code that means a failed operation.

[rooferkim]

This album is what made me a Neil Young fan for life. I noticed that all the songs on it that I really liked were written by Neil. Didn't really know who he was at the time. Rock on!!!

[TwoSpiritPathfinder]

definetely the most creative singer-song writer ever. I tallied them once and think he wrote nealry 75 % of Buffalo Springfield's songs.

[smoke117]

Uh...what? Stephen Stills wrote the most songs and all in all pretty much every album has at least three songwriters with at least one song. You have NO IDEA what you are talking

[phddddd]

gotcha! I remember hearing this at The Whiskey in '66. Canned Heat was the "house band," and The Doors usually performed as well as Airplane, Dead, Mamas and Papas -- or was that the Hollywood Bowl? -- if you can remember all that well you really didn't live the Sixties ... the drummer of Canned Heat recently said he didn't realize he played at Woodstock until he saw the name of the band on an old poster. Regarding good ol NY ... what can be said: the Keeper of The Flame! I love the man.

[TwoSpiritPathfinder]

Nah,...if you really lived the 60s you can recall most of it, but can't recall what happened a minute ago, much less this morning!

[romanowskistudios]

The term, "Broken Arrow" was actually taken by Neil from fellos he became friendly with on the Sunset Strip. They were guys returning from Vietnam. The term "Broken Arrow" had slipped into their language as a byproduct of their time in the military. You see, "Broken Arrow" is the military's radio code that means a failed operation.

[gdnevl15]

I didnt start listenign to this album until I was 13 in 1985...hahahah

[dbphiladelphia]

I used to listen to 'Decade' constantly with headphones. So many songs on that compilation that just took me places...this was one of them.

[zappadead13]

Im flashing back to 1976

[phddddd]

better go back ten more!

[zappadead13]

My first time hearing Broken arrow 76