Sugar Mountain (Neil Young) performed by Massy

"Sugar Mountain" is a song by Canadian folk rock singer and composer Neil Young. Its lyrics are reminiscences about his youth in Winnipeg, Canada.

MEANING OF THE LYRICS:

In her album "You Can Close Your Eyes", Joni Mitchell, who was already friends with Neil Young by the time he wrote this song, opened her song "Circle Game" with this speech:
"In 1965 I was up in Canada, and there was a friend of mine up there who had just left a rock'n'roll band... he had just newly turned 21, and that meant he was no longer allowed into his favorite hangout, which was kind of a teeny-bopper club and once you're over 21 you couldn't get in there anymore; so he was really feeling terrible because his girlfriends and everybody that he wanted to hang out with, his band could still go there, you know, but it's one of the things that drove him to become a folk singer was that he couldn't play in this club anymore. But he was over the hill. So he wrote this song that was called "Oh to live on sugar mountain" which was a lament for his lost youth. And I thought, God, you know, if we get to 21 and there's nothing after that, that's a pretty bleak future, so I wrote a song for him, and for myself just to give me some hope. It's called The Circle Game."

This cover has been performed by Massy with a Takamine 12 Strings.

Category:

Music

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[meltdownman1]

May I ask what software program you used to compose this beautiful piece? I am just getting into photography and would love to compose a vid like this.

Thanks in advance,

The Meltdownman

[bluebeardit]

@meltdownman1

Hey! I use Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0, it's very cheap and very usefull...

Thanks for your comment!

Peace

Massy

[paspan1952]

Bellissimo il brano, ottimamente interpretato. Bravo amico Massy. 5 *****

Ciao

Pasquale

[bluebeardit]

Ciao Pasquale! Grazie mille amico mio! E grazie infinite per condividere il video con i tuoi amici!!

Peace

Massy

[hortyz]

Esta bonito pa'... sembri un "angelito" :)

t.a.

[bluebeardit]

Gracias Ma'... T.A.

Massy

[rpfunder01]

ok attempt, but not even close to the magnificence of the original

[Haskanawa72]

How much douche can this guy sustain!?

[thenewcreatures]

interesting meaning of the lyrics to a beautiful yet simple song.

[ockers678]

Classic. Beautifully done.

[donkeyman876]

like I said, God

[1millionthcustomer]

Very well done Massy. Another of my favorites by Neil. 5*

[Canstey84]

Great job.. love the visual effects too :) I did this tune too if you wanna check it out. Just click my username or paste: watch?v=4be_xlXY_xY

[poemsbytom]

This is not the easiest song to sing...Excellent job my friend. Peace, TOm