Neil Young - Long May You Run

Although I was disappointed that my favorite Canadian band(Rush) was not at the opening or closing ceremonies, I could not have thought of a better performance for the extinguishing of the cauldron. Neil Young singing a slow melancholy version of "Long May You Run" with acoustic guitar and harmonica - excellent.

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Music

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• Vancouver
• Olympics
• Closing
• Ceremonies
• 2010

[LetArtsLive]

neil young is a great canadian icon

[terriveryfried]

This should be the Canadian national anthem!

[Smudgefizz]

1) Neil's first hearse, a 1948 Buick Roadmaster he nicknamed "Mortimer Hearseburg" a.k.a. "Mort", was the inspiration for his song "Long May You Run". The hearse actually broke down in June 1965, contradictory to the lyrics. Continued…

[Smudgefizz]

2) (Continued… ) According to Neil, quoted in interviews, the transmission fell out of this hearse as he was driving from Fort William to Sudbury. He had it towed to Bill’s Garage in Blind River, where he left it hoping the garage could find a replacement transmission. A replacement was finally installed weeks later, but turned out to be a lemon, so Neil abandoned the hearse there for good. (pp 128 – 142, ‘Neil Young: don’t Be Denied’ by J. Einarson) Continued…

[IanHunedoara8]

I hear a Quebecois going au..... heh heh heh......

[MrDesiredylan]

How right eh? Shouldn't he be honored at the very least like jagger and mc cartney were in their country

[karza666]

this should be anthem in every country.

[LetArtsLive]

this i saw and it was amazing i really like the lenoise on here to its 35 minutes long free video thanks neil

[kodieat]

rock god!

[PrinceBandar]

In the album liner of "Decade", Neil Young writes that this song is about his first car and his last girlfriend. IOW, the song is not JUST about a car, as certain lyrics make clear. In any case, this rendition of the song is the best one I've heard - not bad for performing in front of an audience of millions!