He has so much good music that it's hard for me to say. He did a similar performance for The Needle and the Damage Done. "But every junkie's like a setting sun." It always hits me like a ton of bricks.
I was 18 and now 64. How can one play a ballad so subliminally and then turn around and knock it out of the park with _"Powderfinger"_ or _"Cinnamon Girl"_ with such emotive note bending. And to think George Harrison dissed his guitar playing.
@@benjira Well, for me, now at 72. Having switched ends of the song and am the old man now it gives me understanding of my Father, which when I was 20 I really did not understand him. It is just perspective I guess.
Keep in mind he had just finished this song three days before and this was his first time playing it live. It remains the best performance he's ever done!
I love it when younger people discover musical treasures that older Fowlkes grew up with. The 50's, 60's and 70's were the best music ever recorded - and it was everywhere. Keep on exploring those musical treasures and broadening your perspective.
I’m in my mid 60s and I absolutely agree with you as far as the music we grew up with being so much better than what is currently being produced.. The music industry has become a cookie cutter product anymore where looks and songs that sound the same are more important than talent and songs that have long lasting staying power. Look up Johnny Bravo on the Brady Bunch, it doesn’t matter if they’re talented or not, they fit the suit😆
🎼Neil Young is 78 years old now. He’s got a Heart of Gold. His son was born with a very involved case of cerebral palsy and he’s poured his heart into him. I love the guy and truly identify with him because my brother was born with the same. I am 70 years old and have been listening to Neil for years now. In fact, my whole adult life. Dig into his work. The man is gifted.❤️❤️
So right, so much amazing music and all we get on reaction channel's is the same old restricted selection Mostly from Harvest, which is so overrated, he has so many better album's out there
@@jameswiglesworth5004 True, but Harvest is still helluva an album, but that's one of the things with a so creative and experimental artist as mr. Young, I think he has an album for everyone. I guess I have most of his albums and they have a great span of different music, from country and 50's rock to acoustic music and really heavy rock. There is even a "synth album", which I also love by the way. =) And I agree, I too always wish that reaction channels would dig a little deeper in Neil Young's song treasure.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 A few observations by critics: ...most of Harvest reduced the lean power of After the Gold Rush to elementary formula. If Young had stuck to the Harvest approach (country-flavored soft-rock), he could have had more hits, but as he famously proclaimed, the middle of the road was a bore, so he headed for the ditch... [Tonight's the Night is] one of Young's staggering achievements... one of the bravest and most moving albums of the decade... On the Beach was savage and ultimately triumphant... a consummate album and a crucial turning point in Young's career.
The reason why we love Neil Young is that he's never been complicated by others people's ideas or culture or whatever, even when he was young. Neil has always just been Neil, and if he decides to write a song about something, it sticks to you.
I really enjoyed this reaction. I’ve been watching music reactions for several years and yours made me cry❤ thank you. Neil Young is very important to me and my family🇨🇦
I'm 75 and grew up in CA. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young was one of my favorite groups in the late 60's and all during the 70's and 80's. Each musician was a great talent individually. Together they made some of the most memorable songs of those decades.
🎼Hello there! I’m the 70 year old whose brother was born with cerebral palsy. My sister was the last one of us 6 kids to take care of our brother. When she died, her funeral was a tear-jerker. We played her favorite song by Neil Young. “Heart of Gold” and yes… she had one.
beautiful reaction. I love that you got it right away. So many of his songs have an emotion beyond just the words he uses. I hope you react to more from Neil Young, or his bands Buffalo Springfield or Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young.
Today’s music lacks artists showing their vulnerability, especially men. That’s what Neil Young was so great at doing when he was “younger“. You can still be strong yet acknowledge and share your vulnerability. Thank you for showing this video on your channel.
I played this for my son on his 24th birthday. He, too is a wise young man and he ‘got’ it, as I knew he would. He’s 33 now and soon to be a father - truly, there is “so much more”… I hope I’m still around to play this for my grandson on his 24th birthday, but if I’m not, maybe my son will remember…🙏💕 I love your heartfelt reactions. You always make my day… 💕
I'm a veteran of the Navy and I had a shipmate whose Italian family had a ranch/vineyard adjacent to the Young Ranch in California. The shipmate told me the Neal Young used to hire Navajo Cattlemen to tend for his cattle and livestock. The shipmate had told me this story because I'm Navajo too. The Neil Young's stories continues...
Quite possibly he is. I recall watching a documentary many years ago and I can’t recall if it was Crosby, Stills or Nash speaking, but Neil saw the news reports about the Kent State shootings, grabbed his guitar and locked himself in another room. It was something crazy like 20 minutes later he’s re-emerges from the private room and has the lyrics and chords the timeless, classic song “Ohio” Straight from his heart to the guitar to our ears (and hearts).
I first heard this song when I was 8 years old in 1972. My brother had a cassette of this album. I put it in the player and pressed PLAY and even back at the time this song touched me. I didn't know why . Now I do.
Sarah, the irony in listening to this version of 'Old Man' is that Neil IS the young man at the point in time that this video was made. But such vision! He is now 78 years old and still performing. I've been a fan of his throughout his career, from my own youth to my present age of 70. I truly enjoy watching your channel. Thank you.
I never listened to Neil Young until I was an adult. His music brings with it so much emotion. Songs like, "Needle and the Damage Done," for one. He was never afraid to sing about the darker side of life, the fragility of humans.
Wonderful reaction to this beautiful song! I love you truly take into account the meaning behind the words and not just the sound...both equally flawless of course. It is strange the first time I heard this I was a kid and I am now the same age he sung this...funny how the time goes past
Thank you thank you thank you for getting Neil Young. So many reactors just don't get him. His songs stay relevant to your heart as time goes by. What it meant to me as an 18yo, a 30yo, a 60yo changes
Yeah, chills. I still get them after all these years and I'm tearing up too. I love this guy. Our Neil is a proud Canadian and we are very proud of his contribution to music history.
Neil Young is one of the most essential figures in rock history. He is inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, as a solo artist and also as a member of the legendary group Buffalo Springfield. He has countless classics: "Like A Hurricane", "Cinnamon Girl", "Heart Of Gold", "Down By The River", "Cowgirl In The Sand", "Sugar Mountain" are among the best.
Beautiful song, lady and reaction...thank you so much! This beautiful and moving song touches on what we all need and seek in the form of home, stability and love. Both the Old Man and Neil are drawn to the same property in paradise yet they're from opposite situations. Such a simple yet beautiful message.
Every dang time I see this my eyes piss tears.. reminds me of my long dead dad and all the other elders that showed me so much as a yoot.. and the sound in 1970 BBC show is fantastic. No worries .. it gets us all
Even though I’ve heard, and played, this song many, many times this live version and the emotion he projects is still awe inspiring every time. This is the repetitive magic of music that I’m having a similar emotional response as someone hearing it the first time.
He's the most prolific song writer of he's era mainly from 60s to now. I've listened to this song at least 500 times and eveytime I here this song I get teary eyed just like you. You picked a good song. Thank you for breaking it down.
Saw this programme when it was first shown on the BBC. My mate sellotaped a mike to the TV and recorded it reel to reel! Beautiful then, still beautiful now.
I was a young man when I first heard this, now I'm The Old Man. Still sounds good. Thanks.
my wife passed 2 years ago and this song makes me cry then i'm alone
Same here now I am a old man too . When I first heard it it reminded me of my father .
I was a kid old man when I first heard of you….now I am an old man and hope some kid gets to hear of you too…..
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Same with me. Well I’m just past the half century mark.
Some reaction videos remind you that great art should sometimes be appreciated with silence.
That episode is the finest acoustic performance by a solo artist in TV history.
Agreed
He has so much good music that it's hard for me to say. He did a similar performance for The Needle and the Damage Done. "But every junkie's like a setting sun." It always hits me like a ton of bricks.
I was 20 when I heard this. I'm 72 now. I've kind of seen both sides of this song now. It always touches me.
I was 18 and now 64. How can one play a ballad so subliminally and then turn around and knock it out of the park with _"Powderfinger"_ or _"Cinnamon Girl"_ with such emotive note bending. And to think George Harrison dissed his guitar playing.
Beautiful song. I've always interpreted it as "old man" "father". My father raised me.
Sad
@@benjira yes, played that way for me too.
@@benjira Well, for me, now at 72. Having switched ends of the song and am the old man now it gives me understanding of my Father, which when I was 20 I really did not understand him. It is just perspective I guess.
I heard this song when I was fifteen, now I’m 67, and totally hear it from another perspective. Beautiful.
ditto
me too !!
and I been a fan ever since.
Same here now 68 and still listen to him and sometimes tear up . Reminds me of dad now passed.
Keep in mind he had just finished this song three days before and this was his first time playing it live. It remains the best performance he's ever done!
No way! Wow
Fresh
Wow....really? Three days before!! So natural, easy. Just rolls right through him. 😲❤😊
One of the very few perfect live performances ever captured on film.
Yes. It's just pure perfection. Masterful.
Glad to see a new generation rediscovering a genius like this artist
Been enjoying this song since I was a teen, now I'm the old man.
Those tears tell me you have a heart of gold.
I love it when younger people discover musical treasures that older Fowlkes grew up with. The 50's, 60's and 70's were the best music ever recorded - and it was everywhere. Keep on exploring those musical treasures and broadening your perspective.
I tell people that all of the time. Any music, pop, jazz, rock, fusion, folk, whatever you want, that age of music is absolutely the best of all time.
I’m in my mid 60s and I absolutely agree with you as far as the music we grew up with being so much better than what is currently being produced..
The music industry has become a cookie cutter product anymore where looks and songs that sound the same are more important than talent and songs that have long lasting staying power.
Look up Johnny Bravo on the Brady Bunch, it doesn’t matter if they’re talented or not, they fit the suit😆
please NEVER apologize for feeling emotions. EVER. it's beautiful!!!
Yes agree 100%
🎼Neil Young is 78 years old now. He’s got a Heart of Gold. His son was born with a very involved case of cerebral palsy and he’s poured his heart into him. I love the guy and truly identify with him because my brother was born with the same. I am 70 years old and have been listening to Neil for years now. In fact, my whole adult life. Dig into his work. The man is gifted.❤️❤️
Amen to that.
Wow you know alot about him. You must be a close friend
Wow, I never knew this. But it doesn’t surprise me. Thank you!
@chrisjenkins6120. Both of his sons have cerebral palsy and his daughter has epilepsy.
I used to buy weed from his neighbor and could hear them banging around in their barn from our perch.
you nailed this!!! very insightful observations!!!
Just a young man sitting on a chair with his guitar... Neil Young at his best :)
Neil Young is one of the true music legends. There are so much amazing music to find in his enormous catalogue. A genius if you ask me. ❤
So right, so much amazing music and all we get on reaction channel's is the same old restricted selection Mostly from Harvest, which is so
overrated, he has so many better album's out there
@@jameswiglesworth5004 True, but Harvest is still helluva an album, but that's one of the things with a so creative and experimental artist as mr. Young, I think he has an album for everyone. I guess I have most of his albums and they have a great span of different music, from country and 50's rock to acoustic music and really heavy rock. There is even a "synth album", which I also love by the way. =)
And I agree, I too always wish that reaction channels would dig a little deeper in Neil Young's song treasure.
@@jameswiglesworth5004 A few observations by critics: ...most of Harvest reduced the lean power of After the Gold Rush to elementary formula. If Young had stuck to the Harvest approach (country-flavored soft-rock), he could have had more hits, but as he famously proclaimed, the middle of the road was a bore, so he headed for the ditch... [Tonight's the Night is] one of Young's staggering achievements... one of the bravest and most moving albums of the decade... On the Beach was savage and ultimately triumphant... a consummate album and a crucial turning point in Young's career.
It's not just emotional, it is existential, philosophical and has wisdom to it.
In this terrible world today....who's the President??😢😮
Sarah, thanks so much for your beautiful reactions, which I enjoy without fail. You have a beautiful soul.
The reason why we love Neil Young is that he's never been complicated by others people's ideas or culture or whatever, even when he was young. Neil has always just been Neil, and if he decides to write a song about something, it sticks to you.
He became a lunatic leftist in recent years.
Your beautiful soul comes thru in your reactions. I wish you nothing but a life of love and health.
I really enjoyed this reaction. I’ve been watching music reactions for several years and yours made me cry❤ thank you. Neil Young is very important to me and my family🇨🇦
The three things everyone needs. Something to do, someone to love and something to hope for.
I'm 75 and grew up in CA. Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young was one of my favorite groups in the late 60's and all during the 70's and 80's. Each musician was a great talent individually. Together they made some of the most memorable songs of those decades.
🎼Hello there! I’m the 70 year old whose brother was born with cerebral palsy. My sister was the last one of us 6 kids to take care of our brother. When she died, her funeral was a tear-jerker. We played her favorite song by Neil Young. “Heart of Gold” and yes… she had one.
I'm an old man now. Didn't hear how deep and true this song was in my youth.
Thanks, Sarah.
I'm 67 and I have loved Neil Young since the 70's and CSNY! I really enjoy your reactions
Thank you for reigniting my interest in him 🙏
Neil Young is a genius he pulls at our heart strings and reminds us who we really are as humans ✨
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beautiful reaction. I love that you got it right away. So many of his songs have an emotion beyond just the words he uses. I hope you react to more from Neil Young, or his bands Buffalo Springfield or Crosby Stills, Nash, and Young.
Through the decades I still love this song I never tire of hearing it. One of the all time classic greats.
If you liked this song and the emotion in it then you got to listen to Heart of Gold from this same concert
Great reaction. Neil Young is a legend.
Just by watching you I can tell you are a beautiful soul and a great person ☝️
Today’s music lacks artists showing their vulnerability, especially men. That’s what Neil Young was so great at doing when he was “younger“.
You can still be strong yet acknowledge and share your vulnerability. Thank you for showing this video on your channel.
I played this for my son on his 24th birthday. He, too is a wise young man and he ‘got’ it, as I knew he would. He’s 33 now and soon to be a father - truly, there is “so much more”… I hope I’m still around to play this for my grandson on his 24th birthday, but if I’m not, maybe my son will remember…🙏💕 I love your heartfelt reactions. You always make my day… 💕
Gosh kids....in this terrible world today.... hope his kid will be ok.
I'm a veteran of the Navy and I had a shipmate whose Italian family had a ranch/vineyard adjacent to the Young Ranch in California. The shipmate told me the Neal Young used to hire Navajo Cattlemen to tend for his cattle and livestock. The shipmate had told me this story because I'm Navajo too. The Neil Young's stories continues...
The greatest songwriter of our generation, Live on Neil😊
Quite possibly he is.
I recall watching a documentary many years ago and I can’t recall if it was Crosby, Stills or Nash speaking, but Neil saw the news reports about the Kent State shootings, grabbed his guitar and locked himself in another room. It was something crazy like 20 minutes later he’s re-emerges from the private room and has the lyrics and chords the timeless, classic song “Ohio”
Straight from his heart to the guitar to our ears (and hearts).
I feel sorry for people who didn't grow up in the 70s it had the best music!
I first heard this song when I was 8 years old in 1972. My brother had a cassette of this album. I put it in the player and pressed PLAY and even back at the time this song touched me. I didn't know why . Now I do.
❤truth I love your reaction really
Sarah, the irony in listening to this version of 'Old Man' is that Neil IS the young man at the point in time that this video was made. But such vision! He is now 78 years old and still performing. I've been a fan of his throughout his career, from my own youth to my present age of 70. I truly enjoy watching your channel. Thank you.
Neil Young is just a living legend!
Neil Young has been a fantastic performer for nearly 60 years & his lyrics are brilliant
Truly a beautiful song and never grows old.
Simply gorgeous!! Sweet reaction Sarah 😊
I never listened to Neil Young until I was an adult. His music brings with it so much emotion. Songs like, "Needle and the Damage Done," for one. He was never afraid to sing about the darker side of life, the fragility of humans.
I appreciate your ability to listen to the music and let it speak. Your analysis is spot on.
Mr young is one of the best artist in history of music he don't need others musicians he is band himself
One of the best songs ever written. Ever.
Wonderful reaction to this beautiful song! I love you truly take into account the meaning behind the words and not just the sound...both equally flawless of course. It is strange the first time I heard this I was a kid and I am now the same age he sung this...funny how the time goes past
I'm 70. In my 20's I played and sang Neil's songs.
Me too. Now we are the old man. I always hope these young people will find "someone who's turning".
Hi Sarah, I love Neil Young, for exactly the feelings you so eloquently describe.. obviously you are an amazing human being 🥰
Neil Young has a voice that speaks to the heart an soul.
Great reaction, heard this song when it first came out and it still stands the test of time.
Truly a great song...
Good job!!
I was 15 when I bought Harvest....now I’m 67 and stil have goose bumps hearing these gem...from a french "old man"....
Thank you thank you thank you for getting Neil Young. So many reactors just don't get him. His songs stay relevant to your heart as time goes by. What it meant to me as an 18yo, a 30yo, a 60yo changes
Neil Young, just class, so many memories of listening to this genius ❤❤
thank you for your sensitive beautiful reaction to our beautiful musician Neil Young
This man is a genius and has written untold amounts of songs in folk, rock, country and blues. ❤🇬🇧 lovely reaction
Yeah, chills. I still get them after all these years and I'm tearing up too. I love this guy. Our Neil is a proud Canadian and we are very proud of his contribution to music history.
I am now 70 and have followed, played and listened to Neil since I first heard him in the sixties and seventies. Love the guy!
Neil Young is one of the most essential figures in rock history.
He is inducted in The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame twice, as a solo artist and also as a member of the legendary group Buffalo Springfield.
He has countless classics: "Like A Hurricane", "Cinnamon Girl", "Heart Of Gold", "Down By The River", "Cowgirl In The Sand", "Sugar Mountain" are among the best.
So many other great songs from this same performance await your ears.❤😊
A MUST HEAR Classic,, Neil Young "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 💔
Birds.
Bears.
COWGIRL IN THE SAND!
I've heard this song a billion times. I really listened to it with you, and it was great.
One of the Great Folk singers. LEGEND!!!
I learned this on the bass guitar recently, amazing amazing song!
He has done what artists have done since the dawning of time,,,whether it be music or any other form of art, an artist strives to move your soul🎼🎵🎶
That really is a masterwork of a song, and great guitar playing.
Just a amazing song thank you for sharing your reaction
Been following you for a while now Sarah.....great to see your reaction.....you get it!!! You understand!!!
I'm Old, because it seems like this just came out to me. IT still seems new to me at 60 years old.
Pure genius well written Niel and very well sung we all love you Neal 💐💕xx
You can't go wrong with Niel Young, acoustic or blazing electric.. he's as real as it gets.
Beautiful reaction. Keep this song close to your heart. The older you get, the more powerful it is
This song has such real life depth, and you get it!
Beautiful song, lady and reaction...thank you so much! This beautiful and moving song touches on what we all need and seek in the form of home, stability and love. Both the Old Man and Neil are drawn to the same property in paradise yet they're from opposite situations. Such a simple yet beautiful message.
One of my favorite tunes from all time.
Love your facial reactions, energy, how you openly connect and zest for a good song. Much love to you and all you do ❤
This performance blows my freakin mind every time I see it. What a talent he was.
Is
This song brings tears to my eyes too. Its nice to know a beautiful woman could enjoy such a beautiful song.
It gives you a heart of gold ..to me one of the best acoustic guitar players that's just me❤
I remember when this song came out. Great song and nothing rings like a Martin D45 guitar.
Loved the reaction to one of my all time favorite songs from the day
I agree Sarah and I can see you are an old soul with much depth.
You’re a so wonderfull emotionell Person….nice to see that Neil reaches your Heart with this outstanding Song….good luck and love for you👏👏👏👏🌹🌹
Yes, this is really a special song 💜
This is my favorite version and also the best version of this song that he does.
Love Neil Young.... A fellow Canadian!
Every dang time I see this my eyes piss tears.. reminds me of my long dead dad and all the other elders that showed me so much as a yoot.. and the sound in 1970 BBC show is fantastic. No worries .. it gets us all
I Love the way you GET our old beautiful. Thanks!
You are so authentic and really listen…..
Even though I’ve heard, and played, this song many, many times this live version and the emotion he projects is still awe inspiring every time. This is the repetitive magic of music that I’m having a similar emotional response as someone hearing it the first time.
He's the most prolific song writer of he's era mainly from 60s to now.
I've listened to this song at least 500 times and eveytime I here this song I get teary eyed just like you. You picked a good song. Thank you for breaking it down.
He is so talented. He sure left his mark on America.
It made me feel great to see you enjoying music I love. ❤
Thank you Sarah. Your reaction to Old Man was stunning. I agree with your sentiments. ❤
This song reminds me of my grandfather and I riding in the car and listening to this song when it first hit the airwaves. I miss him so much. 😔
Every time you listen to this song he's with you!
You are a beautiful soul!
Saw this programme when it was first shown on the BBC. My mate sellotaped a mike to the TV and recorded it reel to reel! Beautiful then, still beautiful now.
The legend. I also grew up listening to his music. I'm 66 years. He's definitely gifted and knows how to create emotion with his music. ❤ thanks. 😊
You are an awesome soul! So genuine! Much love! 🙏
i love the way you react to his voice...the same i did 50 years ago