Tears running down my face … here I am 86 fucking years old, still remember, still feel this … life has been great, the music was even better … wish you were here!
@azilelaufer98312 ай бұрын
Im 38 born 85. i hatte todays shallow world. Im crying too.
@davegordon69432 ай бұрын
Your eyes have seen allot. Hope life has been good to you
@shaserv2 ай бұрын
God bless u sir, where with you. My mom just passed she was 82. I miss the wise.
@cynthiaracicot65022 ай бұрын
Music does the same thing to me.
@alexwardle81082 ай бұрын
Long may you run pal 😅
@schymark83926 жыл бұрын
Before this song ends, I just wanna say what a true pleasure of my life it is to be able to hear these people anytime I want to.
@pamelacox48422 жыл бұрын
Dam straight!
@sandrajensen30692 жыл бұрын
Amen, god ie.goo
@sandrajensen30692 жыл бұрын
F
@rippi37 Жыл бұрын
Absobloodylutely !!!
@jamesward8860 Жыл бұрын
I first got a vhs copy in about 1986 or 87 , then a cd in about 98 or 99, anyhow I've viewed it hundreds of times with countless others and most importantly I've started friendships because of this glorious concert. Those friendships are my favorite type, they start with music and never seem to end. Peace to all
@jamesmcleod25365 жыл бұрын
This was one of my dad's favorite concert dvds, after he passed I didn't have the strength to put it on because it would remind me of him. I would break down in tears hearing the music, I get really choked up listening to this even now. Still remembering that big smile he had when my dad would watch Neil Young come stage. I look to my left to the empty chair where he sat and think on the time I would spend with him. Now even that house, the chair is gone. All I have now are my memories, and damn good ones they were for sure.
@bid844 жыл бұрын
James McLeod You dad had great taste and it was obviously a shared passion.
@alberttait13634 жыл бұрын
That is pretty cool!!
@legend99484 жыл бұрын
and you have KZfaq through the tears
@ffm5954 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing this with us, let this be a beautiful reminder of the power of music
@ENDERTON20004 жыл бұрын
Damn...
@jstodalk10 күн бұрын
Neil Young, Robbie Robertson, Joni Mitchell, Rick Danko.....all great CANADIAN artists. It makes me proud to be from the Great White North.
@jonathansiegel71168 жыл бұрын
I was there - in my usual spot stage right, aligned with the mics and just above - watched Joni come out behind all the speakers and do her part. One of the greatest shows I ever attended, starting with the waltz itself, then Thanksgiving dinner. I even bought a tux for the occasion...a few dozen of us were similarly attired. Tickets at the time were an un-heard of $35.00 as I recall. I later regretted not having bought twenty to bring friends along. Three days before, The Band played a warm-up concert down in Santa Cruz to a few hundred of us. The whole thing felt like...family. Truly remarkable. I still smile to think of it all.
@saraha76428 жыл бұрын
Give us more stories, Jonathan!
@amsterdamsterdam8 жыл бұрын
More stories!
@yoyobetsaboo17 жыл бұрын
Why was Joni hidden? Did she not want to attract any attention away from Neil and The Band?
@jonathansiegel71167 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell came across to most of us as highly vulnerable. Joyful too with inner confidence. Her lilting, almost haunting voice drifting up that evening was like wafting smoke - very ephemeral. I would say that fewer than 25 of us could see her where she stood and sang for Helpless - she later came on out. Curiously, for me this was the high point of the evening.
@jonathansiegel71167 жыл бұрын
Well, we've just passed the 40th anniversary; someone else sang from that stage that "there's nothing you can hold for very long...." These memories are ephemeral, they are here in our minds and hearts. I will say that the film is a fair approximation, but is a bit over-produced and that the event was (pleasantly) more raw. Joni's vocals drift through my mind as the true high-point of the show for me; I'm sure many in attendance would choose different moments. It was truly touching. All you can ask for!
@neilpiper98893 күн бұрын
I am in my 79 and I feel as if I have gone to heaven listening to this gem Joni Mitchell in the background. Canadian bliss
@EdCampbell-jd5wb3 күн бұрын
Ed Campbell here and I’m 86, still mellow, radical, convinced of the political force of music Neil should be prime minister of this turd-filled continent. At least he could make a start towards modernity.
@josephlemko30277 ай бұрын
The Band, Neil Young & Joni Mitchell on the same stage at the same time, performing this classic song, makes this listener feel like he is in heaven.❤ Peace!
@daveburns38865 ай бұрын
A Canadian thanksgiving celebration - the whole last waltz celebration/ concerts/ movie- documentary is unparalleled.. it was a grand ballroom feast surrounded by a concert of all rock’s / folk’s greatest- Clapton, Dylan, van Morison, Neil diamond!! Martin captured it perfectly for film
@josephlemko30275 ай бұрын
@@daveburns3886: I cannot disagree with one word you wrote. ❤ Peace!
@ShereeBarrow-dz3ws5 ай бұрын
I would give my kidney and a finger to have been there that night. I should have been a musician. They have the best life 💓
@ShereeBarrow-dz3ws5 ай бұрын
Is Canada accepting American immigrants? If trump gets his fat butt into our White House I won't stay here. I'm 96 percent British according to the ancestry thing. Maybe that's an option.
@josephlemko30275 ай бұрын
@@ShereeBarrow-dz3ws: I rarely encounter a person who feels that strongly about any subject. Peace!
@SuperMcabral20 күн бұрын
Brings tears to my eyes also. Only one member of The Band alive. The Last Waltz was the greatest recorded concert of my generation. besides the Allman Brothers at Filmore East in 1970.
@advent69963 жыл бұрын
I love Robertson's expression at 1:21 when Neil starts singing. How we all feel! Just can't get over that voice! What a great concert.
@damienfaure87393 жыл бұрын
True!
@ninjavigilante53112 жыл бұрын
I think it was the first part that got him as well because most of them are good ole Canadian boys.
@edwardfetner25132 жыл бұрын
i think it was mainly because he knew what neil was playing, who was notorious for improvising and not going onstage with a plan
@HooberTube2 жыл бұрын
I scrubbed to that and HOLY CRAP!
@haw_n_thorne Жыл бұрын
@@ninjavigilante5311 Canuck pride- Robbie is Indigenous too
@mitchkenvin2592 жыл бұрын
He may not be your cup of tea, but he was a genius and his greatness cannot be underestimated.
@DrewPNeckАй бұрын
He’s my cup of tea. I just turned 40 and I’ve seen him live 9 times. Every time with my mother. First show age 3 in 87. She’s not doing well now and I hope we can go again… at least one more time
@timmyteaching3 ай бұрын
I've always admired Neil taking time to say "it's one of the pleasures of my life to be able to be on this stage with these people."
@PennyRankin-l9u7 күн бұрын
@@timmyteaching 🤗❤️🙌😎🤔🤗
@philclark8681Күн бұрын
It seemed to me there were some issues between Neil and Robbie. Check it out. It's in the eyes.
@chuckthesham51952 жыл бұрын
I love that silhouette of Joni Mitchell singing that beautiful falsetto seemingly without any effort. Her stunningly beautiful voice soars like a big bird flying across the sky. Thank you, Ms. Mitchell and Mr. Scorsese for getting me out of an emotional mess.
@Jrfiggy74 Жыл бұрын
The Angel in the background
@stevewilson5402 Жыл бұрын
When immediately I realized it was really the one and only I PLUSSED!
@jdsavage52 Жыл бұрын
You may be cool, but you will never be “Joni Mitchell singing harmony from off stage” cool.
@junkiescumbag65504 ай бұрын
Scorsese? is this performance in a scorsese film?
@MoiraRussell8 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell's voice on this is UNREAL. She sounds like a falling angel.
@rinalore3 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell has always been, a Rising Angel. 🇨🇦✌️🎶🎸❤️✨🌎💫
@titteryenot45242 жыл бұрын
@@rinalore Angels are figments of your feverish imagination.
@jeffreyhall21362 жыл бұрын
Sorry, sounds more like screech owl.
@ianbartle4562 жыл бұрын
@@jeffreyhall2136 Should you happen to run across any owls, screech or otherwise, that can write songs like Joni be sure to drop me line as I'd sure like to see that...
@jeffreyhall21362 жыл бұрын
@@ianbartle456 Oh now Joni is a great lyricist too? Thought this was a Neil Young song though. Screeching behind the guitar amp is definitely the highlight of her career.
@marksutube10 жыл бұрын
I see from the comments that many people have questions about this song. The woman in the background is Joni Mitchell. By coincidence, Neil and Joni contracted polio in Canada as children in 1951 during the last epidemic in North America before the Salk vaccine solved polio. They were thousands of miles apart, they did not know each other, they both grew up to become amazing folk/rock musicians. Neil Young has never explained the meaning of "Helpless" and rock critics think it is about the feeling of being stuck in a small town but I am convinced that it is about the emotions of having Polio and not having any idea if you are going to get better or spend years inside an iron lung. That is why having Joni kind of sneak in behind the curtain and sing background vocal during this performance is so special and powerful.
@rievans573 жыл бұрын
When Neil said, "all my changes were there", I immediately thought of teenage angst-
@RonDoiron-pz3ee5 ай бұрын
The true story of this song, in 1969, while on his Canadian Tour, their bus broke down, early evening, on Highway 17 North, at the crossroad, leading into Wawa. The shadow emanating from the Wawa goose, covering their broken down bus, inspired this talented man. Well, I’m 78 now, so, if my memory serves me right, they had a one night gig here, before hitting the highway.
@SandraHelwig20 күн бұрын
l this little cool tale
@pw398116 күн бұрын
Joni. Another folk legend. Joni Mitchell Blue is one of my all time favorite albums.
@vedderisbetter292 жыл бұрын
Neil's nose all full of fun stuff, Joni killing it on the vocals, the band being the band.....One of Canada's finest moments truly :)
@ninjavigilante53112 жыл бұрын
Good ole Canadian boys playing great music before the 90s boom of Canadian music came back
@benmarkus36752 жыл бұрын
If there is ONE thing i'm proud of about being a "Canadian" It's this performance. Neil is all of us, we are all Neil.
@usware52402 жыл бұрын
yeah, I think they had to rotoscope the coke out lol. Still one of the most iconic moments in rock history.
@usware52402 жыл бұрын
and he had a flawless performance. Extraordinary actually.
@painiscupcake5433 Жыл бұрын
Those guys contributed at least 10 % to Colombia's GDP
@texanfournow5 ай бұрын
As someone whose mother was born in Toronto and father was raised on a farm in Ontario, this song has always "struck a chord" in my heart. I spent nearly every summer of my youth in Muskoka, Ontario, and recall waking up in the middle of night, walking out of our rented cottage, and watching the Northern Lights paint the sky, with stars galore as a backdrop. Thank you Neil, The Band, Joni (wow!), and Marty.
@SandraHelwig20 күн бұрын
awesome 😮
@SandraHelwig20 күн бұрын
just great
@SandraHelwig20 күн бұрын
NIEL YOUNG LOVE
@jennymcmillin566813 күн бұрын
Fabulous memory!!!! 😊😊
@caseygillis901710 күн бұрын
Lol SOFT!
@safetydave7207 жыл бұрын
One thing I like about Neil is that he is unique. His own style. He didnt follow others, they followed him.
@michellefletcher29827 жыл бұрын
I was told Eric Clapton said this was the best live song he had ever heard. If true, that's an awesome compliment.
@ninjavigilante53114 жыл бұрын
He was probably proud because it's so Canadian.. Eric is half Canadian as well if didn't know.
@lamolambda83494 жыл бұрын
@@ninjavigilante5311 that guy needs to remember to close the windows
@mr.mayhem89044 жыл бұрын
Probably because Mr. Young shared a huge line of blow with him before hand lol. They almost didn’t put this song on the movie because Neil young had a massive rock of cocaine hanging outta his nose but they edited it so you couldn’t see it
@mikemac71964 жыл бұрын
@@lamolambda8349 He wasn't home when that happened
@nopenope25924 жыл бұрын
@@mr.mayhem8904 I noticed that before this video was edited
@dylanmurphy10753 жыл бұрын
The mutual respect on display is palpable. They are so pumped to be sharing a stage. Wow.
@roseannparker5800 Жыл бұрын
And a bit of chemical hepl.
@hannejeppesen18093 ай бұрын
That too.@@roseannparker5800
@mullen25 Жыл бұрын
thank goodness this legendary greatness was captured on film for generations to appreciate. these artists are irreplaceable.
@ZwienerZ9 жыл бұрын
When Neil starts singing, I can't help but notice Robbie's huge smile! I love it!
@rcoates079 жыл бұрын
ZwienerZ He realises he is about to be part of something special, yes.
@jerrydog86719 жыл бұрын
ZwienerZ i agree Robbie's huge grin gave me goosebumps
@justincase16608 жыл бұрын
its still a great jam
@hespheiden18 жыл бұрын
+ZwienerZ It's a bunch of Canucks having a special Hoser moment. Gotta like it.
@thegreatsalaam6 жыл бұрын
...and taking a deep sniff, never seen a finer performance by peops higher than these guys.
@jaygohel1657 Жыл бұрын
When Neil joins the band at 4:11 says everything about Neil and The Band. Respect and love
@johngore7744 Жыл бұрын
Tons of Canadian talent and the irreplaceable Levon Helm. Thank you America for your influence. Cheers from Montreal.
@hannejeppesen18093 ай бұрын
I think they were all irreplaceable.@@johngore7744
@sharlenesymcheck73943 жыл бұрын
Takes me back to my days growing up with my husband . Close my eyes and I am back in his arms. Hope heavens great as we thought Hon. Still missing you and forever will .
@highlyblessed3185 жыл бұрын
Joni Mitchell on this performance gives me chills and tears at the same time.
@pbhoidale4 жыл бұрын
Joni has said many times that this is the greatest song ever written!
@jeffreyhall21363 жыл бұрын
Sorry Joni has a unique voice, but not here. I'd rather just listen to the guys. She sounds like a screech owl in this.
@somegalfromcan3 жыл бұрын
Yes! I have no idea why she isn't credited here.
@robertspence8313 жыл бұрын
She adds a lot, and it's already a glorious piece of work.........
@bryansmith93109 жыл бұрын
when they all start singing together on the same mic...that is some magical shit right there
@uwu_biggamerman14069 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah
@lorihill35318 жыл бұрын
+bryan smith Until Joni Mitchell started howling in the background.
@ryanokeeffe30138 жыл бұрын
+Lori Hill omg i just started laughing so hard at that thank you
@montgomerydenzer88058 жыл бұрын
+bryan smith TRUE DAT
@jerrycoleman71508 жыл бұрын
+bryan smith very true.
@courtneydavy1236 жыл бұрын
This song embodies what so much of North Ontario was really like in the 70s. A lonely place, a beautiful wilderness, but whatever it was to anyone it touched your soul. Amazing memories.
@fintanoclery2698 Жыл бұрын
Not much has changed up north.
@carolbuckley79005 ай бұрын
I was so lucky to be born 1960 and my two older musician brothers filled our home with all the legendary artists including Neil Youmg♥️♥️♥️♥️ I loved his record Zuma. 🌹🌹🌹🌹 I’ve always wanted to see him play in person. ♥️♥️♥️🌹🌹such a tender voice.
@gloriabermudez49875 жыл бұрын
No matter what, Neil Young, the genius he is, nailed a song. Thanks to u-tube. Without these videos how could I listen to all this amazing music. True love for rock.
@ffm5954 жыл бұрын
The greatest version of this song. Seeing them look so happy singing together with Joni's echoing vocals is simply breath taking
@fgsp89094 жыл бұрын
and we are fighting against covid now .... i wish i had 30 in 1976
@damienfaure87394 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, it's probably the greatest version of that song.
@Khem103 жыл бұрын
This is the Greatest Live Version Ever of the Song “Helpless” from Neil Young .... Simply Breath-Taking ... all of them singing and the mouth organ music takes you to another level of heavenly happiness
@diosantana26596 жыл бұрын
The look of pure humility and appreciation on Neil Young's face as he walks out. 0:08. Wow. I think he says, "thank you man for letting me do this" or something of the like.
@joeynarciso948 күн бұрын
Love that guy for all he's done in the bay area with the Bridge School he started many years ago basically for his own son with cerebral palsy. Then I felt so left out that I was hired at the schools I was working at in San Jose after all the contract positions for OTs and PTs had already been filled at the Bridge School that I simply wasn't needed there. Plus then they organized an annual benefit concert at the Shoreline Park Ampitheater in Mountain View so it was just a beautiful thing. Anyway it was all a long time ago since I left CA in the mid 90s. I did see some footage of Mazzy Star performing Fade Into You from one of those concerts though I think from 1994 on ytube
@MariaGonzalez-lu5nw6 жыл бұрын
FYI about why Joni was backstage: Joni came out later to perform Coyote and they wanted to keep it a surprise, so she stayed behind the curtains during "Helpless". It's kind of brilliant, imagine not having any idea she was there, and then during the song you hear her gorgeous voice complementing this song....goosebumps.
@petervanherp78712 жыл бұрын
Pure magic and greatness....
@tpstrato22702 жыл бұрын
His voice is pure gold. He is unique. No one else sounds like him. This is one of my favorites. He expresses pure emotion. Helpless. He expresses the pain of loss perfectly. What a great artist. Thanks Neil Young.
@KIKINITCHITAАй бұрын
IDEM DE FRANCE
@lindafox43352 ай бұрын
Neil Young and The Band together, how lucky to see that.
@avictorbell28352 жыл бұрын
Even after all this time this version still brings a tear to my 64 year old eyes
@Oh_I_Will Жыл бұрын
Why
@petermcmillan3446 Жыл бұрын
Same age, same response. Bawling my eyes out right now :)
@michaelbirke6050 Жыл бұрын
@@Oh_I_Willwhy? Who ripped your heart out?
@mikew602511 ай бұрын
@@Oh_I_Will If you were there, no explanation is necessary. If you weren't there, no explanation will suffice. Rock on.
@56Veggie10 ай бұрын
As told in Neil Young: Long May You Run: The Illustrated History, this song is about the town of Omemee in Ontario. In 1949, Neil's parents moved there with him when he was just four years old. Young describes it as "a nice little town. Sleepy little place... Life was real basic and simple in that town. Walk to school, walk back. Everybody knew who you were. Everybody knew everybody." Neil had polio at age six and his family moved to Florida, believing that the warmer climate would aid in his recovery. It is the emotion and sleepy sadness in this song that brings tears to the eyes of those who experienced Neil Young when we were young (i.e., the Forum in Inglewood, late 1970s).
@peterlorenz4114Ай бұрын
Fucking Tears running down the cheeks of a 70 year old man, going through all ups and downs of life.
@juliadixon8465Ай бұрын
A decade behind you, man, crying along with you
@user-sw6sm8ru6u14 күн бұрын
The best music ever , we have lived to through
@boboxui65628 күн бұрын
J'ai vu le film avec un frère ❤ dans les année 1978 mon frère est maintenant mort suite à une cirrhose
@peterlorenz41148 күн бұрын
@@boboxui6562 Sorry for this! In 1978 we were en Ardeche..Hippies..super time there.
@user-qz5vk2hp9z5 күн бұрын
Stay strong brother!
@jespernielsen85492 ай бұрын
A beautiful song and the best rock'n'roll movie ever made. I remember when I moved away from my parents in 1970, a friend and I listened to this song all night, stoned out of our minds. Good times. Rock on, Neil.
@ronnyparker2 ай бұрын
wish Neil 3wasnt such a proponent of drugs.... fk you too
@ifwegoatall33122 жыл бұрын
Joni’s voice is a presence and the silhouette of her is such a great shot… its enough to bring tears to your eyes.
@sheehy9337 жыл бұрын
This truly is a magical moment captured for eternity. From Robbies smile when Neil starts to sing to Rick looking at Neil with a sense of knowing anticipation of the next verse to Rick and Robbie jokingly looking skyward at the "big birds flying across the sky". Hard to put into words but I'll try and say there is a feeling of comraderie exuding from this clip that warms the heart. Yes kids, drugs are bad.....but in this moment in time I believe they accentuated what was already a special moment.
@hannejeppesen18093 ай бұрын
I think you are right. Robbie wrote in his book, a few hours before the concert he went back to his hotel, to try to get a little sleep, he couldn't. He realized he was exhausted and had been going to adrelin and drugs (probably cocaine), instead of proper nutrition and sleep. His wife brought him some food, and again adrelin kicked in, and most likely cocaine when he go to Winterland.
@debrablackwell91527 жыл бұрын
There is a passion that takes over and this is an example. Neil Young does not play the game. He is what he is and that is a passion for his music. He sings with life rolling off his tongue and his guitar. Those of us who were fortunate enough to experience him in the 70's were blessed, definitely blessed. God Bless you, Neil Young. Thank you for standing for what you believe. I love you, we love you.
@th701865 жыл бұрын
Your comment combined with this beautiful music just gave me goosebumps
@juliettemacdonald57925 жыл бұрын
Debra Blackwell Ya- Neil is from Blind River, Rick from Stratford, Robbie ,Garth, + Richard also are from Ontario. Only Levon Helm is from Elaine, Arkansas but he lived in Woodland, N.Y.
@aaronlandau55755 жыл бұрын
It does help that Neil Young had an enormous rock of cocaine stuck up his nose through this performance, that was later edited out at the behest of his manager
@CharCanuck144 жыл бұрын
@@juliettemacdonald5792 .....and Neil is singing about a town up the road from where I live....little Omemee, Ontario,
@doneown5033 жыл бұрын
Hes an awesome Canadian, & human bean!
@Khem103 жыл бұрын
This is by far the best live version, I have ever heard ... the song takes you out in a oblivion of blue sky away and away from this earth in to the heaven.... beautiful notes
@mart1j992 жыл бұрын
The others are Down by the River and . . . ?
@deanoemonsjr85433 жыл бұрын
I grew up in the late 60's early 70's........what an incredible 'time slot' that was for music. This song along with many others of Neil Young's are the soundtrack to my youth. What a childhood it was.... Neil, you are a treasure!
@ronabrams7899 Жыл бұрын
ditto that my brother.
@fritzy21127 жыл бұрын
I'm a full blown southern boy. I don't give a damn what Ronnie say, this southern man needs ole Neil Young around!
@garybrinker45225 жыл бұрын
Roonnie and Neil admired eachother
@tommyhaynes91574 жыл бұрын
I grew up in NC in the 70s .....we all thought Southern Man was complimentary.We weren't reading too deep into the lyrics
@SusieQsDairyBar3 жыл бұрын
Are you referencing the Drive-By Truckers song "Ronnie and Neil"?. If not check that song out. It's literally about what you said.....or anyone else reading this, check out that song.
@scottbird64233 жыл бұрын
I heard it was a joke between them
@SusieQsDairyBar3 жыл бұрын
@@scottbird6423 There are tons of aspects to it. It's worth a google. I just did and learned a lot I didn't know about the whole situation. Very interesting story for sure.
@mary2410567 жыл бұрын
his harmonica speaks louder than any lyrics ive ever heard. I love it
@kacchan-guitar4 жыл бұрын
My heart trembled. I am still moved by this Helpless,from Japan.
@tommybewickАй бұрын
This is the best song ever written and performed in rock music with Neil Young, the band and Joni Mitchell. It just doesn't get any better than this!
@diosantana26596 жыл бұрын
My father, born in 1950, was watching this part of The Last Waltz while rocking my 5 month old baby. All of the sudden, she fell alseep in his arms and laid her head on his chest. Another beautiful moment in my life to the soundtrack of 70s rock
@Silmapuoli8 жыл бұрын
I'm in rehab and this gives me so much motivation to go on. Without Last Waltz and other favourite music I might had jumped out of the window days ago.
@kylermondello84868 жыл бұрын
+Silmapuoli if you look closely you can see the cocaine in Neil's nose.
@bobmarley12345ify8 жыл бұрын
+Kyler Mondello lol well placed comment
@voyagersa226 жыл бұрын
You can make it brother. You have good taste. Carry on✊🏻
@garyfoutch59746 жыл бұрын
Silmapuoli I think music is a gift.. given to us.. what we do with it is like all gifts.. If we value its ability to calm us and give peace in our hearts then it can be used as it was originally intended.. granted there is some bad music and musicians but they were given the gift too.. they just didn't treat it like a gift.. maybe they took it for granted or just let it age and not keep its value.. I value Music like you do.. it keeps me sane. I need it fairly often.
@gageky6 жыл бұрын
Praying
@ebbw99 Жыл бұрын
RIP Robbie. What a beautiful tune this is👏
@clayman975912 күн бұрын
And Rick
@hanimisyel60952 ай бұрын
Its my first time hearing this song,,, reading some of the comments here and my tears roll down , i dunno know.. but thanks a lot for sharing this .. to the one listening this now--Bless you
@Clarkwork7 жыл бұрын
Not sure how you can press thumbs down on this. One of the most beautiful songs ever.
@isleafs137 жыл бұрын
Jeff, some people are just negative by nature.
@nikkiavery72407 жыл бұрын
Jeff Clark It's always been my favorite ❤️️ ! I could listen to this one song all day .
@jagger47866 жыл бұрын
SgtVirg they are not negative they just have no feeling for music and no education .
@LDixon0076 жыл бұрын
It's easy to confuse the thumb icons when your eyes ares are filled with tears.
@kurtcole95746 жыл бұрын
love playing this song with my friends band, the MOUNTAIN BROTHERS BAND I play the bass, easy to play, and I enjoy that
@leenewhook79947 жыл бұрын
that moment when Neil starts singing and you see Robbie go into a complete different state of mind.
@markfriedman63413 жыл бұрын
There are no words to explain all that talent including Joni singing like the Angel she was. Leaves me helpless and speechless!!!
@michaelm727 күн бұрын
This is so Golden wonderful thanks for posting
@craigslistdave20864 жыл бұрын
Neil Young is such a class act it’s a blessing for him to still be with us today, or to even have him at all in our culture. Thank you Neil Young.
@desireedasilva27503 жыл бұрын
this song could wash down on me forever, and I'd still hit replay. The best.
@TomokosEnterprize5 ай бұрын
Sweet memories of days now long passed. Man sure has taken a dive down since those days of peace and love !
@apocalypseplough80899 жыл бұрын
To all the Americans here, you're welcome. ~ Canada
@apocalypseplough80899 жыл бұрын
***** For nurturing great talent like Neil Young and The Band.
@marianvictoriliescu75679 жыл бұрын
+Apocalypse Plough i love flower power
@DanielEvitt8 жыл бұрын
You gave them Bieber and fucked it up.
@n40tom7 жыл бұрын
Apocalypse Plough You mean thank you for opening our arms to Neil and appreciating his talent.
@CHlEFFIN7 жыл бұрын
tackless What kind of a pathetically nationalist comment is this...? Is this a pissing war to see whose DESCENDANTS (highly unlikely due to multiculturalism, thankfully) did the 'most' for the rest..? PATHETIC. Enjoy the fucking music and realize this is not about who can piss the farthest.
@ruddle17 Жыл бұрын
This is one of the greatest live performances captured on film - Joni lending her magic to Neil and the guys at the legendary Winterland
@Oh_I_Will Жыл бұрын
Doesn’t touch Rooftop
@ronaldopacheco21336 күн бұрын
Aqui estou! Prestes a completar 66 anos e vivendo e curtindo muito este som! Lembro da adolescência!
@josephleotta24437 ай бұрын
This is perfection. There's nothing better than this.
@redbarnz4 жыл бұрын
In my mind, this is the definitive version of Helpless. The whole ensemble made it music magic.
@damienfaure87396 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite versions of that song. When I feel down, this version gives me warmth and I feel less sad.
@beckyfinch66283 жыл бұрын
This the greatest concert ever to be on screen!!!! I just can't say enough about it!!!! The Band was just SO F'N GOOD!!!! And then there is Neil Young, with Joni howling in the back!!!! Jesus Christ can it ever get better than this?!!! HELL NO I SAY!!!!!! THE BAND.....WHAT A GREAT NAME FOR THEM!!!! THEY WERE ALL SO TALENTED.. HELM, DANKO, HUDSON, ROBERTSON AND MORE, NOT TO MENTION THEIR GUEST ON HERE!!!! I WATCH IT TWO OR THREE TIMES A YEAR, AND HAVE FOR FORTY YEARS AND COUNTING!!!❤️❤️✌️✌️❤️❤️
@steevedaw5663 жыл бұрын
The sheer look of delight on the band leader's face as Neil starts singing,is worth gold.
@kyoku19825 жыл бұрын
Here I am on Canada day listening to perhaps the most Canadian music moment of all time.
@analogkid49575 жыл бұрын
Wouldn’t Rush be elevated as the most popular Canadian band?
@kyoku19825 жыл бұрын
@@analogkid4957 Hard to say. Rush has a huge cult following but I dont know if they have the mainstream following of Neil or the Band.
@bobmcrae57514 ай бұрын
@@analogkid4957 I grew up on the west coast of Canada in the 60's and 70's and Rush was NEVER played on the radio. They were strictly an eastern band. So no, Rush was NOT the most popular Canadian band.
@btmacie8 жыл бұрын
For his high status in the rock and roll community, Neil Young just kinda comes like some socially awkward dude I would have known in high school or something. I find it quite relatable.
@lildebbie9975 жыл бұрын
Brendan Macie I know it’s crazy
@analogkid49575 жыл бұрын
Brendan Macie What is it specifically about Neil that people regard him as socially awkward? Is it his geeky appearance so to speak?
@grandwazoo16964 жыл бұрын
I would shoot his barber though lol
@adambradford94724 жыл бұрын
Mildly autistic
@Resplencemelodi3 жыл бұрын
Probably Asperger's and a little stoned. he's okay.
@micheletranchida72643 жыл бұрын
The best performance in this concert. Neil & Joni Amazing.
@brandonromano3153 жыл бұрын
Rick Danko's backup vocals are so rich and underrated.
@damienfaure87393 жыл бұрын
So true!
@hannejeppesen18095 ай бұрын
We all love Rick, he was unique.
@daveburns38863 ай бұрын
Gifted Under-rated
@simonsalloom52146 жыл бұрын
Blows my mind every time I hear this version of Helpless. Mythically awesome, wish I was there. Beauty in the finest most rare sense.
@chriscarr63922 жыл бұрын
This song rings so true to my life. It was 1979, Cedaredge Colorado. I went to live with my aunt and uncle. I left a bad life and at 16 was reborn. I love that town, I finished my last 2 years of high school. I graduated in 1981 and then left for the Navy in 1984. It will always be my home....
@OakHillSoulman4 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this clip and listened to this version countless times and still get a chill
@JasonCassady-le7sn Жыл бұрын
“They got it now Robbie!” Always gets me.
@richardthelionheart55945 ай бұрын
Robert
@hannejeppesen18095 ай бұрын
Robbie real name was Jaime Royal Robertson, but he was always called Robbie@@richardthelionheart5594
@dan321135 ай бұрын
Calm down@@richardthelionheart5594
@pintpot5 ай бұрын
Gets me too coz I never knew what he meant. What does he mean?
@darylmixan81705 ай бұрын
Me and my brother has been saying this for years
@lasvegasionizedwater6 жыл бұрын
Got the DVD. It's great. Got to see Neil Young back in the day. Only performer who could captivate an entire audience by himself.
@jerrymariano4027 жыл бұрын
imagine your back up vocal is JONI MITCHEL, shes a goddess! Wow!!
@ThaiThom5 жыл бұрын
Joni and Neil were always friends.
@jeffreybrian26664 жыл бұрын
And Joni is not even a featured face on stage, to boot. Now imagine you had a traveling Joni Mitchell, a "fact" about which very few know, and via personal fiat, you layered songs with her voice without the audience knowing from whom or where it was coming. Joni OnDemand ... look stage right, nod, and Joni will take her place in an unlit corner next to her mic, ready to back up any song (or, to truly mess with the audience, have her sing a cover with no supporting vocals and have the entire band act as if nothing is different). Fun times!
@LifeForUndead4 жыл бұрын
Harold and Kumar ?
@natashacadieux11024 жыл бұрын
She is 100 percent a goddess
@natashacadieux11024 жыл бұрын
@@ThaiThom not true, she could not stand him this night
@fadeandfringe5 жыл бұрын
The first time I gave myself to my ex boyfriend this album was on vinyl and immediately after ...this song came on and we laid there and held each other and I will forever remember him by this song and that perfect moment... it ended on bad terms and we haven’t talked in 3 years but thankyou Justin for showing me the gift of Neil Young. Beautiful
@jasnapanic36213 жыл бұрын
I still have this album on vinyl😊😊
@markgoodman711214 күн бұрын
all these on stage are my past in music Wow how lucky were we and still going cheers to all
@edejan10 жыл бұрын
Classic. Neil Young is one of the greats of our time.
@anmlgrl268 жыл бұрын
This is what real music is.... real lyrics....acoustic. ..I'm in love!
@legend99486 жыл бұрын
Oh yes the 1970's.....after the pill and before aids......we'll never be there again
@danhigh93966 жыл бұрын
Neil is a music legend
@jacktravis27185 жыл бұрын
Of all of the amazing preformances captured this evening, this one absolutely floors me every single time.
@gillygil87472 жыл бұрын
Just some Canadian kids back in 76. Watched this with my whole family sitting around the living room.
@andrewchandler79596 жыл бұрын
How on this earth, nearly 50 years ago, can these guys make sounds like this. I am sitting In my English garden, in the late afternoon of an English summers day, covered in goosebumps and with emotion high. When there is so much hate I. The world right now. Thank you guys. You’ll never know🤗
@billymurph81258 жыл бұрын
THIS IS MY FAVORITE NEIL YOUNG SONG. LAID IN MY BED AT NIGHT AS A KID AND LISTENED ON AN 8 TRACK WITH HEAD PHONES BLASTING NO WONDER I CANT HEAR ANYMORE ... RIP ROBERT LYNCH !!!!
@timkancar98327 жыл бұрын
billy murph p.m.
@irisis40195 жыл бұрын
This is exactly what i’m doing right now, but not i’m not a kid anymore times flies people change but amazing music like this stays FOREVER.
@TheUnFurtaker5 жыл бұрын
I have this concert on dvd. The accompanying acts that performed that night in its self makes this one of, if not the best show in ROCK AND ROLL history!
@543Molly Жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorite performances!.. Truly beautiful ❤❤❤
@cormacdavid73555 ай бұрын
Hello Molly 👋 How are you? So sorry for the infringe on your privacy. Beautiful song
@markmiller34508 жыл бұрын
OUTSTANDING, how else can a person describe Mr. Neil Young. Thanks for everything for all these years.
@giorgiimedashvili17634 жыл бұрын
Just love how Robbie looks up to see rising yellow moon and big birds flying across the sky.
@tommyreed39676 ай бұрын
Gives me goosebumps everytime.. R.I.P dad x.. You was right all along.. neil young one of the greatest. What a track 👌
@valeriep-t8uАй бұрын
Blue blue windows behind the stars, it’s so awesome to be in the company of Neil and all of you! I’m helpless, when I hear Neil Young, organism after organism, just listening to him…
@mrdaleward52788 жыл бұрын
I love robbie reaction when young started singing 👌❤
@Oldgrandman6 жыл бұрын
One of the greatest pieces of all time, this entire concert!
@theanimal619 Жыл бұрын
The Band along with Neil Young and Joni's vocals you can't help but cry at this classic ☝🏾♥️🎶🎸🔥🎶
@detweilcny3 жыл бұрын
As often as I've watched this clip, I still get chills.
@mygrandbabies110 жыл бұрын
There is a town in north Ontario, With dream comfort memory to spare, And in my mind I still need a place to go, All my changes were there. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless Baby can you hear me now? The chains are locked and tied across the door, Baby, sing with me somehow. Blue, blue windows behind the stars, Yellow moon on the rise, Big birds flying across the sky, Throwing shadows on our eyes. Leave us Helpless, helpless, helpless.
@robinwitch66610 жыл бұрын
Interesting that five out of the six on state are Canadians. Leon was the only American.
@carolpeskin70787 жыл бұрын
Simply the best ever!
@carolpeskin70787 жыл бұрын
Please play this version of "Helpless" when I'm cremated & my ashes are blowing over the Pacific near Big Sur.
@garyfoutch59746 жыл бұрын
Sandra Flett I have not actually heard this song since the late 70's..dropped out of the music scene in 71..started to relearn to play drums a few years ago.. and now it all is now reliving the music I loved so many years ago.. very strange and wonderful at the same time.. my music knowledge.. years of scooling in percussion is now returning with new feelings and expression as if delivered to me via a time machine. Love Neil's music. Clapton is another star fav of mine.. see his vid.. part of the Last Waltz set of 7 vids plus others not in that set of 7.
@merg1242 жыл бұрын
Now 71 years old myself after following this guy since I was seventeen years old that says a whole lot for a genius in music.
@gened9787Ай бұрын
This is the first song that I learned how to play on guitar about 50 years ago. It was a breakthrough moment for me, and it made me very happy. I loved it then and I still love and play it today.
@alannah06283 ай бұрын
This is one of my favourite singular moments in music history. Not sure what it is, but Joni harmonizing always gives me goosebumps.
@jamescampbell12736 жыл бұрын
my senior hi school teacher took our class to see this in 1978 and it changed my world. to this day I still love to watch and listen to the BAND its as awe inspiring today just as it was 40 yrs ago and if it wasn't for Robbie Robertson the BAND never would have been ...
@buckodonnghaile43095 жыл бұрын
Teacher of the Century
@billjones55264 ай бұрын
Best Neil song ever, plus this concert showed the the world Robbie is one of the best guitar players ever
@JacobClark936 ай бұрын
This song rocks so hard!!! I have watched so many times over the years.
@jeffreyletourneau2995 ай бұрын
This is one of the greatest things recorded.
@GilliePryor1Artist3 жыл бұрын
Neil's got SOUL. They are all out of their boxes, and yet this is a perfect masterpiece. Joni on descants and Neil and Robbie immersed in harmonies. The lyrics really hit home, too. Marvellous