John really nails the feel of this song, the laid back, sexy, rocky bottom, the soaring freedom supporting the higher vocals, even the solo some songs are kind of sacred John brings this home

It wasn't enough he was the BASS GOD, he sang well, wrote good tunes, arranged, played BRASS and was so goddam cool to boot ! Long Live the OX !

John's version of this song blasts Neil Young's version out of the water. Great job John. RIP Brother.

i could be happy the rest of my life just listening to this cover over and over and over

Just learned JE had covered NY's "Cinnamon Girl" and had to hear it. I was lucky enough to meet the Ox. It was 1987, Wash DC, the Bayou Club. A friend was trying to become a music journalist and - taking me along - talked his way backstage to interview JE. Honestly, I don't recall the Q&A aspect (it was 1987!) of it. All I remember is being in the presence of (and talking with) a legend, and to some, the best rock bassist ever. Shook Brian May's hand once. Doesn't compare. What an experience.

John divided the history of bass guitar before and after him! A truly virtuoso! The nicest version of this song!

Such an unexpected cover! John was a rocker through and through, what a musician.

oh my GOD this is the best version of cinnamon girl ever written! awsome!

John playing lead on his bass as usual!!! GREAT

Greatest rock bassist ever.

Fuckin great. Two of my favorite musicians. I had no idea the Ox had done Neil. Beautiful. Thanks for posting. Peace.

Just listened to this 70 more times ... I said this was awsome... I was wrong!! that was an understatment its fuckin out of this world ! I am obsessed with this video that guitar is .... its wicked !!

Dude - I was at that show too...It was one of the best concerts Ive ever been to...remember when Daltrey came out wearing an acoustic guitar ,,,and he asked that all the lights in MSG remain on and he proceeded to sing and play Magic Bus...he had the entire place singing with him...So frikkin cool...

Man, when you've got talent it really shines in covering someone's song by keeping what works from the original while adding to it your own. Love it!

Nice job on cover..Love Neil and UncleJohn

Esta canción es la que te hace sentir que el Rock And Roll nunca morira!!......dedo arriba!!

Killer good version !

Yes! I DO LOVE TO DANCE!! THIS IS A GREAT ROLLERBLADING TUNE RIGHT NOW!! Dare I say, this version is as good if not better than Neil's. Cinnamon is one spice of life . . . I keep lots of spices in my personal pantry and plenty of cinnamon shades in my hair . . . the sayings about redheads are absolutely TRUE! LET'S GO!!

Ultra cool!

Well, great video and great interpretation of Mr. Entwistle.

Best rendition of Young's song. Thank you so much for this!

never heard this version, didn't know he did it. It rocks & cool video with it.

miss you john x

WOW! Impressive version.

I have to say this is a far superior version!

The OX......excellent.....

God I miss John!

My God!!!

john entwistle es el mejor bajista

Love this song...

Fuckin awesome... Love you ,OX!!!!

Nice find and good job, thanks for posting.

nice!

fantastic video. John would be proud

Horribly underrated. No surprise that he beat Sting and Paul McCartney for Bassist of the Millennium.

It was really great, i wonder if he toured this album,..... I would love to hear him sing some of these tracks live.....would be a real shame if he never did.

Thank you, I miss him too. There was only one OX

John was a rare bird of a dying breed. A Mad Dog & an Englishman on the road til his dying day. ☠️🙈🙉🙊♠️

my favorite bass player covering and playing the line from one of my other favorite bass players (Billy Talbot of Crazy Horse)!

I loved "Whistle Rhymes" He was the bomb!

I'd bet Neil would approve of this version.

This is a bonus track taken off the re-release of one of Entwistle's solo albums from the early '70s. It wasn't considered good enough to be included on the original release, and it might not have even undergone full production. The footage of him in the red suit is from Rick Wakeman's Gas Tank TV show (1983) - there are a couple of clips of this on KZfaq.

awesome guitar player, strange voice adds more depth this version is perfect

@toadman842 Pete Townsend is a genius. His contribution to 60's rock is immeasurable. Oh, wait, you must be kidding. Ha ha.

I was at that show! I believe it was '78 or 9.

thanks for post-I had no idea the who bass player had a band ,album. etc great cover! And a truly great bass player he played a 'lead' bass that really propelled a lot of townsends songs-thanks John!

I just went and heard it now (for the first time) Thanks for the recommendation. I like this version of the song too! It rocks'!!

Thank you for the support! :-) Happy Valentines Day!

Thank you for the support! Happy New year!

Nice little homage to Mr Neil Young.

The video footage is actually John playing "Twist and Shout" on the UK tv programme "Gastank" .

I'm glad you like it, thanks for the support. I miss the bass playing too! :-)

@rockinroller7 ...you are absolutely right. These versions (Neil Young's & Entwisle's) both compliment each other extremely well

great version

I need one too

I heard this version on Midnights with Alice Cooper...HEAVY, HEAVY, HEAVY!!!!!

awesome.....just awesome

This has the weight of “Brontosaurus” (a golden oldie from The Move) and one-ups Neil’s version. Miss the Ox!

This song is credited to Neil Young but some people thinks it was in fact written by John, who decided to "give" it to Young at some point. We'll never know, I guess, but the lyrics are kinda Entwistle-esque. Not sure about the music 'tho. Anyway my favourite "Smash..." song will always be Heaven and Hell. What a great album...

Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!

thanks

Thanks!

This was a bonus track that was included on the cd release of his solo album "Smash Your Head Against The Wall" The cover of the album is the first image you see on the video

I actually prefer this version to the original.

iv always liked this song

Thunderfingers! He was an amazing talent!

yesss

I LOVE this. (The song, not the video, mind you.) I like it more than the original. It's slower, sloppier, and more stripped-down.

love how the ox has tried to catch the authentic guitar sound of the original! what album is this off? i'm a massive who fan and i've just started getting into neil young. this is ace!!!! cheers man!

the movie is from him playing twist and shout at gastank,1983 or something

I absolutely LOVE this

Yes

@znbassman Thanks for the excellent info.

they still made great music after Brian Jones left, it was around 1980 when there music went sour. I thought Some Girls was there last Good album

@ben909ben Nice to hear back from you - not sure "led me to Whatever" means? In case it helps, "Waterloo Sunset" is by the Kinks, 'What Do I Get" by the Buzzcocks, "How Sweet to be an Idiot" by Neil Innes, "Cemetery Gates" by the Smiths & "Heroes and Villains" by the Beachboys. Of your other faves, I think "Helpless" (like "Love Hurts") is a great song with strong, hard and pure emotion. I also love the epic "Tangled Up in Blue" and, just a little less, "Riders on the Storm." Great choices!

Oh yes, you are so correct. Type O's covers of other band's songs are, or should be, legendary.

There has been a huge gap in the world since Ox left us.

@Lewis1key Was that in Seattle back in 89? That happened there as well.

wow this is good....i never heard this

@ben909ben I love your description of the song and your poignant comment that "some songs are kind of sacred." That's exactly how I feel about this song. At the risk of introducing disagreement instead of perfect harmony, which we've achieved so far, what other songs would you call sacred? A few of mine would be: "Pictures of Lily," "Waterloo Sunset," "What Do I Get," "Born to Run," "How Sweet to be an Idiot," "Cemetery Gates" and "Heroes and Villains."

@Whofan1000 Thank you, Whofan, the beauty of music, is we can all have sacred songs, and it still adds up to harmony. Hard to imagine anyone else pulling off "Born To Run"! For me, I would add "Helpless", which k.d. lang did a righteous version of, "Riders on the Storm", and "Tangled up in Blue". I'll go look some of yours up. Yeah - Pictures of Lily, Who else could write that, Who else would play the French Horn on it like that, and Who else would contribute such backing vocals?

cool! :)

He sure was!

Amazing - lovely, strong and beautiful. Good to know;o)

@toadman842 Pete Townsend is a genius, as I posted before. But wait, this is a John Entwistle solo effort. Don't think Pete was on it but I'll check later & let you know. I KNOW you'd want to get it right.

@A10thunderbolt No, it's definitely him. Besides the fact that it's on a reissue of one of his solo CDs, I'm also sure because I remember back somewhere around 1970 reading an article in which Entwistle said that he loved the song and was thinking of recording it. Since the Who were my favorite band and "Cinammon Girl" was one of my favorite non-Who songs, I was excited and looking forward to it. And now, a mere 40-some years later, I get to hear it! Thanks to Doctorzaius for posting it!

METAL!!!

The stones stopped being the stones after Keith had Mick kick Brian out , they became more and more a profit machine, and that is what they are and have been for so long.

Dude, i am catching up on some of your vids. Nice work! That was cool! R.I.P. John

Does anyone know where this particular clip of John Entwistle singing in a red coat has been taken from? Thanks.

Thank you ;-)

a quote i just read ..(paraphrased) Neil young says he likes to leave the the interpretetation of his songs to the listener so if you are like me and wondered just who or what is cinnamon girl ...just look at the audience here . :D whatevr you wanted it to be

Not surprising considering the times! I saw her stuff featured in a mag recently, it was pretty good!

I love this song and especially this version....Neil Young is great but this one has a little more edge to it.

Yup, Linda photographed The Buffalo Springfield (hence her connection to Neil), The Doors, The Grateful Dead, The Jefferson Airplane, The Who, Stones, etc. I think she had relationships with several members of some of those bands.

oh fuck yes!!!!!

@rpmhart No, this was released in 1971. Frampton toured with Bowie in the late '80s. Not that that matters, as he didn't even play on this. It was Dave "Cyrano" Langston, who seems to have come out of obscurity to record this album and then gone right back in. Gain, in this context, refers to the input stage of a guitar amp, which when turned up overdrives the next stage and produces distortion. Loadman842 would like Townsend to sound more like a 14 year old boy trying to sound like Townsend.

Nice edge!

@Whofan1000 I stand corrected. Thank you so much for this post.

Thank you, do think I should just post the whole album? ;)