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I suffer from Hero worship. Neil Young has dealt with polio, type 1 diabetes, epilepsy, back surgery, brain aneurysm surgery. Yet he has created and continues to create the music of my life. He has done this with courage of conviction and tireless passion for his music. I have no doubt he is a flawed hero, I have no doubt he wrestles with his own demons. But when I hear his music, I am carried away to another world and I feel renewed. He has saved my life. I am grateful for Neil Young.

Why is it I am near 63 years old and NEVER head this song? The radio stations never played it, crime such a great song wasn't played. This is how music should sound not the junk nowdays on radio!!

Late to the Party, but... Been listening to your stuff since Buff Spring I. My friend and I were the dudes who untangled your Beige Chevy rental car from the roll-up fencing that you comically drove into, backstage of UCSB Stadium in Santa Barbara, 1970. After the slow speed plow-thru, you got out of the car, glanced at the car & fence, and looked at us with a funny smirk and a shrug of your shoulders, then proceeded to blend into the backstage territory. Too funny. That was a great concert. A high school buddy was working at UCSB in facilities maintenance, and got us into a side wing area just off stage a few feet. One of the production crew said "Sure, hang out here & dig it, but stay out of the way of the photographer shooting from the adjacent nook & cranny... he was shooting the outdoor pictures that went into the Deja Vu LP cover. I wish, through some magic and/or alchemy, that I could have had a cell phone with video recording that day, to save for posterity, you being seated at the Hammond organ, playing the bass notes of "Carry On" with your left foot on the Hammond foot pedals and singing your harmony parts, all the while tuning up that big gnarly Gretsch. Later.

How the fuck does Neil Young write such consistently great songs during his entire career? when 99% of rock musicians seem to burn out creatively in their 30's. Fuck, Neil young was 50 years old when he wrote and recorded this song, the guy is damn gifted.

Neil' solos are like eagles screeching out of the heavens and echoing in the mountains. pure bliss

Crazy Horse is one of the best bands in the world, very underrated! It makes mad to see those rubbish bands like motley crew, poison, Metallica, black Sabbath, iron maid, that have never made a good record, whose songs are idiot, being awarded merits they don't deserve. Neil young is at his best with them, perfect combination of talent, resulting in amazing songs, original, timeless. In the future,next centuries they will be heard like classic composers we do today. The others will be forgotten, or remembered as reality TV personalities or for their actions, their integrity. There will be theses from scholars studying every line to try to understand their emotions in that moment in their lives when they created a perfect song

This song saved my life .... one of those horrible nights .... and that shitty six in the morning when you're too tired and fucked up to care anymore ... I called this up and it got me through .....

Oh my god....from the lyrics, the guitar playing, the holes in his jeans, this whole video song. This is a modern masterpiece. Click fullscreen on this one, put on your best headphones if you want....Thank you Neil and band for sharing this. Gotta take this one in again.

Woah, what a great performance, rediscovering Neil, old time hippy of 74 years, band is super strong.His guitar playing is just excessively brilliant....

Honestly. I can't imagine my life without Neil's music in it all these years ..... It just resonates a peaceful rhythm in my soul.. Thanks Neil. Keep Rockin in the Free World!!!!!!!✌💗

So here's what you do:put this song on your stereo,jack it up loud,grab your acoustic,plug it in,turn it up and just jam away with Shakey and The Horse for all you're worth. Believe me, you'll be better for it.You NEED this.Thank me later.

Hello Neil Young I do enjoy so much “Change your Mind” and “Down by the River”. Thanks so very much for these. Donna Reidt 🌹❣️

One of the few musicians from the '60s that still make relevant and great music.

I absolutely dug how the dummer had tears in his eyes as he was looking at Neil in the background and I could tell it, when he starts that improvisational jam, I had tears in my eyes too as he was/is singing the lyrics, it is by far one of the many very emotional songs that I love by Mr. Young. - Bravo!

One of my musical heros !!! Seen him n crazy horse twice once in 1989 fresh out of rehab;then July 4th 2003 !!! My wifes first concert !!! Love Neil n the horse his music is more revealing to me more as I grow old with Neil !!!the old hippie "byrdman 62 "!!!!

Between the Lyrics and the Grooving rhythm. UNBELIVABLE !! but LIVED IT.....

When I think I can't live another day, I turn his music on, and soon afterwards , my skies are blue and I know things will get better ! Thank you !

You just HAVE to know that this was, and is something very special... In all my years I have never seen Neil playing or singing like he was just getting through it all. He ALWAYS puts the full percentage into what he is doing and ALWAYS becomes that integral part of his music, on the inside pushing it forward, steering and cajoling and engineering it to fit his exact mood, OUR exact mood. I love this man so much for what he has given me, what he has made me, what he has moulded within me... I am 71 and a half now and in 35 years time I will STILL be playing, singing and enjoying Neil and the Horse every single minute I get..... EVERY day without fail.... I am going to have to spin this track again right now....................................................................................................................

I have to thank Neil, for cleansing my soul, after my liver cancer op, I had two treatments of chemo, I ended up in intensive care for two weeks, when I got out of hospital, I had booked tickets to Neil’s last concert in Australia with my 10 year son, I was still weak, but we still went and I came out of that concert I felt on top of the world, I’m still here my son is 25, Thanks Neil.

This song means a great deal to me. I was 12 when this first played on the radio, and I loved every minute. I'd never heard anything like it before - my first long-form jam. Neil weaves a special magic with Crazy Horse. There's nothing like it.

This is why we love Neil Young

Neil is one of the all time greats a true balladeer and poet

Can you imagine anyone else singing it? Since they thought his voice was so bad... His passion brings his thoughts and feelings to life and only he could ever have gotten my attention, his voice, his heart, boy oh boy did he show them!!!

Grew up with NY. Am 62 years old and he never gets old......went in 1979 to the Forum in LA. What a talent..I Love you..Neil.

Neil Young and Crazy Horse are the fucking greatest rock band of all time. Holy shit, talk about seasoned players. Molina drives most of their shows.Poncho and Billy are the mechanics. Neil owns the car.

One of my favorites Neil...such a great song for all of us and especially those struggling with the deepest depression. Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Please please people seek professional help! So worth it! If you know someone struggling help them🙏🎵❤️

One of the most emotive players of all time. It’s like a mainline to his heart

❤❤4 Paws Up, I ❤ Change Your Mind & I play it on a loop & it's very hypnotic over & over & over...ove loved Neil since I was thirteen.

Wow!! No matter how many times I watch this video it blows me away!! The soul wrenching organic nature of it and the emotional highs and lows!! Just amazing!! Love you Neil!!!!!

Hypnotic perfection. Thank you Neil for cleansing my mind,heart and soul. ♥️

Thank God Neil is still around.

Man, I don't have many people in the world that just stick on me..I find no flaws in Brother Neil, I' know he is like you and me...otherwise, how could he write so many songs with the intamacy that he GIVES to us..

Neil and Crazy Horse have so many great, best tunes and this is certainly one of them. Long may they run.

I wonder where Neil goes - when the song takes over his body - and the energy flows through him. Stevie Nicks once said she sometimes finds herself on the ceiling looking down at the crowd through an astral projection - thus the silver chain. Neil goes as deep as anybody I've ever seen.

When the world's going to pot listen to some Neil Young. One of Neil's wonderful, scalp-numbing, later classics.

I really enjoyed this morning . What a sweetness of life.

It's funny how iconic his guitar playing is....I know instantly when I hear it it's him.

45 years ago this week i was 15 years old and had my first jam session. the first 2 songs we learned were southern man and words. the amount of incredible material neil has come out with over the years is awe inspiring.

Songs like this make me feel better. Hearing Neil and CH since the 80's. Thank you

There are people that gave a thumbs down to this? Y'all are the problem. FOAD.

The music and talent in Neil is definitely being channeled from the source of life! Unbelievable how an artist can transform from album’s like Harvest to this incredible compilation. Neil’s music can take you to so many places in your mind.

This is one of Neil's best songs and highly overlooked. It actually works very well at 16 minutes long. I love the lyrics but I also love the wall of sound and jamming throughout - it's a moving trip. Just as good a song as better known and loved classics such as Cowgirl In The Sound or Down By The River.

Sampedro was such a great rhythm player for Neil. The two guitars counterpoint each other perfectly.

Someone who can, please, nominate Neil Young for a Nobel in literature for the incredible body of poetic and lasting work he has done over so many years in so many styles and inspiring and influencing so many other artists in those styles. Folk, Grunge, Rock, even Country, he has successfully done them all solo and collaboratively. And then there are his charitable works, too.

i bought live rust on cassette in 1986.followed you ever since.thank you for enriching my life Neil.legend

Incredible song. Top tier of the very best of Neil. Which is meaningless--it's all top tier. This particularly resonates right now, though.

I’m 38 and grew up on this music. Saw him one time live. Told a friend he said hi it Neal. Lol. He can’t stop playing him now......

What a deep,deep groove this song has.I wish this haunting jam would just go on forever and ever.Such an important message in the words.One of my top favorites for certain.Hope someone somewhere has changed their mind today.

Have listened intently since Harvest to everything Neil did. I have spent an enormous amount of time considering every part of him and his music, yet I do not begrudge that time at all.’On The Beach’ really provoked me. Simply the best.

Avevo 14 anni quando li ascoltavo Neil Young grandi

As a long term Neil fan I know I’ll catch some shit on this but he has not only lifted me to heights unknown but to depths unknown as well. But I love him still and always will. There’s no one like him.

True Legend....True Americana....Hands down one of the very best Guitarist /Singer/ Songwriters to ever grace a stage or studio......🎸🎤🔥

sleeps with angels definitely one of his most underrated albums. and most solid.

NY is fkng deep with his guitar and words. He is patented to catch our soul.

You can really smell the Horse on this one. All hail Uncle Neil!

beyond awesome! :)

Neil Young is my second musical love. And song has so much power.

Neil, all this time ..... Thank you Jim Carroll and the family

What a tune! A masterpiece video, perfection! This is Crazy Horse and Neil’s result of practicing together and playing together to bring such celestial audio. If they played only this tune and, let’s say Welfare Mothers ( one of my least favorites) and called it a CONCERT, I’d be totally satisfied and leave there in awe! But the crowd wouldn’t let you hear the greatness that’s in this videotape! Just naturally flowing and cosmic at the same time. Whew! Peace…

I never tire of this genius. Cherish and learn from one another. End hate.

Neil Young, the most unpretentious singer/musician of all, and so damn incredible!

Neil and Joni, the two greatest singer/songwriters of all time.

Back in high school we had a drinking game where you’d drink every time they said change you mind. You’d kill about four beers

You know when a song this long doesn't bore you, that's some genius. I still say he reminds me of a vulture Muppet when he jams with the band... Lol. Love him.

Ssssshhhh everyone.... Neill Young's playin', just close ur eyes n listen..

We wanna all Neil Young in COLOMBIA!

Ladies and Gentlemen, the lost art of dynamics in rock and roll.

As every great artist does ' expressing the now' whats on his mind , rollin with the times ' Neil does it in his own way with compassion ' Thats what makes Neil Young touch the hearts of people around the world and especially in Canada . Not only does Neils music resonate in peoples souls but he has the ability to keep us strong when we feel weak and gives us hope when the world seems hopeless . Though he may not have intended to mean so much to so many, it means alot to us to mean so much to him . Thank you Neil

What a great tune ."don,t let another day go by with out the magic touch" just one great line from this incredible song .

I've just recovered from a terrible cold! Listening to this awesome song, I change my mind and send the cold ghost away for ever!!! Our brain is the heaviest part of our body!!!! Neil Young is a xamanic musician, that's for sure!

Master Neil Young. Masterpiece song

Such a cool song. Only Neil Young could send this song right into your chest….🎸🎼

The best band in the world. What chemistry.

Also, Neil and Crazy Horse..... perfection!!

I hear his voice messages in song daily. Not one day without his voice and gift

I've never heard this one. Stunningly good.

I truly appreciate what good ole Neil has done for us all these years 🙌

Thanks for taking us there and back and onward

Sleeps with Angels, it's been 30 years, jeez.

Epic!, Iconic, Timeless, and on and on.... this song says so much!!! Neil is now and has been a legend for years. He seems to have always had a never give in and no sell out approach to his music. Long may you run Neil!

There's only one Neil man. No one puts the emotion and grunge crunch into leads on guitar like he does. Seriously. Love ya Neil. You've inspired my own songwriting so much, I could never repay you bro. Stay safe bro, you and Darryl. Peace & love, Paul Edwards

All I can say is I would fall down to my knees and start crying because that man right there created all my Endeavors of playing music and he will always be a part of me and shall I be of him but he's a really busy guy😃

Imagine being there while this song is being played.

Absolutely beautiful!!! Neil Young fan for decades and forever!

Something tells me this got zero plays on MTV/VH1 back in the day. No one....no one puts this much focus into the soul of his songs than Neil. He becomes the song. They are one...Neil and the song. When he doesn't, you know it. When he does....nothing better.

are all neil young fans obsesive, or is he just a living walking god man with super hero guitar powers come to earth to save our mortal souls.

lunga vita a te, le tue canzoni sono già immortali

This is exactly what I need to here from Neil as usual. Everyone would like to change their mind but it's a lot easier when he told you to do it. Right on man!!!

Neil is my #1 FAVORITE Male Guitarist and singer of all time and his music is Ageless and Timeless Love Neil Always 👍✌💯🌹❤

Just another great song in a whole catalogue of great songs..simple as..

Absolute destruction on the guitar on this one !. Love this song . Very emotive distortion-palooza.

Neil... slips into... his “zone”... summoning something from deep inside.. through his fingertips to his guitar.. and through his amp.. into the atmosphere... for all of us to absorb.. and be there with him.. through his journey... that is.. the song! Such an incredible writer.. spirit.. musician.. So glad I’ve been along for the journey with you Neil... for the past fifty plus years.. Thanks for the adventure... and all the music 🎶...truly one of my rock and roll Heroes...acoustic or electric...this mans music 🎼...speaks to me..Thanks Neil.. Just Incredible...Thank You.. So much!

I'm a poet, songwriter, and I'm always listening. Neil Young's eternal boy voice enchants me. There is a care in the arrangements, in the melody, to accompany the lyrics. I like to listen. (Adriana Janaína Poeta / Clube de Leitura dos Poetas)

I’m so addicted to this song 🎶

Thanks Babe. ❤️ This song is everything and it’s 2022. Love how your music transcends time and space. 💫 ✨ ✨ ✨

Neil's the bomb. The dude just gets it on a level that inspires other artist.

Fifteen minutes of pure heaven.

Cracks me up, that smattering of applause at the end.

Neil has overcome so many problems in life. One, he had polio when he was younger. Had epileptic seizures sometimes and later was lucky to have caught a anurisum. Very lucky to have caught that. YET... he still got out there and put out music that personally I think is pretty damn good. The best... He didn't let things get in the way. When times got tough, he didn't quit. He kept singing and preforming for us all. He loves his music I think. I know a lot of us do. Thank you Neil. We love ya. And I love this song. When I get down I love to hear this one and " Prime of Life." For starters....