Awesome to hear him from over 50 years ago, young Neil!

“I’m not putting down goldfish.” Probably the best Neil interview I know of - just great to hear him so relaxed, trusting and open about everything. And the questions about groupies, the breakup of the Springfield, and the rottenness of the rock biz really hit the mark.

That was a historical interview. He had a clear vision and was in the right frame of mind, the right place, and the right time. He was right on all points.

Awesome cool! Thank you for sharing this!!! I loved Neil's description of groupies! Hysterical! He was SO young and already SO ASTUTE! Obviously, Neil is a very intelligent man and it showed during this interview. I've always loved his honesty. The way he says pretty much whatever he is thinking, no filters in-between. That's a man who doesn't give a damn if what he's saying isn't considered popular. His only concern is to be accurate in what he says and truthful. There's no bullshit in anything about Neil from his personal, private life to his very non private public life. I think he's a quality man of the highest caliber and it showed from the very beginning. I SO LOVE him.

Wow. What an interesting, revealing interview of Neil, the best I've ever heard. Simultaneously incoherent, contradictory, refreshingly honest, naive, brilliant and full of himself. That's Neil in a nutshell. The best bit was finally hearing (honestly) why the Springfield broke up. It was pretty much Neil's ego. It's so interesting to hear his assessment of the Springfield as a "failure". We should all be such failures, I still listen to their music quite regularly, it was remarkable. Neil is truly one of the greatest enigmas of the rock era, also one of the greatest artists.

Amazing how realistic and mature he sounds here and already blaze about the pitfalls of music industry. He might be 22 or 24 here

"I think I have a little more endurance than most."

Always such a refreshing authenticity with Neil.

Neil is very driven and real.

Listening to Young in a long interview at such an early age, you could clearly tell that there was so much more to come.

He's 23 and sounds 43. I just saw him shopping with Daryl in my hometown here in Ontario. cool as F!!!

It took me a while to figure out who his speaking voice sounded like. I think I've got it: Bruce Dern.

I LOVE all of your interviews...always so much perceptive.

Wonderful interview with Young Neil. Thanks!

You have to bear in mind that at this point, 1968, no one from a great band had went solo and had great success, better success than they had in their band. Neil was taking a massive risk in going solo, he might have faded away... but he didn't, he created amazing, mind-blowing music for the next 50 years and he is still going strong.

Great !

Wow, that was great! "I'm not putting down goldfish. I know many groovy goldfish." HAHA

That was great. Thanks for sharing

Thanks for uploading this!

Young really was a solo musician that's why he didn't stay with Buffalo Springfield or CSN he loved doing his own stuff and was great at it

Wow

Been watching this for 6 min so far and have had 8 ads…I think I’m down with yt soon

He does sound bitter but he is also very funny. This is Young before the real fame hit

Neil could make a song just by reading a phonebook. Love it

✌🏻🎸 Darn, this is so cool hearing Neil so long ago. From his opinions & dislikes, to how complex he seems, even in his simplicity & honesty. His songs are to the heart, his own, and all his truest fans !! GROUPIES don't count !! HaHa I loved his thoughts on them. I used to want to overdub my voice in songs I wrote. But the equipment needed as well as cash flow, wasn't readily available to me back then. I wrote around 15 or so songs, played them on individual cassettes (that should hint at my age range lol) and sent them to record companies. (No takers 😂) All you heard on my tapes was my acoustic guitar and me singing. I didn't have but one cassette recorder ! 😉 It was the age !! Though I was a few years late for the hippie era. Closer to a boomer I guess. Rock on, my fellow Rockers !! Thank you Neil Young, for giving us a thrill for all time !! ✌🏻😍🙋🏻‍♀️🌟

Comitted artist !

His mother raised a very confident son was the first thing I thought hearing this.

Crazy he thought Buffalo Springfield was a failure.

If you listen to Neil Young, imagine it's Bruce Dern singing

Groovy goldfish

BS made the charts, were on many TV shows and did Monterey. More than many a band I'm sure. He kept leaving and coming back. He should have left once and given the other band members a break. He is 23 years old here, sounds like 47.

Too many lies and exploitation 🍷😎👌

Neil has a heady ego.