First Time Hearing Neil Young the Needle and the Damage Done (Reaction!!)
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Neil hung with other needle user such as Clapton, Hendrix, and Jagger
Polo, he always looks like this! Just sayin
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"Every junkie's like a setting sun" is one of the best lines in a song ever.
I agree, I love Neil Young see him a few times. How about Steve Miller, I really love your peaches want to shake your tree.
It is a great line, another of the greatest songwriters John Prine had some great lines as well like "There's a hole in daddy's arm where all the money goes. Jesus Christ died for nothing, I suppose" from his song Sam Stone
He's writing from living it. Great tune!
@@CanadianPunker62, I came on here to say exactly that!
Sighs. Absolute truth.
Neil Young is a poet and a musician. The man with the ethereal voice that sings about some of the darkest subjects. Great reaction.
This is a great description of his style from what I've heard so far.
Neil Young is a liberal, American hating has been.
You're right, sad song. But Neil Young is amazing! Here's the back story...hope you don't mind! He wrote this as a warning to all musicians because of the effect that heroin had on his band mate & good friend from Crazy Horse, Danny Whitten & other musicians he knew that were struggling with addiction. Neil ended up firing him and giving him money to go to rehab. Whitten didn't go & od'd later that year...after the song was already released. I would think that he knew it was primarily about him. When Neil says open the Cellar door, he's referring to a bar they played where Whitten was extremely high. Neil has MANY awesome songs...either with Crazy Horse, as a solo artist, with Buffalo Springfield, or with the phenomenal Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Definitely a fav of mine. Thanks for doing this one!
Thats great, i never knew that....i always thought neil did partake at some point tho, like so many others did, i thought (“think”) i read a rolling stone article/interview decades ago, i could be totally mis-remembering tho....with how many greats who did do that stuff and all the amazing art they made, ive always been equally impressed by the artists who didnt do heroin and made great art too, so, its not like im arguing and looking to hear from u that at some point neil did do dope....ur comment is just super interesting to me, i want to research now...i never delved into neil’s history like I should have, like i did with lennon and dylan.
Sadly, Danny Whitten died the same night. The story has it that he used the money Young hand given him along the plane ticket to LA to buy heroin which he overdosed. However it was a mixture of diazepam and alcohol. He tried to get rid of the heroin on alcohol but while diazepam was a painkiller for his knee. The mixture turned out fatal.
Neil said he saw many great musicians who no one else got to really see.
'A little part of it in everyone...' we all have some addictive thinking.
@@vincentvancraig I doubt it, Neil had polio as a child and is diabetic and other medical issues....don't believe he even drank alcohol
Yep its about drugs. It's a horror. Neil Young has always been one of my favorites. Since CSN and Young. Glad you listened.
I’m so jealous that you get to hear all these songs for the first time, man. I grew up on all this music and it’s part of my soul but I’ll never have the experience of hearing it for the first time.
I'm 63 years old now & have lost family & friends to the needle... the up stoke strum on the guitar ending of this song has always reminded me of a life left unfinished! Gone too soon!
I'm 72 and I don't know anyone who has ODd. Ya know, nobody ODs on Weed
I wish i could say the same. I’ve lost more than a few friends over the years to that and other forms of substance abuse. A Sous Chef i worked with for years, had in his younger years struggled with heroin during the ‘80’s he was a musician in a punk band in NYC. His band mate and best friend one day asked him to shoot him up with heroin. His best friend OD’d two years later. I dont think John ever forgave himself or if he will. He feels responsible because he literally put the needle in his arm. I went to the service with him. It was very rough.
Thats the horrible thing about the disease of addiction. Yes it hurts the user, but the people that love them the most end up suffering more. Because they have to watch the decline. Until the person hits absolute rock bottom and makes the choice to live or stay on that road which only ends one way for most. 🪦
I’ve known a heroin addict. That last line “But every junkie’s like a setting sun” hits so hard because it’s true. They just fade out, their beauty going dark, until they disappear. Sad but predictable.
Profound.
It's a death sentence. :(
Sad but True.
I seriously couldn't tell you how many friends and family I have lost to oxy's, heroin and fentanyl since the year 2000.
The Tragedy is unbelievable.
Yup. In my twenties had a chick friend who was arguably one of the most beautiful women in the world. She fell under the spell of the wrong guy and withered away. It was the hardest thing to watch and not kill the guy.
As a former opioid addict who has seen many many people die from various different drugs it definitely hits hard...
Yes. 😓
I fell in love with Neil when I was 13 when his album Harvest was first released
16 for me, maybe 15-1/2 depending which month it was released...
I think I was around 17. Great Album
Wonderful album but I prefer After the Goldrush ❤
Had friends buy me a concert ticket. I said no thanks. They dragged me there and I’m so glad they did. Solo, surrounded by guitars, sitting in the middle, and just grabbing an acoustic one song after another, he finished the show doing songs and an old fashion pump organ. The whole arena at the MGM in Las Vegas was just vibrating. It was an amazing show something I’ll never forget.
Neil Young is a universal treasure
Neil young is amazing. Buffalo Springfield did a song called “For what it’s worth” I was so moved. Four dead in Ohio. It’s about the Nixon years. I was born in 1950 & I’ve been so fortunate to experience so much great music. I love classical music as well. My husband turned me on to Beethoven, & so many real old artists. Oh Tom Waits sings about his cars & the weather, which is like a play on words with his love life. He sings the theme song in part of the series The Peaky Blinders. It’s written by an Australian guy named Nick Cave. His band is The Bad Seeds. A bit difficult to listen to at times, but he’s very clever. Tom Waits isometimes a performance artist. He seems very crazy but he’s actually married & has a few kids. I’d like to see him at home.
He has achieved his very raspy voice. Leonard Cohn was a beautiful poet & helped other folks sing his words. Hallelujah is one of my favorites. He had a pretty raspy voice, too many cigarettes. Q
No click track , no autotune, not even a band. Pure beauty.
Just same song over and over need Neil s Rock
He wrote this for Danny Whitten. Danny made an album with his band called Crazy Horse and then joined up with Neil. They became like brothers. If you have never heard Neil's album "Everybody knows this is nowhere" you should. Then you will know what a great loss Danny was. Neil spoke of all the great art that has been lost to heroine. peace
One of my favorite singer-songwriters for most of my 61 year life. Nothing shy of genius. Yes, it's a terribly sad song. His best...and saddest, IMO, is Ohio.
Yeah Ohio has this one beat. Interesting backstory on how he came to write Ohio
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That depends. Is her name Florinda Gloria?@@melodiedrury2567
I have always been amazed how just a guy with a guitar and a ton of talent can hypnotize an audience.
Crosby,Stills, Nash and Young. Beautiful harmonies
Polo, your channel blows me away. When an intelligent guy hears music for the first time and articulates what he hears so well. I'm all in and I love your Neil Young videos. You love Needle and Old Man, now try Don't Let It Bring You Down from that same BBC solo acoustic concert. He was 24 when he played that BBC concert. Love you man!
I agree, Polo's reviews are my favorite to watch.
So many great tracks: Ohio, Mr. Soul, Everybody Know This Is Nowhere, When You Dance, Walk On, Powderfinger, Southern Man, Rockin’ In The Free World, and many many others that are escapin’ my mind right now…😊
Neil is an amazing artist as well as an activist. He doesn't sit on his ass, he tries to make change and awareness. 👍❤🤙
I lost my love and my daughter’s father to the needle. He was like a setting sun. I feel pain when I listen to this song, but I also relate so much to it. I couldn’t help him.
I’ve seen Neil live. Beautiful songs, hard songs sometimes.
So sorry for your loss & thank you for sharing that. A beautiful song about ugliness and pain.
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This & "Cowgirl In The Sand" are my 2 favourite Neil Young songs. Neil Young was the first concert I went to... about the same year this came out. Btw, we all kinda looked like that in the 70s... LOL
I have seen him live about a dozen times and he never fail to quite the crowd of 23k and shows us all our souls. 💜
Neil Young, who I like to call THE MAN, is one of the best recording artists, EVER. He does much more than solo acoustic, he is also known as "The Godfather Of Grunge", for some of his electric works. This song is based on real life experiences, early in his career, and his lamentations on them. My recommendation to everyone who has never experienced Neil is to watch his concert film "Rust Never Sleeps" recorded in 1978, at one of the peaks of his career, he even directs under the name Bernard Shakey. Best songs: "Powderfinger", "Cortez The Killer", "Cinnamon Girl", "Harvest Moon", "Sugar Mountain", "After The Goldrush", "Sedan Delivery", "Like A Hurricane". "Thrasher", "My My Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue), "Hey Hey My My (Into The Black)" and "Tonight's The Night". Oh yeah, and "Rockin' In The Free World", "This Note's For You" and he just released a new album last year called "Barn".
I fell in love with Young when I was in high school and got the album After the Goldrush. I loved him with Cosby Stills and Nash-album Deja Vu is incredible. Love him in all the annual Farm Aid fundraisers with Willie Nelson. But I
Iove him best when I get to watch him rock out playing his guitar. He’s in my top ten guitarists.
Long may he run.
It's easy to see why Young had so many problems with collaborations. He's so self-contained; nothing more is needed.
The song reflects the time it was written in. Singer-songwriters like Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell are poets writing songs reflecting the times they were living in. Music was their means of advocacy.
Like my late friend, Leonard Cohen, Neil was a poet first, rather than "just" a songwriter. He never felt the need to overstep on stage (or in the studio, for that matter). This particular song is a perfect example of Neil's work. Here he sits, alone on the stage, just a man, his guitar & a message!! New Sub. TBH, my life has been so steeped in the world of music (vocalist, play 5 instruments & production) that I sometimes find it very hard to believe that reactors are hearing some of these "classics" for the first time!
The grandfather of grunge💚
Yes sir
Awesome reaction, Polo. Neil is one of my all-time favorites. You need to check out "Rust Never Sleeps" You will thank the MANY people who have suggested it. 💜
My daughter died two years ago & left 2 children & me her mother 😢😢😢
This song always brings me to tears.
Thanks for doing a reaction of Neil. I've been listening to him, and seeing him live for over 50 years.
If you haven't heard "Cowgirl In The Sand" , I'd recommend reviewing it.
Don't let the title mislead you, Neil takes you on a journey you never expected.
And Ohio.
Oh yeah, Cowgirl in the Sand is awesome
Great reaction, Polo! Hypnotised 😎 yeah Neil can do that
What a talent, Neil Young is!
One mans song, one guitar.. Nuff said!
"Doesn't mean that much to me, to mean that much to you" is a lyric that pretty sublimely sums up the way I see my life. It's not very important to me to know that I mean a lot to someone else. I appreciate friends and family, but honestly I won't lose any sleep if someone doesn't agree with the person that I am!
I really like his choices on the guitar. His style is so different from others. Not only the way he plays but the way he arranges the notes.
Speaking of Neil's guitars, I think it's great that he has ended up with possession of Hank, the late, great Hank Williams favorite guitar. It would, I also think, be great if he were to lend it for a bit to Hank 3, who looks much like his grandfather and sounds like pure echo.
Neil Young and crazy horse was the best concert I ever went to
I've never heard a bad song from him.
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Neil young was one of my favorite singers back in the 70's when I was in college. I live in the SF Bay Area, so I've been lucky to watch him live in concerts multiple times. He is a great musician.
The Needle and the Damage Done" is a 1972 song by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Neil Young. The lyrics describe the effects of heroin addiction on musicians Young knew, including his friend and Crazy Horse bandmate Danny Whitten, who would die of an overdose the same year the song was released.
Neil is awesome song writer about addiction love from Ottawa, Canada.
This is from Neil's Unplugged (MTV) from 1993. One of my favorite's of that series.
He’s so amazing. He hit the feels hard!
"...once the needle goes in...There's no turning back..."...Fun note, I was 2 years clean when this came out on "Harvest"...Best friend died in my arms from a heroin overdose in 1969. Not sure why he went and I didn't. Same amount from the same sack and the same needle. As far as I know we'd both shot up the same number of times too. I still did it 3 or 4 more times after...50+ years ago and I still feel a little tug now and again. When folks tell what a wonderful place Seattle is, just know it's ALWAYS had a very seedy underbelly. Had we not moved south I likely wouldn't have made it to 18...If not for that, then some other way.
I can listen to Neil Young anytime, he was doing a concert once and someone was yelling "do the needle', he looked up and responded "I've done this before!".. and he just carried on.
Neil was always this type of performer, pretty fascinating to watch whether solo or with a band. The phrase in this song that always gets to me is "I know that some of you don't understand, milk blood to keep from running out." One of the saddest things I've ever witnessed....💔
And it's sad that I've seen this sadness so many times throughout my life. So many friends I've buried. :(
“OLD MAN” will be the best you will hear. Please show your reaction to this Neil Young song.
One of my favourites from Neil. Such a powerful message and such a unique style vocally with how he draws out the words which I've always loved and it's probably my favourite in terms of guitar work which was what made me decide to cover it myself.
I think his most beautiful song is Harvest Moon though which I see you've reacted to also so I'm gonna check that out next!
I saw him live, playing just his guitar no amplification like the video for the first hour! Amazing! Then he blew the roof off the second half of the concert! One of the best concerts I've ever seen.
The man Neil is referring to in this song is Danny Whitten, guitarist with Crazy Horse, the band that Neil has used off and on and in whole or in part right up to now as his backup band for recording and touring. Danny had a heroin addiction and died at age 29 while trying to kick heroin and self medicating with valium and alcohol. Rolling stone reported that "qualudes" (methaqualone) was the cause. Either way the result was tragic. Anyway, I've watched you discover Neil recently and have done two solo live performances. I'd like so send you back to his first solo album released in 1969 after the breakup of the Buffalo Springfield and is very much overlooked except by ardent Neil Young fans. Here's the track The Old Laughing Lady that is both haunting and beautiful. The themes of The Old Laughing Lady include love, death, alcoholism and alienation.The old laughing lady of the title can be a metaphor for either death or alcohol.The song describes how the old laughing lady affects the lives of those she interacts with: ua-cam.com/video/0xQUOOvbNfA/v-deo.html
Check out The Loner on this full album link too. Very creepy and still beautiful also.
Since you like hi solo performances here's a very early film of Neil performing in some dark and dingy club somewhere. He does both The Old Laughing Lady and Cowgirl in the Sand which appears on his second album Everybody knows This is Nowhere and on the album he is backed by Crazy Horse. This film was certainly recorded before being recorded in the studio for eventual release. It's floating around on You Tube somewhere and pops up occasionally on my TV. I couldnt't find it now but I'll send it to you later if I can. Enjoy and keep up the great work!
One of the top 5 storytellers of all time!
Neil was in a band yeas aho called buffalo springfield. Listen to where have all the children gone. Also he was in crosby,stilts,nash and young listen to southern cross. Teach your chikdren. Ohio. Its about kent state. And our house. The harmony is crazy
Great solo artist, but also part of a great supergroup - Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young - for a while.
Neil has played through the entire history of Rock and Roll. Genuine, Raw and still grounded. Top tier songwriter!
The song is about his best friend Bruce, who died after becoming an addict (I don't know which drug). As always, a heart felt song for a heart felt reaction!
me too take me with you to see Neil young LOVE HIM!
Working at the Carwash Blues, Jim Croce - He's not dark, like Neil, but good acoustic guitar, and smooth vocals
He did some great tunes with Crosby, Stills and Nash. Ohio and Helpless to name a couple. His solo stuff has some real stand out After The Gold Rush and Heart of Gold are a couple of my favorites.
Thanks for checking out NY, he's quite amazing& I've been a fan of his for about 40+ yrs now!!❤
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I saw him play all alone in a concert, just him, his guitar,, harmonica, organ, I have seen probably everyone from 70’s, he is definitely the most talented! Also just for fun check out his harvest moon video! So fun, I send it to all my fav people every October! Fav music video
A song about his band mate who overdosed and died. Neil is unbelievable in these personal settings.
Saw Dave Matthews Band open for NYoung about 15 yrs ago (Tinley Park IL). After DMB more than half the crowd left and never gave him a chance. I've been to hundreds of shows and never felt that bad in my life. Their loss. That's partly why I like reaction vids.
Always such vulnerability in the lyrics and delivery from Neil young, always excellent.
Simply a genius
You gotta listen to some Jackson Browne. . He is such an amazing songwriter. And the bassist for Phil Collins is also his bassist lee Sclar . Hes a singer pianist and guitar player as well. But his lyrics are super deep.
Heart of Gold. Crosby Stills Nash and Yound will tear your heart out .... Ohio.
Now go for some Jackson Brown. Take it easy...
Palo..I believe.. he wrote this song for lhis friend, David Crosby, that was battling heroine addiction.. going down hard.. they were friends and musical at times partners... he's was called to come try to help.. and at the time David wasn't ready yet. . Made him sad.."he loved the man",.. Check out CSN. Crosby, Stills, Nash. And after a time, Young. I' m new to your channel.. first time here.. watched your reaction to Elton John.. you're cool.. so I checked out some more. If you haven't checked out CSN.. really should.. thanks.. how you read this.. I've never sent anyone a comment like this..61yrs. First time for everything.. have a blessed day.. stay cool.
I’ve alway interpreted the lyrics, “I know that some of you don’t understand. Milk blood to keep from running out”, as an addict bleeding their family and friends dry of goods and money to feed the addiction.
Check out: "Ohio" his song about the 4 students killed at Kent State College by National Guard while protesting the Vietnam war
In the 70's. He also played in (CSNY) CROSY,STILLS,NASH AND YOUNG.🎼👊🎧🔈🔉🔊👊💖🕇🕇🕇
If you enjoyed this, check out Heart of Gold, Old Man or Like a Hurricane. 3 great songs.
Don't 4get 🎼Ohio 🎼
"Old Man" was the first he reacted to...I went and looked LoL...
Ok and Ohio was CSN&Y not Young solo.
Neil is the GOAT of grunge rock. The look is apart of it.
I am 67 and bought this album in 1973 i believe. Neil is awesome. I kind of feel you should be listening to his original studio versions instead of his live versions as that is how the song was released and is a little more polished. I've always been a giant Neil Young fan even if he is a Canadian liberal! Lol
This is one of my favourite songs from Neil fabulous artist yes it is about drugs
Crosby, Sills, Nash & Young did some great songs: Teach Your Children, Our House and Helplessly Hoping are some of my favorites.
Great, yes sad song.
Try HARVEST MOON!! My favorite Neil Young song!
There's not much better than listening to good music....well except watching a GOOD LOOKING man listening and commenting with a sexy voice. XOXO
My favorite song Neil Young sings is "Almost Cut My Hair". It is from his Crosby Stills Nash & Young days. I feel like it describes what it was like to be a young person during the cultural revolution/hippie movement during the Vietnam War time.
I noticed that you react to movies and stand up as well as music. I highly recommend watching a film called "The Outlaw Josey Wales"; there's a Powerful scene towards the end between the main character, Josey Wales, and the chief of the Comanche Ten Bears. It's a legendary scene that shows the effects of war and that despite the evil that others do, we can still come together in peace.
Again, I highly recommend it even if you don't react to it on your channel.
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I've been a TOTAL Neil Young fan since WAAAY BACK in the day. He sings life in a way like no other. Brilliant artist!!
Well presented and well articulated reaction!!! Very accurate!!! Many thumbs up!!! 👏👏👏👏
He's also been a member of Crosby Stills Nash & Young, off and on. Check CSN (& sometimes Y, too). Young has never used drugs, or alcohol, because he was born with epilepsy.
Go listen to 'Ohio", the song he wrote just hours after the Kent State Massacre.
Songs of a long gone era. A bit of a story teller. Not just Drugs but more. He sings of the life surrounding this culture. Other song writers sing ballads of other cultures and life styles. Just ponder Jimmy Buffet.
He is amazing love Polo…
Check out: “Bartender” by Dave Mathews and Tim Reynolds LIVE at Radio City Music Hall… it to will take you to your soul. Peace.
Hope u had wonderful Christmas ! 2022
Neil had just fired a band member, because of drugs and performance. He shortly died afterward and Neil felt some sense of responsibility to him. The song is a memorial to the man he was before heroin took him.
A must listen is Neil and his band Crazy Horse, live version of "Down by the river"
Marshal Tucker Band. Fire on the mountain or heard it in live song
That's him. Not fancy. All talent.
This performance is from the MTV Unplugged special and the whole thing is worth checking out, acoustic versions of some of his electric and acoustic hits and more
I highly recommend checking out My My, Hey Hey (Out Of The Blue) from Neil Young's 1979 album Rust Never Sleeps.
Uuuugg%hhh! So good! Neil can just evoke emotion with his guitar and voice like nobody.
I had the privilege of seeing Neil Young and Crazy Horse live in 1976. The set was Neil Young, banjo, acoustic guitar, harmonica. The 2nd set was Neil Young & Crazy Horse. They blew it up! I was 16 years old and still my favorite concert and I've been to 100s of concerts.
Heart of Gold and Cinnamon Girl are good Neil Young songs to try
Here for some Neil Young always did love this artist..still do
So sad,but so true,love me some Neil Young ❤
love your work this is the music i grew up with and now my sons know it this came out about 26 years before you were born i bet
Another song I grew up with..good sounds
Check out "After the Gold Rush" by Neil Young.
Also, "Ohio" which he wrote when he was in the supergroup Crosby Stills Nash and Young..
You’d love Southern Man by Neil .
Thanks for reacting to this one.
Polo, try Neil Young and Crazy Horse and it will blow you away: Down by the River, Powderfinger and Cortez the Killer are top picks. The Live Rust Album has all.
This song will forever be the one that makes me think of my brother. Dead of a heroin overdose two weeks before his eighteenth birthday.