The most haunting vibe you'll ever hear with 6 strings. Tickles the spine. That's beauty of dropped d tuning

When I lost my first wife Maria to cancer, this song spoke of the loss so powerfully. Cancer was the Cortez that took her away from me. The song speaks to my soul like nothing else could to capture Maria's loss.

@brianwade879

3 жыл бұрын

I get that. Condolences, my brother, on your loss.

@brianwade879

3 жыл бұрын

My wife just finished 6 months chemo. June, 6 months radiation. Can't rap my head around it ! Covid 19 is not or killer. Can't imagine this world without her. 💙

@higinovitor5075

3 жыл бұрын

God bless you From:Rio de Janeiro. Brazil

@holzig5229

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat. God bless you and always let your loved ones know how you feel.

@raymonddonahue2763

3 жыл бұрын

Powerful

This isn't just a show. He goes into the zone. It's magic. If you've been there you understand. This is what Neil does. Not just choreography, a glimpse into his soul.

@alanallcock9718

8 ай бұрын

Every note Neil plays comes from the soul and touches the heart of anyone who is lucky enough to be on the same wavelength.❤

@erikmorse5089

8 ай бұрын

100%. I'm a hardcore old Deadhead, work for them. The Warlocks. Only two living guys I feel that Shaman Magic with: Neil Young and George Clinton. And their bands, full respect. If you know, you know. If not, take more and dig deeper. 😉🤘🏼🔥✌🏼

@jeanluclethuillier4592

7 ай бұрын

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@michaelwhite813

6 ай бұрын

It’s so next level, Jesus

@Intuitive1

2 ай бұрын

We saw Neil at least 5 times. I never sat down throughout out the entirety of the concerts.

So many versions of this Masterpiece - This is my favorite

@MichaelWhite-fr5kd

2 ай бұрын

100 percent agree, I just can’t get over how incredible it is

@tomh1119

Ай бұрын

If you have the chance the 2024 version is really good .. lol

@tomh1119

Ай бұрын

ALSO....

Haunting, Emotional, Perfect! Thank You Neil!

I love how Neil pours his heart and soul into the music . He is the master of his universe that he allows us to privilege to listen to. And for that we should all be honored and grateful❤

@ColDrowse-hq4hs

4 ай бұрын

He’s fantastic phenomenal ❤

Yeah, I’m with you on that bro. Probably the one is greatest guitar players ever in history. Neil Young. I follow him all the way from the seventies to 2024 still hands-down the greatest artist ever ever walked the face of the Earth.

Watch his body language makes me tingle from head to toe also brings tears to my eyes😢

My favorite Neil's song and my favorite version. Come to heaven. Thank you Neil. 50 years as a fan. What a journey. ❤

@albertmitzner9961

9 ай бұрын

9:09

@albertmitzner9961

9 ай бұрын

9:38

@lilianawojciechowska3985

4 ай бұрын

My favourite version,too. Very emotional,as all Neil's songs. And I love " Walks like a giant"- it is my favourite, favourite Neil's song... Hugs from Poland for all fans.🤗

@MichaelWhite-fr5kd

2 ай бұрын

Same here, everytime I listen to this version it sends chills down my spine. It FLOORS me, just three chords, I’m just glad it was recorded

This goes out to my late husband Scott that turned me on to Neil Young, such a beautiful song just like you Scotty, love you forever 😥

@gonufc

4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with everything.

@zac3392

4 жыл бұрын

Diana Green Sorry for your loss...

@dunningkruger3774

4 жыл бұрын

Love never sleeps~ you'll see him later Diana :)

@carlosm.devasconcelllos3939

4 жыл бұрын

You will be together again...For now RIP ....

@ataugusta

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry Diana

This legend walks among us today. Thank you Neil ! I was privileged enough to see this in person ❤️

@sinclairmarcus

Жыл бұрын

No one covers Neil Young and Crazy Horse band beacause they cannot. Awesome

@viewtx8233

Жыл бұрын

He's like Jesus

When you see a performance like this, there's nobody better. The voice, the feeling in the guitar playing, the poetry, can't beat it. And he still walks among us. Long live Neil Young 💙

His music truly has DEPTH!

I first listened to "Cortez" in 1975..I was 16....This album consoled me in my first "love broken stories".......Then i was lucky enough to see neil and crazy Horse live in paris 1976..... But now i'm 63, and when i ear THIS version, i'm mindblowed.....The density of emotions he put in EACH NOTE is fabulous...In fact it happens beyond the words.....maybe because the concert was in south america...There's something Karmic in here...He really lived something in this times of Montezuma and Cortez, i believe it.......I know some good guitarists who'd give theur entire life just to play those fantomatic last notes here: 12:22 to the end......

@DanaChandler-eg5wd

Жыл бұрын

Me too

@bmojo7118

11 ай бұрын

The tone is like no other.

I want to take a moment to think Neil Young for sharing this awesome version of Cortez the killer! May God keep on blessing you Neil! So that you can continue sharing your god-given talents with us!❤❤❤

@user-ul7og5up4v

2 ай бұрын

Correction! I want to take a moment to thank Neil Young

Just found this again. So unbelievably absorbing. Thank you Neil for being in our lifetime.

One of the best song of Neil Young... 40 years after I'm still a fan.

So beautiful, tears are in my eyes.

Such an underrated guitarist and one of the most honest and beautiful people to ever sing and play for the masses. This song caught me when I was young and searching on a path with heroin as my guide. And while I quit that journey quickly thank god, this song takes me back there every time I hear it. It reminds me of the sadness I felt at the time. And I feel that same feeling even when I hear it today. Sad and beautiful and young and searching. I have seen him so many times. I love Neil Young

I have listened to the song All My Life I first heard this an original album I was 18 years old I'm now 63 is the best song I have ever heard in my life I love you new Young maybe I'll meet you there someday

Neil at his absolute best. I've not ever heard a better version of Cortez. Do Yourself a favor and get in front and back of some good speakers and amp and TURN IT UP!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely stunning! I've been appreciating his music for almost 50 years.

@alaintoselli

9 жыл бұрын

+de 40ans d,écoute tout en accord avec toi ce mec est un génie il vit et transmet sa musique longue vie à lui!!!!!!!

@chadmwhelan

5 жыл бұрын

love it man!

@purpleskunk6327

5 жыл бұрын

ZUMA OH YEAH.

@robliefvoort3275

5 жыл бұрын

Love his song

@brunocoubat3569

4 жыл бұрын

think it s the best version

I just listened to " Almost cut my Hair" recorded at Farmaid 2000...Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. What a privilege to grow up in those days. Thank God! Music of the day lives on forever. Today I own my family's lumber yard and am a respected member of our community. But, my senior year of high school, 1975...I went to 74 concerts. Hell I might have "almost Cut my Hair" played my funeral! This is who we are.

@markriobr

5 ай бұрын

Almost cut my hair and Long time gone David shows what a voice he had, great music. RIP you deserve

Dearest Steve, I played "Cortez" in my car each time as I was called to my Dad's dying bed in the early hours of the morning ten years ago...three times...until he finally succumbed on a bright sunny Sunday afternoon... There are no words to describe just how much the beautiful melancholia of this anti-dirge heals while it hurts and impossibly manages to dignifiy love and loss in inexpressible sublime comfort.... God bless you... Frank

In late 2016, suffering with a herniated disc and sciatica, this track soothed me far more than the painkillers could! 💓

@markedwards7976

Жыл бұрын

I love your comment. It says, quite succinctly, the power of music to lift

Thank you Mr. Young for this masterpiece! I really appreciate this song - and particularly this live version a lot !!

Long after this song finishes, I still hear those haunting chords and feedback echoing in my head.

This was the last song I listened to before my best friend passed a way. I love and miss you greatly Hoovie. R.I.P. 11/08/1958 - 08/18/2019

@zac3392

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry for your loss...

@lesliestremp4452

4 жыл бұрын

same as mine only i was a year earlier,i get it

@rrader6764

3 жыл бұрын

Rip...

@gunsmoke6230

3 жыл бұрын

I’m very sorry......🙏🏻

@jackkerouac8703

3 жыл бұрын

So sad

It is a song that he has played for decades...He could likely play it in his sleep...but he doesn't. He plays this like it was him many years ago, when he first wrote it...proving it is better each time he plays it no matter how many years it has been.

@haroldbrown6630

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree. But, earlier in his life he did not like playing his “greatest” songs for audiences over and over.. Glad he changed. Or maybe I am missing something

I have never heard a guitar solo like this. It is magnificent.

@SoWhat.BigDeal.

3 жыл бұрын

And there's more out there 👍 There is nothing like Neil Young live.

@robertwoodward9231

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, this is one of the better live of my favorite song..Top 3 for me anyway..

@robertwoodward9231

3 жыл бұрын

@@SoWhat.BigDeal. Powderfinger is also great, live, well so many, including album version which is so crisp.

Neil always plays the song, rather than the guitar - every note serves the emotion of the song. I don't think he cares about 'technical mastery'. He is still an awesome player, and one of my favourite guitarists, because of the emotional richness and subtlety of his playing.

@vulcanalberta5189

10 жыл бұрын

One of my friends said this about Neil's guitar work, and huge fan that I am, I chuckled but had to admire the truth of it: When I think about Neil Young soloing on his guitar, I picture him wrestling with electricity; sometimes he's winning, sometimes he's losing, but it's always epic.

@MrPerfecttommy

10 жыл бұрын

Not to mention he is an incredible songwriter.

In a career of utter brilliance, this stands out, a true work of art...it's probably his best song, despite any number of qualified challengers...and, oh, man, what a version...

@edconmy7307

Жыл бұрын

NY never fails to tickle my melancholy awake

@perpetualmotion357

Жыл бұрын

@@edconmy7307 When I see I love NY shirts, I think of Neil Young lol.

The best version that i have seen . One of my favs .

Mellow and melancholy , fragile and stunning, a brilliant piece of songwriting and superb guitar work from Neil Young.

Neil may have been a rock and roll star. He may still be. But he has always been and will always be, an Artist. an Ever-Evolving, Searcher for that "heart of gold". like the one inside of himself.

For a man who has always been true to himself i.e. NEIL YOUNG: RESPECT!

One of the best singer and song writers of all time

@hofla7777

3 жыл бұрын

You may call him one of the best songwriters, one of the best guitarrists, one of the finest guys in rock business. I agree. But don´t call him one of the best singers. His voice fits his music and I have nothing to complain about his singing within his music. Neil has a very limited vocal range.

@Michael-mm3fm

2 жыл бұрын

@@hofla7777 lots of thumbs up for that

@neilyoung7224

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the love ❤️ I really appreciate, I hope you will never stop listen to my music 🎶.. If you don’t mind kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you privately ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Some of the most soul-wrenching guitar work ever! Let your light keep shining Neil.

@patrikpettersson6101

11 ай бұрын

❤ legends

When Neil Young plays something, he plays with so much juice that it makes you feel like he's playing for YOU personally. Not many performers can project like that. He is incredible...and his guitar playing is totally unique...brilliant. The man says more with one note and that Bigsby that a million others can with a million notes. Nobody sounds like Neil Young.

@nancys2839

5 жыл бұрын

You can say that again and again and again......

This song has haunted me since 79/80 when I first heard it, pure brilliance from a guy who has always bucked the trend. I will never tire of this and many other songs, crafted by a true genius. Should go down as one of the greatest musicians to have ever lived. Rust never sleeps.

@jimmygiles1153

6 жыл бұрын

Agreed! I got on this stuff about the same time! My ex brother-in-law turned me on to Neil.....Like a Hurricane and this song are the haunters!

@dippin1523

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agreed. maybe the greatest... ever

@sarahemikula

5 жыл бұрын

You aren't kidding man, haunted is an understatement. Tears fall every time I hear it, no matter where I am

@donnaashfield258

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I heard this song for the first time today. Oh When it came to the bit where they stood strong sacrificing so others could go on. Oh I just howled. So sad I cried, so true.@@sarahemikula

@jeffpotter7656

4 жыл бұрын

It’s a history lesson that the imperialism just destroyed people’s empires. Only because their way of living culture was different. Missionaries were the worst 🔥

This song never fails to deliver. Truly one of the greatest rock tracks ever. There are better singers than Neil..and better guitarists...but man, he gives you the feels like no other artist. That achingly beautiful groove never leaves you.

@neilyoung7224

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the love ❤️ I really appreciate, I hope you will never stop listen to my music 🎶.. If you don’t mind kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you privately ❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Michael-mm3fm

2 ай бұрын

Better guitarists…I take it you mean in a technical sense

One of the most beautiful songs ever recorded.

@corneliaoeltze6967

Жыл бұрын

Ich höre dieses Lied ab und an, und ich denke, oh man wie zeitlos, trotzdem tief und warm, und was hab ich alles verpasst...

No one moves, plays, writes or sings like Neil Young.

@christoppi5936

4 жыл бұрын

Françoise Dupré ... or trips, To Dixie and beyond ....

@jonathanwright9485

3 жыл бұрын

Truely moving xx

@wayneross1200

3 жыл бұрын

Those guns are real

How can this POSSIBLY GET 71 thumbs down?!?!?!?!... smh.... you all just go away... I am SO INTENSELY JEALOUS of anyone who has this much creative and performing talent. However, while it never ceases to amaze and impress me, I get it, and will never tire of listening to Neil's creations over and over.... Thank you Neil Young!

@toogie555

8 жыл бұрын

+William Day Well said. He is a genius.

@russgray4507

8 жыл бұрын

I second that, fantastic.

@tomthx5804

7 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't obsess so much that there are people in the world who don't like the same music as you. Perhaps you can call Obama and get the IRS to destroy their lives or something.

@billday8501

7 жыл бұрын

Valid point Tom. My wife doesn't care for Neil either, so I should've known better. However, saying it's an obsession is a bit much, and the Obama comment was just plain snarky. It's a music thread, after all, and for me, a 'place to hopefully escape' or temporarily block out the ineptitude and immoral morass of politics. Don't get me wrong, I'm not naive or blind to the fact that this song is a socio-political statement by Neil - as are some of my other all time faves from him like Powderfinger (GAWD, I love THAT one!), Southern Man, Walk On, and on and on - but really, all I want to do is lose myself in the music and enjoy the sensory good vibes. As for politics, may God have mercy on us all, because We The People are in big trouble until we all wise up and hold ALL politicians accountable. Okay, I'll get off MY snarky soapbox - thanks for taking me to that dark place - and instead get back to listening to more great music. Take care my friend.

@Hapax007

7 жыл бұрын

The Spanish came to the New world looking for gold and treasure, look now at the condition of most of their former colonies in Central and South America. Most northern Europeans came looking for religious freedom, which our country was built on .( Not that the early setters were without human rights abuses ) That will soon be taken away from us ( that's from my socio-political soapbox ) Now, back to Neil's music . I love it and feel he is in the top 5 ever in songwriting and performing ( maybe not the best singer, LOL) I have seen him in concert x 2 ( with Crazy Horse and the International Harvesters ) and once with Crosby, Stills and Nash ( 1972) . Not many artists can match his stamina after so many years doing his thing. plus, I love his guitar tone and style !

2+ million views, and honestly less than one million of those were me. The master at work - do not disturb! If this performance doesn't make you emotional, then you probably have no soul.

@WillsRushpage

2 жыл бұрын

This video keeps my page alive with it's traffic. Thanks for your visit. I wish I could monetize this but that would not be fair to Uncle Neil.

One of my favourite songs by Neil - 13 minutes of Cortez - absolute transcendence.

@JohnSmith-ur9ei

5 жыл бұрын

I could not have said it any better ..I've been listening to him since he first got started ..he grew into a beast...I'm crazy about him

@gabrielboyd70

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@frankeyrleswanson4211

4 жыл бұрын

SAME WENDY

@ashenden1928

4 жыл бұрын

For me this is a song of riddance: every time I hear it I feel somehow free of bitterness and resentment. I love this song

@michaelwatosky8746

3 жыл бұрын

Beautifully put

When an artist like a guitar player or an actor or actress can move you into tears they have reached their pinnacle they are immortal in that moment

Been listening to ny since 1970 old man was the first song I heard I was 8 im now 55 and still listening to ny he to me is like a angel from heaven to help understand this ragged and torn up world !!! Every song of his has meaning to me !!! The old hippie " byrdman 62 "

Maybe the best rock song ever written/composed. Neil is a champ. Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Absolutely brilliant i have been a fan for 40 years and this man NEVER AGES HIS VOICE.. I had the pleasure seeing him in person twice the guitar work ... go you marvellous man xxxxxxxxxxx

Thank u Neil Young for traveling back in time shape shifting and returning with this song. The most haunting bittersweet guitar jam ever. Nobody nowhere comes close or will. We are not worthy. Rock on Neil.

It’s the spaces between the notes that define Neil’s sound. That’s where the emotion lives- in between. Like life-it’s not the big events, the real beauty is in the spaces. Peace everyone. Be well. Love.

@maryanderson9191

3 жыл бұрын

Neil has often said " They are a feel band!!!" He knows who he is as a musician! Well said!!

@ivanotrincanato1302

3 жыл бұрын

Hai detto la cosa giusta, amico. Pace e Amore al mondo intero.

@ataugusta

3 жыл бұрын

ivano trincanato. pace anche a te amico mio

@chuckbeers

3 жыл бұрын

Life is what happens in between making plans.

@gunsmoke6230

3 жыл бұрын

Well said...........no need for speed

Love the harmony of "the women all were beautiful". This is my #1 song of all time. Who does a meandering guitar solo so beautiful, and the lyrics are incredible and meaningful. Crazy horse rhythm section hits all the notes. Perfection. Every time.

@oppothumbs1

Жыл бұрын

In my top 10 songs. The Live Rust version is the best I've heard, this is a little tepid. The best song Neil did was "I've been Waiting for You" but only in the studio is the song great. The claim that “Hate was just a legend. And war was never known” is absolutely not true. Remember, we call it the Aztec Empire for a reason. You see, empires are not, by their very nature, peaceful. They're expansionist political entities that are constantly pushing their borders outwards adding new territories and peoples through war and diplomacy. The Aztecs warred against smaller tribes, they made them their vassals, forced them to pay tributes, and took people from them to offer them in sacrifice to their god of war by ripping their hearts out while the victims were still alive and then eating them. How's that for the peaceful, serene, child-like stereotype of the “Indian”? Do you really think around 600 Spaniards conquered an empire of 5-6 million all by themselves? Of course not, those 500 Spaniards had the help of thousands of Natives (up to 100.000) who rebelled against their Aztec oppressors/enemies and of a smallpox outbreak that took out half the population (that's the big genocide of the American people, by the way, Old World diseases the New World natives had no immunity against, some claim it might have wiped out up to 90% of the population).

@blindriv3r

Жыл бұрын

@@oppothumbs1 Neil wrote these lyrics as a teenage kid, he didn't have a real strong grasp on history yet lol

@thefinal9923

Жыл бұрын

@@oppothumbs1 I think Neil is self aware about this though, I thought it was hyperbole to such an extreme as to be intentionally noticeable. I don't think he believes or believed the Aztecs were a peace happy land of peaceful happy and beautiful people.

@bryanmannoia8410

8 ай бұрын

@@blindriv3r great tune but I always wanted to ask Neil where he got these historically incorrect lyrics.

@bryanmannoia8410

8 ай бұрын

@@oppothumbs1 not only did they constantly war, but if there was no conflict, they had flower wars just to have sacrifices for their gods.

I can only agree with my brothers before me here................Neil young is just breath-taking and amazing......what makes him so good is that he can chill us with an acoustic guitar and harmonica, but then he can do this with a lead guitar..........nobody can compare to him! Mike Batt

Unique guitar, unique voice, amazing Neil Young, I am now 61, listened to him for more than 40 years , love him more and more

What a treasure this band is to all of us old school rockers

This video of him is incredible. This version of this song is insanely incredible. he is in a Groove here like never b4..but still... it's like every time i see him, he's in a groove but this groove in this video is quite A Deep-cut rooted Groove!.. of our favorite musician and life pal-

@WillsRushpage

Жыл бұрын

Agree. Thanks for your drop by. Glad you enjoyed this one!

This literally takes my breath away and my soul leaves my body. Wherever he is playing his guitar im with him.

The best version of the greatest song ever written

@francinetremblay3535

6 жыл бұрын

Quel merveilleux artiste canadien .👀❤️

@eliobelluschi8489

5 жыл бұрын

I agree !!!

@kenmatheson5794

5 жыл бұрын

Amen brother

@AugustoFontes

4 жыл бұрын

Im stay there and I agree too

@mr.jazzbodkelsey58

4 жыл бұрын

Check out the Gov't Mule live version (from 1999 with a little help from our friends CD).

Fantastic! Still my all time favourite NY track since first hearing back in the 70’s.

Just wanted to add more... NY is the absolute guv'nor, this number gives me mega goose bumps, awesome Mr Young truly awesome...😀✌️👌👍

My all time favorite Neil Young rendition Superb

Hauntingly beautiful. The voice, the guitar, Crazy Horse; thoughts of Aztec sacrifices. So sad. Yet, Neil paints a beautifully poignant picture of these two flawed forces facing off, each right, and, each so terribly wrong; this song transcends their human evilness.

He is so goddammit great... My favourite was listening to him since I was 15... My mother used to tell me to turn it down from down stairs, I introduced him to my brother.. 10 year older than me 😅😅

This is truly the best NY song and performance I've heard, ever. ✌️✌️

Great video quality great song wish I was there front and center!! He came dancing across the water..

It's not all about how many notes you can hit in a 4/4 beat. With Neil it has always been about the passion, the emotions. This fantastic song makes me think of many things, some sad, some happy. It grips me and takes me away. Thank you Neil for all your music that I grew up with buying every album then figuring out all the songs on guitar. Be well my friend.

@erikmorse5089

8 ай бұрын

"Notes? Anybody can play notes. Music is 10% notes, and 90% the attitude of the motherfu@&€% playin' em." --Miles Davis

I can't find the words to say how much I love that performance there are quite a few great performances of Cortez but for me this is still the best no one can capture that atmosphere like Mr Young keep on rockin in the free world

I have my own Neil story that most will find interesting (esp.gtr players)I and a great old friend who I have lost contact with went to nys state fair in 1984 he if I remember was doing the" shocking pinks" thing (think:"wondering")well it started to down pour rain like I've never seen since and all front rows vanished from the whole front standing room .Ron and I got to see Neil honestly 1 to 2 ft away staring in my eyes .as a dedicated guitar player then and now I in full honesty felt this to the degree of I yelled in Ron's ear every and I mean every song that he would play next the entire show. As the wet soaking rain made it BETTER and it wasn't the doses either just a great moment and salute to all of you who love the man and a special salute to those of us who learned the songs and stories behind them THANK YOU. Neil,tom shollz,and Todd roundgren for sharing your gift with me

This song is a world unto itself, what a masterpiece

I was there 20 years ago. One of the best performances I have ever seen in my life.

as great as it is to listen to him play, imagine what it must feel like to have that sound coming from your own hands

@bryanmannoia8410

8 ай бұрын

it is the best feeling in the world.

Neil Young is iconic - one of the best musicians of all my life

@tomthx5804

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but you're only one year old. Give it some time.

This is the best live performance of Cortez the killer ! Thanks for sharing

I could listen to him play the guitar for hours

@sidDkid87

10 жыл бұрын

then you've come to the right place : )

@maryjanegreen7601

4 жыл бұрын

I do.

@soundchaser1097

3 жыл бұрын

We do😉

@storminnorman7620

3 жыл бұрын

I liked Neil until he spewed his leftwing libtard views.

@blcklivesmatter5114

3 жыл бұрын

@@storminnorman7620 Your statement proves you know nothing at all about Keil.

I felt like I was his guitar when I was playing Cortez with my tears of emotion like the flow of the notes. I love you Neil, I wish I could have been your friend to share this magic. You play the guitar as you and you guitar are one. Thank you from the bottom of my heart for what you bring to me since I first heard old man and that was it, until I die Neil you will remain with me. ♥️

@Michael-mm3fm

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, go Bea Le

I 've never seen this before. Now it's on my list of vids that I'll watch every so often just because of how fucking great they are. Live Rust was somewhat life changing for me, certainly for my musical tastes. This is an amazing version of the song. The instrumental lead-in, like many of Young's songs, almost tells the story on it's own. How 'bout that for talent. You can hear in the music that something or someone is coming. There's a motion, a wave or tide maybe to the rhythm, and even if you've never heard the song before, you are not surprised when Young leans in to the mic to say "He came dancing across the water with his galleons and guns," because you could almost see in that instrumental interlude that something was out on the horizon, coming in, coming in to the song, and it's Cortez, and he's not bringing anything good. Few artists have the ability to write music so close to the story that you can almost read the music without the lyrics. I remember watching a David Crosby interview with Bob Costas many years ago. Crosby told him that Young is the greatest songwriter he'd ever known. He said ".....and I know a lot of songwriters." He talked about the same type stuff, how Neal Young matches music and words in a way that makes you believe it's the only words for that song and the only music for those words. Good stuff.

@neilyoung7224

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the love ❤️ I really appreciate, I hope you will never stop listen to my music 🎶.. If you don’t mind kindly drop me your hangout just to get in touch with you privately ❤️❤️❤️❤️

My favorite Neil Young song and I like many of them... His guitar playing is masterful 😎

@dougfleming8138

2 жыл бұрын

Neil Young bottles emotion like no one else. The first time I watched the “The Last Waltz” DVD Helpless had me in tears, Cortez the Killer has reduced me to tears multiple times, but this version has me in floods of tears. As Frank Zappa said “music is the best” and it really doesn’t get much better than Cortez.

This is absolutely one of the best 12 guitar solos Neil has ever done on Cortez! Really, it is my favorite opening of any song ever, going back to Beethoven!

My love for Neil started as a late teenager. My first time seeing him was with Booker t and the mg's. His music has such depth, meaning, and feeling. Your mind wanders to a better place in times of trouble . The wind blowing through your hair , the smell of weed in the air. It's a time away from reality. Thank you Neil young and crazy horse. Your legend will live on forever.

When Neil young plays the guitar it sounds like a eagle flying over

Every live performance of this song he plays has that little something special, a certain note, harmonics, or phrasing. Different in every show. All of his live songs are really, but this one is so special. Neil and Crazy Horse truly play from the heart. A+++

Many guys go off on a guitar break to show off and end up doing something for them, but he goes "crazy" without ever leaving the song for a moment. I love how every wild improvisational note is still part of the song. He plays all over, and finds an amazing range, it raw and dirty... but never leaves the song.

@glenholmgren1218

5 жыл бұрын

@@cw5112 Brilliant artist and left us with a treasure trove of wonder the depths of which may never be plumbed.

@denbax5037

5 жыл бұрын

want to talk neal

@edmondderaedt4186

4 жыл бұрын

He builds a landscape to support the song

@BlueHopi144

3 жыл бұрын

@@glenholmgren1218 his discography is simply Monstruous and unmatched in the rock sphere .

One of the most Powerful tunes ever ❤️

I saw neil on his live rust tour It changed my life!I learned to love life

This is just magical. Neil shines of course but I think Crazy Horse are often overlooked and underrated. There is some great playing going on here that enables Neil to soar.

@thefabulousbugman

7 жыл бұрын

3 chords

@owentuckett938

7 жыл бұрын

Sometimes that's all you need!

@tomthx5804

7 жыл бұрын

There are an infinite number of ways to play those 3 chords, and NY explores them all

@terrybrown9093

7 жыл бұрын

had a wife that saw him twice!! omg twice, she said he brought many instruments to the show and played everyone of them.

@afakkobyab5982

4 жыл бұрын

I agree. The vibe is there with Crazy Horse.

Second time hearing this song and must say..... Mind Blown! Just Amazing!

One of the greatest songs ever written by one of the best artists n song writers of our generation ! Live on Neil

Neil is one of the few left that still has the same spirit and feel he's always had, one of the few that still creates songs that can reach out and grab you. So glad I've been lucky enough to have seen him on stage! Neil is truly a legend.

@duffgordon9005

8 жыл бұрын

forget all politics and bias--- Do you think Morrissey had that ?

@briantyler531

5 жыл бұрын

I think that is able to stay fresh because he does "Stay fresh" and when done with a subject moves on. The man is a legend as you state!

@pacerodi

5 жыл бұрын

Neil, is half-native American. So, am I.

Every note from Neil Young is THE perfect note in that moment. Accept no substitute...because there simply isn't one. This man has more passion in his big toe nail than the rest can hope for in a lifetime.

The thing about Neil, is that Neil does what he does and he does not care, he does not care at all what anyone thinks about what he does. He never has, he never will. I am so happy to see that he is now getting so much credit, so many kudos for his body of work and his extraordinary talent. And I do not know if he cares about any of that. If there is a heart and soul of music, Neil is my heart and soul.

@alainclement9244

Жыл бұрын

Well said.....True.

@missique1324

Жыл бұрын

Mine 2 ❤. Purest Rock ..moving

It's just amazing the way Neil makes the strings do the singing keep up the great work.

doing my monthly catch up on my soul, oftentimes of great work is done by the hearing of this tale, story, legend, truth, and this I am sure of, my life has benefited my life listening, remembering, just as Neil sings the lesson preparation of them alive and proposing weaves a lesson learn by dig, study, and listening to their spirit. There is always more the deeper you let this lay you open....

The one and only. Who else plays the guitar like that? Pure emotion coming out of his fingers. Brilliant.

Man the best rock that I've heard after so long...god bless Neil young/,,/

I am now 66 and this song still just rocks my world!!! in memory of Boulder Canyon July 1968 .., an ill-fated trip to SLC... and for Gayle Montgomery (Angel) who we lost in 1969... PEACE CAN BE REAL!

never get tired of listening to his masterpieces love you Neil

Greatest song of all times!!! Played to perfection!!! Thanks Neil!

This is a completely different level. My 1 year old son and I just went out driving on a sunny late afternoon and jammed this 5 times in a row

I just listened to Dave Matthews band covering this song, then found and listened to Neil Young's version, back to back and it was so identical, it was like listening to the same song twice by the same artist.

@WillsRushpage

Жыл бұрын

I have heard that version also. They do a great job.

You don't need lots of clever words to describe how this performance makes you feel just let your senses take it in and enjoy

@corneliaoeltze6967

2 жыл бұрын

Just so good