I don’t care what any music critic said. This song (and video) is a timeless classic!

@mjpicard00

Ай бұрын

Absolutely... this is the best

An absolute gem of a video. Young's disdain for the project, the fun he has through that disdain, wonderful. He looks like an axe murderer throughout lol.

@curtis2075

Жыл бұрын

He kinda reminds me of Jack on the shining in some weird way.

@CathyRas65

7 ай бұрын

@@curtis2075Best comment!!

@AdamAirMDGED

5 ай бұрын

🔪😂

@garybruno4064

5 ай бұрын

LOL he does... that out fit looks liked he slept in it

@jamieashby8810

3 ай бұрын

This has always been my favourite NY video. Yes, his humour shines through his disdain, and the video, to me, is absolutely hilarious!

He did this to sabotage his relationship with his record company, but Neil is such a genius, this wound up being one of my absolute favorite records of his!

@ThePineryGuy

4 ай бұрын

Fact ❤

I love this song and I don't care what anybody says

@nitwitt50

6 ай бұрын

@fumingriley I agree with you 💯💯 I like 2.❤

I remember this on MTV way back when and I always thought it was goofy, and I made fun of it. It popped into my head for some reason, so I looked it up and here I am. Now though, it’s actually great! I love it. Such a catchy tune and unique video. Maybe just nostalgia, but I’m glad that I revisited this song and video.

@sweethands4328

2 жыл бұрын

Same happened to me. Its aged well.

@DeadlyRamon

2 жыл бұрын

The song sounds much better to me now, when I'm almost 50, then it did when I first encountered it on MTV in my late preadolescence.

@armorer94

2 жыл бұрын

It IS goofy. But that's why I've always loved it. Very absurdist, tongue planted firmly in-cheek. Some people didn't get the joke. I did. Recorded it with a cassette off the TV, that's so much I liked it. And nearly 40 years on, I still like it.

@micheleherbert2264

2 жыл бұрын

I think everyone of our generation laughed at the video and made fun of it back in the 80’s. I know my sister and I did. And the other day it popped into my head and I looked it up and I had to send it right away to my sister and we were laughing. Yes it’s much better hearing it today than back then when we made fun of everything!

@chriskrueger8225

2 жыл бұрын

Same here!

I know Neil was flipping off his label during this time, but I actually love this song and video.

@NormAppleton

Жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/mGF-o7Vwm7bfhrg.html

@ackamack101

Жыл бұрын

I have always loved this song too. It was the same year Billy Joel came out with An Innocent Man, which is essentially a Doo Wop album. It must have been in the air at the time 😂

@TravelinBand747

Жыл бұрын

@@ackamack101 It was 50s and 60s nostalgia. The people who had been kids back then were (by the 80s) adults or getting close to middle age, so there was some desire to reach back to the music that had been part of their childhoods. Plenty of 80s nostalgia now.

Every time I watch this video, I look at Neil and think, "Yeah, there's a man who always gets a seat to himself on the bus." *And I want that damn shirt.*

@anthonyx9481

2 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂 Man I got the flu but that comment actually made my day 🤣😂

@NormAppleton

2 жыл бұрын

As he talks to himself.....

@sundial7527

Жыл бұрын

lol ! Always gets a seat to himself on the bus. - Good one Dean

@mooncalf3130

2 ай бұрын

That shirt belonged to Nick Pope apparently, Neil agreed to do the video but wanted to do it wearing his shirt, as explained by Nick himself on the Adam Buxton podcast a while back

Neil doing whatever it took to sabotage his career. This is probably my fave video of all time.

@ClassicTVMan1981X

5 жыл бұрын

Geffen did sue him over this album and the one before it (Trans), claiming it sounded both uncommercial and "unrepresentative" of the artist. Young then retaliated by filing a $21 million countersuit, insisting he'd been promised creative freedom in the written contract, and Geffen eventually apologized for the interference. This album was supposed to have been a country/western album called _Old Ways,_ which Young did release in 1985; however, in interviews, he referred to the released version of that album as _Old Ways II._

@mattkyle3511

3 жыл бұрын

Haaa. Yeah, the joke was on Geffen...no ones ever gonna tell Neil what to do. If you try, he'll do the opposite just to spite you!

@TheEleatic

3 жыл бұрын

Speaking as a fellow Scorpio, it's far more complex. Neil is at constant war with himself, so he's too busy to care about "a career".

@MsBirdDroppings

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattkyle3511 The record company said they wanted a rock album after Trans, so Neal pondered the beginning of rock music, so he made a rockabilly album. Makes perfect sense to me, and I liked Trans and this album.

@daveidmarx8296

3 жыл бұрын

How is it "sabotage" when the material (song, album + video) is excellent?

I was 13 when this came on MTV. My friend Dave and I saw this and were blown away by how funny and catchy the song was. We didn't know who this "old" guy was but we knew cool when we saw it. We used to laugh whenever it came on. Back in those days you used to have to watch MTV 24/7 to see your favorite video.

The record company asked him to dress up for this, he looks like a psychotic wino, love it!

@shawns.2851

7 жыл бұрын

Philip Dallmayr He DID dress up. He's wearing a tie!

@ghettowizard378

6 жыл бұрын

Philip Dallmayr for Neil Young, this is dressed up!!!

@sarahtonen4873

5 жыл бұрын

me too!!!!

@PTmayotte

4 жыл бұрын

I've always wondered if Neil was a psychotic wino.

@danwohlslagel1277

3 жыл бұрын

You gotta love it!! This song made me want my 58 F100

Hilarious! Neil tried so many different things. Some didn't work out but the humor in this one makes it work.

Seriously how can you not love this song! Pure genius!!!

memories of late summer 83. this was on rotation on mtv ...

@toddsundell5586

4 жыл бұрын

Yep, and I loved it!

@OutOnTheTiles

4 жыл бұрын

And Much Music in Canada. ✌️🇨🇦

Neil Young....a national treasure of Canada and the U.S.A.

I still remember falling asleep in front of the TV and waking up to this !! This scared the crap out of me because Neil looks so crazy here... and this was about the time The Shining came out and he kinda looks like Jack Nicholson here. Funny now. But this is a great song.

@mikewiitala9462

8 жыл бұрын

When I watch this I am reminded of the winos that used to live down by the railroad tracks when I was a kid.

@dplatt7290

5 жыл бұрын

LOL yeah he does

@bertus161057

3 жыл бұрын

Psychokiller que'est que c'est

The coolest F U to a record company ever! :)

@nuffzed2001

3 жыл бұрын

trans

An atypical retro tune done nicely by Neil Young. I remember seeing him do this song at a concert in about '82 or '83. The audience booed him big time. They just didn't get it. They wanted to see Neil Young the hippie. Rock concert audiences are too often a bunch of morons who don't understand or appreciate a true iconoclast. They go for the packaged rebellion instead. What is that, like a '57 Cadillac?

@batmanmmv

9 жыл бұрын

I believe it's a '57 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible

@scottehm86

9 жыл бұрын

I know right, some peeps can't stand this album but i love it.

@jeansebastienAuclair

9 жыл бұрын

i don`no .but the pink costume is pink

@GlobalTubeTruth

8 жыл бұрын

+TheCanine2 I remember this video in the early MTV days. As a 12yr old kid, I would have agreed with the people in the audience back then. I really hated this song at the time, but listening to it now, I think it is much better than I gave it credit for. I had no idea who Neil Young was at that time. I just knew he wasn't Van Halen or Motley Crue, so onto the scrap heap he went, as I endeavored into the next 10 years of really bad hair band music. lol

@virginiataylor5593

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you can appreciate it now. The man wrote some fantastic music. This song is SO different from the rest of his music but it has a quirky appeal.

The 3 thumbs down are Geffen, his boyfriend, and Neil's dentist.

@sarahtonen4873

5 жыл бұрын

love his teeth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! sooooo CUTE

@fubuki7872

5 жыл бұрын

Maintenant il y a 10 thumbs, je pense que le coiffeur a participé et peut-être quelques uns des 97000 signataires de la pétition pour la sortie de TFA en CD ( je ne parle pas de la dernière pétition pour qu'il change son nom... ).

@fubuki7872

5 жыл бұрын

J'ai oublié le marchand de chaussures (cf. Démarche de zombie à 0:20)

@dougpeters1625

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@drtb69

4 жыл бұрын

What dentist ?? Lol

This was released because his record company shed Harvest Moon was to Country and he needed to make rock and roll. This is his middle finger to them.

The funny thing is, this album is one of my absolute favorites, even if Neil was trying to make a "bad:" record.

Still play this song at least once a week . Keeps my sanity.

@FuckYouWhosNext

2 ай бұрын

no it doesn't!!

The fact that a lot of people hate this album is proof that Neil Young has never made a bad album.

This should be added to the National Historical Registry

HA! I can NOT believe I've never seen this before now. What a HOOT! One of my all-time favorite music makers. Thanks so much for this!

i fell in love with him after this... i was 8, peed my pants laughing over this video. i NEVER liked his music before, sure got my attention.

@broadwater9222

4 жыл бұрын

Before, like in kindergarten? :-P

@pygmymarmoset4007

4 жыл бұрын

@@broadwater9222 hey i was listening to music in kindergarten

I watched this video on Toronto Rocks in the early 80s. Great memory!

My favorite Neil Young song and video of all time.

I remember I was in elementary school , 4 grade . Singing this Song in the play ground with my boy Rick . My favorite song of all time . Never stop playing this song .

This scratched an itch!! I have been trying to find this video for EVER!!

Neil young- the original Kramer

I love this f*cking song!

This has been rattling around in my brain since the 80s but I couldn't remember who did it. Needless to say I never searched for Neil Young so never found it--but Cadillac was the search word that turned it up. Flash of brilliance in his career as far as I'm concerned.

@c5cpe

8 ай бұрын

Rattling my mind since the 80s too! I thought he said, “I’m walking” until today and always looked up “Walk On” to no avail. Neil’s synchopated movements are what attracted it to me on MTV!

I love it! Neil Young rules

There was absolutely no real good reason I can give for liking this song or this video. 🤔 However since the first time I saw it on MTV back in the day I was hooked. It was just too damn catchy. 😚😚😚

Dont get how this failed. I love this!

First time i heard this tune was my first day of highschool.

If Saul Goodman was in the music biz, and tried to get out of a contract, this is the supplied clip the bosses at the record company would watch in silence in the board room.

He's a real artist thru n thru...a kook...a ball of goof...I luv that

i too remember this video from way back then....great song and even better video...thanks for the find!

so unbelievable good, loved that song, when I head it first, since now, babe

the best music video ever

@borgullet3376

6 жыл бұрын

yeah it is

@ghettowizard378

6 жыл бұрын

Jouni Hartikainen yeah, you can tell that it must have cost a fortune to make this video!!! 😅😂😂😁👻🐈👊👊

This is such a cool little jingle. I remember seeing this on mtv, and getting this chorus stuck in my head, way before I even knew who Neil Young was or anything about him. Now I'm a big fan.

@armorer94

2 жыл бұрын

The song has a similar feel to Bob Dylan's "Lay, Lady Lay". I love both of them.

Timeless! Pure Neil 💓

Nice song. Great shirt!

Love the cop cruizing past sketchy Neil. Love that it's in the promo shot for the vid.

@frankc32

10 жыл бұрын

"sketchy" Neil! is there any other kind? Cheers!

@nosajiksnektoouglyforporn3204

5 жыл бұрын

Think the homeowners called the cops, and said some homeless guy is in front of their house. Lol

Neil always gave his record label the proverbial finger! It was Neil's way or the highway! Cheers!

Still playing this on my guitar 🎸 will be till I can't no more. One of the best tracks he ever laid down.

He might just be the greatest Canadian of all time.

And this concludes one of the biggest raised middle fingers to the record industry, particularly Geffen records! Love it!

For Christa and my mom...may you rest in peace 🙏 🕊 and they loved Neil Young. Great stuff.....

i LOVE THIS VIDEO AND THIS SONG

Luv this song. Ever since it came out in the early eighties

@fumingriley

Жыл бұрын

This song was written in 1970; you can hear the original version here kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZJx5l9lmYtbgXdo.html this was a remake in a '50s doo wop style

1:15 cracks me up so much. Imagine having crazy looking Neil dressed like this as your neighbour

In the 1990's Adam Ant was listing his favorite videos....this one was one of Adam's favorites. Stand and Deliver, Mr Neil.

Tim Pope directed this video - really brilliant - check out the Adam buxton podcast with Tim Pope for the whole story - fascinating

@oinkbaamoo

6 жыл бұрын

Some brilliant Neil Young stories on that podcast. All of Adam's pods are worth listening to btw.

@Keypandemon

6 жыл бұрын

Brought me right here. Love it.

@miken3599

4 жыл бұрын

The podcast brought me here!

@rylandevans

4 жыл бұрын

Adam's podcast with Tim brought me here, so to speak. A class little video and underrated song too!

@canoebadour

2 жыл бұрын

That’s where I heard about this song. Great in lots of ways…

i was a clueless kid when this video came out - I had no idea he was from CSNY. Thought he was some kind of weirdo perv in the video, but loved the song and was obsessed with the video! 🤩

The Shocking Pinks thing was a genius move and over almost everyone's heads. I never got why it got put down so much, I loved it when it came out and still do, and it's just extra fun that it pissed people off and baffled others. This video takes the craziness even further. Only Neil could have pulled something like this off. I would have loved to be at the screening of this at Geffen.

@plawson8577

2 жыл бұрын

The SHOCKING Pink. I love it!

I wish the "I'm wonderin'..." "...knowin' that I need you to save me" part went on for 20 minutes in a loop.

His career was never in trouble over a 25 minute album. Just hype.

I love it . It's fricken the legend Neil Young.

One of Neil Young's first bands was the Squires around 1963. They had several great surf instrumentals, Aurora, The Sultan and Mustang. Doo wop music was also popular before and during this time. It is also interesting to note that he was/is a classic car buff, especially the big Cadillacs and Lincolns. It is no surprise that Neil would perform this song and video. If you want another example of Neil's diverse creations, check out "Greendale". It is an album/short movie with Crazy Horse that has several 'throw back to the 50's' songs.

possibly my favorite music video ever. not sure if neil was put up to making a video by geffen (well, it was the height of the 80's video craze) or if he just wanted to do it, but the simplicity of this vid is so awesome: drive around LA in a convertible caddi and shoot at random locations and just let neil be neil in front of the camera. like someone else said, he's adorable... and endearing and goofy and hilarious... and perhaps mixed with just a slight shade of jack nicholson? (anyone else see that?) anyway, i just love this video. i really love how many sides/aspects there are to neil and his music... this kind of whimsy is the best. i also had no idea this was a song neil wrote before 1971 until just tonight. so many times i've only heard to the shocking pinks version.

@nathanholterman7710

8 жыл бұрын

+jimlahey90 When he's standing in front of the oil pump thing it's very reminiscent of Jack Nicholson in Five Easy Pieces. Totally saw that too.

@sarahtonen4873

5 жыл бұрын

agreed. you have good taste

@GallopingGallanteeno

3 жыл бұрын

Listen to this podcast interview with the director, he talks about this video specifically open.spotify.com/episode/384WGESgn6k7mxD6dVmEmZ?si=AzXNUnThR3ilr4rOwICMjQ&

@jimlahey90

3 жыл бұрын

​@@GallopingGallanteeno Most excellent then, just finished listening. Not only was that a great listen and insight into this video but now I have new podcast to listen to with Adam Buxton and some research to check out more of Tim Pope's work. Thanks man!

@GallopingGallanteeno

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimlahey90 you're most welcome!

I remember this from the Friday Night Videos days!

The _1985 Rock Yearbook_ rated this the BEST VIDEO of 1983-1984 beating out "Thriller" by Michael Jackson! Hmmm... I like the pastels and the way Neil peers into the camera.... interesting.

Love Love Love ❤❤❤🌷☕

My favorite

In 1982 we didn't have MTV yet. But on HBO there was Video Jukebox where they played about 15 minutes of music videos five or six times a day. And that's where I saw this video for the first time.

This video still makes me laugh. Thanks for posting!

One of my favourite videos of all time!

thank you for this I remember seeing this On MTV when It was good and this video rocks love the hair kinda like mine most times lol Neil young is Great

One of those quirky videos that I remember from the early days of MTV. A catchy tune. Reminds me a lot of Dave Edmunds.

Love on first hearing......Video also UNIQUE

This album, of 50s throw-back doo-wop rock, came out on August 1, 1983 -- and outraged fans and Geffen. Yet ONE WEEK LATER, Billy Joe's throwback to doo-wop rock, "An Innocent Man," came out and was an epic hit. Hilarious video.

VERY COOL 😎 👌 👍

😂 His hair tho! 😂 I love this song!❤️

I don't care what anyone says, its a pretty damn good song.

this is a just great

And the big middle finger goes out to the management at Geffen Records. The artist determines the genre David.

Another great Neil Young song!

So bizarre u gotta love it

Theres nothing wrong with this song A breath of fresh air during that crazy (yes i loved it too) mtv new wave video stuff Niel doing his best Jack Nicholsin impressions Great song!!

The way he looked and moved here freaked me out as a kid lol. Neil at his weirdest best!

@AlexanderBlues1228

4 жыл бұрын

eaglegrad 16: Pretty sure he’s on the spectrum. I’m not putting him down! I love Neil’s music and I always have. I work in SpEd and he’s got all the behavioural ticks.

I can't say why, but something about the way he hooks his thumb at the house at 1:13 cracks me up.

@JKYouTube7

2 жыл бұрын

You’re not alone, and the way he tilts his head in the next part. It’s a masterpiece in it’s own way

omg..remember seeing this on Mtv back in the early 80s!!

I remember seeing this video back in the 90s and its always stuck with me. It was on MTV.

Never cared for this artist but, after comming across this video he has captured my attention Way ta go Neil

Great video! No flash or trash... just perfect!

This popped into my head for no reason 35 years after last seeing it. Go figure

OMG this was slightly ahead of my music years........Thank you

I love all his songs but this is one of my top favorites along with Sample and Hold, Cinnamon Girl, and Cortez the Killer. All different but all Neil Young!

@NormAppleton

2 жыл бұрын

He's Canada's greatest freak. We love him so.

I remember seeing this particular video on Friday Night Videos years ago. It was the first time I saw Neil Young in a music video. I was 13 years old at the time. It also happens to be my all time favorite Neil Young song with Rockin' In The Free World ranking a close second. Neil's Geffen years are grossly underrated. IMHO, his Geffen albums represent some of the best music in his career. It also showed that Neil Young is a great artist who could do anything with his music and make an statement artistically, if not commercially, which I know that Neil Young doesn't care about as he never did things for commercial reasons nor purposes anyway.

I saw this video years ago and never saw it again. LOL! Happy I found it. Got love Neil Young. :-D

I'm glad Sleater-Kinney turned me on to this jammy tune.

Saw this video first time during MTV's 120 minutes with Frank Black sharing his favourite music videos. Love this song and I quite like the whole album, such an oddball in Neil's discography

Thanks for hi-quality on this. Yeah, I was 16 when I first saw this video in '83. I bet I saw it no more than 5 times back then and loved it.....after that I never heard the song again, until I found the video on utube in '07.

Fun rewrite of this song, Totally different from his Filmore East version.

I used to stay up very late on Saturday night to watch a video show called Night Flight just to see this video. Now I can see it anytime I want.

@NormAppleton

5 ай бұрын

Been there, done that

How *great* is this song though, seriously?! The video is brilliant too!

I love that Neil was willing to look like a complete idiot to sing this song and play this part. You gotta do what the song demands. This is why Neil is still around after 50 years and people. He has the courage, thirst for adventure, and wild sense of humor -- that last bit way too often overlooked in him.

Excellent