Neil Young - don't let it bring you down live at massey hall, 1971

"When Neil Young took the stage on that cold (I’m guessing) Toronto night in early 1971, it was just him, an acoustic guitar, a piano and that contraption that holds your harmonica and possibly fixes your scoliosis. Possibly. At the time, he was 26-years-old with a songbook and career that would’ve been the envy of musicians twice his age."

Neil Young - see the sky about to rain live at massey hall, 1971

"It never rains but it pours eh? A good decade and a half after taunting us with tales of boundless archive treats and multiple disc box sets Neil Young seems to have finally decided that we’ve been patient enough. Mere months after releasing the awesomely good Live At The Fillmore East (with Crazy Horse) he now brings us this historic gig from 1971 in its entirety. Boy, was it worth the wait..."

Neil Young - bad fog of loneliness live at massey hall, 1971

"Bad Fog of Loneliness" is a song written by Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, recorded in 1971 but not released until 2007 on the album Live at Massey Hall 1971 (which was later a disc on The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972), in 2009 on The Archives Vol. 1 1963–1972 as a studio outtake, and in 2013 on Live at the Cellar Door. It also appeared on Young's live "Red Rocks" DVD released in 2000."

Neil Young - a man needs a maid heart of gold suite live at massey hall, 1971

"The relaxed, rambling intros suggest that herbal self-medication was on the agenda. And if so, it only seems to have helped him to focus on the music; once into a song, the hangdog hippy is banished and magic takes hold, with Young attaining cinematic scope from minimal instrumental accompaniment."

Neil Young - see the sky about to rain, 1974

"I always picture a rural highway. Summertime, a humid day, a battle between blue and gray above. There’s a farm house in the foreground bracing for the shower. Before long, the rain begins. But Neil’s song doesn’t take place during the downpour."

Neil Young - old man live at massey hall, 1971

"This is a remarkably rich set of songs, touching on nearly every aspect of Young's personality, whether it's his sweetness, his sensitivity, his loneliness, or even his often-neglected sense of fun. True, the latter only appears on "Dance Dance Dance," but that comes as a welcome contrast to the stark sadness of "See the Sky About to Rain."

Neil Young - on the way home live at massey hall, 1971

"a gentle, melodic track originally from Buffalo Springfield, Neil Young’s earlier band. The live version at Massey Hall is noted for its warmth and emotional delivery."

Neil Young - blowin in the wind cover live, 1991

"On a frigid night in January 1991, I piled into Madison Square Garden to see and hear Neil Young. After the intermission following the opening act (Sonic Youth), darkness enveloped the crowd. We heard the sounds of machinery and explosions, alarms rang out. We were surrounded by the sounds of war – a reminder that while we sat in that arena a war raged across the world in Kuwait and Iraq. Out of the cacophony came the unmistakable sound of Neil Young’s guitar – thick, muddy, purposeful – playing the simple melody to “Blowing it the Wind.” On the stage, roadies dressed in leftover Star War-movie robes, raised an oversized microphone in an echo of the flag rising over Iwo Jima. The microphone stand wore a huge yellow ribbon."

Neil Young - get back to the country, 1985

"The more they tried to stop me, the more I did it. Just to let them know that no one's gonna tell me what to do. I was so stoked about that record. I sent them a tape of it that had eight songs on it."

Buffalo Springfield - on the way home, 1968

"Last Time Around was compiled by Jim Messina and Furay to fulfil the band's last contractual obligation to its label. By the time it was completed the group had functionally disbanded, with the cover photo consisting of a montage of the individual members, with Young looking away from the direction of the others."

Neil Young - when you dance i can really love, 1970

"The official Neil Young website gives the title as "When You Dance I Can Really Love"; however, the CD release (US catalogue number 2283-2, Europe 7599-27243-2) has the title misprinted as "When You Dance You Can Really Love." The correct title appears on other albums, such as Live Rust. It also appears in Young's handwritten lyrics included with some copies of the album."

Neil Young - birds, 1970

"You know, I don't edit my songs. I knew something was happening at the time that I wrote it to make that right, but I can't remember what it is and it doesn't apply to what I'm doing now."

Neil Young - here we are in the years, 1969

"The songs were gathered from the past and the future, mostly dreams, nothing concrete; they were mostly created as vehicles for record-making, like 'Here We Are in the Years,' or personal expression and longing, such as 'I’ve Been Waiting for You.' Some of them were stream-of-consciousness, like 'The Last Trip to Tulsa,' with no preconceived thought behind them. They were just songs. There was no big pressure on me at that time to top anything I had already done. That came later. The sky was the limit. I had no idea what was coming my way."

Neil Young - the loner, 1969

"It's one of Young's most enduring early songs, blending acoustic folk elements with electric guitar flair and subtle string arrangements. Critics praised its "ice-pick vocal" and powerful instrumentals"

Neil Young - human highway hitchhiker, 2017

"Recorded over the course of one lazy, stoned day in Malibu in 1976, Hitchhiker was never bootlegged, unlike Homegrown and Chrome Dreams, its unreleased cousins from the mid-'70s. Neil Young first let its existence be known in 2014, when he mentioned a 1976 solo acoustic session recorded with longtime producer David Briggs that was "a complete piece."

Neil Young - powderfinger hitchhicker version, 2017

"Back then when we played this record for business folks, the reaction was that it was not a real record, but a collection of demos. I was advised to record the songs with a band, but the Hitchhicker versions are the true originals, recorded earlier than any versions you may have ever heard, and I always knew the original album would find its place and surface. That time is now."

Neil Young - clementine, 2012

"Every one of these songs has verses that have been ignored. And those are the key verses, those are the things that make these songs live. They're a little heavy for kindergarteners to be singing. The originals are much darker, there's more protest in them — the other verses in "This Land Is Your Land" are very timely, or in "Clementine", the verses are so dark. Almost every one has to do with people getting killed, with life-or-death struggles. You don't hear much about that; they've been made into something much more light. So I moved them away from that gentler interpretation. With new melodies and arrangements, we could use the folk process to invoke the original meanings for this generation."

Neil Young - for the love of man, 2012

"For the Love of Man" dates to the 1980s. Young has released a 1987 recording of the song on his online archival album Summer Songs."

Neil Young - southern pacific live a treasure, 2011

"I hadn't heard these takes in 25 years, but when we unearthed them co-producer Ben Keith said, 'This is a treasure.'"

Neil Young - light a candle, 2009

"This blend of dreamy thoughts of yesteryear, spitting fury over the present, and planning for the future gives Fork in the Road a bit of a kick that propels it through a few songs that aren't much more than a garage groove, but the whole thing benefits from its messiness; the loose ends make it feel alive."