Hey, fellow bloggers...
Today's song is Old Man by Neil Young.
Just purchased the Harvest CD. Phenomenal.
Omg, what can I say this is so fucking good. Love that banjo. God, I adore this song. It makes me cry for some reason.
I always thought it was about a young man who is repeating his father's mistakes, and then is calling him a hypocrite when he gets pissed at it. That was my own little interpretation to the song. But then I realized I was wrong, as I read some word from the book "Neil and Me" by Scott Young (Neil's dad) "It isn't about you. I know a lot of people think it is. But it's about Louis, the man who lives on the ranch and looks after things for me, the cattle and the buffalos and the feed and all that. A wonderful guy."
To sum up, this is an awesome, awesome song, one of those that you never get tired of.
Here I leave you the lyrics:
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.
Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.
Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.
I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.
Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
P.S: "It doesn't mean hat much to me/to mean that much to you" I love how Neil just doesn't give a fuck and still rocks so hard!
I always thought it was about a young man who is repeating his father's mistakes, and then is calling him a hypocrite when he gets pissed at it. That was my own little interpretation to the song. But then I realized I was wrong, as I read some word from the book "Neil and Me" by Scott Young (Neil's dad) "It isn't about you. I know a lot of people think it is. But it's about Louis, the man who lives on the ranch and looks after things for me, the cattle and the buffalos and the feed and all that. A wonderful guy."
To sum up, this is an awesome, awesome song, one of those that you never get tired of.
Here I leave you the lyrics:
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
Twenty four
and there's so much more
Live alone in a paradise
That makes me think of two.
Love lost, such a cost,
Give me things
that don't get lost.
Like a coin that won't get tossed
Rolling home to you.
Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.
Lullabies, look in your eyes,
Run around the same old town.
Doesn't mean that much to me
To mean that much to you.
I've been first and last
Look at how the time goes past.
But I'm all alone at last.
Rolling home to you.
Old man take a look at my life
I'm a lot like you
I need someone to love me
the whole day through
Ah, one look in my eyes
and you can tell that's true.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
Old man look at my life,
I'm a lot like you were.
P.S: "It doesn't mean hat much to me/to mean that much to you" I love how Neil just doesn't give a fuck and still rocks so hard!
xoxo, Lucy and Lovely Rita