Old Man: Neil Young
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February 12, 2011 at 12:45 pm
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February 12, 2011 at 8:24 pm
I never tire of this song. Thanks, Kat, for your continued excellence in blogging!
February 12, 2011 at 10:07 pm
Thank you, Nan, for the kind words, and you are most welcome.
February 12, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Love this tune.I thnk I have some of my dads traits too.
February 12, 2011 at 10:10 pm
morphy,
Nice to have you back!
Some of your father lives in you and so he continues.
February 13, 2011 at 12:41 am
I’ve always loved this song. When I was in college there was a restaurant that had juke boxes at each booth. I’m not sure this is from the same period, but we would often play “Sugar Mountain” Thanks again for bring up good memories, and a fine song.
February 13, 2011 at 10:15 am
Lori,
It is my pleasure. Most of these also have some memories of mine hanging along. It
s fun when something you’d forgotten pops up, and you get the joy of remembering.
February 13, 2011 at 6:18 pm
Young wrote this about the caretaker of the ranch he bought in 1970. The song compares a young man’s life to an old man’s and shows that the old man was once like this young man.The caretaker of the that cattle ranch? His name was Louis Avila. The ranch was the Broken Arrow Ranch, purchased for $350,000 in 1970 (just think about those real estate prices compared to now!). Reportedly, Avila was giving Young a tour of the place and asked him how a young man like him could afford a place like this. Young, aged 25, replied “Just lucky, Louie, just real lucky.” Avila was quite bemused.
James Taylor played the banjo on this song.
February 13, 2011 at 10:38 pm
sblake,
The lyrics make more sense to me now that I know to whom he is speaking. I don’t think I could actually figure what it now costs-my head doesn’t think of numbers that large.
I didn’t know about James Taylor either!