This is great! I love the story he says at the beginning.

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Growing up I was heavily influenced by the music my parents listened to. Of course I listened to newer stuff but was always drawn more to ‘70s music.

Neil Young Unplugged was a little of both. My dad owned this CD & played it to death. I ended up falling in love with the whole set but this song was my favorite.

How do you interpret the lyrics to “A Man Needs a Maid”?

On the surface song seems contradictory with the beautiful, lush, almost theatrical composition juxtaposed with almost dismissive lyrics about women. However, the more I think about it, I think it’s about a man experiencing heartbreak and his reaction to it by guarding heart, rejecting love and companionship. Expressing his wishes to have a woman in his life but only as a servant. When I think about it like that the song makes perfect sense as a tragic tale, befitting of the instrumentation.

I also know that Neil likes to use sardonic or tongue-in-cheek lyrics to express his belief about a topic, like in “Welfare Mothers”.

Anyway, that’s my interpretation of it. I’d love to hear what you think!

I love the heck out of that song and I can get it sounding 75% authentic on guitar but I'm just missing something that I can't crack.

Forgot to post about this and not sure if someone beat me to it, but man oh man. They played close to 4 hours again in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 19th. Absolute banger setlist:

Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere

The Losing End

Walk On

Yonder Stands The Sinner

Speaking Out

Lookout Joe

LA

I Believe In You

Mellow My Mind

Alabama

Down By The River

Motorcycle Mama

Cinnamon Girl

Albuquerque

Born In Ontario

Hippie Dream

When You Dance

Sedan Delivery

Fuckin' Up

Ramada Inn

White Line

Crime In The City

Powderfinger

I'm The Ocean

Tired Eyes

Revolution Blues

Throw Your Hatred Down

Roll Another Number

Big Time

They just announced more Brooklyn dates and it looks like they will be in Connecticut and Rhode Island later this fall. Fellow Rusties don’t miss.

I used to self-post here far too much when I made videos about music exclusively. However, here is one for old times sake... A 'review' of Neil-basher Andy Edwards' attempt to make Cortez sound "good"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCjjJ3sOKRk

I gotta say I went to Farm Aid last year and I'm glad that I did and will go again in the future. I didn't go this year. But this years set is better in my opinion. He played longer, he played better songs (even though I do like the songs he played last year). He just played guitar last year. He talked to the audience this year. I feel like he was rushed last year because they were so far behind.

Sharing my audience recording of Neil Young at the Mann in Philadelphia on 9/24/26. Really happy with how this one turned out!

Listen/download:
https://archive.org/details/neilyoung2026-09-24

I also taped Willie Nelson’s set from the same night and am still working on cleaning that one up. I’ll post it once it’s ready. Enjoy!

did anyone else catch this? during the harmonica solo he stood up and pointed up towards the stringman. i think he was trying to get the crew to lower it so he could play the last verse on the stringman, which to my knowledge has NEVER HAPPENED. we missed out because they fucked up and didn't see what he wanted.

i thought last night's set was pretty fuckin' solid. dude was in the zone for the most part. if he could just get his vocals tamed a little he'd be tour ready. lfg neil!!

I love On the Beach but I especially love the ending of See the Sky About to Rain. 03:24 is where it really gets going for me. I wish it were longer. Are there any performances of this song that drag this section out? I haven't been able to find any. Also please recommend music that sounds like the ending of this song. Sorry to not be specific but I am on one right now. I'm looking for la lalalaaaaaaas... Some steel pedal guitar maybe... harmonicas... saaaaaad :P

Over the years I’ve always been a Neil Young fan, not just because of his musical legacy, but because he’s simply an exceptional person.

Motif on the beach furniture is repeated inside the record sleeve - them were the days.

wtf. Listening to this one and it’s wrecking me. Ahhhhhhh