Old Man

...life. At former St. Louis Blues Brett Hull's jersey retirement ceremony, this song was played as his jersey rose to the rafters. "Old Man" was released as a single in the spring of 1972, and reached #31 on the Billboard Hot 100 on...

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...fans. She remained a dominant presence throughout, delivering such disparate titles as "CC Rider" and Neil Young's "Old Man." Her sense of dynamics was impressive, building themes to a powerful climax. Nina Simone is Wright's...

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...The Needle and the Damage Done. After a beautiful Heart of Gold, he asked knowingly, "Do you want another of those?", before breaking into Old Man and sparking an unlikely mass sing-along. Squalls of electric guitar, songs that seemed never...

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...delighting rapturous fans, before switching to a mellow mood with a run of country-flavored numbers including "Heart of Gold" and "Old Man," as night fell on the park. Young finished with a blazing version of "Rockin' in the Free World,"...

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...is now the finished article, puncturing his own wry preambles with a string of just-written songs that have since become classics: Old Man; A Man Needs a Maid; a stunningly spare piano reading of See the Sky About to Rain. What remains,...

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In between, almost all the songs had a fresh and spontaneous feel, as if he had conceived them just that afternoon. The songs aEUR" "Old Man," "Heart of Gold," "Ohio" aEUR" were destined to become classics, the best of Young's early...

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Besides blasting through noisy, wild and achingly sincere versions of classics like "Cinnamon Girl," "The Needle and the Damage Done," "Old Man" and "Heart of Gold," Young packed the set with recent and brand new tracks like "Off The Road,"...

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...main set consisted entirely of Greendale, a dense concept record that wouldn't hit stores for another two months. The fans who yelled "Old Man" and "Cortez The Killer" with a mixture of shock and horror received little solace from the...

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...with a full band in an exquisite electric set. The clear-cut acoustic classics were the haunting guitar and harmonica versions of "Old Man," followed by "Heart of Gold." Both were concert highlights, and both songs gained depth and poign-

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...from her new album, which, it turns out is mostly covers. "Leavin' " features Cole's versions of Fiona Apple's "Criminal," Neil Young's "Old Man" and Aretha Franklin's "Day Dreaming," so expect that you might hear a few of those tunes.

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