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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
Midnight Media Cafe - Pocahontas
Wednesday, November 16th, 2011 09:28 pm.
Pocahontas - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Commenting about live albums over at Slate, I looked up this song from Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps. I've written before about Young's evocative voice, so limited and yet so beautifully wise and wistful. This song is one of my favorites, capturing as it does not only a great period in Young's career, but also his signature style of lyricism as well as his way of looking at our country through eyes that see clearly and at the same time long for what might have been, or never was, or never can be. It's sweet, sad, and beautiful.
Pocahontas - Johnny Cash
And in finding that, I also found this cover of the song by Johnny Cash. I didn't know he covered Young's stuff, but apparently he was quite a fan. Here he brings his own wisdom and weariness to the song, a different but equally heartrending perspective. Two giants at the top of their game.
Sweet dreams.
Pocahontas - Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Commenting about live albums over at Slate, I looked up this song from Neil Young's Rust Never Sleeps. I've written before about Young's evocative voice, so limited and yet so beautifully wise and wistful. This song is one of my favorites, capturing as it does not only a great period in Young's career, but also his signature style of lyricism as well as his way of looking at our country through eyes that see clearly and at the same time long for what might have been, or never was, or never can be. It's sweet, sad, and beautiful.
Pocahontas - Johnny Cash
And in finding that, I also found this cover of the song by Johnny Cash. I didn't know he covered Young's stuff, but apparently he was quite a fan. Here he brings his own wisdom and weariness to the song, a different but equally heartrending perspective. Two giants at the top of their game.
Sweet dreams.