# What are your favorite Neil Young deep cuts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 9, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040 "2015-10-09T16:20:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/1 "2015-10-09T16:20:17Z")
Following suit from MMM’s threads: [Paul Simon Deep Cuts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767474) [Elton John deep cuts](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=767160) Since he has such a vast catalog that I’ve heard a good deal of but far from everything…what are your favorite Neil Young obscure/semi-obscure tunes? Please post links if so inclined. Some of mine: [Winterlong](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IK-vpaKnn7w) [Captain Kennedy](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jHMCdVaqkQ) [Stringman](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrni3A_E63w) [Come On Baby Let’s Go Downtown](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaclLeX9yaA) ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/2 "2015-10-09T17:04:53Z")
“Homegrown.” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCIzMCrYoUw) ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/3 "2015-10-09T17:51:35Z")
“Thrasher” (Rust Never Sleeps) [- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t00MXZKbW0M) “It’s a Dream” (Prairie Wind) [Neil Young - It's A Dream - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJNB8fXje3I) “Sugar Mountain” (Decade, but previously unreleased) ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/4 "2015-10-09T18:27:55Z")
I can’t link to songs from work, but some of my deep cut favorites are: “I’m the Ocean” - Mirror Ball “Southern Pacific” - Reactor “Sample & Hold” - Trans “Cortez the Killer” - Zuma Hey, what do you know? I can link from work! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/5 "2015-10-09T18:28:20Z")
[Powderfinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMvjfBdeiKw) ---
**Author:** ![Mixolydian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@Mixolydian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mixolydian)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/6 "2015-10-09T18:32:40Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > “It’s a Dream” (Prairie Wind) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJNB8fXje3I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJNB8fXje3I) Don’t know how I’ve never heard this one. I lost my grandmother on Thursday, so you can imagine what the result of listening to this was. What a great tune. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/7 "2015-10-09T18:49:51Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > [Powderfinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMvjfBdeiKw) This is one of my favorite Neil Young songs, but I wasn’t sure whether it was truly a deep cut… I feel like the question of what qualifies as a genuine Neil Young deep cut is a little tricky. If dipping into the Buffalo Springfield catalogue is allowed, I might mention “On the Way Home”. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/8 "2015-10-09T19:11:39Z")
Well, if dipping into other catalogs is allowed “Through My Sails” - Zuma Written and recorded for an aborted CSNY album, so it has all 4 voices on it. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/9 "2015-10-09T19:27:40Z")
> [@cjepson](#): > > This is one of my favorite Neil Young songs, but I wasn’t sure whether it was truly a deep cut… I feel like the question of what qualifies as a genuine Neil Young deep cut is a little tricky. Yeah, it’s not like he released just a whole lot of singles. I figure if I haven’t heard it on the radio a ton, it’s fair game. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/10 "2015-10-09T19:36:23Z")
My sister and I were talking about “Don’t Let It Bring You Down” the other day. We agreed that it was the quintessential October song. _White cane lying in a gutter in the lane if you’re walking home alone…_ It’s been a favorite of mine since I first heard it. I prefer the 4-Way Street version, with the intro: “This is a song that’s guaranteed to bring you right down. It’s called, ‘Don’t Let It Bring You Down.’ It sort of starts off real slow, then fizzles out altogether.” ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/11 "2015-10-09T19:39:46Z")
Not only favorite deep cut. Favorite cut. **Tell Me Why** [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgxI3PT9IN8) ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/12 "2015-10-09T20:04:44Z")
Most of these songs are fairly well known: Sugar Mountain, Springfield material, Tell me why (is the opening cut on After the Gold Rush), Cortez, Powderfinger, Don’t let it bring you down… IMO anything played a lot on FM, or anything on Decade or a greatest hits collection (Winterlong, soldier) is not deep, (For Neil). My list includes Ambulance Blues, On The Beach (On the Beach) Citizen Kane Jr. Blues, Pushed it over the end (Bootleg unreleased, archive) Will to Love (American Stars and bars) Here we are in the years, if I could have her tonight (Neil Young) New Mama, mellow my mind (Tonights the night) Danger Bird, Country Girl… It’s endless… A whole different animal than Elton or Paul. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/13 "2015-10-09T20:51:12Z")
“The Old Laughing Lady” and “The Loner” from his first solo album. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/14 "2015-10-09T21:07:15Z")
Just off the top of my head, there are so many of those in his vast catalogue, but these are rarely played songs I really like: [Pardon My Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_ZXM5aaPLk) [Birds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqsOFvQslms) Yeah, and _Tell Me Why_ and _I’m The Ocean_, but those were already posted, like many others. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/15 "2015-10-09T21:07:31Z")
Outstanding idea for a deep cut discussion. Lawd amighty, where do I begin? [Only Love Can Break Your Heart](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5dh8NcQq70) [Out on the Weekend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyruylD0BWQ) [Four Strong Winds](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMMS88gi6c) [One of These Days](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXhbA9wYVs0) [Powderfinger](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTthuudYDY) And, even though it’s the title track, I still consider this beautiful song a deep cut: [Harvest Moon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nTthuudYDY) mmm ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/16 "2015-10-09T21:08:43Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > “The Old Laughing Lady” and “The Loner” from his first solo album. I especially like the Crazy Horse treatment on _The Loner_ on _Live Rust_. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/17 "2015-10-09T21:11:04Z")
FWIW, in my Elton John and Paul Simon threads, my working definition of a deep cut is a song the casual fan is unlikely to know. Of course, contents may have settled during shipping. mmm ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/18 "2015-10-09T21:11:09Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > [Out on the Weekend](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyruylD0BWQ) And this. And got one more: [Human Highway](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJz18znRIsQ). I have to stop now, I could go on and on… Edit: Just ONE more. [Over And Over.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8QodEGQpCY) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/19 "2015-10-09T21:23:44Z")
This is clearly now a favourite Neil Young song thread, rather than deep cuts one, unless someone really likes a track or two from _Trans_ or _Re-ac-tor_. I love the BBC solo live session he did in 1971. Here’s the whole thing: Here's a great film of Neil busking on the streets of Glasgow in 1976 [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/f5WAsx2kSKA/maxresdefault.jpg "Neil Young The Old Laughing Lady 1976 incognito in Glasgow") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5WAsx2kSKA) ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040/20 "2015-10-09T21:31:48Z")
Fuckin’ Up Change Your Mind Ten Men Workin’ All of them, really. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-favorite-neil-young-deep-cuts/734040.md?page=2)