I started singing this song to myself a few minutes ago, and then I wanted to hear the real thing, so I pulled it up on YouTube (how did we live before the internet?).

Here’s the thing: I tried to play it in the background while I did other work, but I couldn’t. I was mesmerized. I had to watch the whole video. I’m not sure why. I think it’s just that it’s an amazing performance, a piece of history.

Neil Young, singing Old Man at a concert in London on February 27, 1971:

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