3 Solid lists, butI like the hyperrust.com list best.
- Neil’s 20 Greatest Songs: A Rust Survey
- Mojo’s The 50 Greatest Neil Young Songs
- The 25 Best Neil Young Songs of All Time (Paste Magazine)
Only top 20 counts & using the following key:
Here are the results:
Now for the goodies:
1 Heart of Gold – Harvest, (1972)
I want to live,
I want to give
I’ve been a miner
for a heart of gold.
It’s these expressions
I never give
That keep me searching
for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.
Keeps me searching
for a heart of gold
And I’m getting old.
Live 1971:
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2 Down By The River – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, (1969)
Be on my side, I’ll be on your side, baby
There is no reason for you to hide
It’s so hard for me staying here all alone
When you could be taking me for a ride, yeah
She could drag me over the rainbow
And send me away
Down by the river I shot my baby
Down by the river, dead, shot her dead
Live @ Farm aid – 1994 (w/ Crazy Horse)
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3 Cortez the Killer – Zuma, (1975)
He came dancing across the water
With his galleons and guns
Looking for the new world
In that palace in the sun.
4 After the Gold Rush – After The Gold Rush, (1970)
Well, I dreamed I saw the knights
In armor coming,
Saying something about a queen.
There were peasants singing and
Drummers drumming
And the archer split the tree.
There was a fanfare blowing
To the sun
That was floating on the breeze.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Look at Mother Nature on the run
In the nineteen seventies.
Live @ Farm Aid 1998:
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4 Cinnamon Girl – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, (1969)
I wanna live
with a cinnamon girl
I could be happy
the rest of my life
With a cinnamon girl
Live 11-08-91:
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6 Tonight’s The Night – Tonight’s The Night, (1975)
PBS show Centerstage recorded November 17th, 1992
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7 Southern Man – After The Gold Rush, (1970)
Live from the dvd “Neil Young – Journey Through The Past” (1974):
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8 Like A Hurricane – American Stars’n’Bars, (1977)
Farm aid 2012:
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9 The Needle and The Damage Done – Harvest, (1972)
Johnny Cash Show (with intro) – 1971:
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10 Hey Hey My My (Into The Black) – Rust Never Sleeps, (1979)
from the “Ragged Glory” tour 1991:
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11 Helpless – Live at Massey Hall 1971, 2007
Farm aid 1995:
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12 Only Love Can Break Your Heart – After The Gold Rush, (1970)
From the CSN&Y 1974 European Tour:
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13 Powderfinger – Rust Never Sleeps, (1979)
Live 2002:
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13 Rockin’ In The Free World – Freedom, (1989)
Live From Hyde Park 27th June 2009:
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15 Ohio – single with CSN, (1970)
Farm Aid 2005:
16 Cowgirl In The Sand – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, (1969)
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live in Coburg am 23. August 2008:
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16 Old Man – Harvest, (1972)
Live 1971:
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18 Mr. Soul – Buffalo Springfield Again, (1967)
live in Sydney 10/3/13:
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19 Tell Me Why – After The Gold Rush, (1970)
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. September 23, 2010:
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20 Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere, (1969)
Forest National de Bruxelles 2013:
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We at johannasvisions.com (Egil & Hallgeir) will publish the real list of Neil’s 20 best songs soon..
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-Egil