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.
One of Neil Young’s best songs from one of his best albums.
There are many tremendous live versions of this beauty, I’ve picked three.
New World Music Theatre, Tinley Park, IL, USA – October 3, 1998
Well It’s Saturday night
You’re all dressed up in blue
I been watching you awhile
Maybe you been watching me too
So somebody ran out
Left somebody’s heart in a mess
Well if you’re looking for love
Honey I’m tougher than the rest
Tougher Than The Rest is one of my favorite Springsteen songs. Brilliant lyrics & a moving performance.
Listening to “Tunnel of Love” tonight I felt an urge to seek out live performances of “Tougher Than The Rest”, and there are some real gems out there.
Here are 5 of them.
Phillipshalle, Dusseldorf, Germany – June 16, 2005
June 18: Paul McCartney was born in 1942 – Happy Birthday!
“I think people who create and write, it actually does flow – just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they right it down. It’s simple.”
― Paul McCartney
“What I have to say is all in the music. If I want to say anything, I write a song.”
― Paul McCartney
Neil Young inducts Paul McCartney into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1999:
