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Neil Young — Harvest Moon
Album: Unplugged
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Released: 1993
Length: 5:17
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Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away.

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.

When we were strangers
I watched you from afar
When we were lovers
I loved you with all my heart.

But now it's gettin' late
And the moon is climbin' high
I want to celebrate
See it shinin' in your eye.

Because I'm still in love with you
I want to see you dance again
Because I'm still in love with you
On this harvest moon.
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 JoeHaarlemNL wrote:

Can't listen to this guy anymore now that I know about his real nature



Let me guess....you have a "let's go Brandon" sticker on the back of your F150. 
Posted 11 months ago by beantech4737    [ Reply ]
Everybody mad at Neil Young for being principled and consistent can just stay mad.

10/10 for this on musical merits alone. 11/10 for Neil being generally awesome.
Posted 2 years ago by bialia    [ Reply ]
 JoeHaarlemNL wrote:

Can't listen to this guy anymore now that I know about his real nature




What nature is that?
Posted 2 years ago by xrdstv    [ Reply ]
Can't listen to this guy anymore now that I know about his real nature
Posted 2 years ago by JoeHaarlemNL    [ Reply ]
She'd better run, cuz next thing you know he'll be taking her down by the river...
Posted 2 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:

Damn....i can't find this on spotify anywheres.  what's up with that?



He didn't want to be in the same "room" as Joe Rogan ;)
Posted 2 years ago by huib    [ Reply ]
 CamLwalk wrote:

Damn....i can't find this on spotify anywheres.  what's up with that?




Thank God!
Posted 2 years ago by Philipirata    [ Reply ]
 acolt wrote:


I would argue that Neil Young is a miles-better human than musician.


I take it you can play guitar and harmonica simultaneously too.  
Posted 2 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
this is one of those songs that gets better every time you hear it- there are not many things like that in life- usually we get bored by repetition
Posted 2 years ago by cdavies442    [ Reply ]
Damn....i can't find this on spotify anywheres.  what's up with that?
Posted 2 years ago by CamLwalk    [ Reply ]
 STRIB wrote:

Music good - just not sure about the human



I would argue that Neil Young is a miles-better human than musician.
Posted 2 years ago by acolt    [ Reply ]
Music good - just not sure about the human
Posted 2 years ago by STRIB    [ Reply ]


I was listening to this concert on cassette (recorded off the radio in 1993) not 10 minutes ago! RP and I are in sync!!!

Posted 2 years ago by spodiodi67    [ Reply ]
12 th November - happy birthday Mr Young and thanks for all those beautiful love songs  - long may you run and sing
Posted 3 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 peltiq wrote:

Those who clap, cheer and whistle mid-way through a  live performance  should be taken outside and shot.


For me it's not the applause during the song that is annoying as $#%@!, but when they talk incessantly during a concert. Just STFU! 
Posted 3 years ago by eyke    [ Reply ]
 ThePoose wrote:

Went to journalism school in London, Ontario, with Neil's first cousin, who said Neil was due to play in Toronto early in 1987 and did I want to go to the concert. Duh. I was with my bud and his uncle, Neil's dad, and Neil's wife Pegi and the rest of the family at the concert with an ALL AREAS pass . Got great pix at stagefront. After the concert, I hung with Neil and his family at the Four Seasons hotel. Neil took the time to reconnect with each family member on their level--and there quite a few of them--and even gave me 5 minutes to interview him, which I used for a paper at J school on differential affliction in cerebral palsy. Teacher accused me of making up Neil's quotes--then I showed him the photos I took.   



Great story!  
Posted 3 years ago by pomalley    [ Reply ]
OK I know it's gtting late, Neil - this is a great track tp to wake upto on a Sunday morning - actually - listen to any morning, afternoon or evening!
Posted 3 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:

You are the expert on whining, after all.
As usual your comments on Neil are laughably off-base.

Oh good one. You hurt my feeling.
Posted 3 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 emstubbe361 wrote:

this is literally the only Neil Young song I like. I have told my husband that if I die first and he wants me to haunt him, he should play Neil Young at my funeral - that is how much I despite NY. But this song is magic.


Thank you! I thought I was the only one. There's maybe another one or two I can take but his voice! Hard to handle.
Posted 3 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
this is literally the only Neil Young song I like. I have told my husband that if I die first and he wants me to haunt him, he should play Neil Young at my funeral - that is how much I despite NY. But this song is magic.
Posted 3 years ago by emstubbe361    [ Reply ]
Went to journalism school in London, Ontario, with Neil's first cousin, who said Neil was due to play in Toronto early in 1987 and did I want to go to the concert. Duh. I was with my bud and his uncle, Neil's dad, and Neil's wife Pegi and the rest of the family at the concert with an ALL AREAS pass . Got great pix at stagefront. After the concert, I hung with Neil and his family at the Four Seasons hotel. Neil took the time to reconnect with each family member on their level--and there quite a few of them--and even gave me 5 minutes to interview him, which I used for a paper at J school on differential affliction in cerebral palsy. Teacher accused me of making up Neil's quotes--then I showed him the photos I took.   
Posted 3 years ago by ThePoose    [ Reply ]
As did I !

 Laptopdog wrote:
Finally came to my senses and  bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
 

Posted 3 years ago by BHTMMan    [ Reply ]
nice segue from Strange Boat

exquisite cover

a couple decades later
Posted 3 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
Another one that just stops me in my tracks, whether I´m at work, at home, in the garage... The memories, both real and imagined...
Posted 3 years ago by MilesW    [ Reply ]
Für Dich, mein kleines Hasenkind! ♥️
Posted 3 years ago by jen25    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
funny coincidence
i was listening to the Stills-Young album on youtube earlier today
and one of the comments cracked me up
he said Young's songs were depressing and it was one of the reasons he stopped listening to music all together 

really, just stopped? wtf? 
 

Blues make me happy. I don't understand it.  It just does.  Stop listening? Stop living.
Posted 4 years ago by Kemoc    [ Reply ]
Totally agree ‘peltoq’, ruins my illegal recording EVERYTIME! Those who clap, cheer and whistle mid-way through a live performance should be taken outside and shot. Posted 1 month ago by peltiq
Posted 4 years ago by simon.martin83761    [ Reply ]
 ortega1 wrote:
Turn off this cr.p. Creepy music.
 

Really? You must be Young... wont finish that thought! I've seen him live many times... ALWAYS left with a smile!  I listen to and play Neil Young on my acoustic 6 and 12!  His drive playing electric inspired me to get a Les Paul by Epiphone...Beautiful song... Love Neil!
Posted 4 years ago by deadheadmark    [ Reply ]
Those who clap, cheer and whistle mid-way through a  live performance  should be taken outside and shot.
Posted 4 years ago by peltiq    [ Reply ]
Tum te tum. 
Posted 4 years ago by brianlj    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:

Uh, no. I meant exactly what I wrote. It's his only good song. His painful whine actually fits here.
 
You are the expert on whining, after all.
As usual your comments on Neil are laughably off-base.
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
 sunflowerbee wrote:
The image of my mom and dad dancing to this song under a full moon on the deck of our cabin while staying at Maumee Bay several years ago is burned into my brain and always makes me smile...and cry. Neil has brought much deep feeling and profound meaning into my life. 
 
Thanks for sharing that memory.  
Posted 4 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
Finally came to my senses and  bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
 

Ditto
Posted 4 years ago by mariodrv    [ Reply ]
Welcome and congrats, Citizen Young. You may just be more American than many of us.
Posted 4 years ago by StfuDonny    [ Reply ]
 Skydog wrote:
funny coincidence
i was listening to the Stills-Young album on youtube earlier today
and one of the comments cracked me up
he said Young's songs were depressing and it was one of the reasons he stopped listening to music all together 

really, just stopped? wtf? 
 
Must not have liked it much from the git...
Posted 4 years ago by ImaOldman    [ Reply ]
Unreal, exactly the same!!!
 Laptopdog wrote:
Finally came to my senses and  bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
 

Posted 4 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
 ortega1 wrote:
Turn off this cr.p. Creepy music.
 
I think your a creep
Posted 4 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Turn off this cr.p. Creepy music.
Posted 4 years ago by ortega1    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:


"His only good song".  Thanks for the laugh!
 
Anytime. Sometimes the truth is funny.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 kingart wrote:


I think you meant to write "His only good song that year. "  Even then...
 
Uh, no. I meant exactly what I wrote. It's his only good song. His painful whine actually fits here.
Posted 5 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
On my top ten!
Posted 5 years ago by Dj_Yonke    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
Nice! His only good song. Good to hear.
 

I think you meant to write "His only good song that year. "  Even then...
Posted 5 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
This is one of THE best love songs ever - Cole Porter eat your heart out - night and day - 2nd best!!
Posted 5 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
The image of my mom and dad dancing to this song under a full moon on the deck of our cabin while staying at Maumee Bay several years ago is burned into my brain and always makes me smile...and cry. Neil has brought much deep feeling and profound meaning into my life. 
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Easy 10 brothers and sisters Peace
Posted 5 years ago by TerrorGovernor    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
Finally came to my senses and  bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
 
.....Same here!
Posted 5 years ago by miquela75269    [ Reply ]
This is such a gorgeous song. So beautiful and heartfelt... an incredible love song when one is decades into a relationship. But I have to wonder what goes through his head now when singing it... does he think of Peggy still, or Darryl? What the hell happened there? I had just finished his autobiography Waging Heavy Peace, where he repeatedly says he never could have done what he's done without her, when I heard the news. I'm still shaking my head.
Posted 5 years ago by memoryboxer    [ Reply ]
Fcuking 10
Posted 5 years ago by fcatalao    [ Reply ]
Beautiful version.

In my opinion, the MTV Unplugged performance was one of his very best. Beautiful smooth versions like this, unusual instruments like a pump organ (watch him peddle on Like a Hurricane, and even a broom mic'ed up on Harvest Moon). Great support musicians and vocalists added with the perfect touch. Wonderful performance I highly recommend!
Posted 5 years ago by Peace_tode    [ Reply ]
Random thought....damn there were some great Unplugged sessions!
Posted 5 years ago by rgio    [ Reply ]
I think Cassandra Wilson takes this song to a whole other level. Sexier, dreamier, more alive and atmospheric.... 
Posted 5 years ago by RabbitEars    [ Reply ]
 Laptopdog wrote:
Finally came to my senses and  bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
 
Same here.....
Posted 5 years ago by AbileneTexas    [ Reply ]
 xray38 wrote:


"His only good song".  Thanks for the laugh!
 

RIGHT??
Posted 5 years ago by Tippster    [ Reply ]
Finally came to my senses and bumped this up from a 9 to a 10. 
Posted 5 years ago by Laptopdog    [ Reply ]
 BCarn wrote:
Nice! His only good song. Good to hear.
 

"His only good song".  Thanks for the laugh!
Posted 5 years ago by xray38    [ Reply ]
 sunybuny wrote:
Wonder where it was recorded?
 
Ed Sullivan Theatre, NYC 1992.  Shortly before David Letterman took over the theatre.
Posted 5 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
Posted 5 years ago by sunflowerbee    [ Reply ]
Danced to this with my daughter at her November wedding 20 years ago. Has a very sentimental meaning to me now.
Posted 5 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
One of the best songs ever...nothing more to say
Posted 6 years ago by orthomd    [ Reply ]
 Phlegmaticman wrote:
Jim James of My Morning Jacket tells a story about how he and his mother heard Neil do this song on SNL and loved it. So his mom went to the record store to find it, and came home with a copy of the album Harvest, which of course doesn't have the song on it. Of course that opened up a whole new area of musical discovery for young Jim.

 
I will never forget that performance either. Just him on a folding chair, surrounded by guitars. Stunning.

I bought the CD and was disappointed with the studio version. Oh well.
c.
Posted 6 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
still looking for another song with a broom used
Posted 6 years ago by max_p    [ Reply ]
Jim James of My Morning Jacket tells a story about how he and his mother heard Neil do this song on SNL and loved it. So his mom went to the record store to find it, and came home with a copy of the album Harvest, which doesn't have the song on it. Of course that opened up a whole new area of musical discovery for young Jim.
Posted 6 years ago by Phlegmaticman    [ Reply ]
I absolutely adore this version.  Emphatic 10!
Posted 6 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Jeeeeezzzzz BILL...
give this tune a rest - seems like I hear it every two days in some form, album version, live version, or am i just hallucinating from all the weed i can get legally now?
 {#Drunk}{#Beat}  {#Snooty}
Posted 6 years ago by below72    [ Reply ]
Great song, genuinely, I love it, but, seriously, there are other artists that could, would and do deserve as much air-play as you give him.  Oh, and U2, Bob Dylan, Peter Gabriel, etc...  Change the artists, please! 
Posted 7 years ago by david16    [ Reply ]
Nice! His only good song. Good to hear.
Posted 7 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
 MrsTom wrote:
Quaver quaver warble. Still lovely though 

 

I love Neil's work for the most part, but his crooning moments sometimes teeter on the edge of silliness: 

Kermit the frog playing banjo in a swamp 
Posted 7 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
One of my all time favorite music videos. Will someone PLEASE take me dancing on this Harvest Moon?  {#Yes}
Posted 7 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
He's playing Boise tonight!
Posted 8 years ago by icuski2    [ Reply ]
Ah, so sweet, naive and innocent song:-)
Posted 8 years ago by mojcamojca77    [ Reply ]
I've always been disappointed that his Linc Volt biodiesel electric car malfunctioned on our documentary day here in NYC. Fcuk!  I had a thousand questions for him.   But no car, no shoot, no NY, no Steve Colbert, no Bill O'Reilly (that part I didn't miss so much...).  Neil was a combo of chagrined and really pissed. The electric battery company had just changed ownership from U.S. to China, perhaps the new ones were defective. And there we were, at the corner of 73rd and Park, as he tried to get the electrics turning the engine. One or two bad cells screws up the entire chain, and he was kind of steaming. C'est la vie. So when I hear a Neil song, and read the digs and negs on his voice, I take it just a tiny tad....personally. 
Especially on a lovely song like this, which is so atypical of the author of Like a Hurricane, Throw Your Hatred Down, etc. 
Posted 8 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
funny coincidence
i was listening to the Stills-Young album on youtube earlier today
and one of the comments cracked me up
he said Young's songs were depressing and it was one of the reasons he stopped listening to music all together 

really, just stopped? wtf? 
Posted 8 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Never liked Mr Young at all, but I suddenly find myself loving this.  How does that work?

h8rhater wrote:

Personal growth.

 
That's RP for you!  Certainly educating these old baggy ears.
Posted 9 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
Quaver quaver warble. Still lovely though 
Posted 9 years ago by MrsTom    [ Reply ]
{#Beat}

Well, I guess life is really more complex than a song.
Posted 9 years ago by Webfoot    [ Reply ]
Harvest Moon, especially this version, is a song that will be bring tears to my eyes, remembering 'the' one great love, every time.
Posted 9 years ago by Franksir    [ Reply ]
great song, from a great artist
Posted 9 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Well this sentiment may have been true at the time, but he just left his lovely wife of many years for Daryl Hannah.

(hmpht!) {#Evil} 
Posted 9 years ago by squidish    [ Reply ]
So much better than the studio version. Gentle, mellow, just perfect.
Posted 9 years ago by Broken_Ear    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:

Integrity of the song. He's good at that.

 
If you are a Neil Young fan his book Waging Heavy Peace is quite an interesting read.
Posted 9 years ago by ShaunJ    [ Reply ]
Perfection
Posted 9 years ago by Radioed_Air_Spa    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Never liked Mr Young at all, but I suddenly find myself loving this.  How does that work?

 
Personal growth.
Posted 9 years ago by h8rhater    [ Reply ]
 DaidyBoy wrote:
Never liked Mr Young at all, but I suddenly find myself loving this.  How does that work?

 
Integrity of the song. He's good at that.
Posted 10 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
Never liked Mr Young at all, but I suddenly find myself loving this.  How does that work?
Posted 10 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
his  best tune
Posted 10 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
Yes indeed! 


helgigermany wrote:
One of my favotites by Neil.

 


Posted 11 years ago by a_hevel    [ Reply ]
 sunybuny wrote:
Wonder where it was recorded?

 
According to https://www.human-highway.org/pages/album/U.html:

Stage 12, Universal Studios, Universal City on Feb. 7, 1993

You're welcome. {#Angel}
Posted 11 years ago by DaMoGan    [ Reply ]
 helgigermany wrote:
One of my favotites by Neil.

 
ditto
but then again, I have a really, really hard time saying which NY song is my fav - all depends on my mood at the moment 
Posted 11 years ago by Johnny-smooth    [ Reply ]
One of my favotites by Neil.
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Wonder where it was recorded?
Posted 11 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
 tprimeau wrote:
Probably my favorite NY song.

 
I'll second that.
Posted 11 years ago by ziakut    [ Reply ]
First time hearing this version. Most excellent indeed.
Posted 11 years ago by maleni    [ Reply ]
I'm not a huge Neil Young fan but I love every single vaguely country sad/happy song on "Harvest Moon". 
And I especially love this live rendition of one of those songs - first time I've ever heard it.
Thanks for the variety RP! 
Posted 11 years ago by ottovonb    [ Reply ]
Probably my favorite NY song.
Posted 11 years ago by tprimeau    [ Reply ]
{#Sunny}
Posted 11 years ago by TomJB    [ Reply ]
First to comment (maybe) on the unplugged version of this beautiful NeilTune.
Posted 11 years ago by lemmoth    [ Reply ]