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Time of India
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Neil Young, 79, performs his favourite song live for the first time in 42 years. But his concert sparks outrage
One of the most important figures both culturally and musically in the rock scene is Neil Young. Neil Young played his first full show of the year Friday night at a special benefit for Ontario's Lakefield College School on the campus grounds. About halfway through the show, he played "My Boy," a song from his 1985 album, Old Ways. It's a song Neil hasn't performed since 1983, according to Stereogum. The mid-1980s country album yielded three singles—but "My Boy" wasn't one of them. A deep cut, the song remains largely unknown outside of Neil Young's most devoted fanbase. Play Video Play Skip Backward Skip Forward Unmute Current Time 0:00 / Duration 31:58 Loaded : 0.31% 00:00 Stream Type LIVE Seek to live, currently behind live LIVE Remaining Time - 31:58 1x Playback Rate Chapters Chapters Descriptions descriptions off , selected Captions captions settings , opens captions settings dialog captions off , selected Audio Track default , selected Picture-in-Picture Fullscreen This is a modal window. Beginning of dialog window. Escape will cancel and close the window. Text Color White Black Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Text Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Opaque Semi-Transparent Transparent Caption Area Background Color Black White Red Green Blue Yellow Magenta Cyan Opacity Transparent Semi-Transparent Opaque Font Size 50% 75% 100% 125% 150% 175% 200% 300% 400% Text Edge Style None Raised Depressed Uniform Drop shadow Font Family Proportional Sans-Serif Monospace Sans-Serif Proportional Serif Monospace Serif Casual Script Small Caps Reset restore all settings to the default values Done Close Modal Dialog End of dialog window. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Lifetime Office 2024 License for Mumbai [Order] prime software Undo ALSO READ: How did the new Covid subvariant NB.1.8.1 spread to US and what can you do to prevent it? Details here Neil Young performing My Boy Recently, a fan uploaded rare footage of Young performing "My Boy" at a 2025 concert, bringing renewed attention to the overlooked track. Live Events In a blog post leading up to the show, Young reflected on the song's personal meaning: 'Practicing for Lakefield, I was playing 'My Boy' and thinking about my own dad.' He added that his late father, journalist and novelist Scott Young, who passed away in 2005, 'must have heard this song.' 'My dad was a great guy, and Zeke is a wonderful son,' he wrote. 'I think 'My Boy' is my favorite recording of all the ones I've done.' Young praised the contributions of pedal steel guitarist Ben Keith and pianist Spooner Oldham, calling them 'soulful musicians' and expressing gratitude: 'I've really been so lucky.' ALSO READ: National Hamburger Day 2025: Popular messages and quotes you can share with burger lovers The 2025 benefit concert was organized to support the restoration of the Canadian Heritage Farmhouse on Lakefield College School's campus. Built in 1900 along the lakeshore, the historic building will be renovated for future generations of students to enjoy. 'We'll be bringing it back so all the fortunate kids who come to Lakefield College from around the world can appreciate the wonderful Canadian feeling,' Young wrote. According to The Peterborough Examiner, Young and his wife, Daryl Hannah, visited the school's Northcote campus last fall and were deeply inspired by its focus on sustainability and experiential learning. How did people react? The performance sparked significant discussion in the comments, with many fans voicing their frustration over the high ticket prices. They didn't hold back in expressing their disappointment. ALSO READ: Was Barron Trump rejected by Harvard? US First Lady Melania finally breaks her silence amid university battle "600-2000 a ticket, I'll take a hard pass, if Neil cared that much he should just write them a cheque... would be more ethical. He's worth a few hundred million. "The tickets were way too much. Ridiculous... I can sing karaoke better lol." Though some were quick to denounce he performance due to the prices, others were there to praise the artist for the show, and what his music means to them. "Daryl & Neil, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for your unselfish philanthropy. You both bring joy to people by doing this." "Nice to see this great Canadian musician still playing small town venues." Regardless of what people think about ticket prices, Young is still a great gift to the music industry, and we're lucky one of the greats is still performing today.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Neil Young Performs 1983 Deep Cut ‘My Boy' for First Time in 42 Years
Neil Young revisited one of the most personal songs in his extensive catalog during a special benefit concert on Friday night (May 23), delivering the first live performance of 'My Boy' in more than four decades. The show, a solo acoustic set held on the grounds of Ontario's Lakefield College School, marked Young's first full performance of 2025 and supported restoration efforts for a historic 116-year-old cottage nearby. Despite the cold and rainy conditions, attendees paid up to $1,500 for tickets to witness the intimate 18-song performance. More from Billboard Demi Lovato Marries Jordan 'Jutes' Lutes in California Wearing Vivienne Westwood Wedding Gown Billy Ray Cyrus & Elizabeth Hurley Make Red Carpet Debut as a Couple Fans Choose MGK's 'Cliché' as This Week's Favorite New Music While the set featured classics like 'Heart of Gold,' 'Comes a Time' and 'Sugar Mountain,' it was the mid-show performance of 'My Boy' that drew audible emotion from the crowd. Originally released on 1985's Old Ways, the banjo-led ballad is a tribute to Young's eldest son, Zeke. The song had not been performed live since the 1983 Solo Trans tour. 'Why are you growin' up so fast, my boy?' Young sang. Hours earlier, he had posted a vintage photo on social media of himself with Zeke and his late father, renowned Canadian journalist Scott Young. 'Practicing for Lakefield, I was playing 'My Boy,' thinking about my own dad. I knew he must have heard this song,' Young wrote. 'My dad was a great guy and Zeke is a wonderful son. I think 'My Boy' is my favorite recording of all the ones I have done.' Young also surprised fans with rarely played tracks like 'Love/Art Blues' (last performed in 2008) and the CSNY deep cut 'Name of Love,' which hadn't been seen on a setlist since 2014. He closed the show with 'Old Man,' although a printed setlist hinted at two intended encore tracks — 'Throw Your Hatred Down' and 'Rockin' in the Free World' — that were likely scrapped due to inclement weather. The show comes ahead of Young's Love Earth Tour, which launches June 18 in Sweden. The U.S. leg kicks off Aug. 8 in Charlotte, North Carolina. While the setlist remains under wraps, the tour is expected to spotlight tracks from his upcoming album Talkin' to the Trees, which arrives on June 13 via Reprise Records. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Rock Icon, 79, Plays His ‘Favorite' Deep Cut For First Time In 42 Years
is known for many classic songs, which have become part of rock's history. His early days in Buffalo Springfield gave us "For What It's Worth" and "Mr. Soul." His tenure in Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young yielded "Teach Your Children," "Our House," and "Ohio." As a solo artist, Young has made music for generations with such endearing classics as "Heart of Gold," "Old Man," "Rockin' In The Free World," and "Harvest Moon." But the outspoken 79-year-old's favorite song is not one you'd expect, mainly because he hasn't played live for over four decades—until now. On May 23, Young performed a benefit show at Lakefield College in Ontario, Canada. About halfway through the show, he played "My Boy," a song from his 1985 album, Old Ways. It's a song Neil hasn't performed since 1983, according to Stereogum. The mid-80s country album produced three singles, none of which were "My Boy," making it a deep cut that only die-hard Neil Young fans would know about. Thankfully, a fan shared footage of Neil playing the song from the 2025 concert on YouTube. "Practicing for Lakefield, I was playing 'My Boy,' [and] thinking about my own dad," wrote Young in a blog post before the show. The rock icon said that his father, journalist and novelist Scott Young, who died in 2005, "must have heard this song." "My dad was a great guy and Zeke is a wonderful son," continued Young. "I think 'My Boy' is my favorite recording of all the ones I have done." Neil wrote how much he loved pedal steel guitar player Ben Keith and pianist Spooner Oldman's playing on the song, "as well as all the others on it. They are soulful musicians. I have really been so lucky!" Young said that the benefit show would help pay for refurbishing the Canadian Heritage Farmhouse on Lakefield Campus. "It was built in 1900 along the lakeshore, and we will be bringing it back so all the fortunate kids who come to Lakefield College from around the world can appreciate the wonderful Canadian feeling," he wrote. Young and his wife, Daryl Hannah, visited the school's Northcote campus last fall, per The Peterborough Examiner, and fell in love with its commitment to sustainability-focused, hands-on Icon, 79, Plays His 'Favorite' Deep Cut For First Time In 42 Years first appeared on Parade on May 25, 2025
NZ Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- NZ Herald
Marlon Williams brings te reo album tour to Gisborne's War Memorial Theatre
Williams then began his own set also in darkness with his commanding lone voice setting the tone, soon accompanied by his skilled band The Yarra Benders, which includes multi-instrumentalist Dave Khan, Ben Woolley and Gus Agars. Williams explained that his album came out a month ago and there was also a premiere in Auckland for his documentary Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds (directed by Ursula Grace Williams), where many whānau from Gisborne went up for the premiere. A lot of the set was songs in te reo from the new album, but Williams also threw in favourites such as My Boy from the album of the same name and his own version of The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, a hit for Roberta Flack in 1972. Williams also performed a song he said was written by the late songwriter, musician and academic Hirini Melbourne, that was also in te reo, as well as his own song Arahura, which he dedicated to those in the South Island. It was his third time at Gisborne's War Memorial Theatre. 'It's good to be back in whānau land.' KOMMI came back to the stage to sing several more songs with the band and Williams and the band closed out the set to a standing ovation. Williams' right-hand man, the talented Khan (who has played with the likes of Neil Finn, Sir Dave Dobbyn and Reb Fountain), proved himself able with the double-bass and guitar, and his strength as a musician was to the fore. The tour continues in Rotorua and Hamilton this week, before a stint in Australia, followed by gigs at Auckland's Spark Arena, Dunedin and Christchurch next month. Hopefully it won't be too before he heads back to Tairāwhiti to delight again.
The Spinoff
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
‘Absolutely sending it': When Marlon Williams partied on the 6pm news
The musician, actor and star of upcoming documentary Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds takes us through his life in television. Musician Marlon Williams has been on our My Life in TV wish list ever since he revealed during his My Boy tour that he wrote ' Thinking of Nina ' about a character from spy drama The Americans. 'The plight of Nina had a really big effect on me during the pandemic,' he tells The Spinoff over Zoom. 'I really love that show – most of my favourite TV shows are all about marriage or about normal relationships against the backdrop of insane drama.' He soon rattles off his other favourite TV shows of all time: The Wire, Borgen and The Leftovers. 'It's just quite delicious to watch something that is so ambitious in scope,' he says. 'I love that kind of television, where someone is willing to try and pull something off.' Along with prestige TV, Williams has also long been a fan of music documentaries like Don't Look Back and The Beatles Anthology, which he says 'formed a lot of the backbone of my musical upbringing.' Now Williams joins the genre himself in Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds. Director Ursula Grace Williams (Zealandia, STILL HERE) followed him around for four years as he toured and wrote Te Whare Tīwekaweka, his first album entirely in te reo Māori. 'It certainly was not part of my game plan for making the record,' Williams laughs. 'But I was impressed by her work and just said 'OK, if you really want to follow me around, let's make something.'' Even as someone who has appeared in front of the camera before in series like Sweet Tooth and films like A Star is Born, Williams says he wasn't as prepared for the documentary lens. 'I kept remembering that it's me they're following and not a character, which took a while to get used to,' he says. 'And then once I got used to it, I got terrified of the fact that I was used to it – what does that say about me, that I'm used to having a camera following me everywhere I go?' What helped was relinquishing control: 'if you're gonna entrust someone to do this, then it's their project, and it's their eye on you.' The result is an extremely candid exploration of Williams 'trying to find home' in te ao Māori as an artist and a person. 'I think if you can be vulnerable and transparent in such a public way, then hopefully it will give other people the courage too,' he says. 'This guy's just absolutely stumbling his way through, so maybe I can stumble too.' Ahead of the release of Marlon Williams: Ngā Ao E Rua – Two Worlds, he took us through his own life in TV, including his favourite chafing ad and the patriotism of Neighbours at War. My earliest TV memory is… I'm thinking it's You and Me with Suzy Cato. All that children's television from the mid-90s lives in a very sacred temple in my head. I follow a million different accounts on Instagram that are all retro nostalgia 90s shit, because they all remind me of those precious few moments on the couch before you have to go to school. All those bright 90s colours that Suzy in particular was a massive proponent of. It all lives rent-free in my head. The show I used to rush home from school to watch… I used to love those weird shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog, when Nickelodeon was in this post-Ren & Stimpy world where everything was kind of fucked up. I've gone back and watched a lot of them recently, and they were still just as scary as they were then. I was also a Dragon Ball Z diehard, a Pokemon diehard, a Digimon diehard. I rode every wave that someone of my vintage could ride. My earliest TV crush was… Melissa Joan Hart from Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Loved Sabrina and Salem. She just lived in that sort of classic cookie cutter American world that was so sort of weirdly appealing to kids. I remember having early stirrings and being like, 'oh, I'd like that girl to be my friend'. The NZ TV ad I can't stop thinking about is… It's for a 3B product for anti-chafing – [breaks out into crooner voice] 'do we have to suffer and cryyyy the whole day throouuugh?' I just thought that was so funny. The song was sick and that animation style is so painfully nostalgic. Sometimes I'll just go onto Freeview just to watch the ads to see if I can get that hit again, but I seldom do. My first time on television was… I was 15 with my friend Ben Woolley, who still plays with me in my band. We were on CTV performing Eric Clapton's 'Tears in Heaven'. I've still got the DVD, and it's pretty harrowing viewing, but that was my very first time working the camera angles. My TV guilty pleasure is…. I've been recently getting into re-watching old episodes of Neighbours at War. It's pretty amazing. I've been really enjoying getting such a good glimpse at middle New Zealand of that era. Some of it's pretty problematic through a modern lens, but it's pretty compelling viewing. I'm really in love with the parochial complaints of white picket fence New Zealand, like the hippies in Tākaka dumping rubbish over the fence of their conservative neighbours. The TV moment that haunts me is… A couple of years ago, we were playing at Rhythm and Alps festival down in Wānaka. New Year's Eve was also my birthday, so we always have a big crazy time on New Year's Eve. Fast forward to the first of January and us sitting around in the void of a hotel restaurant, waiting for our fish and chips or whatever. We're just all sitting around in silence, sort of contemplating the night's events, and then Ben Woolley was like 'don't look behind you'. I turned around, and I'm on the telly from the night before, just absolutely sending it on the news. The TV was on silent so all I could see was me with this reporter. It's not something that anyone should have to see the day after New Year's in a hotel restaurant. The funniest TV show of all time is… I'm a Peep Show fiend. The lineage of English comedy is so strong that you could pick any moment in the chain from the Monty Pythons all the way through to Alan Partridge, and then The Office. I still think that The Office was such a game changer in terms of what we're laughing at, and it definitely walked so Peep Show could run. Still, Peep Show is the show I will always go back to. I can probably, line for line, quote all of Peep Show back. Whenever Mark Corrigan has a mental breakdown is a great moment. My favourite TV project I've ever been involved in is… I loved doing Sweet Tooth. It was right in the heart of Covid and it was just such a magical world to go into. While everyone was stuck inside, I got to be in a zoo film set with all these animatronic children running around. It was such a surreal experience that I was able to do that during COVID times. I don't think anything will ever quite touch this surreality and bizarreness of doing that. My controversial TV opinion is… I'm not a fan of the American Office at all. I find almost any TV show being remade and recontextualised like that a weird thing to do when there are so many great writers wanting to make incredible original work. A show I will never watch, no matter how many people say I should is… Better Call Saul is one that I still haven't gotten into, and I think it's now that point where I probably won't. I feel like I'm on the wrong side of it or something. But then I was like that with Succession and I finally watched it, and I loved it. The last thing I watched on television was… Naked Attraction. It was really interesting. It's changed a bit since I last saw it, but it also hasn't really changed at all.
