Song of the Day: Neil Young, “A Day in the Life” (Beatles cover)

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Sep 102010

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During his 2008 tour, Neil Young took to closing his sets with the Beatles’ “A Day in the Life” (recently christened the best Beatles song ever by Rolling Stone). If there’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” Neil Young and “Heart of Gold” Neil Young, this performance is definitely “Free World.”

The version below comes from his headlining set at Farm Aid 2008. The “crowd of people” watching help out on the vocals, but the string-ripping freakout at the end is all Neil. Forty years on, this AARP member remains the biggest badass in music. Step up, young people.

Neil Young – A Day in the Life (The Beatles cover)
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Check out more Neil Young at his website. Farm Aid 2010 goes down October 2nd in St. Louis.

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Random Thoughts! (September 14, 2010) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources says:

September 14, 2010 at 4:46 pm

[…] Thought! Neil Young covering “A Day in the Life”? Hell yes! (There’s a youtube video and an mp3 file available for […]
Random Thoughts! (September 21, 2010) | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources says:

September 21, 2010 at 4:47 pm

[…] briefly singing part of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” I also included on that CD, the Neil Young live version of “A Day in the Life” I mentioned last week. Plus, go listen to the upcoming Le Noise by […]