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• Tim from CaliforniaLukas Nelson & the Promise of the Real adopted their band name and early philosophy from this song when they formed in 2008. Kind of cool that they are backing Neil on his current tour.
• Nikhil from Mumbai, Indiagreat song!sometimes i feel neil's lyrics are deep, other times i feel they dont mean anything.great song nonetheless!
• Sam from South Kingston, RiI thought this song was about how much hated the
  critics and how wrongly they judged him. And doing this over a catchy melody. Beautiful.
• David from , CaIn the (un)authorized biography, Shakey, Neil actually discusses this song. It isn't about Lynyrd Skynyrd, it's about Buffalo Springfield, written not long after he had left them at a critical point in their career causing much bad feeling. The book is called Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough.
• Fyodor from Denver, CoI've read this interpretation before, but I wonder if it's based on anything Neil has said about it or is it just speculation? I've also read that it's an answer to music critics. I think it's about former friends and/or bandmates, myself. I imagine the chorus is Neil responding to his wife suggesting that he go and talk to these old friends who have turned against him but he nixes the idea, preferring to Walk On.

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