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k.d. lang — After the Gold Rush
Album: Hymns of the 49th Parallel
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Released: 2004
Length: 3:55
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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.

I was lying in a burned out basement
With the full moon in my eyes.
I was hoping for replacement
When the sun burst thru the sky.
There was a band playing in my head
And I felt like getting high.
I was thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.
Thinking about what a
Friend had said
I was hoping it was a lie.

Well, I dreamed I saw the silver
Space ships flying
In the yellow haze of the sun,
There were children crying
And colors flying
All around the chosen ones.
All in a dream, all in a dream
The loading had begun.
They were flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home in the sun.
Flying Mother Nature's
Silver seed to a new home.
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 Rcallinjr wrote:

Who else is sick to death of all the covers whether good or bad? 

Actually, those covers, or at least most of them, are part of what makes RP so special to me. Where else would I have heard John Martyn covering Portishead, for example, or an instrumental piano cover of the Pixies? Oddly, KD Lang covering Neil Young is less novel for me if only because, while lovely, Hymns of the 49th Parallel was in heavy rotation on my CD player (and on the radio) when it first came out.

Posted 1 month ago by Talus1    [ Reply ]
 Rcallinjr wrote:

Who else is sick to death of all the covers whether good or bad? 



The thing of it is...she has a splendid voice. It's almost "Ella-like". 

So any cover she does, is kind of captivating. 
Posted 2 months ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
 Rcallinjr wrote:

Who else is sick to death of all the covers whether good or bad? 


Personally, I'm sick of reading comments from listeners who don't have anything of value to share. 
Don't like the song? Then skip it. 
Jeez. 
I like hearing covers - originalism is for small-minded folk who get uncomfortable with anything they're not used to. 
Posted 5 months ago by sniemetz    [ Reply ]
As someone who didn't like Neil Young's voice, I reluctantly have to admit I prefer this version.  
Posted 5 months ago by Alastair    [ Reply ]
Who else is sick to death of all the covers whether good or bad? 
Posted 6 months ago by Rcallinjr    [ Reply ]
my favorite Neil Young album though most are interesting, even those i never bought. k.d. lang can do any cover she chooses - her 'Drag' album is classic and as close as i come to missing cigarettes
Posted 6 months ago by xcranky_yankee    [ Reply ]
Bill's grooving on this album recently.
Posted 6 months ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Yet another cover in RP!!.  Much prefer original 
Posted 8 months ago by Rcallinjr    [ Reply ]
zzzzzzz.....
Posted 8 months ago by dfphillips1    [ Reply ]
Nope.

no need for this 
Posted 10 months ago by ckcotton    [ Reply ]
So much better than the original, although credit to the original writer.
Posted 11 months ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
 secretsauce wrote:
k.d. lang is one of the smoothest, most skillful singers I know.  I never get tired of listening to her voice.

One of the greatest things about hearing a great cover like this, is that it isolates the songwriting from the original performance.   This reminds us what an outstanding songwriter Neil Young is.   



   
Posted 11 months ago by Pedro1874    [ Reply ]
Damn, there are some sour notes in there. Neil has plenty himself, but that's kind of his brand, and I think his sandpaper voice works way better for this song.
Posted 1 year ago by lathyris    [ Reply ]
 idiot_wind wrote:

My off the wall comment for the day, week, month, year. 

Her voice has a Ella F. purity and smoothness to it.   She should get tons more accolades  for it, but doesn't.

I think it's due to her material. 



i agree. i love her voice. but, not with this song.

so many songs she does she turns to lullabys. sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes it isn't.
Posted 1 year ago by lily34    [ Reply ]
I like the song... but...
Posted 1 year ago by Andrew_C    [ Reply ]
My off the wall comment for the day, week, month, year. 

Her voice has a Ella F. purity and smoothness to it.   She should get tons more accolades  for it, but doesn't.

I think it's due to her material. 
Posted 1 year ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
So many other ways to consider this performance other than KD Lang  vs Neil Young.  Hymns of the 49th Parallel is a clue.  It's an homage to great Canadian songs and song writers. Canada still claims Neil  Young and KD Lang brings to our attention what a great writer he is on either side of the border (The 49th  Parallel).  And as we're currently just a few weeks past the unmanned Orion mission around the moon preparing  for a future landing and a "permanent" base on Earth's Moon the song itself is a reminder of aspirations made real when humans first went to the moon in the early 1970's.  Neil might have speculated then about our destiny as a species. Time has only given us a lot more to unpack from the lyrics.  I expect there will be more meaning  to find  as Mars become the next step  toward moving "silver seeds" to a new home.   Pretty cosmic, Eh? 
Posted 1 year ago by Cueburned    [ Reply ]
Decent.
Posted 1 year ago by joko63808    [ Reply ]
You can't argue with the quality of her voice, but to me this is just too pretty.
Posted 2 years ago by Edweirdo    [ Reply ]
R.I.P.  Elizabeth II
Posted 2 years ago by cogbehaviour1    [ Reply ]
Nice cover.
Posted 2 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
I'm in the "drained of all emotion" camp, although I don't dispute the beauty of k.d. lang's version. (How can one?) Neil Young's voice has a combination of fragility and wistfulness that works with the lyrics. 
Posted 2 years ago by KCgalinMD    [ Reply ]
I'm in the camp that this is a good cover.
 
There's some comments about it lacking emotion, but frankly Neil Young's lyrics have never seemed to evoke anything important.  The whole song just is just a stream of random imagery, like a dream.  The only emotion is melancholia, and K.D. Lang does nail that.
Posted 2 years ago by timmus    [ Reply ]
One of the best Neil Young covers I've heard in a good long while. 

Totally captures the spirit of the original, and oh man, what a stunning voice.
No crazy theatrics, just a solid, staggeringly beautiful haunting sound.
Posted 2 years ago by bb_matt    [ Reply ]
 Pollemusic wrote:

Do I hear a little bit of  "Let it be"?


No.
Posted 2 years ago by BCarn    [ Reply ]
9 bump to 10. Hey Bill - we need an 11 here!
Posted 2 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
Great version of this song, had heard the one that dolly, emmylou and linda did quite a few year’s ago?that was a sweet version too
Posted 2 years ago by jp33442    [ Reply ]
Do I hear a little bit of  "Let it be"?
Posted 3 years ago by Pollemusic    [ Reply ]
 Philchill wrote:

Glad it's not just me then.  Dreary is the word that comes to mind for me, whereas in Neil's version he comes across as truly 'pained'. 


I'm going to agree. I think Neil sings this with more emotion.  KD Lang's voice is beautiful, but it doesn't work for this song.
Then again, i generally don't like covers, so maybe i'm just biased.
Posted 3 years ago by bluefrog    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:

Beautiful cover.  Almost like a different song. Young would be flattered.



He's still around.
Posted 3 years ago by wifesboyfriend    [ Reply ]
 clwguy wrote:
 
 
Glad it's not just me then.  Dreary is the word that comes to mind for me, whereas in Neil's version he comes across as truly 'pained'. 
Posted 3 years ago by Philchill    [ Reply ]
This woman can sing no wrong, no matter who she is covering.
Posted 3 years ago by sunybuny    [ Reply ]
I think that covers are almost always unnecessary, better to play the original.
Posted 3 years ago by realsand    [ Reply ]
A good cover - however the original is still one of NY's most beautiful  songs with lyrics that have more meaning in the 2020's than it n the 1970's
Posted 3 years ago by prs    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:
I adore Neils original of this but hearing a version, from someone who can actually sing, is spectacular!
 

Neil can sing, oh heck can he sing!

Not to bash this version which is good, but the original captures and delivers the emotion much better IMHO

LLRP brothers and sisters !
Posted 4 years ago by ExploitingChaos    [ Reply ]
k.d. lang is one of the smoothest, most skillful singers I know.  I never get tired of listening to her voice.

One of the greatest things about hearing a great cover like this, is that it isolates the songwriting from the original performance.   This reminds us what an outstanding songwriter Neil Young is.   
Posted 4 years ago by secretsauce    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:
[....] hearing a version, from someone who can actually sing, is spectacular!
 
You sure?
Posted 4 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
 ColdMiser wrote:
Update " Look at Mother Nature STILL on the Run in the 2020's"
 
Ha - written 3 months ago, Cold Miser.  I have been cheered by the fact that the last 3 months of lockdown have shown us that -- if the human race dies out because of some epidemic, or sump'n -- it will take Mother Nature, bless her, about 6 months to take over again, completely. Thank Goodness.
Posted 4 years ago by lawman    [ Reply ]
I love a lot of kd's music and think she has one of the most beautiful voice's in music, but this song just falls flat for me.
Posted 4 years ago by clwguy    [ Reply ]
I love her voice! ...I love her version of "Black Coffee"!
Posted 4 years ago by eileenomurphy    [ Reply ]
 ScottishWillie wrote:
I adore Neils original of this but hearing a version from someone who can actually sing is spectacular.
 
Neil is a great singer, his voice is just unique.
Posted 4 years ago by Delawhere    [ Reply ]
Brought tears to my eyes. A solid 10
Posted 4 years ago by mjvander    [ Reply ]
Update " Look at Mother Nature STILL on the Run in the 2020's"
Posted 4 years ago by ColdMiser    [ Reply ]
I think this is my favourite Neil Young song. This is a great version.
Posted 4 years ago by Lyndont    [ Reply ]
The original by Neil Young makes me shudder, at points.  I enjoy this a great deal.
Posted 4 years ago by SpencerAR    [ Reply ]
I love her voice!
Posted 4 years ago by steviedeant    [ Reply ]
I adore Neils original of this but hearing a version, from someone who can actually sing, is spectacular!
Posted 4 years ago by ScottishWillie    [ Reply ]
"Look at Mother Nature on the run
 In the nineteen seventies."

Fifty years later - truer still.
Posted 4 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
A great cover beautifully performed.
Posted 4 years ago by Pfletcher    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Beautiful cover.  Almost like a different song. Young would be flattered.
 
heh?  I'm certainly hearing different!  Not good at all.  Sorry, I can never hear the k.d. that others hear.  I'm missing something with her I guess.
Posted 4 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]
Great album, great track but not the best from the album. Just wish she’d do another one covering Canadian song writers. So  much better than her own material. 
Posted 4 years ago by paul28    [ Reply ]
Really suits her voice
Posted 5 years ago by martymoose15    [ Reply ]
Beautiful cover.  Almost like a different song. Young would be flattered.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
wonderful!!
Posted 5 years ago by paq99    [ Reply ]
ouch! (for the rendition that is; GREAT song!)
Posted 5 years ago by dublanica    [ Reply ]