![]() ![]() His son Erik was the one in Greendale, and the house on the ranch they lived in was the one filmed in Greendale, with the old men on the porch, and the funky paintings. Tim from West, CaLarry Markegard was the ranch hand, but spelling was just slightly incorrect.How I yearn for the old days when a song sounded exactly as it should sound, no added production but just of a man with his guitar. There was footage of Neil playing this on BBC4 from 1971 the other week and not only did Neil look handsome but he sang with real feeling. It would be great if someone so talented wrote a song for me. How wonderful that Neil wrote it for the ranch caretaker. Anne from Leamington Spa, United KingdomI just love this song, it makes me feel happy even though the tone of the singing gives a sad feel to it.Young will celebrate his 69th birthday this coming November 12th. One other track from the album also made the Top 100 chart, "Heart of Gold", it peaked at #1 (for 1 week) on March 12th, 1972. It was track 1 of side 2 on his fourth studio album, 'Harvest', and on March 5th, 1972 the album reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart. Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn April 23rd 1972, "Old Man" by Neil Young entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #77 and on May 28th it peaked at #31 (for 2 weeks) and spent 9 weeks on the Top 100.Love every song and would have married him if Miss Hannah hadn't got him first! Mary Jane from Tennessee I am 70 years old and have listened to Neil Young all my life.Todd K from VermontThe lyric is actually, "Doesn't mean that much to me to mean that much to you.".Her and her husband Louis Availa were like parents to him and the band Dave Schauer from Modesto California I met an old lady in a nursing home who told me a story about living on a ranch with Young, in California.Mark Fitzsimmons from Gold Coast AustralisMy dad.AnonymousGreat song, but I prefer the album version with the banjo. ![]() Brett Matthew Byron from WashingtonThe world we share.amazing it is.There's a pretty good reason why people all over the world think of their fathers when they hear it. Michael from OntarioI don't care how many times Neil says this is about the rancher, I'm pretty sure it's at least in part about his dad. ![]()
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