Caroline Thanh Huong
We've been through some things together
With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather
Long may you run.
With trunks of memories still to come
We found things to do in stormy weather
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Well, it was back in Blind River in 1962
When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift on the long decline
Long may you run.
When I last saw you alive
But we missed that shift on the long decline
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Maybe The Beach Boys have got you now
With those waves singing "Caroline No"
Rollin' down that empty ocean road
Gettin' to the surf on time.
With those waves singing "Caroline No"
Rollin' down that empty ocean road
Gettin' to the surf on time.
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Long may you run.
Although these changes have come
With your chrome heart shining in the sun
Long may you run.
Read more: The Stills-Young Band - Long May You Run Lyrics | MetroLyrics
Long May You Run was from one of the shortest running musical partnerships in rock. .... The Stills Young band.
Neil's beloved Pontiac hearse, "Mort" (a.k.a. "Mortimer Hearseburg"), was the inspiration for this song. Neil drove "Mort" from Toronto to Los Angeles, where he met Stephen Stills and formed Buffalo Springfield.
Neil was in Canada driving to Sudbury when 'Mort' broke down in Blind River, June 1965. (Which is contradictory to the lyrics; "well it was back in Blind River, in 1962, when I last saw you alive").
In 1976, Stephen Stills and Neil Young formed The Stills-Young Band and released an album called Long May You Run, which turned out to be somewhat ironic when the collaboration quickly stalled.
Stills and Young wrote separately for the album, which Stephen contributing four songs, and Young adding five, including the title track.
Stills is a longtime collaborator of Neil's, having worked with him first in Buffalo Springfield and then in Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. However, they had a falling out only nine days into the Long May You Run tour. Young decided to abandon the project, leaving Stills with a mere telegram to explain his departure. It read: "Dear Stephen, funny how some things that start spontaneously end that way. Eat a peach. Neil."
In addition to Young's compilation album Decade this also appears on his 1993 album Unplugged. (thanks, Paulus - Tasmania, Australia, for all above)
The last ever Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on Friday January 22, 2010 finished in style when O'Brien's final musical guest, Neil Young, performed this song in what appeared to be a poke at NBC. O'Brien had been asked to move his slot to https://youtu.be/XIk1O8l2czk?t=12m05s a.m., and the TV host refused to move his show to such a late hour, and instead negotiated a $45 million exit deal.
Neil Young performed this song at the Closing Ceremonies of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games to a rousing ovation of Canadian audience members. (thanks, Chris - Red Deer, Alberta, Canada)
Hi everyone,
My husband Albert played guitar with Neil Young at Bill's garage while his hearst was in the shop waiting for parts to repair it,the year was 1962,they left Blind River with the repaired hearst.Bill's wife Mary gave them food and blankets because it was spring time and the nights were cold.My husband was working for Bill at the time.Neil was with two other fellows.Germaine - Blind River , On
The promblem with the hearse was a broken down transmission...hence "we missed that shift on the long decline". In the 1960s old hearses were highly prized by surfers & considered very cool...hence "maybe the Beach Boys have got you now". Underlying cryptic meanings? Perhaps, but sometimes as Freud said, a cigar is just a cigar.Bryon - Sandy, Ut
Hi Bob,........
I 'm going to venture a guess that the "Natasha" you are wondering about is Natasha V. Her grandfather, Albert V., could have worked for my dad in the 60's and could have easily been involved in the Mort scenario.
Albert V. married Germaine M. The M. family lived next door to us...their house actually was situated due east across the laneway beside my dad's garage. The garage was Known as Bill's Garage in the 60's. Albert V. eventually
bought the garage from my dad when he retired.
Natasha's mom and dad now live in the M. homestead. Her dad Paul is a good friend of my son Max and has a garage of his own.
Interesting stuff....
Theresa.......Robert - Plymouth, Mi
Hi Bob,
Interesting that you would forward this piece just now. I was watching the Closing Ceremony of the Olympics last night and thought about the song. Neil Young sang it again.
When the car (a big black hearse) broke down, my dad towed it to his garage...worked on it for about 2 or 3 days. Neil and a couple of his band members had little money. They looked like traditional hippies....one wore a traditional German helmet.
They were not very clean looking. The restaurants would not allow them in so my mom made them sandwiches each day. They just hung around the garage until the car was repaired. But my dad would not release the keys until he was paid. Neil's dad was a
sports writer for the Toronto Star. My dad called him....he sent the money and the future band was on its way!
Thanks for the look back into time.
Theresa
Thats a E-mail from my cousin, whose parents hosted the boys during their 60' stay. As a kid I loved going up to Blind River from Detroit. He not only had the only repair shop within 1 million miles, he also had a junk yard. At ten years old I was in heaven. She, Young and his then friends, are the only ones who know the true story. He even left a blanket there (now long gone) with the initials NY on it.Robert - Plymouth, Mi
Bob in Venice, CA.
You're absolutely right!!
And to all others:
Who cars if it was originally about a car.
It still pulls at the heart srings because we identify strongly with a sense of loss, parting with a loved one/thing, saying goodbye, being left stranded by a sudden departure. Even more so as we grow older and mature. Which is why these songs stand the test of time.
30 years from now we'll still be singing it along with others like Time of your life (Green Day), I will remember you (Sarah Mclaughlin). These song sget seared into our hearts for some reason.
...And so it doesn't matter whether it's a car, dog, parent, house, child.Karlitos - Ottawa, On
Carved into the cedar walls of a remote Alaskan Hot Springs BathHouse is "S/V Ragland LONG MAY YOU RUN". The natural rock hot tub sits on the edge of the rugged Pacific coastline. Through slide back shoji doors, you settle into the hot water while the gale storm pounding surf spumes and roars a few feet away.
A hearse may have been the Neil's original subject of the song but he also has had this other lovely lady, the Ragland, to sing this song to.
Three times a year I make the wayward and often rough journey to do maintenance at this remote site. After I have drained and scrubed the tub, it is always my luxurious pleasure to sit in those sparklling, hot waters. Without fail, I spend time contemplating those carved words...and yes, the Ragland came this way, twice in fact...and I sing and hum Neil's songs and pray "Long May He Run".Char - Gustavus, Ak
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Long May You Run | |||||
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| Studio album by The Stills–Young Band | |||||
| Released | September 20, 1976 | ||||
| Recorded | Criteria Studios, Miami February 16 to June 7, 1976 | ||||
| Genre | Country rock, roots rock, blues rock, Americana | ||||
| Length | 39:10 | ||||
| Label | Reprise | ||||
| Producer | Tom Dowd, Don Gehman, Stephen Stills, Neil Young | ||||
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Robert Christgau | B[2] |
Contents
[hide]Background[edit]
Following the Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young stadium tour of 1974, an attempt by the quartet to finalize a new album ended amidst acrimony without result. David Crosby and Graham Nash resumed their partnership as Crosby & Nash, while Stills and Young continued their independent careers. Songs from the aborted CSNY album appeared on various albums by group members, and Stills covered two Young songs on his most recent studio albums: "New Mama" on Stills; and "The Loner" on Illegal Stills.In early 1976, Stills and Young reached a rapprochement, and began to work on a joint album project from a desire by both to pick up where they left off with their Buffalo Springfield-era guitar explorations, a decade after the inception of the band. Crosby and Nash signed on as well, and briefly Long May You Run looked to be the awaited CSNY reunion album. However, on a deadline Nash and Crosby left Miami to finish the sessions for what would become their 1976 album Whistling Down the Wire, and Young and Stills reacted by removing the duo's vocals and other contributions from the master tapes.[3] Crosby and Nash vowed never to work with either again, although less than a year later they would regroup with Stills for a new CSN album in 1977. The original mix for the song "Long May You Run" with vocals by Crosby and Nash restored was included on Young's Decade compilation in 1977.
The Stills-Young Band, comprising Stills' current touring band behind the pair, began a tour in 1976 prior to the album's release. The tour commenced in Clarkston, Michigan on June 23, but after nine dates Young dropped out after July 18 via a laconic telegram to Stills, forcing Stills to complete the concert tour solo through October.[4] The telegram read: "Dear Stephen, funny how some things that start spontaneously end that way. Eat a peach. Neil."[5]
The album's advance single, "Long May You Run", peaked at #71 on the UK singles chart.[6] The song was an elegy for Neil Young's first car (which he nicknamed "Mort"[7]), a 1948 Buick Roadmaster hearse that died in 1965 when its transmission blew in Blind River, Ontario.[8] Mort was a different vehicle to the 1953 Pontiac hearse, nicknamed Mort 2, that Richie Furay, traveling with Stills, saw Young driving in a Hollywood traffic jam in 1966 that led to the formation of Buffalo Springfield.[9] "Long May You Run" was performed by Young on the final broadcast of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on January 22, 2010, and during the closing ceremonies for the Vancouver Olympics on February 28, 2010.
Track listing[edit]
Side one[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Long May You Run" | Neil Young | 3:53 |
| 2. | "Make Love to You" | Stephen Stills | 5:10 |
| 3. | "Midnight on the Bay" | Neil Young | 3:59 |
| 4. | "Black Coral" | Stephen Stills | 4:41 |
| 5. | "Ocean Girl" | Neil Young | 3:19 |
Side two[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Let It Shine" | Neil Young | 4:43 |
| 2. | "12/8 Blues (All the Same)" | Stephen Stills | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Fontainebleau" | Neil Young | 3:58 |
| 4. | "Guardian Angel" | Stephen Stills | 5:40 |
Personnel[edit]
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- Stephen Stills — vocals, guitars, piano
- Neil Young — vocals, guitars, piano, harmonica, synthesizer
- Jerry Aiello — organ, piano
- George "Chocolate" Perry — bass, backing vocals
- Joe Vitale — drums, flute, backing vocals
- Joe Lala — percussion, backing vocals
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