Heres a song I learned recently, he told the crowd.
I wrote it too.
This is a love song.
Neil Young performs at Farm Aid 2024 on Sept. 21, 2024Gary Miller/Getty Images
Its one of the saddest love songs Ive ever heard.
Those are the only two times it was ever played to a live audience.
This is the same day he cut Homefires, Love Is a Rose, Hawaiian Sunrise, and L.A.
Boys and Ocean Girls.
Pardon My Heart sat in the vault for over a year.
Ive written a few songs that were as stark as hers.
Songs like Pardon My Heart, Home Fires, Love Art Blues… almost all ofHomegrown.
Ive never released any of those.
And I probably never will.
I think Id be too embarrassed to put them out.
Theyre a little too real.
Its the sad side of a love affair, he wrote at the time of the release.
I just couldnt listen to it.
I wanted to move on.
Because of Covid concerns,nearly all of the shows will be outdoors.
