The Modernist wrote:Davey the Fat Boy wrote:Interesting how dismissive so many of you are.
It's a plodding dirge Davey.
Why do you think he picked Helpless? JC was being mischievous in taking one of Young's worst songs and putting it against a Bowie classic.
I don’t presume any bad faith on John’s part. I think the notion that it is one of Young’s worst songs is a strange idea that exists only in threads in which St. Bowie’s preeminence is questioned.
Ask any random sampling of Neil Young fans what they think of Helpless. It’s certainly not going to come up often as a bad song, and will likely come up a lot in lists of favorites.