Neil Young, the Needle and the Damage Done (Cover)

In the so lovely memory of my dear and best of friends Lico Margain who’s still lingers big time in mine for ever more. (sorry for sharing). Hi this one is a classic anthem against that nasty habit that hurts us ALL one way or another, you know, very hard thing dealing with , hopefully we all as a society might someday find a more effective way to deal with this “feel good for one second and feel burned and soulless for an eternity ” problem and stop it from hurting the kids and all the ones who dare to play with it without knowing the terrible consequences at the end of the road. Sorry for the preaching but I have my share of close friends too who are not with us anymore due to this problem and so I wanted to do it just for this once. Thanks for understanding. Here some song facts Recorded Royce Hall, UCLA, 30 January 1971 Genre Folk rock Length 2:03 (original and my cover both) Label Reprise Writer Neil Young Producer Neil Young Elliot Mazer Henry Lewy Jack Nietzsche A little bit from Wikipedia: “The Needle and the Damage Done” is a song by Neil Young that describes the descent into heroin addiction of musicians he knew. It was written about the heroin use of his Crazy Horse guitarist Danny Whitten, and previews the theme of “Tonight’s the Night”, a song that addresses the heroin overdose and death of Bruce Berry, a roadie for Young and his band Crazy Horse. “The Needle and the Damage Done” first appeared on the Harvest album in 1972. The song was recorded live rather …