Motion Pictures

Rare recording of Neil Young performing Motion Pictures at The Bottom Line NYC in 1974 prior to the release of the On The Beach LP. Audio only.

From the album “On the Beach”

Motion pictures on my TV screen,
A home away from home, livin’ in between
But I hear some people have got their dream.
I’ve got mine.

I hear the mountains are doin’ fine,
Mornin’ glory is on the vine,
And the dew is fallin’, the ducks are callin’.
Yes, I’ve got mine.

Well, all those people, they think they got it made
But I wouldn’t buy, sell, borrow or trade
Anything I have to be like one of them.
I’d rather start all over again.

Well, all those headlines, they just bore me now
I’m deep inside myself, but I’ll get out somehow,
And I’ll stand before you, and I’ll bring a smile to your eyes.
Motion pictures, motion pictures.

A bit of Neil history recorded 05-16-74 Bottom Line NYC from the Bootleg Citizen Kane Jr. Blues