Walk On

by

Neil Young

Album: On The Beach      Released: 1974

US Chart: 69     

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Young wrote this in response to Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Sweet Home Alabama," in which Young is told, "Southern man don't need him around anyhow." "Walk On" wasn't so much directed at the guys from Skynyrd (their feud was more good-natured than most people realize), but more towards the few southerners who felt some animosity towards Young for calling them on their inability to comply with the changing standards during the civil rights era. (thanks, Will - Happy Valley, UT)

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great song!sometimes i feel neil's lyrics are deep, other times i feel they dont mean anything.great song nonetheless!
- nikhil, mumbai, India

I thought this song was about how much hated the critics and how wrongly they judged him. And doing this over a catchy melody. Beautiful.
- Sam, South Kingston, RI

In the (un)authorized biography, Shakey, Neil actually discusses this song. It isn't about Lynyrd Skynyrd, it's about Buffalo Springfield, written not long after he had left them at a critical point in their career causing much bad feeling. The book is called Shakey: Neil Young's Biography by Jimmy McDonough.
- David, , CA

I've read this interpretation before, but I wonder if it's based on anything Neil has said about it or is it just speculation? I've also read that it's an answer to music critics. I think it's about former friends and/or bandmates, myself. I imagine the chorus is Neil responding to his wife suggesting that he go and talk to these old friends who have turned against him but he nixes the idea, preferring to Walk On.
- fyodor, Denver, CO

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