Album: Buffalo Springfield Again (1967)

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• Oh, hello, Mr. Soul, I dropped by to pick up a reason
  For the thought that I caught that my head is the event of the season
  Why in crowds just a trace of my face could seem so pleasin'
  I'll cop out to the change, but a stranger is putting the tease on
  
  I was down on a frown when the messenger brought me a letter
  I was raised by the praise of a fan who said I upset her
  Any girl in the world could have easily known me better
  She said, "you're strange, but don't change," and I let her
  
  In a while will the smile on my face turn to plaster?
  Stick around while the clown who is sick does the trick of disaster
  For the race of my head and my face is moving much faster
  
  Is it strange I should change?
  I don't know, why don't you ask her?
  Is it strange I should change?
  I don't know, why don't you ask her?
  Is it strange I should change?
  I don't know, why don't you ask her?
  Is it strange I should change?
  I don't know, why don't you ask her? Writer/s: Neil Young
  Publisher: Hipgnosis Songs Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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Comments: 11

• Hickory from Portland, OregonRicky from Ohsweken, I think both lead guitarists in Buffalo Springfield played Gretsch guitars.
• Xaurreaux from NycI heard that Neil originally wrote Mr. Soul for Otis Redding.
• Simona from ColoradoAm I the only one that thinks this riff is Satisfaction by the Stones. IDK this original, but just heard Kenny Wayne Shepherd's version & I thought he was playing Satisfaction, til I heard the lyrics. I actually prefer the KWS version, no Neil Y singing!
• Global Method from GreeceYour insights are so much appreciated! ... Thank You!
• Robert from DetroitA source no less than Sirius' Earl Bailey, said that the song was about Marvin Gaye. Anyone see the connection?
• Ricky from Ohsweken, -GREAT guitar work here. Anyone know what kind of guitar it is?
• Ken from Philadelphia, PaRegarding Neil Young's absence from the Buffalo Springfield at Monterey Pop, it might be interesting for some to know that, by all accounts (including from members of the band), David Crosby's work was positively awful onstage and it was a large part (if not the total reason) why the Springfield was edited out of the Pennebaker documentary.
• Adam from West Palm Beach, FlOf course, that aforementioned rivalry could have the intensity and/or nastiness usually in reserve for, say, the Hatfields vs. the McCoys...
• Farrah from Elon, NcAwesome song by Buffalo Springfield.
• Bob from Southfield, MiAnother track on the same album entitled "Broken Arrow" opens with a live version of "Mr. Soul". However, instead of Neal Young, Dewey Martin, the group's drummer is mysteriously singing the lead vocal.
• Valentin from Beijing, Chinathe riff is quite similar to Stones' "Satisfaction"

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