Neil Young - "Ordinary People" - August 19, 1988 - Darien Lake, Corfu, NY 

That my friends is a killer song.

I was at this show. Me and my wife. I had long been a fan of Neil Young but this was a relatively small venue and I had my chance to acutally get close to the stage. My wife and I sat on the ground with the rest of the crowd , as we sneak drank the rum we had smuggled in. neil came on stage after much waiting and it was magical. I remember him appearing in a chinese army baseball cap initially, singing all my old favorites. As the night wore on i suddenly realized I was separated from my wife as at the same time I found myself at the front of the crowd and fighting to get closer than two people back from the stage. I got about a foot from Neil actually slapping my hand between songs before the crowd surge forced me back. The show finally ended and Neil left the stage. Where was my wife ? Holly God in Heaven! I spent the rest of the night finding her , finding my little Toyota pickup and driving with one eye closed back across the Niagra River to North Western NY State ( may god and you all forgive me for that - was definitely different times . )All turned out good. We got finally found one another and our vehicle when only about 3 others were left in the gigantic parking lot and slowly and carefully navigated our way home . Will never forget the chance to get so close to neil.

Neil Young should make a version of this masterpiece lasting 24 hours. So I would not have to repeat it again and again. Thank you Christopher for letting us enjoy Neil at his very top !

Ive been digging into Neil's Catalog for 50 years. Seen Folkie Neil, Crazy Horse Neil, Trans Neil, Country Neil, Solo Neil, but never Blue Note Neil...Ive been obsessed with this song for the last 2 weeks...For the Rock and Roll People!

Magical. The main man. God bless him, so much energyyy

So few recordings of this song of Neil and the Bluenotes, thank you Christopher for capturing it. I saw them in Toronto. Love this song.

Blows my mind that I would see him for the first time some 10 days later on 8/29/88 at the tender age of 4 years old 🤣. Dad had me sneak in a tape recorder. Thanks for sharing!

This is fuckin magnificent

I like the words to this song . One of Neil's great songs . Musical genius . Ordinary People !!!! About me and you. Super song . We love you Neil ❣️.

Neil and friends at their very best. Putting everything into their performance. I have seen him 10 times since Wembley 74. A national treasure, or international treasure...

One of the best songs he's ever written...I have a great version on RnR cowboy...

Don't get better than this

Someone made a DVD that had most of the Aug 18th Toronto show and some of the Darien Lake show, and I found it from a music torrent site several years ago. I then extracted the "Ordinary People" performance from the DVD to share here.

One of his best

Picking a top Neil Young song or Performance is almost impossible, but this is it for me. Unreal.

This has been in the closet too long . Super song . Really listening to the words . Fantastic . Neil has it all . Love it ❤

Thank you for posting this

I saw this tour in Sacramento in 1988. This version of Ordinary People was the best performance of a song I have seen Neil and band do. The crowd was just blown away by this song.

I was there. Magical ❤️ thanks

I was at this show when I was like 7 years old. It was when the lawn seats were in the front and bleachers were in the back, it's been the opposite now for a while. My dad carried me the way to the front and then I guess I told him I wanted to go back lol.. Sorry dad

Love all his different styles of playing.easy rough and f...ing crazy horse

I was at this show! Indigo Girls opened!

Thank you so much for posting this, love this song!

Best Neil,ever!

Getting a big camcorder into an event was no easy task back then!

Spectacular!

Nice! Thank you! Woof!!!

Was at the show just a few days earlier I believe, at Cayuga Cty. Fairgronds in Weedpsort, NY. Also an awesome show. Got an audio recording of it around somewhere.

Thank you, Christopher Rutty.

Neil au meilleur de sa forme ! Document intéressant.

i’m out on the railroad track Waiting….. Number9 We’ll make it thru the night Love you Neil

Two out of work models and a fashion slave Tried to dance away the Michelob night The bartender poured himself another drink When two drunkens sat and watching a fight The champ went down but he got up again Then he went out like a light He was fighting for the people But his timing wasn't right The Las Vegas people They came to see the Las Vegas fight High rolling people...

NEIL THE BEST. THATSALL.

There's an indy artist in Connecticut that just started doing a Neil Young solo tribute show and it's absolutely amazing how much he sounds like Neil, even on his own original music. I've never heard anyone whose voice is this close to Neil's. He just posted a video of a full performance of the show (he calls it "The Loner: The Music of Neil Young") he did at a small club in Bridgeport, CT. See what you think. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GKktfL-ThKo.html

I would love to see what this old Darien lakeside amphitheatre looked like when used for concerts I know what it looks like now but now it's a laser light show venue I can't find pictures of this old venue anywhere!!!

Dude, I was at this show too! It was a GREAT show! Where on earth did you get this?

yeah...:).

Does it get better?!?!!??!!?

Does anybody know who are these dudes with him.

The old lakeside amphitheatre now its the site of the laser light show thats been the same FUCKING SHOW SINCE 1992!!! I think the stage that was used here is still standing ??

utterly priceless history sublime and worth watching with the lyrics in another screen to get the full impact www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/neilyoung/ordinarypeople.html Chris - you captured the crown jewels thank you

everything is for sale

"I got faith in the regular kind. Hard workin' people." -Neil Young I guess that's me, the Ordinary People.