I still don't understand how Bruce got the Oscar. I love Bruce, but Neil really nailed the essence of this movie. This song and the movie are joined at the waist.
Saddest song ever? I've not heard sadder. I think this song was robbed for 1994's best song oscar. Springsteen's song was good, but this is really, really special.
My friend was buried to this song on Wednesday...it's impossible to understand how beautiful a song can be until your friend decides to leave the physical world to it. This song will forever be in my heart.
The final home video scene alone, with this amazing song in the background, was worth every Oscar the movie won back then. It's 16 years, and yet it still moves me deeply.
Neil Young is very underrated. I have seen him 8 different times, dating back to the early 80's, and every time was a wonderful yet completely different experience. With Shocking Pinks, International Harvesters, Crazy Horse, The Blue Notes, Alone, w/ an Orchestra, etc. etc.
i like the part "Don't turn your back on me I don't want to be alone Love last forever" because i'm sure that how many person who are terminally ill feel with no family to be with them on they're last days.
Every time I listen to this, I start crying! His voice is not even perfect, but just the way he sings it, it's touching! I don't think any singer can pull off a cover version of this. It's impossible.
You sometimes just have to shake your head and wonder how on earth a human can produce something as beautiful as this. If you're not moved to do something after listening to this track, then you're simply devoid of humanity.
I was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and I am proud. This is one of my most favorite songs of all times. Always makes me smile and think of old friends who I miss very much. Philadelphia is one hell of a place.
"we are all still children, forced to grow up, like all dreams you ever had are made to be fergotten as you grow older. Inside we are all scared indivduals that want looking after" That definitely hits it.
This song makes me want to be a better human and love stronger And most of all makes me feel so lucky to be alive on this incredibly beautiful earth with all of you! I mean really did one of us really make a song sound so ________(no words to describe.)
the entire movie hooked my mind but it is the last scene which held my heart...i almost cry...almost... the small, healthy little boy---so pure and innocent.
this song tears my heart on million parts...its so beautiful although its sooo sad...when i watched the Philadelphia movie i couldnt stop crying in the end of the movie... well done Neil :(
this is the song of the movie. period. awesome ... Neil, we love you and so appreciate your contribution, not only here, but in all of music. it does not get any better than you, my Beloved friend ...
Such a powerful song, especially in the movie. The footage of a young Andy on home movies. Heartbreaking. Everyone was a child, had a mum and dad etc Tragic..
Undeniably haunting. You can feel the emotion drip from every lyric, chord and note. Young soaks us in a power so strong one cannot fail to be moved. The strength of this music cuts right through me yet despite its apparent sadness I find it strangely uplifting and positive. Is that just me ?
i was watching this with my gf and i thought i was gonna make it through the movie without shedding any tears, then the funeral scene came at the end and this song played, and i couldn't hold them in any longer
There's not another song that touches my soul as much as this one, in all my years of listening to music, nothing touches this track for evoking sentimental feelings.
THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO LOVE THIS SONG !! What a wonderful music...even if this song is sad and brings tears form your eyes... or maybe also for this reason...
the entire movie hooked my mind but it is the last scene which held my heart...i almost cry...almost... the small, healthy little boy---so pure and innocent. Life indeed is so short. A season for everything: of youth and old age; of health and sickness, of birth and death.
My spine is in bits listening to this song due to the ridiculous amount of shivres its giving me. The piano fills between verses are as moving as the lyrics.
Bruce and Neil were both nominated for Best Song for this movie. When Bruce won the Oscar, he almost wanted to give it to Neil. Both great songs, one great movie.
Neil Young had another song similar to this one, "Expecting To Fly," which he recorded with Buffalo Springfield in the 70's. It is equally as brilliant.
a good friend of mine suffering from aids came to me and said:"promise me that this song is going to be played at my funeral" i can't tell which emotions come with that song, it's incredible
the entire movie, Philadelphia had my mind hooked on it but when the movie got to the last part which this song is being played, my heart went out to that once little, healthy boy...this is I think the most moving part of the film. Life indeed is so short. Everything has a season. of youth and old age, of health and illness,of birth and of death.
This is the only song that makes me cry every time. It really is a male song, I know some female artists have covered it but it reminds me of being a boy and how I cant get those days back,
Aww, this song is so sad to me, it makes me tear a bit. Love to Neil Young for singing it and to the actors in Philadelphia for making it so touching...
what a moving song...hard not to get choked up listening to this....classic neil young...one of a kind haunting voice...this is why neil young is one of the all time great composers and performers....thank you so much for posting this.
This is just such a beautiful piece of music. It brings back the memories of my father, i find myself drifting away, 9 long years now. Thank you for this.
THANK YOU for this song. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE PHILADELPHIA, the movie. Never fails to make me cry everytime I watch it and that's easily more than 10 times. The ending still gets me in tears, and a lot of it has to do with this song. This was one song which was made for the closing scene in Philadelphia. Beautiful work from Jonathan Demme, Tom Hanks and Denzel (as always:)
Agreed. Both are beautiful, incredible, and heartbreaking songs... but Neil almost, if not actually, brings you to tears. Love Neil. Love Bruce. Can't recall two better songs ever being on the same soundtrack or academy award ballot.
Hy. For me, it takes a lot to get me crying from movies, but right at the point, where Tom hanks died in the movie and the song startet, i was finished and just crying, it's overwelming how this song affects on the emotional mind... I love this Song...
