Motorcycle Mama Lyrics

Lyric discussion by NogoodBoyo 

Cover art for Motorcycle Mama lyrics by Neil Young

uugghh this song just clashes so horribly with the rest of the album. I love Neil Young with the vast majority of my heart, but this song was an epic mistake.

While I agree that it's somewhat out of place on the album. I love this song and I'm glad he did it in this style and not with Crazy Horse. It would have been clunkier and less unique.

I still remember the first time I heard this song. I was in Junior High and visiting relatives in California over the Christmas break and we went to see my older Cousin Karen in San Louis Obispo, she was tall and thin and blond with a horse grazing in the front yard.

We walked in and Motorcycle Mama was playing, I'd heard...

I agree with bstaff1901– not a seamless fit on this album but a great song on its own. I also had wished the whole album was more similar in style, although I do think it fits quite well with Look Out For My Love. (And of course Cones A Time is a spectacular album overall.) Motorcycle Mama shows a classic funky side of Neil Young. It’s a regular in our playlists and on our favorite radio station (in San Luis Obispo, of all places!).