Thanks for posting it, I had no idea who originally wrote it. Definitely a cover done justice. I like the loss of innocence angle you interpret it with, majii, but i see it more as a general anti-violence song.
I think Dave likes it mainly because it has very similar themes to "Don't Drink the Water", what with the whole conquerors wrongly taking land from natives and killing them and what not.
I say this because apparently Hernando Cortez came to mexico and made the people there at the time beleive he was a great god and demanded sacrafices, gifts, ect. But in reality he wasnt a god, and when he had the faith and trust of the civilization, he had his men kill everyone living there so he could eventually take over the land. So I agree with deathbear on that it is similar to "Don't Drink the Water" except its Neil's song, not Dave's , on it is about war, killing, and taking land.
But, the overall message of the song, I feel is completly different. The Aztec empire was based on expansion by war. The temples were built by thousands of slaves who would later be sacrificed upon them. I can see the pity for what was lost but it really wasa rather terrible, no matter how the song portrays it. Cortez The Killer lyrics by Neil Young. The familiar " Cortez the Killer " continues the sound that has been prevalent But by the third song everyone started to figure it out and settle down.
The Greendale stuff was really Neil Young Lyrics Analysis. I think this is a beautiful song, and they do a great job of performing it - I wish I could have been at that Central Park concert! Dave Matthews and Warren Haynes do an amazing version of the song. I like it alot as well. This song is saying, things aren't always as they seem to be. This song is a bit confusing. Just that Neil downplays the savage acts of the Aztecs, while condemning the spanish.
Still a great song, just adding my thoughts. As was the Aztec civilization. He must have read up on it. And then came up with a very far out interpretation of what happened between Montezuma and Cortez. Cortez was a killer. He came in and leveled the city of tenochititlan.
And that city was very large, beautifully built, captial of the Aztecs. They fought but didn't beleive in killing their prisoners. They used them for sacrifice "so that others could go on. Cortez came along, stole their gold and destroyed the capitol. He was a killer. Musically, is very cool how it starts with a solo that begins mellow and builds. Its an incredible song.
What's far out to me is that its Neil Young's version of the Aztec civilization and Cortez's destruction of it. Barstool Blues 9. Motion Pictures 8. Bandit 7. Pocahantas 6. Albequerque 5. Ambulance Blues 4. Danger Bird obviously 3. On The Beach 2. Cowgirl In The Sand 1. Although that list changes from day to day, Cortez never leaves the top spot. When you first hear the song you don't even need to know the title or the subject matter. The guitar and bass and drums just mesh perfectly to create a sense of wandering out at sea then his pitch perfect vocals Neil simply doesnt get the respect he deserves as a writer or musician or an influence on the generations that followed him and the best part is hes still going strong today.
It just doesnt get better than Neil and Crazy Horse. Long may they run! DangerBird on June 29, Link. They perceived the Aztecs as an aggressive imperialist power who took prisoners and tribute from them. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. The song was written around the time of the break-up with his wife Carrie Snodgress. The song fades out after around seven and a half minutes.
Thus the final verse was lost to posterity. The fall of the Aztecs is one of those epic tales in which it is hard to separate myth from reality. The colonisation of the Americas followed different patterns.
The early Spanish settlers came to the New World representing church and state; in the north the puritans were escaping from the state and creating their city on the hill. Most of the conquistadors were young men in their twenties, looking to return to Spain by the age of forty with status, money, and vast estates — they would not have been able to acquire all this in the home country.
This period is known as the golden age in Spanish history, but really the age of silver would be more accurate. Between and tons of gold and 16, tons of silver would arrive in Spain from the New World. Apart from the aforementioned military factors, the success of the conquistadors can be put down to the devastating effect of European diseases, for which the Indians had no resistance, and the important technological advantages. The glory days of the conquistadors did not last long.
They were the product of a particular time and place. While one can admire their audacity, their effect on the native populations was catastrophic. In the north the modus operandi was different, but results were the same, if not worse, in terms of the indigenous peoples.
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