Jeffrey Martin - Out On The Weekend (Neil Young) | The Influences

Jeffrey Martin playing a cover of 'Out On The Weekend' by Neil Young for The Influences.

“The perspective in the chorus of this song has always really struck me. See the lonely boy, out on the weekend… Can’t relate to joy, he tries to speak and can’t begin to say. It’s removed from Young. It’s Young watching Young. It’s an artist desperate for some form of knowing, or some imagined sense of peace that would come from that. Watching himself flounder as a young man who doesn’t know anything but wishes he did. And I love how he implies that he had to leave a great love. …loved me all up, but I’m so down today. She’s so fine she’s in my mind, I hear her calling. It reminds me of the power of nostalgia. And how our distorted remembering of a love can be better than the love ever was in actuality.”

Filmed at Bridie's Bar & General Store in Kilkenny, Ireland.
In collaboration with Kilkenny Roots Festival.

Filmed by Matthijs van der Ven and David Lawson Froggatt.
Audio recorded & mixed by Matthijs van der Ven.

There is no better way to discover music than watching great musicians cover the songs they love. The Influences has been producing these videos ever since 2008.

[JohnSouthall-nbys]

Favourite Neil Young song. I like this rendition. He’s got a bit of Joe Cocker style. Very good.