British guitarist analyses Crosby, Stills, Nash AND Young flying the FREAK flag!

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  • @normatible9795
    @normatible9795 5 років тому +71

    Stephen Stills is one UNDER RATED guitarist, i have always love his songs whether as CSN or in Buffalo springfield. Excellent musician

    • @foxandscout
      @foxandscout 3 роки тому +6

      Saw him last time, a few years ago at a small supper club in NYC. He was (almost) as good as always. I love each member of CSN&Y: solo, together, and in all combinations. I hope I get to see Neil Young after the pandemic is over.
      If you look at the Beatles’ hair in 1964 THAT was considered very long (!!) and the world was outraged! In 1969 I was a junior in high school (15 years old ... I started college when I just turned 17), girls could Finally wear pants (jeans). We wore flannel shirts and work boots and the boys had hair to their shoulders, and we were called Hippies. Not sure when things changed but in time in the southern states, the guys who hated hippies and their clothes and especially their hair -began to wear flannel shirts and torn jeans and grew their hair very very long. And still do. The appropriation still astonishes me.

    • @54chewbacca
      @54chewbacca 3 роки тому +3

      One of the greatest ever!

    • @elizabethlinsay9193
      @elizabethlinsay9193 2 роки тому +2

      A top drawer musician! I saw CSNY many many years ago at what was then called the Boston Garden where the Celtics played. They were outstanding! The whole place was filled with marijuana smoke, but like Bill Clinton, no one inhaled! Yeah, right.

    • @seanmann863
      @seanmann863 2 роки тому

      @@elizabethlinsay9193 I was there also 30th road, they had over a 100 guitars on the sides if the stage.

    • @Jovolution
      @Jovolution Рік тому +1

      And he has playing with Jimi Hendrix.

  • @profile7530
    @profile7530 Рік тому +3

    David Crosby, the lion of LA made it to 2023. When I saw you at Woodstock in 1969 I never dreamed I'd be watching you on UA-cam in 2023. We made it this far David, don't ask me how. I'll be there soon, along with my hair. It's longer than Fil's, in fact it's longer than it was at Woodstock. We made history man, and Fil is keeping it alive. Thanks Fil, you're the best.

  • @sandrasmith7501
    @sandrasmith7501 5 років тому +64

    Don't remember seeing this live performance...Thanks for the analysis! I still listen to them when I need to "separate the wheat from the chaff". Timeless.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +1

      👍

    • @TheManOnTheRail
      @TheManOnTheRail 5 років тому

      Wembley 74.

    • @sandrasmith7501
      @sandrasmith7501 5 років тому

      @@TheManOnTheRail Thanks HickoryWind!

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 роки тому

      Yeah surprisingly they have on youtube where they played with of all people Tom Jones on a David Steinbeck show

    • @chrisblower8868
      @chrisblower8868 2 роки тому +1

      @@TheManOnTheRail definitely not Wembley. I was there. Crosby wore pink trousers. But from the '74 tour.

  • @mksmith1740
    @mksmith1740 4 роки тому +10

    Hands down one of the best guitar jams EVER!! This performance is just stellar. I can always recognize Neil vs. Stephen on guitar. Love their music! I miss these days when bands were so organic on a live set.

  • @TheTestingGrounds
    @TheTestingGrounds 5 років тому +16

    Fil, let your freak flag fly as long as you like. Hair don’t mean shite, it what’s inside the cranium that matters. You are brilliant!

  • @Sqeptick
    @Sqeptick 5 років тому +18

    I love CSN. One reason why is because of the range of music styles in their catalog. Crosby's blues, Stills' Latin inspired rock, and Nash's folksy pop. Then when they come together and just throw energy into a jaw dropping harmony... amazing.

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 Рік тому +5

    I don't know if you heard that David Crosby had pass away today after a long illness, he was 81 thanks for your contribution with the Byrds, Crosby, Still, Nash and Young (RIP) David Crosby August 14, 1941 - January 19, 2023

  • @dlshumate7726
    @dlshumate7726 4 роки тому +4

    I've had the honor of seeing David Crosby perform solo, with Graham Nash, and as CSN (sadly no Y). At a CSN concert in 90's, Stills and Nash were leaving the stage and Nash hit center C on the piano. David set down his microphone, stepped to the edge of the stage, and belted out, totally acappella, the most beautiful, concert hall filling rendition of "My Country Tis of Thee". With no mic! Bringing tears to the eye and the crowd to their feet. There is NOTHING more awe-inspiring than that...

  • @michelle88960
    @michelle88960 5 років тому +11

    Love this song. I was watching Graham Nash inducting The Kinks into the Rock N Roll Hall Of Fame, and he said The Kinks were what a great should be, they are English, and all the crowd starting booing, In a good natured way, then Graham quipped "Look I spent 20 years with David Crosby, I can put up with you lot." Cracked me up.

  • @Danner-a-gogo
    @Danner-a-gogo 2 роки тому +1

    Fil, don’t change a thing about you… unless you want to do so. We appreciate you exactly as you are. Thank you so much for your great work.

  • @jaker2556
    @jaker2556 Рік тому +3

    RIP Croz... thank you for so many amazing songs

  • @Knards
    @Knards 5 років тому +48

    As someone who had real long hair in 1971, this song and the album 4 way street were very meaningful. The cops would constantly pull you over and check for dope, your family was on you all the time. But we didnt give in

    • @rickc661
      @rickc661 2 роки тому +2

      1000 % .

    • @benzell4
      @benzell4 2 роки тому +2

      Solidarity!

    • @WhisperingPines7
      @WhisperingPines7 2 роки тому +1

      I agree with you totally! I was a senior in high school in 1969. The “long” hair then was in the bangs. Just two years later, all hair was truly long!

    • @Tubes12AX7k
      @Tubes12AX7k Рік тому

      Do not ever give in. Most of my hair is gone now but the sentiment is the same.

  • @bcdigiart141
    @bcdigiart141 5 років тому +8

    I really LIKE your FACIAL expressions when U are watching these youtube videos.. U ARE QUITE entertaining..and I REALLY LIKE YOUR analysis of these songs...
    I appreciate your viewpoint as a guitarist and singer songwriter. Thanks for sharing all these analysis videos.

  • @carlswenson5538
    @carlswenson5538 5 років тому +44

    Gotta do Stills acoustic on Suite Judy Blues live. Life changing.

    • @johndef5075
      @johndef5075 5 років тому +3

      That and Carry On are just epic.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +3

      👍

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 роки тому

      No not acoustic what the hell is wrong with you their electric was always better

  • @frankoshields2333
    @frankoshields2333 5 років тому +9

    Well there you go again Fil bringing out the best and my I say on point for the feel of the music as it's being performed. Love seeing these jam sessions thet used to be performed at shows. As always another great analogy.

  • @Guardducks
    @Guardducks 5 років тому +6

    I didn't want this performance to stop. There were some great vocals and guitar lines , just didn't want it to stop. 🤘

  • @sacluvsBM
    @sacluvsBM 5 років тому +14

    There are some excellent Stills and Young joint efforts that are really worth checking out as well. And yes you got the message very well. The message still resonates. Excellent analysis as well. Thanks.

  • @eheavensone
    @eheavensone 5 років тому +2

    Each one of them are legends who changed the face of music and the face of music for generations.
    Great post.

  • @debtorres7793
    @debtorres7793 4 роки тому +1

    I’m a child of the 70’s and I love your hair. Another awesome review. Your podcast rocks!

  • @lollinelson5549
    @lollinelson5549 5 років тому +4

    I love your reaction and analysis! I find it interesting that you note how vocalist and musicians pushed themselves while on stage. I think back then, we were all just living in the moment. They were giving their all to us, the audience, and we were giving it back. With money, sponsorship, and big business, I don't see bands risking themselves onstage like they did back in the day. Thanks for another great reaction, oh, and please don't cut your hair. I love your individuality!

  • @plother4242
    @plother4242 5 років тому +2

    I only found your videos today but have already watched maybe 15 or so of them. I grew up in the 60's and 70's so these were my teenage go to concerts and music. I listen to them all the time but what I find the most fun watching them over again with you is your facial expressions. It is so fantastic to see younger people smile and their eyes sparkle when listening to greatest musicians of all time which the majority of them were from the 60's and 70's. You might get a few every decade that make a good song or two now but there were 100's of them back then. They were all competing to do better than the others and to make it to the top 10 back then was a major accomplishment to beat out all the competition.

  • @roboct6
    @roboct6 5 років тому +5

    I love your commentary and the wide range of music you explore. One note on this song. David Crosby told Rolling Stone magazine that he wrote this song soon after Robert Kennedy was murdered and the “felt like I owe it to someone” line refers to Kennedy.

  • @plasticoflamingo2952
    @plasticoflamingo2952 5 років тому +55

    BIG ol' bunch o' cocaine going on there. But these guys were/ are great! Haven't seen this performance before. I really like it. Flying my freak flag for quite a number of years, and love this song. Stills and Young are two of my favorites for the reasons you point out, Fil. They are both unique and recognizable. Simplicity, packed with feeling. You RARELY find this in modern mainstream music. Even underground players have difficulty pulling it off. Another winner, sir.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +6

      ☺👍

    • @Gtigerclaw
      @Gtigerclaw 5 років тому +4

      Before they got their recording contracts sorted, they hit the California underground radio stations under "The Frozen Noses."

    • @plasticoflamingo2952
      @plasticoflamingo2952 5 років тому +2

      @@Gtigerclaw That's funny!

    • @mitchettie1581
      @mitchettie1581 5 років тому +2

      Oh man They all said you better watch David cause he'll run off with that tray of shit ....

    • @Frankincensedjb123
      @Frankincensedjb123 5 років тому +2

      Plastico Flamingo coke what I was thinking 😆

  • @rosemary702001
    @rosemary702001 4 роки тому +1

    Love your analyses, your enthusiasm for music from my generation AND your hair! Glad you embrace your uniqueness. Thx for the videos!

  • @gregmardon6973
    @gregmardon6973 5 років тому +6

    What a wonderful band, they were undoubtedly four incredible musicians and also known by their unbelievable harmonies! Without Young they would go on to create masterpieces, still listen to this day.

  • @peterroberts3030
    @peterroberts3030 5 років тому +2

    Another informative video. Thanks Fil. You are an excellent instructor. Your thoughts are always very well expressed and informative. Rock

  • @wtglb
    @wtglb 5 років тому +51

    I’ve always loved Stephen Stills’ guitar work.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +4

      👍

    • @jhamptonjr
      @jhamptonjr 5 років тому +4

      Very underrated. I still have illegal Stills on cassette.

    • @terset9912
      @terset9912 5 років тому +2

      @@wingsofpegasus and in Graham's biography "Wild Tales".... he says that Stephen was four times the guitar player Neil was. I agree with that. Caught this tour in Vancouver, fall of 1974.... Neil and Stephen wearing the exact same outfits in this footage you've provided. Neil only took his shades off for his solo acoustic set, where he sat down and played, I think, a couple of newer tunes off "On the Beach"..."Ambulance Blues" was one of them and "Revolution Blues", back on electric. Also , believe his dog came out on stage with him. :) Think the time to have really caught them live was the summer of 1970, The Four Way Street performances. Check out "On the Way Home"; Stephen on his acoustic; just on fire.

    • @wtglb
      @wtglb 5 років тому +6

      @@terset9912 Yes, while Young is "unique" and I love his style of playing, he isn't in the same league as Stills

    • @wtglb
      @wtglb 5 років тому +1

      @@jhamptonjr I have the vinyl record! Excellent album!

  • @martinamanecke3622
    @martinamanecke3622 Рік тому +1

    Thank you so much Fil, you absolutely nail the different aspects of this performance (like you always do). Some hours ago I learned about Davids death, and I am deeply touched because I love his vocals for about 50 years. Rest in peace, David.

  • @stargazer1460
    @stargazer1460 5 років тому +4

    Just a few days ago I pulled out an old CD of CSN&Y (So Far) and listened to it while driving through the Mojave Desert. Haven't listened to them in quite a while. Saw them in concert back in the late 80's. Great video 👍 😎🤘

  • @Knards
    @Knards 5 років тому +53

    Imagine this is one of the finest harmonizing bands ever, and they couldnt get along for 5 minutes off stage

    • @paulablissett9396
      @paulablissett9396 5 років тому

      I know, that's why so many artists in and out of that group,like a revolving door....

    • @paulablissett9396
      @paulablissett9396 5 років тому +1

      Yeah, reminds me of Jimi H. and Noell Redding, like cat and dog, lol!

    • @roseblake5803
      @roseblake5803 5 років тому +1

      Paula Blissett : Loved me some Noel Redding !!!!

    • @paulablissett9396
      @paulablissett9396 5 років тому

      @@roseblake5803 , Loved me some Jimi Hendrix!

    • @scottmcgregor562
      @scottmcgregor562 5 років тому +1

      Joe Vitale has been a side-man for CSN/CSNY for decades playing drums,keyboards, flute. In his excellent biography he talks about his many decades with the band,but strangely he doesn't go into the well-documented squabbles. In his forward Graham Nash said that when he first learned of Vitale's book he became very concerned but after reading it breathed a sigh of relief.

  • @marieweiss1634
    @marieweiss1634 3 роки тому +2

    Takes me back to winter afternoons the fire on and the house full of this music flowing through the speakers! Exactly ... all about the hair being a breaking from conformity! Sooo much cool, groove and soul 🎶 🎸 ☺️

  • @debbieedwards711
    @debbieedwards711 5 років тому +2

    Amazingly great video! I've also never seen it before. They could really jam! Nicely stated Fil. Loved it to the max!! Keep "Letting your freak flag fly."

  • @jackijean8805
    @jackijean8805 5 років тому +30

    I saw them live back around same year might’ve been bit earlier. My hair is below my bum. Was hairdresser for years n specialized in long hair. Had on my license plate. I still say let your freak flag fly. Love your hair. I also saw Stephen Stills by himself and same w Neil Young. But the 4 Together were magic. It’s the huge difference try to tell people in this climate of often set songs n lengths. And back for one encore w this hit n over. Was so different then. Was all about the music n passion n Connection w audience. Back then so many came back for many encores. Especially remember Elton John. Was not long after Your Song came out. He was amazing n did 5 encores. Venue had already turned lights on but he kept playing. Busted right thru the curfew set. 🤣. So stay rebel w long hair n guitar. Rawk! 🤘🏻✌🏻🤘🏻

    • @robertsettle2590
      @robertsettle2590 5 років тому +1

      @Brad you started way to late.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +4

      Thanks Jacki! 🤘

    • @jackijean8805
      @jackijean8805 5 років тому +2

      @STV.123 🤣🤣🤣laughing my hair off!

    • @jackijean8805
      @jackijean8805 5 років тому +1

      @Brad. Usually donate to kids w cancer when chop it off. But .. as an aside, used to do one of the many bassists hair from Allman Bros - Alan Woody. Went by Woody. Unfortunately he met an untimely end like many. He was bright, funny, engaging n talented. Got to watch from stage as well as going behind the aftershow.

  • @NothingMaster
    @NothingMaster 5 років тому +4

    This goes back to the days when Crosby was still on top of his game and the master of his art, and his skin hadn’t yet boiled off due to horrific drug use. It’s a miracle that he survived all the substance abuse stupor, hopeless addiction, and his brush with drug-induced insanity. That by itself was a major accomplishment. It’s great to see him alive and kicking and playing his music.

  • @ilonamariaszabo8256
    @ilonamariaszabo8256 2 роки тому +1

    Annyira kedves arcod van!🤗 Olyan szelíd báj,szeretet,alázat látszik arcodon a szakma,a zene,az emberek felé,hogy öröm nézni🥰!Tiszta,elhivatott ember vagy!🙏 Köszönöm!⚘

  • @loripond1839
    @loripond1839 5 років тому +12

    CSNY are a classic 60s/70s musical staple!!... always love your insight and explanations even though I don't understand alot of the technical parts. I always learn from you! Ohhh yes Fil!!..keep flyin your freak flag!!...Stay weird, love!...✌❤🤘

  • @LEELABIRD
    @LEELABIRD 5 років тому +16

    Fil, I spend more time with you than I do my husband! Great vid x

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +3

      😂

    • @CherylHShannon
      @CherylHShannon 5 років тому +4

      Me too, lol

    • @alanna8983
      @alanna8983 5 років тому +5

      Me too, and I don't have a husband! 😆😆

    • @robinames8333
      @robinames8333 5 років тому +4

      @@alanna8983 He's just so personable and sweet! And he actually knows what he's talking about. I have been watching loads of Fil's videos. Too bad I'm a bit too old for him. Hee.

    • @alanna8983
      @alanna8983 5 років тому +1

      @@robinames8333 😆
      Too bad I don't have a husband I can say that about.

  • @TheEudaemonicPlague
    @TheEudaemonicPlague 5 років тому +3

    Had to cut my hair in '85, to join the navy (a few months before that, no one would've convinced me that I'd ever join the military!), but when I got out...I haven't cut my hair or beard since late '93. This song has meant a lot to me for most of my life. Great as so many of their songs are, none of them touch me so deeply. Let your freak flag fly...

  • @shanefrancis368
    @shanefrancis368 5 років тому +7

    There was an old tv show footage of them doing Down By the River by Neil...the back and forth guitar that Stills and Young did is priceless.

    • @MrRemo58
      @MrRemo58 5 років тому

      I saw that show , youngs playing seemed to be better then , just saying

    • @yourlehrness
      @yourlehrness 3 роки тому

      Battling guitars

  • @anoldmannameddave7455
    @anoldmannameddave7455 5 років тому +9

    👍 Fil.. Southern Man,, off the 4 Way Street album,, is my favorite Live performance, by these guys. Neil and Stephen’s guitar work is hard to beat. Incredible trading of licks !! 13 minutes of WOW!! 😊❤️✌️

    • @shawnkilbane6693
      @shawnkilbane6693 5 років тому +2

      An Old Man Named dave I was gonna say the same for 4 Way Street but, you took care of that for me. Will we ever see, hear or even feel this kinda connection that they use to convey, or am I just getting too fn old? 😁 Today's shit is so full of hate and narcissism. It's so good to see that this great music is not totally lost and is still appreciated... by a select few anyway.

    • @DENVEROUTDOORMAN
      @DENVEROUTDOORMAN 4 роки тому +1

      @@shawnkilbane6693 and 4 way street wasway more indicative of the group...too many wimps here only listened to first 2 albums....4 way street had great vocals

    • @frankp9324
      @frankp9324 4 роки тому +1

      Southern Man Live was my favorite guitar jam ever. It was both composed and ad lib.

  • @justathought88
    @justathought88 3 роки тому +2

    Just love these guys and their music. Thank you for doing this. The first outdoor rock concert I went to was CSN in Santa Barbara in 1970 or 71. (Thank you, Danny, for inviting me.) We were in high school and both had long hair. A few years later I saw David Crosby perform this song acoustic solo at Bread and Roses Festival in Berkeley. He was very intense and kinda scary. Now I'm just another old lady who misses the past. Fil, I totally agree with your admonition to be yourself. Nobody has the right to tell you how to be You! 🎶

  • @clemdane
    @clemdane 5 років тому +1

    I love it. I've listened to the studio version so many times and it's also a masterpiece, but I am even more impressed how much Crosby manages to change up his phrasings while still giving emphasis in the right places and embuing the song with so much emotion.

  • @blindkimberly1360
    @blindkimberly1360 3 роки тому +2

    My favorite part of CSN&Y is Y. Mainly because of how much the music really moved him. I love music that makes me feel. He’s also got a warmer voice than David. Hubby loves all of them. As far as what people look like or wear, we have always loved individual expression. Except the waistband below the bottom thing. Boys and men especially. I’ve seen enough skidmarks tyvm. But the hair? I’ve never seen the difference between a boy with long hair and a girl. It’s just hair. Rock on to your own tune guys! Hubby says thank you Fil. Great video.

  • @rcsproject627
    @rcsproject627 5 років тому +3

    The groove is a jamming one and if you are into guitar there's a lot of creativity going on stage with Crosby, Stills, Nash. Thanks for the vid Fil.

  • @bvm3925
    @bvm3925 5 років тому +2

    I saw them in concert in the late 60s. When they sang "Wooden Ships" I was floatin' in that boat, right along with them. Their songs always took me to another level. What a great and unique group.

  • @JCPJCPJCP
    @JCPJCPJCP 2 роки тому +1

    Fil, you're a great guy.
    I was young then, so I know you would have fit in really well back in the Sixties and Seventies. It's easy to imagine you there.

  • @collettedauphinais8381
    @collettedauphinais8381 5 років тому +1

    I was 15 years old when this was filmed, when being your own person is what we did best, Thank God🇨🇦😊😊😊

  • @PabloApollo
    @PabloApollo 5 років тому +1

    Great stuff. Thanks. Always liked their studio work.

  • @larryredburn8688
    @larryredburn8688 3 роки тому +1

    HI FIL YOU DO SUCH A VERY GOOD JOB. LOVE YOU AND YOUR VIDEOES. CROSBY STILLS AND YOUNG ROCKS. LOVE THEIR SONGS. THANKS FIL . PEACE AND LOVE

  • @sallynielsen8150
    @sallynielsen8150 5 років тому

    Spot on, Fil....be yourself!!! Haven't heard these guys in quite a while. You have been taking me back to my youth! Keep up the awesome analyses, Fil. You ROCK!!!!

  • @shawnbfowler8883
    @shawnbfowler8883 5 років тому +4

    WTG. My fave song. I'm gonna let my freak flag fly!!!! We can all relate. Great job. I've enjoyed your sessions on the music of my era. Thoroughly enjoyable. Great guitar syncrony. God putthem together for his personal enjoyment.

  • @maryroot2599
    @maryroot2599 3 роки тому +1

    David's really putting it out there, love your appreciation of his vocal, Fil!!

  • @deejohn1659
    @deejohn1659 5 років тому +19

    Fil, It was an unusual C.S.N & Young choice and David Crosby was sure spot on.
    But if you ever get a chance, check out C.S. & Nash's live version of 'Wooden Ships' from their "Daylight Again dvd Live Concert." ( on Mofromusic Channel ).
    Don't think they've ever bettered it.
    I often play it during the Summer while sitting out in the garden.
    Lot's of youtubers praised Steven Stills guitar work on the solo. And even though David Crosby was off his head (again) he was still in top form.
    Their 1969 debut album is a must have album. It features the original version of "Wooden Ships" and the amazing 'Marrakesh Express' ...
    ( with songwords like.." I've been saving all my money just to take you there.
    I SMELL THE GARDEN IN YOUR HAIR." Wow!!!

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +1

      Thanks!

    • @tarajackson3901
      @tarajackson3901 4 роки тому

      I love wooden ships. Always brings tears, the lyrics blow me away every time💗

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE 5 років тому +3

    Ol Dave was jacked up on some potent speed ,he was totally hyped to the max and into the music vibe and wild eyed. This was a super group also being a mixture of The Byrds and Buffalo Springfield. and The Hollies thanks to Graham Nash there...It worked very well for them for a shot spell.

  • @muserwood
    @muserwood 5 років тому +2

    I first grew my hair long in 8th grade, 1971, in a small Iowa town that had very little long hair around. It was a huge deal! And because of the struggle and bs I had to go through it helped shape me into the man i became. And so I've let my freak flag fly to this very day! Btw, yours looks great!

  • @dougrobinson9236
    @dougrobinson9236 5 років тому +4

    I saw Crosby, Stills, & Nash about a year and a half ago in Portland and they still have it. David can still belt it out and is still writing. He performed a song that he had recently wrote and performed it for the first time. Stephen was amazing on the guitar. I think Stephen Stills is underrated as a guitar player. Graham still has the voice and can really hit the high notes and harmonize really well.

  • @carolyndavis1045
    @carolyndavis1045 5 років тому +17

    Love this tune. Don't cut your hair Fil, you're too cute... 😊

  • @ThePNWRiderWA
    @ThePNWRiderWA 5 років тому +21

    I sometimes wonder if younger people realize how important music was before the electronic age. Now it with 24 x 7 propaganda news , texting and everyone plugged in all the time. It was the way we communicated. Hair was definitely a statement. The same with neckties. Some of us used it as a way to identify others that thought the way we did. Songs like Ohio referring to the shooting of students at Kent State were specific as to captured events. During the time of the troubles many ballads were written like Sunday Bloody Sunday , Ambush At Drumnakilly and many others.
    Some music instantly transports me to Vietnam so many years later. Music is such a powerful tool of communication.

    • @unrulyjulie4382
      @unrulyjulie4382 5 років тому

      Very good point, Rider!

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому +1

      👍

    • @knawl
      @knawl 5 років тому

      Oh there was a lot of throw away pop back then, it just got forgotten for the most part, and yeah there is a lot of commercial stuff now, but there is some good music coming out, its just not pushed in your face like the commercial stuff

    • @slimshine953
      @slimshine953 5 років тому +1

      The PNW Rider ~ Good commentary you wrote there, buy hey, it was an electronic era back then too... minus home computers, cell phones, laptops, tablets, wifi TV, smart appliances etc lol. We had free TV, non-monopolized radio, great movies, video, high wattage stereo systems, vinyl albums! Oh and something called a landline... with a wire that plugged into the wall, or something.

    • @kathypiazza4567
      @kathypiazza4567 5 років тому

      No Name a

  • @robertacolarette1594
    @robertacolarette1594 3 роки тому +2

    When Stephen and Neil were in Buffalo Springfield they used to tear it up on guitar playing off each other. So great.

  • @laureliechapman1267
    @laureliechapman1267 5 років тому +1

    Fil, you have fabulous hair. I love your analysis of and obvious respect for country artists like Glen Campbell, Waylon Jennings, and especially Roy Clark. Thank you for recognizing all the amazing talent that represent the soundtrack of Boomer lives!

  • @russdrummond7292
    @russdrummond7292 5 років тому +4

    It's just a great blues track. Always been a favourite of mine. Thanks Fil.

  • @knee_boarder
    @knee_boarder 5 років тому +2

    I'm a freak and proud of it! Another great video, thank you

  • @bekind6763
    @bekind6763 5 років тому +2

    This is a great song and I love their music. Your analysis are always priceless ☮😊

  • @ArtyYOU2
    @ArtyYOU2 2 роки тому +1

    Why did it tale me so Long to find your Channel?! Love it, - and I love this song so much for its ‘jam’ feel. Long hair too, - awesome! Thank you :)

  • @shadowsflame_4007
    @shadowsflame_4007 5 років тому +1

    Mr. Fil, you'd look great in long hair, short hair or no hair! You have that million dollar smile that looks good with anything! I love your hair just the way it is! You're going to have killer looks no matter what you do!! Much❤❤❤❤ from Lisa.

  • @jmelvin28
    @jmelvin28 3 роки тому +1

    Greatest folk blues song of all time for me This song is my childhood sitting with my dad as he played record after record from his collection of nearly 12k vinyl. Guitar is the one instrument that has the ability to express such complex emotions to fill out the empty space between the melody and the beat. These 4 artists all have gutar skills that blend together as seemlessly harmonies.

  • @stevemartin4249
    @stevemartin4249 5 років тому +21

    Marrakesh Express, their cover of 'Woodstock', Ohio, Guinevere ... so many great songs.

  • @bigbow62
    @bigbow62 5 років тому +1

    Yes.....Right-On Fil ! Love dropping in here... every night is a classic music adventure ✌😎

    • @bigbow62
      @bigbow62 5 років тому +1

      Their Woodstock performance is one of my favorites ( of course no Neil Young at that one ) Just up there being one of their first gigs with 400,000+ people ! I couldn't even imagine walking on that stage... never mind singing & they killed it 👍

  • @Frankincensedjb123
    @Frankincensedjb123 5 років тому +12

    Here we have the difference between merely singing and feeling the song. The in-the-moment embellishments can be heard in David’s singing and Steven’s playing. Steven is technically a better player than Neil, but Neil puts a lot of passion into those notes. Very interesting performance.

    • @kingspeechless1607
      @kingspeechless1607 3 роки тому

      I would have preferred him to sing it 'straight' like on Deja Vu, his "embellishments" are over the top and 'clowning'

  • @j-mo3129
    @j-mo3129 2 місяці тому

    They brought so much emotion to their live performances.

  • @katharineatkins1347
    @katharineatkins1347 3 роки тому +1

    CSN&Y...........LOVE love love them. If there’s a video of them, I’m there. I really enjoy your comments, insights to the different groups and their songs. I’ve a fan since they came in the scene in late 60’s early 70’s and always blast their songs when they come on the radio or whatever. I agree, don’t cut your hair or do what others tell you to do. Follow your own song and fill your heart .

  • @modularmuse
    @modularmuse 5 років тому +3

    Great taste Fil, 'So Far' is one of my desert-island albums personally. Crosby has such an amazing voice, you can really hear it especially on songs like 'Guinnivere'. Love that single pickup Firebird that Stills was ripping on. Never saw P-90s with Nickel pickup covers like it appears on Neil's guitar, you? I think this was a 60's anthem; a summing-up of attitudes from an iconic band, becoming a staple of early classic rock.

  • @drewpall2598
    @drewpall2598 5 років тому +3

    Another band you could spend a year just analyzing! the four main members CSN&Y are each talented in their own rights. cool performance here. great analysis ! as they said back in the 1960's (It's not the hair on top you should be concern about, it's the minds underneath?) thanks for this one Fil.

  • @rogerd.miller1095
    @rogerd.miller1095 5 років тому +1

    So Fil, I'm a contemporary of this band. Born in 1947, went to Vietnam in 1967, and have had long hair ever since. Even today, my hair is half way down my back and I wear it either in a pony tail or braid it. Since yesterday I have had two encounters with black people involving my hair. The first, yesterday, in a Big Box spirit store, three young black men were coming in and one said, "long hair, don't care." Today, waiting for a doctor's appointment an older black man said, "I'm digging your hair." We met again on the way out and I shook his hand and wished him luck and he said, "take care of that hair." So, never cut your hair. My hair is an inseparable part of who I am. Seeing Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young live, is to this day, my all time favorite concert. You do more to elevate real music than any other person on the internet. Kudos.

  • @starshiptrooper7670
    @starshiptrooper7670 5 років тому +2

    Thx Fil. These guys were our heroes. P.S. Your hair looks great.

  • @TheSillykelly
    @TheSillykelly 5 років тому

    So glad I stumbled across your channel. When the world seems harsh, with unrelenting negativity, I can relax and just chill with one your videos. It’s nice to get a dose of good music and analysis delivered by someone who seems like an encouraging, genuinely nice person (you, lol). 👍

  • @lindenhill5234
    @lindenhill5234 5 років тому

    Always a great selection to provide an analysis on! Although your insight is awesome, concise, and well rounded...the best reaction...the best comments are the smile on your face

  • @debravirden7130
    @debravirden7130 4 роки тому +1

    "Adam 12" another reference to the POlice squad car! Fil, you are spot on..I loved with them with Neil Young.

  • @icatz
    @icatz 5 років тому +2

    Great performance from an incredible group. I grew up during the hippie era and still love long hair on men, so you keep on, dude.

  • @michaelhendricks1206
    @michaelhendricks1206 5 років тому +2

    ROFLMAO.. Mr Fil. I was watching this same video about 2-3 hours before you posted. Talking about ESP. Always loved this song&band. Great job dude.

    • @michaelhendricks1206
      @michaelhendricks1206 5 років тому

      PS. Fil, give Super Session albumn a listen sometimes. Stephen Stills, Mike Bloomfield & Al Kooper. Great albumn.

    • @wingsofpegasus
      @wingsofpegasus  5 років тому

      Haha nice!

  • @kurtisle
    @kurtisle 5 років тому +10

    Oh yeah. I cut my hair when I was 59 years (not old) after growing a "chrome dome" (I was 22 years in '74). You are right Fil this was an anthem for we San Francisco hippie/freaks. In Marin where these guys lived just before they magically grew together in The Canyon, it was a lifestyle of what seemed a majority I can say without fear of overstating. It seemed all of us were somehow attached to the music world in one way or another.
    Hunter S. Thompson said it best:
    "The Wave Speech"
    "Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Five years later? Six? It seems like a lifetime, or at least a Main Era - the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. Maybe it meant something. Maybe not, in the long run . . . but no explanation, no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time and the world. Whatever it meant. . . .
    History is hard to know, because of all the hired bullshit, but even without being sure of “history” it seems entirely reasonable to think that every now and then the energy of a whole generation comes to a head in a long fine flash, for reasons that nobody really understands at the time - and which never explain, in retrospect, what actually happened.
    My central memory of that time seems to hang on one or five or maybe forty nights - or very early mornings - when I left the Fillmore half-crazy and, instead of going home, aimed the big 650 Lightning across the Bay Bridge at a hundred miles an hour wearing L. L. Bean shorts and a Butte sheepherder's jacket . . . booming through the Treasure Island tunnel at the lights of Oakland and Berkeley and Richmond, not quite sure which turn-off to take when I got to the other end (always stalling at the toll-gate, too twisted to find neutral while I fumbled for change) . . . but being absolutely certain that no matter which way I went I would come to a place where people were just as high and wild as I was: No doubt at all about that. . . .
    There was madness in any direction, at any hour. If not across the Bay, then up the Golden Gate or down 101 to Los Altos or La Honda. . . . You could strike sparks anywhere. There was a fantastic universal sense that whatever we were doing was right, that we were winning. . . .
    And that, I think, was the handle-that sense of inevitable victory over the forces of Old and Evil. Not in any mean or military sense; we didn’t need that. Our energy would simply prevail. There was no point in fighting - on our side or theirs. We had all the momentum; we were riding the crest of a high and beautiful wave. . . .
    So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and look West, and with the right kind of eyes you can almost see the high-water mark - that place where the wave finally broke and rolled back."

  • @jdhaynes17
    @jdhaynes17 3 роки тому +6

    this was an anti war song. I was in that war, took me years to get over being there. I came home to a country that didn't want me, I served my country and was alienated,I still struggle with it

    • @camronbay1
      @camronbay1 Рік тому +1

      You are not forgotten veterans are timeless.

  • @JIMMBAY1
    @JIMMBAY1 5 років тому +1

    Awesome & I thank thee for all. I was born in 57 so I can & do relate alot to your choices in Music!.

  • @easyriderm13
    @easyriderm13 3 роки тому +2

    As a young kid, I remember this on the radio. Always loved it. Imagine hearing Free, CCR, The Troggs, Janis, Rare Earth, and Neil Young, just to name a few, all in the same hour, on AM radio!!!!

  • @matthewjamestaylor
    @matthewjamestaylor 5 років тому +4

    Fil, at my age I can only be jealous of your hair. Funny that both Crosby and Stills at this time were kinda losing their hair. Stills has always been one of my favorite guitarists. ROCK!!

  • @elizabethlinsay9193
    @elizabethlinsay9193 2 роки тому +1

    Fil: whatever you do, don't cut your hair! You so remind me of the guys/musicians back in the day. Great stuff! Great analysis as always, too!

  • @gregmardon6973
    @gregmardon6973 3 місяці тому

    I truly enjoy your evolutionary process to the podcast that you have now, but as a non-musician I miss the early days when I discovered you and you would let a song play almost completely through and do your analysis.❤

  • @bryanmiller6110
    @bryanmiller6110 5 років тому +1

    I have never seen this performance of this great song, thanks Fil

  • @susanshearer6106
    @susanshearer6106 4 роки тому +1

    That's funny and I can relate.. in a different way. You said people ask why you don't cut your hair and your response is, why don't you grow your hair long? People often tell me I am too kind and too sensitive. My response is always, maybe you aren't sensitive enough. BAM! Music speaks so many languages and unites so many different kinds of people... ROCK!

  • @uacmarine3378
    @uacmarine3378 3 роки тому +1

    that was a great performance, I'm really only recently appreciating Mr. Crosby's talents, what a shame Neil and David had a falling out, thanks for this one Fil, cheers. Rock.

  • @karenmandeville7116
    @karenmandeville7116 5 років тому +17

    i like your hair. long hair on guys was a great look. still is. let your freak flag fly, man. i like your reactions.

    • @knawl
      @knawl 5 років тому

      What's this "was" stuff LOL

  • @JDBodine
    @JDBodine 5 років тому +2

    Hello Fil,
    Another great video and commentary as always.
    I had friends who were really into Steven Stills and his guitar playing, but on my limited budget I chose the heavier guitar music like Deep Purple, mostly because you only heard the top 40 songs in the country on the radio. AM radio at that. I heard the songs from these guys with the great harmonies, but I never heard this. I keep hearing all this stuff I missed growing up and realizing just how much talent came out in the 60s and into the 70s, up until the (ugh) disco era. No wonder people were doing so many drugs. I mean except me of course. No really. lol
    I always think about Bob Dylan’s Lyrics “I’m gonna grow my hair down to my feet so strange, so I look like a walking mountain range.” I was a child in the 60s, and everybody I wanted to be like (rock stars with guitars, and groupies), had long hair. I wanted long hair, but I was only ten in 1970, and it was either go out on my own or cut my hair. I’m not 10 anymore and I ain’t cuttin’ my hair!!!
    Sorry, I got carried away.
    Thanks Fil.

  • @melanezoe
    @melanezoe 4 роки тому +1

    I can’t even imagine your hair cut. It wouldn’t be YOU. Good analysis of the emotion of the performance.

  • @claudefilion7055
    @claudefilion7055 2 роки тому +1

    I remember what I was doing when I first heard this song. I was seventeen years old then, and my hair was long. It is my favourite song of all time.

  • @katherinea.rodgers8366
    @katherinea.rodgers8366 5 років тому +1

    I lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for 40+ years. Never gave a thought to long hair, short hair or no hair. To me, it wasn't a revolution thing but a personal choice. This is an amazing video. Didn't have an opportunity to see them live, but love their music.

  • @danr5105
    @danr5105 4 роки тому +2

    Fil. I wanted to post about an interesting technique I saw yesterday (video). Rolling Stone magazine is sponsoring some "in home concerts' during this corona period. One posted was from Graham Nash (apparently he lives in NY) Graham did "Our House' on piano but then switched to his acoustic for a performance of "Four and Twenty". Graham was barring the top two strings with his thumb, I had never seen this done before (but it does make sense). I enjoyed the heck out of the performance (but then I like all from CSN). Give it a look over if you have time. Thanks Fil.

  • @shagrabs
    @shagrabs 5 років тому +1

    Great performance. Nice jam there, that song really wanted me to get a Convertible with the top down and crank it all the way on the dial, just cruise!!!!

  • @dougarnold7955
    @dougarnold7955 5 років тому +7

    Yes very much a social statement, still on the hair...I wear it long too
    ...I took off my hat and said imagine that; me, workin' for you...

    • @knawl
      @knawl 5 років тому +1

      Yeah but they didn't mention what the employer said after that, probably you're fired!!! Oh well probably for the best.

  • @stevetrivago
    @stevetrivago 5 років тому +1

    Amen Fil... be you bro.. obviously you’re completely comfortable in your own skin! Keep rockin ✊🏼 Thanks man... Great song choice.. who ever asked

  • @darrellhicks360
    @darrellhicks360 2 роки тому +2

    Hey Neil,
    I see letter “S” for wife
    Susan (the unknown legend ;)
    You’re my fave NEILLY!