@@arjaylee I was 9 years old when that album was released and my brother was 19. Since I listened to every album and radio station that he listened to, this became one of my favorites.
The song with "before the dawn" is called "Long Time Gone". Because Stills played so many instruments on the records, they needed Young so they could play the songs live.
I haven't seen anyone react to Long Time Gone. It was played quite a bit back then, but seems like no one knows it nowadays. David Crosby's song. Fantastic !!@@L33Reacts
that opening line alone has been stuck in my head my whole life. I'll be walking down the sidewalk about to pass someone and my brain says, "if you smile at me I will understand... etc" such a beautiful thought
On this song, Stephen Stills performed lead vocals, harmony vocals, electric lead guitar, hammond organ, bass guitar, & percussion. This is one of the reasons they added Neil Young, because Stephen couldn’t do it all in live shows. What talent! Great review. ✌️❤️🎶
I'm a 71 year old man who has lived through all these musical masterpieces. It was a great time to be young and enjoy all the wonderful sounds and the movement of the people for peace and love.
I made my mother wait in the car while I played this song ... About three weeks later I was in Tay Ninh... To me this song is about keeping your humanity alive in a world that can crush you...
Crosby & Stills co-wrote “Wooden Ships” with Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane. The Airplane released their version on their LP “Volunteers” later in 1969.
@@carlos_herreraincorrect...Marty Balin - Lead Vocals Grace Slick - Lead Vocals Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Jack Casady - Bass Guitar Spencer Dryden - Drums with Nicky Hopkins - Piano
@@jpirard the liner notes for the'2400 Fulton St.' Compilation credit both Stills and Jerry Garcia on 'wooden ships.' I know enough about Garcia's session history to affirm that he is not on the track, but having little interest in the same info for Stills, I was going off the liner notes for the one recording of the JA 'wooden ships' in my collection. I know from e.g. Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow liner notes, which credit Jerry Garcia as 'musical and spiritual advisor,' and ignore his guitar playing on multiple tracks, that the credits on 60s and 70s records do not always paint the full picture when it comes to personnel. I would have hoped the late 90s comp. was more correct, though it appears for the tracks from the Volunteers album they simply reproduced the personnel list for the album as a whole. That said, I would still love to find out who played what exactly on the JA Wooden Ships
Amongst his many talents, Stephen Stills was a great *bass player.* On this album, their first, Stephen played most of the instruments, lead guitar, bass, & organ. Just a stunning display of individual talent...
Yes, I was going to point that out -- that's probably the song that was requested. It was used to accompany the opening scene of the Woodstock movie showing them clearing the field and building the stage.
I was in 2nd grade. Now, I’m 64. Since I was the oldest child, it would be years before I’d hear this song. Please, check out some of the songs on this album. Every one is good.
Great to see those Album Covers! Back in the day,, the Cover was our "Music Video". While listening to the music over and over, we would usually sit and stare at the Cover. Study every little detail, front and back, check out the liner, read any text over and over. In an age without easy access to images or text about these bands, these Albums were often how we knew what the band even looked like! Most Bands really cared about their Album Covers, it was so important. A great Album Cover was like finding a pool of cool water in the music desert.
I was 15 when this was released. My whole life at that point had been encompassed by am transistor radio. Upon entering high school, via word of mouth, basically, I was introduced to incredible music. My first l.p. was a gift. Buffalo Springfield Again. My first purchase was Are You Experienced by Hendrix. This album also played an integral part of my instruction to the power and beauty of music.Happy Frank Friday
The best song of many great songs, it is one of those songs, you never tire of 'say can I have some of your purple berries' 'Yes I have been eating them for six or seven weeks now' 'probably keeping us both alive' Suite Judy blue Eyes 'Its getting to the point, where I'm no fun anymore' Joni Mitchell used Crosby to promote her career, he produced her first album, despite knowing nothing about production, but her first album sold well, Crosby said she was more talented than Dylan and then she diched him for Nash
After a nuclear holocaust, survival. The "silver people on the shoreline" lyric evokes an image of people in radiation suits. The verse that always hit me hard was, " Horror grips us as we watch you die. All we can do is echo your anguished cries. Stare, as all human feelings die. We are leaving. You don't need us."
This is about surviving the aftermath of a nuclear war, the purple berries are iodine pills used to counter radiation poisoning. A wooden sailing ship provided a means of escape. For Everyman is a tune by Jackson Browne that touches on the same theme from a different perspective. Highly recommend.
It's about the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust--- This was cowritten with members of Jefferson Airplane, who also did a haunting and powerful version, that I recommend checking out.
Yeah, it's really funky and groovy and moving, especially in those jam sections, and there is definitely a feeling of restraint though. And even in the really busy lead guitar work, it's not sharp attacks or anything, just like the bass guitar it's very smooth, even when he's playing what would normally be considered staccato notes. And I absolutely love the rhythm section on this during those jam sections. The bass guitar and the drums and the organ provide this perfect bed of gentle movement that is really busy though, and it sets the stage for that really cool rhythm guitar pattern and then for the lead guitar work on top. I remember dancing to this a few times when I was young and there were slightly older kids from the 60s there, and it was cool to see why they boogied to it the way they did, and then once you see that, it's hard not to incorporate it into your own movement. It just feels good.
David Crosby co-wrote this sci-fi apocalyptic song at his house w/Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane. It was a race to see who could record it first. Both versions were big hits in 1969.
@bobmessier5215 In David Crosby's liner notes for the 1991 box set Crosby, Stills & Nash, he says this cryptic, apocalyptic, anti-war song was "written in the main cabin of my boat, the Mayan. I had the music already [and Jefferson Airplane's] Paul Kanter wrote two verses, Stephen [Stills] wrote one and I added the bits at both ends
After the first chorus, I love how the tempo picks up and the organ hits that one note while the bass riffs run and the guitar solo just moves down the road like joy…..
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Originally, when the three of them wrote this song, they decided to lie and say that Paul Kantner, of the Jefferson Airplane, wasn't involved in the writing. They thought that since Kantner was with a different record company, the lawyers would hold up the song's release. 20 years later, they added Paul Kantner's name to the credits. Check out the Jefferson Airplane's "cover".
There is a great story about that cover. The guys did a photo shoot for their first record. They liked this pic but realised that the band members were sitting in the wrong order. Nash, Stills, and Crosby. They went back to reshoot and the house had been torn down. They stuck with the original, even though it doesn't match the title right above them.
Steven Stills is the featured vocalist on most of these songs, and then of course, the others are always in a song as Background singers. Everyone had a chance to be the lead vocalist at one time or another. Like in sports, it was a team effort. Such a great sound.
This has always been one of my favorites out of their tremendous body of work. I wish it had gone on longer - it immediately relaxes me whenever I hear the first chords. Their talent has not been equaled in 55 years.
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane was on of the songwriters. And I read Jefferson Airplane also did a version, although I’ve never heard that version.
The song Woodstock was first jammed out by Stills on organ and vocals, Jimi Hendrix on bass! with his drummer Mitch Mitchell. It’s on a Jimi album they put out in the last few years. Nice to know how close the community was then ❤
Stephen Stills played most of the instruments on Crosby, Stills & Nash's (CSN) debut album, with the exception of drums: Bass: Played all the bass parts Organ: Played the organ Lead guitar: Played the lead guitar Acoustic guitar: Played acoustic guitar on his own songs
I was 17 when this album was released and at the time did not have enough money to buy all the great album releases, but I did buy this one (and still have it). Their first very popular single from this album "Marrakesh Express" was the song I told my son to play on his iphone when he was travelling by train from Casablanca to Marrakesh a few years ago. He said it really made the trip special. Still love every song from this album.
Suite Judy Blue Eyes next week - YES!! Another suggestion for CSN&Y actually, Ohio. Here's a short descript, it was written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, when the National Guard opened fire on college students.
Side 1/track 4: You Don’t Have to Cry - another Stills masterclass. The dueling lead guitars (both him) tracking left and right and meeting in the middle ❤ play it loud!
Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner cowrote this song (along with Stills and Crosby), and his band also recorded a version of this song. Stephen Stills is singing the main lead and David Crosby sings the secondary one.
This is a song about two soldiers from opposite sides, meeting after an apocalypse of some sort. Nuclear perhaps? They seem to be the only two people left, at least in their area. One of them is not sure at first if the other one speaks the same language- If you smile at me I will understand 'Cause that is something Everybody everywhere does in the same language Then one of them asks, "Who Won?" Presumably they are the only known survivors. Good question, when perhaps everyone else is dead and the planet is in ruins. I can see by your coat, my friend You're from the other side There's just one thing I've got to know Can you tell me please, who won They are both hungry if not starving, trying to live off what's left of the land. And they share the purple berries to try and stay alive. Say, can I have some of your purple berries Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now Haven't got sick once Prob'ly keep us both alive In regard to the sailing away to a distant land in the Wooden Ships, I think they are hoping for a better, peaceful life, far away from whatever hellish mess they have escaped from.
This was my first 8-track tape. Listened to this over and over driving around. Didn’t buy another tape for awhile. Choice between music or gas and I had a radio. KISD 1230am in Sioux Falls SD. Now KISD is 98.7fm in Pipestone MN.
The movie "Enemy Mine" deals with the same content as this song. Enemies stranded together having to help each other to survive.... the song was an island (wooden ships) the movie was some other planet.
You might really want to explore the recordings from the album “Four-Way Street”. Fully live recordings from this era but with the addition of Neil Young. Steven and Neil together complement each other so well! Some amazing jams with the same amazing harmonies!
54 years after first hearing this song, something just occurred to me. Stephen Stills was a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix. Is the opening of this song an homage to the opening of Vodoo Child? Thanks Lee. You did it again. I listened to this with new ears.
The CS&N album really showcased the genius of Stills who played practically all the instruments except for some rhythm guitar.. He played electric lead guitar, bass, keyboards, and his amazing acoustic guitar .. His bass playing is what stands out to me on this album., Hendrix wanted to use him on bass..
Thank you. I won't bother to repeat what I said about the song a couple weeks ago, but.... This is some of the finest guitar work Stills ever did. Although subtle it was definitely a protest song. They always had smooth harmonies. Perhaps that's why David Gilmour chose them for his album On an Island. They're harmonizing on On Island Feet... oh yeah. ✌️ 🤠🏞️🐂
love this track, sailing away to escape the nuclear apocalypse, Jackson Browne wrote the song FOR EVERYMAN as a kind of retort for those of us who get left behind and do not have the wherewithal to sail away. 'For Everyman' "But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand He's just another dreamer, dreaming 'bout Everyman".
Check out the "answer" song to "Wooden Ships" by their friend Jackson Browne - "Rock Me On The Water." Jackson had left L.A. for NYC but then returned to L.A. Needing a place to stay, he bunked down on Crosby's ship "The Mayan" for a few weeks and then wrote Rock Me.
Lee, your patron was thinking of Long Time Gone, also off this amazing album. Before the dawn are the lyrics closing the chorus. Stills was lamenting JFKs assassination. Have a great weekend bro!.
The first CSNY album I got was 4 way street (1971), which was a live album. They were my favorite band because of that album until Close to the Edge came along for me. Suite Judy Blue Eyes is my favorite song off this album.
About the cover. The photo was taken (Nash, Stills, Crosby), before they settled on the name for the group, at an old dilapidated house. They went back to retake the photo in Crosby, Stills, Nash order, left to right, but the house had been torn down. The cover caused some confusion as to who was who for a while.
the back of the album cover shows drummer Dallas Taylor peering through the glass of a door window . At the time of release I was told he did that because of the problem he was having with alcohol addiction. This song is often paired with their song Ohio,
Correction: the first guy singing was Stephen Stills, the second dude David Crosby. ;-)
Stephen Stills is one of the often overlooked guitar virtuosos.
I’ve been saying that for years!
There’s a Timothy Leary record where Stills plays guitar … and Jimi Hendrix plays bass. (Unfortunately not enough of them and too much Leary.)
Check him out on Super Sessions with Al Cooper
@@arjaylee I was 9 years old when that album was released and my brother was 19. Since I listened to every album and radio station that he listened to, this became one of my favorites.
Crosby on the right, Stills on left.
"If you smile at me, I will understand. ‘Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language."
The song with "before the dawn" is called "Long Time Gone". Because Stills played so many instruments on the records, they needed Young so they could play the songs live.
Ok I was wondering... thank you for that! I will have to add that one to suite Judy blue eyes next week
‘Cause it appears to be a long time,
Before the dawn.
I haven't seen anyone react to Long Time Gone. It was played quite a bit back then, but seems like no one knows it nowadays. David Crosby's song. Fantastic !!@@L33Reacts
It's SO good. But then the entire album is.
Bizmatic reactions did a reaction to Long Time Gone, look it up.
He's a very entertaining reactor.
Stills played everything except drums on this one. He earned the nickname “Captain Many Hands”
Crosby plays rhythm guitar. He wrote most of the music
@@carlos_herrera Additional rhythm guitar by Graham Nash and high harmony.
I thought Judy Collins gave him that moniker
Wooden Ships was the most popular song in the early 70's. Now, 50 years later it still sounds great.
that opening line alone has been stuck in my head my whole life. I'll be walking down the sidewalk about to pass someone and my brain says, "if you smile at me I will understand... etc" such a beautiful thought
The feeling of defiant optimism in this one, of being part of a generation on the move, is so much "of the sixties".
On this song, Stephen Stills performed lead vocals, harmony vocals, electric lead guitar, hammond organ, bass guitar, & percussion. This is one of the reasons they added Neil Young, because Stephen couldn’t do it all in live shows. What talent! Great review. ✌️❤️🎶
I'm a 71 year old man who has lived through all these musical masterpieces. It was a great time to be young and enjoy all the wonderful sounds and the movement of the people for peace and love.
I made my mother wait in the car while I played this song ... About three weeks later I was in Tay Ninh... To me this song is about keeping your humanity alive in a world that can crush you...
Crosby & Stills co-wrote “Wooden Ships” with Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane. The Airplane released their version on their LP “Volunteers” later in 1969.
I think the JA version is the better one. I’m probably in the minority.😊❤🎉
@@docnflossie7351no, i agree. Stills plays on that one too
@@carlos_herreraincorrect...Marty Balin - Lead Vocals Grace Slick - Lead Vocals Jorma Kaukonen - Lead Guitar Paul Kantner - Rhythm Guitar, Lead Vocals Jack Casady - Bass Guitar Spencer Dryden - Drums with Nicky Hopkins - Piano
@@jpirard the liner notes for the'2400 Fulton St.' Compilation credit both Stills and Jerry Garcia on 'wooden ships.'
I know enough about Garcia's session history to affirm that he is not on the track, but having little interest in the same info for Stills, I was going off the liner notes for the one recording of the JA 'wooden ships' in my collection.
I know from e.g. Jefferson Airplane's Surrealistic Pillow liner notes, which credit Jerry Garcia as 'musical and spiritual advisor,' and ignore his guitar playing on multiple tracks, that the credits on 60s and 70s records do not always paint the full picture when it comes to personnel.
I would have hoped the late 90s comp. was more correct, though it appears for the tracks from the Volunteers album they simply reproduced the personnel list for the album as a whole.
That said, I would still love to find out who played what exactly on the JA Wooden Ships
@@docnflossie7351 I like both versions but I agree with you...just by a little bit.
Amongst his many talents, Stephen Stills was a great *bass player.* On this album, their first, Stephen played most of the instruments, lead guitar, bass, & organ. Just a stunning display of individual talent...
He plays bass on this Hendrix track ua-cam.com/video/G-THhwh5mNI/v-deo.html
Saw them at Winterland and someone in the auditorium shouted "louder ' and Crosby replied" listen ".
WHEN OLD FOLKS SAY OUR MUSIC WAS THE BEST....NOW YOU KNOW WHY!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎
The song “Long Time Gone” contains the lyrics ‘before the dawn.’ That’s another great song by David Crosby that you may want to listen to.
Yes, I was going to point that out -- that's probably the song that was requested. It was used to accompany the opening scene of the Woodstock movie showing them clearing the field and building the stage.
I was in 2nd grade. Now, I’m 64. Since I was the oldest child, it would be years before I’d hear this song. Please, check out some of the songs on this album. Every one is good.
Great to see those Album Covers! Back in the day,, the Cover was our "Music Video". While listening to the music over and over, we would usually sit and stare at the Cover. Study every little detail, front and back, check out the liner, read any text over and over. In an age without easy access to images or text about these bands, these Albums were often how we knew what the band even looked like! Most Bands really cared about their Album Covers, it was so important. A great Album Cover was like finding a pool of cool water in the music desert.
It really is important. It should be your synthesis. The music is the thesis. The empty space between notes is the antithesis.
Exactly! I remember being excited when lyrics were included on the album cover or sleeve cuz we didn't have internet to look up lyrics.
First voice: Stills, second voice: Crosby.
I was 15 when this was released. My whole life at that point had been encompassed by am transistor radio. Upon entering high school, via word of mouth, basically, I was introduced to incredible music. My first l.p. was a gift. Buffalo Springfield Again. My first purchase was Are You Experienced by Hendrix. This album also played an integral part of my instruction to the power and beauty of music.Happy Frank Friday
"there's just one thing I got to know, can you tell me please...who won?"
I graduated from high school in 1969, the music back then was GREAT‼️ I survived the 60’s and 70’s, we were free back then.
Their harmonies were outstanding. Voices went perfectly together.
The first vocalist you hear is Stephen Stills and the second is David Crosby. Stephen Stills on guitar 🎸 🔥
Such a beautiful track. The use of it in the opening of the Woodstock movie was a great choice.
Great Album - I've had it on vinyl - 8 track - cassette & now on CD. I've loved it for over 50 years.
I believe it's dealing with war as the theme for the song. Talking with someone from the opposing side.
I own this album. The whole album is excellent and would be worth listening to!
Stephen Stills was the musical glue that held all of this together. No question about that.
The best song of many great songs, it is one of those songs, you never tire of
'say can I have some of your purple berries'
'Yes I have been eating them for six or seven weeks now'
'probably keeping us both alive'
Suite Judy blue Eyes
'Its getting to the point, where I'm no fun anymore'
Joni Mitchell used Crosby to promote her career, he produced her first album, despite knowing nothing about production, but her first album sold well, Crosby said she was more talented than Dylan and then she diched him for Nash
After a nuclear holocaust, survival. The "silver people on the shoreline" lyric evokes an image of people in radiation suits.
The verse that always hit me hard was, " Horror grips us as we watch you die. All we can do is echo your anguished cries. Stare, as all human feelings die. We are leaving. You don't need us."
This is about surviving the aftermath of a nuclear war, the purple berries are iodine pills used to counter radiation poisoning. A wooden sailing ship provided a means of escape.
For Everyman is a tune by Jackson Browne that touches on the same theme from a different perspective. Highly recommend.
It's about the aftermath of a nuclear holocaust---
This was cowritten with members of Jefferson Airplane, who also did a haunting and powerful version, that I recommend checking out.
Awesome thank you!
Check out the Jefferson Airplane version, too.
If you like the “let’s get out of here” vibe, check out Paul Kantner- Blows Against the Empire. Kantner was a co-author of Wooden Ships.
Yeah, it's really funky and groovy and moving, especially in those jam sections, and there is definitely a feeling of restraint though. And even in the really busy lead guitar work, it's not sharp attacks or anything, just like the bass guitar it's very smooth, even when he's playing what would normally be considered staccato notes.
And I absolutely love the rhythm section on this during those jam sections. The bass guitar and the drums and the organ provide this perfect bed of gentle movement that is really busy though, and it sets the stage for that really cool rhythm guitar pattern and then for the lead guitar work on top.
I remember dancing to this a few times when I was young and there were slightly older kids from the 60s there, and it was cool to see why they boogied to it the way they did, and then once you see that, it's hard not to incorporate it into your own movement. It just feels good.
THEIR FIRST GIG WAS WOODSTOCK!!!!! Stills and Crosby both sing.
I love that track! I love the sound of the guitar! Once Neil Young wrote in his book, that Steven Stills is the best guitar-player he knows… I agree!
The song was written by Stills, Crosby and Paul Kantner of the Jefferson Airplane. It is about the aftermath of nuclear war.
And the idea that we just want to get away from society's madness.
David Crosby co-wrote this sci-fi apocalyptic song at his house w/Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane. It was a race to see who could record it first. Both versions were big hits in 1969.
@bobmessier5215
In David Crosby's liner notes for the 1991 box set Crosby, Stills & Nash, he says this cryptic, apocalyptic, anti-war song was "written in the main cabin of my boat, the Mayan. I had the music already [and Jefferson Airplane's] Paul Kanter wrote two verses, Stephen [Stills] wrote one and I added the bits at both ends
After the first chorus, I love how the tempo picks up and the organ hits that one note while the bass riffs run and the guitar solo just moves down the road like joy…..
Evan after all these years I keep jumping between this and the Airplane cover
It isnt an Airplane cover. Paul Kantner co-wrote it.
Ok I know Kanter and stills were involved probably chose the wrong word
@@charleskurtz9744 I know Kantner and Stills co wrote just a figure of speech
Great song, Great album, Great Debut. CSN! Guinnevere by David. A great Mellowed tune
1969…….and I was born in 1970. I’ve always felt its spiritual echo.
What a time in music.
Silver people refers to some kind of anti radiation suit to protect from nuclear fallout.
I have no doubt you are going to love "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and its numerous transitions.
CSNY saw once at Atlantic City racetrack I was 15. Csn I’ve see three times over the decades. Loved them miss them I’m 66 now.
Bass is Stephen Stills - crosby and nash call him Captain Manyhands....he can play everything
no, the first vocalist is stephen, the second vocalist is david
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One of the greatest opening lines of all time
Stephen Stills guitar was and still is incredible. You got the vocals backwards. Stephen first then Croz😊
Thank you Paul!
So glad to see a new generation of people discovering this music!
Dallas Taylor is pictured on the back of that album
Originally, when the three of them wrote this song, they decided to lie and say that Paul Kantner, of the Jefferson Airplane, wasn't involved in the writing. They thought that since Kantner was with a different record company, the lawyers would hold up the song's release. 20 years later, they added Paul Kantner's name to the credits. Check out the Jefferson Airplane's "cover".
Stills and Crosby singing - u r in reverse (or Steven in the right ear) (Crosby in the left)
There is a great story about that cover. The guys did a photo shoot for their first record. They liked this pic but realised that the band members were sitting in the wrong order. Nash, Stills, and Crosby. They went back to reshoot and the house had been torn down. They stuck with the original, even though it doesn't match the title right above them.
This gives me mexican brickweed flashbacks...Great song. Guitar solos are beautifully jazzy. Good choice.
Steven Stills is the featured vocalist on most of these songs, and then of course, the others are always in a song as Background singers. Everyone had a chance to be the lead vocalist at one time or another. Like in sports, it was a team effort. Such a great sound.
This has always been one of my favorites out of their tremendous body of work. I wish it had gone on longer - it immediately relaxes me whenever I hear the first chords. Their talent has not been equaled in 55 years.
Paul Kantner of Jefferson Airplane was on of the songwriters. And I read Jefferson Airplane also did a version, although I’ve never heard that version.
The song Woodstock was first jammed out by Stills on organ and vocals, Jimi Hendrix on bass! with his drummer Mitch Mitchell. It’s on a Jimi album they put out in the last few years. Nice to know how close the community was then ❤
Stephen Stills played most of the instruments on Crosby, Stills & Nash's (CSN) debut album, with the exception of drums:
Bass: Played all the bass parts
Organ: Played the organ
Lead guitar: Played the lead guitar
Acoustic guitar: Played acoustic guitar on his own songs
Blows Against the Empire. Whole album. Please? 😊
I was 17 when this album was released and at the time did not have enough money to buy all the great album releases, but I did buy this one (and still have it). Their first very popular single from this album "Marrakesh Express" was the song I told my son to play on his iphone when he was travelling by train from Casablanca to Marrakesh a few years ago. He said it really made the trip special. Still love every song from this album.
Suite Judy Blue Eyes next week - YES!!
Another suggestion for CSN&Y actually, Ohio. Here's a short descript, it was written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, when the National Guard opened fire on college students.
I second this nomination!
I might be wrong but I think it's about surviving a nuclear holocaust.
I believe you are correct my friend
That's as good as any
Correct. Go to the head of the class.
No you’re not
Oh Shit!
I thought it was about one of the parties that I used to attend back in the day!!..
It's Stephen Stills and David Crosby singing and Stephen playing the Electric guitar
Side 1/track 4: You Don’t Have to Cry - another Stills masterclass. The dueling lead guitars (both him) tracking left and right and meeting in the middle ❤ play it loud!
Jefferson Airplane’s Paul Kantner cowrote this song (along with Stills and Crosby), and his band also recorded a version of this song.
Stephen Stills is singing the main lead and David Crosby sings the secondary one.
This is a song about two soldiers from opposite sides, meeting after an apocalypse of some sort. Nuclear perhaps? They seem to be the only two people left, at least in their area. One of them is not sure at first if the other one speaks the same language-
If you smile at me
I will understand
'Cause that is something
Everybody everywhere does in the same language
Then one of them asks, "Who Won?" Presumably they are the only known survivors. Good question, when perhaps everyone else is dead and the planet is in ruins.
I can see by your coat, my friend
You're from the other side
There's just one thing I've got to know
Can you tell me please, who won
They are both hungry if not starving, trying to live off what's left of the land. And they share the purple berries to try and stay alive.
Say, can I have some of your purple berries
Yes, I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now
Haven't got sick once
Prob'ly keep us both alive
In regard to the sailing away to a distant land in the Wooden Ships, I think they are hoping for a better, peaceful life, far away from whatever hellish mess they have escaped from.
'Solemn restraint' is a perfect description. Quietly powerful.
"Before the Dawn" is a line in the song "Long Time Gone," which indeed is a great song. I bet that's what he meant.
This was my first 8-track tape. Listened to this over and over driving around. Didn’t buy another tape for awhile. Choice between music or gas and I had a radio. KISD 1230am in Sioux Falls SD. Now KISD is 98.7fm in Pipestone MN.
The movie "Enemy Mine" deals with the same content as this song. Enemies stranded together having to help each other to survive.... the song was an island (wooden ships) the movie was some other planet.
You might really want to explore the recordings from the album “Four-Way Street”. Fully live recordings from this era but with the addition of Neil Young. Steven and Neil together complement each other so well! Some amazing jams with the same amazing harmonies!
You definitely should listen to the live version featuring Steely Dan/ David Crosby on vocals/ fantastic! Oh and they added a horn section!😊
Recorded by both them and Jefferson Airplane. They shared co writing credits 😊
The Darkest hour is a line from the song "Long Time Gone".
I was born this year. Such a great year in music 1969 was. I kinda love that was born that year, even though I could take no credit for that. ☺️
If no one mentioned it on your comments. It’s the Opening track of the Woodstock film!! Fabulous song!! And musical intro!! mesmerizing ❤!!
54 years after first hearing this song, something just occurred to me.
Stephen Stills was a huge fan of Jimi Hendrix.
Is the opening of this song an homage
to the opening of Vodoo Child?
Thanks Lee. You did it again. I listened to this with new ears.
The CS&N album really showcased the genius of Stills who played practically all the instruments except for some rhythm guitar.. He played electric lead guitar, bass, keyboards, and his amazing acoustic guitar .. His bass playing is what stands out to me on this album., Hendrix wanted to use him on bass..
Thank you.
I won't bother to repeat what I said about the song a couple weeks ago, but....
This is some of the finest guitar work Stills ever did.
Although subtle it was definitely a protest song.
They always had smooth harmonies. Perhaps that's why David Gilmour chose them for his album On an Island. They're harmonizing on On Island Feet... oh yeah.
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love this track, sailing away to escape the nuclear apocalypse, Jackson Browne wrote the song FOR EVERYMAN as a kind of retort for those of us who get left behind and do not have the wherewithal to sail away. 'For Everyman' "But don't think too badly of one who's left holding sand He's just another dreamer, dreaming 'bout Everyman".
It would blow your mind to see where the cover pic was taken.
I believe the song that he wanted to request was Woodstock. Another great choice and reaction..👏👏
Thank you Todd! Apparently it's another song on this record. Before the dawn Is a lyric apparently
Check out the "answer" song to "Wooden Ships" by their friend Jackson Browne - "Rock Me On The Water."
Jackson had left L.A. for NYC but then returned to L.A.
Needing a place to stay, he bunked down on Crosby's ship "The Mayan" for a few weeks and then wrote Rock Me.
Lee, your patron was thinking of Long Time Gone, also off this amazing album. Before the dawn are the lyrics closing the chorus. Stills was lamenting JFKs assassination. Have a great weekend bro!.
Got the album when it came out, and still listening to it often.
The first CSNY album I got was 4 way street (1971), which was a live album. They were my favorite band because of that album until Close to the Edge came along for me. Suite Judy Blue Eyes is my favorite song off this album.
I had this LP when I was a kid, played the hellouta of it!
Great album you are going to love it.
I can already tell! Just from this song lol
❤❤best of the best era of music
1st one Stephen, 2nd one, David Crosby, their Best Album!!!!
I still have that one and Deju Vu in original vinyl albums, album covers and all. Love them!
About the cover. The photo was taken (Nash, Stills, Crosby), before they settled on the name for the group, at an old dilapidated house. They went back to retake the photo in Crosby, Stills, Nash order, left to right, but the house had been torn down. The cover caused some confusion as to who was who for a while.
I believe Greg Reeves was the bass player, Crosby, Still, Nash and Young guitar and vocals. Graham Nash played keyboard too.
That was all Steven with a bit of Crosby & Nash. Loved Stills gutair and the way he played it. Hey, he put up with Neil!
60s 70s were the best years for music period.
Well, I got that album when it was released. One of my first LP!
Best harmony HELPLESSLY HOPING.
the back of the album cover shows drummer Dallas Taylor peering through the glass of a door window . At the time of release I was told he did that because of the problem he was having with alcohol addiction. This song is often paired with their song Ohio,