Stills the guitar man. Jammed with jimi and slowhand. Nash the English man, singing the high notes in the stratosphere. And Crosby, standing like a stone, the rock in the center with his harmonies. Was lucky to see them 6 times through the years, always a joy to hear....
It's like watching and listening to a 9 minute divine miracle of absolute perfection. Stuff like this does not happen anymore. We lived in a golden age.
I can’t stop with this! The best of all their live performances of the magic SUite Judy Blue Eyes. The looks they give each other, Nash hopping all around, Crosby still as stone, til he starts the hand clap at the dizzying end. And well my goodness, Mr. Stills...the vocals lead, free but contained, and the smoke coming from the frets in the bridge. And I don’t care who was a tool to whom. We’re all pretty broken, and walking wounded, and a kind and loving Universe brought these voices together, and wrapped it up like a gift, and gave it to all of us. We are all so deeply flawed; David Crosby offers perhaps the most perfect middle-voice harmony in the history of recorded bands. I thank them all. This just hits the spot, for these perilous times. I’m 63. WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC.
Peggy Deffley Wow! " . . . A kind and loving Universe brought these voices together, and wrapped it up like a gift, and gave it to all of us." That's about the most eloquent comment and description of anything I've ever seen anywhere. I wish they could see this. It's the sort of response real musicians live to hear, and hope to inspire with every performance.
I'm 74 and can't really sing any more but I still have their original albums.....brings back so many bittersweet memories of my youth. We'll never see this golden age of great music, hope and great dreams ever again
Please remember, this trio did it all with no synthesizers, voice auto-tune, electronic enhancements. This is just music in its purest form. If you can, purchase their self-titled first album, Crosby, Stills & Nash and travel back in time. Or, better yet, if you have just discovered them, buy it and prepare to be changed forever.
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As one person said, we absolutely lived in a golden age of music! The harmony of CSN (&Y) sooves the soul. I'm 68 now and so thankful to be born at the right time. For the GREATEST MUSIC EVER! Thank God for these guys, and yes, David may you rest in peace. You're in one hell of a rock n roll band now in heaven.
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Yup, I got their ad too! But at least we can still come here to see them on YT, any time we want,,,,just goes to show ya, nothing is free, not even to watch the videos on YT that's the price of admission to watch them. I guess it's better than having to pay, to watch the videos, as annoyiny as the ads are when they interrupt the video, right in the middle of it. I wish they could just show the ads at the beginning & the end of them. I always just fast forward the ads....
To the people watching in 2124 - a hundred years ago I was watching this video before bed on a Sunday night. This video made me smile - and I hope it does the same for you.
Well, I guess...Somehow I am Lucky...Cause I was Blessed to see CSN at Woodstock. I was 16 and just about 4 months shy of joining the Army and going to Vietnam. They saved my life several of times...as I would listen to their music in my head all through my first tour. Suite Judy Blue Eyes was the one I loved the most. If I could stand before Steve Stills today, I would give Him the medels I won in VN. He saved me...Not good luck.
Bless you, sir, and thank you for sharing that amazing story. 58,000+ of your brothers never made it home. I saw them in 1990 in a small park in Manchester, NH when I was only a few years older than you were then.
I never forget about you Viet Nam guys, always wonder how you have done since then. Glad to see you here, glad to know Stills saw you through. He is seeing me through a rough time now.
If all Stephen had ever written and sung was this one song, he would have still deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. Epic in every way - songwriting, composition, voicing, harmony, performance. A song for the ages.
Yeah but he didn't though did he? For those who came in late, check out Carry On, 4+20, Love the One You're With and Southern Cross for songs. Steve is a legend - always will be.
RIP David Crosby, a legend amongst legends. I'm 36 so these guys were a few generations before me. But this was the music I was brought up with. I will forever be grateful to my Dad for this
Look up Foxes and Fossils. Graham Nash wrote them a note complimenting them on their performance. It was the first song they had ever performed and the ladies were just 16 and 15 at the time.
I went to a concert after David got His health back.I was keeping my fingers crossed.I was concerned worry over nothing.They nailed the harmonies still magical experience
I'm 68 and I've been loving and listening to CSN since 1969 when this record came out. I also I was lucky to see them performs 5 five times. They are the sound track to my life. No joke.
I'm 72 years old. This one will never fade. It rises into the stratosphere as other songs fade into the mists of time. I feel so lucky and grateful continuing to pass through this amazing era, from Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, and Elvis onward.
One of the best live performances by a rock band I've ever heard. Absolute perfection and a truly remarkable song. What a great acoustic guitar solo as well!
Judy Blue Eyes is our generation's Strauss tone poem. Steven Stills does things on the guitar that haven't been invented yet and have yet to be discovered. We are all lucky to be alive to bear witness to such a performance.
Clifford Young, I just learned what a Strauss tone poem is(thanks to you). Very interesting. Thanks. You are so right about Stills performance in this gem of a song. Peerless.
They started in 1968 as Crosby, Stills & Nash, formed from former members of three prominent 1960s groups: The Byrds (David Crosby), Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills) and The Hollies (Graham Nash). 3:33 Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. The title is a play on words. "Suite" is a reference to a part of a classical composition, but it can also be interpreted as "sweet." The full-length version of the song can be considered a suite, with lots of musical changes. Source: Songfacts
We lost Jeff Beck and David Crosby the past month, there are no replacements! Watching this I realize how precious it is. An original song arranged by them and performed live with a virtuoso acoustic guitar accompaniment by Stills. I'll not wait until they're dead to thank and praise them for the beauty and inspiration.
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - if this is not the best song ever written, then it has to be in the top 10! I have loved it since it was released, and never tire of it!
This song is one of the, if not THE, greatest works of art of that era. Damned! The way it is written, the passages, the differing tunes, all put together to create a masterpiece which will endure all time.
Steven Still's is a virtual metronome! Watch him play and everything is precision and kept in time and tempo. I love watching this performance. CS&N would not be right without any one of them but Stills is the absolutely indispensable man.
Not only did he play and sing that song so perfectly in time, even when he was not playing-touching his glasses,getting a drink etc,-still got that beat going on in his head. True Maestro!
@@neilpepper7801 Neil: Do not leave off to Nash and Crosby, out of the harmonies in which they are great (especially in the Suite Judy) . These two guys are enthusiastic, and keep the line in extraordinary vocals .Graham and David are terrific.
I was at Woodstock that magical night (early morning) when CSN stepped on the stage, their first gig as they said. They nailed that performance also. At 21 I was at the right place at the right time when all the stars converged. A memory to last a lifetime. And yes, Stills is terribly underrated.
Summer 1970. Imagine a whole darkened Montreal Forum packed with excited little ones, closing in on around eleven at night, right after the first few bars of this one, suddenly, all 20,000 of us dead quiet, such silence, literally you could hear the ol' adage, hear a pin drop beside you ... what unbelievable reverence from that stoned youthful lot: not a whistle, not a shout, not a peep, nothing, like you're the only one in the audience. Niel Young was there too: four guitars, four voices, not to happen again. When they finished, we would not let them go. The Forum turned on their lights. But not for us, no one left, we stood and applauded and applauded, until they had to come back on stage and continue with more. David Crosby, gone forever, but in our hearts, he will live on and on.
I will forever love them. Fly free now, Croz.....This music will live on forever. still, I am so sad. Each time we lose someone like this from this golden era of pure, creative, organic music, it's like losing a piece of one's youth.
Oh Yeah, you know these guys are the very best of the best. And Come on now, Steven Stills must be one of the most original genius guitar players / arrangers of all time! Can I get an amen?
I am 52. My grandma taught me to harmonize to bluegrass music. These men are as important to music theory as The 3 Tenors and Motzart. Helplessly Hoping is a tribute to Musical alliteration
The smirk Graham gives Crosby at 0:54 was so pure. These guys absolutely loved to make music for all of us to enjoy for generations to come. Such talent must never be forgotten ever!! ❤
@@LeadFrog All true - but one of the things that gave the CSN sound its very distinct edge and ability to reach special heights of expressiveness is Graham Nash's edgy clear tenor. They truly were the sum of their parts - each brought a special element to the mix and each brought a uniquely different song-writing style/voice as well.
I am so glad this video exists. The performance is incredible. They were dialed in that night. Stephen Stills guitar playing is so incredible. if there is such a thing as a perfect song, this is it.
Maybe Lindsay Buckingham, another underrated guitarist. AND AND Stevie Winwood. =. Heck Can’t find my way home. Hauntingly beautiful and magnificent. IMO
They defined our generation. This video here is a Treasure. I've seen CSN in concert many times. Thank you for posting this. You made an old hippy chick feeling Groovy.
Absolutely the most beautiful group ever. I saw them at the Concord Pavillion 15 years after this song was first released. A very young girl was sitting next to my wife and I. The girl had tears in her eyes when this song was played. I remember thinking that she was a baby when the song first came out, and wondered why she was so emotional. Then I realized that the passing years had nothing to do with the emotion. Beauty is timeless.
Oh, you were so lucky to see them at that small outdoor forum. In 1996 I had recently moved to the Bay Area, a couple miles from Concord, when I read to my amazement that Bob Dylan and Van Morrison would be teaming up for a joint concert there. Of course I was in the audience. It was a beautiful summer California night. I had dreamed of living in California while growing up in Ontario, walking to school when it was 20 below zero and humming Brian Wilson songs in my head. It took a while but my dream came true. And at this tiny venue, I got to hear two of my favorite artists. Van was a bit grumpy that night, but Dylan rocked the place to its foundations. And I’m sure CSN were just as legendary.
Wow never saw this concert video before. Is it embarrassing to say I had to listen to this CD with headphones on in the time I was in the maternity ward - water broke and was supposed to be trying to calm down wait for contractions to subside for surely I would have a long labor ahead. My one contraction lasted an hour and my daughter was born before my doctor made it to the hospital. I barely made a noise and meditated listening to / zoning out to their music and harmonies always made me so happy within - it’s hard to describe, so I’ll just let their music speak for me. My Nichole (and only child) will turn 20 years old 9 days from now. Time almost doesn’t seem to have passed at all since the day she was born and yet it was world’s away to where we are now.
I wish I could keep pressing "like" till I've liked this ten thousand times.
Just make sure it's an odd number
I'm watcĥing, with joy and rememberence..
REAL MUSIC AFICIONADOS ALREADY UNDERSTAND!!
How he isn't considered one of the greatest guitarists ever is beyond me
But he IS considered one of the greatest.
Isn't he??????
@@davidp7178 Absolutely
He is by me. Especially on the acoustic, I think he is unrivaled.
He is among guitar players.
Stills the guitar man. Jammed with jimi and slowhand. Nash the English man, singing the high notes in the stratosphere. And Crosby, standing like a stone, the rock in the center with his harmonies. Was lucky to see them 6 times through the years, always a joy to hear....
I saw them twice back in the 70's.. ..crazy good in so many ways!
It's like watching and listening to a 9 minute divine miracle of absolute perfection. Stuff like this does not happen anymore. We lived in a golden age.
I would counter that it is not divine, it is man made and terrestrial. And from my perspective, that makes it even more significant and special.
Yes we did.
Amen
We sure did wernt it great P
Indeed! Golden age and Golden Musicians that remains forever👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎶🎶🎶🙏😊
I can’t stop with this! The best of all their live performances of the magic SUite Judy Blue Eyes. The looks they give each other, Nash hopping all around, Crosby still as stone, til he starts the hand clap at the dizzying end. And well my goodness, Mr. Stills...the vocals lead, free but contained, and the smoke coming from the frets in the bridge. And I don’t care who was a tool to whom. We’re all pretty broken, and walking wounded, and a kind and loving Universe brought these voices together, and wrapped it up like a gift, and gave it to all of us. We are all so deeply flawed; David Crosby offers perhaps the most perfect middle-voice harmony in the history of recorded bands. I thank them all. This just hits the spot, for these perilous times. I’m 63. WE HAD THE BEST MUSIC.
Peggy Deffley Wow! " . . . A kind and loving Universe brought these voices together, and wrapped it up like a gift, and gave it to all of us." That's about the most eloquent comment and description of anything I've ever seen anywhere. I wish they could see this. It's the sort of response real musicians live to hear, and hope to inspire with every performance.
I'm 63 to, I seen this tour at the muny out door venue st, Louis , daylight again tour. still have my t-shirt ,tic-stub. Great show , Great nite.☮️🎸
David Crosby's "still as stone" is out of respect to Stephen Stills; he doesn't wish to be a distraction.
Crosby is still as a stone because that's what he is. STONED!
Dead right , I'm 65 and this lot made a deep impression. 👍🇬🇧
I'm 74 and can't really sing any more but I still have their original albums.....brings back so many bittersweet memories of my youth. We'll never see this golden age of great music, hope and great dreams ever again
SEE it here anytime you want, man. Peace. The best never fades away.
True!
sait on jamais
I am 77, I agree...
Oh yes. Those days were so transformative,
If The Hollies, the Byrds, and Buffalo Springfield had a child….
1 guitar……3 voices…….pure magic……..
These harmonies are timeless. Rest in peace, David Crosby.
One of the best harmony singers of our generation
This proves I grew up with the best music! RIP David
Class of 77-78. Love CSN&Y
Oh God yes!
Sooooo good.
Please remember, this trio did it all with no synthesizers, voice auto-tune, electronic enhancements. This is just music in its purest form. If you can, purchase their self-titled first album, Crosby, Stills & Nash and travel back in time. Or, better yet, if you have just discovered them, buy it and prepare to be changed forever.
PURE HARMONIES--MUSIC!!!!!!!
@@barbarabaldwin7120 Guinevere !! 🥰
See Just Roll Tape version , too, to appreciate the harmony
So true. ANYBODY can be a singer nowadays, just fire up the computerized voices.
Three voices, and an acoustic guitar. What a gift to the world!
Note to UA-cam: when an ad interrupts a video like this, I make it my life's mission to NEVER buy whatever product or service it was.
DITTO!
Good for you! Me too!
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As one person said, we absolutely lived in a golden age of music! The harmony of CSN (&Y) sooves the soul. I'm 68 now and so thankful to be born at the right time. For the GREATEST MUSIC EVER! Thank God for these guys, and yes, David may you rest in peace. You're in one hell of a rock n roll band now in heaven.
I’m 71 and I agree
There is NO doubt: WE lived at the best of times. I am so thankful of that!
His good friend Bobby Ingram left the year before.
79..totally agree
Stephen Stills is a hugely under-celebrated guitarist. Total virtuoso.
Absolutely... hats of but people in real music always loved him. He is unique
i heard jimi hendrix said he was the best guitarist in the world
Definitely one of the greats!!!
Go look up John Butler - Ocean.... mind totally blown!
so under rated-- listen to first solo lp-- under the influence of a bottle of tequila
Only UA-cam can screw up that badly by letting an ad stop a great song like this half way through
That's what adblockers are for.
Now all we need are stupid reply blockers 😂😂😂
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Yup, I got their ad too! But at least we can still come here to see them on YT, any time we want,,,,just goes to show ya, nothing is free, not even to watch the videos on YT that's the price of admission to watch them. I guess it's better than having to pay, to watch the videos, as annoyiny as the ads are when they interrupt the video, right in the middle of it. I wish they could just show the ads at the beginning & the end of them. I always just fast forward the ads....
They must have pulled the ad, it did not stop before the end.
To the people watching in 2124 - a hundred years ago I was watching this video before bed on a Sunday night. This video made me smile - and I hope it does the same for you.
I had this song on 45 record, I was 7 yrs old. I played it over and over and over.
I was born in Cuba, I love the exit part. Singing about Cuba, I love this song.
I truly admire your optimism. I hope and pray there are still people around to enjoy it.
In the Historic documents of a time that is gone forever!
Me too.......😀
one of those songs that you sit in the car waiting for the song to finish
If I hear two notes, I will walk around the store till it’s over! (And I will be singing along the whole time!)
Absolutely
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So true
Well, I guess...Somehow I am Lucky...Cause I was Blessed to see CSN at Woodstock. I was 16 and just about 4 months shy of joining the Army and going to Vietnam. They saved my life several of times...as I would listen to their music in my head all through my first tour. Suite Judy Blue Eyes was the one I loved the most. If I could stand before Steve Stills today, I would give Him the medels I won in VN. He saved me...Not good luck.
Bless you, sir, and thank you for sharing that amazing story. 58,000+ of your brothers never made it home. I saw them in 1990 in a small park in Manchester, NH when I was only a few years older than you were then.
Thank you for your Service. I was already there 69 April.
Robert Blanchard Thank you for your service.
I never forget about you Viet Nam guys, always wonder how you have done since then. Glad to see you here, glad to know Stills saw you through. He is seeing me through a rough time now.
Robert Blanchard well I envy you to have been in Woodstock ( I was 16 and living in Paris) but I do not envy you to have gone to VN. Were you forced?
Who is watching this masterpiece in Aug 2024
9/2/2024. Again
Same ones that watched it in July, June, May.........
September 2024
9/14/24.. We had the best music
Me. Love this. ❤❤❤❤❤
Stills is a genius. End of story. Goodnight everyone.
Still amazing
Definitely
couldnt describe it better....the solo is insane...
Amen!
One of the best.
If all Stephen had ever written and sung was this one song, he would have still deserved to be in the Hall of Fame. Epic in every way - songwriting, composition, voicing, harmony, performance. A song for the ages.
Yeah but he didn't though did he? For those who came in late, check out Carry On, 4+20, Love the One You're With and Southern Cross for songs. Steve is a legend - always will be.
I agree wholeheartedly. One of the top 5 greatest songs ever written hands down.
An incrediblemusician ,they are all. Steven was the leader of this ensenble.
I agree completely. He is a great writer and performer. One of my all time favorites.
UN - FREAKIN' - BELIEVABLE! WOW!
Well, I came here to hear David Crosby (RIP!) but STEPHEN STILLS and his guitar. Hot damn.
The guitar playing is amazing. The sound he is able to generate from a single guitar while singing lead is incredible.
Amazing back in the day, still is today August 2024. love it
It gives me great joy, that they were singing about Cuba 🇨🇺.
Steve Stills was smoking on the guitar. Fantastic!
RIP David Crosby...there will never be music like this again. I'm 50 so these guys were a generation before me, but my god man...that is music
RIP David Crosby, a legend amongst legends. I'm 36 so these guys were a few generations before me. But this was the music I was brought up with. I will forever be grateful to my Dad for this
I am 65 and happy so many people of different ages are still enjoying this ❤
You witness this once in a lifetime,,,if you're lucky! Wow...the music of our generation!!!
This video is an anti depressant. It brings revival to my soul every time.
This song makes you feel Crosby, Stills, and Nash-----and Young!
One simply has to realize that most live groups can't pull off their harmonies live to realize how good these guys are
Spellbound by the sheer magic of their harmonies.
With auto tune no problem today! Obviously just a bad joke on my part!
Look up Foxes and Fossils. Graham Nash wrote them a note complimenting them on their performance. It was the first song they had ever performed and the ladies were just 16 and 15 at the time.
I went to a concert after David got His health back.I was keeping my fingers crossed.I was concerned worry over nothing.They nailed the harmonies still magical experience
Im a 65 yr old navy vet from NY. anyone still alive that seen all the great bands? Great music back n the day. Miss them...
Still here at 70 September '24.
Still here at 79. Sept '24
78 & love csn Sept 27, 2024
I'm 68 and I've been loving and listening to CSN since 1969 when this record came out. I also I was lucky to see them performs 5 five times. They are the sound track to my life. No joke.
YT is where we can go back & listen to the music of our glory days that flew away faster than the wind. Luckily, the music will last forever.
if that's not a masterpiece i don't know what is
RIP David. I’m so happy to have been on the planet at the same time as you. Thanks for the music
@stevetugwell …. Me too
I am51 yrs old and still remember every word.Please share this music with your children and grandchildren...don't let it fade away!
I'm 72 years old. This one will never fade. It rises into the stratosphere as other songs fade into the mists of time. I feel so lucky and grateful continuing to pass through this amazing era, from Chuck Berry, The Everly Brothers, and Elvis onward.
Teach your children....
Now you're 56
I am 78 and I am still here❤️
I’m now 86 and I enjoy listening to this particular version once or more each week.
One of the best live performances by a rock band I've ever heard. Absolute perfection and a truly remarkable song. What a great acoustic guitar solo as well!
Stills could play!!!!!
Thanks for your response!
I agree
Judy Blue Eyes is our generation's Strauss tone poem. Steven Stills does things on the guitar that haven't been invented yet and have yet to be discovered. We are all lucky to be alive to bear witness to such a performance.
Amen
amen x2
Such ''Sweet, Melancholy'' . I've heard this song by the same group, for Years. I've just begun to Listen, admire and appreciate such Genius.
Clifford Young, I just learned what a Strauss tone poem is(thanks to you). Very interesting. Thanks.
You are so right about Stills performance in this gem of a song. Peerless.
Absolutely
OMG! I never get tired of hearing this classic.
They started in 1968 as Crosby, Stills & Nash, formed from former members of three prominent 1960s groups: The Byrds (David Crosby), Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills) and The Hollies (Graham Nash). 3:33
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. The title is a play on words. "Suite" is a reference to a part of a classical composition, but it can also be interpreted as "sweet." The full-length version of the song can be considered a suite, with lots of musical changes. Source: Songfacts
We lost Jeff Beck and David Crosby the past month, there are no replacements! Watching this I realize how precious it is. An original song arranged by them and performed live with a virtuoso acoustic guitar accompaniment by Stills. I'll not wait until they're dead to thank and praise them for the beauty and inspiration.
The artist is immortal because the art is. No artist is ever gone as long we still appreciate and love their art.
Listen to Josh Lee Turner, a young talent.
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - if this is not the best song ever written, then it has to be in the top 10! I have loved it since it was released, and never tire of it!
It is in fact in my top ten. And as cliche as this might sound, nothing will ever beat Stairway which is, and always will be Number 1.
The best for me
@@Reddog5546 Hotel California for me.
You bet top 10 ever
This song is one of the, if not THE, greatest works of art of that era. Damned! The way it is written, the passages, the differing tunes, all put together to create a masterpiece which will endure all time.
Art. When you witness a masterpiece it can bring tears to your eyes. Crazy, yet we’ve all experienced it
and does
64 years old and I still can't even breath after hearing this.
Seems like yesterday.
Tears too!!!
Back when talent ment something, no flashing lights, no half naked girls, just good music....
Could of done with some half naked ladies though
Go listen to Billy strings
Best 9 minutes I’ve spent in a while. How is something this good even possible? Stills = Perfection
100 percent @remygarrison
Steven Still's is a virtual metronome! Watch him play and everything is precision and kept in time and tempo. I love watching this performance. CS&N would not be right without any one of them but Stills is the absolutely indispensable man.
Seen csn in New Brunswick
Peace all
Not only did he play and sing that song so perfectly in time, even when he was not playing-touching his glasses,getting a drink etc,-still got that beat going on in his head. True Maestro!
@@neilpepper7801 Neil: Do not leave off to Nash and Crosby, out of the harmonies in which they are great (especially in the Suite Judy) . These two guys are enthusiastic, and keep the line in extraordinary vocals .Graham and David are terrific.
@@ricardomartinezquevedo407 Absolutely agree, just saying' that this was a particularly special performance from Sir Stephan Stills.
This is real music! Beautiful, haunting, soulful, emotional on so many levels!
Especially when they sing, 'What have I got to lose?'
I was at Woodstock that magical night (early morning) when CSN stepped on the stage, their first gig as they said. They nailed that performance also. At 21 I was at the right place at the right time when all the stars converged. A memory to last a lifetime. And yes, Stills is terribly underrated.
Was that their " first" gig? What a way to begin!
HE'S THE BOMB.
OMG, I was there too. What an experience.
I was just a tad too young at 13yo but boy do I envy you amham48 and susannaperkins791!!
Unfortunately, I was in the Army, overseas at this time. I missed a true gem.
An example of magic that can be performed by 3 voices and a guitar.
Summer 1970. Imagine a whole darkened Montreal Forum packed with excited little ones, closing in on around eleven at night, right after the first few bars of this one, suddenly, all 20,000 of us dead quiet, such silence, literally you could hear the ol' adage, hear a pin drop beside you ... what unbelievable reverence from that stoned youthful lot: not a whistle, not a shout, not a peep, nothing, like you're the only one in the audience. Niel Young was there too: four guitars, four voices, not to happen again. When they finished, we would not let them go. The Forum turned on their lights. But not for us, no one left, we stood and applauded and applauded, until they had to come back on stage and continue with more. David Crosby, gone forever, but in our hearts, he will live on and on.
Never get tired hearing this masterpiece.
Seen can in New. Brunswick nj fantastic show sang along
Wiped a tear
1000000 STARS
I’m in my 20s and this is just one of the best songs ever!
Absolutely great that you can appreciate a song and csny. Welcome to our world. The 70s was a great time. Loved college the music 🎶 the times etc.
Rest In Paradise David 😥🕊🙏🏼 Thankyou for sharing your gift with us. 💔❤🌹
Stills is one of the all time greats. Not to take anything away from David Crosby or Graham Nash who complete one of the best harmonies in rock music.
ALL ARE FANTASTIC!
Stills and two transients he found shopping at the salvation army, sound really good, lol! (nothing wrong with shopping at the salvation army...)
And he wrote it!
Stephen Stills on an acoustic guitar is a site to behold!!
fire obkl a
ohio players fire
Still gives me tingles after all these decades.
Johnny Botts eargasm at its best.!!
It was somehow almost like he was flying! I mean wow!
I will forever love them. Fly free now, Croz.....This music will live on forever. still, I am so sad. Each time we lose someone like this from this golden era of pure, creative, organic music, it's like losing a piece of one's youth.
That's why there are recordings like this to refresh our memory. Don't despair. Just SAVE IT!
Stephen Stills' voice is just beautiful.
Agreed. So unique. All three voices perfectly compliment each other.
Incredible, how with one acoustic Martin guitar, a tambourine and three amazing voices, these guys could bring a crowd of thousands to such joy.
RIP David Crosby. This is one of my favoriteS!❤️
Oh Yeah, you know these guys are the very best of the best. And Come on now, Steven Stills must be one of the most original genius guitar players / arrangers of all time! Can I get an amen?
+Rick Menefee AMEN ! Love this rendition ~ agree with you about Steven Stills !
+Judy Kinne You, Rick and I...love their incredible talent.
amen.....
Amen from Australia!
AMEN!
I am 52. My grandma taught me to harmonize to bluegrass music. These men are as important to music theory as The 3 Tenors and Motzart. Helplessly Hoping is a tribute to Musical alliteration
How many years...? and I never get tired of this masterpiece.
This takes me back to my youth in the 70s, what a time to be alive. What a moving performance, beyond just music.
The smirk Graham gives Crosby at 0:54 was so pure. These guys absolutely loved to make music for all of us to enjoy for generations to come. Such talent must never be forgotten ever!! ❤
Well, Crosby was pretty stoned…
This is one of the most amazing songs ever. Really. Just seriously amazing in every way!
"The queen of the Caribbean Sea" 8:05
Yeh, kind of makes one think what he was saying. Hurts me to this day!
I have no words except two. Pure genius.
That's what I'd say as well.
Two words: Super good.
I have only one. word... timeless.
Two words: Perfect Harmony!
pretty damn good
Stephen was easily the most talented of the Trio.
Yes, that's true, but Crosbys voice in his prime was so so good. Stills is an amazing guitarist and singer very well rounded. Rip Crosby 🕊
@@LeadFrog All true - but one of the things that gave the CSN sound its very distinct edge and ability to reach special heights of expressiveness is Graham Nash's edgy clear tenor. They truly were the sum of their parts - each brought a special element to the mix and each brought a uniquely different song-writing style/voice as well.
@@ianbartle456@LeadFrog it’s almost like they were A tremendous GROUP!!
This is one of the best songs ever written
RIP David Crosby may you find peace condolences to your Family
Best, most soulful performance of Suite Judy Blue eyes I’ve heard. Guitar solo is amazing!
He and Joni Mitchell. Absolute masters of tunings.
You are so right! I think I have watched it 100 times!
Trying to imitate Steven Stills guitar solo is virtually impossible!!
At least for me!! LOL
Stills! OMG! The three were perfect! I almost gave up guitar watching that. Putter on ...
This old hippie girl loved this music way back then, and I love it now.
Debbie Foster ☮️❤️
then this old hippie boy loves you
I’m 72 now, but I remember that when I was in high school I felt exactly this way about a girl I knew. Thank you CSN.
Nice story . Stills put it into words.
Music will always bring us together
Still’s masterful guitar work on this song set the gold standard for a whole generation of musicians.
Absolutely my favorite song ever - has been for over 40 years !!!
A masterpiece. RIP Crosby.
Amazing! Thank you for all the songs, all the memories... Rest in Peace David Crosby
I am so glad this video exists. The performance is incredible. They were dialed in that night. Stephen Stills guitar playing is so incredible. if there is such a thing as a perfect song, this is it.
+robbie p I got to get my life back. Watching this is all I do. Not sure if I ever seen or heard anything like this. Ever.
When I am feeling down I just watch Steven Stills go off on his guitar in this solo.
Beaubrummles
robbie p
"Southern Cross" also from this concert is awesome too.
Gerardo Erak Soutern Cross never got the attention it so richly deserves.
Born in 74. Still Jamming!! GREAT MUSIC NEVER DIES....
My neighbors hate this video. I can't help singing along with the end. What a great song. and now...Southern Cross.
You need to move.
Awesome ,fantastic ,incredible, superb spine tingling ...have i left anything out 😊
Still breathtaking after so many years❤❤❤
Fired up a doobie, cranked the stereo up, sat back and enjoyed every second of this song.
"How can you catch the sparrow?" Greatest lyric of all time.
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The sparrow was Judy Collins, wasn’t it?
@@rozgirljoyful9362 Yes.
As time passes, one cannot help but appreciate their music and harmony even more. A group for the ages.
I love watching Stills play guitar. There is nobody quite like him.
Maybe Lindsay Buckingham, another underrated guitarist. AND AND Stevie Winwood. =. Heck Can’t find my way home. Hauntingly beautiful and magnificent. IMO
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Whenever this tune comes on in the car I have crank it up + repeat it. It was such a great part of my life. RIP David Crosby
I’ve heard this a thousand times and it never gets old. And though I am (old), hearing it again makes me feel young. What a gift from these three.
For what it’s worth, Stephen played a superb masterpiece, Graham had us riding along on a
carousel and David managed to get us eight miles high!!!.
God, I never tire of hearing this song. Takes me back to a time when life was simpler.
They defined our generation. This video here is a Treasure. I've seen CSN in concert many times. Thank you for posting this. You made an old hippy chick feeling Groovy.
Steve Stills' solo, voices in harmony, what a performance!
Stephen Stills is a genius.
Nash is a master at vocals.
Crosby: you did all quietly. You will be missed.
We are just in a different time…and it will never be the same!! Pure genius right here!!
Yup
Absolutely the most beautiful group ever. I saw them at the Concord Pavillion 15 years after this song was first released. A very young girl was sitting next to my wife and I. The girl had tears in her eyes when this song was played. I remember thinking that she was a baby when the song first came out, and wondered why she was so emotional. Then I realized that the passing years had nothing to do with the emotion. Beauty is timeless.
nice post but forget "most" .. next time try "favourite" and ignore "absolutely". free lessons on my non-existent website.
Oh, you were so lucky to see them at that small outdoor forum. In 1996 I had recently moved to the Bay Area, a couple miles from Concord, when I read to my amazement that Bob Dylan and Van Morrison would be teaming up for a joint concert there. Of course I was in the audience. It was a beautiful summer California night. I had dreamed of living in California while growing up in Ontario, walking to school when it was 20 below zero and humming Brian Wilson songs in my head. It took a while but my dream came true. And at this tiny venue, I got to hear two of my favorite artists. Van was a bit grumpy that night, but Dylan rocked the place to its foundations. And I’m sure CSN were just as legendary.
Proud to say I lived this generation of music. I'm still there at heart...
RIP David Crosby, ❤✌🙏 thanks.
Wow never saw this concert video before. Is it embarrassing to say I had to listen to this CD with headphones on in the time I was in the maternity ward - water broke and was supposed to be trying to calm down wait for contractions to subside for surely I would have a long labor ahead. My one contraction lasted an hour and my daughter was born before my doctor made it to the hospital. I barely made a noise and meditated listening to / zoning out to their music and harmonies always made me so happy within - it’s hard to describe, so I’ll just let their music speak for me. My Nichole (and only child) will turn 20 years old 9 days from now. Time almost doesn’t seem to have passed at all since the day she was born and yet it was world’s away to where we are now.
That maybe the greatest song on the Earth.
Nothing like rock rock and roll soul music country music you name it music is music blues music I don't care as long as you love it I love it
Steven Stills' voice is one of a kind. It just flows out of him so effortlessly! I love it!
Like fresh whole wheat bread.
HUGS.
Wow, that solo is phenomenal to this day of music.
Harmonious performance, top tier.
Yes indeed !! Reminds me of Willie Nelson!!(Not sure why!!)
It's hard to believe that there was once so much love in the world. 😢
Agreed
This just makes the bad and stress melt away.
Masters making music.. Take notes kids.
:-)
Ryoji Kitomi @0
YES!!!!!!!!
Bingo
Don Cherry couldn't have said it better - AMEN!