Steve Stills was trying to win back Judy Collins. He wrote three songs, but couldn't decide which one to use! So, he combined all three, fantastic transitions!
And for some of the young folks, Judy Collins was an accomplished musician too. And if you ever saw her, you'd know why Sills called her "Judy Blue Eyes."
I just saw Judy Collins in concert 12 days ago. She's 84 years old now and still sings like a bird. She spoke of Steven Stills, Leanard Cohen and told stories of the 60's like they happened yesterday. Very entertaining.
They performed this at Woodstock in 1969 and began by announcing to the half a million or so audience that this was only their 2nd gig, which it was. Beautiful harmonies.
yeah but Stephen Stills and David Crosby played in Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young before forming CSN & later CSNY so by this time they were already old pros. But I'd be scared shitless playing in front of 300,000 people too! 🙂
And poor Stills kept trying to tune the guitar during the song! He said they'd been kept waiting by the side of the stage, and he stood there looking at his guitar sat out there on the stand next to his stool, as the temperature grew colder and colder, knowing the strings were going out of tune.
In music, the word, "suite" is used to indicate many different parts much like a hotel "suite" has different rooms. The term is used more in classical music than in pop/rock but the word being in the title indicates that you're in for a journey.
This is one of those songs that check all of the boxes for me. Just perfect in every way and in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded
Love the sound of CS&N. They were one of the folk rock supergroups of the 60's-70's. They all came from previous groups & were known for their great harmonies. They have a huge catalogue of songs such as "Marrakesh Express", "Wooden Ships", "Helplessly Hoping" etc. Another great album is "Deja Vu" where Neil Young joined them "Teach Your Children", "Woodstock", "Carry On", "Our House" etc. Sadly David Crosby passed away recently.
When I see the reactions of today's young people discovering rock hits of the sixties and seventies, I know why I can't change those masterpieces for the formulaic rock I am listening now. Crosby, Stills & Nash, you did great!!!
"Will you come see me, Thursdays and Saturdays". Yes very specific days. Judy Collins, subject of the song, would see her therapist on Wednesdays and Fridays so Stephen Stills (writer of the song) figured Thursdays and Saturdays being the days after she had her therapy sessions were the best days to communicate with her.
The studio version is good. The live rock version on 4-Way Street is better. And the kick-azz version at Wembley Stadium 1974 is BEST. I caught the 1974 tour at Cleveland Stadium and they killed it.
From what I remember about this song is that when Stephen Stills played it for Judy Collins she told him it was absolutely beautiful but she still wasn't taking him back.
Great reaction Maddy. CSN has some of the best harmonies you'll ever hear. Another amazing song by them is "Helplessly Hoping". Home Free does a cover of it that is just incredible.
I was a roadie for a bar/wedding cover band many years ago that did this song. Three brothers with harmonies that killed it. Every now and then you would get people trying to dance to it that didn't remember all the changeups. Many lols.
Music on the 60s & early 70s was often recorded on two tracks--w/the advent of stereo. They would place vocals or some instrumentation distinctly on one track, & other parts of the sound on the other track. That's why the opening guitar riff was only in one ear. They also used a swooping effect, w/musicpving from one track to other & then back. This gave the illusion for listeners that the music was going thru their head between their ears!
Crosby, Stills and Nash were amazing at the harmonies in their music. Later it was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young who created the magic back in the sixties and seventies.
The title is an interesting double entendre. "Sweet" Judy Blue Eyes and Suite the musical form, several distinct parts. For me this is the CSN masterpiece and the song has resonated with me forever. CSN and this song in particular prompted me to learn to play guitar.
Hi Maddy. Back in the day, when stereophonic sound first started being used, "panning" was used frequently. It was cool as hell, back then. Listen to some early Pink Floyd, and you'll hear it a lot. In '79 or '80, i had speakers surrounding my apartment, and many songs would have panning, and dance around my apartment. It was so cool! Great job, Maddy. Enjoy. 😊😊 10:04
They were always great harmonies ! The groups used to do the surround sound technique .in college i had 4 speakers and sometimes the drums would go around the room ! Yes i wish you would see that more today ! That other question you asked me was Nintendo ; Star Wars
One of the greatest harmonizing groups ever. This was a super group made up of the remnants of the Birds, The Hollies, and Buffalo Springfield. This song is a play on words, It a musical suite as seen in classical music with its differents parts. But when spoken it reads Sweet (suite) Judy Blue Eyes as a tribute to Judy Collins, another folk singer and friend of theirs. The term you were looking for id "panning" from left to right.
You should try some Judy Collins, the song was written for her. Absolutely beautiful voice. She was indeed the songbird and an extraordinary beauty. Those three guys found the harmony at a private party in the Hollywood hills. Started singing together on a lark and found the greatest harmony of the era that night.
It wasn't on a lark. It was Mama Cass. Cass called them together when Nash was in LA and told them to sing together. Everyone listened to Cass, she just knew things. She was very witchy in a lovely maternal way. And her advice usually worked out very well.
That was great fun to walk down memory lane with you, Maddy, enjoying you hearing the song for the first time. ❤ This was a small supergroup, as all three had previously been key players in globally known bands. I've got a song for you. "No Matter What" (1970) by Badfinger. These guys were the first group signed by the Beatles to their new Apple label.
This is their song performned at Woodstock that would awaken the world to Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The world of music changed from that date on. I was 12 when this happened having become musically aware in the 60's with the Byrds (David Crosby), the Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills and Neil Young), and the Hollies (Graham Nash), i.e. CSN&Y. It was a revolution that was unprecedented to this day. I'm 66. I learned to sing harmony by singing along with their songs which I hold dear to this day, and challenge anyone to sing along with their songs.
I’ve sung along with this song a thousand times since it came out in 1969 and have yet to figure out which voice is singing the melody. Just when I’m sure it’s Stephen Stills, I find myself singing Crosby’s part. Or Nash’s. That’s how tight their harmonies were.
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young were one the best groups to flourish in the aftermath of Woodstock. Great singers and musicians, you could create the kind of magic worth spending hours listening to. Way back in the 2oth century, when music was more authentic, fun, and experimental, transitions were part of the music, life, and creative process. Now, there is mostly monotonous process and severe lack of creativity. Joni Mitchell is another. She wrote a beautiful haunting song about Woodstock. And with nothing but her voice and piano to carry it to a place that seems haunted by the experience. On the other hand, CSN&Y record is a song and a celebration for the same festival. If you can do it, do both records in the same reaction. If not, then one at a time. This is a chance for you to compare to starkly different takes on the same song. Your channel is growing fast. And I'm here for it. Keep going.
Nice one, Maddy, and you too, Rick! Great job! Maddy, now you're getting to the core of that late 60's & early 70's sound. CSN and CSNY were at the heart of the Laurel Canyon scene, that wonderful extended family of excellent singer/song writers who were all living in the same neighborhood and sharing their music with each other before they eventually started sharing it with the world. These were many of the artists who became the Woodstock Generation. There's a lot of great music that came out of Laurel Canyon for you to explore down the road. 🙂 Lovin' it!
The music of my teen years! Saw them several times in concert - probably one of the reasons I love Pentatonix - the harmonies. I still have this album, the entire album is memorized. Thanks for the memory!
I did! My husband and I actually got to meet him backstage - a PGA Caddy we had met the day before at the Memorial Tournament - Fluff was his nickname - had talked to us for a bit, I had asked him to sign a book he was featured in - and he invited us. Stills was not very talkative, but it was still really cool. That was in Columbus many years ago.@@skylinerunner1695
This is why great singer songwriters are born to produce great deep emotion filled music and the results are evident by multiple songs and bands in the hall of fame!
No pyrotechnics ... no obscenities ... no gyrating dancers ... no synthesizers…no skimpy outfits... Just very talented musicians / singers in front of a microphone with their great harmony. If you really have musical talent, that's all you need ...Really miss those CSN & sometimes Y days.
💯💯💯🎼🧡🎼💯💯💯 .. great one Maddy !! These fellows are at the top of great Classic Rock songwriting & harmonies !! Many artists have followed in the path started here with C S & N .. love it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Beautiful song by a brilliant band. Saw CSN twice in the 70s and the vocals were luscious. Judging by your comments I'm positive you will love a band called Yes and a song called Roundabout. Yes are the ultimate in prog. Enjoy your CSN journey, I sure did. 🙏🍁 And its called panning, side to side movement. One of the coolest panning is done in a song called Yours Is No Disgrace, in 5/4 time by Yes.
CSN are the best at harmonizing and famously so. It's because they ALL can sing and have beautiful voices.❤ you should check out their other 348 songs. They're Amazing!!!
I fell in love with someone who was wrong for me as a teenager and it still affects me decades later. It's easy to write off our teenage years as hormonal and silly, bit they're a big part of who we end up becoming. We refine ourselves logically as adults, but we have to remember that teenage form of ourselves when we were at our most raw and uninhibited. We were the most vulnerable and the most idealistic versions of ourselves during that time. Our passion meant something. I don't ever want to forget that.
I never forgot when I saw CS&N in 2012 on the river in downtown CLE and the palpable happiness of the entire crowd of old hippies when that last bridge of this song hit
It's called Stereophonic 😊 These guys are the Kings of Folk Rock Harmonies. Unfortunately we recently lost David Crosby (the one sitting to the right side in the photo), a local where I live and pretty cool dude.
Seems like stereo came out when I was about 8 or 10 ... 1957 ? This was released in 1969. I remember sitting in my cousins living room while we heard the female footsteps in heels "walk across the room" ... from one speaker to the other. Amazing. Stereo. Also going for a ride in an uncle's car that DID NOT NEED TO BE SHIFTED !! It shifted itself !! And one day the men carried a large box into my grampa's house ... it was a 9" black and white TV. Two channels, 4 and 5. Another miracle.
Stephen Stills wrote this song about Judy Collings, and he sings the lead vocals. During the powerful harmony sections, he still peaks through as the lead vocal, e.g. "can I tell it like it is". And yes, that's guitar slapping to provide percussion/rhythm.
Each came from established folk rock super groups to play together. Each was a singer, guitar player and song writer in their own right. They helped each other with their songs and of course were wonderful live. There is a great video of them performing live at Woodstock (2nd time they performed live for a group) with this song.
The song is about Judy Collins, Steve Stills previous girlfriend, she is also a famous musician. A trivial story told by the photographer - the cover has them out of order (Nash, Stills, Crosby) because they hadn't settled on a name yet, but went back a few days later to reshoot the cover but the house had been knocked down.
Crosby, Stills and Nash is one of the first super groups ! David Crosby played for "The Byrds" Graham Nash was a founding member of "The Hollies" and Steven Stills was a member of "The Buffalo Springfield" ! Later Neil Young from the Buffalo Springfield would also join the band ! I think their first or second live performance was at WOODSTOCK =) Besides Jimi Hendrix my favorite band from the sixties !
This is a great song.. Neal Young who was a part of C,S,N, but had a falling out. He has some great and legendary songs: old man, Ohio, and others.. Ohio is about the real event that took place at Kent University in Ohio where 4 students are killed at a protest of the war. They where killed by the national guard.
Great reaction ... CSNY was one of the all time great bands for sure. And I believe the term you are looking for, with regards to the sound coming out differently on each side is "sterophonic." (This was later often termed as surround sound I think.) Also, you mentioned the song title as "Judy Blue Eyes." Just a note here, but the song is more often referred to with the word "Suite" in is ..."Suite Judy Blue Eyes." Another commenter @Mikemiller3069 has a good explanation to why this was called a "suite" ... and commenter @Petes5041 has a good brief writeup of why this song was written - these two facts taken together makes the title kinda have a double meaning, as you could almost read it as "Sweet" Judy Blue Eyes.
The band was driving around LA near Sunset with burgeoning Rock&Roll photographer, Henry Diltz looking for locations to shoot potential album art when they spotted the sofa outside the rundown house. Serendipitously, they pretty much hopped out and created one of the most classic album covers of all time. Not long after they went back to shoot some more possible poses to find the house had been completely demolished. Diltz has shot some of the most iconic rock photos ever produced, including The Doors, The Eagles, Paul McCartney, on&on…
Good guess.....the conga sound was Steven Stills hitting the back of his guitar. One of the first "super groups" - Steven Stills from Buffalo Springfield, David Crosby (RIP) from The Byrds, and Graham Nash from the Hollies. There are lots of good track suggestoions below - here's one of my favorites..."Wooden Ships" done live: ruclips.net/video/tCB5tS1L2kw/видео.html
From the first song to the last, this was one incredible album. Marrakesh Express was their first single and Wooden Ships, Guinevere, and Long Time Gone are classics of rock. I recommend Wooden Ships for your next CSN song.
I think you have not grasped that this is about the painful breakup of two people - Steve Stills and Judy Collins. It’s so much more than just a cool song.
The total separation of the instruments is from the type of recording for the newer style of listening in that era called Stereo ,a two track finish production that started in the mid 1950s ..It gave out more of a wider listening range over Mono Recordings and Mono was being phased out very fast in the 1960s and was just in time for the Psychedelic Era also, like groovy .far out man .. Wooden Ships is a great one by CS^N
Early work with the new "Stereo" technology. Cool, huh?! Channel separation was all the rage because of how it sounded when you were stoned. All of those transitions you pointed out are also why the song uses the double entendre "Suite" as a substitute for "Sweet" in a love song about the blue eyed musician, Judy Collins.
Each one of them had a bigger ego than the others. They all went separate ways to start solo careers. The forth member, Neal Young, had already moved on.
The stereo effect you’re enjoying is called “panning”. It’s equivalent to the same expression as used in film and video, which refers to the rotation of the camera side-to-side, or its position anywhere in that spectrum.
I remember when this first came out, it was too long for radio play, so the record label did a lot of cutting and made about a 4 minute radio version. We fans hated the cuts so much that most stations just started playing the album version. (This meant either fewer commercials in that half-hour programming segment or one less song from another band.) Driving down the street with the windows rolled down, with this song playing as loud as possible, was the coolest. btw....love your reactions, and you really kept up with this song very well.
The effects you were mentioning in your headphones are called staging and panning. Staging is placing each instrument/vocalist in a specific "place" aurally. This makes ut feel like you can close your eyes and visualize where each instrument/person is on the stage. The effect of moving sound from one ear to the other is called panning. Great reaction! I would recommend a deep five into the CSN catalog. Thanks again!
Their music just is often joyful, even when taking on not so joyous subjects. They had a tremendous sound after being stars in the Byrds, The Hollies and Buffalo Springfield, all HoF bands in their own rights. Try Anything off their first 2 albums, Wooden Ships, Deny Vu and Almost Cut My Hair are legendary tracks. Great band to get into, they added a 4th member, the great Neil Young ANF became even bigger superstars! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
Your observations about the various parts of the piece were right on the money. That's why the word "Suite" is part of the title. It's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" because it's a series of individual (but, as you rightly pointed out, very cohesive) parts . . . all combined to make a musical "suite." Loved your reactions . . . as I usually do!
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I have heard this thousands of times. It never gets old. I want to hear it a thousand more.
Steve Stills was trying to win back Judy Collins. He wrote three songs, but couldn't decide which one to use! So, he combined all three, fantastic transitions!
And for some of the young folks, Judy Collins was an accomplished musician too. And if you ever saw her, you'd know why Sills called her "Judy Blue Eyes."
I just saw Judy Collins in concert 12 days ago. She's 84 years old now and still sings like a bird. She spoke of Steven Stills, Leanard Cohen and told stories of the 60's like they happened yesterday. Very entertaining.
After Stills played it for Judy, her response was something like: "Nice song, but we're not getting back together."
Wow!!!!
And you know this how? You’re a friend of Judy Collins?
When you hear the harmonies, you know exactly who you are listening to. CSN are so distinctive.
They performed this at Woodstock in 1969 and began by announcing to the half a million or so audience that this was only their 2nd gig, which it was. Beautiful harmonies.
We're scared shitless!!!
@@bumperu oh yes, and that first!
yeah but Stephen Stills and David Crosby played in Buffalo Springfield with Neil Young before forming CSN & later CSNY so by this time they were already old pros. But I'd be scared shitless playing in front of 300,000 people too! 🙂
And poor Stills kept trying to tune the guitar during the song! He said they'd been kept waiting by the side of the stage, and he stood there looking at his guitar sat out there on the stand next to his stool, as the temperature grew colder and colder, knowing the strings were going out of tune.
They recorded it in stereo “using both speakers independently “ a common practice in the 60’s , 70’s and 80’s
Calm down over there
Actually, panning has been a basic setting in the mixing of recorded sound since the birth of stereo, and remains so today.
I saw Pink Floyd and Yes in Denver in the 70s, and they were both in Quad. There were huge speakers left and right, front and back. Awesome!!!
In music, the word, "suite" is used to indicate many different parts much like a hotel "suite" has different rooms. The term is used more in classical music than in pop/rock but the word being in the title indicates that you're in for a journey.
I love when that aspect of it gets some recognition!
I think it's also a clever word substitute to say sweet, because he thought highly of her, was in love with her.
@@Amarti58 indeed 😊
I love when younger folks experience this stuff for the first time and gain some insight as to why older folks like me consider this stuff legendary.
This is one of those songs that check all of the boxes for me. Just perfect in every way and in my opinion, one of the greatest songs ever written and recorded
Love the sound of CS&N. They were one of the folk rock supergroups of the 60's-70's. They all came from previous groups & were known for their great harmonies. They have a huge catalogue of songs such as "Marrakesh Express", "Wooden Ships", "Helplessly Hoping" etc. Another great album is "Deja Vu" where Neil Young joined them "Teach Your Children", "Woodstock", "Carry On", "Our House" etc. Sadly David Crosby passed away recently.
When I see the reactions of today's young people discovering rock hits of the sixties and seventies, I know why I can't change those masterpieces for the formulaic rock I am listening now. Crosby, Stills & Nash, you did great!!!
"Will you come see me, Thursdays and Saturdays". Yes very specific days. Judy Collins, subject of the song, would see her therapist on Wednesdays and Fridays so Stephen Stills (writer of the song) figured Thursdays and Saturdays being the days after she had her therapy sessions were the best days to communicate with her.
This song was on the radio constantly. That is very unusual for a song this long, but this song is THAT good and that loved by my generation. :)
Great reaction Maddy! CSN(&Y) did a similar multi-part track on their second album. It's called Carry On, which I love as much as this Suite ;)
"Carry On" is one of my favourite CSNY songs.
The studio version is good. The live rock version on 4-Way Street is better. And the kick-azz version at Wembley Stadium 1974 is BEST. I caught the 1974 tour at Cleveland Stadium and they killed it.
Forgot to mention that Neil was in on the 4-Way Street and Wembley jams.
From what I remember about this song is that when Stephen Stills played it for Judy Collins she told him it was absolutely beautiful but she still wasn't taking him back.
Oooh
Great reaction Maddy. CSN has some of the best harmonies you'll ever hear.
Another amazing song by them is "Helplessly Hoping". Home Free does a cover of it that is just incredible.
I was a roadie for a bar/wedding cover band many years ago that did this song. Three brothers with harmonies that killed it. Every now and then you would get people trying to dance to it that didn't remember all the changeups. Many lols.
Music on the 60s & early 70s was often recorded on two tracks--w/the advent of stereo. They would place vocals or some instrumentation distinctly on one track, & other parts of the sound on the other track. That's why the opening guitar riff was only in one ear. They also used a swooping effect, w/musicpving from one track to other & then back. This gave the illusion for listeners that the music was going thru their head between their ears!
It's called "Stereo". Seriously, that's what stereo is all about, as opposed to Mono, which produces all the sound on both sides simultaneously.
I think your gonna like these guys they are so talented they are icons in their time it's called stereo
Helplessly Hoping is a great one.
These guys were really the greatest! RIP David Crosby.
In 1969, when I was very young, I heard this song for the first time on the radio. It's been one of my favorite songs ever since. Thanks Maddy.
Impressive reaction Stephen Stills was one of the best composers of the 20th century top ten👊
This was one of the first Super Groups . Absolutely beautiful song.
Crosby, Stills and Nash were amazing at the harmonies in their music. Later it was Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young who created the magic back in the sixties and seventies.
One of the best songs ever written and performed ...
The title is an interesting double entendre. "Sweet" Judy Blue Eyes and Suite the musical form, several distinct parts. For me this is the CSN masterpiece and the song has resonated with me forever. CSN and this song in particular prompted me to learn to play guitar.
One of the most influential folk rock bands of all time. Thanks for your reaction.
Great reaction Maddy! CSN is a legendary band and is known for their beautiful harmonies. I really like the variety of content on your channel.
Hi Maddy. Back in the day, when stereophonic sound first started being used, "panning" was used frequently. It was cool as hell, back then. Listen to some early Pink Floyd, and you'll hear it a lot. In '79 or '80, i had speakers surrounding my apartment, and many songs would have panning, and dance around my apartment. It was so cool! Great job, Maddy. Enjoy. 😊😊 10:04
They were always great harmonies ! The groups used to do the surround sound technique .in college i had 4 speakers and sometimes the drums would go around the room ! Yes i wish you would see that more today !
That other question you asked me was Nintendo ; Star Wars
Did you also have The Doors Waiting For the Sun album and the soldiers in Unknown Soldier would march across the room?
Yes ! I think it was their top charting album ! Even charted in UK !
One of the greatest harmonizing groups ever. This was a super group made up of the remnants of the Birds, The Hollies, and Buffalo Springfield. This song is a play on words, It a musical suite as seen in classical music with its differents parts. But when spoken it reads Sweet (suite) Judy Blue Eyes as a tribute to Judy Collins, another folk singer and friend of theirs. The term you were looking for id "panning" from left to right.
It's structured as a classical song would be with four parts in one. Pretty brilliant tune from CSN & Neil Young was on the way ...
You should try some Judy Collins, the song was written for her. Absolutely beautiful voice. She was indeed the songbird and an extraordinary beauty.
Those three guys found the harmony at a private party in the Hollywood hills. Started singing together on a lark and found the greatest harmony of the era that night.
It wasn't on a lark. It was Mama Cass. Cass called them together when Nash was in LA and told them to sing together. Everyone listened to Cass, she just knew things. She was very witchy in a lovely maternal way. And her advice usually worked out very well.
That was great fun to walk down memory lane with you, Maddy, enjoying you hearing the song for the first time. ❤
This was a small supergroup, as all three had previously been key players in globally known bands.
I've got a song for you. "No Matter What" (1970) by Badfinger. These guys were the first group signed by the Beatles to their new Apple label.
The speaker/headphones effects you mentioned is called "panning" Maddy. Another enjoyable reaction!
This is their song performned at Woodstock that would awaken the world to Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The world of music changed from that date on. I was 12 when this happened having become musically aware in the 60's with the Byrds (David Crosby), the Buffalo Springfield (Stephen Stills and Neil Young), and the Hollies (Graham Nash), i.e. CSN&Y. It was a revolution that was unprecedented to this day. I'm 66. I learned to sing harmony by singing along with their songs which I hold dear to this day, and challenge anyone to sing along with their songs.
I’ve sung along with this song a thousand times since it came out in 1969 and have yet to figure out which voice is singing the melody. Just when I’m sure it’s Stephen Stills, I find myself singing Crosby’s part. Or Nash’s. That’s how tight their harmonies were.
Cool reaction! Such great singers.
CSN/CSN&Y have been my favorite group since the early 70's. So much talent.
One of my favorit song from Crosby,Stills and Nash is "Southern Cross" 🥰
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This band was the impetus for me getting an acoustic back in the 70's.
Now you know the Best of the Best! Thank you for what you do and thank you for making and ole guy’s day appreciating my generation’s music. ❤
Going back and forth with the speakers is called Panning by the way. Great reaction!
Crosby, Stills, Nash, and sometimes Young were one the best groups to flourish in the aftermath of Woodstock. Great singers and musicians, you could create the kind of magic worth spending hours listening to.
Way back in the 2oth century, when music was more authentic, fun, and experimental, transitions were part of the music, life, and creative process. Now, there is mostly monotonous process and severe lack of creativity.
Joni Mitchell is another. She wrote a beautiful haunting song about Woodstock. And with nothing but her voice and piano to carry it to a place that seems haunted by the experience. On the other hand, CSN&Y record is a song and a celebration for the same festival. If you can do it, do both records in the same reaction. If not, then one at a time.
This is a chance for you to compare to starkly different takes on the same song. Your channel is growing fast. And I'm here for it. Keep going.
the greatest harmonies in rock
Yessss🩷
The entire album is a sweet journey.
Man ain't that the truth!
Nice one, Maddy, and you too, Rick! Great job! Maddy, now you're getting to the core of that late 60's & early 70's sound. CSN and CSNY were at the heart of the Laurel Canyon scene, that wonderful extended family of excellent singer/song writers who were all living in the same neighborhood and sharing their music with each other before they eventually started sharing it with the world. These were many of the artists who became the Woodstock Generation. There's a lot of great music that came out of Laurel Canyon for you to explore down the road. 🙂 Lovin' it!
When I was in the Navy, we cruised to Pueta Rico and this song was a huge Hit. It was in 1970.
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The music of my teen years! Saw them several times in concert - probably one of the reasons I love Pentatonix - the harmonies. I still have this album, the entire album is memorized. Thanks for the memory!
Thanks for enjoying this timeless art with all of us here!!
I'm equal parts jealous and happy that you got to attend those concerts! lol
Did you also manage to see Stills in concert during his solo tours?
I did! My husband and I actually got to meet him backstage - a PGA Caddy we had met the day before at the Memorial Tournament - Fluff was his nickname - had talked to us for a bit, I had asked him to sign a book he was featured in - and he invited us. Stills was not very talkative, but it was still really cool. That was in Columbus many years ago.@@skylinerunner1695
This is why great singer songwriters are born to produce great deep emotion filled music and the results are evident by multiple songs and bands in the hall of fame!
Whatching you, while your listening to music, I could watch you for the rest of my life!!
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Love the 70 s great reaction Maddy 😊
So glad! 🩷
Superstar in the making.
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No pyrotechnics ... no obscenities ... no gyrating dancers ... no synthesizers…no skimpy outfits...
Just very talented musicians / singers in front of a microphone with their great harmony.
If you really have musical talent, that's all you need ...Really miss those CSN & sometimes Y days.
Definitely
💯💯💯🎼🧡🎼💯💯💯 .. great one Maddy !! These fellows are at the top of great Classic Rock songwriting & harmonies !! Many artists have followed in the path started here with C S & N .. love it 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The "Judy" is Judy Collins. Tempestuous relationship with Stephen Stills. Great song.
Beautiful song by a brilliant band. Saw CSN twice in the 70s and the vocals were luscious. Judging by your comments I'm positive you will love a band called Yes and a song called Roundabout. Yes are the ultimate in prog. Enjoy your CSN journey, I sure did. 🙏🍁
And its called panning, side to side movement. One of the coolest panning is done in a song called Yours Is No Disgrace, in 5/4 time by Yes.
They have a great catalog of music 🎶 😊👍
CSN are the best at harmonizing and famously so. It's because they ALL can sing and have beautiful voices.❤ you should check out their other 348 songs. They're Amazing!!!
I fell in love with someone who was wrong for me as a teenager and it still affects me decades later. It's easy to write off our teenage years as hormonal and silly, bit they're a big part of who we end up becoming. We refine ourselves logically as adults, but we have to remember that teenage form of ourselves when we were at our most raw and uninhibited. We were the most vulnerable and the most idealistic versions of ourselves during that time. Our passion meant something. I don't ever want to forget that.
I never forgot when I saw CS&N in 2012 on the river in downtown CLE and the palpable happiness of the entire crowd of old hippies when that last bridge of this song hit
We use to call the side to side audio, separation. It was very popular with 2 channel stereo. Beatles tunes used it a lot.
Very cool!
It's called Stereophonic 😊
These guys are the Kings of Folk Rock Harmonies. Unfortunately we recently lost David Crosby (the one sitting to the right side in the photo), a local where I live and pretty cool dude.
hitting the guitar!
A song that represents my first wife and I. She died onThanksgiving
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Seems like stereo came out when I was about 8 or 10 ... 1957 ? This was released in 1969.
I remember sitting in my cousins living room while we heard the female footsteps in heels "walk across the room" ... from one speaker to the other. Amazing. Stereo.
Also going for a ride in an uncle's car that DID NOT NEED TO BE SHIFTED !! It shifted itself !!
And one day the men carried a large box into my grampa's house ... it was a 9" black and white TV. Two channels, 4 and 5. Another miracle.
They have always been phenomenal together
Stephen Stills wrote this song about Judy Collings, and he sings the lead vocals. During the powerful harmony sections, he still peaks through as the lead vocal, e.g. "can I tell it like it is". And yes, that's guitar slapping to provide percussion/rhythm.
Each came from established folk rock super groups to play together. Each was a singer, guitar player and song writer in their own right. They helped each other with their songs and of course were wonderful live. There is a great video of them performing live at Woodstock (2nd time they performed live for a group) with this song.
They don't make 'em like this anymore. Miss this period.
The song is about Judy Collins, Steve Stills previous girlfriend, she is also a famous musician. A trivial story told by the photographer - the cover has them out of order (Nash, Stills, Crosby) because they hadn't settled on a name yet, but went back a few days later to reshoot the cover but the house had been knocked down.
Crosby, Stills and Nash is one of the first super groups ! David Crosby played for "The Byrds" Graham Nash was a founding member of "The Hollies" and Steven Stills was a member of "The Buffalo Springfield" ! Later Neil Young from the Buffalo Springfield would also join the band ! I think their first or second live performance was at WOODSTOCK =) Besides Jimi Hendrix my favorite band from the sixties !
great song
Definitely
This is a great song..
Neal Young who was a part of C,S,N, but had a falling out. He has some great and legendary songs: old man, Ohio, and others..
Ohio is about the real event that took place at Kent University in Ohio where 4 students are killed at a protest of the war. They where killed by the national guard.
'Southern Cross' is another great one of theirs.
Great reaction ... CSNY was one of the all time great bands for sure. And I believe the term you are looking for, with regards to the sound coming out differently on each side is "sterophonic." (This was later often termed as surround sound I think.)
Also, you mentioned the song title as "Judy Blue Eyes." Just a note here, but the song is more often referred to with the word "Suite" in is ..."Suite Judy Blue Eyes." Another commenter @Mikemiller3069 has a good explanation to why this was called a "suite" ... and commenter @Petes5041 has a good brief writeup of why this song was written - these two facts taken together makes the title kinda have a double meaning, as you could almost read it as "Sweet" Judy Blue Eyes.
Its called stereo separation and it was new at the time from mono recorded music for all music prior
Oooh epic!
Dang you at 31k subs Great work keep up the good reactions and nice shirt change 👍
it's a breakup song that Stephen Stills wrote about his ex. he's the one with the guitar in the middle. he wrote it for her hoping to win her back.
They did stay good friends throughout their careers so all was not lost.
CSN debuted this song at Woodstock.
Wow didn’t know that I’m sure it was amazing experience for everybody there!!
The band was driving around LA near Sunset with burgeoning Rock&Roll photographer, Henry Diltz looking for locations to shoot potential album art when they spotted the sofa outside the rundown house. Serendipitously, they pretty much hopped out and created one of the most classic album covers of all time. Not long after they went back to shoot some more possible poses to find the house had been completely demolished. Diltz has shot some of the most iconic rock photos ever produced, including The Doors, The Eagles, Paul McCartney, on&on…
Good guess.....the conga sound was Steven Stills hitting the back of his guitar. One of the first "super groups" - Steven Stills from Buffalo Springfield, David Crosby (RIP) from The Byrds, and Graham Nash from the Hollies. There are lots of good track suggestoions below - here's one of my favorites..."Wooden Ships" done live: ruclips.net/video/tCB5tS1L2kw/видео.html
From the first song to the last, this was one incredible album. Marrakesh Express was their first single and Wooden Ships, Guinevere, and Long Time Gone are classics of rock. I recommend Wooden Ships for your next CSN song.
Southern cross is another gem from CSN you might enjoy
This is one of my all time favorite bands.
Excellent. Saw them sing this in 1973 when I was 16 years old!
I got to see them twice. Beautiful.
I think you have not grasped that this is about the painful breakup of two people - Steve Stills and Judy Collins. It’s so much more than just a cool song.
I didn’t 😞
Brilliant Suite of music, I span the vinyl 45 at this years Green Gathering here in the U.K.
The total separation of the instruments is from the type of recording for the newer style of listening in that era called Stereo ,a two track finish production that started in the mid 1950s ..It gave out more of a wider listening range over Mono Recordings and Mono was being phased out very fast in the 1960s and was just in time for the Psychedelic Era also, like groovy .far out man .. Wooden Ships is a great one by CS^N
Early work with the new "Stereo" technology. Cool, huh?! Channel separation was all the rage because of how it sounded when you were stoned. All of those transitions you pointed out are also why the song uses the double entendre "Suite" as a substitute for "Sweet" in a love song about the blue eyed musician, Judy Collins.
Maddy, welcome to the late 60's, a time I remember well.
Each one of them had a bigger ego than the others. They all went separate ways to start solo careers. The forth member, Neal Young, had already moved on.
The stereo effect you’re enjoying is called “panning”. It’s equivalent to the same expression as used in film and video, which refers to the rotation of the camera side-to-side, or its position anywhere in that spectrum.
I remember when this first came out, it was too long for radio play, so the record label did a lot of cutting and made about a 4 minute radio version. We fans hated the cuts so much that most stations just started playing the album version. (This meant either fewer commercials in that half-hour programming segment or one less song from another band.) Driving down the street with the windows rolled down, with this song playing as loud as possible, was the coolest.
btw....love your reactions, and you really kept up with this song very well.
Stereo is amazing when done well. The late 60s and 70s they really mastered it. Seems not so much today.
The effects you were mentioning in your headphones are called staging and panning. Staging is placing each instrument/vocalist in a specific "place" aurally. This makes ut feel like you can close your eyes and visualize where each instrument/person is on the stage. The effect of moving sound from one ear to the other is called panning.
Great reaction! I would recommend a deep five into the CSN catalog. Thanks again!
Their music just is often joyful, even when taking on not so joyous subjects. They had a tremendous sound after being stars in the Byrds, The Hollies and Buffalo Springfield, all HoF bands in their own rights. Try Anything off their first 2 albums, Wooden Ships, Deny Vu and Almost Cut My Hair are legendary tracks. Great band to get into, they added a 4th member, the great Neil Young ANF became even bigger superstars! Enjoy. 🎵🎸🎤🎹🎶
The bassist is Steven Stills who is also the lead vocalist and lead guitar. Amazing musician.
Your observations about the various parts of the piece were right on the money. That's why the word "Suite" is part of the title. It's "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" because it's a series of individual (but, as you rightly pointed out, very cohesive) parts . . . all combined to make a musical "suite." Loved your reactions . . . as I usually do!