@@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
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.
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. ✌️❤️🎶
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
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...
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...
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.
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.
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."
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'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.
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
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".
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.
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…..
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.
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.
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.
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.
A tidbit that you will appreciate. The day that they took the cover photo, they realized that the members were not sitting in alphabetical order. They returned to the site the next day to retake the photo but the house was already torn down.
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
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".
I prefer the Jefferson Airplane version myself, but this is really good also. I believe Paul Kantner of JA had a hand in the writing as well. Great song!
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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.
I always read it as two opposing American Civil War soldiers, separated from their troops, who decide to help each other, and drop out, quit their armies, get a good woman and start a new life.
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.
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..
The amazing music of CSN changed the Grateful Dead's music … they liked the multipart harmonies so much that they put out Workingman's Dead and American Beauty in 1970.
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.
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.
As to who played what… Stills played all the bass, organ, and lead guitar parts, as well as acoustic guitar on his own songs. Nash and Crosby played guitar on their 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.
To me this song was about the people who escaped the apocalypse/WW3. "have some of my purple berries. We've been eating them for six or seven weeks now, haven't got sick once, probably kepp us both alive."
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 ❤
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!
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.
Correction: the first guy singing was Stephen Stills, the second dude David Crosby. ;-)
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.
"If you smile at me, I will understand. ‘Cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language."
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
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.
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".
WHEN OLD FOLKS SAY OUR MUSIC WAS THE BEST....NOW YOU KNOW WHY!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼😎
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. ✌️❤️🎶
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.
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...
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 ruclips.net/video/G-THhwh5mNI/видео.html
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.
First voice: Stills, second voice: Crosby.
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.
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."
Saw them at Winterland and someone in the auditorium shouted "louder ' and Crosby replied" listen ".
The first vocalist you hear is Stephen Stills and the second is David Crosby. Stephen Stills on guitar 🎸 🔥
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.
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.
"there's just one thing I got to know, can you tell me please...who won?"
I believe it's dealing with war as the theme for the song. Talking with someone from the opposing side.
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!
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
THEIR FIRST GIG WAS WOODSTOCK!!!!! Stills and Crosby both sing.
Their harmonies were outstanding. Voices went perfectly together.
Such a beautiful track. The use of it in the opening of the Woodstock movie was a great choice.
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".
Great Album - I've had it on vinyl - 8 track - cassette & now on CD. I've loved it for over 50 years.
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.
Stephen Stills was the musical glue that held all of this together. No question about that.
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.
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!!..
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!
I own this album. The whole album is excellent and would be worth listening to!
Stephen Stills guitar was and still is incredible. You got the vocals backwards. Stephen first then Croz😊
Thank you Paul!
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
Silver people refers to some kind of anti radiation suit to protect from nuclear fallout.
no, the first vocalist is stephen, the second vocalist is david
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…..
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.
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.
I have no doubt you are going to love "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and its numerous transitions.
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!
Stephen's muted guitar tones on this song influences my tone to this day.
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.
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
This is a survivor of war who finds someone who is the enemy. He asks the person, Who won?
He shares his berries and talks of setting forth in a ship.
Stills and Crosby singing - u r in reverse (or Steven in the right ear) (Crosby in the left)
This gives me mexican brickweed flashbacks...Great song. Guitar solos are beautifully jazzy. Good choice.
You need to Guenivierre. Crosby lead and Nash are great
" I can see by your coat my friend, you're from the other side. But can you tell me please...Who won?"
So glad to see a new generation of people discovering this music!
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.
Bass is Stephen Stills - crosby and nash call him Captain Manyhands....he can play everything
A tidbit that you will appreciate. The day that they took the cover photo, they realized that the members were not sitting in alphabetical order. They returned to the site the next day to retake the photo but the house was already torn down.
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.
🙏RIP CROSBY🙏
1st one Stephen, 2nd one, David Crosby, their Best Album!!!!
Welcome to my generation! This is what it was all about.
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
Dallas Taylor is pictured on the back of that album
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".
I prefer the Jefferson Airplane version myself, but this is really good also. I believe Paul Kantner of JA had a hand in the writing as well. Great song!
Thanks for another great reaction. You're hearing a lot of fantastic music that other reactors don't. Keep up that independence and your supporters will give you excellent recommendations.
Blows Against the Empire. Whole album. Please? 😊
Best harmony HELPLESSLY HOPING.
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.
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.
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.
"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.
I always read it as two opposing American Civil War soldiers, separated from their troops, who decide to help each other, and drop out, quit their armies, get a good woman and start a new life.
One of the greatest opening lines of all time
LAST TRACK, EVERYBODY I LOVE YOU❤❤❤❤❤
So Stephen played bass on this but on Deja Vu they had a cat named Greg Reeves on bass. That’s a pretty cool story.
'Solemn restraint' is a perfect description. Quietly powerful.
60s 70s were the best years for music period.
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.
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. ☺️
It's Stephen Stills and David Crosby singing and Stephen playing the Electric guitar
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..
Stephen Stills ladies and gentlemen!!!
The amazing music of CSN changed the Grateful Dead's music … they liked the multipart harmonies so much that they put out Workingman's Dead and American Beauty in 1970.
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
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.
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.
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!
As to who played what… Stills played all the bass, organ, and lead guitar parts, as well as acoustic guitar on his own songs. Nash and Crosby played guitar on their 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.
To me this song was about the people who escaped the apocalypse/WW3. "have some of my purple berries. We've been eating them for six or seven weeks now, haven't got sick once, probably kepp us both alive."
This might be my favorite song from one of my favorite bands. (but they have SO many incredible tunes!) A great anti-war song.
Another Desert Island Replayer.
❤❤best of the best era of music
If no one mentioned it on your comments. It’s the Opening track of the Woodstock film!! Fabulous song!! And musical intro!! mesmerizing ❤!!
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 ❤
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!
It’s about the refugees from WWII leaving to who knows where on the
wooden ships. Just happy to still be alive.
It would blow your mind to see where the cover pic was taken.