David Crosby — Cowboy Movie
Album: If I Could Only Remember My NameAvg rating:
Your rating:
Total ratings: 1575
Length: 8:02
Plays (last 30 days): 0
share
tweet
Me and my good partners we were riding back to our camp
We were feeling very fine air was clear and slightly damp
We were riding back to have ourselves a party
To celebrate the robbing of the train
We were talking kind of low and lazy
About not having to go out soon again, oh yeah
You know we hadn't been back home two hours
We heard a hawk cry out in the night
And you know that's a signal from young Billy, who's our sentry
He's saying something here ain't exactly right, oh
So we quick grabbed some of our hardware
Stumbled out of our home
Two minutes flat we had found her an Indian girl all alone
And Eli said, "Let's take her back to the cabin"
I said, "You don't know she might be the law, yeah"
He said, smiling kind of nasty
"It ain't too damn likely she'll beat me to the draw", Oh yeah
We were walking back through the darkness
I heard the Duke, he's our dynamiter, say
He said, "What's your name, sweet little Indian girl?"
She said, "Raven" and she looked away
Right then I didn't trust her, no and I said so, oh no
Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now
And I [Incomprehensible]
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
They each wanted the Indian girl for their own
But when they finally got around to asking her
You know she said, She'd come to take young Billy home
Eli said, He'd kill young Billy he'd kill the Duke
And probably me too, yeah, the Indian girl said, "Go ahead now do it"
I said, "Stop it", and she bit my thumb nearly clean through
And when they finally started to break down the door
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb, yeah
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no
Now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
You know the reason I'm the only man here to tell it
You know that Indian girl, she wasn't an Indian she was the law, oh
We were feeling very fine air was clear and slightly damp
We were riding back to have ourselves a party
To celebrate the robbing of the train
We were talking kind of low and lazy
About not having to go out soon again, oh yeah
You know we hadn't been back home two hours
We heard a hawk cry out in the night
And you know that's a signal from young Billy, who's our sentry
He's saying something here ain't exactly right, oh
So we quick grabbed some of our hardware
Stumbled out of our home
Two minutes flat we had found her an Indian girl all alone
And Eli said, "Let's take her back to the cabin"
I said, "You don't know she might be the law, yeah"
He said, smiling kind of nasty
"It ain't too damn likely she'll beat me to the draw", Oh yeah
We were walking back through the darkness
I heard the Duke, he's our dynamiter, say
He said, "What's your name, sweet little Indian girl?"
She said, "Raven" and she looked away
Right then I didn't trust her, no and I said so, oh no
Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now
And I [Incomprehensible]
Now Eli and the Duke they got down to it
They each wanted the Indian girl for their own
But when they finally got around to asking her
You know she said, She'd come to take young Billy home
Eli said, He'd kill young Billy he'd kill the Duke
And probably me too, yeah, the Indian girl said, "Go ahead now do it"
I said, "Stop it", and she bit my thumb nearly clean through
And when they finally started to break down the door
I smeared my face up with blood from my thumb, yeah
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no
Now I'm dying here in Albuquerque
I must be the sorriest sight you ever saw
You know the reason I'm the only man here to tell it
You know that Indian girl, she wasn't an Indian she was the law, oh
Comments (138)add comment
With each listen, this tune gets closer and closer to 10/10 for me.
7 -> 9
Walk into the studio with nothing. Jam, 1 take, and make it on your over-rated name. Cheap crap. I feel cheated.
(btw, i have just about every CSN/CSNY album recorded. Just feel this one never tried.)
(btw, i have just about every CSN/CSNY album recorded. Just feel this one never tried.)
Ugh. And Sniff. Good bye, Mr. Crosby. Perhaps we shall meet again on what is next. Thank you for being a major part of the songs in the key of My Life. You have touched so many and so deeply in so many ways. Thank you for the brightness of your star. You made my feeble existence brighter. And. Sigh. But to all RP people! A toast! To David, a great soul, a flawed man, but brilliant through his pain of life. To my wine, I raise my glass to you and all that you have meant to me. (PS, William, Friday the 20th, play as much as you can of his deep and meaningful catalog! Please!)
RIP Mr. Crosby. You were a great influence on my musical tastes.
Given the chord structure, he actually cut his hair this time.
Proclivities wrote:
"Mediocre" is a more generous description than I would use to describe this song. To me it's an example of someone accustomed to a lifetime of privilege being able to record and release any old crap, just because he can. Anyhow, other people seem to like it, to each his own. They sound like they were having fun when they recorded it, so there's that.
To me it sounds 'derivative'. Am fond of lots of music where David Crosby is involved. Not this one.
"Mediocre" is a more generous description than I would use to describe this song. To me it's an example of someone accustomed to a lifetime of privilege being able to record and release any old crap, just because he can. Anyhow, other people seem to like it, to each his own. They sound like they were having fun when they recorded it, so there's that.
To me it sounds 'derivative'. Am fond of lots of music where David Crosby is involved. Not this one.
This album is so beyond amazing its true musical value has still yet to be discovered.
Bill mentioned that Grateful Dead fans might appreciate their backing on this song, so I listened more carefully. It definitely has the CSNY vibe, but then I tuned into the guitars. Wow! The interplay between Neil Young and Gerry Garcia is pretty spectacular. Curious, I found this review by Matthew Greenwald in AllMusic:
"One of the most autobiographical songs to stem from the diaspora of CSN&Y, David Crosby's "Cowboy Movie" is the actual story of the (temporary) 1970 breakup of that very group. The individual members are all given aliases: Stephen Stills is Eli ("our fastest gunner/kinda mean & young, from the South"). Graham Nash is The Duke ("our dynamiter"), Neil Young is Young Billy, who has an almost psychic ability to predict trouble, and Crosby himself is Fat Albert, who becomes an interested and interesting bystander. The other main character is Raven, who represents Rita Coolidge, who in real life had affairs with Stills first, then Nash. This in itself caused the ill-feelings between Nash and Stills at the time, and caused the temporary fraction in the band. Raven is also referred to as "The Law" -- but not in the legal sense, as Crosby explained in Dave Zimmer's Crosby, Stills & Nash, but the "law of averages of nature." All of this combines, as Zimmer relates, to create a "colorful look at human nature," and succeeds admirably. Musically, this lengthy cut is similar in structure to CSN&Y songs such as "Down by the River" and "Deja Vú." The fabulous electric guitar exchange between Young and Jerry Garcia is riveting, as is the rhythm section, which is provided by members of the Grateful Dead. All in all, one of the standouts on Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, and it is historical as much it still remains as a stone groove."
"One of the most autobiographical songs to stem from the diaspora of CSN&Y, David Crosby's "Cowboy Movie" is the actual story of the (temporary) 1970 breakup of that very group. The individual members are all given aliases: Stephen Stills is Eli ("our fastest gunner/kinda mean & young, from the South"). Graham Nash is The Duke ("our dynamiter"), Neil Young is Young Billy, who has an almost psychic ability to predict trouble, and Crosby himself is Fat Albert, who becomes an interested and interesting bystander. The other main character is Raven, who represents Rita Coolidge, who in real life had affairs with Stills first, then Nash. This in itself caused the ill-feelings between Nash and Stills at the time, and caused the temporary fraction in the band. Raven is also referred to as "The Law" -- but not in the legal sense, as Crosby explained in Dave Zimmer's Crosby, Stills & Nash, but the "law of averages of nature." All of this combines, as Zimmer relates, to create a "colorful look at human nature," and succeeds admirably. Musically, this lengthy cut is similar in structure to CSN&Y songs such as "Down by the River" and "Deja Vú." The fabulous electric guitar exchange between Young and Jerry Garcia is riveting, as is the rhythm section, which is provided by members of the Grateful Dead. All in all, one of the standouts on Crosby's If I Could Only Remember My Name, and it is historical as much it still remains as a stone groove."
wendyleefrancis1 wrote:
damn right
Anyone else hear a pretty strong echo of Steppenwolf's The Pusherman?
damn right
Lots of the Grateful Dead backing him on this one.
Really puts the vanity in vanity project.
robin_at_domani wrote:
So you know (roughly) how high to set his mic stand?
I just noticed something weird in the trivia on the right hand side: why is it important to know David Crosby's height?
So you know (roughly) how high to set his mic stand?
Guitar rife here reminds me of Steppenwolf's The Pusher
This is the first album I ever purchased.
Upon reflection the band should have been named Young, Stills...........Crosby and Nash.
I just noticed something weird in the trivia on the right hand side: why is it important to know David Crosby's height?
Bumped up from 8 to 9.
bstevens1951 wrote:
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
Mackmoney3000 wrote:
This is an excellent strategy for music to placed on a pedestal in a museum, and never interacted with again. So sayeth the plebeian.
Here's the thing: some of the impact of a given musician or piece of music is it's context; the music and, for the sixties, the social milieu that proceeded and accompanied it. That's part of what gave The Byrds, The Supremes, Dire Straits, Hendrix, the grunge scene, punk and many others their impact. For those of us who were sentient at the time, part of that impact goes away only when we do.
So when we think, quietly or out loud, that those who weren't there at the time just don't get it, I think we're just reveling in the richness those experiences had and still have.
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
Mackmoney3000 wrote:
This is an excellent strategy for music to placed on a pedestal in a museum, and never interacted with again. So sayeth the plebeian.
Here's the thing: some of the impact of a given musician or piece of music is it's context; the music and, for the sixties, the social milieu that proceeded and accompanied it. That's part of what gave The Byrds, The Supremes, Dire Straits, Hendrix, the grunge scene, punk and many others their impact. For those of us who were sentient at the time, part of that impact goes away only when we do.
So when we think, quietly or out loud, that those who weren't there at the time just don't get it, I think we're just reveling in the richness those experiences had and still have.
Jakethemuss wrote:
thought itt was "and I did..."
Pretty sure that
"And I [Incomprehensible]" Is "And I hid"
reallylost wrote:
bah
Self indulgent psychedelic Laurel Canyon/San Francisco dreck from the 60's and 70's - glad those times are gone.
bah
And all that time ago the guitar was recorded with a better clean sound than most can manage with all the tech now.
reallylost wrote:
Guess you had to be there to enjoy it. You weren't, so...
This was his first album.
Self indulgent psychedelic Laurel Canyon/San Francisco dreck from the 60's and 70's - glad those times are gone.
Guess you had to be there to enjoy it. You weren't, so...
This was his first album.
Self indulgent psychedelic Laurel Canyon/San Francisco dreck from the 60's and 70's - glad those times are gone.
down by the river...
stevencolonna wrote:
I don't see any similarity between Croz and Donovan.
I don't see any similarity between Croz and Donovan.
cely wrote:
I wonder why?
One thing you have to say about David Crosby. He sounds like David Crosby and no one else really even tries.
I wonder why?
PabloElBandito wrote:
NY and JG. A rare and special occasion.
Oh yes. This one. Thanks. I was tripping one day and listening to this very loud about a week after it was released and our neighbour upstairs (in London) actually kicked the fucking front door in to get us to turn it down. We didn't. We were tripped out, how could we? Major music. And what a cast!
NY and JG. A rare and special occasion.
Oh yes. This one. Thanks. I was tripping one night and listening to this very loud about a week after it was released and our neighbour upstairs (in London) actually kicked the fucking front door in to get us to turn it down. We didn't. We were tripped out, how could we? Major music. And what a cast!
this is a very good album
thank RP for playing songs off it
thank RP for playing songs off it
Quite the cast of SF psychedelic scene notables contributed to this album. I was there was video of them playing. I got a vinyl reissue and it sounds great cranked to around 96 dB's in a dim room
I laid down on the floor and played real good possum,
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no.
You know I'm crazy but I ain't real dumb, oh no.
Anyone else hear a pretty strong echo of Steppenwolf's The Pusherman?
E X C R U C I A T I N G .
This is a pretty strong argument for renaming to Stills, Nash, Young and..........Crosby
Pretty sure that
"And I [Incomprehensible]" Is "And I hid"
"And I [Incomprehensible]" Is "And I hid"
bstevens1951 wrote:
This is an excellent strategy for music to placed on a pedestal in a museum, and never interacted with again. So sayeth the plebeian.
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
This is an excellent strategy for music to placed on a pedestal in a museum, and never interacted with again. So sayeth the plebeian.
Love this, thank you soo much
bispy
I love this, thank you soo much
bispy
NelsonBlack wrote:
I believe this was Crosby's first album, and the lineup he put together had incredible harmonies that wove through each of the songs. Technically, this is not a CSNY effort. It's a solo artist that had lots of great artists help create something.
This is a great song from his best album. I'm a Neil Young fan, but this could be the best any of them (CSNY) ever did solo. Certainly right up there with Steve Stills first and Manassas; and Neil's best w/Crazy Horse. Why?
Well, a veritable who's who of the scene: Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann are his back up band for several songs (along with Neil on this song). On others you find: Jack Casady, Gracie and other members of Airplane etc etc etc.
Well, a veritable who's who of the scene: Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann are his back up band for several songs (along with Neil on this song). On others you find: Jack Casady, Gracie and other members of Airplane etc etc etc.
I believe this was Crosby's first album, and the lineup he put together had incredible harmonies that wove through each of the songs. Technically, this is not a CSNY effort. It's a solo artist that had lots of great artists help create something.
This is a great song from his best album. I'm a Neil Young fan, but this could be the best any of them (CSNY) ever did solo. Certainly right up there with Steve Stills first and Manassas; and Neil's best w/Crazy Horse. Why?
Well, a veritable who's who of the scene: Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann are his back up band for several songs (along with Neil on this song). On others you find: Jack Casady, Gracie and other members of Airplane etc etc etc.
Well, a veritable who's who of the scene: Garcia, Phil Lesh and Bill Kreutzmann are his back up band for several songs (along with Neil on this song). On others you find: Jack Casady, Gracie and other members of Airplane etc etc etc.
Bill "Common problem back then" LOL - and now as we get older. 
1→0 … drat
nutrod42 wrote:
Now this is a man who should not have had his vocals committed to tape.
Very long.
Its that Neil Young playing alongside?
Now this is a man who should not have had his vocals committed to tape.
cely wrote:
One thing you have to say about David Crosby. He sounds like David Crosby and no one else really even tries.
Season of the witch - Donovan? One thing you have to say about David Crosby. He sounds like David Crosby and no one else really even tries.
bitbanger wrote:
Just a tad.
Thing goes on for a while dunnit.
Just a tad.
Amazing classic album from one of the greatest artists in rock & roll. Crosby has one of the singularly distinctive voices in music, At age 77, that voice is as golden as ever, as I can attest to having seen him live twice last year. Crosby is enjoying quite a resurgence the past few years, having released four new solo albums of solid material. Very talkative & full of life & humor on stage. I've been a huge fan since his Byrds days, and this album is one of my favorites in my collection.
Yes, it may sound vaguely similar to various other songs.
That doesn't make it a "rip-off".
Relax and enjoy, people; life is short.
That doesn't make it a "rip-off".
Relax and enjoy, people; life is short.
Sounds like a cheap version of the "Suckerman´s Blues"
Unashamed rip off of "Cowgirl in the Sand". This is why some people write songs and some just sing the pretty high parts.
Thing goes on for a while dunnit.
Yes, it's cheesy as heck, but there is something strangely enjoyable about this song. Maybe it's because I usually dislike CSN songs, but appreciate their talent that I like this one.
God Damn the pusher man!
He made me cut my hair.
Po-lice car!
I don't understand the haters of Crosby's voice. This is not really a "sung" song - it's more talk-sing kinda thing. Crosby has a great voice when he gets serious. Listen to the other tunes on the album. Especially the last one - I believe he overdubbed harmonies a few times. Beautiful stuff.
It is a story about the band and some incident they had set to a western motif. Eli, Fat Albert and all are nicknames for the band members. Yeah it's kind of long, so after a while I just listen to the bass.
Sound on Radio Paradise is excellent nowadays, listening to great guitar now.
thanks
thanks
Broken_Arrow wrote:
I think it sounds much more like "Down by the River", actually.
This doesn't sound terribly different from "Long Time Gone." Not much better or worse, either, in my opinion. 6.5 sounds about right. Nah, moving to a 6 as it goes on (and on).
I think it sounds much more like "Down by the River", actually.
I think he may have been having whatever it was Janis had ~
.
Broken_Arrow wrote:
Long time gone is a far better song. Regardless of how favourable a bias I might have towards Crosby, this is tedious. 2
This doesn't sound terribly different from "Long Time Gone." Not much better or worse, either, in my opinion. 6.5 sounds about right. Nah, moving to a 6 as it goes on (and on).
Long time gone is a far better song. Regardless of how favourable a bias I might have towards Crosby, this is tedious. 2
This doesn't sound terribly different from "Long Time Gone." Not much better or worse, either, in my opinion. 6.5 sounds about right. Nah, moving to a 6 as it goes on (and on).
Okay, I'm gonna date myself. I like this tune, sorry haters. Thanks Bill.
Clark_Novato wrote:
"Mediocre" is a more generous description than I would use to describe this song. To me it's an example of someone accustomed to a lifetime of privilege being able to record and release any old crap, just because he can. Anyhow, other people seem to like it, to each his own. They sound like they were having fun when they recorded it, so there's that.
Sounds a lot like the only mediocre song on Deja Vu, "Almost Cut My Hair", but only more mediocre.
"Mediocre" is a more generous description than I would use to describe this song. To me it's an example of someone accustomed to a lifetime of privilege being able to record and release any old crap, just because he can. Anyhow, other people seem to like it, to each his own. They sound like they were having fun when they recorded it, so there's that.
This guy never could sing.
Sounds a lot like the only mediocre song on Deja Vu, "Almost Cut My Hair", but only more mediocre.
Of all the times for PSD to not work. Ugh.
Love this album!
Not that it matters much at this point in time..but...there's some other interesting players on this track:
Jerry Garcia - guitar
Phil Lesh - Phil Lesh (ha ha - I mean bass)
Mickey Hart - Drums
..given that..I am sure there were probably copious amounts of illicit substances involved...
Alternate take: https://youtu.be/93P_t17D2hw
He still plays it: https://youtu.be/ThMK5aRjYxs
Not a fan of Crosby's screaming.
Well, these lyrics are quite interesting.
This is the first time I've heard this; Mom refused to let me own an album titled "If I Could Only Remember my Name".
This is the first time I've heard this; Mom refused to let me own an album titled "If I Could Only Remember my Name".
ciarataylor wrote:
You rate virtually every song sucko barfo and you're calling Crosby the whiner?
He liked his drama. And plenty of it. Yet, funny enough, and I'll stand corrected: he never made it even close to Viet Nam did he? He pined over his lost love with Judy Collins. Whiner. I grew up through all this the first time around. Was never a fan of his or Neil Young with that voice like razors. Both are just bloody awful and proudly do not own a single record of either one.
You rate virtually every song sucko barfo and you're calling Crosby the whiner?
Quite possibly the stupidest lyrics for a song I have seen in a while. I guess because it's David Crosby... he gets a pass.
ciarataylor wrote:
I commend you on your efforts.
He liked his drama. And plenty of it. Yet, funny enough, and I'll stand corrected: he never made it even close to Viet Nam did he? He pined over his lost love with Judy Collins. Whiner. I grew up through all this the first time around. Was never a fan of his or Neil Young with that voice like razors. Both are just bloody awful and proudly do not own a single record of either one.
I commend you on your efforts.
He liked his drama. And plenty of it. Yet, funny enough, and I'll stand corrected: he never made it even close to Viet Nam did he? He pined over his lost love with Judy Collins. Whiner. I grew up through all this the first time around. Was never a fan of his or Neil Young with that voice like razors. Both are just bloody awful and proudly do not own a single record of either one.
Young and Garcia duel it out
Reminds me of the good old days where we'd meet new people around a fire, someone would start playing this tune, we'd join in with our instruments, and ... no one would bogart 
like lookin in my mirror and seein a police car
I really should have hit PSD on this one, but now it's too late...aauugghhh
kcar wrote:
From the lyrics page:
"Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now
And I (Incomprehensible)"
Looks like that lyric service just gave up on puzzling out David's babbling.
Hey, it was the 70s (stuck in the 60s). It didn't have to make sense or be comprehensible back then. But on a warm summer's evening, this song puts you into a dazed groove that feels...right on.
Thank God David Crosby survived all his drug use, but it sure took him to some odd and disjointed places.
I am not sure about the cowboy thing - sounds more like a secret hankering for Good Ole Boys that in subsequent decades that have turned bounty hunters, dope dealers, NRA apologists and Southern States separatists. I hope he was being critical rather than approving.
From the lyrics page:
"Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now
And I (Incomprehensible)"
Looks like that lyric service just gave up on puzzling out David's babbling.
Hey, it was the 70s (stuck in the 60s). It didn't have to make sense or be comprehensible back then. But on a warm summer's evening, this song puts you into a dazed groove that feels...right on.
Thank God David Crosby survived all his drug use, but it sure took him to some odd and disjointed places.
I am not sure about the cowboy thing - sounds more like a secret hankering for Good Ole Boys that in subsequent decades that have turned bounty hunters, dope dealers, NRA apologists and Southern States separatists. I hope he was being critical rather than approving.
rednred wrote:
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
I love this stoner song and I don't see in this message any proscription against the younger generation commenting on it
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
I love this stoner song and I don't see in this message any proscription against the younger generation commenting on it
Canlistener wrote:
They can tell anyone different if they choose.
Meanwhile, you rate everything sucko barfo, so this is just more of your tedious whining.
crap is crap no matter what decade it was made. And you don't get to tell anyone different. This is crap
They can tell anyone different if they choose.
Meanwhile, you rate everything sucko barfo, so this is just more of your tedious whining.
rednred wrote:
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
Here! Here! Thank you ;-)
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
Here! Here! Thank you ;-)
bstevens1951 wrote:
crap is crap no matter what decade it was made. And you don't get to tell anyone different. This is crap
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
crap is crap no matter what decade it was made. And you don't get to tell anyone different. This is crap
bstevens1951 wrote:
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
Funny, I have been thinking about writing something along the lines of your "folks who weren't born when the song was released" comment for a while now. There are clearly many people who were not at least in their early teens between 1965-1975, what I still consider to be the peek of rock and pop music, who don't seem to "get" or enjoy much of the really good music from that era. But at the same time, a very high percentage of the songs that receive 8.5 or higher ratings seem to be from that era, so those clearly great songs are universally recognized. My daughter is 27 and still lives in the San Francisco area, and she loves so much of the music from my younger days, as well as the music that I love like that played on RP from all decades, genres, and eras. The one place where we diverge is with some rap and hip hop, which she and her friends play and like to sing and dance to. Please don't get any ideas Bill! I love the wide variety of international, eclectic music you have always played on Radio Paradise, and I have been a listener pretty much since you began in 2000, and listened to you on KPIG and KFAT back in the day. But let's leave the rap and hip hop music to other stations, where I am sure it will be more appreciated.
From the lyrics page:
"Now, Eli, he's our fastest gunner
He's kind of mean and young from the South
He said, "Fat Albert, you're getting kind of old and weird now"
You'd better get your twelve gauge or shut your mouth and ass now
And I (Incomprehensible)"
Looks like that lyric service just gave up on puzzling out David's babbling.
Hey, it was the 70s (stuck in the 60s). It didn't have to make sense or be comprehensible back then. But on a warm summer's evening, this song puts you into a dazed groove that feels...right on.
Thank God David Crosby survived all his drug use, but it sure took him to some odd and disjointed places.
merobreno wrote:
is going to be looking in his mirror for a po-lice car soon?
Another great David Crosby sing-a-long.
is going to be looking in his mirror for a po-lice car soon? idavido wrote:
Yah, clocking in at 8+ minutes. No thanks: PSD time.
One of the worst of many bad songs from Crosby's solo career.
Yah, clocking in at 8+ minutes. No thanks: PSD time.
MrsTom wrote:
It has been going and going...
.... and going
Is it over yet?
It has been going and going...
.... and going
Is it over yet?
"Not country and western, just western music". Phew, I was looking for the PSD 
Spoiler Alert:
The Indian Girl WAS the law!
9 - for the lyrics....
The Indian Girl WAS the law!
9 - for the lyrics....
Who's singing there? Reminds me of 'Hope you're feeling better'... Greg Rolie?
You don't hear this one too often — thank goodness.
What a fantastic passionate morsel of rock'n roll history. David completed his recent (last Wednesday), truly excellent solo acoustic show with this number. Others can tell the background on this better than I can.
One of the worst of many bad songs from Crosby's solo career.
Good choice.
Another great David Crosby sing-a-long.
"Laughing" from this album is a joy
This gets only a 6.5 rating?? Really? It's a 10 in my book.
Oh ! Unexpectedly, I hope for.shorty punk.
Some highs here, along with some lows.
so cool, just like a bunch of super talented guys jamming...oh, it is...
In the future, folks who weren't born when the song was released have no basis for commenting. So sayeth the King.
I have a live version of this song that is better. Somehow the live version is more cohesive that this album version. I can see how people are bored with it, but the searing guitar parts that always get me.
This doesn't seem popular. I love it.
kbs wrote:
just samplin'
Goddamn the pusher man!
just samplin'
Abominable. There has to be something in the David Crosby oeuvre that is not top 40 or FM classic rock, and better than this.
Okay, I apologize. I've often said that I've never heard a bad song on RP. Until now. What was he thinking, smoking, drinking...otherwise ingesting?
Very enjoyable.
horstman wrote:
Amen! This is very tiresome. There's a reason this gets played so little.
I'm with Scott and horstman ... "tiresome" is the perfect description.
Amen! This is very tiresome. There's a reason this gets played so little.
I'm with Scott and horstman ... "tiresome" is the perfect description.
kbs wrote:
You know I smoke a lot of ..........
Goddamn the pusher man!
You know I smoke a lot of ..........
I bet he says the album title alot these days...
hayduke2 wrote:
Perhaps, but it's probably better than falling out of a 7th-floor window.
better than anything Chris Martin blessed us with, imo
Perhaps, but it's probably better than falling out of a 7th-floor window.
Goddamn the pusher man!
djengs wrote:
Down by the river...? Oh, not that? Sorry, Neil.
which is weird because i normally love his music. he is very much missed.