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Sometimes it hurts so badly I must cry out loud, 'I am lonely.'
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.
Remember what we've said, and done and felt about each other, oh babe, have mercy.
Don't let the past, remind us of what we are not now, I am not dreaming.
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.
Tearing yourself away from me now, you are free and I am crying.
This does not mean I don't love you, I do, that's forever, yes, and for always.
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are, you make it hard.
Something inside is telling me that I've got your secret. Are you still listening?
Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart and I love you.
I am yours, you are mine, you are what you are
and you make it hard, and you make it hard, and you make it hard, and you make it hard.
Friday evening, Sunday in the afternoon, what have you got to lose?
Tuesday morning, please be gone, I'm tired of you what have you got to lose?
Can I tell it like it is, listen to me baby-
it's my heart that's a suffering, it a-dying and that's what I have to lose.
I've got an answer. I'm going to fly away, what have I got to lose?
Will you come see me Thursdays and Saturdays? What have you got to lose?
Chestnut brown canary, ruby throated sparrow,
sing a song, don't be long, thrill me to the marrow.
Voices of the angels, ring around the moonlight,
asking me, said, she so free, how can you catch the sparrow?
Lacy, lilting lyrics, losing love lamenting. Change by life, make it right, be my lady.
What joy Cuba brings to me,
The Queen of the Caribbean Sea.
What sunny skies they have there,
And how sad it is that I cannot go.
Oh go, oh go, go.
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What a comment..! Worth its weight in gold. Thankyou
This song hits all the marks: harmony, melody, cleverness, arrangement, performance, lilting lyrics,…. Wow! I never tire of hearing this amazing tune, (nor trying to sing it!).
Your trivia for today (from Wikipedia):
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
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Where does it say one has to read a photo left to right?!?
Or maybe the photographer was Hebrew.
I don't remember the photographers name but I read that he & CSN found a derelict house in LA and took a few photos for the album cover. They all loved the shot but later that day they realized the order was wrong. They all went back the next day to reshoot the photo, but the house was gone.
https://tinyurl.com/ysvr2u7a
Yes, Neil wasn't on this first CSN LP or this classic track. But Stills and Young have been like car and wheels since 1966.
its just that no other band had or will have these vocals
aint even close
A friend emailed me a pic of Crosby and Joni and Eric Clapton just hanging out on the lawn, playing acoustics. I couldn't help thinking how fortunate we were to grow up in an era where we more or less took all the incredible music for granted. To quote a Dylan lyric, it was "Magic in a magical land".
RIP David.
Fascinating behind-the-scenes look at this recording:
https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug10/articles/classic-tracks-0810.htm
(lots of others on this site as well)
Sent this link to some friends after Crosby passed last week.
Enjoyed rereading the story after all these years, and I am still amazed at their talent. RIP Mr Crosby.
Thanks for the link, William!
aint even close
This song will always remind me of my dearly departed cat Riley who upon hearing me singing along began to sing with me. We sounded like hell, but man we loved every second!
Don't mean to pry, but did your singing contribute to Riley's demise? Lord knows my vocals could kill a cat or two....
Ah, but from their perspective (ie on the couch) they are in the correct order. ; )
Where does it say one has to read a photo left to right?!?
Or maybe the photographer was Hebrew.
I bloody hate these harmonies. Just saying. Sounds like the turbo gone wrong in my van.
That's what I told your mom about the sounds she was making in my van.
Your trivia for today (from Wikipedia):
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. (edit)
Ah, but from their perspective (ie on the couch) they are in the correct order.
Lacy lilting ladies, losing love, lamenting ....
Now that there's alliteration.
And, of course, there's Helplessly Hoping, from this album too. Alliteration plus.
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The Eagles and Bee Gees
Little River Band best for me
Um, isn't it trivial to reverse a photo :-)
I'm left handed myself but I don't think Steve Stills is.
Best harmonies in Rock/Pop:
CSN
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Beach Boys
Not in order. Who would you add?
The Eagles and Bee Gees
Um, isn't it trivial to reverse a photo :-)
Sure, but then Stills would be playing a left-handed guitar :)
CSN
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles
Beach Boys
Not in order. Who would you add?
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Um, isn't it trivial to reverse a photo :-)
At about the same age, I was loaned the album Four-Way Street and heard this song. I was instantly hooked.
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What the heck was I thinking?!
Corrected to a 10.
[Edit:} outbalanced by good guitar playing and harmonizing voices.
there are many, many examples of terrible songwriting in pop music.
This is not one of them.
A true masterpiece.
[Edit:} outbalanced by good guitar playing and harmonizing voices.
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
They also considered simply reversing the photograph, but the right-handed Steven Stills is holding a guitar.
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
That's great story! Thank you!
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Whatever I may feel about this song (I don't like it), that mustache is LIFE.
Even my sympathy for this sort of music an't heal that.
Umm, not one to correct English, so much, but 'base player' and 'bass player' mean something quite different. A base player is, say, a shitty corrupt politician, a bass player is a musician, say, Jack Bruce or Jaco Pastorious.
As for feelingless, imo a critique of this song and that word should not be in the same sentence.
Even my sympathy for this sort of music an't heal that.
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I'm so sick of this comment, I wish there was a block button.
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According to Google street view, May of 2019, the car wash is still there...
poetdancer wrote:
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Ive always imagined this old house to be in the middle of a dusty field somewhere, not across the street from a car wash!
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Great story!
vocals = check
melody =check
catchy = check
sing-a-long=check
songwriting=check
i can only imagine, folks who "low voted" this, just heard it too many times, and i get that - or - they are just assholes (which i also get)
Maybe they have tastes which differ from yours. Apparently, very few people consider that to be a viable possibility these days.
vocals = check
melody =check
catchy = check
sing-a-long=check
songwriting=check
i can only imagine, folks who "low voted" this, just heard it too many times, and i get that - or - they are just assholes (which i also get)
my brain cannot think of it at this time
it's lost somewhere
According to Google street view, May of 2019, the car wash is still there...
poetdancer wrote:
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Fly on the wall indeed! BillG posted a link somewhere about the recording session, the engineer's story. Fascinating. Stills put down the entire guitar track all at once, pretty much without warning, no retakes, and the poor engineer thought they would fire him because he had not properly set up the take. Au contraire. It's a story of intensity, cooperation and things going right. I think this is the same link:
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/crosby-stills-nash-suite-judy-blue-eyes-classic-tracks
The good stuff starts about half way down.
I'll say "Thanks for this" on Cynaera's behalf....I'm sure she would have loved the backstory.
I came to comment how much nicer this song is with a FLAC stream vs. the crappy .mp3 file I have from way back before I knew what I was doing ripping my CDs. Thanks for keeping this one active, BillG! Long Live RP!!
I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when they were recording this. It's on my top-ten of all-time favorite songs.
Fly on the wall indeed! BillG posted a link somewhere about the recording session, the engineer's story. Fascinating. Stills put down the entire guitar track all at once, pretty much without warning, no retakes, and the poor engineer thought they would fire him because he had not properly set up the take. Au contraire. It's a story of intensity, cooperation and things going right. I think this is the same link:
https://www.soundonsound.com/people/crosby-stills-nash-suite-judy-blue-eyes-classic-tracks
The good stuff starts about half way down.
The kudos could be expressed without h8ing on the new. There is no magical difference between the the talents of the humans living then vs. those living now. In fact, they had much more of the stage to themselves than new bands have in today's fractured music world. If this came out now it would undoubtedly be successful, but nowhere near as large a percentage of the population would be exposed to it.
The kudos could be expressed without h8ing on the new. There is no magical difference between the the talents of the humans living then vs. those living now. In fact, they had much more of the stage to themselves than new bands have in today's fractured music world. If this came out now it would undoubtedly be successful, but nowhere near as large a percentage of the population would be exposed to it.
Loved this album. Even remember the slightly fuzzy texture of the jacket cover.
College days, never to return. Not that I'm complaining. Retirement is great too. Sit around when I want to, listening to RP!
Usta listen to a lot of jazz. Several public radio stations streams. What were they? Umm...uh oh, here comes another RP set.
In their dreams.
Only 3 10s. That's rare air indeed!
Lifting of the tolls off the bridges in the Lower Mainland has lead to more traffic, ultimately will lead to more congestion, more air pollution that drifts up the Fraser valley, more traffic accidents.
Left or right has nothing to do with anything.
This is populist nonsense. This catering to myopic preferences, or rather imposing myopic preferences on unwilling fellow citizens in the form increased risk to safety and well being.
Remember Christy Clark talking about the the availability of alcohol more widely through private sector distributors and then a few moments talking rape and sexual assault. Clearly making alcohol more readily available was popular. Presumably, people are willing to pay for greater access in the form enhanced violent assault, sexual assault, rape and homicide. Let alone traffic and boating accidents.
Or that was not the case and some contemporary study shows how easier access to alcohol does not create more alcohol-related problems, somebody please share.
I do enjoy alcohol responsibly. Emphasis enjoy, not abuse. Fortunately for me, the cost of over indulgence is very high, so drinking a few high quality glasses of whatever is a likable past time, not a required lifestyle.
I also run a high powered car and m/cycle plus a low powered bicycle. Oh, and a great pair of hiking boots. Free bridges are unsustainable.
Meanwhile, for all that Smiley Christie said she was done with Politics, it was politics which was done with her.
Pretty sure the new NDP/Green hybrid do not fall under the "Team Trump" moniker.
Christy Clark, well, she was leaning a little more to the right. ; )
Lifting of the tolls off the bridges in the Lower Mainland has lead to more traffic, ultimately will lead to more congestion, more air pollution that drifts up the Fraser valley, more traffic accidents.
Left or right has nothing to do with anything.
This is populist nonsense. This catering to myopic preferences, or rather imposing myopic preferences on unwilling fellow citizens in the form increased risk to safety and well being.
Remember Christy Clark talking about the the availability of alcohol more widely through private sector distributors and then a few moments talking rape and sexual assault. Clearly making alcohol more readily available was popular. Presumably, people are willing to pay for greater access in the form enhanced violent assault, sexual assault, rape and homicide. Let alone traffic and boating accidents.
Or that was not the case and some contemporary study shows how easier access to alcohol does not create more alcohol-related problems, somebody please share.
Keep your eye on it?
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you've got to ask yourself: how can you catch the sparrow?
Keep your eye on it?
Pretty sure the new NDP/Green hybrid do not fall under the "Team Trump" moniker.
Christy Clark, well, she was leaning a little more to the right. ; )
..... says the guy from British Columbia.
LOL! BC, where Team Trump North politics have been in play for a verrry long time.
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..... says the guy from British Columbia.
That's alliteration.
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
Cool trivia. And today it's a parking lot: Google street view
Wrong, but you've probably got to ask yourself: how can you catch the sparrow?
Read it and be even more awed... :) https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug10/articles/classic-tracks-0810.htm
Thanks for that article. Very interesting.
Well, I still like Stairway to Heaven, so there's that. I'm almost embarrassed to admit that around here.
On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house with an old, battered sofa outside, located at 815 Palm Avenue, West Hollywood, across from the Santa Palm car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their image. A few days later they decided on the name “Crosby, Stills, and Nash”. To prevent confusion, they went back to the house a day or so later to re-shoot the cover in the correct order, but when they got there they found the house had been reduced to a pile of timber.
I wish I'd been a fly on the wall when they were recording this. It's on my top-ten of all-time favorite songs.
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love this song... also love you...
Everybody in my mushrooming multitude of presidential campaigns agrees with you, Cynaera... we love this emotive song... we miss you so much, Cynaera, and we still love you... time flies when we're having fun...
the pot cookie i ate this morning probably helped, too.
never hurts
the pot cookie i ate this morning probably helped, too.
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Stills is still the driving force of CSN. Saw them two months ago in Holland.
and listening to music.
Amen
That may be true, but I had just finished reading Nash's biography and all the wasted years he describes and so I felt they could have accomplished more. Maybe though, that was all they pour out of their brilliant minds during the times they had together and we should be lucky to have what we have..
Love CSN. The Nash bio is terrific. Got me listening to Hollies again—and as great as CSN was, I have to say that the Hollies are a better band all things considered. Not that I blame Nash for leaving them for the rainbow ride
Read it and be even more awed... :) https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug10/articles/classic-tracks-0810.htm
What a great article, thanks for the link!
I beg to differ re: the referral to "underachieving". The albums they made were brilliant and each had very solid individual albums along with collaborations with other artists.
That may be true, but I had just finished reading Nash's biography and all the wasted years he describes and so I felt they could have accomplished more. Maybe though, that was all they pour out of their brilliant minds during the times they had together and we should be lucky to have what we have..
Also, they can go to Cuba now—only 46 years later!