Of course. It was magic. It was their first album and the first we got to here that rare combination of a uniquely beautiful vocal harmony blend, great songwriting, and musicianship mostly from Stills. Having said that, I love the second CSN album with Shadow Captain, See The Changes, In My Dreams, Cathedral, I Give You Give Blind. While it wasn't as impactful as the original CSN album, I don't think that there's a bad song on the second.
It is possible they couldn't hear themselves. That happens sometimes and if the stage sound is bad it can be frustrating and everyone blames everyone else when it sounds like shite and off key. The guitar in that case was probably not heard as well or if the player was high could have been playing all wrong. Not making excuses for them as they were all old pros but there might be a reason other then they starting sucking.
To add, I recently watched a video from 1995 I believe when Led Zeppelin for the hall of fame or some shit were playing live with Neil Young on guitar jamming with them. It was a train wreck of a racket. As agonizing as the Silent Night episode. Out of tune, out of time and poor Robert Plant had to sing over it. Then Plant decided to pick up a guitar. Not good. Search it on RU-vid if you like pain lol. It's gold in a sense.
Spinal tap is a 4th tier ,crappy band.David Crosby was the troublemaker in CSNY.They should have gotten rid of him like the Byrd's did.Nobody wanted Crosby.
They were Legends . you obviously know nothing about them or their history in music! That's a stupid pathetic program now gone after every individual they can, and are now resorting to entire groups of people? Sometimes I wonder whose lives are 'sad'!
I have a family member who is addicted to smoking crack. He is in his late 70's and still getting busted all the time, wrecking cars, missing bills etc. It's a heck of a drug to those who get addicted. In and out of treatment centers for decades. Every time we think he is finally clean he goes back to his ways and we get the call he's in jail again.
Crosby was friends with Jackson Browne. His opinion of Hannah was likely formed at that time when Hannah claimed Browne attacked her, something Browne always denied (and the LAPD supported him). So Crosby was understandably angry that Young had taken up with her. Airing his grievances in public, though, was a bad decision -- something the whole band had a problem with.
The issue with this band always was their huge overblown egos. They are very good at patting themselves on the back and saying how great they sound, but can't get along, even at the end of their lives. Very sad.
The 2000 tour was excellent. I saw them at The Spectrum in Philadelphia. If I recall correctly, Booker T. was on the organ. They sounded great and they rocked.
What a seemingly pleasant bunch of guys! I’ve read quite a number of musician’s autobiographies, when any one of these 4 appear in a chapter, there was usually drama. They seem difficult for the sake of being difficult!
That only applied to Crosby.Crosby always made things difficult as he was a tortured soul from substance abuse and the loss of his first girlfriend who died in a car crash. This story doesnt mention that. In person Nash and Stills were always kind persons. Neil Young has always been Neil Young... If he feels it;s right-he goes with it...if not.. he;s not on board. You are on your own...
Everything about this bunch was sad , it seems , not just their last 10 years of continuous soap operas . Loved them after listening to Four Way Street and Harvest , but admittedly , Nash was the only adult in the room . Wish the film had touched on Young's abandonment of his girlfriend and their cerebral palsy stricken child a few years after buying his famous ranch .....
Thanks! Very informative. It`s always interesting having a look at some of what was going on behind the scene. Shows how music can keep us together, almost.
Crosby was pretty damn insufferable. I can’t stand any of their live work where he drones on and on like some center of the world. Great musician but creep of a person.
While mentioning all of Young's solo work you regrettably left out the most important work Crosby ever did. His amazing CPR record in 1997 with his newly discovered son James Raymond and guitar genius Jeff Pevar arguably Crosby's finest work. Big hole in the story of an overall good synopsis of these musicians who often acted like self important assholes.
Crosby released amazing music in his later years. Croz and Sky Trails are superb. Most talented artists are screwed up. I don’t see the point of all the negative comments on this video, if people are not into CSNY they can listen to any of the pathetic wannabes filling the charts nowadays.
In fairness to the others, from the 60s onward, nobody could work with Crosby long or without needless hassles and incidents. Young was apparently a close second when it comes to having a "difficult" personality.
In the 2018 Cameron Crow Documentary About Crosby..Crosby says NO ONE and he repats NO ONE he ever recorded music will work or even talk with him again. Crowe fails to ask the most important question....WHY is that Mr Crosby? Why do you think they refuse to work with you. The list of those not willing to work with him was long... Stills,m Nash, Young, everyone in The Byrds and even Joni Mitchell who he actually helped out a few years ago after her aneurysm.
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Do you know why no one would work with him again? Was it just the drugs? I thought he and Mitchell were very close in later years, but I don't know much about them at all. Just thought I read that somewhere.
@@lucydayLucida Let me see Roger McGuin of The Byrds "No, I dont wish to tour with Crosby again too many chances for problems on the tour": Bob Dylan ":I work alone now": Stills-really had no beef with him anymore-Stills just really isnt recording new music anymore. Neil was still mad at him over remarks he made about Daryl Hannah, being a "Gold digger"., Joni never actually issued a statement saying she would never work with him again, Crosby said that .. Nash was upset over comments Crosby made about Nash dumping his older wife for a younger upgraded model and he never paid Nash back for the money he put up to buy Crosbys entire song catalog. Jackson Browne also wouldnt work with him over a royalty dispute over songs they co-wrote in 1987 and 1989 Browne said they were HIS songs and Crosby just added some Harmony. Crosby claims they were co-written and he never got his credit. Crosby was not easiest man to get along with but I still love his beautiful music.
@@Piggy-Oink-Oink Thank you for taking the time to reply. I love the music too, and although I was too young at the time to appreciate it, I wasn't that far behind. I know he did help a lot of people get clean in his later years, but sounds like he had a big mouth that his foot ended up in too often. Cheers
I think about how much tax bills have to race on this device horrible behavior between police and courts and jail and All the people who put at risk by drunk driving. What a horrible human
Funny... how these three/four garnered such fame and renown, and yet their output of really great music was minimal. Only five studio albums as CSN, and three as CSNY. As far as I recall, only three of them were critically acclaimed. As solo artists, I think Youngs discography is more than the other three combined. Looking back through the years, I think they somehow became a legend that was greater than their actual reality.
Respectfully disagree. Despite all the turmoil and outright failures, C,S,N & Y produced some songs that will live as classic songs of a classic era of rock n' roll. Young's prolific output of music cements him as the workhorse of the 4. But, and I am a Neil Young fan, there is quite a considerable amount of forgettable material.
@@reddiver7293 Did I even imply that none of their music was monumental? No, I dont think so. Please learn to read things before answering. Most of their albums were rated very low by critics. The Beatles produced more than them in only seven years and every one was rated five stars. As for Neil Young, more than half of his albums were rated three and a half to five stars. A little objectivity would help you out here.
You are right. CSN hit a musical and cultural sweet spot with their first album and Woodstock. The CSNY album really enhanced this. They were both great albums. To many, they epitomized Woodstock and their legend grew with along with the Woodstock legend. Neil Young went on to a long and productive career. However, for the other three, the rest of their careers was a big letdown. They wasted their best years with drugs and their egos. I've always been a big CSNY fan, but Crosby has got to be the most overrated musician of his era.
They tend to leave the part about the Burt mattresses out of the mainstream documentaries lol. I think you missed Stills stroke no? Also Crosby reuniting with the son he never knew he had and forming a decent band with him called CPR
If he lived until 81 with all he's been through I might have a shot at 100. The story is kind of sad in a way being they could make such magic together yet had all these issues getting along... but nonetheless had pretty amazing careers and left us with some great music overall.
The concept was three solo artists working together to make music. Crosby and to a lesser extent Nash, were unhappy that their former bands continued to make music in their absence. By having the individual names, that couldn't happen.
Loved them so much from 1969 to 1972. Never thought Young fit. Crosby's 'If I Could Only Remember My Name' is imo one of the most magical albums ever made. Stills, although mega talented, imo never lived up to HIS potential. The Crosby Nash albums were pretty good I think. Nash's solo stuff sucked. I actually liked American Dream lmao go figure.. Young lost his mojo in the long haul with only flashes.. all threaded through this were their substance abuses butting heads with inflated fucking egos. Sad. They all should have taken lessons from the guys in the Stones...and McCartney.. both still rockin..
CSN& sometimes Y were all about hype and what could have been. If you look at their collaborative body of work, it doesn’t amount to much. Precious little of that is memorable. Truly a Hippie Dream, capsized in excess.
'Daylight again' was truly the last decent album of CSN . And there never was anything good after that with CSNY. And for Crosby to have been broke by the 80s obviously was a result of his horrible drug use. Being a Rockstar, I would never want to be. Too much excess while you have so much success.
The collaboration of CSN&Y was the Idea of Steven Stills - who played with Neil on Their band Buffalo Springfield ...... the idea was not embraced by Graham or at first by David .... they had the BRILLIANT THREE PART HARMONY and skilled players and composers already fitted, famous & successful in their formula ! Neil turned out to be a blow hard and selfish Musician and writer WHO SAW EACH ELEMENT OF HIS CONTRIBUTION AS HIS CONTROLLING part .... he even denied the others in sharing his songs and singing parts in studio by coming in by himself .... also adding his harmonies or lead parts on his own terms and NEVER BECAME really part of the group - too full of himself, did not show for some joints efforts and left when he wanted to. A tyrant and narcissist to the max. Unworthy of any real praise. Selfish and indulged Canadian headcase.
. You also did not mention that Nash BOUGHT Crosby';s entire song catalog around 2014 and GAVE Crosby full ownership of his songs. Something Crosby eas unable to financially do for himself. Crosby by 2019 claimed due to COVID and other expenses he wasn;t going to even be able to keep his house or have any source of income. He then RESOLD his song catalog for a HUGE amount of money (over 100MM) and didn;t pay Nash back anything for the money he laid out to buy Crosby his songs a few years earlier.
The most amazing part was from 25:28 to 25:55. What were these two even doing at the concert? The first guy talks about political songs. What the fuck did he think Ohio, Alabama, Find the Cost of Freedom, Chicago, Teach Your Children, American Dream, and Almost Cut My Hair were about? As for the second creature: if Charles Darwin had lived to witness the American Conservative movement, he might have concluded that not all species evolve to higher states.
Crosby could not get along with anyone. He was fired from The Byrds. You would think as he got older he would gain some wisdom but that did not happen either.
To be the in epicentre of an era would be an amazing thing... But time moves on and your left on a mud bank flapping about and trying to be relevant... Old age is a humbling experience where, ego and arrogance have been washed away... and it's a beautiful thing for the seeker of truth. 🙂😇
I recall ate e Stills 9n g a instilled fla .wher i grew up. I loved the byrds a d did Tom Petty. My friend. When Crosby began re a ct .iff only they had stuck with acid and mushrooms but b thewith violence toward their manager some one should have intervene.
Great video. This unblinking look at the 4 is hard to watch sometimes. And expertly details relevant details of their personal lives and their interactions as musicians. I was amused and a bit disgusted with the bit of audience members expecting hearing only material from the past. Alcohol as a drug of choice consistently seems to precede a lowering of quality in artistic output.Disappointing the way all but Nash allowed themselves to become so bloated. But that's my problem, I suppose. RIP , bradda David.
They did produce some pretty incredible stuff that is timeless and can't be touched. Problem was they could not touch it again either and it might have been due to their problems getting along, or caused their problems getting along. And David on crack.. not good.
They (the record company & PR people) boasted that it was a reunion of CSN&Y. But if my memory serves me well, David Crosby according to the credits, didn't even appear on most cuts, and in some, it was just vocals with no guitar playing. It was no reunion, it was a patch job. The whole band was a mess after a promising start that lasted 15 minutes. Too many egos in that lineup with no leader (strong manager, agent, or advisor). And as far as Young is concerned: if he did to me what he did to Stephen Stills on the tour of their LP together I would've broken both of Young's kneecaps. He abandoned Stills in mid-tour because he changed his mind? What about the audience that bought tickets? The money outlay by the record company? The other musicians, that depended on the tour as income. It was one of the most unprofessional things I ever heard. I wouldn't rely on Neil Young to tune my guitar (by the way George Harrison & Eric Clapton are on record saying they thought Neil was one of the worst guitarists in rock music). Too bad since Neil started out as a great singer-songwriter & morphed into a jerk. Doesn't matter now anyway, he looks like a grandfather with his 4 chins & a balding head. R&R of his own design ended for him a long time ago.
the sad excrutiatingly long downfall of this terrible group - it's like seeing an immigrant shitting on your porch in super slow motion on loop forever
@@olecranonrebellion9976 Not sure what a "nob eds" is but enough people liked them that they got millions of dollars to squander. Very few get to their level in that industry regardless if not everyone likes it. You don't need everyone to like it. Meanwhile, ya'll watched the video lol.
