Members g6120 Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 Albeit circa 1987 but still very interesting to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 ".....three unreleased recordings of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young fighting in the dressing room at the Fillmore East Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 As always, I'm struck by the quiet courage and strength of Nash...he has always been the rock the other two could (and often did) use to anchor themselves to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bad Robot Posted October 13, 2012 Members Share Posted October 13, 2012 The Bottle and the Damage Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted October 14, 2012 Members Share Posted October 14, 2012 Not exactly an exclusive story with bands ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kiowa1 Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Originally Posted by Bad Robot The Bottle and the Damage Done. So true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acousticdepot Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Originally Posted by Bad Robot The Bottle and the Damage Done. No relevant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Originally Posted by Terry Allan Hall As always, I'm struck by the quiet courage and strength of Nash...he has always been the rock the other two could (and often did) use to anchor themselves to. Crosby leaning on one side of Nash because he's too strung out to stand on his own and Stills on the other side trying to swing around Nash to clobber Crosby for being {censored} headed, what's not to expect just before a show? Crosby was a musical genius and a personal train wreck and it didn't help matters at all that Stills needed him to back up his ego. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 It was too much to ask that we would even get one more album such as this: But it is heart-breaking to think we might have, had it not been for their demons. Sounds like this is what GN is mourning; what might have been... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted October 16, 2012 Members Share Posted October 16, 2012 Agreed. He has mentioned a few times that Stills had a tendency to hog the spotlight. How many times does that happen before your band falls apart feeling individually insignificant? Tonight I'm picking my gear up from one I quit because of that. I see ego, I show heels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members knockwood Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 The loss of creativity is tragic. But despite the toll taken by egos and demons, these guys are IMHO on an extremely short list of bands that have cranked out an amazing number of great songs. In that regard, I put them up there with the likes of the Beatles and the Stones. I was barely aware of them, somehow, until I met my wife. They've always been her favorite band. It also seems like bands are even more doomed than marriages, statistically. Egos and substance abuse and faulty airplanes have really {censored}ing robbed us all of a lot of great art. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OldTwelver Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 I was in two groups with great promise that were ruined by drugs and booze (no, not me). It was very frustrating, and a real waste of talent, time, and emotion. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bad Robot Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 Originally Posted by acousticdepot No relevant Um.... you did watch the video, didn't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 CSN was probably the single-most influential band for me between 1969 and on. Individual artists were plentiful but CSN was my band. I did not think Young was needed in the band, and visa versa. I thought, and still think, Suite Judy Blues eyes a brilliant piece of writing with its execution, vocal harmonies, dynamics, the full "suite" to be immune to the stagnation and overplay that killed the Free Birds and Stairways of our past. A true timeless piece of writing, IMO. Then again, I know of one guy who actually said: "I don't get Crosby, Stills and Nash. What was that all about?" He also said that of Cat Stevens and a few others, as I recall. Dropped him as a client Monday, incidentally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 Originally Posted by Bad Robot Um.... you did watch the video, didn't you? Yo Bad- It's an old joke that precedes your Join Date here. Refers to whether or not CSN, but especially Neil Young remains relevant today. Just a joke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members acousticdepot Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 Originally Posted by Bad Robot Um.... you did watch the video, didn't you? Yes like Q said ... just a joke. You were referencing a Neil Young song (Needle and the Damage Done), and there is an on going debate/joke as to whether or not Neil is still relevant today. If I make a joke, I normally add a smiley after it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bad Robot Posted October 17, 2012 Members Share Posted October 17, 2012 Originally Posted by acousticdepot Yes like Q said ... just a joke. You were referencing a Neil Young song (Needle and the Damage Done), and there is an on going debate/joke as to whether or not Neil is still relevant today. If I make a joke, I normally add a smiley after it. Ah. Ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rickjes Posted October 18, 2012 Members Share Posted October 18, 2012 Originally Posted by g6120 Albeit circa 1987 but still very interesting to watch. THX for sharing...I found it quite interesting !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members g6120 Posted October 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted October 19, 2012 This is just TOO SWEET not to share here. Graham Nash interviews Judy Collins and they talk about her being the subject of Suite Judy Blue Eyes then they bring Stills on to play a song with her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chordchunker Posted October 19, 2012 Members Share Posted October 19, 2012 When I hear someone say "Brutally Honest" I wonder if it`s the Honesty, or the brutality that turns them on.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdBega Posted October 20, 2012 Members Share Posted October 20, 2012 When I hear someone say "Brutally Honest" I wonder if it`s the Honesty, or the brutality that turns them on.. I don't think I would describe it that way especially at this point in time ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hudman Posted October 20, 2012 Members Share Posted October 20, 2012 The video is from 1987 - I wonder how they get along together today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted October 20, 2012 Members Share Posted October 20, 2012 Not at all. Separate tour busses, etc. It shows, too. What normally might have allowed for some rehearsal time to tighten up the shows while traveling together is lost now. I think the charm of their relationship is long gone and making money is all that's left. I'm sure there's still the desire to entertain their fans but not as a cohesive band. Now it's as separate egos on the same stage together tolerating each other for the length of the set list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Queequeg Posted October 20, 2012 Members Share Posted October 20, 2012 The Stephen Stills show I saw a year or so ago was astonishingly bad.(that's my brutally honest assessment.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted October 20, 2012 Members Share Posted October 20, 2012 It's over. In all fairness to the members I think they put on a pretty good facade for many years giving respect to their fans and the music now a legacy to their halcyon days. What I don't want to see (feel) is the current injurious splintering of that time becoming the sole surviving memory. Last call, curtain should be closed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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