Crosby Stills Nash & Young - Deja Vu
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Free Music Notes for Deja Vu
Free Music Review: LOVE IS COMING TO US ALL
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the greatest albums ever made. Each member of this rock and roll firm brought excellent, evocative songs to the table. I have listened to thousands of albums in my time; but DÉJÀ VU still rings crisp and clear in my memory. The word "classic" gets thrown around too much-but this album is the real thing. This record launched thousands of young men and women to go out, get an acoustic guitar, and learn how to play. CSNY would not make another studio album again for many years and so DÉJÀ VU marks what the 1970's could have been. Get this album, earlier CROSBY STILL & NASH, and the live 4 WAY STREET and you've have a record collection that puts most artists' entire album catalogue to shame.
While DÉJÀ VU has an almost perfect balance of acoustic and electric songs, the wide range of musical styles is impressive even now. Steven Stills "Carry On" is an acoustic and harmonic wonder while his "4+20" is a quiet and introspective masterpiece. Graham Nash turns in the best two songs of his career with the country flavored "Teach Your Children" and the waltzing "Our House". David Crosby shines on a bluesy, typically "political" song that uncharacteristically is filled with humor and silly puns. His "Déjà Vu" is a highly textured, multi-layered song that is rich, heart felt and full of musical surprises-lyrically an absorbing meditation on reincarnation. Neil Young sings a beautiful, impressionistic hush of his Canadian childhood. In addition, Young contributes an operatic "Country Girl" that chains several songs together with some of the most beautiful poetic lines he has ever written.
The rest of the album takes Joni Mitchell's dirge-like "Woodstock" and turns it into a joyous, rocking occasion. Finally, the record concludes with a Stills and Young collaboration "Everybody I Love You".
I have met contemporaries from other countries who grew up with no clue as to CSNY's existence. Each time I have played this album for them they are stunned at its splendor and power. They were amazed they had no idea there was anything like this in America in that time. It is said that Hitler's generals warned him of the awesome power America and England would have if they ever combined together-not the least of which because both shared a common heritage and language. In CSNY we have two Americans, one Canadian, and one Englishman. Little did those German officers know what applied to a war machine would also come to realization in a musical force.
Free Music Review: perfecto mundo
Hit: 5 Stars
Deja vu is the quintessential album of the 1960's counterculture. No less than 7 cuts from the disc, 'Carry On', 'Teach Your Children', 'Almost Cut My Hair', 'Woodstock', 'Our House', 'Deja vu', and 'Everybody I Love You' can be considered poster children for all the New Left stood for and aspired to in the late 1960's and early 1970's. It is a remarkable disc, equaled only by the debut Crosby, Stills and Nash LP in its social relevance, and in pioneering and defining the folk-rock genre.Each of the four artists in this, the quintessential rock 'supergroup', contributes two of the most essential compositions in their careers. The album was particularly noteworthy for the writings of David Crosby ('Almost Cut My Hair' and 'Deja vu') and Graham Nash ('Teach Your Children' and 'Our House'), and the stunning background vocal contributions they provide on the Stills and Young compositions, excepting the solo acoustic '4 + 20'.
Stills, who played most of the instruments on the debut CSN LP, backs off a bit to leave room for Dallas Taylor on drums and Greg Reeves on bass. Jerry Garcia and John Sebastian are also credited with instrumental contributions. In addition to the stark '4 + 20', Stills reaches back into his past, culling lyrics from his Buffalo Springfield classic, 'Questions', to serve as a coda on the opener, 'Carry On', and springs forward into his future to graft lyrics that would open 'Know You Got To Run' from his second solo LP into 'Everybody I Love You'. Neil is given a rare co-songwriting credit on 'Everybody...' with Stills (can you name another?). In spite of their long association, they weren't exactly Lennon and McCartney!
Despite all the aforementioned blockbuster songs, CS&N were apparently insecure in releasing the disc without adding Y. Neil offers the classic composition 'Helpless' and the underplayed medley 'Country Girl', which stands high among Young's finest works. Top off the collection with the hyper, grinding, high-flying rendition of the Joni Mitchell anthem, 'Woodstock', and you have one of the finest rock albums ever produced.
The album is a near perfect mix in terms of musical styles and subject matter. Though thought of today as somewhat stereotypical in personifying the 'hippie mystique', the album 'Deja vu' is representative of the ideals youth held, or at least liked to think they held, in the midst of the various social revolutions going on around them. It is nothing short of essential to any comprehensive collection of modern rock music, and to an understanding of the era and a generation.
Free Music Review: One of the BEST albums in Music History
Hit: 5 Stars
This is one of the BEST album of all time to come out of the 60s. It was a time of Woodstock and the Hippie Generation. Most conservatives misunderstood the renegade nature of the 60 generation flower children. But, some of the best songs and lyrics came out of that generation. One of these is Crosby,Stills, Nash & Young's 'Dèjá Vu.' I remember I was just a school kid and a relative whose family member loved their music got me the album as a surprise gift. This was my first album of the band. Let me tell you I was really amazed with their gentle melodies and outstanding, meaningful lyrics. Take it from a kid who didn't know much about geometry or geography. but I do know what good lyrics are.
The band is made up of David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills and Neil Young. This is their second groundbreaking album. Their success from the CSN album brought them back for an unforgettable creation of songs that still keep going stronger today then ever. Combined with the greatest acoustic work and rare talent, 'Dèjá Vu' should be one of the top 10 albums of all time, next to the Beatles' 'Abbey Road.' It brings back a time where everything was trendy and folksy. You think of Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. These guys [Crosby gang] are more mellow and celestial in harmony. It also features Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead on two of the songs, 'Teach the Children' and 'Our House.' 'Carry On' is acoustically defined as a classic. 'Teach the Children' with really super fine acoustic melody teaches parents to teach your children well. Kind of like a hero song. 'Almost Cut my Hair,' an anthem to a humour side of the 'hippy' days. When you look at David Crosby now. Maybe he should change it to, 'Glad I Didn't Cut my Hair!' :). Neil Young's 'Helpless' really does the flashy rock guitar work on this number. 'Woodstock' is a tribute song to that era in history of the way rock music created a generation. The title track, 'Dèjá Vu' lyrics are something close to philosophical. 'Our House' a sweet gentle ballad that could be a standard classic as an American folk song. 4+20 is a beautiful love ballad. 'Country Girl' another Young's number seems to stand alone from the Crosby-Stills-Nash lyrics and has more of the rock edge. 'Everybody I Love You' like '4+20' should be appreicated as the other hits on the album. With at least 7 of the 10 make up a really great album. After all those years it's still something worth listening to. It's just a kind of album that will probably never come our way again.
Free Music Review: Shows What We've Lost and What They've Lost
Hit: 5 Stars
When I listen to Deja Vu these days, I'm surprisingly not reminded of the hippie movement or drug-induced paranoia or political activism, although you could say CSN and sometimes Y have really become posterchildren for this tumultous time in our history. Instead, I'm still swept away by the aural beauty of the jangling acoustic guitars, the richness of the songs, the perfect harmonies, the passionate performances. I'm still mesmerized by Stills' tasty guitar licks which run through "Carry On" and "Deju Vu" and the emotional choke in his voice on 4 + 20's final verse. I love Jerry Garcia's pedal steel guitar that cries all the way through Nash's "Teach Your Children" and the experience listening to "Almost Cut My Hair," which sounds as if the band is playing in your living room with their amps cranked. I still get an adrenalin rush when I hear Stills belting out "Woodstock," which for me is one of the most powerful vocal performances in all of rock. And I like the eccentric Young's slow-as-molasses but elegant "Helpless." It reminds me of a time when music was not meant to be background noise, or to be listened to while you read or studied, or walked between classes at the university. It was a time when you put the LP on your turntable and sprawled in a comfortable chair or sat on the floor and let the music take you completely away. Or maybe you got together with friends and sat around just listening to new releases like Deja Vu, reading every word in the liner notes on the jacket. This is what I think we've lost.
Deja Vu also shows what CSN (and sometimes Y) ultimately have lost. Sadly, after this pinnacle of achievement, except for occasional flourishes of good songwriting and performance, Crosby, Stills, & Nash would rarely recapture the beauty of this album or its predecessor. The exception has of course been Young, who somehow has managed to keep it all together through the years. And except for Stills' magnificent opus, Manassas (1), and C&N's Wind On the Water, I realize just how much drug addiction and delusions of grandeur have drained the talent from these once brilliant artists. Fortunately, we still have the time capsules created by Buffalo Springfield, CSN, Hendrix, Cream, The Doors, The Stones, and The Beatles to transport us back to the musical renaissance of 1967--1972.
Free Music Review: ONE OF THE BEST ALBUMS EVER!!!
Hit: 5 Stars
I had been a big fan of Crosby, Stills and Nash's first, self entitled album, so I decided to give "Deja Vu" a try. Boy, I wasn't dissappointed. "Deja Vu" is far superior to "Crosby, Stills and Nash" mostly due the introduction of Neil Young and his blistering electric guitar. The first album had a little too much acoustics and not enough rock and roll. This album sure does provide some great rocking tracks. Lets start from the beginning. "Deja Vu" kicks off with "Carry On" on amazing up-beat track that really gets the blood pumping. The rythm guitar is really pleasaent in the foreground, but the real beauty is in Neil Young's backround guitar: he really can do wonders. Be sure to listen for that. Also, the harmonies on this track are great (like all CSNY songs).
Personally I feel that the song "Teach Your Children" is decent but nothing special. It's just a little to sweet and childish for my taste. But soon after we get David Crosby's "Almost Cut My Hair". This song really shows off Crosby's raw and natural voice. Great.
We then have "Helpless" which is a good Neil Young song, and although his voice isn't "classicaly good", its still extremely emotional and touxhing. Then comes "Woodstock" which is absolutely great. Written by Joni Mitchel, it isnt a CSNY original but hey: it happens to be one their best songs.
"Deja Vu" is another David Crosby work, and a good one at that. I like the beginning section with the strange time signature more then the rest of the song. Next, Nash's masterpiece "Our House" which is a great sing along tune.
"4 + 20" is a lovely Stephen Stills song, but one of the weaker tracks on the album. "Country Girl" is another Neil Young track and this is amazing. The lyrics are like poetry and also have meaning (because I know poetry that doesn't mean diddly squat) along with some first class music. The best part of the song, and possibly the entire album, is when it crescendos to a pinnacle of sound, and Neil Young pours his heart out his "country girl".
The last track is a Stills/Young collaboration, "Everybody I Love You" and has a tremendous guitar.
Overall, "Deja Vu" is a fabulous album, that goes in the record books as one of the greatest albums of all time, along with The Beatles' "Abbey Road" and Pink floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon".