Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - American Dream

[@crawdkenny]

Todd in the Shadows sent me here. Maybe it's not their best album, but even during his review I could hear how incredibly catchy this song is. Can't stop listening to it.

[@gamerguy425]

Yeah I think this is a solid track and at least sounds like what you'd expect out of CSNY, doesn't have overblown harmonies or anything. The rest of it just sounds half-baked or mishandled at best though just off what I heard in the review.

[@jlovebirch]

Same here. Despite Todd's review, this song has been playing inside my head for days.

[@zeldafan9016]

Todd in the shadows sent me here as well

[@Marylandbrony]

If anything i legitimately like this song and perhaps if refined more it could have been a classic.

[@billprice9314]

its the song-so catchy n top10

[@lochlaird924]

I tried to explain this song to a couple of younger people the other day. I just couldn't make them understand. I had to see this again to show myself I really did remember this song this way. Glad it's here in 2024. Glad I'm here, too.

P Diddy

[@loricc9241]

When this song came on the radio, my sisters and I would clap in unison and bob our heads. I cry when I hear it now after the loss of my eldest sister. Miss you every day Mar RIP

[@susans8355]

I’m so sorry for your loss❤

[@PavelKailas]

Царствие Небесное Вашей сестре.

[@1KSarah]

I'm a Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young fan, but I never heard this song before. I have to rethink my entire life now.

[@tammylewis2408]

A CRIMINALLY underrated song and album. The song is still relevant today in the wake of recent events. Loved Neil as the punk rocker and Stephen shooting the TV a la Elvis.

[@paulgrant1988]

Yes tammy, your exactly right.. this album was underrated !. My mom loved neil young!.. and Neil diamond aswell.

[@ronniedrake8196]

Neil young is. Bruce dern

[@darlenebattle2713]

I agree with you... liked the song AND video.

[@claudiagibsonmusic]

Stills was frighteningly effective in that scene a shooting while smoking a cigar! Lol never seen this before

[@w1lf1ewoo]

the most CRIMINALLY overrated phrase on youtube comments for music is - underrated

[@SolamenteVees]

Nothing more American than seeing a Bald Eagle and hearing a Red-tailed Hawk.

[@lighter666ify]

This was played a LOT on the radio here (NZ) in 1989. Doesn't get played at all today. RIP Mr Crosby, you were awesome.

[@TheDailyDucks681]

I heard it all the time recently here in Canada. That is why i searched it up

[@Uzbug]

Agree, certainly remember hearing it then

[@juancatfish1]

My favorite song from Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. RIP Dave 😥

[@bradleyrobinson7552]

Red-tailed hawk screech at the start! Almost always overdubbed on the Bald Eagle. Terrific song!

[@poodtang1]

More things change the more they stay the same. This song is as relevant today as it was 20 years ago.

[@AnnaLVajda]

Politics.

[@michaelgraham9774]

Powitics

[@Daymond42]

14 years after your comment... still fitting!

[@michaelmohrle1773]

Try 35 years ago, I was 16 going to first Grateful Dead shows when this came out !!

[@charlesreid2141]

After reading about Senator Menéndez and his wife I had to listen to this song again. The more things change, the more they stay the same! Great song

[@artvallejos1460]

👍

[@briansmith1896]

Neil said he did this album for his friend David Crosby. He told him if he'd get sober that he'd do an album with CSN. Dave got sober and here we are. 🙌

[@Bill-cv1xu]

CSN&Y. You're welcome..

[@coolcat6303]

They also recorded the album at Neil’s house in Northern California.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

Neil also quickly disowned the record too. He called it, “songs for balding baseheads”! His songs were the best thing on it. Aside from the title track, they weren’t his top shelf songs either.

[@thetruthfornow6045]

@@stormbringercoming8105 this old house was played by Neil three years earlier at his Harvester charity which included Willie Nelson. He saved it for the group reunion.

[@stormbringercoming8105]

@@thetruthfornow6045 Yeah, I heard live versions before American Dream. I did like NY’s contributions to the album, but I still don’t think they were his best. Just like on the next CSNY record, Looking Forward, Neil’s song were much better then the others. So much so, that his Silver & Gold Live came out rather quickly with the solo versions of the CSNY songs. Very beautiful renditions. Always felt that CSN was more of a distraction towards Neil’s creative momentum than a benefit. Need proof? Look at their output solo or together the past 50 years. Props to Croz, he’s been on a roll lately.

[@TheRealDannAlexander]

2:38 Stills with his hand gestures in this…. Gets me every time. 😂

[@inyomoufizaWabbit]

Why is that funny to you dork

[@promeow1127]

Why it got so much soul 😂

[@RideAcrossTheRiver]

Dead ringer for Alex Jones in the office shots!

[@keithwilson248]

Heard this in Feb 1989 -during my first overseas holiday my first stop was Paris. I am from Cape Town. Love David Crosby and his moustache.

[@shirleysato3926]

Heard it on a Korean Airlines flight in May 1989 to Tokyo but didn't know the name until a search in 2003.

[@jamesmcevoy5430]

A Canadian dream....A Canadian Icon!!

[@annalisavajda252]

Yeah he still gets lots of airplay in Canada though he left for California in the 60s probably.

[@roypagano4751]

Strangely enough - or maybe not so strangely, I don't know - after listening to this tune for the first time after + than 30 years I find it much more entertaining and valuable than I did when I heard it the very first time.... !!

[@briangarrett6510]

RIP Croz. They made this Album for him as a promise after he got out of prison. Great tune

[@neilsekerak8964]

Neil young

[@artvallejos1460]

👍

[@777sicilia]

Remember buying this on vinyl when it came out..great tune that should have gotten more air play than it did...

[@nikolonian]

Really? I'm surprised as this and pretty much anything with Neil Young was my local radio station's staple.

[@MustangSam]

I bought this on vinyl too. Never played it for years and years. All of a sudden came to my mind today out of nowhere. So great to hear again.

[@tomjoad4168]

This got tons of air play on KZPS in Dallas many years ago. But yea it should have stuck around on the playlists. Found an old tape of this a few years ago and come here to play it every so often. One of their best!

[@byronsiren]

Tim Arrigo Bought the cassette when it came out. My life was really simple then. Was still married to my first wife. Really didn't have a clue what life had in store for me.

[@777sicilia]

I can relate to that man. Life can be a bitch. And just when you think you can stand back up, it knocks you right back down. Its rough but we have survived so far. Just keep on standing up!

[@paulgriffin3765]

Don't know where things went wrong might have been when you were young and strong .!! Brilliant .

[@seisen410]

paul griffin this is a great song. Know all the words. This is a timeless song.

[@Wayne_155]

Don't matter now, you're all washed up

[@AnnaLVajda]

Well that's cancel culture now right reports crowd around your house going through your garbage like a pack of hounds trying to dig up dirt any little thing even from your youth to throw in your face. People are losing their jobs over decade old tweets.

[@cryptameria666]

I remember when this came out on radio. I was only 10 but it still gives me chills. Thank you for sharing 💝

[@cliphound80]

Love this CSNY jam. Truer today than ever before ❤️💖💕🦅

[@LA8PVCallingTheWorld]

When all their vocals come in and sing " From Above"....That is magic...

[@barageom]

Still relevant today with all the tv preachers and their lear jets.

[@rfranklinw1]

i am so happy that young people love this music.I am 60 and was there at the beginning. keep listening and exploring csny

[@padraigsheridan8316]

Are you still alive?

[@FredPilcher]

Wow! I'd never heard hits!! More appropriate now than ever.

[@KOHF34]

It’s nice watching David Crosby in this video looking sober and healthy, and looking like he has a new lease on life. It’s a shame he fell out with Neil, because Neil Young told him that if he sobered up, he would get the band together again, and he incentivized him to get sober. He did just that.

[@1CurVQT]

I've always thought this song was cute (melody-wise) though it had a very powerful message. Thank you for all the wonderful memories that came back along with it! :)

[@nelgstuart3442]

It must be nice to have talent, fame, millions of dollars, and millions of fans, but life is short. As these old boys move on to the next plane of existence, I pray for their salvation. Eternal life and salvation thru Jesus Christ. Soon, nothing else will matter to them. May God bless David, and Stephen, Graham, and Neil for the immeasurable joy and wonder of their music, which they have given to this world.

[@charlesswag4858]

Jesus can kiss trumps ass Biden liberated a country from the brain washing wast.

[@kevanbrown7620]

Really catchy tune. I remember I was working in London on a building site. Had come from up north to look for work. This tune got quite a bit of airplay when we would put the radio on. Takes me back. I love Neil Young's music anyway, but this is really uplifting, really catchy, with that flute and when the rest of them join in "Get some help from above"

[@jamesschultz5299]

I don’t care what people say, including Neil Young, and I’m a die hard Neil fan, I love this album and to me there were so many great new songs on it. Think of CSNY meets 80’s culture. This Old House, Clear Blue Skies, Got It Made, Name Of Love, Drivin’ Thunder to name a few. Anyone else agree that it’s a better album than others say?

[@kylegroulx3073]

Heard this song on the radio everyday when I was a kid 30 yrs ago, just remembered it randomly today, here I am lol

[@RapunzelinOttawa]

Such magnificent musicality...flute, drums, bass, many kinds of guitar, Graham's harmonies....somebody save me from this mega-pixel mortality.

[@johnnyscifi]

Id been trying to find this song for the past ten years!!

[@neilmiller2779]

Stills doing some excellent dad-dancing!

[@RFKFANTS67]

3rd in top of charts here in Canada back in 1988 best summer of my life, also John cougar Mellencamp Cherry bomb was in there to.

[@gregorallnight371]

What a great song! Love the bass playing all the way thru this song, its perfect...a song displaying the cool sense of humor these guys have and of course the great talent...thanks!

[@Krysten55]

That little flute thing he's playing has got to be the best sound. :3

[@kdshields1ks]

Krysten55 it's called a Fife.

[@BlueEyes-gp8lg]

@@kdshields1ks Ah...Kara...it's actually a synthesizer played by Stills. Not a real woodwind.

[@JoaquinRivera-h9f]

Known the song for many years. Somehow missed this video. Outstanding. Thanks for posting. 😎

[@chilltownian]

my fav song of the entire 80's!

[@coloneljackmustard]

Not as good as don't worry, be happy though. Awesome decade to be alive.

[@artvallejos1460]

@@coloneljackmustard This song is much better.

[@jonathandrewstefancin5924]

Got this when it came out

[@edwarddrewitt7839]

Its January 2021 and this song never gets old.

[@hurstshiftin9873]

Never will brother Neil Young's music is real.

[@mr.typhon7997]

cheers brother, just had to put it on 1 year later. :>

[@pillcosby777]

Feb. 2022. never gets old aha

[@danelafrance4077]

It’s may 2022 it’s still not old ❤️

[@BumpyHumpyDumpy]

@@hurstshiftin9873 Neil is a hack. Supporting censorship, trusting corporations, hell he probably supports the Ukrainian Nazis while refusing to NotSee them as Nazis. The real Nazis are those that disagree, they must be silent! Yeah, Neil is real. Real ignorant from a life of sheer privilege. Keep on Rockin’ in a Vaxxed World! Sponsored by Pfizer!

[@raintree27]

This was my favorite album growing up!!

[@brianpetrick7512]

I love this song/ album , & songs like got it made, & this old house! Some of csn & y's best!

[@AlwaysHalloween000]

WOW this is like seeing an old friend I haven't seen in 25 yrs,i forgot all about this song and accidently stumbled on to it.I haven't heard it in 25 yrs..Great song

[@stephenedwards5567]

My senior year

[@jamesbenesh4536]

My thoughts exactly when I heard it this week. I don't think I'd heard it since I was 8 in 1989, and the words even came back to me.

[@jamesregan6679]

I really like the tranquil transition at 2:23 (of 2:05 - 2:42 segment), going from chaotic to serenity. I think it’s that one chime that catches me. The chime chorus at 1:58 and 3:18 is mellifluous, when you plus/minus a couple seconds. Also, such a powerful statement “Don’t know where things went wrong. Might have been when you, were young and strong.” Can’t recall where I first heard this, may have been on one of those VH1 specials about past music or about the 80s. Great video too, I like the revolutionary soldier uniforms.

[@BruceOp]

3 Americans plus 1 Canadian = This! World!

[@joshuacoleman8000]

Actually 2 Americans 1 Canadian and 1 Brit. Nash is the Brit.

[@BruceOp]

@@joshuacoleman8000 thanks. Didn’t know that!

[@robertsonsid]

@@joshuacoleman8000 even better

[@patrick1564]

Mad underrated Canadian artists

[@deniseculton]

Oh wow I had forgotten all about this one!! Great to see again!!

[@dougrobinson3380]

Just heard this for the first time in years, on an oldies station, had to look it up on KZbin...great song

[@99marcoa]

SUPER CLASSIC OF STATION RADIO DOBLENUEVE, LIMA-PERU (1987)

[@zorenxam4693]

I always wondered What Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker thought of this song. Love this song

[@michelemanocchio1297]

American robber baron - thieves

[@Redruby2600]

When I was little. This what my favourite song :) still seems to be!!!!

[@DiningDesires]

This song brings back so many memories...Wicked

[@bobbyb9763]

March 16, 2020....How could something so good go bad so fast....RIP Dow Jones Industrial Index imploded...COVID-19....I'll check back March 16,2021....see you then, my past self....courage!!!

[@rehnigstan]

That was my birthday, March 16th. Ironically they closed every restaurant in Philadelphia and in the adjacent suburban counties on my birthday.

[@bobbyb9763]

@@rehnigstan Dear Mr. Rehingstan, Well, a belated Happy Birthday to you! My sad Birthday story.... Bobby Kennedy died on my 7th Birthday....All I got was a package of balloons....I hope that both of our future Birthdays will be good ones!

[@padraigsheridan8316]

Did you make it through covid?

[@rhondalarson8854]

love the flute in this song

[@witch798]

reminds me of Inspector Gadget or the RBC suit and tie mascot (look up RBC, Totally gadget)

[@coolcat6303]

I like it too but it’s not really a flute. It’s actually a synthesizer flute like sound.

[@RFKFANTS67]

Well very few of us Canadian's that live in Southern Ontario have any hard feelings about our "American friends" We are alot alike our Great Lakes neighbours say from the great States of Michigan and Wisconsin:} Being in close proximity likely why we get along well a good neigbour we enjoy having or visiting

[@micjakes1]

came outa nowhere back in the 80s. was in the service and hated it. this helped alot since i didn't get high....hahhaa. thanks fellas for posting

[@ginosuarez5941]

Love it! Geniuses revealing the TRUTH about what's wrong in our societies...!

[@ginosuarez5941]

This song came at a time when things were crumbling in my world...loved it in a bitter/sweet way !

[@michaeltaylor8835]

Awesome tune

[@redred-redred]

Wunderschöner Song, Danke😊😀😁☺

[@charlesguinnness6553]

R.I.P. David Crosby.😭

[@palolu]

to mr.nash , mr.crosby , mr.stills and mr.young, i wish a very looonnnggg life. tanx for the video "crackparty"

[@musiccollector]

Love that opening shot of that magnificent bird as much as the song.

[@MrAnalFace]

Awesome! Haven't heard this since the early 90's.

[@stevenkolvek6079]

Never could get enough of this song. That brief shot of Jimmy Swigart was epic. As far as Lt. Col. Ollie North, I wasn't in the Corps, I was in the Air Force (although my late dad was in the Corps) Sempre Fi. I really regret how the gov't hauled him through the meat grinder the way they did. I guess that's all water over the hill now. Very cool vid.

[@pedronoir72]

Searching... searching....found!!! Love the airplay sound Thank you for posting,never thought i would see this video ever again.

[@Buckblacket]

A proper banging tune. BO SELECTA!

[@chrisheffernan6600]

My favorite CSNY song

[@duffman18]

RIP David Crosby. Died in January of this year (2023). Lived to the ripe old age of 81, which is incredible given his lifestyle and years of drug addiction. He genuinely has a strength that went faaaaar beyond how strong most people are. Being addicted to drugs like heroin, cocaine and alcohol, and managing to get himself off these drugs and break the addiction, was truly herculean feat, he was a superman to manage to do that. Most people can't. Neil Young only agreed to do another CSNY album, this one called American Dream, if Crosby could get off drugs. It wasn't a particularly good album (apart from this title track), but that doesn't matter. Ultimately, this album was the reason Crosby got off drugs, and so it doesn't really matter how good the music is, it saved his life and probably added decades to his eventual lifespan.

[@riverville1]

The American Dream: love for significant others, a place to live, and a nice environment to "live" in!

[@Vabukka]

I hadn't thought of this song in three decades, and then it suddenly popped into my head about a week ago. It took me until now to figure out what it was. I could hear the flute part and the guy's voice but couldn't remember the name or the lyrics. And then I suddenly remembered the band's name.

[@Wayne_155]

Hallelujah 🙏 brother

[@AnnaLVajda]

I only remember Neil Young because he's Canadian.

[@johnbredhauer3826]

God life was good when you had this music to listen to

[@Pray4Mojo1]

Yeah it's defenitely up there on the top for me too.

[@gregtaras7789]

Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it....

[@maudette54]

Shit song 20 years after their hits this is truly shit, " all washed up "!

[@kahnadah]

@@maudette54 And yet you came to listen. Edgelord much?

[@witch798]

Those who hear this song, are also doomed to repeat it!!

[@fredstriker2042]

If only the Democratic voters realized that their party is doing it exactly the same way. We learned in 2020 that there's not two parties or you weren't paying attention

[@kevanbrown7620]

It's not a masterpiece, but it's not meant to be, it's really catchy. I like it.

[@Yakovlievich]

Sending this out to Jerry Falwell Jr.

[@angelgirl7473]

love the Eagle at the beginning and the end.

[@jimt.626]

I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. God bless America

[@tuckersdadnb]

2023 just stepped into the building...wow so resfreshing.

[@rudeger66]

I love this song, and the video is great...hardly remembered it at all. Love all the characters that the band members play, especially Neil, barely recognizable with that scraggly beard. Funny singing a song called "American Dream" when only 2 of the 4 CSNY members are actually American. Still love the song and the vid, and thanx very much for posting it.

[@1965mrhyperion]

Finally l found this song. great memories.

[@damagedangel08]

Stephen is so Handsome here as always and he seems to know his way around a 45 love the look of this video always have. I only watch it for Stephen and I have it on my Facebook of course. LOve you Stephen

[@mikekoz68]

CSN is great but when you add the "Y" its like adding nitro to an engine!

[@drag64fury]

right on - rock on

[@mikekoz68]

mikemoair Neil owes you ten bucks?

[@michelemanocchio1297]

In the 1970's, Nixon was the first US President to take a bribe of over $ 1 million U.S. dollars while in office. Nixon resigned and left the White House after Watergate penniless.

[@briansmith1896]

BOOM!!!💣

[@normancrowley6492]

Forgot about this song until Imus In The Morning started playing coming and going from breaks 😎

[@KMB2476]

That's how I first heard this song and I will always associate it with the show.

[@edelweisseful]

I heard this song on the radio today for the first time in 20 yrs. I remember it when I was a kid. I had NO idea Neil Young was part of this collaboration!

[@nashburnette7247]

Neil Young has a VERY distinctive voice ..... So who did you think was singing the lead vocal ???

[@johnnyscifi]

I believe Young phased in and out of the Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young partnership throughout the decades. When this record came out, it was abit of a reunion And yea...Neil Young's voice is very distinctive. For many years, I couldn't find it, because i thought it was Young solo...

[@Rev201287]

GREAT song.

[@NovaScotiaKevin]

"WMG, get lost." LOL this is the best line on KZbin.

[@gdosic]

Great song, great album..awesome bandmates. "American Dream' album includes a lovely bunch of wonderful songs. I don't care about the bad reviews.. this is a masterpiece! Guterman and O'Donnell are ignorant!!

[@tammylewis2408]

This song is so relevant. This album was criminally underrated. Critics usually are wrong when albums like this are trashed by them when first released, and then with the passage of time, it ends up being "ahead of its time" and underrated. This album (and the song) has gotten more favorable reviews 30+ years later considering what's happening now with COVID, politicians, world events, etc.

[@lizzysmithwick240]

This song always makes me smile:)

[@nancybalzer8730]

Love the harmony in this song.

[@RFKFANTS67]

Cool old tune from back in my youth lol..

[@dwaynesbadchemicals]

Many have bashed this song. But reminds me of all the vets that have been screwed over by politicians right and left. Buncha cowards.

[@MyAverageYoutube]

Stephen stills in this video makes this dad rock

[@JoaquinRivera-h9f]

Rockers having fun with their music.😎

[@Tairygreen]

thank you for posting this.. 1 year ago it was impossible. great song!!

[@christopherperry487]

as soon as I got my wi fi this is the first song I looked up

[@nancyhouse5087]

LOVE CSNY!!!! They can really sing.

[@ManifestNightmare]

Todd in the Shadows sent me. This song has so many elements I vibe with, but hot damn is it mixed like shit.

[@newforestpixie5297]

The only time I called a radio station was to complain . When this was released, our local ‘ ILR , Ocean Sound Portsmouth/Southampton , Amazingly amidst it’s constant Michell Jackson & Billy Ocean usual tunes , played this - but the DJ crashed the final third to fade ...having just smoked one my bliss was turned to fury and immediately called the number given out by the Cheesey sod ( I reached the switchboard only ) . After the next record had been allowed to finish , the DJ - with all the Sarcasm and Ire he could muster announced through gritted teeth “ The next time I play American Dream by CSN&Y, I promise to play it all...EVERY LAST NOTE ....” - Victory over the station previously known as ‘ Radio Victory ‘ , which played The Tubes rather than Wham or ABBA. Love from wessexshire 🏴😇🍄 Footnote - Ocean Sound was swallowed up by even cheesier super - wankers , Capital ....

[@Isi-1975]

Julien Temple directed this. He did a great job, it holds up pretty well.

[@buccofan]

My favorite CSN&Y song.