Drummer reacts to "Chicago" & "Right Between The Eyes" (Live) Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

[@GiannaEmme]

Crosby and Nash together create unique harmonies ❤

[@L33Reacts]

such a gorgeous sound they can create. it's wonderous.

[@lauraallen55]

4 Way Street is such a great live album. :)

[@L33Reacts]

it really is! i need to do more from it.

[@lauraallen55]

@@L33Reacts One of my favorites!

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

​@L33Reacts yes you do need Carry On where Stills and Young alternate solos

[@RogerCaruso-dp6zp]

The album 4 way street is a live album.It's excellent

[@KevinRCarr]

The way this album was divided up, sides 1 & 2 were acoustic, and sides 3 & 4 were electric. It made it very easy to listen to all the way through, as it continued to build energy as it went.

[@robinstarkey6071]

I am old enough that I saw this concert in DC when I was 16. Core memory

[@annakermode6646]

I’ve always loved “Chicago”

[@Cheryworld]

1968 Summer. Democratic Presidential convention is Chicago. Became a center for protests to assemble. Crazy things went on.

[@L33Reacts]

just like this year. :O

[@gregcable3250]

Also this was about the Chicago 7 trial (1969) related to the anti-war demonstrations at the '68 convention, when the judge had one of the 7 on trial--the only black defendant, Bobby Seale, bound and gagged and chained to a chair because he would not keep quiet in his own defense from the defendant's box. There is a very good movie recently about this--The Trial of the Chicago 7 directed by Aaron Sorkin. I remember when it was happening.

[@gregcable3250]

There was a police riot when at the orders of Mayor Daley, they beat the protesters while the protesters then chanted, "the whole world is watching!, the whole world is watching!"--have heard that chant recently by some young people who I am sure don't know its origins. The mayhem at the convention outside and the fights inside turned the tide for Nixon and we got 5 more years of the War followed by Watergate.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

​@@gregcable3250 nope not about the trial

[@sharonkettler]

Wonderful reliving the music of my youth through the eyes of a kind young man.

[@lla788]

Chicago is about the very turbulent 1968 Dem Convention in Chicago. The harmonies of David & Graham were so beautiful. David has a freaking gorgeous voice. He could sound like an angel in some heavenly choir or he could rock it out. U may want to consider listening to the suite: 'To the Last Whale-Critical Mass-Wind on the Water' from the great Crosby/Nash album Wind on the Water. 🎵🌊🐳 Glad others have mentioned Songs for Beginners. I heard at a friend's house and was totally captivated by it. I was 13 and went out and bought it w/my allowance $$. (I still have it ) It opened up a whole new musical world for me. I got my hands on every CSNY album I could borrow or buy. I listened to 4 Way Street all the time. What a great live album.

[@RogerCaruso-dp6zp]

Hey bro, this brings back memories from back in the day.When I saw this guy's live back in a day

[@barbaramiller2279]

I was in 8th grade in a large Chicago elementary school (north side, not the suburbs) during the Chicago 8 trial. We were following it daily for current events/social studies. All up in it. Mayor Daley was a total SOB. Lots of angry young people. CSN and Y memorialized it for us. The next summer, I had the pleasure of being at Grant Park for a Sly and the Family Stone concert that exploded into full blown riot.... Crazy times.

[@L33Reacts]

graham seems awfully good at writing songs like "chicago" and "cathedral". he is a hell of a writer. this year, chicago is gonna get crazier too. DNC is being held there this year just like 68 apparently!

[@barbaramiller2279]

@@L33Reacts we'll see what happens. I don't live back there anymore, but make it back at least once a year. The city has changed immensely since I left. Some really good stuff, some not so good. My area was changing drastically when I was still there. And not for the better. I have no family who stayed in the city anymore. It'll be interesting to see how it goes. History has a habit of repeating.

[@sharondavid-melly1498]

Gorgeous

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

Nice to hear from this album. Been a long while

[@L33Reacts]

glad you enjoyed my friend. this seems eerily prescient as it mirrors what is happening in chicago this year as well... i had no idea until y'all told me

[@Hartlor_Tayley]

@@L33Reacts I wonder. I never thought Of that until you mentioned it

[@gregcable3250]

Just think, no effing autotune. We had an embarassment of riches of music acts to choose from then.

[@jaybo2023]

It's about the trial of the Chicago Seven... trials about disrupting the "68 Republican Conference...but a plea for musicians to show up to pay for a defense

[@L33Reacts]

interesting... i love learning all this cultural context. thank you jay.

[@thomashartmann2891]

‘68 Democrat Convention, not Republican.

[@RogerCaruso-dp6zp]

Take out any one of them and you could hear the difference

[@mstewart109]

Lee, i wish i had extra money to contribute. Long sad story- due to forrmer landlord not being accountable in my low income senior apts- my rent as of May tripled. Freaking nuts. He is gone though😂. I love your station

[@L33Reacts]

i was about to say, he's got to go! glad he's gone. you don't have to contribute anything. you just being here and leaving a comment is reward enough. thank you

[@mstewart109]

The picture transmission is like cloudy. Your face. Hmmmm. I can just listen. Who knows with cables and internet😂

[@L33Reacts]

i'm still working on the perfect set up for where i am living now so i apologize if it's a tad bright

[@dougj7295]

Chicago is about to replay itself out in 2024. Buckle up.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yup Mayor Daly the DEMONCRAPPER during the Chicago DEMONCRAPPER 1968 CONVENTION

[@Chess8548]

Wow! How could I have forgotten “Chicago”? What a moving call to action.

[@L33Reacts]

right?? that was quite moving. nash is a hell of a writer.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Long Time Gone much better

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Or do 49 reasons/America s Children where Stills does for what its worth

[@donholl]

When 4WS was released on CD, it contained some acoustic "bonus tracks": Graham's extra one is a version of his Hollies' song "King Midas In Reverse".

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

So so not great...he was the weak wimpy link

[@donholl]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN If you want to make a critical or argumentative point about something, do it on a post of your own - or better yet, stop commenting altogether. You constantly comment on these videos like there are absolute truths about music - and that anyone who likes something you don't is "wrong", instead of having different taste than you (there's about a 99.9% probability you're some MAGAt asshole, considering how binary/dull-witted your comments are). My comment doesn't even do anything but point out a fact - but it was about an artist you don't like, so you feel compelled to let me know that: feel compelled to fuck off, instead.

[@johangalician620]

The studio (full band) version of Chicago is amazing. This one was alright.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope this is better little girl

[@dgator3599]

My first time hearing the 2nd song. Beautiful.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Yeah cause top 40 garbage rock stations never play the good stuff

[@dgator3599]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN I have to admit, I haven't listened to radio stations in years.

[@rubbertoe8643]

4 Way Street is a great album. Uncle Neil's Medley: The Loner/Cinnamon Girl/Down by the River from this live album is hauntingly beautiful.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope not as good as original STOP WITH THE ACOUSTIC WIMP BOY CRAP

[@rubbertoe8643]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN okay, i'll stop. didn't mean to upset you darlin'

[@shemanic1]

"right between the eyes" is my favourite out of the two, but that is the way of music.

[@L33Reacts]

right? gotta love it lol thank you for watching.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope kinda wimpy

[@jaybo2023]

I'm sorry if I get the story wrong... but I believe Graham wrote this to plead for artists to come together to raise money to defeat Nixon. "Just a Song Before I go" is a great song by Graham... Someone bet him he couldn't write a song while they waited for a plane....great song... IDK if you did it before but off this album Neil's son "Don't Let it bring You Down" best intro EVER!!!...lol

[@robinstarkey6071]

It's about the trial of the Chicago 8 , who were arrested for inciting a riot during the DNC in Chicago in 68. They were literally bound and gagged to their chairs for speaking out during the trial - some of them Black Panthers.

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope after the goldrush version way better

[@joelliebler5690]

The whole album , which these songs are from, Songs For Beginners is a fantastic album! try reacting to Love Song by Graham!

[@DENVEROUTDOORMAN]

Nope wimpy boy songs

[@joelliebler5690]

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN I guess you have the sensitivity of a New!🤪