Find The Cost Of Freedom - Crosby Stills & Nash

[@mwa9113]

Wow - even after 50 years no other trio can match their harmonies

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Really, the Byrds had beautiful harmonies and imagine the young beach boys singing this,

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

You said it, Honey! And I think Stephen's quitar playing is very underrated. He is brilliant, as they all are. LOVE THEM.

[@roesbud53]

The ultimate memorial day tribute

[@johnsauer9067]

@@judetheneilyounggirl2358 You know what? You're right. I think Stephen's guitar playing has always been underrated and underappreciated.

[@linjicakonikon7666]

These harmonies were gawdawful. Crosby and Stills were ok but Nash was singing like a lovesick alleycat. Compare this with the glorious rendition on David Gilmour's concert video "Wasn't that a Night" with Crosby and Nash as back up singers. Three part harmony Acapella. THAT is the best harmony singing I've heard.

[@atokie56]

I cannot listen to this song without weeping. Having come of age during the 60's and into the 70's, I had close friends who's memory now exists in my heart, and on the granite wall in D.C.

[@michaelmooserraelx2013]

Myself as well........

[@brucemcdonald4060]

Me too, brother. Me too.

[@tcbone2]

Me Too... That my friends, is the real "Me Too" Movement...

[@jujumulligan43]

This was of the Civil Was!

[@jujumulligan43]

The granite wall was not the topic of this song!! It was the Civil War between the south and north!!!!

[@deborahgauwitz1376]

I sleep with my music playing, and this is the first time I heard this song. It woke me up! It's hauntingly beautiful and oh so pertinent still today. I'm 71 and seen wars,911, and the unrest that permeates here and the world today. Thank you CSNY for many years of great music well worth listening to..

[@MikeHinshawNomadicTexan]

I'm 73 and completely understand!

[@cathyhiles7635]

Love these guys. We need this kind of music today. Nothing like it

[@geodot595]

try hanson "the walk"

[@markkennedy4854]

One of the best "anti-war" songs ever written, performed by 3 of the greatest singers of all time 🙏🏻💔😥

[@bluenoser2952]

Do you think there will ever be another group that has this much musicality and such powerful and haunting harmonies? Neither do I.

[@davidstevens7119]

It's not how many notes you play, but which ones at the right time. Stills knows this so well.

[@TheMlw58]

This still stirs up emotions for me decades later

[@debbiebregman648]

Unfortunately, you will NEVER hear this AMAZING SONG played on the radio!

[@pasodiufwen]

As song writers and performers they are among the finest -- the message of this song is stunningly poignant, today, tomorrow and forever.

[@johnmark4568]

The most perfect harmonies ever. RIP David.

[@andriesscheper2022]

ONLY dreams can save our world! Stay sound.

[@debroahisaacs2452]

My favorite group in the 60's as a hippie traveling and going wherever. And at age 71 they are still the best.....oh the memories I have. I thank God I can still remember...peace

[@ferrymounty]

Thank you for your words! I feel the same way - we played these songs (in East Germany) in the 70s and I still love them today.

[@carolynmullins5424]

No matter what war, this song is for any soldier who died for OUR FREEDOM. God bless us all

[@howardhollingsbee5056]

Has contemporary resonance too….

[@nancysutton2838]

Absolutely!

[@kiagoethel8800]

One of the best voice harmonies EVER. We will never forget

[@markkennedy4854]

CSN defined a generation, a generation with the best bands & music 🎶 of all time 👍🏻

[@mickbutler1752]

To have seen these wonderful people in concert is one of the great highlights of my entire life. Pure genius!!

[@skygerspacher6891]

Beautiful. Sometimes you don't realize how important a piece of the puzzle is until that piece is gone.

[@DaveLaMont1]

No tricks, no Pro Tools, just talent Saw two CSNY reunion tours and witnessed Croz and Nash sing “Guinevere” as naked as you can be (figuratively) and it was so quiet, the only sound out if the audience was breathing. Remarkable.

[@atokie56]

Saw CSN&Y during their reunion tour in '74 in Dallas (Irving) Tx. The Band, and Beach Boys were warm-up acts, and as hot as the day was at the end of July, the concert was blistering. I had seen Neil Young in early '73 at the Myriad in Oklahoma City, with the Stray Gators, and his set was awesome as well. Never had the opportunity to see them as a group again, but even once in a lifetime, is a good start.

[@Karen-nu8ko]

Haunting and beautiful. I love the pure talent of CSN. The words....the unplugged guitar of Steven Stills...the slowly revealed pictures of Civil War soldiers....ending with the American flag.....perfect!

[@timmroczek7760]

Those that have been, old and young alike, totally understand the "cost". The trio created a classic.

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

A very appropriate song for 2023 as Americans freedom is gradually disappearing before our weary eyes. RIP David.

[@stephenjones796]

What can I say. I still cry every time. I'm 67 so this brings back some great memories and,unfortunately, some I wish I could forget. Kent State.😭

[@tperry7584]

yes, me too.

[@tonijames59]

Me three.

[@jlswickhaber]

Me four

[@GetaPetaHome]

I was a kid then, but later realized they were right. Like OWS, the power structure steamrolled the people, only now it is even worse! Remember the "Yuppie" lie trend to follow? Buy a polo shirt, act classy...get an education, they said. Wages FROZE while the cost of everything soars. College leaves people in 80k debt while they work THREE minimum wage jobs. Debt is the new slavery, and actual slave labor is rampant (both in prisons, "guest" Visa labor allow big business to explode their profits). Off-shore accounts hold their tax exempt profits, while roads, bridges, schools and services are squeezed. THE HIPPIES were right, and now I understand why they were high all the time. War sucks, and it's only worse with Private Armies fighting them. Still, enough pressure from enough people may, just might turn things around.

[@Oceanswimmr]

I still cry...so sad. and look where we are now. Covfefee? Fuck...

[@lyrics378]

I cry every time and I wasn’t even alive then. The power of music is unbelievable.

[@HIGHWAYATMIDNIGHT]

Haunting is the only word that I can think of that does this song justice. Be well ✌️

[@Eric_Blair]

Love the short guitar solo in the middle of the song. Stills is such the multi-instrumentalist. Was the backbone of the group, musically speaking.

[@douglaswayman7152]

As a wounded veteran I know the cost of freedom. I have also had friends pay the ultimate sacrifice so I know better than anyone the cost freedom.

[@gintweety82]

Stills commands the silence as he solo's...Harmonies echo and send chills down the spine...Thank you David, Nash and Stephen....

[@jerryhund5630]

Ginny Marie, so true. Doesn’t get any better.

[@christopherdrzik6784]

I know, this like one of the best guitar solos of all time. I think I grew up in the best time for popular music. born "55"

[@Krackcorn]

Friends died- for what??

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

Beautifully said.

[@beagleman123456789]

12 String Acoustic Guitar 🎸

[@Mega1982Rob]

As a veteran, and a music lover, this song clutches my heart whenever I hear it.

[@edwardhodgkinson8268]

Such amazing harmony. Stevens haunting guitar. Gram . A true English gentleman. And what can't you say about croz. Beautiful performance

[@lorispain1]

Absoloutely beautiful. Graham Nash's voice is incredible

[@peterobbo7512]

Castrato.. Joni wishes.

[@janecvs7154]

One of the greatest groups of our time

[@ThBigEZsCadillacJack]

As “Poignantly Timely” in the 21st Century, as it t’was the year I graduated in ‘71, and as it sadly always will be… Raised up by these harmonious CS&N vocals that cannot ever be eclipsed. They OWN this song, though we all have joined with them playing and singing it. God Bless you all for this and your other tuneful gifts.

[@1e0s]

I'm sixty four yrs old & the Magic of CSNY has finally caught me up.I'm so blessed

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

I am so blessed that I've seen them play this live many times! I LOVE these 3 men more than my own life. I cannot accurately describe how I feel inside when I hear one of their songs, no matter how many times I've heard it before. Those 3 voices take me to a place that no one else ever could in a gazillion years. GOD!, I LOVE THEM!! (54 yrs and counting, too, since I was 12yrs old).

[@nickb9731]

As a young vet...this song resonated deep within my soul...i remember my fathers records that had this song... It's power grows stronger still. As a wounded warrior, i know the cost of freedom.

[@tuforu4]

where is america going to bomb next is all i think about..and TRUMP IS A PRESIDENT..

[@apumasterp]

Thank you!

[@apumasterp]

So when Obama was doing predator drone stiles, no concern?

[@tuforu4]

NO MATTER WHO IS BOSS AMERICANS LOVE BUILDING WITH BOMBS..

[@laurielarsenbrennan8289]

Thank you for your service ......

[@christianroussel1495]

some guitar players have a "sound"..Stills is one of the rare to have a recognisable acoustic sound (forgive my english)...he's one of my all time favorites...and these vocals...

[@rscott2247]

This song goes real deep for me on many different levels !

[@LAASTofTHEMAGUAS]

i know there's lots of greats, but i feel that Steven plays the guitar with more feel that most humans

[@DanielHeikalo]

You are right!

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

You said a serious mouthful, my Stephen Stills loving brother! I am 66 and have loved him since 1967, so far..... Love, jude.

[@scottfleming6166]

I agree, he’s amazing

[@christopherdrzik6784]

I think Stephen Stills can play guitar as well as anyone. I love his acoustic guitar as much as Richie Havenens, Motherless Child is my personal favorite.

[@dianel426]

I agree with you Mr. Positive

[@RevKJam]

This becomes more powerful every time I listen to it

[@stevenhopkins2887]

I can relate...as I am 64 years old, and this was one of my favorite songs since I saw Stills and his band Manassas play down in Virginia, when I was in Madison College in the early 70's...

[@jlswickhaber]

These beautiful men make me cry, blessings to them for all they have given us for so long

[@gwynenglishnielsen8596]

Wisdom in the words...perfection in the music.

[@mywaytotube]

I've sang and played this for years, but never have I been so moved.

[@Sherrie275]

It’s just WOW!!! Such a beautiful, soulful sound from three hearts that play as one, and the best guitar picker I shall ever hear in my lifetime. Thank you for being the most incredible canvas on which I’ve had the honor and privilege to hold my heart and soul beside in awe up through the passages of time in harmonious splendor of all that is good and worthwhile …

[@jamesmanis1647]

There are moments in history when the heart speaks true.

[@tamaralarkins8225]

There are simply no words that truly express the beauty of this song. Every time I hear it I'm simply..... Speechless

[@alvincameron65]

I cried when this song played on Seal Team... it's so relevant Now as it was then. GOD BLESS AMERICA MILITARY MEN & WOMEN

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

Do y'all know the story behind this song? From Stephen's own lips.... he was at the site of a great Civil War battleground, when he saw a young man approaching him. The man was dressed in a Confederate uniform. As Stephen moved toward this soldier, who he thought was a reenactment character, the young man faded away. Stephen realized he had been in the presence of an original Confederate soldier. A deceased soldier. The experience affected him so profoundly that he immediately wrote this song. Cool, huh?

[@jpkatz1435]

@@judetheneilyounggirl2358 WOW, I got the chills reading this. Reminds me of my own experience; I was in the old synagogue in Newport R. I. and heard the prayers of mothers beseeching God to protect there sons. Love that you are "The Neil Young Girl", he is a unique genius, open to the call of the Muses.

[@WACKENHUT234]

This song and "For What It's Worth" are two of his most iconic songs and are truly classics in every sense of the word!

[@nancysutton2838]

A beautiful performance of a hauntingly beautiful song lyrically and musically!

[@mariagramieri9290]

I cannot breathe......i saw them perform this at the WNEW-FM Christmas Hungerton Concert at the United Nation in the Security Council Room...right there under the symbol of the world they asked for peace...that was 1989...

[@deniseculton]

Their amazing harmonies are so perfect on this. Sad and grim as it is,I can listen over and over.

[@robertoom3081]

This song defined my generation of the late '60's and early '70's.....

[@jilkat25]

The first night the Tonight show aired after 9/11, CSN sang this song. Ironically, I had been singing it already since the day of the attack. It was the one song that played in my mind as the buildings and the field in Pennsylvania smoldered. Having lived through the Civil Rights struggle, Viet Nam, Kent State, and then 9/11, this song has particular resonance for me. It is rare to hear the opening verses or the entire song. I think their harmony on this recording is especially pure and perfect. Thank you for posting it.

[@zippers2]

+orionh3000 That wasn't a very kind remark.....and maybe it is about all of the wars...all of the killing. I still can't believe you would post something like that, calling someone 'stupid'....you might want to lay awake thinking about that....peace.

[@jilkat25]

+zippers2 It's ok, zippers2. I didn't take it personally-just some troll who missed my point. When the buildings fell, that was the song that started playing in my head. I was really not surprised when Crosby Stills and Nash played it the first night the Tonight Show aired again after 9/11. Those of us of a certain age always think metaphorically when it comes to war songs and protest songs. "The Cost of Freedom" was "about" the Civil War but also/therefore about Viet Nam. When the World Trade Center collapsed, the song was suddenly about 9/11, too. "...Mother Earth will swallow you. Lay your body down..." To this day, when I see the 9/11 WTC video, that is the song I "hear." I only commented on it because CSN must have "heard" it, too, because they played it. The other two songs I associate are "Sound of Silence" (watch Paul Simon play it at the 10 Year Anniversary Memorial for 9/11 on KZbin) and "They Live In You/He Lives In You (reprise)" from the stage version of "The Lion King." Keep a box of Kleenex nearby. And, thank you for coming to my defense!

[@adegooch9689]

I agree totally, Kent State will never go away it's etched in my memory. Nor should we forget

[@timwhiston8279]

You haven't heard the songs ok

[@michaelbyrd7883]

Mary Anne Vecchio

[@browser007200]

there are magicians and there are these guys, pure musical magic !

[@stephaniefox7948]

Sacred music.

[@Bob07731]

I have always loved this song. I saw them live in concert with a friend who wasn't aware that Stephen Stills was the lead guitarist. Stills was brilliant on guitar and vocals, although he wasn't as strong as he was in his earlier years. Crosby and Nash harmonized perfectly onstage. It's a shame they can't harmonize as well offstage. They may never get back together again, which is a shame.

[@suffolknwhatuk]

never was a truer word written than "when everyone's talking and no one is listening, how can we decide?"

[@Oceanswimmr]

When everyone is tweeting and no one is listening... so sad. :'(

[@suffolknwhatuk]

The Trouble is Trump is tweeting.

[@browser007200]

The best band of their generation.

[@jccook5353]

I have many CD box sets. Clapton, Elton, Rod Stewart, Winwood, Motown, and many many more. The CSN box set would be my go to if I could only have one on that proverbial desert island.

[@Tubes12AX7k]

@@jccook5353 I think I want to be buried with mine.

[@redtobertshateshandles]

CSN&Y

[@jackwilliams5343]

No suckers or losers buried in the ground.

[@Ladysensei]

My dad survived Iwo Jima and said the real heroes were the thousand of men that died there that never returned home.

[@fidelecastor]

I love this song. Just the little "nail tap" at 1:45 is thrilling me, everytime.

[@TsukaiDaiku]

Still listening to this...still cry every time.

[@MDig2327]

The sheet music I have for this song reads "All the Brave Soldiers who cannot grow older, been asking after you." I think it speaks to Stephen Stills conflict about the Civil War and War in general.

[@ToddBoyle]

I'm 68 (in 2020) and the opening lines "100 years ago" are now 150 years ago. The unhealed wounds of all wars are embedded in the mind and soul of the vanquished. Including the american south, just as all wars.

[@josefbruckner7154]

Heavenly song ! Mother earth will swallow you, lay your body down !

[@2Hearts3]

What a great and beautiful sound ✨🏆👏

[@robayres6181]

the song is extraordinary and touches the soul of anyone who experienced those times.

[@999billywhizz]

Haunting and beautiful.

[@deniseculton]

I wish I could play guitar 1 tenth as good as Stills. These harmonies always give me chills.

[@LarsDcCase]

Great song with such meaningful lyrics. RIP David. 😀

[@thomasmeyer8798]

RIP - grand old man.

[@Dashasalt]

The message in this song has probably saved lives. Probably hundreds. Thanks CSN. Peace.

[@bobfuller5991]

Are you being sarcastic, dude?

[@judetheneilyounggirl2358]

If I am not mistaken, Stephen wrote this after visiting Gettesburg. While visiting there, he saw a young man dressed in a grey Civil War uniform walking toward him. He thought perhaps the young man was one of the actors reenacting the battle for spectators. Stephen felt something was just "off" about the young soldier. As he started to say hello, the young man just started fading away. Stephen knew immediately he had seen the spirit of a fallen Southern soldier. This inspired him to write "Find the Cost of Freedom". I love the story. I can't remember where I read it, although I am pretty sure it was in the liner notes of one of his albums or in the printed notes included in the CSN BOXED SET. I'm so sorry I can't remember exactly, but I'm going to look for it now. I'll update when I find out for sure where I read it. Anyway, I love the story and love the song. Leave it to Stephen to have a ghost for a muse!

[@thomassmith8721]

I've always liked this song and this video gives me the woolies. David Crosby passed away 1-19-23.

[@user-lx8uc9tv4n]

Fantastic.

[@stevenhopkins2887]

I remember staying overnight with my best friend "Monkey Man" at his cousin's dorm at the University of Virginia, when we both attended James Madison University, which is near Manassas. We watched Stephen Stills and his band Manassas in 1972 at the University of Virginia. One of the best concerts I ever attended, even if I was high...

[@abhinavpathak471]

U have to hear n get into their veins to like their music

[@beardedbabyteenagejesus8431]

Magical, these guys have always stirred inner thoughts and emotions, and continue to do so.

[@757optim]

Their music was so loved back in the day.

[@SierraThunder]

For so many years after the first time that I heard Crosby, Stills, and Nash perform "Find The Cost Of Freedom", I had always thought that the song was somehow incomplete. I even attempted devising lyrics of my own, so much so that it would drive my friends & family members crazy. To some of my friends, some of my attempts were good enough that I would be encouraged to send them to the recording company to see if the group could make use of them, but I never dared to do so. It wasn't that I was seeking fame or recognition for completing a song that said so much in so few words, I suppose that I was attempting some of what I felt from just listening to this marvelously beautiful, yet intensely sad song. I also didn't wish to insult by insisting that there was more to say. I don't know if "Daylight Again" had already been written as a completed song at that moment in the early 70's, and that the group had just not felt that the time was right to gift us all with this musical statement on the futility & anguish of war. And once I heard the complete song, I realised that what I had to add, (or sing), fell far short of what they were saying to us. I still sing my version of the song at times, ( the completed CSN version with my added lyrics & music) and my friends enjoy it when I sing & play it, but now, with the passing of David Crosby, I sincerely lack the temerity to send my version to them, if for no other reason than to see what they might have thought of it.

[@johnsouthworth4821]

It just doesn't get any better than this. So moving.

[@cattarbell46]

Freedom is not free, but it's WORTH IT!!! Thanks for this fine video!

[@rvvideoswiththomyt5263]

I will take my last breath with this song in my head! RIP DC ThomyT

[@merrittsteinbach435]

Cool version. Never heard that way before.

[@timmaloney6739]

beautiful version of this song...beautiful...

[@The_Budleys]

One guitar and 3 voices……….Amazing

[@patriciapaquette1199]

This was one of the songs that made me a FAN- of CSN

[@veritasuno3304]

Stephen Stills is AMAZING to me... ALL wonderful - Thank You

[@lauragroce3816]

Our memories can keep us strong. I’m 68. My husband infantry Nam. He’s gone fucking brain cancer. But we were together on the uprising. Uprising. It’s a thing. Still. Our country is still the best we’ve had because of our generation.

[@josefbruckner7154]

Celestial song.

[@ghost84429]

Simple beauty.

[@seanspencer9396]

The cost of freedom is written in anguish, pains, sweat, tears and blood. A soldier, any mother and surgeon attests to this!...even those who desire a world without madness and chaos! Thanks, CSN.

[@JohnMoore-xf5wy]

PEACE. What a novel idea.😢

[@robertbroatch6919]

Saw them perform this at the gorge amphitheater in Washington state about 2-3 weeks after 9/11 attack. What an experience!

[@Fox1nDen]

now that I know about my ancestors this Memorial Day I cry for Jason Ebenezer Twiss who died at Antietam when his son was just 4 months old. I cry for his sons and his widow who suffered his absence all their lives. And I celebrate that death in war is not the end of the story. The civil War took someone from every family in the midwest. Let us remember the price that was paid by people of every color to ensure that none would live in slavery. The ones we know are not free let us fight to set free.

[@Knards]

I have an ancestor that died at Gettysburg on the final day of that battle. John C. Sholes served as a Sergeant in Company G of the 7th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. He was killed on July 3, 1863, the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg. He was from Lapeer, Michigan, and was 19 years of age at the time of his enlistment. So many have died in useless hopeless wars

[@barron975]

Old Men start useless wars and young men go fight these useless wars an die.. Your to honor the living memory of those that served and fell in battle..Go to Gettysburg and honor the dead, your Ancestor..Plaques and Monuments are there..Go realize the truth that lies there and honor the silence of peace that you hear around you when you walk the Battlefield..don't talk about it go there!!!

[@tuforu4]

WHERE IS AMERICA GOING TO BOMB NEXT..

[@tuforu4]

270 MILLION DEAD SINCE 1800 BY BOSSES..

[@janey1red]

My great-grandfather volunteered, but due to his older age, he was assigned ambulance duty rather than fighting. I just donated his 1864 diary to the Civil War Museum. The most poignant entry was "Lincoln assassinated". We forget that many people gave their lives in hard, personal combat or lived their remaining lives with diseases and disabilities because they felt it was their moral duty to free the slaves. Their families bore the price as well. This was truly the greatest generation.

[@kathleeneilenfeldt9127]

This song is hauntingly beautiful

[@snakeeyes4916]

Never heard this song till I watched Seal team Season 2 Episode 19 Medicated And Isolate. As I write this I'm sitting here with a handful of VA prescribed Pill bottles. This is the thanks We veterans get for our service. Sometimes I wish i had Not come back.....

[@josefbruckner7154]

Really a dulcet and melodious song !

[@stanleyhoover4244]

Authentic Musicianship ❤❤❤

[@michaelbishop6831]

These guys were my motivation to sing harmony!

[@litltoosee]

I am dumbfounded.............. speechless. Beethoven would cry ......

[@vatosolo9230]

+litltoosee Beethoven would slit his wrists... Especially given what has happened... Even Sweden is stained with blood.