Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Almost Cut My Hair | REACTION/REVIEW

[@woodroofguy]

The whole Deja Vu album is classic gold.

[@amyl.converse9600]

My favorite album OAT!!! 🥰

[@laureenshipley7931]

Crosby, Stills ! Nash and YOUNG !

[@jeffmartin1026]

"'cuz I'm not giving in an inch to fear". As true now as it was then.

[@myownchannel247]

Great old school rock! Written and sung by David Crosby r I p Long Time Gone is another great rock and roll song written by David. Let your freak flag fly 😏

[@axis2946]

RIP David Crosby❤️🙏❤

[@jasonmccluskey3623]

Crosby could sing!

[@custardflan]

Jusy the other day I had to explain to someone what "let my freak flag fly" meant and the history of the term.

[@regularsizeruss3874]

Still flying' mine... a bit threadbare on the top though!

[@lindasalaki9404]

I could listen to their music all day long.✌️

[@vicprovost2561]

Wow, this is as dope as it gets from them, that whole Deja-vu album is worth a listen. Legends, enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎸🎹🎶

[@Dooklawz]

Bad ass song all the way! Yes sir

[@BobFox-qs6pb]

I was 19 when this album came out. Came from a conservative family & always had short hair but started growing it long in college. Long hair "hippies" were a minority and berated by most of society in the 60's. I constantly had people make fun of me and spit on me & frequently heard "I can't tell if you're a boy or a girl". Minorities, women, gays, hippies were all discriminated against and treated badly by most of society & especially the police. You could go to jail for a long time if caught with just a little marijuana. This album came out right at the time when I was questioning whether it was worth it to keep my hair long. This song provided the inspiration for me to not only keep my hair long, but to devote my life to advocating for anyone who was discriminated against just because of their race, gender, sexual orientation, or the way they chose to alter their appearance. It's 55 years later and I still have long hair, I still advocate for those discriminated against, and I still will never give in an inch to fear. So, yeah, this song means a lot to me.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

Well said !!!

[@jonathanlocke6404]

Had similar experiences...Sometimes threatened with violence...Sometimes from "authority" figures...

[@markwilliams5606]

Don't get into the Stereotypes. Hippie is a Media type of Brainwashing. 66 years ago. Won't cut my hair. Freedom is not Free 🇺🇸🌄

[@goldieschooch8512]

Mannnnn you didn’t say you recognized Neil’s guitar 🎸 playing! When people react to this album they seem to leave him out…it’s right on the cover (oh well 😮) ☮️

[@amyl.converse9600]

Not me. I know every note of this entire album. Favorite OAT.

[@cherrypickerguitars]

This was the first “record album” where I totally fell in love with the whole thing! Both sides, every song. A hippie masterpiece. I bought it about a year after it’s release. Several songs got a ton of radio play, back when EVERY radio song was Zeppelin, Floyd, Grand Funk, Allman Bros - you get what I mean! Peace

[@amyl.converse9600]

Same here. Every song, every note is perfection, imo. I can't say that about any other album I've heard in the past 55+ years. There's always at least one song where I go, "Eh". Not this one. Every, Single. Track. 🔥🔥🔥

[@jonathanlocke6404]

The guitar interplay here is stellar...

[@pamsamsel1602]

Lots of young men were getting their heads shaved and sent to Vietnam at this time. Letting your hair grow was a statement.

[@jasonmccluskey3623]

Stills and Young! DOUBLE LEAD

[@dagmar.6954]

Love the sound of CSN&Y They were one of the folk rock supergroups of the 60's-70's. The "Deja Vu" album where Neil Young joined them is great. It has other hit songs such as "Woodstock", "Carry On", "Our House", "Helpless" etc.

[@kevinsattler6603]

Hippie anthem 🎶🎶🎶🎶

[@joelliebler5690]

This song is a real rocker and maybe David Crosby’s best. The song reflects the feeling of the rebellious youth of the late 1960’s and into the early 1970’s. It was like the 1960’s felt like it didn’t end until about 1973 with the music and environment started to change around the tune of Watergate and winding down of the Vietnam War.The flu that Crosby was probably talking about was his drug habit.

[@jamescox9427]

I've read that David Crosby objected to the idea of bringing Neil Young in for some of the songs. His thoughts were, we have a good thing here, why take any risks of screwing it up. David was asked if he had ever heard Neil and Stills playing off one another on guitar. David said no, but this song shows exactly why Neil Young was added to the group.

[@nukes27]

Ahmet Erdugun insisted. Turns out it WAS a bad idea in the long run. Neil doesn't work or play well with others. The whole Country Girl medley is Neil using CSN as backup singers. That being said, I'm glad Ertugun forced this album to happen. It's a masterpiece!

[@melissa9375]

Close. But the two incidents were with Nash, not David. NY went to DC and played a few new original songs to convince him.

[@kristahartmann6712]

Musical Royalty, especially in U.S. And all known as distinct individuals...

[@cindyfalstrom7231]

Another perfect song from their perfect album "Deja Vu". Many happy memories of my high school days , getting stoned with my friends and listening to this wonderful mellow album. oops, maybe I shouldn't admit that - many years agoo, and a different time 😵‍💫

[@justkaron]

Solid.

[@markwilliams5606]

My Generation ✌️. You can hear Niel Youngs Les Paul standard 🇺🇸

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

Back when us long haired hippies rebelled against authority.

[@dickcnormis1444]

Yeah now they are all rich elitist ,left wing douchebags

[@jamesnorrisbarrett8927]

Steven Stills and Neil Young on guitars

[@ed.z.]

“We have nothing to fear but fear itself”.--FDR.

[@cynergy4]

Pick a song, any song. Can't go wrong. Fear is the root of all negative emotions and actions

[@markdecker6190]

My late wife Holly would always say, "Never operate from a base of fear".

[@kristahartmann6712]

You strike me as someone that would have loved the 60's & 70'z...even as the culture exploded & tried to change.... good & bad

[@CindiCampbell]

I was feeling really crappy and then I open my phone! And 64 are used to dance to this song what I was 14 years old!! Love it and he cracks me up!😀😀😁

[@mitzifrancis9843]

I listened to this album over and over again. Poured over all thr liner notes. Great songs, one after the other.

[@marysweeney7370]

I love David Crosby's singing here. There is also a longer version of this song with a lot more guitar and instrumental music at the end which is excellent. And, an early version! which I only discovered recently - a totally different working of the song for both Crosby and Neil YOung's guitar.

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

BIZ............really ? I can't believe this is the first time listening to this CSN&Y classic ?

[@Newfie-zc7ug]

David's unbelievable voice and Stills and Neil going toe to toe. One of their best tracks for sure.

[@lisarainbow9703]

Why's it a surprise? This song was released long before he was born... I'm just happy to see someone from his age group appreciating and learning about the great music we had... feels like the torch is being successfully passed along.

[@williamstlouis3368]

Biz, you have been on one hell of a damn journey through some great music of my generation over the last couple of days. Keep on keeping on, brother. Peace out.

[@stevedotwood]

& Young - One of the best on that album - you definitely felt it too - One of the best by David Crosby. There's another one I really like on that album: "Country Girl", and it's by Neil Young. He had a major influence on that album.

[@giuseppinahilsinger6477]

Hi I'm from Marine City Michigan, born and raised Detroiter .. Just love this album I had it when I was like 14 or 15. .. Always love C S &N .. Thank you for posting. I just subscribed.. Looking forward to more!

[@clifton8929]

This is one of the few songs CSNY where David Crosby features solo vocals, with the rest of the band joining in on instruments rather than on vocal harmony, as in many of their other song. David wrote the song; in my mind, it's a masterpiece. It captures the extent of the divisiveness in American society, which had turned into violence and hate over someone looking different (long hair), dressing differently, looking different, and believing in freedom differently. Some things never change. We all want to be free. I was 20 in 1970 when this came out, and it's still one of my all-time favorite songs.

[@anthonymalovrh2912]

Had long hair for years in the early 70s.

[@melissa9375]

The story behind the actual recording is pretty wonderful... after a day of DC not getting it down right (he was a mess, dealing with the death of his girlfriend in a car accident), Stills told Nash to take him out for a burger and home, come back the next day and they'd try again. DC and GN arrived the next day to find that SS had stayed all night, redone it all and played it for them and told DC it was ready for him. DC said he was nearly in tears by the end and said, "I think someone finally helped me find my voice." Stills was always a gifted arranger - in addition to everything else.

[@1drdew]

One of the defining songs of my life and my era.

[@goldieschooch8512]

I love this song been waiting for you to do this!! Butttt I said you better pick out Neil’s Guitar 🎸 playing because you didn’t mention him at the beginning…I’m listening to your end review now… I hope you say it! 💭💭💭 but I’m forgiving lol 😂 😂

[@make725daily1]

What an exceptional video presentation! - "Success unfolds as a perpetual and evolving adventure..."

[@Pahdopony]

Felt like letting my freak flag fly…😀Graham Nash.

[@carlos_herrera]

I know people love csny for their vocal harmonys and whatnot, but this is my favorite song by any iteration of this group

[@bobduerwald9805]

The Deja Vu album has long been one of my favorite's. Other great songs from this album are 4 + 20 and Deja Vu.

[@zunbake3]

"I feel like I'm owing someone"- David Crosby

[@robertserafin-uc3qn]

Always loved this album

[@msmagnolia100]

In some of the live versions, he changes the lyrics to "looking in my mirror and seeing a lit-up Dallas police car"

[@RobertRawles]

It is Crosby Stills Nash and YOUNG

[@bumperu]

I think it was great they recognized Greg Reeves and Dallas Taylor.

[@ronjackson6358]

Incredible timing for Laurel Canyon magic..

[@timothyslaughter476]

Great song. I saw csny live and it was the most unexpectedly great concert of my life. I always loved them but my expectations for the show were somewhat meh. When we got to the arena there was a real buzz I hadn't seen that kind of excitement at a concert in a while and I go lots of shows. The buzz was well deserved. The concert was mind blowing!!!

[@lynnieiapichino1121]

☮️💙💙💙🔥🔥rest David

[@robertstoner8244]

Yes ❤ your right on the money 🤑💰

[@Brandi6666]

Neils nasty guitar😊

[@RobertRawles]

The best

[@montag4516]

Taken from a vinyl source. That top, crisp top end is very noticable. 👍

[@blindriv3r]

The opening descending guitar riff is Neil Young, he and Stills trade leads on this song, Crosby plays rhythm

[@RobertRawles]

It says Crosby Stills Nash and Young right on the front cover Neil always seems to get left out

[@williamosborne6866]

Neil was only a full-time member for this album - he was tough to work with. A great album none the less. The following album, marred by infighting and the eventual dissolution, was basically four solo projects with minimal co-operation.

[@JAMESMOORE-gq4vv]

RUNNING DRY Neil Young.

[@AleisterCrowley.]

Dejavu is Golden. I always envisoned this song being about freedom, born in 73 I missed all that stuff but the way it tells in my head is all those hippies were gettin' shit for having long hair lol. Kinda ridiculous now when you think about it but hey some things never change. I listened to this album a lot when I was a young man, Deja vu the song from the title was the one that stood out for me, can remember some mystics on that one.

[@bishlap]

the best song Crosby ever wrote and sang.... and this band w/ Dallas Taylor was their best.

[@dickcnormis1444]

You ever listen to Delta and hear the vocals of Nash and Crosby…

[@elisaabolafia9542]

This album was outstanding. The GUITARS flow on and on by these masters of their instruments. In that era...a guy with long flowing hair was not just making a political statement, but he was brave and " cool" and women loved the look. You knew he was deep, proud and sexy all rolled up. I still love a man in long hair. Love this song. 🎵 Love his SCREAM 🗣️ at the end.

[@gm9162]

Deja Vu is one of my all time favorite albums. A classic. On this particular song you get the best of the best. Neil Young and Stephen Stills trading guitar licks.

[@mikecaetano]

"I feel like I owe it to someone" -- a draftee fighting overseas perhaps? Growing your hair long back in the sixties was often taken as an outward sign of protest in opposition to the Vietnam War or at least a show of some affiliation towards the counter-culture peace movement. So cutting your hair short could be taken as breaking a promise to fight for peace. But it could also mean getting drafted and having all your hair shorn at boot camp. Suggesting that the line about getting the flu at Christmas might be code speak for time spent in Canada away from the man holding the scissors. David Crosby, RIP.

[@ememnicholas565]

Bought this as an 8 track when I was 14. This is one of my favorite CSN&Y songs. David Crosby spent time in a Texas prison on drug charges, so paranoia is understandable.

[@josecalderon2036]

Don't forget Neil Young

[@RobertRawles]

He already did

[@bluesrock1]

Young men in the late 60s and early 70s who had long hair were often called "FREAKS". They referred to it as Letting Your Freak Flag Fly.

[@1955billc]

Neil Young and Steve Stills duelling guitars.

[@terenzo50]

CSN & Y.

[@regularsizeruss3874]

Not giving in an inch here either!

[@jerryclark1903]

Love your comment!

[@steelydrwu]

I like you, you're a good Cat.

[@bluetopguitar1104]

The hippie anthem. Still letting my freak flag fly

[@pete3883]

Good drug song.

[@ed.z.]

Maybe he’s getting “woke”. Why not?🎉