Sunday, April 5, 2020

the genius of David

chips off the same lustrous block










bonus bliss



Grace Slick version








bonus that-Crosby-vibe suggestions from Phil Knight in comments








another suggestion of Crosby-genius from Asif in comments

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Phil Knight sez:

Also:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pn3M-KgTVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6pb2pLeR_s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6fS2gLRBUc

Asif said...

I have a big David mix (c. '65 - '70) of 15 tracks that is top to bottom gorgeous. Everybody's Been Burned is honestly flat out brilliant. Those bizarre tunings, odd meters, all of it, culminating in the fantastic 1971 solo album. I am also weak for one of his more hippie-ish tracks that, although about sailing, evokes a kind of cosmic galactic sailing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdNO9Qa5rzI

SIMON REYNOLDS said...

would love to hear it Asif

what a superabundance of songwriting talent in a single group - Crosby, Gene Clark, Roger McG - very much like an American Beatles in that respect. Add to that them doing better (well more easy on the ear) versions of Dylan songs and WOW

SIMON REYNOLDS said...

never got into Buffalo Springfield though for some reason, apart from the really famous epoch-definer tune

Anonymous said...

Phil Knight sez:

Some good songs by peripheral members as well. This is a nice one by Gene (not Gram) Parsons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4zL135XAKU

This gem of a cover went unreleased:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5B9GwSbcuDE

(I'm a bit obsessive about post-"Sweetheart" Byrds)

SIMON REYNOLDS said...

on this here Alternate Rock Timelines / Albums that never came out / albums that should have come out blog, dude has created an imaginary album by Crosby Stills Nash & Young made out of songs from their temporally proximate solo albums - https://albumsbackfromthedead.blogspot.com/2020/03/crosby-stills-nash-young-sync.html#comment-form

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