Rebecca from MassachusettsI believe that the 2nd line of 1st verse should read: The son of a woman and a man who lived in strife.I always noticed the pause there but never realized why it happened Rich from PhillyI’m reading the book that just came out about Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and it says that Stills gulped in a moment of emotion between “I” and “embrace the many colored beast” while doing the first take and redid the track to correct it and his bandmates convinced him to keep the original in there as it was raw and real.If the song was made a little bit earlier, when he was 24, it would be too crazy thinking the song is about Stills himself? Pedro from BrazilWhen was the song exactly made? Stills was 25 when it was released, on 1970.“A different kind of poverty now upsets me so” While the first stanza mentions his father, the song then shifts to and stays about Stills and Collins. Stills may claim this is about an old man, the lyrics say otherwise. This song, like Suite:Judy Blue Eyes, was inspired by his love for singer Judy Collins. Scottsol from Evanston, IllinoisThe song was written in 1969 and Stills sang it on the Dick Cavett show right after Woodstock when he was, in fact, four and twenty years old.But I did get the basic meaning, that he was wishing for death. Likewise, I heard the final line as "my life would soon decease" or "soon be ceased", and I know those were wrong too. The singer never knew literal poverty, so he is more concerned about a different (spiritual or emotional) kind.īTW, I initially heard the words right after the title in the opening line as "a-comin' to this life", but I now realize that was not correct. Déjà Vu is the first album by the rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, and the second by the trio configuration of Crosby, Stills, and Nash. The singer's father is the one who lived in strife and lifted himself out of being poor and selling door-to-door. For your extra dollars, you’re handed an updated, sonically enhanced version of the. Dan Schwartz from Bronx, NyI agree that the song is about a 24-year old, not an 84-year old, possibly Stills himself, regardless of what he said later. Henry Diltz By now, the formula for blown-out editions of landmark albums is set in archival stone.I’m biting the hand that feeds, so I’d better stop before I talk myself into too much trouble. But it’s nice to remember that time and this is very reflective of it.”ĭuring his recollection of the sleeve argument, Stills demanded: “Couldn’t Atlantic afford it? Tell them that! I’m still trying to find out if they double billed for the sessions. I’ve often got my foot stuck in my mouth so I don’t want to make too much of it. The album features legendary songs ‘Carry On’, ‘Teach Your Children’, ‘Helpless’ and ‘Our House’ that still resonate today. Presented with the idea that “Fans seem to always want more,” he replied: “Well, they think they do. Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young ’s 1970 album Dj Vu will be reissued as a five-disc deluxe set in May. Dj Vu worked as an album, a product of four potent musical talents who were all ascending to the top of their game coupled with some very skilled production. At this point, you have to laugh.”Įlsewhere in the interview he confirmed he had “mixed feelings” about the reissue, saying he hadn’t enjoyed the experience of listening to the archive material during the assembly process. … We all liked that one but they made me do it again, just in case 50 years later they wanted to cobble together a loosely associated amalgam of all the out-takes as a last gasp before the frigging copyright ran out. I like the original best, the one with the catch. When reminded of the alternative take of the song “4+20” that appears on the reissue, Stills responded: “I like the take I did with the catch in my voice best of all, but we did a second one for reasons unknown and then put both on here. Crosby, Stills, Nash & YoungDeja Vu 1970 Atlantic Recording Corp.Engineer: Bill HalversonPercussion: Dallas.He changed it back to a photo of the mock-up as quickly as they could.” Provided to YouTube by Rhino AtlanticCarry On The album sold best in United States (7,240,000 copies), France (300,000. It was re-released in 1977 and an expanded edition was. DEJA VU by CROSBY, STILLS, NASH & YOUNG has sold 7,966,100 copies in 7 countries. ![]() It topped the pop album chart for one week and generated three Top 40 singles: 'Woodstock', 'Teach Your Children', and 'Our House'. It was released in March 1970 by Atlantic Records. … I thought of that concept of the old picture and the old photo album and then the art director took it and made it perfect. Dj Vu is the second studio album by the American folk rock group Crosby, Stills & Nash, and their first as a quartet with the addition of Neil Young. Asked to reveal something about Deja Vu that he’d “never told anyone,” Stills told Uncut: “Well, it had the most expensive album cover in the history of album covers and that was all my fault.
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