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| Artist: Crosby Stills Nash & Young
Label: Warner Bros.
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 7399
Format: Live
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 512606
UPC: 093624983910
EAN: 0093624983910
ASIN: B001AW9DKK
Release Date: July 22, 2008
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 Freedom of Speech Alive & Well, so is the music. July 28, 2008
James Harrison (Melbourne, Australia)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is both an excellent live album and soundtrack of the film, the old boys are alive and well. The political content is upsetting a few people,apparently, and even more so considering it is coming from a Canadian(the songs attacking the government were written by Young), however the U.S promotes itself as leader of the Free World and should expect feedback from people of the free world. Fortunately most people understand this.
The record kicks off with the band and audience singing a rousing version of Crosby's "What Are Their Names?" Then Young's solo piano introduces the Living with war theme. "After the Garden" and Nash's "Military Madness" are followed by Young's "Let's Impeach The President" that concludes with much booing and heckling together with applause, about a 50/50 mix, and then Young's wry comment - "Thank you, freedom of speech".
The record contains several Crosby and Nash cuts from their back catalogue as well as Stills' "For What It's Worth" the remainder are from Young's Living With War CD's and the added vocals of CS&N give these new life.These guys still have wonderful voices, a crack band with Chad Cromwell, Rick Rosas, Ben Keith and Spooner Oldham and thought provoking lyrics that make this a very entertaining piece of music.
I am a citizen! July 22, 2008
Thud
10 out of 16 found this review helpful
Neil Young may not be a citizen of the U.S. but I am and I agree with most of what Neil Young says. This seems like a pretty good representation of what the 2006 tour was all about, but I am disappointed that the album doesn't include "The Restless Consumer." That song seemed one of the highlights of the show.
 Not worth owning. August 4, 2008
the.slug (HHH name) (Montgomery, AL)
10 out of 23 found this review helpful
I saw the boys at Woodstock and had all of the early music and much of the middle music with their individual/group efforts. I think Weld is a terrific listen - Neil Young plays a mean guitar.
My feelings about the message aside, musically, this album is uninspired, uninteresting, and almost unlistenable ... at least when they are singing. I cannot, in good conscience, recommend this to anyone.
Decided not to buy this one July 22, 2008
J. Harvill (nashville, tn)
9 out of 109 found this review helpful
I love the music that the men in CSN&Y have made over the years including many of the incredible songs on this live recording. But, even as the current administration has made faulty decisions concerning the war and other issues, I have decided to make a personal protest over Neil Young's message this time on the grounds that Neil Young is a Canadian citizen and has no intention of becoming an American citizen (Time Magazine, Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005). Neil has the right to free speech (a precious American won and maintained freedom). But until he becomes an American citizen as Graham Nash did in 1978, and as the others are by birth, his words ring shallow in my ears and heart. I say no, not this time, Neil.
WE HAVE ALL BEEN HERE BEFORE... July 23, 2008
Rick Rangel (Clute,TX USA)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
It seems folks have had a LOT to say about the politics of
this CD, sooo...let's get to the MUSIC!!! The album starts off with a rousing
acapella version of Crosby's "What Are Their Names?" from his first solo
album released in 1971.This song is STILL relevant.Neil has created
a "Living with War" piano introduction that was not on his album of the same name.The melody without the vocals is very haunting and should
add greatly to the film(which I have NOT seen). There are eight songs from LIVING WITH WAR and seven various CSN songs.It proves to be a good mixture.The threesome add a lot to Neil's LWW songs and he, in turn, adds his muscular guitar tones to their songs.When the"Wooden Ships" intro comes on,Crosby does a fantastic job on his part.I wait to hear Stephen and then....NO STILLS!!! It's Nash who sings Stephen's part!!!That was a little disappointing... but the song still worked. When Stills sang "For What it's Worth" he sounded fine but the mix on his vocal was so low I had to work to hear it. There wasn't a problem hearing the mix on his guitar playing...he sounded like the legend he is.As the soundtrack to the film of the same name,this release serves up more music than the film probably will.Lucky for us.As someone else wrote recently,these songs make you think.When's the last time music made you do that?
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