Amid cycles of psychedelic chords, Crosby wrote lyrics about coming to terms with being hurt for this contemplative deep cut. “Everybody has been burned before,” opens the song. “Everybody knows the pain.” Crosby had written the tune, whose jazzy voicings allowed for an avant-garde guitar...
One of the most prevalent events of 1969 was, of course, the landing of American astronauts on the moon. Space travel in general, and the risk of it, fascinated viewers, including David Bowie, who wrote an entire song about a man, Major Tom, who jets off into outer space and seemingly...
Young wrote a fiery indictment of the shootings, and CSNY cut their version of the song just 11 days after the tragedy, then rush-released it, knocking their own "Teach Your Children" off the charts. "David Crosby cried when we finished this take," said Young. Appears on: Decade (...
David Bowie wrote and produced "All the Young Dudes" for Mott the Hoople, who suddenly catapulted to glam-rock royalty after years toiling as a lumbering British blues band. The makeover was sublime, and the song – a teen anthem for displaced kids – stands as their greatest achievement. ...
David Crosby Keeps the Songs ComingDavid CrosbyWhen: 8 p.m. Saturday.Where: Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at the...Barrera, Sandra
6. David Crosby, "Rodriguez for a Night" The formerByrdsandCrosby, Stills & Nashco-founder has been sidling up to this collaboration with Donald Fagen for years, memorably releasing "She's Got to Be Somewhere" as part of 2017'sSky Trails– a songrightly describedas SteelyDavid Crosby. ...
David Crosby sang that chorus to himself —“Any day now, any day now/I shall be released” — in his Texas prison cell, as he served nine months on drug and weapon charges. “I wrote it on the wall,” he recalls. “It took me hours. But I did it. And I remember taking heart...
David Crosby explained that he wrote it on "the night Bobby Kennedy was killed", having another pillar of hope eradicated from the US political system. "I believed in him because he said he wanted to make some positive changes in America, and he hadn't been bought and sold like Johnson ...
6. David Crosby, "Rodriguez for a Night" The formerByrdsandCrosby, Stills & Nashco-founder has been sidling up to this collaboration with Donald Fagen for years, memorably releasing "She's Got to Be Somewhere" as part of 2017'sSky Trails– a songrightly describedas SteelyDavid Crosby. ...
John Stewart wrote “Daydream Believer” shortly before he left the Kingston Trio, the third track in a trilogy aimed at capturing the malaise and boredom of suburban life. In that respect, he was an innovator, bringing life to the lifeless suburbs in a cry for help – or, at least, a...