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Name: Matthew Gosse
Subject: Looking the Other Away
-- Feb 25, 2002 at 1:38PM
Sad. Very sad. When I first heard that Neil was hooking up with these sad sacks again, I cringed. CSN was never any good. CSN&Y was only good (not great) when it was Neil's song. The image of Neil doing this to help his friends out of financial troubles popped into my mind. I didn't really care to hear the album and did not seek it out. But when I saw it in the local library, my love of Neil Young got the best of me.
I could have reviewed it without hearing it:
Neil's song are the best, though not great Neil as they were written for a CSN collaboration.
The other songs will make you squirm and/or retch.
To an extent this is true. But nothing could have prepared me for the shock of realizing that it was Stills that would be come the lamest of the three.
I always saw it as:
Crosby - who cares
Nash - poser folkie moron
Stills - most talented, good guitar player
this album showed that, while Crosby and Nash had become predictably lamer with time (Crosby really can't sing either)...Steven Stills has been hit the hardest by age (this is all of course ironic in comparison to Neil Young).
When I put the disc on, I thought some busy mom had returned the CDs in the wrong cases. Her son's LION KING Soundtrack in the place of Looking Forward. I wish that had been the case...but no, I was listening to Stills' FAITH IN ME. I groaned and groaned through wretched Nash, Crosby and light Young tunes until the true horror of it all when SEEN ENOUGH came on. Possibly the worst lyrics ever written. Does this old fart think he's being insightful? Age does not equal wisdom. Age can bring wisdom to a bright mind, but age often brings confusion and bitterness to the less talented and forgotten. I don't want to go on really...but before I close, I also want to mention that Stills suddenly looks like a Cro-Magnon.
Name: Trevor
Subject: Stills= Great Musician
-- Apr 8, 2000 at 6:14PM
I think you have many many great points that i agree with. I understand what you mean about Nash's lead singing voice, i feel the same, and I think Crosby has a velvety wonderful tone to his voice. But one thing i didn't agree on was your feelings on Stills. I think he is a fine and great mastermind of a song writer. The power invoked by "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" almost puts a tear in my eye, it's so great. Give a listen to some of his stuff previous to CSNY too, like in his Buffalo Springfield days. Stills is a veteran of great music and i think he still continues to be so. I respect your opinion about the guy, but i highly disagree since he is such a wonderful contributer. Anyhoo, that was a fine article. It aided me in buying "Looking Forward" today, which i find to be a pretty good album. Thanks!
Name: Joe M
Subject: CSNY Looking Forward
-- Apr 8, 2000 at 9:51AM
First , it is fashionable to label the "over 40 crowd " with some insult . That's ridiculous . I thought your review however was fair . I bought the CD and it grows on you with some great cuts . I saw CSNY in NY on April 4 . It was the best concert I have ever attended . The musicianship , harmonies and energy was incredible . They had fun and the crowd got into it . I attended the concert with a few critical musicians and they were awed . CSNY are a treasure collectively and separately . " Long may they run !"
Name: Jane again
Subject: CD Review
-- Apr 6, 2000 at 9:55AM
Not entirely professional to call
them "old and fat", is it? Do people refer to Pavarotti that way?
Especially when Nash and Young are lean as stringbeans. Don't
get personal about how people have aged. Their
looks have nothing on God's greeen earth to do with how they sound, which is incredible
as I heard at the NY concert. Grow up and stop resorting
to childish insults in a musical review -- they have no place.
Name: Jane
Subject: Looking Forward Review
-- Apr 6, 2000 at 9:50AM
The author comes to this review with obvious preconceived notions that he's
dtermined to perpetuate. To cite Love the One You're With as Stills' signature song is just wrong...
What about SJBE, or 49 Bye Byes, Helplessly Hoping?? Must have some musical taste to review CDs, doesn't one?
A great CD that shows how far they've trveled and yet can return
and get it together again.
Music like this doesn't age...i gets more truthful...
Name: Jordan Hoffman Responds
Subject: Re: LOOKING FORWARD
-- Apr 2, 2000 at 12:10PM
Fascinating
Name: sean kelly
Subject: LOOKING FORWARD
-- Apr 2, 2000 at 9:34AM
I bought the cd because i bought tickets to bostonII. I listened to it for an hour and a half or so and decided that i could do without
4or5 cuts. The next day i listened again and 4or5 changed to 2or3.
I now have not removed the cd from the player in my truck for nearly 3weeks. I have gotten' laid more times in the last month than the previous 2 years combined. have "some faith in me" i'll be "looking forward" till the time i have to
"stand and be counted" at the overflowing turnstiles after the next
CSNY cd is released.
Basically all's i'm saying is this album grows on you. just like all the other ones they put out.
Name: Dave
Subject: Review
-- Mar 14, 2000 at 8:59AM
Harsh review of true superstars of our time; and the Tampa concert was excellent.
Name: Sarah
Subject: Review
-- Mar 13, 2000 at 4:37PM
I don't get it. I think "Looking Forward" is just that. It sounds the sound--no one else like them. I went to see them in Jan. and will go again in April. I've always been a fan but I have a new appreciation of their work--especially of Neil who is a true timeless poet.
Name: Honcho
Subject: Review
-- Feb 14, 2000 at 1:25AM
I was rather surprised that the review was not more complimentary. While it is true that Stills songs are the weakest on the disc it cannot negates the fact that Stills has written the most renound songs this band has ever performed. Furthermore, once you do get past the first track (which I agree is weak at best) the album soars. The guitar work of Steve and Neil is the best I've heard in years-Never overdone and always complimentary to each other. The harmonies are tighter than I've heard in quite awhile. And the band sounds alive for the first time in many years. Also, I was more impressed than usual by Nash's writings. Someday Soon and Heartland are true gems that stick in your head forever. And as for Young and Crosby's writings, well, they were better than I had hoped, considering the last CSN or CSNY project. As for what Stills wrote, well, perhaps it was just different from what I have come to expect from one of my favorite songwriters. Time will tell. As for me, this album will stand out in my collection as one of the better CSN or CSNY albums. For that matter, it will stand out as one of my favorite albums period. Hopefully, this album will signal the end of albums like Live It Up. Great album!!
Name: Roger
Subject: csny
-- Feb 12, 2000 at 11:44AM
I love Stills but as he said in a recent interview,"we have not made a good album since the one with the boat on the cover."
Name: Gary
Subject: C,S,N,&Y
-- Feb 8, 2000 at 5:03AM
Nash writes good pop music. Crosby
writes music that makes you stop
and say,"Hmmm, maybe there's somethin'
here worth another listen." Young is...
enigmatic at times and obvious at others.
Stills is rock 'n roll, sometimes with a Latin
beat, sometimes straight from Chuck Berry U.
Put them all together and there's musical
history that is rarely matched. People often speak
of this band and the 60's as if one can not be
separated from the other. Perhaps it's the folk-rock
thing that dangles from their collective necks as
a musical albatross might, causing listeners to be
wary of their recordings. I will accept that there
have been lapses of concentration here and there.
If one were to spend a day with those "stacks of wax",
close your eyes and listen, there is so much to be appreciated.
Harmonies, melodies, solo's, a myriad of guitars blending
into one sound then diverging to follow different
paths only to return to that one "road less travelled". The
voices likewise, twisting and turning above, below, and around
the melody. Do the lyrics bother you? Forget them and you might
still here plaintive, aggressive, contemplative, curious, doleful,
delightful emotional MUSIC. Listen to their solo works. Listen
to their earlier work with earlier bands. With CSNY in all its
permutations, I feel there's much to learn and love.
I have more to write but there's 'nuff here already.
Name: sanibel
Subject: review
-- Jan 30, 2000 at 11:44PM
wow... you might want to go back and check out still's solo stuff... maybe some springfield... maybe suite... the guy is brilliant, as is csny... however, we all are entitled to our opinions...
Name: Joe
Subject: comment on review
-- Jan 30, 2000 at 1:49PM
pretty good review. The album gets better and better with each pay,and the boys are getting rave reviews on their shows of their new tour.
Get the album and see a show.You won't be disappointed.
Name: Steve
Subject: Comment on review
-- Jan 29, 2000 at 12:28AM
CSNY have always been better collectively than separate. I guess the whole is always better than the parts. I'm a great fan of each individually, too. Stills is too great of a musician to be brushed aside so lightly. Stephen Stills is one of rock's greatest guitarists. While Neil Young gets much deserved credit, it's Stephen's lead that has always guided this band. He's probably the most seriously dedicated musician of them all.
Name: Steve
Subject: Comment on review
-- Jan 29, 2000 at 12:27AM
CSNY have always been better collectively than separate. I guess the whole is always better than the parts. I'm a great fan of each individually, too. Stills is too great of a musician to be brushed aside so lightly. Stephen Stills is one of rock's greatest guitarists. While Neil Young gets much deserved credit, it's Stephen's lead that has always guided this band. He's probably the most seriously dedicated musician of them all.
Name: Jerry
Subject: Stills
-- Jan 28, 2000 at 4:41PM
Have you ever heard the LP version of "Black Queen?" Forget lyrics, forget harmonies, it is the best 'performance song' ever by Steve Stills.
Name: Dr No
Subject: Re: This Article
-- Jan 26, 2000 at 11:27AM
I nearly just choked on my Nyquil!?!
Did someone just name-drop VH-1 as an example of a performer's worth. This, the station of 24 hour David Cassidy documentaries? This, Dr. Hibbert's favorites station?
Eeegads!
Name: Larry Beattie
Subject: This Article
-- Jan 26, 2000 at 9:53AM
I feel your being
too harsh on Stills.
In the VH1 100
greatest rock songs, he
had two there. Its like
argueing over the best
food. It comes down to
taste. Have some Faith
is a great song to me.
Name: Peter
Subject: lyrics
-- Jan 5, 2000 at 2:35PM
The song of my life is "Teach your children"
I'm not american and I want to sing this sing but
Idon't have the lyrics. Please send me them
Thanks from Spain
Name: Jake Brock
Subject: the best
-- Jan 3, 2000 at 8:00PM
I'm 15 and I love csn and csny. They have stood up to the tests of time, there lyrics are as meaningful now as they were in the 60's. If you take time to listen to them with out predjudice.
Name: Lester
Subject: Nothin like 'em
-- Dec 11, 1999 at 8:52PM
Give me a group that could last 3 decades and I'll listen to any criticism bout CSN&Y.
ha, did you say Back Street Boys?.........
Name: Barry
Subject: A 4-Way Street
-- Nov 10, 1999 at 4:42PM
Seems to me that this one and "American Dream" were recorded in 4 seperate studios by 4 seperate artist going in 4 seperate directions. I love all these guys, especially Neil, would really like to hear all 4 in one room getting it right on the first take.
Will attend the concert and advise as to whether they play on 4 seperate stages.
Name: Thomas
Subject: what?
-- Nov 8, 1999 at 11:06PM
You suggest CSN's lyrics are not "current". Peace and love, the 60's? Sorry, there will always be an audience for protest music.
Name: Henderson
Subject: ouch
-- Nov 3, 1999 at 2:03PM
this is kinda harsh
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