Csny deja vu10/23/2022 ![]() ![]() The three members of the band, with the exception of Neil Young - who is already perpetually heartbroken - had broken up with their partners. The other factor was a lot of heartbreak which was embedded, and naturally so, within the record. The songs are cynical, bitter, yet beautifully written with harmonies to perfectly transmit this message. The songwriters are coming to grips with this on the record, they know that the dream has died this information is apparent in a couple of ways. ![]() So while the music - perhaps with the exception of ‘Almost Cut My Hair’, and the poignant ‘Woodstock’ by Joni Mitchell - doesn’t necessarily speak of the counterculture.ĭeja Vu is brilliant because it is somewhat of a timestamp, an ode, and a farewell to the cultural battle that was, ultimately, lost. While Deja Vu doesn’t necessarily exude the quality and characteristics of the hippie culture, the album, more so, possesses the spirit of the movement, as it was created by the important figures associated with the counterculture. When one thinks of the concept of the musical genre of ‘classic rock’, this album is front and centre, placed impeccably as the stronghold of the kingdom of the hippie-counterculture. But ‘Carry On’ happened in a grand total of eight hours from conception to finished master. The track Déjà Vu must have meant 100 takes in the studio. There is no better example than Deja Vu by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, of which Stephen Stills said: “Getting that second album out of us was like pulling teeth, there was song after song that didn’t make it. Any work of art, especially when recording music, takes dedication to one’s craft, patience and, perhaps most of all, an appreciation for the nuances of creativity. The idea that the greatest works of art explode into existence in a short amount of time is a lazy myth perpetrated by the disillusioned and bored. ![]()
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