Re: (TV) Rough guides, Hair Transplants and CSNY

[eric s gregory <esgregory@uswest.net>]

tho i'm very very resistant to csny in any incarnation (big
big fan of byrds & springfield tho...not really much of a
hollies fan), i'll agree "deja vu" is an at times pretty
powerful record...please let's leave nash outta this...he's
not really a writer on par with even a 2nd rate hack like
stills (one of the most chauvinistic jackasses in rock &
roll), but crosby & young are both great on this record &
stills decent..."almost cut my hair" IS a fantastic
statement of paranoid irreverent rebellion...


Billy Ancell wrote:
> 
> This is totally unrelated to what has recently been
> debated -  my sis bought me a "Rough guide" book
> entitled "Music USA" for Christmas - Chapters are
> arranged geographically, and are chronological. I
> skipped right to New york in the 70's and checked it
> out - Televison are mentioned as, I think, "Architects
> of the New wave and punk movement in NY", with the
> usual praise for guitars and songwriting etc yet in
> the recommended listening section for New York they
> are omitted - Blondie, Ramones, Talking Heads are all
> there tho.
> 
> This is a complete tangent - What realy got my goat
> was what they said about CSNY's Deja Vu - I don't know
> about the folks on the list but I love this record -
> they slated Crosby and Nash's contributions as
> "ponderous and self concious, satisfying the needs of
> the writer as opposed to the audience" - they then go
> on to proclaim Young's "Country Girl" as one of the
> outstanding tracks on the album. Does anybody else
> feel this way? Fair enough, the Nash songs are twee (I
> think the american translation of twee would be
> "cheesy") but they are still endearing.
> 
> Wonder what Tom and Richard make of "Almost Cut My
> Hair" - the guitar interplay is fantastic, and
> completely suits the atmosphere of the song - Stills's
> meandering (but still good) solo being completely
> blown out of the water by Neil's urgency and
> simplicity.
> 
> As for Mojo - good article, but as you folks say
> nothing I haven't learnt since subscribing to the list
> and buying the records - but the quo one had me in
> fits, espec the bit about "polishing" - some people
> have absolutely no morals!
> 
> P.S. Stateside folks may not know this, but over in
> Blighty Francis Rossi of the quo is an advertising
> star! He appears in the back pages of our seedier
> tabloids advertising Follicle transplants - Class.
> Almost transplanted my hair, to paraphrase Crosby.
> 
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