I was at one of these shows in August 2006, and it was THE best rock & roll concert I've attended in my life, out of many.
This is especially high praise for CSNY, because while I've always liked them, there are many artists about whom I've been much more passionate.
The politics were right out front, which was fine with me, given my agreement with them. The on-stage video clips (and other staging devices) detailing the costs of the war in "blood and treasure" were terrific in their depressing way.
The quality of the music was utterly stunning. I've heard bits of CSN/CSNY live before, and wasn't expecting much. Tight playing, good arrangements, GUITARS IN TUNE (!), and wonderful singing. Also, TREMENDOUS variety of material from the group's, and its members', solo careers. As advertised, the show featured every song from Young's then-new album, "Living With War". The album itself was marred by a grotesquely awkward combination of hard rock instrumentation with CHOIR vocals. This production was so bad that I couldn't tell if the songs were any good!
HOWEVER, the point here is that the "Living With War" songs were absolutely fantastic, when adapted for performance by CSNY.
The supporting musicians were all Neil Young veterans, and I had the distinct impression that he was serving as ringleader of the entire operation. However, all four of C, S, N and Y were featured equally, to great effect.
I love Neil, I love the guts they showed in really busting chops about the war back in 2006, before it was quite so clear what a fantastic blunder this has been, and I'm ready for whatever political content appears in the film.
Let's just hope the incredible music is not underrepresented.
I'm bound and determined to see this thing, hopefully in a theatre, and ultimately, I'll own a copy on DVD.
This is especially high praise for CSNY, because while I've always liked them, there are many artists about whom I've been much more passionate.
The politics were right out front, which was fine with me, given my agreement with them. The on-stage video clips (and other staging devices) detailing the costs of the war in "blood and treasure" were terrific in their depressing way.
The quality of the music was utterly stunning. I've heard bits of CSN/CSNY live before, and wasn't expecting much. Tight playing, good arrangements, GUITARS IN TUNE (!), and wonderful singing. Also, TREMENDOUS variety of material from the group's, and its members', solo careers. As advertised, the show featured every song from Young's then-new album, "Living With War". The album itself was marred by a grotesquely awkward combination of hard rock instrumentation with CHOIR vocals. This production was so bad that I couldn't tell if the songs were any good!
HOWEVER, the point here is that the "Living With War" songs were absolutely fantastic, when adapted for performance by CSNY.
The supporting musicians were all Neil Young veterans, and I had the distinct impression that he was serving as ringleader of the entire operation. However, all four of C, S, N and Y were featured equally, to great effect.
I love Neil, I love the guts they showed in really busting chops about the war back in 2006, before it was quite so clear what a fantastic blunder this has been, and I'm ready for whatever political content appears in the film.
Let's just hope the incredible music is not underrepresented.
I'm bound and determined to see this thing, hopefully in a theatre, and ultimately, I'll own a copy on DVD.