Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Lyrics

    ------ About the song Teach Your Children performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Everytime I hear this song, it makes me cry, because for me it's a simple message of love and hope between parents and their children. Not a political message or a statement of equality or passing a torch--just love and caring for each other, and sharing our wisdom with each other. Parents can teach their children their values; children can show their parents their hopes and dreams. And so life goes, from one generation to another, a continuum of dreams and passions. For me, it's a timeless connection, and it reminds me that long after I'm gone, my daughter will be singing the same inspiring song to her own children.

    ------ About the song Wooden Ships performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Reviewer: ben | 7/13/09, I think got it right. The song is about giving up on the American Government and their war mongering. But I thought the line was "Silver Eagle on the shoreline, let us be." There aren't any Silver People.

    ------ About the song Ohio performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

I could smell a funny smell in the beginning but then it went away in verse 2. When verse 3 came the smell came back but in a good oder. I saw a donkey out in the park it was chasing a cat but the cat climbed a tree. The donkey was said than the bad smell came back. Then I fell asleep just a little bit though and got fired thanks to this half way decent song. @alaskanpipeline

    ------ About the song Carry On performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

My brother, born 1950, bought Deja Vu March 1970, basically when it came out in The Netherlands. In primary school still, our class watched a School TV lesson introducing the United States. It started with Carry On as intro tune. Being very familiar with that song being played full blast in my classroom setting gave me my first full on Deja Vu sensation that I remember to this day. So cool...

    ------ About the song Teach Your Children performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Pamela, if you marched in the 60's and 70's, then you're most likely a grandparent now. And, yes, grandparents were still out marching with Occupy last fall. John is referring to his parents' generation. My daughter also noticed that Occupy had young people and grey-haired people. Her question to me was, "Where's your generation, Mom?"

@John, you're absolutely right. I remember being in college and most in my generation were cheering on "Reaganomics." As long as they got theirs, they couldn't have cared less about helping the next guy or paying it forward. Even before that in the 70's we were dubbed the "Me Generation." I hated that name, but now have to admit we've done a fabulous job of living up to it. Of course, there were those, like me, but not enough of us to hold back the tide.

This song means a lot to me because I was raised in a multi-generational family. When I was in college, my Great Aunt was horrified by my cousins and young people supporting Reagan's policies. She commented, "It's always the young people who bring about change. If not them, then who? If they're conservative now, where will this country be in 20 or 30 years?" She said she was counting on me to carry the dream to the next generation because she wouldn't live that long. I've done the best I can.

Good Luck to you, John. We need you and those of your generation to help restore this country to what it once was.

    ------ About the song Wooden Ships performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

As much as I love this song, I have to comment, we don't smile the same, in the same language. Asians -particularly Japanese - see the "eyes locked on, wide toothy American grin" as an aggressive threat, not a friendly gesture. When I first came to America fifty years ago, I was five, and frightened by all these big, unfriendly, threatening Americans. Today, I know that many of those folks that scared me back then,were trying to be friendly. But it took me many years to grasp that, on more than an intellectual level.
But I see this as a post-apocalyptic song...survivors picking up the pieces after the rubble is cooled. There were still ruins and damage in Japan, when I left in 1962 to come to America.

    ------ About the song Ohio performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Some of you have mentioned corrections should be made or previous posters "misunderstood" the lyrics. In fact, the line, "Should've been done long ago" was accurate. Ronald Reagan uttered those very words about the Kent State massacre after it happened. So second-guessing the line as "Should have been GONE long ago" is an incorrect assumption. Also, trying to find a more comfortable ideal behind that line is, sorry to say, wishful thinking. The country was very strongly divided during Vietnam and the "pro" side seriously wanted protesters put down.

    ------ About the song Dark Star performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Young had not-ah to do with "Dark Star" someone needs to get the ref to him off this, he is one of the greats but was not a good fit for CSN, they didnt need each other (Yes I do see Grham, Stevin and David as one!)

    ------ About the song Carry On performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

To the one who wrote "Still ranks as the one of the greatest 4 part harmony songs ever recorded"... well I have to tell you that the version on "Dj Vu" has 5 vocal harmonies. And indeed I found them all by ear... a pain in the neck it was.. to find but a great joy to sing and play!

    ------ About the song Teach Your Children performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

I remember teaching my 13 year old sister Doreen to pick out the chords for this song on her old guitar and I don't play guitar. But I took piano lessons years before and knew what I was listening for. We must have sung it thousands of times over the decades at campfires in Grand Etang by the breakwater. Good old memories of making music in Cape Breton Island, teenagers in cut off jeans enjoying the magic of the 60's.