Deja vu - all over again

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Deja vu - all over again
« on: 18 Jan 2006, 02:08 am »
I see many of us have listened to Deja vu a lot. From the first thundering riffs of Stephen Stills' acoustic guitar, the album is unforgettable.

What do you like about it?
What do you not like about it?
What obscure facts do you know about it?
Which is the best CD version, vinyl version?

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Deja vu - all over again
« Reply #1 on: 18 Jan 2006, 02:28 am »
I will get us started..

Released in 1970, David Crosby, Graham Nash, and Stephen Stills are joined by Neil Young (formerly with Stills in Buffalo Springfield.

This album has lots of acoustic instrumentation, excellent vocals, excellent writing, and excellent engineering.

It has the post-woodstock hippy feel, and plenty of country-rock and folk.

To me the most awesome track is the Country Girl suite by Neil Young, with the pipe organ sound and the incredible harmonizing. Plus the lyrics to this stream of conciousness take on L.A. society are amazing.
The editorial review on amazon has this hilarious line: "Young swims through the celestial harmonies of rock's best barbershop trio like a fly in consommé". An interesting, if Ren and Stimpyish, viewpoint.

So much good music that brings back memories of the time when the FM tuner brought the best fidelity out of your stereo.