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see my review of the CD included in the DVD review. I spelled authority wrong on it, however.
That comes to an album exactly of one hour and thirteen minutes, of which thirty-four minutes are vintage CSN(Y) material. Biggest issue is Stills: though still an excellent guitarist, it's become obvious he's losing his hearing, and his singing greatly suffers as result. I apologize for the length ahead of time.Breaking down the record, you basically have Neil Young, and CSN acting as a sort of extra-special backing band, playing the entirety of Neil's "Living With War" record and various CSN(Y) standards (likely chosen to fit in with the protest theme). That said, I'll try my best to be objective here, and let you know what you get with this album. Reading over some of the other reviews here, there's a lot of political stuff dragging down the score on this record, and I don't think that's fair. If, like many people who've given reviews here, you can't get over the politics, then it's obviously not for you, and you might wish to just download the CSN standards independently. Nothing particularly different from the studio records in most cases though. "Deja Vu" and "Wooden Ships" are both excellent, and both involve guitar duels between Stills and Young, with Young getting some particularly LETHAL tones this time around.
Not awful by any means, and you DO get an entire Neil Young album by proxy when you buy this. Then again, this was never really the CSNY thing. At least have the integrity to judge the record on its own merits, and not blast it because you don't agree with the message being conveyed. Though "For What It's Worth" still ends up being quite good, it's the only song he's given lead vocals on due to his condition (Wooden Ships is handled by Nash and Crosby), and it's obvious WHY it's the only song.It's a mixed bag of a record, honestly, as CSNY live stuff tends to be. Also take note that the songs WILL sometimes fade in and fade out, implying this was taken from more than one show (a cardinal sin for live albums, in my opinion).Having not listened to the studio version of Young's "Living With War", it still seems like it's performed faithfully, as in none of the songs spiral off into Crazy Horse jams. Seek out a review of the studio record for more thoughts on this.The CSN(Y) standards here are really what you'll likely buy the record for, and they're rather uniformly good. If the political context doesn't bother you, then go for it. An average four, not approaching five, but not worth any less.
Amazon said they could not do anything about it because 90 days had expired. Have never received this item, and contacted seller w/ no response. Still trying to deal w/ it. Good (sarcasm), the seller keeps delaying and delaying until nothing can be done. Do Not have anything to do w/ innuendo/entertainment.
I like this better than Four Way Street. CSN & Y sound better. It is a good recording.
I think Neil side tricked the guys into doing a unbalanced tour based on living at war where the tunes are so mediocre. i think this is why the performances are halfassed the boys were not that into it and it shows.neil sure was.they need to stick to a show where its back to back great tunes.need a better back up band too.blah blah etc
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