Your Verdict 2.0: Week 7

[trashcanman]

Well, usually around this time in the cycle it seems like a classic track or two enters the mix to break up the usual "you may think you're cool, but have you heard THIS new hotness" show and tell here in The Fortress. I've decided it's time for some folk. The drug of choice: a trio of fellows named David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Graham Nash. The song: 1982's Southern Cross.

This song is arguably the best folk rock song ever recorded, and the chorus gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. If I ever played in a non-hardcore rock band, I'd want this to be our set-closer. The melody and harmonies are just so epic, the guitar so strong, and the lyrics so poetic that there's just no way to top it. The line "I have my ship and all her flags are a flyin'. She is all that I have left and music is her name" pretty much says it all. Awesome.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-qvIvBhSX8

[The Curmudgeon]

Nice. Very nice. It's, like, the hottest summer in record over here or something, and we had the first BBQ at our new place yesterday. This is the sort of thing that would've been perfect to sit and chill to.

I've heard of these guys before, but this is the first time I'd ever actually heard a song by them. Good stuff.

[trashcanman]

You've heard Crosby, Stills, and Nash before. No way you haven't. If nothing else, you've at least heard "Our House" (is a very very very fine house).

[The Curmudgeon]

Ahhh, was THAT Crosby Stills and Nash? "With two cats in the yard..." Man, I LOVE that song!

Yeah, they're probably one of those bands where songs I've heard and enjoyed have just passed me by. There was an ad campaign in the early 90's for the best of Crowded House. It said "you know more Crowded House songs than you think you do." It's probably the same deal here.

[trashcanman]

It's exactly that kind of deal. You've probably heard "Suite Judy Blue Eyes" as well. Definitely a classic rock staple. And "Teach Your Children" is a folk classic for sure. Everyone who listens to classic rock has almost certainly heard those.