Wooden Ships - Crosby, Stills, & Nash (Woodstock 69)

[larkjd]

woodstock the movie is the worst...for all the audience knew these songs were studio dubs over film of cars and hippies...what a wasted opportunity

[dashBurst]

One of the greatest songs of all time!

[Mrfairchap]

Wonderful, evocative music. Even when the Vietnam War was raging, Woodstock sent out a message that peace, for all, was possible. Where did it all go so wrong, guys? There is so much negativity around everywhere now and this is reflected in today's bling and sex-obsessed, sterile, corporate music. I do so hope that the world can get back on track and decent, humanitarian values can be espoused by all. But then I'm a dreamer, I know! Oh well, thanks for posting and peace to everybody.

[jeanbean43]

All we can do is echo your anguished cries,

Stare as all human feelings die,

We are leaving - you don't need us.

........

[ijwi]

This is not the Woodstock version, this is a studio version overdubbing Woodstock footage. WMG deleted the Woodstock live recording which is the only decent version :-( No wonder no one knows about that song.

[lion36ify]

Makes want to go to the woods with my buds , do some acid, forget this bullshit for as long as I can . Those purple berries are good!

[katrastrophy]

@lion36ify forget? That is why people are running,they never face the truth. Acid,really ? Look what drugs did then,a bunch of scaredy cat Yuppies with their pacifier babies ,a bunch of free loading psycho paths- crying freedom w/out the work...Pfft....

[katrastrophy]

@lion36ify with due respect I was just on the Jefferson Airplane version of this and A Vietnam vet speaking about what this song and what it means to him I see the extremes of your generation sir....and think of mine,truly sad . Nothing learned nothing gained.

[StormsongK]

"Don't cry because it's over; smile because it happened." The music is still alive, though it may not be what's being cranked out of the machine these days. All the old, beautiful, meaningful stuff didn't go away. It's out there.

[mguy03]

i like that this video was uploaded on 4/20

[jakeenan]

Interesting contrasts to how CS&N and Jefferson Airplane played this tune. One more jazzy the other more folk/blues. I prefer JA's version with the punch it packs that drives home the imagery- especially their improv Woodstock rendition. But that's splitting hairs, they both own the tune, and no-one could do it better. Great song, will never date.

[DoubleVisionandco]

Funny this is not the same version that is on my woodstock CD.

[Rush1013]

"I can see by your coat my friend your from the other side, theres just one thing i gotta know can you tell me please...Who won?" Those are extremely powerful lyrics.

[chiledoug]

groovy..

[2002rosemaggie]

My favourite!!!! Love them!!!

[Dalmaciuser]

Pure artistry in this intro!

[Ridgway55]

@ghostlover18

I just meant all the good music, except for a few exceptions was written in 70 earlier. Unless you like Rap, or Duran Duran..

[TheBoggartsbreakfast]

definately one of the best songs cs+n have done imho.

[alanwrobel]

Niiiicccce 'n coooooool!!

[sanjivtx]

Love this song and the video

[rabbitshirt]

That intro is killer, man. Wow. Always excites me and sends chills up my spine.

[I967]

@rabbitshirt i have to agree on the chills, man. there has to be something either in the sound of the song, the feeling it creates or it's somehow that we somehow lived thru woodstock in the past and now we're just experiencing echoes of our past being, man....when i first saw woodstock, i cried and sobbed, man, it felt like going home, i could smell the mud right there and then...we have all been here before, man....

[tgraham76]

@I967 on paul 2012!! peace is popular!

[Majikart]

@rabbitshirt Agree with you , 'long time coming' and Wooden ships' does that to me too, Wish I was part of that event.

[twofastnWV]

needed to continue a lil bit longer...CSN rocks!!!!

I WISH I COULD TIME TRTAVEL JUST ONCE ON A ONE WAY TICKET....

I WOULD GO TO 1963 AND LIVE OUT THE REST OF MY LIFE!!

would have got some in NAM as well!!

[kjkj74]

music ended when kurt cobain died. it started in the 60's and ended in 1994. i was born in the year music died. its sad man, very sad. dark times we live in... world as never been so conservative and music has never degraded to this level...

[Ridgway55]

hey, the music died in 1970.. sorry

[BlakCometProductions]

naw man it ended in the 80's the 70's had this great music still goin on

[joerover22]

Sigh, music hasn't died. Sure, the stuff they play on the radio and the rap stuff is pure crap. But don't take away the talent of many good bands out there. My Morning Jacket (Jim James) , The White Stripes, Incubus, Radiohead, Avett Brothers, Two Gallants..... they are all great bands and very talented -- it isn't dead. You're just not looking in the right places.

[cardshowman]

A beautiful song, man. About the scare of nuclear war and holocause while we rose up as students to protest! Awesome and powerful, alas..... Woodstock was once upon a time: the reunion type 90's ones were riots, no peace and love!

Anybody remember laughter.... no Zepp. there...wonder why? LMK if you do!~ Peace, Billy

[RaZoReDbABe]

lol, one of my FAVORITE CSN songs!!!!! Thx man :)

[dbx166]

@cardshowman

Led Zeppelin did not play Woodstock as they had a higher paying gig already booked during those dates . . .

[bran756]

fantastic you can still feel the god dam energy radiating from thir vid

[supremebape]

I was the first to comment on this viddy...and it's such a great song from a wonderful time in upstate NY. Can't every day be this way!

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