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Home Front: Culture Wars
Blue-staters cheer CSNY anti-war rants
2006-09-06
If your favorite uncles dropped in from out of town for a rare visit, you'd probably be surprised if the mood turned somber and they started lecturing you. You'd be downright shocked to find yourself enthralled with the strange turn the evening had taken. That's probably how most people felt in the packed house at First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre in Tinley Park as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young raged on for three hours Sunday night.

“The granddaddy of rock's "supergroups" wore its lefty sentiments as a badge of honor during an endless tirade against President Bush and the Iraq war.”
The granddaddy of rock's "supergroups," touring for the third time as a quartet since Neil Young rejoined in 2000 after a 26-year absence, wore its lefty sentiments as a badge of honor during an endless tirade against President Bush and the Iraq war. Their opinions seemed to strike a unanimous chord. Even in blue-state Illinois, does everyone agree with Young's "Let's Impeach the President" sentiment? Apparently so. No one left. No one protested the blast. No one even shouted out for "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" or "Marrakesh Express," two of the chestnuts that didn't make the cut in the politically charged set.
Posted by:Fred

#8  Too much drugs, drink, and assinine political statements circa 1960s...go away now, scoot
Posted by: Captain America   2006-09-06 14:19  

#7  Great. Now we'll be seeing them PBS Oldies Pledge breaks.
Posted by: ed   2006-09-06 11:30  

#6  Nothing new here. I went to a CSN concert in Park City, UT, in 1991 during the re-election campaign for Bush Sr. A full hour of vitriolic political rants, calling Bush Sr. everything from a nazi to a pig. Stephen Stills chimed in with this gem, as they were playing the intro to "Ohio": "I gotta message for George Herbert Walker Bush". (crowd applauds) "We're gonna see you fucking fired!" (crowd screams wildly). This went on and on.

Bottom line is they've always been this way. Dedicated hippies who never grew up.
Posted by: mcsegeek1   2006-09-06 11:24  

#5  I've moved on the greener pastures, literally: country music.

Dan and Jim Seals, and Kenny Rogers did, too. Why can't they?
Posted by: badanov   2006-09-06 10:02  

#4  A million and a half Cambodians could not be reached for comment.
Posted by: Glomort Glons9693   2006-09-06 09:20  

#3  CSNY was never a supergroup. They fell apart from drugs and infighting long before they reached supergroup status. Neil Young ain't even an American, ha canadian. Crosby is only alive because he had enough money to buy his way to the front of an organ doner list. Stills and Nash are just there for the money and could probably care less about the message of dumbass young. A has been group doing reunion tours for old hippies and moonbats, and thats all. Next thing we'll hear is the Dixi bats will be opening for them.
Posted by: 49 Pan   2006-09-06 08:29  

#2  They were entertaining a bunch of old hippies, anyway. Why be shocked? It was a chance to relive their glory days, with "fighting the power/da Man", "free Huey", "make love not war", blah blah blah....

Besides....to Gen X and younger, most of us have never heard of these guys. You say the name "Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young" to us and most will think you are talking about some personal-injury law firm with an animal/cartoon mascot.
Posted by: Swamp Blondie   2006-09-06 05:19  

#1  "No one left" > in all likelihood, prob becuz the audience is aware Lefty celebrities will vote for it before voting against it before ... before... before................@etc.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2006-09-06 01:34  

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