CSNY – Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young – Down By The River (Big Sur, CA 1969)

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www.beograund.com CSNY live at Big Sur, California, September 14, 1969. DOWN BY THE RIVER Be on my side, I’ll be on your side, baby There is no reason for you to hide It’s so hard for me staying here all alone When you could be taking me for a ride. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead. You take my hand, I’ll take your hand Together we may get away This much madness is too much sorrow It’s impossible to make it today. Yeah, she could drag me over the rainbow, send me away Down by the river I shot my baby Down by the river, Dead.

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DrPratfall May 3, 2010 at 7:38 pm

@clickswitchh You kiddin’? That’s not an ego battle – that’s some serious MAN love goin’ on between those two.

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IrishGary May 3, 2010 at 7:52 pm

@blinkziggy was just thinkin the same thing!

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thechewydude May 3, 2010 at 7:58 pm

Too bad the video stopped where it did… :(

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guyaldridge May 3, 2010 at 8:42 pm

look at 5:04 there’s a dude walking around with headphones in. what a stoner

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TotallyWired18 May 3, 2010 at 9:40 pm

funky drummer

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R0CKFACE May 3, 2010 at 10:19 pm

@tonyrosam hippies are specifically people who act counter culture but don’t do anything about it. All a hippie is is his superficial rebellion. What? you work for a company and want to sleep well at night all of a sudden?

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R0CKFACE May 3, 2010 at 11:02 pm

great video…dang. Wonder if all those people in the crowd went back into corporate america, told their kids not to do drugs, voted like sheep, raised their kids like pets, and for sure by now have not changed the world for the better but instead only been the ghost of an inspiration…like obama…oh!!! shit how’s it feel to be the old tight ass hangin’ on to yesterday’s bs?

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MrToits May 3, 2010 at 11:15 pm

Good ole days what more can I say……Peace

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jityr2 May 3, 2010 at 11:25 pm

I’m looking for their song called “Wasted on the way”. From 1982.

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SenseiOfSlow May 4, 2010 at 12:19 am

haha…check out the tambourine man at 5:00…then again, the way these rock gods play, i’d nosebleed, lose all my good sense and imagine i could whistle my way into their peership if i’d been that near them myself…

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tonyrosam May 4, 2010 at 1:15 am

The new hippies know how not to look like hippies. they are still here :)

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bigsbyfreak May 4, 2010 at 2:12 am

@KoxxMobilhome Yes they do big time… And I need a hippie girl too! lol

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KoxxMobilhome May 4, 2010 at 2:37 am

@bigsbyfreak Yes your right,it can be very lonely these days sharing this music with friends.Where are the hippies?One of these they’ll come out again.The world needs them.

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jbelden36 May 4, 2010 at 3:24 am

@busterbone hehe lol :)

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me2gap May 4, 2010 at 3:55 am

This is classic…. todays music for the most part is forgettable & throw away…. this is still COOL after 40 years. How I wish for simpler times.

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busterbone May 4, 2010 at 4:41 am

I rembember dancing like Joan Baez at 0:34

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biltrans May 4, 2010 at 4:49 am

where are all the hippies gone……?

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Byrds1967 May 4, 2010 at 5:29 am

Great concert!

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nightoddity May 4, 2010 at 5:39 am

@christcomesalive it’s an excerpt from the film called “Celebration at Big Sur.” It was shot at Esalen Institute, in Big Sur around 1969ish.

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wbsultant May 4, 2010 at 5:59 am

wonderful

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TheCharacterstudy May 4, 2010 at 6:21 am

Born in ’63, grew up with this stuff.
Great video, thank you for putting it up!

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devfrman May 4, 2010 at 6:52 am

epic footage; great song and a great live performance”

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christcomesalive May 4, 2010 at 7:45 am

Anyone know where I can get a more complete copy of this performance? Hopefully in slightly better quality…

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zdrumdude May 4, 2010 at 7:51 am

@Piritu

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jodevries May 4, 2010 at 8:05 am

I THINK it’s Lyle Lovett, it looks like him!!

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