[FairfieldLife] Re: Helplessly Hoping
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Yep, good memories, good memorieshere is an acoustic concert of the three of them. Just give up and listen to the whole concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq6K2ziDQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq6K2ziDQ Excellent. Great find. Our friend Joe wrote on another forum that he just saw CSNY in San Francisco a few days ago, and they nailed it there, too. For some people, the bodies get older but the voices don't. The first Supergroup, and they're still pretty super. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: This song changed my life fifty years ago. I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI Still tripping on Crosby, Stills and Nash after discovering this treasure, I thought I'd post the song that started it all. As I remember the story, Steven wrote the song and taught it to David. They worked on harmonies for it, but David always thought that it needed a third voice. So they go over to Joni Mitchell's house, and there they meet for the first time this guy from England who they really only know as the voice of The Hollies. And things progress and get wild and wooly the way things got back in those days of Laurel Canyon house parties, and at some point Steven and David start to sing Helplessly Hoping, which of course no one has heard before. On the second verse, David heard Graham Nash join in, singing the *exact* third harmony part he had written in his head. And the rest is history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v\ =WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Helplessly Hoping
The very first 'supergroup' was Cream in 1966 with Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker and Jack Bruce, followed by Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield and Stephen which produced the album called 'Super Sessions' in 1969. On 11/1/2013 2:53 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, wrote: Yep, good memories, good memorieshere is an acoustic concert of the three of them. Just give up and listen to the whole concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq6K2ziDQ Excellent. Great find. Our friend Joe wrote on another forum that he just saw CSNY in San Francisco a few days ago, and they nailed it there, too. For some people, the bodies get older but the voices don't. The first Supergroup, and they're still pretty super. ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: This song changed my life fifty years ago. I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI Still tripping on Crosby, Stills and Nash after discovering this treasure, I thought I'd post the song that started it all. As I remember the story, Steven wrote the song and taught it to David. They worked on harmonies for it, but David always thought that it needed a third voice. So they go over to Joni Mitchell's house, and there they meet for the first time this guy from England who they really only know as the voice of The Hollies. And things progress and get wild and wooly the way things got back in those days of Laurel Canyon house parties, and at some point Steven and David start to sing Helplessly Hoping, which of course no one has heard before. On the second verse, David heard Graham Nash join in, singing the *exact* third harmony part he had written in his head. And the rest is history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc
[FairfieldLife] RE: Helplessly Hoping
Yep, good memories, good memorieshere is an acoustic concert of the three of them. Just give up and listen to the whole concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq6K2ziDQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mjbq6K2ziDQ ---In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, TurquoiseB wrote: This song changed my life fifty years ago. I guess I'm not the only old fart who feels that way about it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I4pIULFGLI Still tripping on Crosby, Stills and Nash after discovering this treasure, I thought I'd post the song that started it all. As I remember the story, Steven wrote the song and taught it to David. They worked on harmonies for it, but David always thought that it needed a third voice. So they go over to Joni Mitchell's house, and there they meet for the first time this guy from England who they really only know as the voice of The Hollies. And things progress and get wild and wooly the way things got back in those days of Laurel Canyon house parties, and at some point Steven and David start to sing Helplessly Hoping, which of course no one has heard before. On the second verse, David heard Graham Nash join in, singing the *exact* third harmony part he had written in his head. And the rest is history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGtFRsCXRcc
