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And it's all in the way you wonder
If you think you're learning how
Pick up your feet, you don't have to pick up a gun
You can prod the sacred cow
'Cause you know the song of love
It's empty now
As it always seems to have been
You can go on home
Used to be down to tear gas and clubs
What do you think about grenades
You know like a frag
Nonsense is as nonsense does
The judge's eagle promenades
And you know the song of love
It's empty now
As it always seems to have been
You can go on home
The good book tells us, "thou shalt not kill"
What is the meaning of this phrase
Is it sometimes right and sometimes wrong
Depends if you're foolish or brave
'Cause you know the song of love
Well, it's empty now
As it always seems to have been
You can go on home
| On_The_Beach (The Blue Planet) | Posted: Apr 21, 2013 - 11:34 nagsheadlocal wrote: Stills showing some unknown guy how to flatpick: "Well for starters, you're holding the damn thing upside down." |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:30 Stills showing some unknown guy how to flatpick: |
| railroadwail (Deep in Penn's Woods) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:29 I know I'll be echoing a lot of other RP listeners when I say, "what an awesome" record. Manassas was simply great and all too short lived. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:28 One more nice song from a nice album! |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 15, 2012 - 07:27 Oh, gosh, I'm so happy this sadly forgotten album is getting some airplay all these years later. |
| merkin_muffley (Down the rabbit hole.....) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:54 Album is a definite 10. This song just about a 9. Would love to hear 'The Treasure (Take One)' from this album on RP |
| d-don (Oregon) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:48 Saw this ensemble in Portland in 1972. I stll have the munchies. |
| wendyleefrancis (Somewhere in Canada) | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 09:47 This is one of my absolute favourite all time albums! |
| lily34 (lexvegas) | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 20:07 i love this so much. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 09:26 What a great album! |
| Stingray (JULIAN'S NWO) | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 15:36 STILLS-minus-drugs had been a mega-star! MANASSAS was a great band, but when I recently saw (and heard) STILLS (with C,S & N) is was shocking and sad what times had made out of this once great musician! |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 20:26 mojoman wrote: Great song, but, boy, what a crappy album cover! Well kiss my Manassas! |
| coolpeople_rule (Winter wonder land) | Posted: Jun 28, 2011 - 20:22 Stills sounds good...I was trying to be serious and funny at the same time. Did it work? |
| fingerpin (oHIo) | Posted: Apr 26, 2011 - 15:19 Tasty. |
| unclehud (300 feet above the planet) | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 14:15 Southern country rock supergroup. |
| rjewyo (Ventura, CA) | Posted: Feb 22, 2011 - 14:14 Chris Hillman lives in our county....he still sounds good...doing more of country/bluegrass sound. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Nov 20, 2010 - 06:23 Not many people in my county know Manassas. Have this album since loing time. Music still fresh!! |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 13:38 Shimmer wrote: Isn't this properly considered a Manassas album, not a Stephen Stills solo album? You're right. Though I've heard it called Stephen Stills and Manassas. |
| Cynaera (South of Neanderthal) | Posted: Oct 19, 2010 - 13:38 I loved Stills with Manassas. I had this on 8-track (?!) and wore it out . Recorded it from vinyl onto cassette from a friend's turntable. I have yet to get it either on CD or MP3, but it's on my list... Meanwhile, it's SO good to hear it here on RP - thanks to whoever submitted it, and to Bill and Rebecca for playing it! Now - where'd I put my tie-dyed headband?   |
| Windspirit (Fort Collins, Colorado) | Posted: May 13, 2010 - 06:19 jonahboo wrote: ladies and gents: this is an album - play it it's great Agreed! |
| On_The_Beach (Vancouver BC, Bud) | Posted: Jan 06, 2010 - 22:43 jonahboo wrote: ladies and gents: this is an album - play it it's great Just got it as an Xmas gift (a CD to replace the dusty vinyl) - yay! |
| ydjb (Blacklick, Ohio) | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:58 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: My wife and I went to "The Golden Bear" (now torn down) in Huntington Beach, California in the early 80's and saw Chris Hillman with Al Perkins. There were about 40 people inside that little club. We sat 8 feet away from them. We got to go in the back and meet them both after they played. It was the best "concert" I've ever been to. That's a trip, I saw Chris Hillman with SHF (Souther, Hillman, Furay) at Mt. Union College in northeast Ohio after their self-titled album came out. there were only 2, i believe the 2nd was 'Trouble in Paradise'. I believe part of that Manassas rhythm/percussion section (Lala, Samuels, Harris) played with them. They opened with 'Fallin in Love' and we were on our feet the whole show....maybe 300 people in a small auditorium....ahhh memories! |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:49 Nice to hear some tracks from this great LP on RP.... |
| Pyro | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:48 Stills can still play some INCREDIBLE guitar at age 64! |
| jonahboo | Posted: Apr 29, 2009 - 08:45 ladies and gents: this is an album - play it it's great |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Mar 28, 2009 - 20:17 ydjb wrote: gotta love this group, classic double album, remember seeing a few of the guys on Soundstage back in the day on PBS..lol My wife and I went to "The Golden Bear" (now torn down) in Huntington Beach, California in the early 80's and saw Chris Hillman with Al Perkins. There were about 40 people inside that little club. We sat 8 feet away from them. We got to go in the back and meet them both after they played. It was the best "concert" I've ever been to. |
| Shimmer (Bethesda, MD) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 07:40 Isn't this properly considered a Manassas album, not a Stephen Stills solo album? |
| ydjb (Blacklick, Ohio) | Posted: Feb 25, 2009 - 07:40 KurtfromLaQuinta wrote: Mine too! What a great album. This was so awesome for '72! gotta love this group, classic double album, remember seeing a few of the guys on Soundstage back in the day on PBS..lol |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (Yep. I'm still here in La Quinta.) | Posted: Jan 24, 2009 - 17:48 Marley wrote: One of my favorite albums of all time.    Mine too! What a great album. This was so awesome for '72! |
| sahlman | Posted: Jun 17, 2008 - 14:33 this was a great album from Stills and friends. good choice |
| garthwb (Emerald Isle) | Posted: Mar 15, 2008 - 04:21 ROCKING ALBUM, all 21 songs of it! |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 20:04 Kurt_from_La_Qui wrote: That's a fact!!! It's funny when you can predict what they'll play when they announce a group like Pink Floyd. You know it's going to be 1 out of 3 songs from them. Stupid corporate FM. :puke: How stupid do they think we are? People are sheep!
hear hear! I never listen to corporate crap radio. In my car I take my iPod, which essentially contains the RP playlist...And Manassass, of course! |
| Marley (Portland, Or) | Posted: Dec 11, 2007 - 20:02 One of my favorite albums of all time. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Oct 10, 2007 - 00:31 Great song, fantastic album, inspired artist! No wonder he and Jimi clicked........ |
| xkolibuul (Pacific Rim, salmon, big trees) | Posted: Sep 08, 2007 - 14:01 This should leave no doubt as to who was the driving force of CSN. The Y was not too shabby, either. |
| KurtfromLaQuinta (La Quinta, CA) | Posted: Jul 07, 2007 - 15:35 namesbenny wrote: Don't think I've heard this before, but it's definitely good. Classic rock stations should play more of these hidden gems and less of the same old same old. That's a fact!!! It's funny when you can predict what they'll play when they announce a group like Pink Floyd. You know it's going to be 1 out of 3 songs from them. Stupid corporate FM. :puke: How stupid do they think we are? People are sheep! |
| inindian (Victor on the ocean) | Posted: Jun 21, 2007 - 23:55 Rockyinmyradio wrote: Of all the cd's I own... and that's alot. This album ranks as one of my top ten ever. It's in my cd player at least once every other month, sometimes for days at a stretch. Stephen Stills was at his heyday with this album!!
Rocky&family ________________________ Your voice will make a difference. Save internet radio!! Agreed on that one. One of the all time greats. Such a multi-faceted album too. |
| dixiedeb (Augusta, GA) | Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 07:21 An old favorite. |
| raga (Italy - Como) | Posted: Jun 06, 2007 - 07:21 Great Stephen Stills! Great album! |
| Ando (behind your couch) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 15:08 The fuzziness is the best part. Nothing digital, no sound machines, you can hear the grooves in the record. It's awesome! |
| Ando (behind your couch) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 14:59 bobringer wrote: And precisely why Clear Channel best friend (RIAA) wants to silence internet radio.
Bah. I'm gonna go to Washington and punch someone. Give 'em a kick in the nuts for me. |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: May 21, 2007 - 14:52 Great song, but, boy, what a crappy album cover! |
| BigDaddy_PA | Posted: Apr 04, 2007 - 07:40 Always did love this! Still have it on cassette tape, I think... should probably get the CD! Saw the concert way back before the beginning of time, and it was terrific. They still sound amazingly fresh. |
| Rockyinmyradio (Piedmont, Okla) | Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 19:15 Of all the cd's I own... and that's alot. This album ranks as one of my top ten ever. It's in my cd player at least once every other month, sometimes for days at a stretch. Stephen Stills was at his heyday with this album!! Rocky&family ________________________ Your voice will make a difference. Save internet radio!! |
| bobringer (Wayne, NJ) | Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 19:09 Amazon wrote: Hear! Hear! Precisely why I listen to RP instead of Clear Channel...  Bah. I'm gonna go to Washington and punch someone. |
| lily34 (derby, ny) | Posted: Mar 19, 2007 - 19:07 LOVE this. |
| musikalia (Somewhere (over the rainbow)) | Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 10:36 
Digging those funky keyboards!! |
| meloman (Warsaw, Poland) | Posted: Feb 16, 2007 - 10:36 wally42 wrote: Nice choice RP. But the credit shuold go to Manassas, not just Stephen Stills, to be fair. It was a group effort after all.
Yes it was! I still remember going to their live concert in Buffalo back in 1971-72. (Sometime around then.) |
| Amazon (Big Bend, TX) | Posted: Feb 01, 2007 - 12:34 namesbenny wrote: Don't think I've heard this before, but it's definitely good. Classic rock stations should play more of these hidden gems and less of the same old same old.
Hear! Hear! Precisely why I listen to RP instead of Clear Channel... |
| namesbenny (West Kootenays) | Posted: Jan 17, 2007 - 22:01 Don't think I've heard this before, but it's definitely good. Classic rock stations should play more of these hidden gems and less of the same old same old. |