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Listen to my bluebird laugh.
She can't tell you why.
Deep within her heart, you see,
She knows only crying.
Just crying.
There she sits, a lofty perch.
Strangest color blue.
Flying is forgotten now.
Thinks only of you.
Just you.
Oh yeah...
So, get all those blues,
Must be a thousand hues.
And be just differently used.
You just know.
You sit there mesmerized
By the depth of her eyes
That you can't categorize.
She got soul.
She got soul.
She got soul.
She got soul!
Do you think she loves you?
Do you think at all?
Soon she's going to fly away.
Sadness is her own.
Give herself a bath of tears
And go home, and go home.
| greg4067 (backyard coffee) | Posted: Feb 24, 2013 - 06:40 ezzyme wrote: Ok, this is a 13...... Agree on the13 but Goleta? Wow! I lived on Modoc Road back in 1969... same year as this album... refugee from the bay area. Hey, Have a good one... |
| martinc (Ottawa Canada) | Posted: Feb 24, 2013 - 06:37 1969 was definitely a landmark year for rock and roll. This is another perfect example of the diversity of great music released that year |
| ezzyme (Now in Santa Barbara, CA's suburb, Goleta.) | Posted: Feb 08, 2013 - 20:29 Ok, this is a 13...... |
| stargazer1 (Poway, CA) | Posted: Jan 23, 2013 - 23:09 This has been a favorite of mine since highschool. I'm amazed that it still sounds good after all these years. |
| dw (PHill, CA) | Posted: Jan 08, 2013 - 12:31 TRULY OUTSTANDING!!! A ride on the waaaayback machine!  |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Dec 23, 2012 - 14:43  |
| coding_to_music (Beantown) | Posted: Nov 22, 2012 - 05:40 Still an eleven |
| joelbb | Posted: Oct 21, 2012 - 21:25 merkin_muffley wrote: I prefer the version by The Jame's Gang can't go wrong with a bit of Joe Walsh. But this is still good. Are you stupid, tasteless or nuts? |
| dollarqueen (New Orleans, Louisiana) | Posted: Oct 06, 2012 - 09:05 RP does it again: introduces me to a song I never heard and just love. I remember Buffalo Springfield, but revisited them on Wikipedia today when I heard this song. Amazing list of members! Thank you RP! |
| merkin_muffley (Down the rabbit hole.....) | Posted: Sep 20, 2012 - 08:48 I prefer the version by The Jame's Gang can't go wrong with a bit of Joe Walsh. But this is still good. |
| ursamagick (It varies) | Posted: Aug 19, 2012 - 21:23 Reminds me of the spring of '73—newlyweds, the war was over—we had a new TEAC player and bought a tape which, if I'm remembering correctly, Bluebird comprised one entire side. I used to dance and twirl around the room as the song played on and on. Yes, the perfect hippie memory. |
| Pedro1874 (Bolton, England) | Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 10:47 Buffalo Springfield were sooo good. Soundtrack of my youth. Must play my old album again tonight!  |
| Stingray | Posted: Jul 19, 2012 - 10:42 Buffalo Springfield always give me a PERFECT idea and feeling of the best of HIPPIE TIMES! |
| toterola (Further) | Posted: Jun 17, 2012 - 21:51 Thank God I got off my a** and went to see them last year in Oakland. It was a surreal experience seeing this played live. 10+ from here.  |
| Poacher (Brighton, UK) | Posted: May 17, 2012 - 02:51 Antigone wrote: Posted on July 5, 2002. Still true. This is another song that I'd like to be able to rate "10" more than once. Hello old timer. . . I am with you on that. |
| Antigone (A house, in a Virginian Valley) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 08:05 Antigone wrote: MAN! I love the rocking guitar AND the vocals on this song. They sure take me back. Thanks, AGAIN, RP! Posted on July 5, 2002. Still true. This is another song that I'd like to be able to rate "10" more than once. |
| ThePoose (Ottawa, capital of Canada) | Posted: May 01, 2012 - 08:04 I have a moose named Jaw. jpfueler wrote: Neil Young has a Buffalo named Springfield, he was a star in Dances with Wolves. he loves oreos so they would hold one up just behind the camera to get those "Gonna get run over by the bison" scenes |
| iTuner | Posted: Feb 27, 2012 - 22:50 One of those old fart hippie songs that still withstands the test of time. |
| fredriley (Nottingham, UK) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:33 The backwoods banjo-picking immediately makes me think of the Arkansas Chuggabug from Wacky Races (ask your parents, kids):  |
| RedGuitar (Iowa, USA) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:32 Rockyinmyradio wrote: What I would give to find the long version of this song!! One of the greatest jam pieces in rock n' roll history. I can't believe they haven't reissued it yet. Perhaps being they did a brief reunion tour this year, they will reconsider releasing it on CD?? I used to have the double album (vinyl) of this. Why is it not on CD? Maybe the complete long version is on the box set that came out a while back? |
| ngleslie | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:31 Love this! Haven't heard for years but still makes me feel the same as when I first heard it. |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Jan 27, 2012 - 06:29 Likely my fave BS tune...okay next to R & R Woman... |
| Sjaaks (Horst, Netherlands) | Posted: Jan 11, 2012 - 04:50 Maybe i'm swearing by saying this, but at first i thought i was listening to the Beatles. Very similar sounding if you ask me (especially the singer(s)). Anyway, sounds good! 7 |
| kcar | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 12:34 romeotuma wrote: Very groovy... love it... Love the banjo...anyone dancing to that? |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 12:34 Rockyinmyradio wrote: What I would give to find the long version of this song!! One of the greatest jam pieces in rock n' roll history. I can't believe they haven't reissued it yet. Perhaps being they did a brief reunion tour this year, they will reconsider releasing it on CD?? Have it on vinyl. Pretty beat up from playing it so much. Its so neat when at the break, the guitar comes back instead of the banjo. |
| (former member) (hotel in Las Vegas) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 12:32 Very groovy... love it... |
| kurtster (Back in Ohiya, for now ...) | Posted: Dec 26, 2011 - 12:31 9 to 10 Have no idea why I never gave it a 10 to begin with. |
| coloradojohn (still Setagaya-ku, Tokyo; will be back in Colorado, the HIGHEST State, from Spring of 2012!) | Posted: Oct 24, 2011 - 05:12 It grabbed my ears with its flashes of brilliance oh so long ago, and wow, I find I'm still crazy about the way it sounds today! Thanks RP! |
| shutter (You can't get here from there) | Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 12:59 I always like the James Gang's version more. A bit more spirited, I guess. |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: Sep 22, 2011 - 12:58 michaelc wrote: Love the riff at the end Indeed, Steven Stills is underrated as a guitarist. His adaptation of flatpicking techniques to rock was radical for the time. Only Clarence White could give him a run for the money. |
| Rockyinmyradio (Piedmont, Okla) | Posted: Aug 06, 2011 - 09:33 What I would give to find the long version of this song!! One of the greatest jam pieces in rock n' roll history. I can't believe they haven't reissued it yet. Perhaps being they did a brief reunion tour this year, they will reconsider releasing it on CD?? |
| drcrnp (Philly) | Posted: May 03, 2011 - 18:33 As sweet, moving and exhilarating now as it was then, and then some. The final bars still send chills down my spine. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Apr 17, 2011 - 22:24 Buffalo Springfield, Manassas = classic american music = Very nice! |
| michaelc (Walnut Creek, CA) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 11:10 Love the riff at the end |
| Dave_Mack (Kicking out the jams) | Posted: Mar 17, 2011 - 11:08 Phew. Was feeling awfully down after Polly. This bird is much happier. |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Jan 13, 2011 - 20:01 ydjb wrote: Include Richie Furay? How could you not? Between POCO and SHF (Souther, J.D., Hillman, Chris, and Furay) there was a lot of great work. I loved POCO but the two albums SHF put out (self-titled and Trouble in Paradise) were both excellent pieces of work. Actually, I believe most of the rhythm section of SHF was very similar to Manassas (Paul Harris, Joe Lala, Fuzzy and the like) Check it out! Guess I've been told. LOL! I've got all of Richie's Poco stuff and SHF, and, no, I wasn't diminishing his post-Springfield work or impact. He's gone to the light side, and IMHO his music has suffered...but at least he's happy. Fair enough? |
| ronniegirl (Middle of New Jersey) | Posted: Nov 11, 2010 - 13:35 ydjb wrote: Include Richie Furay? How could you not? Between POCO and SHF (Souther, J.D., Hillman, Chris, and Furay) there was a lot of great work. I loved POCO but the two albums SHF put out (self-titled and Trouble in Paradise) were both excellent pieces of work. Actually, I believe most of the rhythm section of SHF was very similar to Manassas (Paul Harris, Joe Lala, Fuzzy and the like) Check it out! Buffalo Springfield was so wonderful. Still sounds that way to me. |
| spigolli (Peachtree City, GA, USA) | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 08:22 abracadabra007 wrote: anybody know where to get the long version of bluebird, like 10 minutes long. That's the version where Stephen Stills gets off noisily in the middle, not your everyday listen, unless you're into that stuff. The only place I've ever heard it is from my LP. |
| Barman (Milan, Italy) | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 08:18 ronniegirl wrote: Yup. 17, laying in the grass, watching the clouds, free as a bird and listening to this. Ahhhh. Right now? |
| nagsheadlocal (North Carolina, the new New Jersey) | Posted: May 20, 2010 - 08:15 Pyro wrote: I got to hear CSN in concert last year and was reminded of what an awesome guitarist Stills is. Yes indeed, he's generally underrated as a guitarist. I can never hear Buffalo Springfield without thinking of my best friend from my youth, now sadly dead of AIDS. We'd sit on his porch for hours, figuring out these songs and then playing them into the night. RIP, brother. |
| helgigermany (Germany) | Posted: Mar 17, 2010 - 23:59 ronniegirl wrote: Yup. 17, laying in the grass, watching the clouds, free as a bird and listening to this. Ahhhh. You are saying my words!! |
| kurtster (Area code 216) | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 13:58 abracadabra007 wrote: anybody know where to get the long version of bluebird, like 10 minutes long. Yes, your comment may be 2 years old, but I have it on vinyl. A two LP greatest hits album. Might get around to ripping it if it isn't too worn. Played it an awful lot back in the day. |
| HazzeSwede (Vinyl Land) | Posted: Dec 13, 2009 - 13:54 I have this on LP and CD !  |
| paulpaar | Posted: Jul 08, 2009 - 23:03 another: are you kidding?! 9 |
| gjeeg (Syracuse, New York) | Posted: May 06, 2009 - 11:07 And their bird could sing ! |
| ydjb (Blacklick, Ohio) | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 09:35 WonderLizard wrote: Hmm. I guess you could argue that honor went to Cream, since their members all came from major (at least British anyway) acts. Now, in terms of what came out of the Springfield, hard to argue the impact of a seminal group on the ensuing decades. And, yes, I include Richie Furay in there. Well, at least he's happy... Include Richie Furay? How could you not? Between POCO and SHF (Souther, J.D., Hillman, Chris, and Furay) there was a lot of great work. I loved POCO but the two albums SHF put out (self-titled and Trouble in Paradise) were both excellent pieces of work. Actually, I believe most of the rhythm section of SHF was very similar to Manassas (Paul Harris, Joe Lala, Fuzzy and the like) Check it out! |
| Pyro | Posted: Mar 04, 2009 - 09:23 I got to hear CSN in concert last year and was reminded of what an awesome guitarist Stills is. Graham Nash found an old tape of Stills jamming with HENDRIX and is planning to release it on CD sometime in the future. I look forward to that! |
| bachbeet | Posted: Nov 29, 2008 - 13:57 Terrific song from a great group. Spawned others: Poco, Loggins and Messina, CSN&Y. A sometimes underrated group. |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 19:20  |
| countyman (pittsburgh, pa.) | Posted: Aug 26, 2008 - 19:17 All hail Stephen Stills ! ! !  |