![]() To that end, it should be no surprise that the setlist found on CSNY/Deja Vu Live follows a very specific antiwar theme. Of course if these same fans knew anything about CSN&Y’s history, they’d know that this is a group of musicians who’ve never really shied away from expressing their political views in song, from the “tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming” of Young’s “Ohio” to Graham Nash’s plea to “please come to Chicago” where “we can change the world.” There are scenes of confused concertgoers complaining about being preached to, and how “we just wanna hear the music, man.” Shades of the Dixie Chicks, and the whole Shut Up And Sing thing, right? But from what I’ve heard, one of the things it zeroes in on is the fact that some live audiences failed to grasp the very thing I just spent a couple of paragraphs trying to explain here. Speaking of the film, I haven’t seen it yet. Once that is established, and it is likewise understood that this isn’t going to be a nostalgic greatest hits sort of deal replete with “Suite Judy Blue Eyes,” or for that matter, “Ohio” and “Helpless,” only then can CSNY/Deja Vu Live really be taken in and appreciated for the really good, if not quite great, live album it is. So this is really more of an extension of Living With War if you get right down to brass tacks - with the rest of the guys mainly along for the ride. ![]() ![]() The album also serves as a soundtrack to the Neil Young directed (in his alter-ego as Bernard Shakey) film document of CSN&Y’s 2006 Freedom Of Speech tour, also in support of Young’s Living With War. The songs, with few exceptions, are mostly Neil Young songs, taken from his blistering 2006 anti-Bush themed album Living With War. Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s second official live recording ever - and their first since 1970’s Four Way Street - is pretty much Neil Young’s deal.
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