SONG ANALYSIS: 'Down by the River' by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young

David Crosby and Neil Young - Music Scene - 1969
Photo by Jeff Allen | InstaGram

 

Awhile back on Father's Day, we shared a video of a guitarist from Britain named Fil (aka "Wings of Pegasus") with some analysis of Neil Young's writing at the tender age of 26. The song "Old Man" from BBC 1971 broadcast was analyzed from 7 angles to Sunday.

"There is nothing lost between what Neil Young feels, what he plays, and what the audience experiences."

(SPOILER ALERT: the video concluded that Neil Young's song writing is "PROFOUND".)

And -- again in the spirit of truly in depth analysis -- Fil (aka "Wings of Pegasus") takes a look at the song 'Down by the River' performed live in 1970 by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

 

 

 

More on the 50th anniversary of the filming of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young on The Music Scene TV program on Sept. 22, 1969 by photographer Jeff Allen. 

 

Neil Young - The Music Scene, September 22, 1969

Photo by Jeff Allen | InstaGram

 

For more on Neil Young's song “Down By The River”, see 36 minute version of “Down By The River” by Neil Young & Promise Of The Real @ Beale Street Music Festival, Memphis, TN on April 29, 2016.

Also, see  Lyrics Analysis of Neil Young songs.

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