"CSNY DEJA VU" Film Poster - 2008
As you may recall, over the past few days we -- and many others -- have been contemplating the runup to WW3 -- which many of us find truly to be a disturbing and alarming proposition.
Because -- as we see it -- We're Still Living With War... and It's Deja Vu Yet Again.
This
week's
Thrasher's Wheat Radio 2.0 episode featured Special Guest Davy from Scotland who
discussed the connections between albums
Deja Vu and
Living With War amidst the
backdrop of ongoing global unrest in the context of the anti-war music of CSN&Y. (
Check it out. )
Word got back to Bo on our TWR podcast and here is what he had to say upon watching:
Thrasher,
Mike "Expecting To Fly" shared the link to your podcast that discussed Déjà Vu, the song "Families" and the video I made of the song. I thought the podcast was very nice, well done, and sensitively handled.
The podcast brought back memories - man, was it really 16 years ago?
I think so, 2006 is when it started, and kept on thru 2008 and further when I think the Déjà Vu came out. What an experience that was! At first sad of course, but also interesting. The experience made me delve deeper into some of those long suppressed sad feelings, and at times that was really hard on me. However, it also let me "visit" with my folks again. In the end, I think it was good, and cathartic for me to go thru that, and I came out better on the other side.
I told Mike/E2F that when I saw Déjà Vu for the first time in the theater (at the Premiere of 'CSNY Deja Vu' at 2008 Sundance Film Festival), and saw my parents on the big screen with other people watching (of course I had seen the photos and film that I used in my Families video many times, but this was different), it was kind of like I was introducing them to other people, in a way I could not in real life.
So that was a "good part" of the whole experience. When I was at the premiere though, at first I was a bag of nerves, part sad, part nervous, would I see Neil there (yes!), what might we talk about (yikes!). I actually had to take a chill pill to keep my heart from jumping out of my chest! My wife was actually worried about me, I was pacing outside. But it was all quite nice, and I settled down. Neil and everyone were really great about it, and it was a good experience. And my parents had a movie premiere!
I met some of the other people featured in Déjà Vu, Josh Hisle, and
Michael Lemke. Their experiences in Iraq were so intense, and they were
so awesome as people - my hat goes off to them. Josh could really
sing, and his songs were so intense. They called me 'brother', even
though they fought in the war, and I did not. Very touching to be
included by them like that.
But like you said, I really made my Families video for me, or I suppose I made it for my family too. I would like to thank Mike/E2F, Karen "Love & Affection" Schwarz, Johnny "Song Dog" Yuma and all the other rusties for convincing me to share it. I kind of wanted to, but also kind of didn't (what would my dad's older Army peers think of it? But I heard from several of them later, they were fine with it, and it brought back memories for them too). But my friends helped me decide that it was ok.
Anyway, you guys did a great job with your podcast about Déjà Vu and Families. Pass on my thanks to Tony and Davey - they did great too, very thoughtful.
And as always Thrasher's Wheat is a fun Neil website. I introduced a young friend to Neil, and Thrasher's Wheat last year, he's amazed at the material you have.
All the best!
Bo
Graham Nash, Neil Young, David Crosby and Stephen Stills
Eccles Theatre,Park City, Utah - January 25, 2008
We can not begin to express to you how much all of this means to us Bo.
We shared this feedback w/ both Davy and Tony, who were also deeply touched y your experience. In fact, Davy was so moved that he made a followup video on this whole experience.
As we wrote in a comment to Dionys recently, saying things like the album/lyrics "Living With War" or "Deja Vu" do seem a bit trite with the glare of WW3 on the horizon.
a small "but" here.
For our audience of aging CSNY fans, these are loaded terms which carry huge meaning. And
the fundamental message that war is for profit at the expense of the
people, is unchanged thru time ... WW1,2 3 or take your pick.
But as Davy & Bo say on the podcast, ultimately who gets impacted the most are The Families. Those widows and orphans left behind, lives destroyed.
So we salute CSNY for their long running commitment to the anti-war movement.
Has anyone heard of any new anti-war songs lately? (Dionys suggested Dylan's "Masters of War" as the penultimate anti-war song.)
No War
Greendale Film still
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