Wow. I wish I could've had the chance to see this festival! I was only born 40 years to late! I'm still shocked at the draw that rap and "modern rock" has on the kids my age. At 16, I sure wish everyone my age had listened to talented...thoughtful music like this.
Reading all these comments about Stills and the scene with the bearded guy and then watching Still deliver a wonderful "4+20" just goes to prove the old axiom- "Trust The Art, not The Artist..."
Been waiting to see this again for years. Love the irony of an ambassador for 'peace & love' wanting to take on the stoned heckler. Nice one Stevie boy.
Fascinating concert where people were tripping . It was about bringing forth love using music. We need to try this stuff again ...except with wisdom and self control
I think 'Sea Of Madness' could get noticed by a remake. It's just a fun time, overlooked, hippie song. Those older late 1990s hippies, would dance to it.
It is good to see this film ..again. They show "Monterey" and "Woodstock"and "Gimme Shelter"..but this is the first film I say of the genre..and it still is simple ,raw....and the best...thanks for bringing back this film. I was 7 when it was filmed...saw it when I was a teenager. :0)
watch what a an angel sounds like that is what he is a fallen angel that God gave us to make us happy and one we can believe in listen to him kids this man was and is an inspiration to behold
Great music! As for that little scuffle in the middle, no-one ever comes out of such affairs looking brilliant. I just feel sorry for the little animals.
actron you are in for a big treat if this is all you've ever heard!! it'll just keep gettin better for ya! look around for some of the current stuff. like the "freedom of speech" tour performances. these guys sound GREAT!!!
when all said and done nobody,(except from the magnificent zimmy81) is perfect, ive allways loved 4+20 but didnt know steve was like that, as for under par performances i suppose everyone has one,enjoyed the vid.
Still es un muy buen músico, pero tiene una tensión permanente atáxica que molesta y en el paroxismo lo desencaja, vean como toco en Wimbley 1974, se movía como un robot colocado, tiene una violencia interna muy grande. La pelea con el hippie borracho es clave.
i love this neil young song (sea of madness). wonder why it was never released on record (other than the live performance recording of Woodstock). great rare performance caught here at the big sur celebration.
Neil was the deal. He wrote this one. But damn, I have never seen Steve Stills be so amazingly true and honest as he is at the end of this clip. I used to think he was just a hard-headed jerk, like some of these comments seem to reflect. I think understand that short song completely. The "editorials" are not important; agreed. However, if you want to "save the planet" and all that other stuff, it's not too late. It's not gonna be a "party", though, in either definintion of the noun.
sTEPHEN WAS SO GRACIOUS HE WAS LOVED BY ME OUT OF THE SITUATION AND I WASNT EVEN THERE SOME OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE AND BIY DID THEY TELL ME WHAT MY BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR DID THAT DAY AND IM GLAD THAT HE DID AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT HIS SPEECH AND I WOULDVE EXPECTED NOTHING LESS THAN WHAT HE SAUD WHAT A TRASURE THIS MAN WAS AND IS IF THIS WAS NOW I DONT THINK STEPHEN WOULD HAVE USED THE SAME RESTRAINTS HE WOULD HAVE GONE FOR IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WISDOM COMES WITH MATURITY
That kind of a guy is enough for those guys to get mad every one is having a great time then he starts uo Steven stills looked upset he wasted scared at all hes the best
What a trip, only Nash still has most of his hair, the little kids dancing are now in their mid-forties. Time really does march on, stepping on even the quickest, smartest, and richest. As Jim Morrison said, "No one here gets out alive." Stephen still gets pissed but he's too heavy to do much, though. He's cool though, a great songwriter and player.
it's the whole Altamont-Isle Of Wight-your only it for the money thing. When the people start cutting the musicians short, then the tempers get in the way and the whole peace and love thing flies out the door.
I agree, he's lucky the drunk didn't pop him. Stills couldn't even pull the drunk to the ground, then he swings and hits the security guard in a feeble attempt to punch the drunk. He's a big man when there's plenty of backup. Then the speech, its a wonder how he ever came up with such great songs. Those guys "loved him out of it", how sappy. Ironically, he's now the slurring drunk. BYW Crosby is cool.
The song is a glorious scrapbook of American musical styles, rendered eternal in its musical immediacy by the black guy and the very intelligent percussionist
@mrbag6 0 Watch that crack about "first rate ass**le, okay. He spoke up and defended the rights of all the folks there to have a good time and even his son told me he was a "wrestler" and size did not matter Stephen would take on all comers' What ah Hero!!
Stephen Stills is the most talented member of CSN&Y in every way. He is the best musician, the best singer and the best song writer. Just listen to his solo albums "Stills," "Stills 2," and "Manassas." Stephen Stills was also the most talented member of Buffalo Springfield. Most of their best songs were written and/or sung by Stephen.
Ha, just realised, its on Deja Vu, one of my old LPs ('vinyls' the kids call them nowadays). Must get out me file & sharpen the record player needle...
Steven's peace and love stance was always a front as many people in the LA music community knew him as "The Sarge" because of the strong authoritarian streak he had due to being part of a military family and also attending military school at the Admiral Farragut Academy in St Petersburg, FL during his early years. Not to say he isn't a good guitarist which wouldn't be giving him his due, just that he was always a first rate asshole, especially when him and Neil would get into it.
Naw, I didn't assume judgement. The musician doesn't need to meet my expectations for lifestyle. I am interested though on the public vs. private lives of 60's idols and counterculture icons in general.
all of these videos are fantastic. I don't think Stills should have bothered with the gentleman; it's not his bag. And the comments into the mike were uncalled for too. Anyway, I think he embarrassed himself in front of the crowd and knew it. That's human. And the naked guys cavorting in the pool and dancing with the children - really? Dancing nude with the kids in front cause that's not a problem for anybody cause everything is groovy here in Big Sur...wtf?
Even though we had leaders assassinated, civil rights and anti-war battles, and of course, Vietnam, it still seemed a less complicated, frightening time than now. The cold war was way more fun than the war on terror. The music was infinitely better, too. The 70's, 80's, and even the 90's had some great music. Y2K+1-10 sucks, though. Bring back the USSR!!!
so I'm assuming you've met Stephen and worked in a personal capacity as people like Neil and Bruce Palmer had? I've actually met Bruce Palmer (RIP) and he had some seriously "interesting" stories to tell of how Stills was a prick and constantly had an air of superiority to him. But that's just a first hand report. Take it for what it is.
also one senses some measure of GUILT on his part. conflict. a feeling of guilt about being well on the way to ultra-wealth as a recording artist, while also being expected to stand for something more substantial and "real" than material wealth
HE IS NOT A SLURRING DRUNK i HAD FRIENDS THAT WAS AT THAT FESTIVAL HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO GET THAT FOOL OUT OF EVERYONES WAY pRAISE STEPHEN DONT BASH HIM FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING IF HE TRULY CONNECTED THE FOOL WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN AND WENT DOWN HARD STEPHEN WASNT A SAINT BUT HE WAS RIGHT IN STOPPING THIS MAN FROM HURTING INNOCENT PEOPLE WHICH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD NOT STEPHEN STOPPED HIM WATCH THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS
Steven was Goin to hit that guy if those people didn't get him out of it i saw Joni Mitchell watching that too David Crosby was saying since you didn't pay shutup cause were not civilzed
That organ is massive
Neil Young absolutely kills it on Sea of Madness. Wow!
in 1969 i was 19... was gr8 fan of the group & ss...
Wow. I haven't heard 'Sea of Madness' probably for forty years. The lyrics come right back.
I think he is the greatest ever the complete package.. if I could be anybody he is the one
Wow. I wish I could've had the chance to see this festival! I was only born 40 years to late!
I'm still shocked at the draw that rap and "modern rock" has on the kids my age. At 16, I sure wish everyone my age had listened to talented...thoughtful music like this.
Mr. Young is still very much with us.
My times..My people!
I know, I know, the younger ones don't get it...but it was.....then.
This is my favorite version of Sea of Madness.
My girlfriend and I thought about stealing a car to go from SF to big Sur, I couldn't steal somebody's car. So missed the concert.😂😂🎉❤
I was 12-13 yr old couldn't steal a car and knew how to drive 🎉
love seeing Stephen getting pissed off. hahaha. Beautiful boy that one.
Reading all these comments about Stills and the scene with the bearded guy and then watching Still deliver a wonderful "4+20" just goes to prove the old axiom-
"Trust The Art, not The Artist..."
RIP Dallas Taylor.
Mr. Young SMILES at 2:26 - believe it - take it don't leave it!
Been waiting to see this again for years. Love the irony of an ambassador for 'peace & love' wanting to take on the stoned heckler. Nice one Stevie boy.
This was the only CSNY that Ive ever heard and liked.Forwarded to me by a friend,I wouldnt have otherwise watched it.
RIP Dallas Taylor the Drummer
Fascinating concert where people were tripping . It was about bringing forth love using music. We need to try this stuff again ...except with wisdom and self control
I was 12 when this concert occurred and so ANGRY that my 17 year old brother got to go!!!!!!!! I'm still mad! LOL!
Have another drink, Stephen!
Peace and Love, groovy man, groovy!
I think 'Sea Of Madness' could get noticed by a remake. It's just a fun time, overlooked, hippie song. Those older late 1990s hippies, would dance to it.
this is my kind of music man.folk-rock.some of my most favorite musicians ecspecially neil young.hes one of my idols
It is good to see this film ..again. They show "Monterey" and "Woodstock"and "Gimme Shelter"..but this is the first film I say of the genre..and it still is simple ,raw....and the best...thanks for bringing back this film. I was 7 when it was filmed...saw it when I was a teenager. :0)
RIP DAVID CROSBY
watch what a an angel sounds like that is what he is a fallen angel that God gave us to make us happy and one we can believe in listen to him kids this man was and is an inspiration to behold
STEPHEN WAS AND IS MY HERO BRAVO
I hope you and your family can go to Big Sur some day
Have I already mentioned that Neil is beautiful? If I've not, he is. And he's so cute here, his smile, aww. I love him.
Great music! As for that little scuffle in the middle, no-one ever comes out of such affairs looking brilliant. I just feel sorry for the little animals.
A Miliion thanks for posting this, as I saw this many years ago,
My pleasure. And I agree, this is a Stills favorite of mine..
Yeah, except Neil wrote it.
actron you are in for a big treat if this is all you've ever heard!! it'll just keep gettin better for ya! look around for some of the current stuff. like the "freedom of speech" tour performances. these guys sound GREAT!!!
Steeeven, if you push him in the pool i'll never forgive you! Push him in, steeeven!!!
Stephen Stills have a really nice's groovy voice i love the last sung and sea of madness is so Funky!
I'll push my Funky Attestation!
Peace, love, and an ass-whooping for anybody who interrupts the message.
when all said and done nobody,(except from the magnificent zimmy81) is perfect, ive allways loved 4+20 but didnt know steve was like that, as for under par performances i suppose everyone has one,enjoyed the vid.
Gotta love this ... glory days.. before global warming, terrorism & less then 4 billion people om this small plannet.
Thanks for answering, appreciated. SS at his best.
Riiiiight, that was an intelligent response.
whoa steve... is that the first drunk you ever encountered??? shit man.. you got to have better control than that....
i have loved him all my life and stephen wants people to have a good time if i was there i would have done the same thing
Stills thought himself the James Dean of rock.
Good think Neil Young came into the life of CSN when he did....or they'd have been toast with jam.
Still es un muy buen músico, pero tiene una tensión permanente atáxica que molesta y en el paroxismo lo desencaja, vean como toco en Wimbley 1974, se movía como un robot colocado, tiene una violencia interna muy grande. La pelea con el hippie borracho es clave.
i love this neil young song (sea of madness). wonder why it was never released on record (other than the live performance recording of Woodstock). great rare performance caught here at the big sur celebration.
Peace.
Stills looked like the one who got unhinged “mad” .
Neil was the deal. He wrote this one. But damn, I have never seen Steve Stills be so amazingly true and honest as he is at the end of this clip. I used to think he was just a hard-headed jerk, like some of these comments seem to reflect. I think understand that short song completely. The "editorials" are not important; agreed. However, if you want to "save the planet" and all that other stuff, it's not too late. It's not gonna be a "party", though, in either definintion of the noun.
There was never a studio recording as far as I know, but a killer version is on the Woodstock soundtrack album.
❤
sTEPHEN WAS SO GRACIOUS HE WAS LOVED BY ME OUT OF THE SITUATION AND I WASNT EVEN THERE SOME OF MY FRIENDS WERE THERE AND BIY DID THEY TELL ME WHAT MY BEAUTIFUL WARRIOR DID THAT DAY AND IM GLAD THAT HE DID AND THEY TOLD ME ABOUT HIS SPEECH AND I WOULDVE EXPECTED NOTHING LESS THAN WHAT HE SAUD WHAT A TRASURE THIS MAN WAS AND IS IF THIS WAS NOW I DONT THINK STEPHEN WOULD HAVE USED THE SAME RESTRAINTS HE WOULD HAVE GONE FOR IT A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT WISDOM COMES WITH MATURITY
I like Steve. He doesn't take any shit.
Took a lot for Stills not to transfer the anger into indignation, just to let it rest.
Joni Mitchell was there watching them fight that was a different side of Steven stills David Crosby was funny heard him in the background
That kind of a guy is enough for those guys to get mad every one is having a great time then he starts uo Steven stills looked upset he wasted scared at all hes the best
What a trip, only Nash still has most of his hair, the little kids dancing are now in their mid-forties. Time really does march on, stepping on even the quickest, smartest, and richest. As Jim Morrison said, "No one here gets out alive." Stephen still gets pissed but he's too heavy to do much, though. He's cool though, a great songwriter and player.
stills u are a GOD almost smash some un happy hippie then just talk the word of peace and just chill to your music
The song is "Four and Twenty", sometimes listed as "4 +20"
I don't understand really good english and I don't know what happened there. But anyways, I love them all. Gonna see CSN in Dortmund in 7 days!!!!!!
it's the whole Altamont-Isle Of Wight-your only it for the money thing. When the people start cutting the musicians short, then the tempers get in the way and the whole peace and love thing flies out the door.
I agree, he's lucky the drunk didn't pop him. Stills couldn't even pull the drunk to the ground, then he swings and hits the security guard in a feeble attempt to punch the drunk. He's a big man when there's plenty of backup. Then the speech, its a wonder how he ever came up with such great songs. Those guys "loved him out of it", how sappy. Ironically, he's now the slurring drunk. BYW Crosby is cool.
"stephen, if you push him in the pool i'll never forgive ya!" lmfao.
Yeah dont ger the cat wet
Neil Young plays Hammond Organ... awesome!
The song is a glorious scrapbook of American musical styles, rendered eternal in its musical immediacy by the black guy and the very intelligent percussionist
I hear Stills talking but he ain't said nothin'.
what was that stuff that guy was blowing that big white bubble out of?
@mrbag6 0 Watch that crack about "first rate ass**le, okay. He spoke up and defended the rights of all the folks there to have a good time and even his son told me he was a "wrestler" and size did not matter Stephen would take on all comers' What ah Hero!!
Was Henry Miller telling them to keep the damn noise down?
Stephen Stills is the most talented member of CSN&Y in every way. He is the best musician, the best singer and the best song writer. Just listen to his solo albums "Stills," "Stills 2," and "Manassas." Stephen Stills was also the most talented member of Buffalo Springfield. Most of their best songs were written and/or sung by Stephen.
That wasn't Stills saying "and the human comedy rolls on", that was Crosby. Check again.
Ha, just realised, its on Deja Vu, one of my old LPs ('vinyls' the kids call them nowadays). Must get out me file & sharpen the record player needle...
that's not to discount his musical talent by the way, just how he was as a person.
Steven's peace and love stance was always a front as many people in the LA music community knew him as "The Sarge" because of the strong authoritarian streak he had due to being part of a military family and also attending military school at the Admiral Farragut Academy in St Petersburg, FL during his early years. Not to say he isn't a good guitarist which wouldn't be giving him his due, just that he was always a first rate asshole, especially when him and Neil would get into it.
Stevie the enforcer.
Was it true that the recording of Sea Of Madness on the Woodstock soundtrack was recorded at The Fillmore East in early 1969?
Rubbish - Crosby is way, way under-rated!
What was the guys problem with steven stills.
Stills was wearing fur. Guy asked him if it was real fur and that made steveo mad
Greg Reeves is awesome
Naw, I didn't assume judgement. The musician doesn't need to meet my expectations for lifestyle. I am interested though on the public vs. private lives of 60's idols and counterculture icons in general.
@wallofvideo if you want to know, all you have to do is listen to Steve's song at the end.
all of these videos are fantastic. I don't think Stills should have bothered with the gentleman; it's not his bag. And the comments into the mike were uncalled for too. Anyway, I think he embarrassed himself in front of the crowd and knew it. That's human. And the naked guys cavorting in the pool and dancing with the children - really? Dancing nude with the kids in front cause that's not a problem for anybody cause everything is groovy here in Big Sur...wtf?
Forgive my ignorance, what is the name of the song starting at 6:20? Its brilliant.
Even though we had leaders assassinated, civil rights and anti-war battles, and of course, Vietnam, it still seemed a less complicated, frightening time than now. The cold war was way more fun than the war on terror. The music was infinitely better, too. The 70's, 80's, and even the 90's had some great music. Y2K+1-10 sucks, though. Bring back the USSR!!!
where can i get a copy of this video! I am planning to go to big sur in august.
i think i spyed a hells angel on security carry that one guy off
so I'm assuming you've met Stephen and worked in a personal capacity as people like Neil and Bruce Palmer had? I've actually met Bruce Palmer (RIP) and he had some seriously "interesting" stories to tell of how Stills was a prick and constantly had an air of superiority to him. But that's just a first hand report. Take it for what it is.
lol that hippy dude in the middle was trippin hard
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instead of stills going out there and giving that guy a hard time, why didn't the band just launch into another uptempo song?
Anyone got studio of this song?
also one senses some measure of GUILT on his part. conflict. a feeling of guilt about being well on the way to ultra-wealth as a recording artist, while also being expected to stand for something more substantial and "real" than material wealth
@wizardwarriordrone Not Neil Young, he was of the dope cuz of his epilepsy...
HE IS NOT A SLURRING DRUNK i HAD FRIENDS THAT WAS AT THAT FESTIVAL HE HAD EVERY RIGHT TO GET THAT FOOL OUT OF EVERYONES WAY pRAISE STEPHEN DONT BASH HIM FOR DOING THE RIGHT THING IF HE TRULY CONNECTED THE FOOL WOULD HAVE GONE DOWN AND WENT DOWN HARD STEPHEN WASNT A SAINT BUT HE WAS RIGHT IN STOPPING THIS MAN FROM HURTING INNOCENT PEOPLE WHICH WOULD HAVE HAPPENED HAD NOT STEPHEN STOPPED HIM WATCH THE NEGATIVE COMMENTS
Does a CSNY studio cut exist of 'Sea of Madness' anywhere ? They must have tried it out surely ...
+Chris Blower it's on Neil Young's box set Archives 1
+Jeff Beam Thanks Jeff - well I never !
@crosbystillsnash68 HE WAS NOT HIGH HERE REALLY!
Its on WOODEN NICKEL everyone's favorite bootleg to hate including CSN. Neil didn't care.
But who does the organ then?
Steven was Goin to hit that guy if those people didn't get him out of it i saw Joni Mitchell watching that too David Crosby was saying since you didn't pay shutup cause were not civilzed
@GTWHITEFEVER It'sk...we heard the first time....why do you think that?
Charles Manson at :55
can anyone positively identify the man who appears @ 4:24?
The guy kept on giving Crosby stills and nash crap for having money fur coats guytars
Neil is the best.