Review: CSNY Déjà vu

Author: admin

27 Jul

In May of 1970, Neil Young quickly wrote a song called “Ohio,” hotly responding to the Kent State shootings, during which the National Guard killed four students and wounded nine others. He recorded it with David Crosby, Stephen Stills and Graham Nash, who had just come off a hit record from the previous year, and the song peaked at #14 on the pop charts. Over the years, Young has recorded several such protest and/or political songs, including 1967’s “For What It’s Worth,” 1970’s “Southern Man” and 1989’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” which slyly took a stab at then President George H. W. Bush by mentioning his campaign speech staple “a thousand points of light.” Young is now in his 60s and once again something pissed him off to the point that he has gone back to the recording studio. This time though, there’s no beating around the bush (so to speak). No more messages hidden inside innocuous song titles. This time we get “Let’s Impeach the President.”