Day #20 - of the 30 day music meme

Day # 20 of the 30 Day Music Meme.

I discussed this meme with Mother on the phone. And she wondered how I did it. She can't remember the name of songs or singers. And has never really been into music that much. When she was young, she liked Pat Boone, Perry Cuomo and Frank Sinatra, and was never really into the Beatles or Elvis, or the Rolling Stones. She did like Simon & Garfunkle, Peter Paul and Mary though. And Broadway Show tunes.

Mother: How do you remember these song titles and singers?
Me: I don't really - I look them up.

This one is hard. I went through thirty some songs on my Iphone (I have over 5,000). And considered a couple of David Bowie songs. I'm saving the Leonard Cohen for later.

The song I chose is one that has been haunting me for quite some time now. And it feels apropos of these last five years and the times in which we are living, and it, like many brilliant songs, can be read more than one way I think.

Here is Ann Wilson of Heart explaining one of the many meanings of the song and it's relevance today along with her cover of the song.

And here's the cover by Buffalo Springfield in 1967. Buffalo Springfield was the band that Neil Young and Stephen Stills created in the late 1960s with Bruce Palmer and Dewy Martin. And the Song was written by Stephen Stills. Yes, Stephen Stills of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young.

Watch on YouTube

This is the band playing the same song in 2011

Here is an American Bandstand interview with Buffalo Springfield, about how they put together their band. A history of the band can be found here.

Another interesting and recent covers of the song:

( Billy Porter's at the Democratic National Convention 2020 )