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Teach Your Children: CSN&Y

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  2. J.M. Heinrichs's avatar J.M. Heinrichs Says:

    May 8, 2011 at 5:50 pm

    … and Neil Young doesn’t often appear in the vids of this song. You might get ‘sblake’ to do the honours.

    … except when he does here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAVspIGKr-Y

    Cheers

  3. sblake's avatar sblake Says:

    May 9, 2011 at 10:09 pm

    Deja Vu was the first album the band recorded with Neil Young, but Young did not play on this track.
    Graham Nash wrote it. The lyrics deal with the often difficult relationship he had with his father, who spent time in prison.
    Graham Nash (from the liner notes of their 1991 boxed set): “The idea is that you write something so personal that every single person on the planet can relate to it. Once it’s there on vinyl it unfolds, outwards, so that it applies to almost any situation. ‘Teach’ started out as a slightly funky English Folk song but Stephen (Stills) put a country beat to it and turned it into a hit record.”

    • katry's avatar katry Says:

      May 10, 2011 at 10:34 pm

      sblake,
      I didn’t know anything about his father being in prison. I do agree with his explanation and how personal it is.


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