Classic Rock Musings, Rants & Raves

When I saw Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young screaming politics during their Freedom of Speech 2006 tour, I felt compelled to join a movement, any movement, to initiate a positive change in America. Two years later, with things seemingly murkier in the daily struggle to survive, perhaps the new documentary CSNY: Déjà Vu , which chronicles the 2006 tour, will reignite a commitment to building a better life for everyone here in the good old U.S.A.

With Neil Young’s controversial Living With War CD providng a bulk of the tour’s material, the film documents audience reactions to the music and the foursome’s ongoing connection with their fans, all against a backdrop of war and news footage. The documentary hits U.S. theaters July 25 (simultaneous with the release of the DVD), while a soundtrack CD is already creating a buzz of its own.

Neil Young told Billboard that the CSNY: Déjà Vu soundtrack may be the best album ever made by the legendary supergroup. “It’s CSNY,” he said. “It really is CSNY. It’s not overdubbed. There’s no fixes. It’s straight from the board. The basic mixes are the mixes that people heard when we were playing it. So it’s got rough spots all the way through it, which I think is refreshing, especially considering the subject matter. Why should we polish? Why polish this? Who gives a shit whether it’s polished or not? It is what it is, and that’s the message of the music. It’s what we’re doing. If you don’t like, you don’t like it. If you like it, you like it. But it is what it is. Chroming it is not going to help it.”

To experience a slice of CSNY: Déjà Vu, check out the videos below.

Déjà Vu Official Trailer #1

Déjà Vu Footage