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Title: Stand and Be Counted: Making Music, Making History: The Dramatic Story of the Artists and Causes That Changed America by David Crosby, David Bender ISBN: 0062515748 Publisher: Harper SanFrancisco Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.64
Rating: 4
Summary: A clear-eyed view of life when idealism was acceptable
Comment: Given his subject matter and his position within Pop Culture, there was no way David Crosby could have avoided a certain amount of name-dropping, but I still gave the book four stars on this account. Some of it seemed gratuitous.
That said, I recommend this book to anyone who lived through the Sixties, no matter what your musical, political, or philosophical bent was at the time. You will understand your experiences of that time in a new and fresh way.
For those younger folks who might be tempted by the siren calls of the Far-Right, this book will help you understand what they are about. If your philosophy has not yet been fixed, this book will help you reason through the important decisions of your life. Even if you lean to the right and ultimately vote that way, you will understand the true nature of Compassion, not the insincere, sound-bite version spooned up by the Bush Administration. You will also have a better feel for the duties you owe your fellow man. Selfishness is not an inevitable part of American Life. The spirit of the Sixties is alive and well, and Crosby shows us how we can still contribute to a better nation.
Rating: 4
Summary: MUSIC AND POLITICS!
Comment: How does music affect people and how is it used to gather people for social and political causes? David Crosby offers his viewpoint, an intense perspective of peace marches, benefits and political causes enhanced by high profile performers and their music. He covers the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights Movement, United Farm Workers, Kent State, and Saving the Whale, just to mention a few. Performers capture the essence of human courage by creating lyrics. songs and music matching the political movements. Author David Crosby "sees" this as a major phenomena sweeping the land; an artistic revolution of sorts. Francis Scott Key wrote the Star-Spangled Banner to match another revolution a long time ago. His song was a call to freedom. David Crosby seems to be asking the reader to remember that kind of power inherent in a well written lyric or song.
Rating: 3
Summary: Can big stars really change the world?
Comment: David Crosby and co-writer David Bender want us to believe that commitment to just causes is worth the effort; it may not change things immediately, but there may be a knock on or ripple effect. "We can all change the world in ways we never realize," Pete Seeger once wrote and these authors echo that belief. The writing is uneven, however, and sometimes in downright bad taste. The Vietnam War was not simply a "f***ing meatgrinder", it was an act of horror during which some 80 million tonnes of bombs were dropped on a peasant nation. Crosby decries political agendas but if we perpetuate a system that is rotten to the core, good intentions will not be enough. In part this book is the authors' efforts to pat their friends, who happen to be big stars, on the back. Having said this, I am glad the book was published and I hope it inspires people to get involved and change the world.
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Title: Crosby, Stills & Nash: The Authorized Biography by Dave Zimmer, Henry Diltz, Graham Nash ISBN: 0306809745 Publisher: DaCapo Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
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Title: Long Time Gone: The Autobiography of David Crosby by David Crosby, Carl Gottlieb ISBN: 0385245300 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: November, 1988 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Prisoner of Woodstock by Dallas Taylor, David Crosby, Graham Nash ISBN: 1560250879 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1995 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Neil Young: Reflections in Broken Glass by Sylvie Simmons ISBN: 184195084X Publisher: Canongate Books Pub. Date: 07 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Off The Record: Songwriters on Songwriting by Graham Nash, Manuscript Originals ISBN: 0740726781 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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