Crosby, Stills & Nash

Group / 1968 - 2016 / United States

folk rock folk pop pop rock singer-songwriter soft rock yacht rock rock

Biography

Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN) was a folk rock supergroup composed of the American singer-songwriters David Crosby and Stephen Stills and the English-American singer-songwriter Graham Nash. When joined by the Canadian singer-songwriter Neil Young, they were known as Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young (CSNY). They are noted for their intricate vocal harmonies and lasting influence on American music and culture, their political activism and their tumultuous relationships.

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Analysed songs (2)

Dark Star

Crosby, Stills & Nash

A love song that keeps interrupting itself with self-conscious apology, as the singer admits his affection feels like a cliché…

romantic vulnerability self-doubt about sincerity rekindled intimacy

Love the One You're With

Crosby, Stills & Nash

A breezy, almost sloganistic piece of late-60s/early-70s counterculture advice: when longing for an absent partner curdles into…

romantic pragmatism vs. fidelity loneliness and displacement peace-and-love era contradictions