i see it frequently enough and often in the 3.99 - 8.99 range
Doesn't sound very lost to me!
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:56 (fourteen years ago) link
Lost in the sense that, for years, everybody thought it just was a load of half-baked coke-addled shit, hence it's bargain bin status
― Tom D (Tom D.), Thursday, 18 February 2010 15:59 (fourteen years ago) link
Yeah, I saw it in a street market in Woking, £2, but I only knew it as alohbcas, so left it. (about 10 years ago)
― Mark G, Thursday, 18 February 2010 16:06 (fourteen years ago) link
"laughing" is so chill on a day like this one, 100+ out
― kamerad, Tuesday, 6 July 2010 19:29 (thirteen years ago) link
If I Could Only Remember My Name is the debut solo album by David Crosby, released in February of 1971 on Atlantic Records. One of four high-profile albums released by each member of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in the wake of their chart-topping Déjà Vu album, it peaked at #12 on the Billboard 200. It has been in print continuously since its initial release. The album gained new recognition in 2010 when it was listed second on the Vatican's "Top 10 Pop Albums of All Time" as published in the official newspaper of the Holy See, L'Osservatore Romano.
WTF
what was number 1, I wonder
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 March 2011 22:56 (thirteen years ago) link
1. "Revolver" — The Beatles
2. "If I Could Only Remember My Name" — David Crosby (his first solo album)
3. "Dark Side of the Moon" — Pink Floyd
4. "Rumors" — Fleetwood Mac
5. "The Nightfly" — Donald Fagen (of Steely Dan)
6. "Thriller" — Michael Jackson
7. "Graceland" — Paul Simon
8. "Achtung Baby" — U2
9. "(What's the Story) Morning Glory — Oasis
10. "Supernatural" — Carlos Santana
EVEN THE POPE LIKE THE DAN (or at least 1/2 the dan)
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 31 March 2011 23:01 (thirteen years ago) link
No Sinatra?!
― in my world of loose geirs (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 31 March 2011 23:03 (thirteen years ago) link
that list is so insane I can't even begin...
― gospodin simmel, Friday, 1 April 2011 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
I was amazed at how many copies of this I saw at the flea market the other week. At least ten in one shop alone.
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 1 April 2011 02:19 (thirteen years ago) link
vinyl??
― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 1 April 2011 02:35 (thirteen years ago) link
for me, it's all about the last 3 tracks on side 2.
― so confused (blank), Friday, 24 June 2011 22:59 (twelve years ago) link
I was amazed at how many copies of this I saw at the flea market the other week. At least ten in one shop alone.― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:19 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkvinyl??― Bleeqwot the Chef (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:35 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
― Your cousin, Marvin Cobain (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:19 PM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalinkvinyl??
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Yeah. Most of 'em were in the $5 bin, altough a few rougher copies were just $2.
― Mucho! Macho! Honcho!: Turn Off The Dark (C. Grisso/McCain), Friday, 24 June 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Found this for 3 bucks on vinyl yesterday!
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Friday, 24 June 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
"...You know that indian girl?/She wasn't no indian/she was tha law..."
― Status Update...in my Seether? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 15 September 2011 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
i tried, i really did,but i don't like Cowboy Movie.the guitar solo, the repetitive blues beat and atmosphere.am i the only one?
the rest of the album is excellent.
― nostormo, Sunday, 5 January 2014 00:37 (ten years ago) link
but dude, jerry
― Ƹ̴Ӂ̴Ʒ (brimstead), Sunday, 5 January 2014 00:57 (ten years ago) link
http://www.davidcrosby.com/sites/default/files/crosby_feature-croz1.jpg
The Crozfather
― ma ck ro ma ck ro (mackro mackro), Sunday, 5 January 2014 04:36 (ten years ago) link
desert island disc imo
― ian, Sunday, 5 January 2014 04:42 (ten years ago) link
Doesn't Cowboy Movie also have Phil Lesh and one of the Dead drummers?
But yeah, it could have done with some editing.
― calstars, Sunday, 5 January 2014 13:37 (ten years ago) link
No way
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Sunday, 5 January 2014 16:57 (ten years ago) link
So amazing this is 2nd after "Revolver" on that Vatican list. Are they secret ILXors?
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 17:43 (ten years ago) link
"Cowboy Movie" = One of best fake Neil Young songs ever = Crozy Horse
― Maintenance Engineer of Foolhardiness (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 5 January 2014 19:13 (ten years ago) link
I've still never heard this, but I see this record everywhere for a few dollars or less. Don't know why I've never picked it up. Aside from Wooden Ships I've never been crazy about CSN or any of their incarnations, although I love groups who wanted to sound like them. I do love the front and back of this record.
― JacobSanders, Sunday, 5 January 2014 19:22 (ten years ago) link
I just listened to it. Holy shit you need to buy that the next time you see it. It is incredible.
Also, I finally get the noise track from "Stereopathetic Soul Manure" is a parody of this!
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:00 (ten years ago) link
I meant "I just listened to it for the first time". Wow this is so classic.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:01 (ten years ago) link
lol so Christgau was wrong about this one eh
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:02 (ten years ago) link
I wonder who they areThe men who really run this landAnd I wonder why they run itWith such a thoughtless handWhat are their namesAnd on what streets do they liveI'd like to ride right overThis afternoon and giveThem a piece of my mindAbout peace for mankindPeace is not an awful lot to ask
What are their namesAnd on what streets do they liveI'd like to ride right overThis afternoon and giveThem a piece of my mindAbout peace for mankindPeace is not an awful lot to ask
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:10 (ten years ago) link
see why'd you have to do that
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:11 (ten years ago) link
I kind of think of this as the Dead's best studio album.
― Mark, Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:20 (ten years ago) link
"Cowboy Movie" isn't really like a Crazy Horse song, or a Dead song for that matter, because the vocals get increasingly agitated as the song goes on. much love to the dead but I don't think they ever pulled that off themselves. the playing, of course, but not the singing. & the closest Neil song in that way is "Ohio", where again it's the Croz losing it
― Euler, Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:23 (ten years ago) link
love cowboy movie, tho crosby's performance does make me lol. the live show w/ garcia/lesh/kreutzmann from this period is rad (perhaps mainly for Garcia's killer solos).
― tylerw, Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:29 (ten years ago) link
There is so much on this album to hate, I imagine it is ground zero of bloated hippie dinosaur rock for many original punks.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, 5 January 2014 21:44 (ten years ago) link
"I kind of think of this as the Dead's best studio album."
i kinda think youre otm, even though The Dead play only a few songs here.
― nostormo, Sunday, 5 January 2014 22:47 (ten years ago) link
Also, I finally get the noise track from "Stereopathetic Soul Manure" is a parody of this!― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, January 5, 2014 9:00 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Wait what?
― calstars, Monday, 6 January 2014 01:09 (ten years ago) link
I mean the beginning, which is Beck with a bunch of delayed vocals exploring experimental vibrations. It was the first thing the end of the Crosby album brought to mind.
I had forgotten it goes into harsh noise after the first few minutes.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 6 January 2014 02:52 (ten years ago) link
Not sure about that, who actually knew about it? It's not the Eagles (in so many ways)! Nobody bought it hence its perennial bargain bin status... or maybe it sold in the US, I don't know. Anyway it was dismissed out of hand as bloated coke-addled nonsense long before punks arrived on the scene.
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:34 (ten years ago) link
anyway, this record is much better than most of the "hippie rock" at the time. (including the Dead imo), so a punk with an ear for a more "artisic" record would've appreciate it i think.
― nostormo, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:52 (ten years ago) link
Exactly, Neil Young survived pretty unscathed
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 6 January 2014 13:55 (ten years ago) link
i mean, fuck, even Music Is Love is awesome! reminds me of George Harrison.
― nostormo, Monday, 6 January 2014 13:58 (ten years ago) link
xxxp i never see it in the bargain bin in the uk, wish i did, i could do with a better copy
― just sayin, Monday, 6 January 2014 14:05 (ten years ago) link
Not now you don't, I'm talking back in the day before its critical rehabilitation
― Eats like Elvis, shits like De Niro (Tom D.), Monday, 6 January 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
Really love this album, can remember buying the CD at the same time as VU's Loaded - it was a really hot day and I had a long wait for my bus home; it sounded absolutely amazing on my discman. I just got the vinyl reissue for Christmas but haven't played it yet.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 6 January 2014 14:08 (ten years ago) link
yes this album is wonderful. bought my copy for $2 maybe 3 or 4 years ago? what a great deal.
Nobody bought it hence its perennial bargain bin status
usually this is the other way around, right? the records i see in the bargain bin sold like fucking crazy in their day. CSNY were huge by any measure, this record always sits next to deja vu, harvest, etc., if you're paying more than $5 bucks for any of these records, you're getting robbed imo. not because they aren't good but because they are ubiquitous; they sold a shit load of copies.
also cowboy movie has so much more of a crazy horse vibe than a dead vibe
― marcos, Monday, 6 January 2014 15:11 (ten years ago) link
and can i just say how fucking gorgeous crosby's voice is? one of the all time great rock singers, for sure, his voice is magnificent. there's some dylan comment somewhere where bob talks about how much he loved crosby's voice.
if y'all dig this record then you must all love "almost cut my hair"
― marcos, Monday, 6 January 2014 15:15 (ten years ago) link
if CSN irritate me will I like this album?
― the objections to Drake from non-REAL HIPHOP people (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 6 January 2014 15:20 (ten years ago) link
no Stills!
― Euler, Monday, 6 January 2014 15:51 (ten years ago) link
It depends what you don't like about CSN - I find them hit and miss myself but it's mainly the Nash songs I have problems with.
― Gavin, Leeds, Monday, 6 January 2014 16:14 (ten years ago) link
a good CSN gauge for liking this album is "Guinnevere"
― Euler, Monday, 6 January 2014 20:43 (ten years ago) link
also, a good gauge for liking this albom is to listen it
― nostormo, Monday, 6 January 2014 20:49 (ten years ago) link
I've never taken the plunge mostly cuz I hate Crosby so much - always the worst thing about the Byrds, and CSN is unlistenable
― Ayn Rand Akbar (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 6 January 2014 21:07 (ten years ago) link