David Crosby and Graham Nash singing Stephen Still's song "Find The Cost Of Freedom " with David Gilmour. from David Gilmour's DVD Remember That Night , live at the Royal Albert Hall.
retired marine here, turned 17 in Saigon during Tet, and dying now from pancreatic cancer. This is my funeral song as my ashes are spread in the redwoods of Northern California. By about March 2018. I am tired of pain.
My dad died New Year’s Day this year. He was a Vietnam vet and saw many of his buddies killed. He survived to raise me. Bless his soul. I love you dad. I hope you have now found peace.
and they sound just like they did the first time (even with Gilmour). But yeah. Ur gonna be hardpressed to get any younger artists to creat anything like this.
I just got the chills from watching this. Mr. Nash just nailed his part. Crosby always sings like an angel and he has those very hard to cop middle harmonies. Gilmour does not get enough credit for his vocal abilities. It's his own fault for being such an amazing guitarist.
My heart breaks for the loss of this talented, iconic singer, songwriter, guitarist/musician whose messages will live on forever. RIP David Crosby. From the first time I heard him in the late 60's until recently, the magic & passion in his music has inspired me. Future generations will continue to be blessed by the gift that David Crosby's music has given to all of us.
Honestly, If i was there I would have removed my hat, and not muttered a single sound. It is nice to see the audience have such a reverence for beautiful a harmony such as this.
Holy sh*t, that ws abslutely SUBLIME! To the 30 people who disliked it? What is WRONG with you people??? Pure, classic, three part harmonious perfection!
@@FSEVENMAN I grew up listening to the "real" version while it was still new, smartass...and my original thought that those dislikes were completely unwarranted? Still stands.
Even more amazing, this live performance of the flip-side of “Ohio”, the huge audience sat down, shut the heck up, and just listened to these three voices weave harmonies smoother than a pipe organ. No one tried to insert themselves between vocals with annoying “whoops” and whistles, all trying to top each other, trying to make it about them and totally missing the song. This is how moments like these should be.
Mother earth will swallow you lay your body down. That's actually heartbreaking when I think about it. I don't do fear very well. I can't imagine what that must be like going out my front door and being shot at and bombed and coming home without the ones I love because they did not make it. In 2012 I was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. Mother earth bless her heart was getting ready to swallow me but I survived. So today I am grateful to those that fought for me and for the doctors and nurses and those that loved me when I could not love myself. But most of all I am grateful that I get another day to listen to these three fine men sing this beautiful song one more time. Life's good rock on
@@mikey-domagala Hi Mikey, sorry my brother for my late response 😜 I'm doing okay I hit my 10-year Mark cancer free February 10th of 2022.. thank you for the awesome message you left me and for thinking of me it's because of people like you that give people like me Hope and Hope is the greatest gift that one human being can give to another!! It's my Hope that your everyday is as groovy as You are! Thanks again Mikey 👍
@@mikey-domagala WOW!!! February 10th 2012 was the day I went into the hospital to die but I survived and now you just made February 10th extra special!! Thank you God for Mikey and his Heart of gold 🎂❤️
I listen to this song and think of the hundreds of thousands of young men that lost their lives for a piece of ground may they all rest in peace YouTo David🙏😫😭🎤💯
BlindOwlsGuitarist, your absolutly right, i just replayed it and the audience is dead silent. Its amazing that the entire croud as a whole; respected such a beautiful song by not making a sound.
For Dave. I feel your pain. Lost my baby brother July 2nd. USMC Vietnam vet. Died from exposure to Agent Orange.He was 71 years old.Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. The pain never goes away.
Your brother puts the absolute truth to the words, FIND THE COST OF FREEDOM, I'M SAD FOR YOUR LOSS, I'M A MARINE VIETNAM VET, 1967 to 69 1st Mar Div. Your brother saw the cruelty of savage war up close.
The resurgence of folk music in the late 60’s and early 70’s produced some of the most amazing and inspiring music ever recorded: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor… they enriched us beyond belief. David Crosby, Steven Stills, and Graham Nash stand among this group as icons whose music will live on forever.
Yes, The high cost of freedom....Remember,There is one who paid the cost for freedom for us all....Yet on the third day,He rose again!!! to save us all!
Today 04-05-2010 it's the sixtie- fifth time that all the people in the Netherlands remember all the brave men and women who gave their lives for freedom in Europe. This wonderful song, performed by three exquisite and beautiful voices, sounds so special on a day like this and it gives me goose bumbs.
Whatever you think of David Crosby, when he comes in on that high harmony, its just like heaven's gate opening a crack to let the brightest light out and blind us all. No 4 voices on this planet to touch CSNY together
Tell you what - if Stills ever calls it a day, they can become Crosby, Gilmour and Nash and I'll sign up for that. Excellent stuff - voices blend beautifully.
find the cost of freedom.....young hippie this was our goal....we tried prayed and worked for peace...some of us still are...freedom...read 2025 and dont let them take our freedoms away....
I'm German. One day, I was about 14, I persuaded my father to tell me stories from the war - I better should never have asked ... He told me that he had to execute some of his classmates who tried to escape home to Mom and Dad. He was 17 or 18, I think. This broke him deep down, the reason why he could never participate in my life and give me some love. He died sad, quiet and lonely - my love could never reach him. This song touches me deep in my soul. What happened to him will stay with me for the rest of my life. I didn't tell my children when they asked me for some of their grandfather's stories about the war. I hope it was a good decision, because it affected my whole life too much. My kids are softies like there Dad.
I love that when they sing in unison or in harmony no one voice dominates the others. While watching this, I was reminded of the two (I think) albums that Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, and Dolly Parton did as a trio. One voice always seemed to dominate (I'm sure you can guess which one!), and it got kind of irritating because all three of them possess wonderful voices. This song demonstrates the teamwork of three singers who understand how marvelous it is to hear such a harmonious blending of voices.
Not a lot of chaps can get on stage will Gilmour who have been famous for great music even longer than he has! Crosby was almost the original hippie, as he's been flying his "freak flag" a VERY long time.
Just as important now, as to when it came out. Maybe even more so now. Freedom and Democracy comes with a price. We must not let anyone or anything take it away!!
mick2u! You GOT it! Freedom is NOT free! It's painfully pricey! All of us OWE BIGTIME to those brave men and women who have paid this price! If you see a soldier, Marine or Sailor Shake his or her hand Say Thank You! TrustME You'll make their day and you'll feel special too! Peace!
The song was written as a Protest to the Vietnam War. Listen to the Words forget the protest. Truth is in the words The Words pay tribute to all of the Fallen Warriors. This Memorial Day let’s remember those who paid for our Freedom
This is in regards to the protest of the escalation of the police action in Vietnam protest that entered into Cambodia which resulted in the Ohio National Guard murdering 4 students at Kent State and injuring 10 others. A time I will never forget.
This song is just important today as it was when it was first performed in the early 1970s. It's all the men and women who died in many different wars that paid for our freedom. I love line about those that are varied in the earth. I was in high school when this came out hoping that the Vietnam war would soon be over and the draft would end. Sadly this song and all of the CSN catalog if great songs will never be played live again by three original members. Only individually. It's because their fued! Si sad for all the great fans out there. Oh well, they are much too old to be singing anyway.
David Gilmour was one of my favourite singers if the period, among so many others. Crosby, Stills and Nash were actually my favourite vocal band of all time...
Three performers who alone are amazing but together form a masterpiece! Saw CSN & CSNY numerous times. Also got to see Gilmour. Another amazing performance! It is a shame what has become of our musical history. CHILLS CHILLS CHILLS
In 1970 I heard CSNY in concert - when they did their a cappella set, it Was that quiet. It was a large venue, full house, and you could have heard a pin drop. Unfortunately, subsequent CSN w/wout Y were never that quiet again - audience just ignoring the pleas of David and Graham to be quiet so they could hear each other and stay in pitch. This lovely performance was just stellar - thank you for posting it.
@88feji That's like comparing apples and oranges. This is live and hers is not only done in the studio, but her voice is multi tracked as well. There is no truer test of ones vocal capabilities than something like this.
Thank all the powers that are that these dudes have chosen to bless us by growing old gracefully and continuing to sharing their beautiful talents with us rather than spinning out early like so many others in their industry :-) David Gilmour is just my number one hero and I still thrash my Crosby Stills Nash and Young albums no matter what permutation or combinations of those guys, I guess true genius is ever lasting.
Agreed that this is a captivating rendering of a classic CS&N original, by three stalwart and soulful singers/musicians … but please give props to composer Stephen Stills as well.
Sweet harmony at it's best..Ed2L you rule for bringing the CLASSIC Crosby..Nash..Gilmore to us..Sweet memories now possible to experience once again..I am honored!!
Who else is still listening to this gem of a song September 20th 2024.
I am...😊
This song is as relevant, today, as it was when it was written.
Jan, 6th, 2025
Me too
retired marine here, turned 17 in Saigon during Tet, and dying now from pancreatic cancer. This is my funeral song as my ashes are spread in the redwoods of Northern California. By about March 2018. I am tired of pain.
Dave Sysygy Thankyou for your service. Bless you.
Travel well marine
Hard to like or even reply to that, thankyou though Dave for reminding me of mortality, wherever you are
thank you for your service to our country
You my friend, ARE FREE YOU KNOW THE WAY ITS SUPPORT TO BE❣ 🎵🎶🎵
And not a single peep from the audience during the song. Magical.
yes yes yes..
It happens often enough. Some drunk idiot shouting during the quiet parts...
We saw them do this in concert. It was the same, quiet. Amazing.
That audience knew the song and was reverentially silent. 18 words that carry so much power.
You re too right bro'
My dad died New Year’s Day this year. He was a Vietnam vet and saw many of his buddies killed. He survived to raise me. Bless his soul. I love you dad. I hope you have now found peace.
Everyone here is talking about harmony, but I was also blown away how at the start of the song they sang with one voice so perfectly.
Yes. That is NOT AT ALL EASY. They are just great masters.
If this isn't perfection, then I don't know what is. Clearly, these gentlemen are like fine wine: older is better.
and they sound just like they did the first time (even with Gilmour). But yeah. Ur gonna be hardpressed to get any younger artists to creat anything like this.
I just got the chills from watching this. Mr. Nash just nailed his part. Crosby always sings like an angel and he has those very hard to cop middle harmonies. Gilmour does not get enough credit for his vocal abilities. It's his own fault for being such an amazing guitarist.
Best super group ever in my thoughts! Gilmore has a heavenly voice and of course Crosby and Stills are as good as they ever were!
My heart breaks for the loss of this talented, iconic singer, songwriter, guitarist/musician whose messages will live on forever.
RIP David Crosby. From the first time I heard him in the late 60's until recently, the magic & passion in his music has inspired me. Future generations will continue to be blessed by the gift that David Crosby's music has given to all of us.
youve got great taste in music
Came here because of David Crosby. RIP David. TTY for all the incredible music
My dad was a Vietnam war vet and died on New Year’s Day. This was profound. Distilled music. Bless our vets.
Honestly, If i was there I would have removed my hat, and not muttered a single sound.
It is nice to see the audience have such a reverence for beautiful a harmony such as this.
WOW. Gilmour absolutely NAILS Stills' part perfectly.
I must of listened to this thousands of times but it still gets me when the harmony drops. Absolutely incredible!
how in Gods name could you not like this
Hoagie , I don't know what words describe anyone who would give this a thumbs down.
To be fair 4 thousand of us gave thumbs up and less than 50 thumbs down says a lot.
God Bless our Troops and all those who lost their lives defending our freedom. Forever in my heart.
I saw it live at Radio City in 06. Came back to hear it again.
Holy sh*t, that ws abslutely SUBLIME! To the 30 people who disliked it? What is WRONG with you people??? Pure, classic, three part harmonious perfection!
A masterwork.
Just MORE proof that a hater is gonna HATE , m8 .
Uhhh, we heard the real version....
@@FSEVENMAN I grew up listening to the "real" version while it was still new, smartass...and my original thought that those dislikes were completely unwarranted? Still stands.
♥️
Even more amazing, this live performance of the flip-side of “Ohio”, the huge audience sat down, shut the heck up, and just listened to these three voices weave harmonies smoother than a pipe organ.
No one tried to insert themselves between vocals with annoying “whoops” and whistles, all trying to top each other, trying to make it about them and totally missing the song.
This is how moments like these should be.
Sends a shiver down my spine. The vocals harmonies are even better than the old CSNY versions.
Agree totally
i cant hit the like button enough to even express how i feel
I have to admit I have never heard this song before today. And I think I held my breath for 1:52. Magnificent.
B side to Ohio
It's magnificent
Just heavenly! RIP David... 😢
Mother earth will swallow you lay your body down. That's actually heartbreaking when I think about it. I don't do fear very well. I can't imagine what that must be like going out my front door and being shot at and bombed and coming home without the ones I love because they did not make it. In 2012 I was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer. Mother earth bless her heart was getting ready to swallow me but I survived. So today I am grateful to those that fought for me and for the doctors and nurses and those that loved me when I could not love myself. But most of all I am grateful that I get another day to listen to these three fine men sing this beautiful song one more time. Life's good rock on
***** I hear that Luis Valdés!!
Amazing. Hope you’re doing well and staying healthy today 🙏
@@mikey-domagala Hi Mikey, sorry my brother for my late response 😜 I'm doing okay I hit my 10-year Mark cancer free February 10th of 2022.. thank you for the awesome message you left me and for thinking of me it's because of people like you that give people like me Hope and Hope is the greatest gift that one human being can give to another!! It's my Hope that your everyday is as groovy as You are! Thanks again Mikey 👍
@@TheGreeneyes777 My pleasure - glad to hear from you. February 10th is my birthday! Amazing coincidence! I’m happy to hear that my message helped 🙏
@@mikey-domagala WOW!!! February 10th 2012 was the day I went into the hospital to die but I survived and now you just made February 10th extra special!! Thank you God for Mikey and his Heart of gold 🎂❤️
The most exquisite harmony combined with the most poignant lyrics. Absolutely superb!
I listen to this song and think of the hundreds of thousands of young men that lost their lives for a piece of ground may they all rest in peace YouTo David🙏😫😭🎤💯
Whoa....Gilmore calling up Crosby and Nash...a night to remember. Thank god for technology that allows us to re-live moments such as.
This song always bring tears to my eyes 🤍
me too ben
BlindOwlsGuitarist, your absolutly right, i just replayed it and the audience is dead silent. Its amazing that the entire croud as a whole; respected such a beautiful song by not making a sound.
You can hear a pin drop in that arena. That's what I like to call POWER.
For Dave. I feel your pain. Lost my baby brother July 2nd. USMC Vietnam vet. Died from exposure to Agent Orange.He was 71 years old.Ashes to ashes and dust to dust. The pain never goes away.
Your brother puts the absolute truth to the words, FIND THE COST OF FREEDOM, I'M SAD FOR YOUR LOSS, I'M A MARINE VIETNAM VET, 1967 to 69 1st Mar Div. Your brother saw the cruelty of savage war up close.
The resurgence of folk music in the late 60’s and early 70’s produced some of the most amazing and inspiring music ever recorded: Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, John Prine, Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell, James Taylor… they enriched us beyond belief. David Crosby, Steven Stills, and Graham Nash stand among this group as icons whose music will live on forever.
Good bumps@
Not a fly buzzing around! Magic of Human Voices, and a few of significant words✨
I have watched this video plenty of times. I get them goosebumps every fucking time.
+ilhadi Same with me :-)
Yes, The high cost of freedom....Remember,There is one who paid the cost for freedom for us all....Yet on the third day,He rose again!!! to save us all!
R.I.P David Crosby. Your music lives on!
Don't know how anyone could give this a thumbs down. This is beautiful
Higher harmony gets me every time. Amazing together!
I can remember buying this record. In another year I shipped out.
Today 04-05-2010 it's the sixtie- fifth time that all the people in the Netherlands remember all the brave men and women who gave their lives for freedom in Europe.
This wonderful song, performed by three exquisite and beautiful voices, sounds so special on a day like this and it gives me goose bumbs.
goosebumps. RIP David Crosby. Amazing voice and talent and gift to us all
A tear in my eye, a lump in my throat.
Holy Jesus! This Is pure magic, greatness✨
surely the definition of harmony in the music dictionary .... outstanding
Vale David Crosby! Thank you for the glorious tunes 💛
How blessed am I that it's only 2 minutes long... I almost died of happiness.
1:52 of pure talent and creativity , worth today's pop singers entire careers
#Masterpiece 🙏☮️🫶 Godspeed & continue to shine bright David Crosby. 🎶🫶🎸
Whatever you think of David Crosby, when he comes in on that high harmony, its just
like heaven's gate opening a crack to let the brightest light out and blind us all.
No 4 voices on this planet to touch CSNY together
Tell you what - if Stills ever calls it a day, they can become Crosby, Gilmour and Nash and I'll sign up for that. Excellent stuff - voices blend beautifully.
All I can say is OUTSTANDING!!!!
Farewell, Mr. Crosby. Thank you for .... every note. You will be missed.
One word. Stunning.
Never more true than this day.
Godspeed, David.
find the cost of freedom.....young hippie this was our goal....we tried prayed and worked for peace...some of us still are...freedom...read 2025 and dont let them take our freedoms away....
Another gem by Stephen Stills!
I'm German. One day, I was about 14, I persuaded my father to tell me stories from the war - I better should never have asked ...
He told me that he had to execute some of his classmates who tried to escape home to Mom and Dad. He was 17 or 18, I think.
This broke him deep down, the reason why he could never participate in my life and give me some love.
He died sad, quiet and lonely - my love could never reach him.
This song touches me deep in my soul.
What happened to him will stay with me for the rest of my life.
I didn't tell my children when they asked me for some of their grandfather's stories about the war.
I hope it was a good decision, because it affected my whole life too much.
My kids are softies like there Dad.
I love that when they sing in unison or in harmony no one voice dominates the others. While watching this, I was reminded of the two (I think) albums that Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou Harris, and Dolly Parton did as a trio. One voice always seemed to dominate (I'm sure you can guess which one!), and it got kind of irritating because all three of them possess wonderful voices. This song demonstrates the teamwork of three singers who understand how marvelous it is to hear such a harmonious blending of voices.
If you haven't heard Seven Bridges Road by the Eagles definitely check it out
It's amazing that at 60 years old (or so) all of these guys have such pure voices.
Not sure how or why anyone could possibly dislike a song that honors the people who have sacrificed their lives for our freedom.
great . phantastic sound.
Perfect unison, perfect harmony! 👌 I was in tears when they finished 😢
chills down my spine everytime, now with david gilmours voice, thbis song is like angels singing you to sleep
Beautiful words, beautiful voices, beautiful harmonies. This song is a sad and beautiful gift.
wow, gave me chills ... Crosby, Gilmour & Nash, nice
Not a lot of chaps can get on stage will Gilmour who have been famous for great music even longer than he has! Crosby was almost the original hippie, as he's been flying his "freak flag" a VERY long time.
Just as important now, as to when it came out. Maybe even more so now. Freedom and Democracy comes with a price. We must not let anyone or anything take it away!!
beautiful
Is a emotionally touching prayer.
mick2u! You GOT it! Freedom is NOT free! It's painfully pricey! All of us OWE BIGTIME to those brave men and women who have paid this price! If you see a soldier, Marine or Sailor Shake his or her hand Say Thank You! TrustME You'll make their day and you'll feel special too! Peace!
You ever wonder what a choir of angels sounds like? Now you know.
First saw CSN & Y play this 40 years ago. Still gives me chills.
The song was written as a Protest to the Vietnam War.
Listen to the Words forget the protest. Truth is in the words
The Words pay tribute to all of the Fallen Warriors.
This Memorial Day let’s remember those who paid for our Freedom
That's the beauty of nationalism/ patriotism: you can have 'it' by any cost...
This is in regards to the protest of the escalation of the police action in Vietnam protest that entered into Cambodia which resulted in the Ohio National Guard murdering 4 students at Kent State and injuring 10 others. A time I will never forget.
Sometimes laying down your life for freedom means standing up for what you believe. And...especially for NOT standing up when others tell you to~
Could anything be more perfect? superb harmonies, and very thought provoking lyrics.
I could listen to this a 1oo times in a row it really speaks to me!
This song is just important today as it was when it was first performed in the early 1970s. It's all the men and women who died in many different wars that paid for our freedom. I love line about those that are varied in the earth. I was in high school when this came out hoping that the Vietnam war would soon be over and the draft would end.
Sadly this song and all of the CSN catalog if great songs will never be played live again by three original members. Only individually. It's because their fued! Si sad for all the great fans out there. Oh well, they are much too old to be singing anyway.
David Gilmour was one of my favourite singers if the period, among so many others. Crosby, Stills and Nash were actually my favourite vocal band of all time...
Rest in peace David. Prayers extended to all feeling the loss.
Have mercy. It brings back that time with a vengeance. I'm still crying. God deliver us from evil.
Always brings a tear to my eye with those harmonies. And the silence from the audience! Not even a cough. Talk about respect :)
“To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.”
- Ugo Betti
But that doesn't mean that it is true, that things are really like that.
How on earth can there be 51 dislikes? You would have to be deaf dumb and blind not to appreciate 3 masters of their craft.
Emphasis on the dumb......
Well it's simple...there's 51 idiots in the world...
People like you. We dislike the video to spite you.
Three performers who alone are amazing but together form a masterpiece! Saw CSN & CSNY numerous times. Also got to see Gilmour. Another amazing performance! It is a shame what has become of our musical history. CHILLS CHILLS CHILLS
No one else sounds like them. The pros always make it seem easy.
In 1970 I heard CSNY in concert - when they did their a cappella set, it Was that quiet. It was a large venue, full house, and you could have heard a pin drop. Unfortunately, subsequent CSN w/wout Y were never that quiet again - audience just ignoring the pleas of David and Graham to be quiet so they could hear each other and stay in pitch. This lovely performance was just stellar - thank you for posting it.
One of my absolute favorites- my band does this sometimes. We dont know them all- but we owe them all
@88feji That's like comparing apples and oranges. This is live and hers is not only done in the studio, but her voice is multi tracked as well. There is no truer test of ones vocal capabilities than something like this.
WOW!..........all I can say!
Thank all the powers that are that these dudes have chosen to bless us by growing old gracefully and continuing to sharing their beautiful talents with us rather than spinning out early like so many others in their industry :-) David Gilmour is just my number one hero and I still thrash my Crosby Stills Nash and Young albums no matter what permutation or combinations of those guys, I guess true genius is ever lasting.
I saw them do this for the first time together on 4/4/06 at RCMH in NYC. I was 20 years old. It was the greatest show I’ve ever seen.
Beautiful Beautiful Beautiful harmonies!!!!!👼👼👼👼👼👼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵🎵
What a short and intense song!
Agreed that this is a captivating rendering of a classic CS&N original, by three stalwart and soulful singers/musicians … but please give props to composer Stephen Stills as well.
The greatest protest song ever written
beautiful voices and even more beautiful artists
Somehow I have missed this for fourteen years? PFA
I had a college radio show during the late 70s early 80s ended each show with this song as food for thought..... still thinking.
Sweet harmony at it's best..Ed2L you rule for bringing the CLASSIC Crosby..Nash..Gilmore to us..Sweet memories now possible to experience once again..I am honored!!