Have you ever spent years not listening to something?


Graham Nash and my dad David Crosby.

It's been well established that I'm a huge Neil Young fan, and I enjoy the music of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young as much as anyone else, but I'd never really listened to any Graham Nash solo. A friend at work told me that I was fucking idiot for not being into it, so I downloaded "Songs for Beginners". It's really, really good. I don't know why I've never heard it before. I've had access to several copies of it over the years: my parent's copy, at the flea market, at the record store... the internet, obviously... and I've passed it up a number of times in the dollar record bin. Why didn't I ever just listen to it? It's a direct corrallary to all early 70's Neil Young (not as good, but very, very similar), though just a touch more British. I also listened to his 1974 follow up, "Wild Tales" and I think that's great too.

I suppose it's akin to the feeling of finding out that someone you wanted to have sex with in high school would have been willing to if only you'd asked. It's thrilling, yet somehow retro-actively disappointing. Anyway, check these albums out.
- posted by Mason @ 6:37 PM