The Nash vs. Crosby Feud

Susan Nash, former wife of Graham.

 

I haven't read anything about what's slated to be on this release, but are they talking about a live version of "Birds"? I had a bootleg that had one with just Neil and Graham singing. Frankly, it was pretty awful, with Graham coming in too loud and out of tune, and also messing up the words at one point.

Maybe they found a better rendition.

Or just more speculation — could it be this instead?

 

Agreed!

 

Whew, for a second there, I thought Paul was dead.

 

Is that what we're talking about?

 

Love British slang...my newest fave..."he's a bit of a rattle."

 

Absolutely. I'm 46 and noticed more and more it's the same old crap.

 

What does that mean. I am Welsh. Lol

 

I took to to be short for rattle brained...screws loose...a bit of a flake...
from Love & Friendship, the delightful Jane Austin "Lady Susan" book based film:

 

Sidebar, but I watched CSNY live at Wembley 1974 on youtube last night. A ragged, fat-arsed and complacent performance by four overpaid hippies for which they should have been bottled (they were given an ovation by an ‘easy’ crowd). Counting the bum notes would’ve made for an interesting drinking game. ......

 

Scottish

 

It is this, a lovely acoustic guitar studio take:

 

You're saying that Nash should keep his opinions about Crosby to himself?

 

We would agree, wouldn't we, that every human occupies valued space - Susan or Paul? His/her presence or his/her absence alters the human landscape. Of course, some humans have been savagely detrimental to the world they touched, but the value of most humans, famous or not, talented or not, has been in carving out a meaning and purpose while they occupy their small space and time here. And their absence, famous or not, changes the chain, as well. That is life.

 

Lennon actually says "get" rather than the colloquial "git" (it wouldn't rhyme otherwise). Still the only time I've heard that.

 

100% agree. No malice intended, just an admittedly weak attempt at humor.

 

That’s just his northern accent. He says ‘git’.

 

You are on the wrong thread

Quick , get to the relevant one with your hard hat on

 

He was the primary writer of " Draft Morning "

 

It's regional, I reckon, and "get" is likely to be the original, being an old Scots' term of abuse, at least according to a dictionary of slang I own.

 

Bungalow Bill (or someone he knew) was "such a stupid git"....so we can imagine it's one of those all-purpose epithet/tags...

 

On the contrary, he's in exactly the right one to observe, the comment upon, the idol-worshipping of these four that's gone on for soloing now it's fossilized----see thread on 50th Deja Vu!?!?!

 

It would have probably never lasted due to the inter-band personality conflicts, but cutting Crosby loose in late '67 really ended up hurting the band creatively. He was just beginning to hit his stride as a songwriter on Younger Than Yesterday and continued his progress on The Notorious Byrd Brothers. The later Byrds albums could have really benefited from songs like "Guinnevere", "Laughing", "Traction In The Rain", "The Lee Shore", etc.

 

While those songs are really good, they would not have fit in with the Byrds sound, IMO. McQuinn probably would have never recorded them.