(The final section is the only part that stayed fully intact on the single.) The shortened version released as a single cut the second and fourth verses from the first section, cut the third and fourth verses from the second section, cut the final verse and preceding break from the third section, and shortened the guitar break between the second and the third sections. The timings below are for the full album version. "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" has four distinct sections. It fades in on the opening of side one of the album. The final section of the song is included on 4 Way Street, the CSNY live album. So the legacy of our relationship is certainly in that song." And so he wove that all together in this magnificent creation. And of course it has lines in it that referred to my therapy. " came to where I was singing one night on the West Coast and brought his guitar to the hotel and he sang me "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes," the whole song. In a 2000 interview, Collins gave her impressions of when she first heard the song: Stills was devastated by the possible breakup and wrote the song as a response to his sadness. In 1969, she was appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival musical production of Peer Gynt and had fallen in love with her co-star Stacy Keach, eventually leaving Stills for him.
Collins had advised Stills "not to stay all night." Stills later commented that "the breakup was imminent.we were both too large for one house." Stills said that he liked parts of this demo version of "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" better than the released version.Ĭollins and Stills had met in 1967 and dated for two years.
During a Jinterview for the National Public Radio program Just Roll Tape, Stills revealed that Collins was present in the studio when the demo tapes were recorded. Collins is known for her piercing blue eyes. The title "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" refers to Stephen Stills' former girlfriend, singer/songwriter Judy Collins, and the lyrics to most of the suite's sections consist of his thoughts about her and their imminent breakup. This style of tuning would later be used for the Déjà Vu songs "4+20" and "Carry On".ĬSN performed "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" at the Woodstock and Live Aid festivals, and their performance at the former is featured in the film Woodstock (1970). The recording features an acoustic guitar tuned to EEEEBE (" Bruce Palmer Modal Tuning" ) vs. The song is a suite in the classical sense (i.e., an ordered set of musical pieces). The title is a play on words for "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes". In Canada, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" peaked at number 11. The song is ranked #418 on Rolling Stone′s list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album in 1969 and was released as a single, hitting #21 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. " Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is a suite of short songs written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN).
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