Teaching your children is only half of the story and song. The second half says "Teach your parents well". Both are equally important.

When I was a senior in high school (1972) my brothers and sisters and I learned this song (guitars and harmonies) and sang it to my mom on Mother’s Day. She smiled and cried…it was so sweet.

I think that this particular video overtook the appreciation that would have been had by simply watching and hearing the group sing their beautiful harmonies. And yes, the song has a message.

The picture with the 2 kids kneeling over the body was from the Ohio, Kent State tragedy, CSNY did a song called Ohio about it. It was an anthem for the anti-war protests. Thanks for this reaction you guys!

@JUMBOpin

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn't that just a Neil Young ditty?

@eclconsulting

2 жыл бұрын

@@JUMBOpin Young wrote it and recorded it with C, S, and N.

@rickkane7913

2 жыл бұрын

Young wrote it, CSNY recorded it and insisted it be released immediately even though "Teach Your Children" was #1. Ohio then became #1!

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but probably from a best of album need the 4 way street live versions

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN

2 жыл бұрын

@@JUMBOpin nope Graham Nash !!! Neil did harder stuff listen to 4 Way Street Album !!! Live and not just wimpy acoustic!!! Listen to Carry On or Southern Man instead of just acoustic!!! DITCH Top 40 for Live

“Southern Cross” is a major hit

@bkm2797

2 жыл бұрын

Love that song!

@peterthompson8014

2 жыл бұрын

I think that's just CSN but still a timeless classic.

Props to Jerry Garcia who played the steel guitar on this great classic....

I went thru the 60's as a young teen. So much happened that changed the course of history in the 60's. We must learn from the past. Unconditional Love and forgiveness.Peace to all on the path.

This song was released in 1970. Written by Graham Nash. Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) played the steal pedal guitar. Neil Young didn't participate in this recording. 52 years later and we still haven't learned the lesson.

@scapito

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! Never knew that was Garcia, which surprises me bc it sounds like his signature playing style.

@Calistogakid2u

2 жыл бұрын

I *think* he played in exchange for lessons in harmonizing for the Dead.

@carlos_herrera

Жыл бұрын

@@Calistogakid2u nah, he got paid for it and also got his 'alligator' guitar from Nash

@Mottleydude1

7 ай бұрын

Speak for yourself. I was born 9 years before this song came out and have witnessed how much we have grown and learned 62 years later. Are we there yet? No. Have come a long ways and truly learned a lot of lessons? Absolutely we have. I know that for a fact because I have lived it.

@carundle-ds1op

7 ай бұрын

@@Mottleydude1 Speaking for myself, that's what I was doing. No need to be rude.

Great harmonies and deep lyrics. Relaxing tone.

You are absolutely right in your reaction. "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." G. Santianna. The two of you are killin it. Keep it up y'all. cee

@michaelasay8587

2 жыл бұрын

And look hope bad the world is today... with the current administration.

@rhondamcbath6279

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely Right CeeCee my friend 💛

@rhondamcbath6279

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelasay8587 and the way the parents are letting their toddlers, and pre-teens disrespect what a parent should be teaching them instead of kids today throwing tantrums!! My kids would have lost a few teeth lol...

@michaelasay8587

Жыл бұрын

@@rhondamcbath6279 and no cell phones for kids under 16! I know it's hard but the internet is killing kids and people!!!

When this song came out, the kids were trying to teach their parents well. After the push back against the Civil Rights movement and the anger against protests opposing the Vietnam War, it was up to the children to show their parents what was true and not be politicized. There are 'uncomfortable' topics in every era, but they must be seen.

@richb313

2 жыл бұрын

All those wonder kids of that generation caused all the problems today. So even though their motives were pure in the end they became what they feared.

@chuckyoneil2853

2 жыл бұрын

@Thundertrain Not bull exactly what's going on,kid's today think they know it all

@chuckyoneil2853

2 жыл бұрын

@@richb313 Exactly 💯

@andrew348

2 жыл бұрын

@@richb313 hahaha some kids of that generation you are right about that. But not THOSE kids, how many of those 70 - 80 year old white guys on capital hill were progressives in the 60s? Very few of them. It was the ultra conservative fear mongering kids from that era that are still peddling the same bs 50 years later.

@richb313

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrew348 Apparently you don't follow the news very closely do you? Have you seen what the modern Democrats are doing?

Love the sound of CSN&Y. They were one of the folk rock supergroups of the 60's-70's. I had a few of their albums. This song is from the album "Deja Vu" where Neil Young joined them. It has other hit songs such as "Woodstock", "Carry On" & "Our House". CS&N have a lot of great songs such as "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes", "Marrakesh Express", "Helplessly Hoping", "Wooden Ships" etc.

@DawnSuttonfabfour

2 жыл бұрын

Suite: Judy Blue Eyes is my parents song. They have now been married 49 years! My dad sang this song and "Words" by the Bee Gees to convince her to marry him, it worked.

Yes.. Teach the children NOT to repeat the past. That is why we should NOT change the past !

@looneygardener

2 жыл бұрын

You can't change the past. You have to face it, admit it, even if there is shame and pain. Admit the sin, apologize and learn.

@stevedavis5704

2 жыл бұрын

My mom always told us to watch the mistakes her and dad made and pay attention so we could make our own new mistakes instead of just repeating theirs.

@andrew348

2 жыл бұрын

You can try to change the past. Like when the south put up all those statues of confederate "heroes" well over 70 years AFTER the end of the Civil War in protest to the repeal of Jim Crow laws. They were constructed in a racist hissy fit. Today people think those "heroes" were revered the world over when in reality the opposite was true.

@looneygardener

2 жыл бұрын

@@andrew348 there are lots racist hissy fits happening these days. 😞

@klintburns7230

2 жыл бұрын

Great news, the past will not be changed due to the fact it's impossible. Perhaps, instead of teaching r children to NOT repeat the past, We should teach them to DO in the future🤷‍♂️

We relive history time after time because we can't seem to learn from it.

@TheMikeman1971

2 жыл бұрын

People keep erasing our past .

@klintburns7230

2 жыл бұрын

Who's we, u got a turd in ur pocket?🤔

@klintburns7230

2 жыл бұрын

@@TheMikeman1971 then don't let em. knowledge is power, if you already know what "people" keep erasing then they're too late and erasing nothing. While if those who have acquired knowledge fail to share it, they themselves become the "eraser" 🤔🤷‍♂️

I bought that album when it first came out in 1970. I still have it, and I still listen to it. After 53 years, this song still moves and inspires me.

When this song came out, the parents in this song had survived the depression, WW2, and quite possibly WW1. The youth at this point in time had no idea what that was like and so "you of tender years, can't know the fears that your elders grew by". The video at this point loses track of those elders.

Wow. I was not expecting those video visuals for such an old song. I love that it's "history" and current social issues. They did have the most beautiful harmonies as well.

As a parent of adults now, I am so proud of how they grew up. I feel the pride a parent takes in having decent, honest, open and kind children who, as adults, now have things to teach you about the world.

AJ and BJ, you both are dope and I love how you react to great songs and give opinions on what the songs are representing, you have become my favorites to watch, Thank you ❤️ This group, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young were great as a group and also their individual recordings are classics

Singer/songwriters were always writing about politics, war, humanity, back then. This is a new video- but a good one!

R.I.P. David Crosby. Dead at 81. Thank you for all your wonderful music. GOD SPEED.

Have ya'll noticed at the end they say, "Teach your parents well.?" Thanx for this, The 70's had some important messages in the songs of that period and time

I've known this song since the 70s and have always loved it. Obviously the video is much newer but I like it as well. There are a lot of things going on that need to be taught to upcoming generations so the song is as pertinent as when it was written.

Grew up with CSNY/CSN...Harmony always on point! Saw them at an outdoor festival in Sedona, Arizona in the mid 90s...Red rocks blazing in the sunset, full moon rising in the east, jamming Southern Cross. Scene forever etched into my soul! Great reaction friends! Peace and love.

@mnob1122

2 жыл бұрын

The most memorable experience for me seeing CSN&Y was at Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City, NJ, the night Richard Nixon resigned(August 9, 1974). The band made the announcement during the show and everyone celebrated!! Good times.

@joelmaqueira4851

2 жыл бұрын

I was lucky enough to see csny on the "Freedom Of Speech" tour. FUCKING INCREDIBLE!

Jerry Garcia, from The Grateful Dead playing a beautiful Pedal Steel guitar..CSN&Y asked him to play on this song, and said he would if they taught The Grateful Dead to harmonize better...Jerry also played an amazing Pedal Steel on The New Riders of the Purple Sage (NRPS) first album, for the song "Dirty Business."..Great album, BTW.

Perfect timing. This group was a protest band. They fought/fight for the best of us.

Love you guys! I’m really looking forward to this one. Great song! ❤️

Actually, the first verse ends teach your children but the second verse ends teach your parents. The first verse video section shows what the parents went through. The 2nd verse section of the video shows what the kids are going through. Father and Son by Cat Stevens tells a somewhat similar story ☺️

50 years after the song came out - and it applies as much today as it did then. That's good song writing. Kudos Graham Nash.

Absolutely! The end of the song - teach your parents well Their Children’s hell Will slowly go by Love this song - 1st time seeing the video.

Love the video. Born in 1956 and had Vietnam war, civil rights, pollution, feminism, hippies, generation gap, etc. Today there are different struggles and many of the same struggles. Teaching the children is always the right thing to do

@jdbeards1

10 ай бұрын

Not the right video for this song.

These guys were noted for their beautiful harmonies and this song is no exception. Love the message too. More like this please. 🌺✌️

Wow great video to go with this amazing song

Remember, this song was released in 1970 - Dr. King and Bobby Kennedy were assassinated just a couple years earlier. Vietnam protests were everywhere - the Civil Rights Movement and the Hippies Movement were very much a part of everyday life. This song is directed at the 20-something aged people out there who were involved in these movements. At the time, there was a kind of generational war taking place - young people who rejected the war and racism found themselves in conflict with their parents (who were of the World War II generation) - because, in many ways, the children were rejecting their parents' way of life. The song is calling on these 20-something year-olds to teach their parents a better way. Also, many of these same young people were becoming parents themselves - and the song is telling the very same people to teach their children and pass on the goodness that these movements represented to the next generation.

If we don’t learn our history then we are doomed to repeat it. Beautiful song and reaction! Love from Austin, Tejas

The video was created after the song. I never thought of this song in that context

This song is apropos especially at this time when we have state legislatures and school boards banning books and curriculums that have any reference to the painful parts of our history. When history is denied or worse, sanitized, it will be repeated. There is a concerted effort on the part of a significant segment of our political landscape to keep our children from learning about the past. These groups want to return to the 'good ol' dayz' that never existed. They see the accomplishments achieved through community action and activism as an affront to their cherished fantasy of privilege and entitlement. The song was written during a painful but necessary upheaval in our history. The Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, awareness of our impact on the environment, all of these issues came to a head via protest, sacrifice and education. I am proud that I was around then and to teach the next generation the struggles we fought and the victories we achieved.. But also, the failures and disappointments we suffered because of those who would see us fall back into that dark place we had just emerged from. Thank you for this reaction, from an old hippie who is worried but hopeful.

@davidaquarius9089

2 жыл бұрын

@Alexander Cortez That could not be more incorrect. It smacks of white privilege.

That’s Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead playing the pedal steel guitar on this track.

Jerry Garcia on steel- guitar

Audio still cracklin yall, maybe this was recorded when the other one was

Their music is a rabbit hole you NEED to go down. They were huge and REAL. Some of the great early relevant music.

I just love you guys for playing this. Back in the day these guys were known to play political music and saying what was needed to be said that was relevant for the day. Shoot, even my parents used to accuse me 'listening to that protest music again.' But I didn't care. I wanted to listen to someone who was going to speak the truth about things. Having said that, may I recommend a song to you by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young titled "Four Dead In Ohio." It's a song about a real situation that happened at Kent State University in Ohio. Even If you decide not to play it would you guys at least give it a listen please? I think that the reality of what happened there is still worth sharing with everyone today. Love you guys. Thanks for listening.

@peetwine4018

2 жыл бұрын

The title of that song is simply "Ohio"

This was one of my dad's favorite songs from those album. It truly brings back awesome memories

"If your plan is for one year, plant rice; if your plan is for ten years, plant trees; if your plan is for one hundred years, educate children." Confucious

@klintburns7230

2 жыл бұрын

"If your plan is for one day, plant reefer"?🤔

Spot on y’all- great, classic song and message- 💖💙✌️

Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead, is playing the steel guitar on this great song.

Love this! it features Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead on Pedal Steel. So good!

Part of teaching them is letting them see you stand up to what is wrong and not bend to outside pressure, and as an example in you own home. TY for a great reaction!

The video is awesome. We marched, we protested, we can change history. Ever more true today as it was 50 years ago. *peace* ✌️

I usually think that videos detract from the music, but this one was the complete opposite; it was so good, it was the TRUTH! Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead) on the pedal steel guitar. Love this song. Great reaction guys.

One of my favorite groups. Love all their songs.

This is from the album "Deja vu". Every song on that album is pure gold. 1970, when this record came out at a critical time when the college campuses were on fire and there was mayhem in the streets.

The group has history. Do the deep dive. CSN, CSN & Y, Neil Young, Buffalo Springfield, Many years worth of meaningful and beautiful music.

I know the song. But this was the 1st time I saw this video. It was a history lesson...

As they said in the musical South Pacific: "You've got to be taught To hate and fear, You've got to be taught From year to year, It's got to be drummed In your dear little ear You've got to be carefully taught. " Education is the crucial foundation to every society and the core of democracy.

The hippies from those days are now in charge………….

@willowb1527

2 жыл бұрын

My brother was hippie in those days big time. And he helped me to see the light. I said he wasn't political not all hippies were, they're different varieties of hippies and a lot of hippies weren't into politics are called apolitical. That's why I am I just believe spreading Good vibes happiness treating everybody as one instead of different races. Because we are all one. ✌️

The person playing the beautiful steel guitar is none other that the great JERRY GARCIA, if you don't know who he is, please look him up

You can’t find a more 1960s spirit than this new video to the song. Really well done! U asked earlier today what event(s) was Gimme Shelter referring to. It was this turbulent militaristic time of a mad bull having lost its way. That time created a counterculture bent on throwing off past failed ideologies n embracing hope n brotherhood. Many of that counterculture were “on the road” seeking to join others of like mind. It had definite bumps, but some of us are still here n the dream never dies!

If only people had and were able to have musicians like this now days .

Their best song. Marakesh Express and Our House are two others. Jerry Garcia from the Grateful Dead on Steel Guitar here.

That was us in the 70’s - we hated everything we were being taught . The war was raging in Vietnam, so many of our friends were dying . Racism , being taught “ them & us “ we taught our children . We were “ hippies “ that believed we were making a difference.

I love this song. I love y’all’s words more. This is why I follow y’all! Much love

@CalixYukon

2 жыл бұрын

💯

@scapito

2 жыл бұрын

💜

@AsiaandBJ

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks JD for pulling up and showing us love as always!!! We appreciate you for watching and supporting our channel. ❤️ 💯

One of the most famous photos from the 70s was a little girl running away from her village, having been burned by Napalm. If we hide from history, and forget that image - there will be new ones.

“Almost cut my hair” is my fav 🔥❤️

What a beautiful couple you two are. Bless you.

Jerry Garcia of Grateful Dead is playing lap steel on this. They taught his band to harmonize in exchange

Rest In Peace Mr Crosby

That was a powerful song for its time for sure

You both are so right! We are responsible for where the info comes from and for us to teach them right from wrong! This song is from the early seventies when things were happening then, we are all in this together! Teach your children that! You guys are great! Love your chemistry together!

One great song after another.

Didn't think it possible to make an iconic song any better. LOVED the graphic video! Think Jerry Garcia was on slide guitar on this song. RIP

A lot of CSN/CSNY songs are political. This is a touch subtler than some, but it isn’t just a pro-family unit song that some imagine it to be,

@briansmith303

2 жыл бұрын

In fact, it's not really about family at all. It's about the generations teaching and learning from each other across society.

True enough that a considerable amount of our history, can only be correctly described as a living nightmare that should never be repeated.... But we must not forget the equally considerable improvements, corrections, accomplishments and sacrifices, made by the vastly forgotten masses that should be remembered honored and infact do Bare repeating..!! Again and again and again......

From this same album: "Helplessly Hoping" You'll love that one

I am almost 60 and I am still fighting social inequality so that my kids and grandkids have an even better world than I had😎 I know my kids and grandkids are tired of me talking about it but I tell them the bad the good and the ugly. Teachers have their hands tied and it’s getting worse and worse. We need to take the time to tell our kids the truth trust me they would like for you to believe that they can’t handle it but they can! ✊✌🏻& ❤️

Jerry Garcia, lead guitarist for the Grateful Dead, played the steel guitar on this track. 😁PJ

The 1960's and 70's were some VERY turbulent times, it was right there in your face, every day. I remember.

Much respect to both of you and everyone who’s trying to do right 🙏🏼

I saw them years ago in Indy - They quit singing because the audience was doing such a great job. Great concert - they played until everyone was tired.

You have to realize that this song came out in the early 70s but this video was recently made. Like you said, it shows that history repeats itself and you have to learn from your mistakes

Videos didn't exist until MTV, which started in 82 or 83. Any song before this time with video content is added later.

i love your reactions thank smiles and love good song loved it when it came out still fits today

Education is the foundation of freedom and empowerment...

We sang this in 7th grade choir back in the day. Love CSN&Y, I got to see them twice both shows were fabulous. Enjoy

Man y'all..... I'm supposed to be getting ready for work and y'all keep popping up in news feed lol so this album was amazing, had it on vinyl thanks to having a hippy mom 😆

Love CSN&Y. This is one of my favs. & your children may teach you sumthin'. You guys are very smart, you get it. You are one of my fav reactors.

There is a difference between living in anger and trying to pass that along vs. Acknowledging the pain and why we DON'T do things that are harmful. Pass the lesson along, not just the emotion, but the rational thought to break the patterns. Thanks for a beautiful reaction. I've heard that song my whole life, but never saw the video. Peace & Prayers friends. Thanks. ❤

As we said back in the day - you 2 are beautiful people

Teaching children that they're not victims of life and that they are responsible for their own decisions and where those decisions lead them in life is a great lesson

One of my favs. Good review. Love your banter.

I really enjoyed y'all talkin' about this, at the end---you really thought about it!! 👍

Nice reaction guys!!!

One of my all time favs period. The story is nice and the harmony is beautiful. Dan-1/28/22

Beautifully put Asia, It all starts within your home, then your community, then further, then further,,,,,,

Simple, beautiful don't forget Joni Mitchell gave them one of her songs back in the Woodstock times

Wow, love the references in this video to the former guy, lol.

Yes Asia , you're right about the past .... one of Faulkner's best-known lines, "The past is never dead. It's not even past."

Little known fact: The steel guitar you hear is being played by Jerry Garcia of The Grateful Dead. He played the studio version, but never toured with them. He recorded 2 versions, but chose the first version. I have always wanted to hear that 2nd version just out of curiosity

I was sad when Graham Nash left the Hollies, but he sure made some great music with CSN&Y. Gotta watch this one live.

There is a crackle in your output , when you speak .