Buffalo Springfield — On The Way Home
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When the dream came
I held my breath with my eyes closed
I went insane
Like a smoke ring day when the wind blows
Now I won't be back till later on
If I do come back at all
But you know me, and I miss you now
In a strange game
I saw myself as you knew me
When the change came
And you had a chance to see through me
Though the other side is just the same
You can tell my dream is real
Because I love you, can you see me now
Though we rush ahead to save our time
We are only what we feel
And I love you, can you feel it now
I held my breath with my eyes closed
I went insane
Like a smoke ring day when the wind blows
Now I won't be back till later on
If I do come back at all
But you know me, and I miss you now
In a strange game
I saw myself as you knew me
When the change came
And you had a chance to see through me
Though the other side is just the same
You can tell my dream is real
Because I love you, can you see me now
Though we rush ahead to save our time
We are only what we feel
And I love you, can you feel it now
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ahhhh the fountainhead for all country rock
Instant 10, following another 10 for the Infamous Stringbusters covering the Cure.
We used to play the shit out of this tune back then (1974-79)! Pay no attention to the band name - That was a different time!
On The Way Home
On The Way Home
phlattop wrote:
when were you a teen? am old enough that i owned the record
how was this not on FM radio when I was a teen?
how was this not on FM radio when I was a teen?
xcranky_yankee wrote:
It's my favorite! 10
Not my favorite B.S. tune but evocative of a time...
It's my favorite! 10
BillG wrote:
Those rules were designed to prevent streaming audio from replacing CD sales.
Yeah, right... lol
You seem to be doing just fine with this restriction, takes a creative mind to get around a labyrinth of copyright laws and make something truly innovative.
Us & Them -> Eclipse!
Those rules were designed to prevent streaming audio from replacing CD sales.
Yeah, right... lol
Us & Them -> Eclipse!
Not my favorite B.S. tune but evocative of a time...
stephen.king12101 wrote:
I don't think I've ever heard it before. Nice tune though, more poppy than I'd expect from them, but nice.
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Haven’t heard this one in a while
Nice song
I don't think I've ever heard it before. Nice tune though, more poppy than I'd expect from them, but nice.
c.
Haven’t heard this one in a while
Nice song
The muzak is strong in this one. Live @ Massey Hall blows it out of the water.
westslope wrote:
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
Those rules were designed to prevent streaming audio from replacing CD sales.
Yeah, right... lol
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
Those rules were designed to prevent streaming audio from replacing CD sales.
Yeah, right... lol
jim1964 wrote:
Well, it is Richie Furay singing the lead vocal.
I keep thinking it's Poco every time I hear this song
Well, it is Richie Furay singing the lead vocal.
'Think this version of the song is a little goofy. I like the unplugged version on "Live @ Massey Hall"
Ahhhh, the first, real "country rock" band.
Sorry Byrds. But your still "sweet hearts". ha!
Sorry Byrds. But your still "sweet hearts". ha!
nagsheadlocal wrote:
Right. Nothing like hearing a song by the artist who wrote it. I do like the Buffalo Springfield version an awful lot. I listened to it endlessly in high school on their "best of" album not knowing that it was a Neil Young composition.
Neil Young's performance of this on the CSN&Y album "4-Way Street" is also very fine - one of my favorite performances of his.
Right. Nothing like hearing a song by the artist who wrote it. I do like the Buffalo Springfield version an awful lot. I listened to it endlessly in high school on their "best of" album not knowing that it was a Neil Young composition.
Grammarcop wrote:
For a moment I thought it was "The Runt".
I'll bet these guys had an influence on Todd Rundgren!
For a moment I thought it was "The Runt".
westslope wrote:
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
The law was written back in the mid-90s, when buying CDs was still very much a thing. The idea was to keep people from creating "radio stations" so tightly focused on an artist or album that they took the place of buying music.
It's not a restriction that I have to worry about very often, since RP's emphasis on variety keeps us from getting close to those limits in most circumstances.
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
The law was written back in the mid-90s, when buying CDs was still very much a thing. The idea was to keep people from creating "radio stations" so tightly focused on an artist or album that they took the place of buying music.
It's not a restriction that I have to worry about very often, since RP's emphasis on variety keeps us from getting close to those limits in most circumstances.
BillG wrote:
We're only allowed to play 2 songs from an album — or 3 songs from an artist — in a 1 hour period. That's as per the copyright regulations written by the record industry's lobbyists back in the 90s.
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
We're only allowed to play 2 songs from an album — or 3 songs from an artist — in a 1 hour period. That's as per the copyright regulations written by the record industry's lobbyists back in the 90s.
I did not know that. Interesting.
Sounds like something one might expect from a command and control economy.
Or.... or does the regulation discourage major labels from buying up all the air time?
Grammarcop wrote:
Perhaps, but Rundgren was already releasing records by 1968 - the year this album was released.
I'll bet these guys had an influence on Todd Rundgren!
Perhaps, but Rundgren was already releasing records by 1968 - the year this album was released.
lizardking wrote:
BillG - thanks for the insight! You know us fans/RP listeners always enjoy hearing from you when you get a chance to grace us with your knowledge.
On a completely non-track specific topic, I'm wondering if you ever thought about having "Desert Island Disks" day, where you play an entire album beginning to end, potentially from the (completely made-up) desert island selection of music at your disposal. Or any number of ways to change up your current daily playlist style, for fun and as a way to get to know you even better.
Thanks for letting us listen to your music!
We're only allowed to play 2 songs from an album — or 3 songs from an artist — in a 1 hour period. That's as per the copyright regulations written by the record industry's lobbyists back in the 90s.
BillG - thanks for the insight! You know us fans/RP listeners always enjoy hearing from you when you get a chance to grace us with your knowledge.
On a completely non-track specific topic, I'm wondering if you ever thought about having "Desert Island Disks" day, where you play an entire album beginning to end, potentially from the (completely made-up) desert island selection of music at your disposal. Or any number of ways to change up your current daily playlist style, for fun and as a way to get to know you even better.
Thanks for letting us listen to your music!
We're only allowed to play 2 songs from an album — or 3 songs from an artist — in a 1 hour period. That's as per the copyright regulations written by the record industry's lobbyists back in the 90s.
Radio Buffalo Springfield........ love it!
Thanks BillG for the insightful comments. They really help contribute to the superlative Radio Paradise experience.
Thanks BillG for the insightful comments. They really help contribute to the superlative Radio Paradise experience.
Phlegmaticman wrote:
I can hear that.
I thought the same thing!
I can hear that.
I thought the same thing!
BillG wrote:
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
BillG - thanks for the insight! You know us fans/RP listeners always enjoy hearing from you when you get a chance to grace us with your knowledge.
On a completely non-track specific topic, I'm wondering if you ever thought about having "Desert Island Disks" day, where you play an entire album beginning to end, potentially from the (completely made-up) desert island selection of music at your disposal. Or any number of ways to change up your current daily playlist style, for fun and as a way to get to know you even better.
Thanks for letting us listen to your music!
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
BillG - thanks for the insight! You know us fans/RP listeners always enjoy hearing from you when you get a chance to grace us with your knowledge.
On a completely non-track specific topic, I'm wondering if you ever thought about having "Desert Island Disks" day, where you play an entire album beginning to end, potentially from the (completely made-up) desert island selection of music at your disposal. Or any number of ways to change up your current daily playlist style, for fun and as a way to get to know you even better.
Thanks for letting us listen to your music!
BillG wrote:
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
Thanks for setting that straight.
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
Thanks for setting that straight.
Great classic songs this morning!! Thanks for all of them, RP.
I keep thinking it's Poco every time I hear this song
idiot_wind wrote:
It's still likely that you'll see that next visit.
Kind of reminds me of a Pepsi commercial I would see at a drive in.
It's still likely that you'll see that next visit.
What's to say?
When it first started I thought it was that Steely Dan guy.
churchd wrote:
OK, be one of "those." But you assume it was Neil's group. It wasn't. "His element." What was that? He was all of about 22 years old, for heaven's sake. Still a tad early for a fully finished musical style. Perhaps a Sgt. Pepper magnum opus would be more appropriate for you?
I'm one of those who doesn't like Neil Young in the first place. This song just sounds awful. Like he was way out of his element attempting to make a pop song.
OK, be one of "those." But you assume it was Neil's group. It wasn't. "His element." What was that? He was all of about 22 years old, for heaven's sake. Still a tad early for a fully finished musical style. Perhaps a Sgt. Pepper magnum opus would be more appropriate for you?
Kind of reminds me of a Pepsi commercial I would see at a drive in.
A good song buried under some rather cheesy production IMO.
Would have worked better with a simple acoustic backing and Neil singing.
Edit 4 years later; Richie Furay does a pretty nice job on vocals.
Would have worked better with a simple acoustic backing and Neil singing.
Edit 4 years later; Richie Furay does a pretty nice job on vocals.
I'm one of those who doesn't like Neil Young in the first place. This song just sounds awful. Like he was way out of his element attempting to make a pop song.
A super group before super groups!
Richie Furay...All his musician friends and collaborators became more wealthy and successful after BS - just couldn't hit the big time...
snakebit or bad mojo.
snakebit or bad mojo.
Great album. I have all of theirs (only did 3). Of course their members produced a lot of other groups including Poco, CSNY, Loggins & Messina. I also liked another Furay song on this one called Kind Woman. He was underrated as he also sang It's so Hard To Wait from their Again album.
Grammarcop wrote:
I can hear that.
I'll bet these guys had an influence on Todd Rundgren!
I can hear that.
I'll bet these guys had an influence on Todd Rundgren!
Hey...is this the first ever "country rock" album; pre-dating the "Sweethearts of the Rodeo" album, by the Byrds?
outstandingIt's hard to sing along with this song and not smile. Go, Richie, Go!
Neil Young's performance of this on the CSN&Y album "4-Way Street" is also very fine - one of my favorite performances of his.
dickmahoon wrote:
They had no money so something had to be sacrificed.
The Who suffered the same fate even after they made it 'big' with Tommy.
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
They had no money so something had to be sacrificed.
The Who suffered the same fate even after they made it 'big' with Tommy.
This was a major-label release (financed by the record company, not the band) and was recorded in a studio that was certainly capable of doing a high-quality recording. Many of the techniques popular at the time — in particular, 'bouncing' from one track or recorder to another to do overdubs — didn't lend themselves to high fidelity.
And not every engineer could squeeze decent fidelity out of that 50s/60s vintage gear. I guarantee that the results would have been very different if George Martin had been behind the same controls, in the same studio, for this recording.
NeilBlanchard wrote:
They had no money so something had to be sacrificed.
The Who suffered the same fate even after they made it 'big' with Tommy.
Boy, so recordings sound completely anemic.
Fine song. Lousy recording.
Fine song. Lousy recording.
They had no money so something had to be sacrificed.
The Who suffered the same fate even after they made it 'big' with Tommy.
WonderLizard wrote:
Indeed! Such a load of talent in one band.
Richie Furay at his very best.
Indeed! Such a load of talent in one band.
Boy, so recordings sound completely anemic.
Fine song. Lousy recording.
Fine song. Lousy recording.
jukes1 wrote:
Love that whole show. What a treat!
Neil's solo version of this live at Massey Hall is epic.
Love that whole show. What a treat!
Time for the monthly playing of this tune and glad to have it.
So '60s. So timeless.
Bill, use this LP cover instead.
Love this song - and it's been so long since I've heard it! It was a big hit when my mates and I would perform it (rather badly) at the Yucca Valley High School dances! Buffalo Springfield Yay!
Neil's solo version of this live at Massey Hall is epic.
Richie Furay at his very best.
Sweet singing! Transport me to another era, Radio Paradise- thanks again!
Sweetness -- as in heartache-sweet. Killer romanticism. "But you know me, and I miss you now."