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Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing

"Nowadays Clancy Can't Even Sing" from the eponymous album Buffalo Springfield, 1966 on youtube.

This was the first single released by the band. It was written by Neil Young, but Richy Furay sings it. The song was a top 25 hit in Los Angeles, where the band had come together from disparate locations.

This is my favorite period of Neil Young's writing (the sixties). He does time signature changes and key changes that are so fluid and perfect that you don't even notice them.

Stephen Stills and Jim Messina were also in this band.

Genuine Hippie Sez:

Retire the Empire

Empires all have a shelf life, it's natural. There comes a point when the wealth extraction will no longer cover the operating expenses.

Ours has passed its pull-date.

The question is: Do we fall back in an orderly fashion while we still can (ala the British) or plow forward until we experience a collapse (ala the Romans).