 | edt4 (99)
10/15/2007 | I've generally felt that overt politics should be avoided in music, but "Ohio" is the exception to that rule for sure. It was written almost immediately following the shootings at Kent State in righteous indignation and burning rage, and those emotions are still forceful and potent decades later, despite (as Irishgit rightfully notes) its being overplayed on the radio. Now if only someone could be as passionately inspired as Neil Young was in 1970 to write an equally corrosive and beautiful song about what's been happening in America for the past several years and decades...What a rallying cry that might be!
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 | FranksWildYears (48)
10/02/2007 | Neil's signature stinging lead guitar and the lush minor key harmony of CSN carry his greatest political song to the masses. An early high water mark of his career.
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 | irishgit (138)
10/01/2007 | Compelling, almost unsettling song. Overplayed on my local radio stations, but that doesn't diminish its power.
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