Talk:Live It Up (Crosby, Stills & Nash album)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 23:05, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Cover

Has anyone ever explained what they were thinking with that cover ? -- Beardo (talk) 00:17, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I remember reading somewhere that the hotdogs were supposed to represent Crosby, Stills & Nash and the one being cut down was supposed to be Neil Young since he left after American Dream. But I don't remember where I read that. KitHutch (talk) 15:48, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

I found this - "SW (94.9 FM): "Your new album is called Live it Up."

David Crosby: "Right."

SW: "The cover is a bit of a departure for Crosby Still and Nash. Can you help explain it?"

DC: "The idea is that you have space explorers who've managed to make it to another planet. They've achieved a sort of greatness, in terms of accomplishment. See? But despite that, when they get to this other planet, they're all alone. Just the astronauts. And so, to live it up, so to speak, they have to make due with what is afforded them on this planet a half a zillion miles from earth. For them, a few hot dogs on a stick while watching the Earth go by across the horizon is living it up. It's ironic: These great scientists, and their big moment, when they get to live it up, is eating some hot dogs on sticks."

SW: "So the concept of this album is irony?"

DC: "Yeah. We're sort of celebrating the irony of everyday life in most of these songs." - https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/csns-live-it-up-album-cover.432860/

I think more likely - " inspired by one of Crosby's coke fueled acid trips. Hey guys, when we live on the moon, we're gonna have Weiner dogs so big that the Wichita Lineman is gonna have to climb up and cut them down like a banana farmer! Whoo!"

-- Beardo (talk) 23:33, 27 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]