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Women Behind the Songs: 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'
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From Crosby, Stills & Nash's 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' (1969)
Written by a man on the verge of a catastrophic breakup, this Stephen Stills composition chronicles his love for his longtime girlfriend, folk singer Judy Collins, and the differences that were driving them apart. The last verse of 'Judy Blue Eyes,' sung in Spanish, has absolutely nothing to do with Collins and instead focuses on an unfulfilled desire to take a trip to Cuba. We're presuming there's a veiled reference to Gloria Estefan in there someplace, but our language skills are a little rusty. Listen to 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'
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Sammie
You can only feel sorry for people who weren't around to hear this music.... real sorry.
September 28 2009 at 6:57 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
sobrio101
awsome song , cant understand last verses,- accent?
June 10 2009 at 12:24 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
MIKE
it's been said this was a blend of 3 different songs into one by stills
June 10 2009 at 10:44 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Gail
Not everyone has to look like a plastic porn star to have beauty...people's conceptions of beauty are so warped.
August 08 2008 at 11:34 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
edgardo h
The last part is in broken spanish, the lines are:
Que linda me la trae pa Cuba
La reina de la Mar Caribe
Quiero solo visitarme alli
y que triste que no puedo vaya
Stills did know some spanish as he attended school in Costa Rica in the mid 60's.
In original recording is it hard to understand the last two lines, it is easier watching the Woodstook live performance.
Richard
Hey, Jossy (aka "butt face") I think that Judy is beautiful (I know her brother, Tom, quite well), she has always been a talented singer, and she filled an important nitch between "traditional" folk singers and Joan Baez - Joan was criticized for having too pure and perfect a voice - folk singers - male & female - are supposed, according to this mind set, to have "average", unpolished voices (an attitude as dumb as Jossy's) while Judy's is very good and "acceptable." While we're at it, why don't YOU, Jossy, come up with a long list of hit music on your own, and contribute something positive to society!
November 22 2007 at 2:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
JJ
Jossy
You are neither good looking or nice, jut a bitter, bitter person and you would never be a friend of mine
aloe
Why don't they show pictures of them when the song was written about them when they were young and beautiful? They should show then and now duh!!!!
November 22 2007 at 12:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Susan
Yes, Jossy, you are very beautiful inside. That's why your comments were the most venomous of everyones.
November 22 2007 at 12:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Harriet Z. Ritter
Please leave out my last name
November 22 2007 at 6:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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