The title "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" (a play on words for "Sweet Judy Blue Eyes") refers to Stephen Stills' former girlfriend, singer/songwriter Judy Collins, and the lyrics to most of the suite's sections consist of his thoughts about her and their imminent breakup.
The song imitates the form of a classical music suite as an ordered set of musical pieces. In Canada, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" peaked at number 11. It appeared on the group's self-titled debut album in 1969 and was released as a single, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart. There is a lot of experimentation here: there is the combining of the three melodies into one song, the long song length, the Spanish Lyrics, the harmonics on guitar, long solo…Even with all this it was a radio hit." Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is a song written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN). This is perhaps their most intricate song.
Like all CSNY songs, “Suite Judy Blue Eyes” delivers the great harmonies and great guitar work. Two others that come to mind are A Day in the Life by The Beatles and Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen. This has only happened a couple times in the history of rock. Instead, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young chose to combine the disparate pieces to make one great song. This song is unique because it sounds like three good songs could have been made from this one song. Why can’t they go away and just be together, alone? A young Judy Collins–with blue eyes He expresses that without her he is no fun and he doesn’t recognize himself.
The song appears to be a last hail Mary to save the relationship. “Suite Judy Blue Eyes” was primarily written by Stills about the ending of his relationship with Judy Collins.
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