it has some reality in it that's unmistakable. And, y'know, in that sense, it's pretty ( laughs). Coming in second was Neil Young's “Ohio” - the group's immediate and very public answer to the carnage at Kent State on May 4th, 1970, with the Top Three being rounded out by the “Woodstock Nation” call to arms - the Stephen Stills– David Crosby– Paul Kantner co-write, “Wooden Ships.”Īpart from all of her amazing accomplishments, Judy Collins will never not be known and beloved as the muse for Stephen Stills' masterpiece, “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.” Collins revealed to us that the song remains truly a snapshot of her and Stills' relationship at that exact moment: “There are a lot of lines with what was going on in my life and his.
The editors of Classic Rock magazine have listed “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes” as the best song in the extended Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young catalogue.
