anyone heard of buffalo Springfield?

Question

does anyone out there know of the band buffalo springfeilds biggest hit.

Answer 1

Buffalo Springfield
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Their first single, “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing,” was released in July but made little impact outside of Los Angeles, where it reached the Top 25. The group was dissatisfied with and reworked some of their early recording efforts for the rest of the album. In fact, Young and Stills have long maintained that their own mono mix was superior to the stereo mix engineered by Greene and Stone. The album -- eponymously titled Buffalo Springfield -- was originally released by Atlantic’s subsidiary Atco in mono in October 1966; a stereo version with a different track order came in March 1967.

In November 1966, Stills composed his landmark song, "For What It's Worth" after witnessing police riots against crowds of young people who had gathered on the Sunset Strip. The song was recorded in December, and by March 1967, the Buffalo Springfield had a Top Ten Hit. Atco took advantage of this momentum by replacing the song "Baby Don't Scold Me" with "For What It's Worth" and re-releasing the album, which eventually reached the number 7 spot in the charts.

[edit] A stampede of line-up changes

In January 1967, the group took an advance from the record company and flew to New York to perform at Ondine’s. It was at this time that Palmer was first arrested for possession of marijuana and summarily deported back to Canada.


Under these conditions, work on the new album, tentatively titled Stampede, was markedly tense. Ever distrustful of Greene and Stone, Young and Stills also bickered among themselves, and each insisted on producing the recording sessions for his own compositions. Furay, who had not contributed anything to the first album save for his guitar and voice, also stepped forward and equaled Young's number of contributions for the group's second album.

Although Palmer returned to the group at the beginning of June, Young had already left and thereby managed to miss the celebrated Monterey Pop Festival at which the band performed with former Daily Flash and future Rhinoceros member Doug Hastings on guitar and also with a guest appearance by David Crosby. Young eventually returned in August, and after bidding adieu to Greene and Stone, the band divided its time between concert gigs and putting the finishing touches on its second album, ultimately titled Buffalo Springfield Again.

Although more of a hodgepodge of individual work than an integrated group effort, many critics and fans alike consider Buffalo Springfield Again, released in November 1967, to be the group’s finest record, and it includes tracks such as "Mr. Soul", "Rock & Roll Woman", and "Sad Memory."



However, for many Buffalo Springfield fans, it is the Stephen Stills composition "Bluebird" that was then and remains now the band's epiphany. The "Bluebird" of the title, spoken of throughout the song, was Stills' ladylove at the time[citation needed], singer Judy Collins, who was also the subject of a later Stills song, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes. Unlike the studio version -- which winds down after the instrumental break with a plaintive rendition of the third verse, accompanied by a banjo -- in live performances, the opening verses of "Bluebird" serve as little more than a springboard for an extended jam session, during which no single individual "solos" so much as each member contributes solo passages to a complex and finely-crafted ensemble performance. Although no recording of such a "live jam" version was ever officially released, bootleg versions of what was supposedly a Stampede recording session were a staple of FM radio in the late 60s and early 70s.


With strong reviews appearing all over the country, not only of Buffalo Springfield Again but of the band’s performance as part of the Beach Boys Fifth Annual Thanksgiving Tour, things were looking up.

However, in January 1968, Palmer's second deportation for possession once again threw a wrench into the works. This time, guitarist and studio engineer Jim Messina was hired as a permanent replacement on bass. With Palmer gone for good, Young also began to appear less and less frequently, often leaving Stills to handle all of the lead guitar parts at concerts. Recording sessions were booked, and all the songs that were to appear on their final album were recorded by the end of March usually with Messina producing, but the group was clearly on the verge of disbanding. In April 1968, after yet another drug bust involving Young, Furay, Messina, and Eric Clapton, the group decided to break up.

Their final concert appearance was at the Long Beach Arena on May 5, 1968. After playing many of their best-known tunes, an extended version of “Bluebird” became the group's swansong. Buffalo Springfield disbanded a little more than two years after it had begun.

After the group’s break-up, Furay and Messina compiled various tracks recorded between mid-1967 and early 1968 into a third and final studio album titled Last Time Around. Only a few of the songs featured more than two or three members of the group at a time, and it is often described as the group’s weakest effort. Stills and Furay appeared on more tracks than any of the others, essentially dominating the album, but it did not light up the charts.

Although the Buffalo Springfield was never a major commercial success, "For What It’s Worth" was a legitimate hit, and the group’s reputation would only grow stronger with the later successes of its members. Stills went on to form a band with David Crosby of The Byrds and Graham Nash of The Hollies in 1968. Young launched a solo career, but in 1969 also reunited with Stills in Crosby, Stills & Nash, which saw the beginning of his sporadic relationship with that trio. Furay and Messina both became founding members of Poco before going on to other things. Eventually, Furay becoming one third of the Souther, Hillman, and Furay band, and Messina was one half of the Loggins & Messina duo.



Dewey Martin carried on with The New Buffalo Springfield in late 1968. Among the members were Jim Price on horns, Dave Price (no relation) on guitar, Don Poncher on drums, Bob Apperson on bass, and Gary Rowles on lead guitar. The New Buffalo Springfield gigged in the western part of the U.S. before losing a lawsuit involving the band's name. Although billed as Dewey Martin's New Buffalo for a short time, the band splintered in mid-1969. Martin then formed a new band, Dewey Martin and Medicine Ball and recorded an LP with UNI Records. [1]

In 1997, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame although Young did not appear for the induction. In 2001, an eponymous, career-spanning box set was assembled by Young and released. It features many alternate takes, demos, and alternate mixes over the first three of its four discs with the fourth disc containing the group’s first two albums. The third, never a favorite of Young’s, was relegated to highlights on the third disc.

On his 2000 album Silver & Gold, Young sang of his desire to reform the group and to “see those guys again and give it a shot.” Unfortunately, with the October 2004 passing of Palmer, that reunion is no longer a possibility.

Their song "For What It’s Worth" features poignantly as the opening music to the 2005 film Lord of War.

Answer 2

actual, ultimate of Buffalo Springfield (which has For What that is worth) has sit down, i think of i like You, Bluebird, in recent times Clancy can no longer even sing, i'm a baby, and style lady -- so i does no longer call them a one-hit ask your self, besides the indisputable fact that they have got been a short-lived team. Mickey (via Toni Basil) Band-help: Do They understand that is Christmas? Summertime Blues (Blue Cheer) Fooled around and Fell In Love (Elvin Bishop) You do away with darkness from My existence (Debby Boone) i like the evening existence (Alicia Bridges) etc.

Answer 3

There's something happenin' here
What it is ain't exactly clear
There's a man with a gun over there
Tellin' me I've got to beware

Hey now, what's that sound
Everybody look what's goin down

Song called: For What It's Worth - circa 1965/66

Answer 4

my parents listen to buffalo springfield all the time. they have a cd called retrospective by buffalo springfield. the song I like best is called For What its Worth.

Answer 5

Yes I saw them live in 1968 i think it was. There most famous for a song called For What Its Worth.

Answer 6

The song is called "For What It's Worth," but the chorus goes like this:

I think it's time we stop --
Hey! What's that sound?
Everybody look what's going round.

Answer 7

somethin happening here, what it is ain't exactly clear, there's a man with a gun over there, telling me i got to beware. Stop hey, whats that sound, everybody look what's going down.

Answer 8

For what it's worth

Answer 9

For what it's worth

Answer 10

well duh..their biggest hit- "for what it's worth"

Answer 11

remember the group, but so long ago can`t remember their tracks at all, sorry.