Stephen Stills

@waltersalas  

“…this is like comparing the 1985 Los Angeles Lakers to the Washington Generals. Neil Young is in a small handful of the greatest songwriters in rock and roll history…Relatively speaking, Stills isn't much more than a footnote.”

Thank you.  
Magic’s my favorite player ever, and even though I’ve been a huge Neil fan with many, many albums on various formats and playlists galore for over 25 years, my appreciation for him has only grown with age.  
I rewatched Jonathan Demme’s gorgeous ‘06 documentary/concert film Neil Young: Heart of Gold again recently.  
What a stunner. 10/10. Highest recommendation to anyone who hasn’t seen it.  
Neil fandom not necessary.

@roxy54
“I have rarely read a more ignorant comment.”  

Jesus.🤣
You’re not serious, are you?  
On multiple levels, I am unsure of your seriousness.
 

@roxy54 
Buffalo Springfield:

Neil wrote,
- “Nowadays Clancy Can’t Even Sing”
- “Flying on the Ground is Wrong”
- “Burned”
- “Mr. Soul”
- “Expecting to Fly”
- “Broken Arrow”
- “On the Way Home”
- “I Am a Child”

Stills wrote,
- “Go and Say Goodbye”
- “Sit Down, I Think I Love You”
- “For What It’s Worth”
- “Everydays”
- “Bluebird”
- “Hung Upside Down”
- “Rock and Roll Woman”
- “Pretty Girl Why”

Post-Buffalo Springfield:

Neil wrote:
- “The Loner”
- “I’ve Been Waiting for You”
- “The Old Laughing Lady”
- “Sugar Mountain”
- “Cinnamon Girl”
- “Everybody Knows This is Nowhere”
- “Down By the River”
- “Cowgirl in the Sand”
- “Helpless”
- “Ohio” 

Stills wrote,
- “Suite: Judy Blue Eyes”
- “You Don’t Have to Cry”
- “Helplessly Hoping”
- “Carry On”
- “4 + 20”
- “Love the One You’re With”
- “Do For the Others”
- “Sit Yourself Down”
- “To a Flame”
- “Change Partners”

Then Neil released these LPs:
After the Gold Rush
Harvest
Time Fades Away
On the Beach
Tonight’s the Night
American Stars ‘n Bars
Comes a Time
Rust Never Sleeps 
Harvest Moon
Prairie Wind

While this is all technically subjective, everybody knows that compared to Neil Young, Stephen Still’s contributions to popular music amount to something tantamount to a footnote. This is pretty much a fact. Everybody knows this.

I couldn’t imagine any actual musician or musicologist worth their salt responding to this statement, “(compared to Neil Young), Stephen Stills isn’t much more than a footnote” with this statement:
“I have rarely heard a more ignorant comment.”  
Unless they were joking, being sarcastic, of course.

On multiple levels, that is such a (unintentionally) hilarious response to a totally innocuous statement (that is really more or less a fact).