So the legacy of our relationship is certainly in that song.Īfterwards, we both cried – and then I said: 'Oh, Stephen, it’s such a beautiful song. And so he wove that all together in this magnificent creation. And of course it has lines in it that referred to my therapy. came to where I was singing one night on the West Coast and brought his guitar to the hotel and he sang me 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,' the whole song. In a 2000 interview, Collins gave her impressions of when she first heard the song: Stills was devastated by the possible breakup and wrote the song as a response to his sadness. In 1969, she was appearing in the New York Shakespeare Festival musical production of Peer Gynt and had fallen in love with her co-star Stacy Keach, eventually leaving Stills for him. Ĭollins and Stills had met in 1967 and dated for two years. We were just a little too big for one house.' Stills said that he liked parts of this demo version of 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' better than the released version the song and other demos of early Crosby, Stills and Nash songs were released commercially on the album Just Roll Tape. During a Jinterview for the National Public Radio program All Things Considered, Stills revealed that Collins was present in the studio when the demo tapes were recorded and had advised him, 'Don't stay in here all night now.' Stills also commented that the breakup with Collins 'was imminent. 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. ' Suite: Judy Blue Eyes' is a song written by Stephen Stills and performed by Crosby, Stills & Nash (CSN).

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