TS: Expecting to Fly vs Broken Arrow.

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from 'Buffalo Springfield Again'.

The two best examples of Nitzche and Young going crazy and
producing genius. But if some madman, gun to head, forced you to choose between them, which would you go for?

You heard me; Choose!

― Masked Gazza, Thursday, 2 September 2004 23:41 (twenty years ago)

Nitzsche had nothing to do with 'Broken Arrow.'

― flop, Friday, 3 September 2004 01:04 (twenty years ago)

Is that so? Oh.

Well scrap that link then.
I still see them as the two 'epics' on that record.

― Masked Gazza, Friday, 3 September 2004 01:22 (twenty years ago)

"Broken Arrow" for that beautiful bit of tunefulness at the end of the chorus.

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:32 (twenty years ago)

I'm not the biggest fan of either actually, when it comes to over-the-top Neil deals I go more for "The Old Laughing Lady."

― manthony m1cc1o (Anthony Miccio), Friday, 3 September 2004 01:36 (twenty years ago)

I love "Broken Arrow" 'cause it's so goldarn pretty and weird both, back and forth throughout till song's end. I don't know what the hell Jack & Neil were thinking, constantly interrupting themselves to add those extraneous bits - just plain bizarre. And influential, too, probably inspiring things like Roxy Music ("Mother Of Pearl" and "Remake/Remodel"), Elvis Costello ("Man Out Of Time"), Prince ("Pop Life") and maybe even Pere Ubu ("Chinese Radiation").

Plus, Neil himself considered the second verse his best ever, so who am I to second-guess?

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Friday, 3 September 2004 06:36 (twenty years ago)

Broken Arrow, there's just a lot more going on there.
ETF is pretty though.

― AaronHz (AaronHz), Friday, 3 September 2004 06:56 (twenty years ago)

Argh, not 'nuff love for "Expecting To Fly"?!

My vote definitely going to the dream-walking "Fly" thing!

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 3 September 2004 07:00 (twenty years ago)

"Broken Arrow" for that bizarre line about babies, which narrowly beats out "There you stood on the edge of your feather."

― Tim Ellison (Tim Ellison), Friday, 3 September 2004 15:51 (twenty years ago)

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