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On the Easy Listening chart, it peaked at No. 28. [3] In Canada, "Teach Your Children" reached No. 8. [4] Reviewing the song, Cash Box commented on the "incredible soft harmony luster" and "delicately composed material." [5] Billboard called it "a smooth country-flavored ballad that should prove an even bigger hit on the charts [than 'Woodstock']."
"Carry On" is a song by American folk rock band Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Written by Stephen Stills, it is the opening track to their second album Déjà Vu (1970). It was released as the B-side of "Teach Your Children", but went on to receive steady airplay of its own from AOR radio stations.
Déjà Vu, is the second studio album by American folk rock group Crosby, Stills & Nash, and their first as a quartet with Neil Young.Released on March 11, 1970, by Atlantic Records, it topped the Billboard 200 chart for one week and generated three Top 40 singles: "Woodstock", "Teach Your Children", and "Our House".
The lyrics tell the story of a spiritual journey to Max Yasgur's farm, where the festival was held, and make use of sacred imagery, comparing the festival site with the Garden of Eden ("and we've got to get ourselves back to the garden"). The saga commences with the narrator's encounter of a fellow traveler ("Well, I came upon a child of God ...
The song title and lyrics reference the Crux constellation, known as the Southern Cross. Billboard called the song a "midtempo minor-keyed saga very much in the tradition of [Stills'] earlier CSN and solo compositions." [7] The term "minor-keyed" presumably related to the song's bittersweet lyrics, as the song itself is performed in a major key.
The lyrics help evoke the turbulent mood of horror, outrage, and shock in the wake of the shootings, especially the line "four dead in Ohio", repeated throughout the song. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming" refers to the Kent State shootings, where Ohio National Guard officers shot and killed four students during a protest against the Vietnam War ...
For elementary school kids: Read all about it. Books of every reading level are excellent ways for kids to learn about King’s life. Ask Abbey Mathis, who teaches first grade at Hickory Grove ...
Although it did not appear on any US Billboard chart, it became a moderate rock hit in Canada, peaking at number 19 on the RPM Alternative 30 chart for two weeks in August 1999. [ 11 ] The single was also a success in Sweden, where it reached number 21 and stayed in the chart for a total of 10 weeks. [ 12 ]