Crazy Horse has also released 5 albums of its own. They have received inconsistent critical reaction, partially due to the band's frequent and radical lineup changes; though bassist Billy Talbot and drummer Ralph Molina appear on every album, few other musicians have appeared on more than one. The band's first and best-received self-titled album also featured Jack Nietzsche, Nils Lofgren, and Danny Whitten, who became the topic of various Neil Young songs after his heroin overdose in late 1972. On Crazy Horse's 1972 album, "Loose," they were all replaced with John Blanton, Greg Leroy, and George Whitsell, who was a member of Crazy Horse's predecessor The Rockets. Crazy Horse's third album also released in 1972, "At Crooked Lake," replaced those three with Rick and Mike Curtis.
Later that decade in 1978, Crazy Horse released another album under its own name entitled "Crazy Moon." This would feature, along with the steady Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina, some guest work by Neil Young and guitarist Frank Sampedro, who had joined the band in 1975 for Young's album "Zuma." This lineup would be used for many of Crazy Horse's albums with Neil Young through the rest of the 1970s, 80s, and 90s. In the late 1980s, Young used Frank Sampedro in his R&B-styled Bluenotes backing band, but did not use Molina or Talbot as he thought their style was unfitting. Now without Sampedro, Crazy Horse recruited Sonny Mone and Matt Piucci for their most recent album, "Left For Dead," released 1989. Piucci would later play on Billy Talbot's 2006 solo release. The album's title track is a pointed remark about their frustrating relationship with Young in the late 1980s, and included a number of other references to Neil Young and his work.
I Don't Believe It
Crazy Horse Lyrics
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That you've probably been cryin' forever
And the stars in the sky
Don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
Whoa, whoa, heart
If I stand all alone
Will the shadow hide the color of my heart?
Blue for the tears, black for the nights we're apart
And the stars
Don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, whoa, heart
My heart
Whoa, whoa, heart
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, whoa, heart
My heart
Whoa, whoa, heart
My heart
Whoa, whoa, heart
The lyrics of the song "I Don't Want to Talk About It" by Crazy Horse convey a sense of heartbreak and longing for someone who has left the singer's life. The opening lines of the song reveal that the person has been crying for a long time and feels disconnected from the world around them. The next stanza deals with the color and shadow of the singer's heart and how it has been affected by the separation from the other person. The refrain of "I don't want to talk about it" is repeated several times throughout the song, emphasizing the difficulty of discussing the heartache and pain caused by the loss of a loved one. Overall, the song is about the raw emotions that come with a broken heart and the desire to hold onto a connection that has been lost.
Aside from its emotional impact, the song has also had an interesting history. Originally written by the British singer-songwriter Danny Whitten, it was first recorded by his band Crazy Horse in 1971. However, it was the Rod Stewart cover of the song in 1975 that became a hit, reaching the number one spot in the UK charts. Stewart later included the song on his 1989 greatest hits album, and it has since been covered by numerous other artists including Everything but the Girl, Rita Coolidge, and Julio Iglesias.
Line by Line Meaning
I can tell by your eyes
From the way your eyes look, I can guess that you have been crying for a long time.
That you've probably been cryin' forever
I think you have been crying for a very long time.
And the stars in the sky
The stars above us,
Don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
have no significance to you because they simply reflect your sad emotional state.
I don't wanna talk about it
I do not want to talk about
How you broke my heart
the way you caused me emotional pain.
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I remain in this place for a short amount of time,
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
could you please take the time to hear me out and understand my emotional pain?
Whoa, whoa, heart
My emotional pain (represented by my heart)
If I stand all alone
If I am left in isolation,
Will the shadow hide the color of my heart?
will the darkness conceal the true nature of my emotional pain?
Blue for the tears, black for the nights we're apart
My emotional pain manifests in the form of tears (blue) and the darkness of the nights I spend alone (black).
My heart
My emotional pain.
Whoa, whoa, heart
My emotional pain.
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Tratore, RESERVOIR MEDIA MANAGEMENT INC
Written by: Danny Whitten
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Jose Lopez
Puedo saber por tus ojos
Que probablemente has llorado por siempre
Y las estrellas en el cielo
No significan nada para ti, son un espejo.
No quiero hablar de eso
Como rompistes mi corazon
Si me quedo aqui un poquito mas
Si me quedo aqui, no escucharas a mi corazon?
Oh, mi corazon.
Si me quedo totalmente solo
La sombra cubriria el color de mi corazon
Azul por las lagrimas, negro por los temores en la noche, las estrellas en el cielo
No significan nada para ti, son solo un espejo.
No quiero hablar de eso
Como rompistes mi corazon
Si me quedo aqui un poquito mas
Si me quedo aqui, no escucharas a mi corazon?
Oh, mi corazon.
No quiero hablar de esto
Como rompiste este viejo corazon
Si me quedo aqui un poquito mas
Si me quedo aqui, no escucharas a mi corazon?
Oh, mi corazon.
CG MIGHTY
I can tell by your eyes
That you've prob'bly been cryin' forever
And the stars in the sky
Don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart
If I stand all alone
Will the shadow hide the color of my heart?
Blue for the tears, black for the night's fear, heart
And the stars don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, heart
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, heart
My heart, whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, hear
karimam1275
I can tell by your eyes
That you've prob'bly been cryin' forever
And the stars in the sky
Don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart
If I stand all alone
Will the shadow hide the color of my heart?
Blue for the tears, black for the night's fear, heart
And the stars don't mean nothin' to you, they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, heart
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here, won't you listen to my heart?
Whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, heart
My heart, whoa, heart, my heart, whoa, hear
johnny zell
I can tell by your eyes
That you've probably been crying forever
And the stars in the sky
Don't mean nothing to you they're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here won't you listen to my heart
My heart
If I stand all alone
Will the shadows hide the color of my heart
Will they be blue for the tears
Black for the nights we spent apart
And the stars don't mean nothing to you
They're a mirror
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
Oh if I stay, if I stay here
Won't you listen to my heart
I don't wanna talk about it
How you broke my heart
If I stay, if I stay here just a little bit longer
If I stay here won't you listen to my heart
If I stand all alone
Will the shadows hide the colors of my heart
Munchies Martinez
Crazy Horse's version is by far the best. I could never get though the whole song without shedding a few tears. R.I.Paradise Danny Whitten.
loudpplsuck
Definitely a wonderful piece of music.
Danilo Pinezer
preferisco ROD
Braulio Cavalcanti
@Danilo Pinezer cuz you don't listen to you heart
Tom Formanek
Nils Lofgren did a short sojourn with the group, playing on After The Gold Rush (rythym on Tell Me Why). Nils plays rythym here too, Whitten lead and the great Ry Cooder on slide. Nils does the heartbreaking harmony too.
Not long after he joined some bar band at the Jersey Shore and was never heard from again...lol.
Danny Whitten was destined to being fired by Neil Young, who gave him $50 and a plane ticket home. That night Danny died from an OD of Valium and alcohol. Having lost the gig of a lifetime, he bottomed out and lost his life instead of getting help. The driving sound of Everybody Knows This is Nowhere was lost forever, as well as the tender soul who could write this masterpiece.
Nancy Woodward
@Tom Formanek Thank you. The guitars are wonderful and I always love to know who is playing. I wish YouTubers would list personnel more often!
eight inches
After all these years of being a Neil Young and Crazy Horse fan I'm just finding out that Danny Whitten wrote this song. What a masterpiece. Danny had many drug issues brought on by painful arthritis, RIP bro.
rikko donk
same here but i´m even slower than you as I found out just now!
shek hong CHAN
so very sad to know he had left us. This is an heartfelt song. Love it.
Andrew Hudson
The song was unfinished and Danny Whitten wouldn’t record it until Nils Lofgren finished it off