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.
J'ai Tant Besoin de Toi
Crazy Horse Lyrics
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De tes grands yeux pleins de rêve
De tes baisers pleins de fièvre
Qu'un seul jour loin de toi
Je ne suis plus moi-même
Car loin de toi il n'est plus rien
Plus rien que j'aime
J'ai tant besoin de toi
Sont une extase infinie
Où tu es dans mes bras
Rien qu'à moi, tout à moi
Tu le sais bien, j'ai tant besoin
Besoin de toi
De voir briller en tes yeux
La folle envie des caresses
Je donnerai la Terre et le ciel bleu
Et toutes leurs richesses
J'ai tant besoin de toi
De tes grands yeux pleins de rêve
De tes baisers pleins de fièvre
Qu'un seul jour loin de toi
Je ne suis plus moi-même
Car loin de toi il n'est plus rien
Plus rien que j'aime
T'aimer, oui je veux t'aimer
Pour oublier que demain
Tu peux partir
Me laissant tous mes chagrins
Et mon amour brisé
J'ai tant besoin de toi
Que mon amour et ma vie
Sont une extase infinie
Où tu es dans mes bras
Rien qu'à moi, tout à moi
Tu le sais bien, j'ai tant besoin
Besoin de toi...
The lyrics of Crazy Horse's song J'ai Tant Besoin de Toi express a deep need and love for another person. The singer declares their need for their lover's big dream-filled eyes, feverish kisses, and their presence, which they can't bear to be away from even for a day. The absence of their lover is portrayed as a loss of self, in which the singer is empty without the one they love. Without them, there is nothing left that they care for. The singer's life and love culminates in an infinite ecstasy where their lover is all they need and want, and this need is constantly reiterated throughout the song.
Furthermore, the lyrics depict a fear of abandonment as the singer concedes that they will give up the Earth and the blue sky and all their riches to keep their lover close to them. The burning desire of their lover's eyes, the need for their tender caresses takes precedence over everything. The love declared in the song is passionate and all-consuming, it is both life-affirming and destructive. In its intensity, it becomes difficult to distinguish between the singer's love and their addiction to their lover.
Line by Line Meaning
J'ai tant besoin de toi
I need you so much
De tes grands yeux pleins de rêve
Your big, dreamy eyes
De tes baisers pleins de fièvre
Your feverish kisses
Qu'un seul jour loin de toi
That just one day away from you
Je ne suis plus moi-même
I am no longer myself
Car loin de toi il n'est plus rien
Because without you there is nothing
Plus rien que j'aime
Nothing that I love
J'ai tant besoin de toi
I need you so much
Que mon amour et ma vie
That my love and my life
Sont une extase infinie
Are an infinite ecstasy
Où tu es dans mes bras
Where you are in my arms
Rien qu'à moi, tout à moi
Just mine, all mine
Tu le sais bien, j'ai tant besoin
You know it well, I need you so much
De voir briller en tes yeux
To see the sparkle in your eyes
La folle envie des caresses
The crazy desire for caresses
Je donnerai la Terre et le ciel bleu
I would give the Earth and the blue sky
Et toutes leurs richesses
And all their riches
T'aimer, oui je veux t'aimer
To love you, yes, I want to love you
Pour oublier que demain
To forget that tomorrow
Tu peux partir
You might leave
Me laissant tous mes chagrins
Leaving me with all my sorrows
Et mon amour brisé
And my broken love
Contributed by Andrew S. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Louise Michaud
Beau souvenir de jeunesse ou j’ai verser beaucoup de larmes en écoutant cette chansons ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Corinne Garcia
Nostalgie et de belles années d insouciance bercées par les Crazy Horse. Nous ne les oublions pas, ils partageaient notre adolescence.
jo lancetre
ha Offekerque !! <3
jean-marc brika
Qu'el bonheur de réécouter cette chanson
C'était dans les bonnes années
Louise Michaud
Beau souvenir d’adolescente presque femme , ah que j’aimais cette ,elle m’a fait pleurer bien des fois ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Focke Michel
J adore quelle belle chanson souvenir de jeunesse
Reggy Vanengelandt
Que de bons souvenirs lors de leur concert au Driehoock,
Jeannine Saucier
J,adore ce groupe ,et leur chanson . .!!
Flore Fleur
Une époque plein d amour sincères 40ans passé cette jolie chanson j'ai toujours tant besoin de lui
AM DENYS
Que de souvenirs ... il y a bien longtemps !!