Top Ten Judy Songs: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (#1)

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After the 100 favorite charted songs lists I was going to take a break from music for the rest of the year, because I figured you needed it. However, @JudyEv said she missed the daily dose of music, so I picked ten songs with “Judy” in the title. Poor @JStory07 is a “Judy,” too, so she has to suffer with these songs. But today it ends with the “Surprised? Anyone?? Anyone at all?!” song. #1: Suite: Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills, and Nash Ms. Judy Collins, would you enter and sign in, please! (That’s from What’s My Line.) This was written after Stephen Stills and Judy Collins broke off their relationship. And, Stills said, he wrote it backwards: not penmanship-wise, but he started the song with the break-up (“It’s getting to the point where I’m no fun anymore”) and ending with the beginning of the relationship (“change my life, make it right, be my lady”). That’s one of the “odd” things about it. Also, consider that it’s seven and a half minutes long (the 45 was edited down to 4:35), which wasn’t very common for a song — let alone a love song. Despite that, those lovely harmonies of David, Stephen, and Graham turn this into one of THE signature songs of their illustrious career and one of the defining songs of Southern California “soft rock.” Happy new year to Judy in Australia and Judy in Oregon, and thanks for the inspiration for this countdown. Happy new year to you all, and thanks for reading. Suite: Judy Blue Eyes Written by Stephen Stills Recorded by Crosby, Stills, and Nash From Crosby, Stills & Nash, 1969 Fear is the lock: