Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
Performing "©This Old House"
by
Neil Young
©Silver Fiddle Music ASCAP
Theatrical staging. Black curtains are hung around the set, which is a series of three square-shaped platforms, elbow shaped layout, the two outermost platforms are higher than the platform that lies between them. The design pivots on a single corner which is closest to the camera. The set is a skeletal set representing an old house. There are cutaway posts representing the corners of the house. If there are any walls it is the merest hint of them; the idea is both to serve the aesthetic, and to facilitate camera movement. The upper left platform is a kitchen set, with stove (paint pealing and rusty), dinner table and chairs, grandfather clock (all chipped and worn), and stairs leading down to the lower platform. The upper right platform is a bedroom with bed and dresser (also chipped and worn, comforter on the bed suitably ratty looking), also with stairs leading to the lower platform. That platform is the living room, with a sofa (chipped, worn, with stuffing showing on the arms) against the area where a wall would be on the right, a chipped and worn night stand with a full flower vase on the left, and a barstool with microphone stand in the center. This is where Neil will sit. There is a rusty swing set, extreme stage right, and slightly upstage, and a planter full of geraniums in front of the house,@ stage left. The overall look of the stage is that of a house that has seen a lot of life pass through it over the years.
LS: Fade in on set. Low level lighting, except for a spotlight on the barstool.
As music starts fade in Neil playing guitar, on barstool.
Lights come up on kitchen, and bedroom.
Lights fade on kitchen. Cut to MLS: Neil's left side, camera's left, bedroom in background.
Lights fade on bedroom.
Verse 1: (Neil Young):
Midnight,
That old clock keeps ticking,
The kids are all asleep,
Dissolve to LS: full stage.
And I'm walkin' the floor.
Darlin',
I can see that you're dreamin',
And I don't wanna wake you up
When I close the door.
Closeups on Crosby (stage left), Stills (center) and Nash (stage right) are inserted via special effects, swirling in quickly like ghosts, translucent and bathed in green light, as they sing the chorus. Their images seem to hang over the set. Each has microphones, for an organic live concert effect.
Chorus: (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young);
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight comes up on the planter.
There's a garden outside she works in everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away.
Crosby, Stills and Nash dissolve to black. Spotlight fades on the planter.
Dissolve to ECU on Neil's face from the front, as he sings.
Verse 2: (Neil):
Lately,
I've been thinking about Daddy,
And how he always made things work, when the chips were down.
Dissolve to ECU on Neil's face from his left side.
And I know,
I've got somethin' inside me;
There's always a light there to guide me
To what can't be found.
Dissolve to LS, with the ghostly Crosby, Stills and Nash swirling in again, hanging over the set.
Chorus: (CSN&Y):
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight comes up on swingset, with swing in motion, as if a ghost is playing on it.
There's a swing outside the kids play on everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away
CSN images start swirling around, changing places, and finally fade out.
Fade out light on swingset.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
Dissolve to MLS: bedroom set. Fade in Stephen Stills on electric guitar with amp from his front.
Musical interlude
Halfway through the interlude, cut to MCS; Stephen from the his left side but on the camera's right, with Neil in the background. When interlude is finished fade Stephen out, and dissolve to MLS: Neil in foreground, with kitchen in background.
Verse 3: (Neil):
Remember,
How we first came here together,
Standin' on an empty lot, holdin' hands.
Dissolve to MLS: kitchen set.
Fade in Neil and his wife Pegi lying in an embrace in the foreground on the kitchen floor.
Later,
We came back in the moonlight,
And made love right where the kitchen is,
Then we made our plans.
Fade out Neil and Pegi and dissolve to LS of the set again. The ghosts of CSN come swirling in again, hanging over the set...
Chorus: (CSN&Y)
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight fades in on the planter.
There's a garden outside she works in everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away.
Spotlight fades out on the planter.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
Swirling, interchanging images of CSN again, which then dissolve to black.
As music ends fade Neil and guitar out. Hold on set, spotlight fades out on barstool, then fade to black.
Performing "©This Old House"
by
Neil Young
©Silver Fiddle Music ASCAP
Theatrical staging. Black curtains are hung around the set, which is a series of three square-shaped platforms, elbow shaped layout, the two outermost platforms are higher than the platform that lies between them. The design pivots on a single corner which is closest to the camera. The set is a skeletal set representing an old house. There are cutaway posts representing the corners of the house. If there are any walls it is the merest hint of them; the idea is both to serve the aesthetic, and to facilitate camera movement. The upper left platform is a kitchen set, with stove (paint pealing and rusty), dinner table and chairs, grandfather clock (all chipped and worn), and stairs leading down to the lower platform. The upper right platform is a bedroom with bed and dresser (also chipped and worn, comforter on the bed suitably ratty looking), also with stairs leading to the lower platform. That platform is the living room, with a sofa (chipped, worn, with stuffing showing on the arms) against the area where a wall would be on the right, a chipped and worn night stand with a full flower vase on the left, and a barstool with microphone stand in the center. This is where Neil will sit. There is a rusty swing set, extreme stage right, and slightly upstage, and a planter full of geraniums in front of the house,@ stage left. The overall look of the stage is that of a house that has seen a lot of life pass through it over the years.
LS: Fade in on set. Low level lighting, except for a spotlight on the barstool.
As music starts fade in Neil playing guitar, on barstool.
Lights come up on kitchen, and bedroom.
Lights fade on kitchen. Cut to MLS: Neil's left side, camera's left, bedroom in background.
Lights fade on bedroom.
Verse 1: (Neil Young):
Midnight,
That old clock keeps ticking,
The kids are all asleep,
Dissolve to LS: full stage.
And I'm walkin' the floor.
Darlin',
I can see that you're dreamin',
And I don't wanna wake you up
When I close the door.
Closeups on Crosby (stage left), Stills (center) and Nash (stage right) are inserted via special effects, swirling in quickly like ghosts, translucent and bathed in green light, as they sing the chorus. Their images seem to hang over the set. Each has microphones, for an organic live concert effect.
Chorus: (Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young);
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight comes up on the planter.
There's a garden outside she works in everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away.
Crosby, Stills and Nash dissolve to black. Spotlight fades on the planter.
Dissolve to ECU on Neil's face from the front, as he sings.
Verse 2: (Neil):
Lately,
I've been thinking about Daddy,
And how he always made things work, when the chips were down.
Dissolve to ECU on Neil's face from his left side.
And I know,
I've got somethin' inside me;
There's always a light there to guide me
To what can't be found.
Dissolve to LS, with the ghostly Crosby, Stills and Nash swirling in again, hanging over the set.
Chorus: (CSN&Y):
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight comes up on swingset, with swing in motion, as if a ghost is playing on it.
There's a swing outside the kids play on everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away
CSN images start swirling around, changing places, and finally fade out.
Fade out light on swingset.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
Dissolve to MLS: bedroom set. Fade in Stephen Stills on electric guitar with amp from his front.
Musical interlude
Halfway through the interlude, cut to MCS; Stephen from the his left side but on the camera's right, with Neil in the background. When interlude is finished fade Stephen out, and dissolve to MLS: Neil in foreground, with kitchen in background.
Verse 3: (Neil):
Remember,
How we first came here together,
Standin' on an empty lot, holdin' hands.
Dissolve to MLS: kitchen set.
Fade in Neil and his wife Pegi lying in an embrace in the foreground on the kitchen floor.
Later,
We came back in the moonlight,
And made love right where the kitchen is,
Then we made our plans.
Fade out Neil and Pegi and dissolve to LS of the set again. The ghosts of CSN come swirling in again, hanging over the set...
Chorus: (CSN&Y)
This old house of ours is built on dreams,
And a businessman don't know what that means.
Spotlight fades in on the planter.
There's a garden outside she works in everyday,
And tomorrow morning, a man from the bank's gonna come and take it all away.
Spotlight fades out on the planter.
Take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away, take it all away.
Swirling, interchanging images of CSN again, which then dissolve to black.
As music ends fade Neil and guitar out. Hold on set, spotlight fades out on barstool, then fade to black.
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