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"Ohio" is a protest song and counterculture anthem written and composed by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State shootings of May 4, 1970, and performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young.〔http://www.ohio.com/news/neil-young-s-ohio-captures-gravity-of-event-1.161768〕 It was released as a single, backed with Stephen Stills's "Find the Cost of Freedom", peaking at number 14 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Although a live version of "Ohio" was included on the group's 1971 double album ''Four Way Street,'' the studio versions of both songs did not appear on an LP until the group's compilation ''So Far'' was released in 1974. The song also appeared on the Neil Young compilation albums ''Decade,'' released in 1977, and ''Greatest Hits'', released in 2004. The song also appears on Neil Young's ''Live at Massey Hall'' album, which he recorded in 1971 but did not release until 2007. ==Recording== Young wrote the lyrics to "Ohio" after seeing the photos of the incident in ''Life Magazine.'' On the evening that CSN&Y entered Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles, the song had already been rehearsed, and the quartet—with their new rhythm section of Calvin Samuels and Johnny Barbata—recorded it live in just a few takes. During the same session they recorded the single's equally direct B-side, Stephen Stills's ode to the war's dead, "Find the Cost of Freedom". The record was mastered with the participation of the four principals, rush-released by Atlantic and heard on the radio with only a few weeks' delay. (This was despite the group already having their hit song "Teach Your Children" on the charts at the time.) In his liner notes for the song on the ''Decade'' retrospective, Young termed the Kent State incident as 'probably the biggest lesson ever learned at an American place of learning' and reported that "David Crosby cried when we finished this take."〔Neil Young. ''Decade.'' (Reprise Records, 1977).〕 Indeed, Crosby can be heard keening "Four, why? Why did they die?" and "How many more?" in the fade. According to the notes to ''Greatest Hits'', it was recorded by Bill Halverson on May 21, 1970, at Record Plant Studio 3 in Hollywood.〔http://genius.com/3758452/Crosby-stills-and-nash-ohio/Crosby-stills-and-nash-ft-neil-young-ohio〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ohio (Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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