Countless movie soundtracks, cover versions and karaoke late nights later, “Love the One You’re With” lives on. A solo project as good as any, Stephen Stills was able to utilize Crosby and Nash for backing vocals, but still craft a song that was truly different from CSNY - both musically and thematically divergent. Steel drums. Congas. Organs. And those iconic harmonies. All coming together to construct one of the most well-known songs in history.
“Well there's a rose in the fisted glove. And the eagle flies with the dove.”