Neil Young’s 1974 song “Revolution Blues”, from the album On The Beach, was considered so disturbing that his Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young bandmates declined to perform it live. The song adopts the perspective of Charles Manson and references violence against Hollywood celebrities, making it a particularly dark example of Young’s writing and highlighting tensions within the group.

Young said he viewed the track as commentary on contemporary culture, while his bandmates were uncomfortable sharing a stage with it; David Crosby reportedly still disliked it decades later. Young performed the song only occasionally after its release, and his interest was informed partly by having met Manson in the 1960s; the disagreement also reinforced Young’s preference for working with Crazy Horse over CSNY.