The Byrds-"I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"-5/11/65

[Nbgd1988]

My favourite 60s band and I`m 23 :)))) Born in `88

[taypar11]

Come on, guys! This is what a rock/pop band should be. The Byrds were absolutely great. And when they decided to mix Dylan's songs with thier own brand of electic phsycodelic rock, it made for a completely different type of music. What a great band. I played that Mr. Tamborine Album so much, the scratches had scratehes on them.

[66serendip]

....love this song. When I die, hope I wake up in go go dancer heaven.

[pendletongirl]

I'll probably never love another song as much as I love this one  - probably!

[tfmuch]

Definitely live vocals here because you can hear Crosby say 'Whoa!' as the solo begins. Gene's accent comes out, too, with loads of expression in his voice.

[genericgeorge]

@darling67 I often see you posting on this and other Byrds tunes, and I've probably answered a post of yours about this song, but I thought I was the only person in the world who though this was the greatest song ever. Other people I played this to in the 80's was like ho hum. I cant understand it but thanks to youtube I'm know I'm not he only one!

[gomezesmorticia]

Some of the sexiest dancers around. I wish we had them today.

[Informed104]

Born in '58, and was just a kid when this came out. But I remember the false eyelashes, the wig-lets, the Go-Go boots, the dancers (man, do I remember the dancers!). Keep in mind, it wasn't all like this. We waded through a lot of AM radio musical GARBAGE in the 60's and 70's to get to The Beatles, Beach Boys , The Association and The Byrds!!!

[MrRoadster100]

Love the Rickenbacker 12-string and the Go-Go dancers. Can we all get up

and dance now?

[69bucknaked]

love it

[StLouisEarl]

June 3, 1946: Happy Birtdhay to the late Michael Clarke!! Michael drummed with The Byrds from their inception until 1967, then played with The Flying Burrito Brothers until 1973. Michael died of liver failure on December 19, 1993; he was only 47 years old. ☺

[BenitezFlor]

La cancion de Charly Garcia, en realidad el se inspiro en esta cancion.

[spartus09]

fuck me, I was born 40 years too late. Haven't bought one modern rock album. (Born in '90)

[arthurw13]

@spartus09

yes you're so right, fucked and born too late. let me resume: you missed the 60's, 70's,8o's, andwhen you were born (90's) it was over. some people just aren't lucky ha aha

ye

[statjay]

I love the go-go dancers; makes me feel like I'm 11 again. BTW, Chris Hillman looked like he was about 15 in this clip.

[mandernu]

I love Roger McGuinn to death, but without Gene Clark, the Byrds would have never ever been : "The Byrds."

[ChrisCurtisFan]

I could do with a few less go-go girls a lot more Gene Clark!! The vocals are live, without question. And they sound just beautiful!! I think I played my Byrd albums so much I burned holes in them. This line up was THE lineup!!

[notseafood]

DAMN, that song is SO beautiful!!!!

[rikvee]

this music is timeless.....how tv presents music never is....good comedy though!

[imthefrogman]

the go go girls are HOT! {:-)

[MorganHillChristine]

Yes, focusing on the dancers while McGuin plays the 12-string. Love Gene's voice!

[TL250Rider]

God Bless the Rickenbacker 12 String.

Thank you for the listing.

[golfswing55]

I've gotta go buy a twelve-string Rickenbacher

[MrJimddddd]

The girls look fantastic, but did we ever think go-go dancing was cool? The words "clunky" and "ridiculous" come to mind every time I see these segments from Shindig, Hullabaloo and other sixties shows. But then again, anything that gets girls tossing their legs in the air can't be bad.

[psychoprosthetic]

@MrJimddddd I swear one of them nearly fell on David! By accident too!

[BETSYSUEU]

THAT ONE GUITAR PLAYER NEVER SMILES - HE LOOKS SCARED TO DEATH........BUT A GREAT SONG & LOVE THE BYRDS....=-)

[ChrisCurtisFan]

@BETSYSUEU Chris Hillman -- he was into country music. Later on he was the leader of The Desert Rose Band -- and what a gorgeous man!!! Look up a song called One Step Forward (Two Steps Back) or She Don't Love Nobody. :-)

[hookalakah]

That's Donna McKecknie, Lloyd.

[shanehenning26]

great song

[monkeyunderground]

Hey those cats stole all my dance moves. I make a point of dancing like that whenever I hear any music, like ever.

[funforalgernon]

GENE CLARK! YES!

[saguaroboy]

@funforalgernon The Eagles built a whole career on rewriting this song- Already Gone et al!

[BGwinetteMulroney1]

@funforalgernon Oh, yeah. When I was a dumb 12-year-old kid Gene would come over to my neighbors house to jam (in Bonner Springs, Kansas) We used to make howling noises outside their window while they played...little did I know

[koreakutie]

45 years ago today... Amazing. Still sounds like it was written and performed yesterday.

[cottageorgan]

This is about as near as you get to a perfect pop song. Gene's vocals are fantastic, great harmonies, Roger's two lead guitar breaks are killer and it's as tight as a gnat's backside. How they performed this without laughing at the dancers is beyond me and those go-go cages are looking dangerously fragile, but what a song and what a time piece. Thanks.

[JohnMcCSF]

On the Muzak at Trader Joes today

I was the ONLY person singing along

Getting old is a bitch but I sure loved the Byrds back in the day

[khkartc]

I think it's funny how the girl in the back knows all the side-camera angles/timing and manages to get in all the "group" shots.

[royaloakmichael]

The blonde dancer in the cage on the right is Teri Garr.

[casjr2171]

It does look like her, but it's actually Lada Edmunds, Jr.  aka "The Girl in the Cage." You can google her.

[kevinvanmeter]

@casjr2171 You are correct, sir. Lada Edmund, Jr. was the "Hullabaloo A-Go-Go Girl in the Cage." She has recently resurfaced by the internet at ladastedmund(dot)com. She has a Facebook page which I hope you'll join.

On the weekend of July 9th, she will be making her first public appearance at the Super Mega Show in New Jersey. I'm her PR Rep, vist her site and write to me. Thanks.

[cottageorgan]

@royaloakmichael How can you tell it's Teri Garr?

[terry9911]

Yea, the real show is the girl on the left at 00:26 into the dancing. Talk about showing enthusiasm at your job! Girls today are to slutty and usually fat. Even the "really" fat ones think they are sexy and wear tight clothes or have their guts or asses hanging out like they are so hot or something.

[RCX032]

Her name is Donna MeKechnie.

[Babyhowdy233]

@RCX032

yes, and years later Donna McKechnie gained fame in the original Broadway production of "A Chorus Line".

[Babyhowdy233]

@terry9911

actually they are alot thinner and less shapely and healthy-looking as girls looked in the 1960s.

But I agree with you that girls from the 1960s were alot more charming than are most girls nowadays.

[stuka52]

Wow, the girl on the right is hot. Kinda of a "Pictures of Lilly Thing"! who will understand that?

[thedove76]

@stuka52

I understand completely! ;)

[bikerbutterfly]

Crosby's smilin' as he knows he's gonna

get laid by one, oh, maybe a couple of

those Go-Go girls...HA....JK (just kidding)

PEACE

he does admit he screwed a LOT back

when.

[Dbusdriver71]

If you were in his position, wouldn't you? Not to mention he was part of a band that made tunes that still is as brillant today as it was then?

[Lloyd1958]

That Go-Go dancer on the floor left must be the lead dancer. She's the only one that does the whole routine during the solo right. Girls danced so cute back then. Now they all dance like they're doing it with the Invisible Man.

[mac100100]

Bitchin'!

[bobksf]

Sounds as though the vocals are live but the instrumental is from the album. Still, this is proof of what a terrific singer Gene Clark was, and how good the original group could sound when at their best.

[Babyhowdy233]

It's a sheer DELIGHT to hear the actual LIVE audio track here, rather than the other posts of this video that use the studio recording. Gene had a FANTASTIC voice, and for my money he should have REMAINED as the band's lead singer and songwriter..but I guess that McGuinn had other ideas about that! :(

[ChrisCurtisFan]

Gene was an awesome lead singer! I, too, noticed this is the live audio track! 5*****

[lunacat1959]

Oh, the memories! They were the best!

[marvy1118]

What a fantastic sound from that 12-string Rickenbacker on the solo! Nothing else like it.

[sweaterbot]

Crrrraaazzzyyyy dancing girls, indeed! Wonder if this inspired the opening dance sequence of the original Austin Powers' movie? :o)

[kickassfan]

Those girls know how to dance........

[LittleDragon2000]

Proof that Tom Petty always wanted to be a Byrd!

[bboucharde]

mcd220,

Thank you VERY MUCH for posting this. It means more than you could know.

Blessings,

bb

[xojbabyxo]

This is amazing...The Byrds are great! Thanks for posting!

[jestrang]

Probably the greatest use of the word probably ever in the history of PoP Music, and Gene isn't probably the Greatest western pop musical lorist he IS!

[DavidXanadu]

@jestrang

Yes! So much depends upon that three syllable word. He could have written "I know that" or " I think that " or something else we might expect, but chose "prob-a-bly" instead --- and that, not probably, IS the genius of Gene!

[rickelmonoggin]

@jestrang so fucking what?!

[unclebobunclebob]

@jestrang Never thought of that. Good point.