I really like this song, i'm glad i went to Vietnam, and saw almost everything for a
young person like me back then, my company very close to the flight line i would
take a walk there and smell the avation fuel as the jets take off for a sorty in the bush, i was at DaNang Air base 1st M.P. Bn. FLC U.S.M.C., i remember all the songs, and Goodmorning VietNam I remember that too, won't forget.
@loneowl71 Good on you mate! You are right to be proud to have served your country. I love the way (most) Americans get behind their servicemen irregardless of the politics behind the conflict. I'm a Brit & got spat at on my return from Iraq whilst wearing uniform. Got Afghan coming up this year - deep joy....!
i@sunonthewindow ... man, i don't blame you, that is musically speaking. the kinks, stones, the band, dylan, the zombies. love ... . the 60's musical scene was amazing here in la. it's only later that i realized how lucky i was. but, that was then. today, there are computers, the internet, youtube ... cheap software to create music, videos, artistic endeavors. but, i do like some artists like lady ga ga, madonna, and others.
I'm only 13 and i listen to all of the old psychedelic music like The Byrds, The Doors, Electric Prunes, etc. This is definitely The Byrds best song. I love listening to it when i'm blazed out of my mind. Still can't wait to listen to it when i'm tripping. I wish music was still as good as this today.
while supping on white shiraz, i deludably reckon they wrote this about my Soul! before i had to enter my mums gizzards! (apologies bout the punk language but I am a punk)
I could loop this on headphones for the rest of my life.....ah but then i'd need to find space for Are You Experienced? - i'll alternate them...!!just too damned good.
I would have thought that it was physically impossible for a Republican to appreciate any music from the counter culture of the 1960's. It's totally against eveything that they stand for. I would say that Doris Day would be more suitable!!
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Don't be ridiculous. Many people involved in the counterculture of the '60s reformed in the late-'70s/early-'80s and became the so-called "Reagan Democrats," which later became the neoconservatives that hijacked the Republican Party from its true ideals. Why do you think the Republican Party leans left now? They made the biggest step toward socialism since FDR with the bank bailout. Eisenhower or Nixon never would've done that because it's an "evil and anti-American" step toward Communism.
In my opinion a McCain supporter could not possibly enjoy this music. If you really were listening to the music and its message, it would instantly turn you into an Anarchist, or maybe a Democrat.
I think that it's your type of stupidity that divides people. While most performers are left-leaning, many fans of "counter-culture" bands from the 60's are/were huge Republicans, such as Ann Coulter who was a deadhead. Bob Weir even played at Bohemian Grove
Contrary to popular belief, this song is NOT about an acid trip. It was written about flying to London and looking at it from the air. Pay attention to the lyrics: they describe London in the 1960s.
hey bookstar i just want to say that I'm a republican and I support McCain, but that doesn't mean that I can't like this music. The Byrds rule. I'd appreciate it if people just kept their politics to themselves and just enjoyed the music.
This song was revolutionary. Nothing like it had ever been recorded. It was the first and most likely the best song of the psychedelic mid sixties. The Byrds were cutting edge in their day, introducing Bob Dylan to the masses, writing songs from a feminist viewpoint, exploring alternate sexuality (TRIAD). They had the most unique sound of any of the sixties bands with their tight harmonies and 12 string stereo electric Richenbacher guitars with Rick-o-sound.
Well, if they did suck live, it just shows you the value of good recorded tracks. Everyone in this band will be dead in twenty years, and noone will know the difference. Just makes you wonder what unknown music might get dredged up in the future, although not likely much that wasnt well known at the time.
My grasshopper, celestial black holes are mega-eons beyond us...trillions of light years away from us. Miles are mundane and unused in space proximities.
Load o' crap. There is almost certainly a black hole at the centre of this galaxy, about 26,000 light-years from where you uttered this ... stuff.
Second, nothing is "trillions" of light-years from us. The edge of the observable universe is approx 12-14 billion light-years. Trillions upon trillions of "mundane miles", yes - light-years, not so much.
Yes, you are partially correct, the observable Universe is 12 or 14 billion light-years from us, but that doesn't account for the rest of the Universe.
Quantum physics however, estimates that the Universe is about 10^32 light-years across.
Although I don't see how astrophysics has anything to do with psychedelic rock.
DrCynic, in the 80s I saw Clapton with an unnamed guest who was not announced until they were about to appear - "Ladies and gentlemen, The Byrds." My jaw hit the floor. I believe it was McGuinn, Hillman and Crosby or Clark/Clarke (I'd never followed the band closely and wasn't up on the personnel). They played for about an hour and it was pure magic, one beautiful rendition after another, gorgeous harmonies, expert guitar, amazing songs. Oh, and Clapton was pretty good too. What a concert!
It must've been Crosby. Clark died young. I have seen reunion videos with McGuinn/Crosby/Hillman. One of them is their hall of fame introduction early 90s. And indeed they were pretty good. I think the problem in the 60s live versions really was 1-Clarke the drummer, 2- drugs, and 3-the difficulty of playing complex songs (instrumentally and vocally) when antique sound technology made it difficult to hear yourself. I'm sure Clapton's drummer was absolute tops so it was probably great.
Agreed - the drummer makes all the difference. I saw The Clash without the great Topper Headon and they were clearly missing him. One of the great big band leaders - maybe Ellington or Basie - said the drummer's is the toughest seat to fill. I think also of what Butch Trucks did/does for The Allman Brothers. "He had the power thing we needed," said Betts. And, yeah, there may have been more than one band that would have been better off with no drummer rather than the one they had. Cheers!
@Birkebine Topper confided in me [ we was in 'rehab' together :that it was all his fault that the CLASH 'split'..He was just doin' too much 'scag'/sm....'gouchin' out over the drums'...amazingly enough -from what I've heard :he's stil among the LIVIN'(yet JOE S. didn't make it!!!!)NEVER ASK WHY !!!I LOVE TOPPER!!!Tulasi(he knew me as Chris...at the PRIORY,Roehampton,Surrey...Nr.London(He usually wore aT-Shirt ,which siad :'HUGE FUKIN' PROBLEM'!!!If not i was a Dennis the Menace Jumper!!!!!!!
The Byrds have a great sound but no great songs. The music writing ability of the Beatles combined with the sound of the Byrds would have been an awesome combination.
This vid reminds me of my late teenage years which I spent pretty wasted on herbs. Making a cup of coffee could be a terrifiying experience and going to the corner store was an ordeal that often took an hour or two to re-cover from. Glad I stopped smoking. It just didn't suit me although it may be fine for some others. For me, reality can be trippy enough.
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i think john mccain should win but i love the byrds pink floyd and the like shows you dont need to be a hippy to like them and you dont need to be a war loving redneck to respect john mccain although i dont like that lesbo palin
it's going to be so funny after november when all those propaganda or dead-run candidate messages posted everywhere on youtube are still there on the comment boards.we can look back and see how short-sighted people like johnmccain4prez08 really are.after seeing his messages i've progessed from being highly confident to highly convinced that obama will win next month.but who cares?this is a byrds video!!some people are stil posting ron paul messages and he's not in the race at all.lol.
i never said i never to want to hear other peoples views on anything.if you read those posts from that user i reffered to you'll see how it warranted the reaction it did from some people.''if you don't want to hear other peoples political views,don't post your own.''so if i disagree with someone or see BS i shouldn't say anything.well done,my friend,well done.
what information did i control?plus,this is the byrds:eight miles high and it's really silly that we're discussing something that has nothing to do with the video,the song or the music of the time.
I'm sooooooooooo sorry. I didn't see the posts that johnmccain4prez08 made. whichever party you support comments like that are unacceptable. It's people like him who give republican supporters bad names. Pleas accept my sincere apology.
fuck you Righteous Brother. I'm a republican and I love the Byrds and other bands from that era just as much as you. Keep your opinions to yourself and enjoy the music.
And to think that I devoted my life to the consumption of illegal substances because I liked this song. If I had known it's real meaning I would have been a pilot instead. oh well, what can you do
The song was composed by Gene Clark after a traumatic (for him) tour of the UK. He called it 6 miles high as that is the height of a jetliner. Mcguinn changed it to the more dramatic 8 miles high. The nifty lyric Rain grey town was added by Crosby. The brilliant Coltrane inspired arrangement was created by all 5 Byrds.
To allow for unrestrained monopoly building and profiteering by the wealthy elite under the guise of a bogus "free market" mantra.
Socialize the losses:
Get the tax payers to cover the bail out costs when the greedy super corporations screw up or when the financial markets collapse due to deregulaton and unrestrained speculation.
What's worse, JMC4P's idiotic banter, or the fact that some of you believe he's genuine?
Let's see some of the image suicide he's ostensibly pushing McCain with:
Makes remarks accusing public figures of being gay, check
Refers to alleged strategy of continuing and total war, something no sane man would ever cite positively and has been drummed up by such sources as the Guardian. Yep.
Cites McCain as being the continuation of the Bush Legacy, despite the fact they dislike each other. Yep.
There were many categories beginning in the middle of the 60´s in the wake of beatles and stones. nitty-gritty-bands popped up, and the byrds sang as well beatmusic as psychedelic ones. I remember the visit of the beatles in the usa meeting Bob Dylan and the Byrds. In all probability this was the signal of Sgt. Pepper and the starting shot per se of the psychedelic music.
Possibly the best psychedelic song ever - even beats the Beatles and the Stones...that opening is unbeatable, and the rest, oh well..fucking high. dont try to talk to right-wingers - they are lower than animals and they ruin a good high, thats fer sure. SOmeone needs to turn the lights on in this video. Its all the sandwiched imagery - not enough light can get through.
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TheRealCritique:
And you wait and see: When McCain gits in their, we're REALY gonna rain on your litle librul drug parade. There's gonna be a BIG crackdown as we prepare for all the new wars against ALL the diaperhead animals that McCain is gonna do. Remembr: McCain said their'll be MANY new wars, so we'll need to be preparin for em, which means runding up and ARRESTING all a you little tinkerbel drug addicted, AIDS infected, negro lovin, anti-war litle libruls.
Its fine, you can hate whoever you want as long as it helps you cope with the fact that you are the kinfd of redneck, hillbilly, backwards trash resulting from the complete destruction of the southern education system during the civil war, although you spew your ignorant opinions that have no basis in fact with much vigor, there are fortunately enough intelligent people in the world to keep you in the bottom where you belong
This is one of the best Byrds songs written. Loved the harmony in that piece. And you're right on the opening.
And as for the right-wingers, IMHO, it depends on the individual rightist. I'd trust a John Bircher or a Ron Paul-style Libertarian over a McCain supporter or Bush backer any day. Those pro-McCain supporters upset me big time.
Ignore the troll, kids. This lad can't possibly be an actual McCain supporter; from the "wit" of his channel description to the copypaste abuse, he's either chosen a theme to troll youtube with relentlessly or campaigning for Obama in an 'inventive' way.
No... on the contrary. We LOVE america. We hate fags. And all other peaceloving assholes... Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Obama, Jesus... Whop. wait a minute. Jesus? Oh, was he for war in iraq? Or against war? Hm... can't rightly remember. Moron. Well, maybe you're talkin' about a different god. Allah maybe? Jehovah? Feels more like your type of warmongering god. So you're either an orthodox jew or a fundie muslem. But CHRISTIAN? no. not really if you're pro-violence.
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
My name is Kenny Dobbins. I'm creating a new style of music called Ultimate Outlaw. It is a mixture of Country, Rock N Roll, Blues, Jazz and Bluegrass. I sure hope you'll support me and my music. My bands name is also the Ultimate Outlaws. It consists of my girlfriend Candace Quinton on Harmonica, my best friend Anthony Lampella on Keyboards, Steve Beebout on Electric Guitar, Jake Boyle on Electric Guitar, Josh Barnes on Bass, Griffon Freed on Drums.
This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
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Well I gues you just cant help it, you know bein one a them libruls that HATES America like that big fat HOMOSEXUAL Michael Moore does.
Face it: You HATE our troops, LOVE terrorism, HATE our God, LOVE homosexuality, HATE America, LOVE Satin, and HATE Jesus. Aint the right? See, I got you ALL figured out ypu little granola crunchin librul tinkerbel.
Why I'll bet if Jesus was hear you spit rite in his face. Eather that or tel him you think he's "sexy" and ask him for gay sex.
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watchika:
Well I gues you just cant help it, you know bein one a them libruls that HATES America like that big fat HOMOSEXUAL Michael Moore does.
Face it: You HATE our troops, LOVE terrorism, HATE our God, LOVE homosexuality, HATE America, LOVE Satin, and HATE Jesus. Aint the right? See, I got you ALL figured out ypu little granola crunchin librul tinkerbel.
Why I'll bet if Jesus was hear you spit rite in his face. Eather that or tel him you think he's "sexy" and ask him for gay sex.
fUCKING FASCIST TWAT.BET YOU.V GOT AN ATOMIC AIR RAID SHELTER.WOT ABOUT NEW ORLEANS WEN THE HURRICANE STRUCK.FUCKIN BLACK.DONT FUCKIN MATTER.YOU CUNTS ARE GETTIN FOUND OUT EVERY DAYTHE QUICKER THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE HAPPENS THE QUICKER YOU PEOPLE WILL COMMIT SUICIDE AND THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE.SO FUCK OFF AND DIE,
u know its twats with an outlook like you and your fascist friends,defend the homeland,do you know how much like hitler that sounds.If the world does blow up you sad fuck,i hope you and your family are the fucking first to be irradiated.the world ius not the usa.thank fuck.Any nation that elects a braindead fuckwit as there president deservss scorn.but please dont expect the resrt of us,as you do,go out n by guns n lo0ads of bullets and think thats the answer.tHIS is planet earth not planet USA.
And i am a Scottish socialist. Fuck you American warmongers keep my country out of another Vietnam for you ignorant republican fucks. OBAMA for president!!!!!!!!
McGuinn borrowed, with acknowledgment, the main riff from John Coltrane's India. Check the most viewed version of this on Youtube at 1:35. All the greatest musicians are open to influence from anywhere. Coltrane was a huge factor in the psychedelic expression of the sixties, dying too soon the year that the Byrds released eight miles high.
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
i wouldn't call hippie music "communist" music. in many communist countries, like my east Germany, hippies were imprisoned and executed for listening to American "imperialist" music. in one particular case a young was forced to eat his joe cocker lp.
aye and will you be fighting i bet not ya fat bastard people die in war, im not a hippie or a communist sometimes wars must be faught but it very easy for you to sit on your fat arse and say make wars for no reason but will you give you life to the cause.
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
holy hell dude. seriously? ya know, if you actually want us peace lovin homosexuals, as you so kindly put it, to vote for mccain, thats probably not the best way to go about it...
When you can come up with an original thought of your own, post away. Until then, do the rest of us a favor and fuck off. You could have spared your inbred fingers and typed 'I'm a moron' for about the same effect.
JohnMcCain4Prez08: No, I am not for Obam at all. I would not vote for him in any circumstance. You need to realize, though, that him and McCain are the same. All politicians are. Why do they want to hold office? Why do they want to try and control others? I can assure you that the best qualified people for office will never seek it. Those who do seek it are phonies. We have too much government right now. It is time to cut much of it away.
This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
sit back and relax and enjoy the Byrds. They were way ahead of the curve. Here they are bringing rifts they learned from john Coltrane to rock and roll. I love Chris's dramatic bass intro. The song is just cool from start to finish.
LOL im laughin cause you gota be kidding. Figure if you were for real you woulda said Ronald Reagan or Richard Nixon as Greatest President. but yea Racism isnt cool and Iraw is worthless.
I think this is one of the dumbest reactions I read so far on youtube. Your IQ level is probably that of a very little mouse with the mouth of a lion sitting in a corner thinking that war is the answer to all world wide problems.
Are you joking? Because it's not funny. Your not an expert at anything, your just an asshole who thinks he's smarter than everybody because he "knows" whats best for the country. A draft is the last thing we need right now, just look at the approval polls for bush and the congress. People would get pissed. Now, stop posting random pro Mccain comments on videos.
McCain is an old, war-loving fool who appeals to simpletons, red necks, crap-kickers, blue collar dolts and other vermin infesting America. He's got nothing to say and no solutions, just more flagwaving Patton-style bullshit that appeals to the above-mentioned vermin infecting America.
dude your such a right-wing hillbilly inbred retard I don't even know what to say outher than is that a joke made by an Obama supporter, either that or you are the biggestasshole i've everseen
I was six or seven myself,a vicarious beatle fan through my older sis. but the magic of that ricky 12 just blows my mind. I must have one. he's not that great a guitarist but it doesn't matter, crosby is EXTREMEly gifted motherfucker
My left ear enjoyed this
TyphoidExcel 2 weeks ago 3
Everybody must get stoned !
doom696mented 3 weeks ago
left audio only :(
Andy000K 2 months ago
I really like this song, i'm glad i went to Vietnam, and saw almost everything for a
young person like me back then, my company very close to the flight line i would
take a walk there and smell the avation fuel as the jets take off for a sorty in the bush, i was at DaNang Air base 1st M.P. Bn. FLC U.S.M.C., i remember all the songs, and Goodmorning VietNam I remember that too, won't forget.
loneowl71 2 months ago
@loneowl71 Good on you mate! You are right to be proud to have served your country. I love the way (most) Americans get behind their servicemen irregardless of the politics behind the conflict. I'm a Brit & got spat at on my return from Iraq whilst wearing uniform. Got Afghan coming up this year - deep joy....!
kneeslider47 2 days ago
I hate being a teenager today. I want to live in the 60s, running through the meadows smoking crazy stuff and fornicating with flowery blondes.
sunonthewindow 2 months ago 2
i@sunonthewindow ... man, i don't blame you, that is musically speaking. the kinks, stones, the band, dylan, the zombies. love ... . the 60's musical scene was amazing here in la. it's only later that i realized how lucky i was. but, that was then. today, there are computers, the internet, youtube ... cheap software to create music, videos, artistic endeavors. but, i do like some artists like lady ga ga, madonna, and others.
mariothepookster 2 months ago
wonderful stuff(both what they did here and what inspired them!)cheered me up with that summer vibe here in a freezing "grey town" in the uk
gatelgato 3 years ago
I'm only 13 and i listen to all of the old psychedelic music like The Byrds, The Doors, Electric Prunes, etc. This is definitely The Byrds best song. I love listening to it when i'm blazed out of my mind. Still can't wait to listen to it when i'm tripping. I wish music was still as good as this today.
ShamansBlues4 3 years ago
fag
LeperAffinity 3 years ago
What's your problem dickhead, calling a 13 yr old a fag? Go fuck yourself Leper.
DrCynic1 3 years ago
he's 13 and he does drugs
sounds like a fag to me
LeperAffinity 3 years ago
And you think you can abuse kids? Lowest of the low.
DrCynic1 3 years ago
drugs r kewl
LeperAffinity 3 years ago
i'm not trying to promote drug use at all, but this song sounded so enlightening and amazingly bizzare when i was shrooming...it was perfect
KIDAmnesiacBends 3 years ago
I wanna get eight miles HIGH and enter the realm of the UNKOWN..
LeoLovesNature 3 years ago
i'm too stoned to write anything..
davivas679 3 years ago
These guys were peaking....timeless stuff....
kevinherbert 3 years ago
When getting high was fun.......
littlequeen64 3 years ago
There's something about this song...
Can't describe it but this might be one of the best songs ever.
Thill029 3 years ago 6
I feel you
Cwal 3 years ago
great guitar ! great psychedelic sound.
mobyboy 3 years ago 3
while supping on white shiraz, i deludably reckon they wrote this about my Soul! before i had to enter my mums gizzards! (apologies bout the punk language but I am a punk)
Louiseskybunker 3 years ago
What kind of punk says proudly that he is sipping a white shiraz? XD
hanshuerto 3 years ago
Byrds invented fusion with Eight Miles High.
They were years ahead of the others.
skydogz1 3 years ago
Amen to that
Giacass2 3 years ago 2
Why are so many people ranting on about politics and other stuff that has nothing to do with this song or rock in general?
:x
LittlePigglette 3 years ago 2
I could loop this on headphones for the rest of my life.....ah but then i'd need to find space for Are You Experienced? - i'll alternate them...!!just too damned good.
CptPattern 3 years ago
this song is one of the best psychedelic pop songs ever...it made me very happy on my shroom trip
KIDAmnesiacBends 3 years ago
Shock-a-Billy made a tripy version also...
ReligionNeinDanke 3 years ago
this song is efin awesome!
Mi55ery 3 years ago
I get chills everytime I hear this song. My favorite Byrds song. Great!
moonboy320 3 years ago 4
Gene Clark-tastic!!!
marmitetoasties 3 years ago
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Robert Berry did the best version of this song
LifeGrove 3 years ago
Psychdelic music is psychic freedom.
jimbo161921 3 years ago 3
I listen to this song and I just drift away into my groove.... I'm gone man, solid gone...
felixstoweblue 3 years ago 3
I remember the '60s, days of phychedelic posters and black lights, and songs such as this playing.
jgstargazer 3 years ago 2
Sherman set the wayback machine for 1965
worthyjeff 3 years ago
lol! the same social engineers that started this stuff determine what republicans and democrats do.
SithMage 3 years ago
i love physically music, it sounds even better when your on acid
garglefunnypantz 3 years ago
Do you mean, 'psychedelic' music?
InSearchOfForever 3 years ago 4
Oh God that is funny. HAHAHA, what a doughnut
cheepchips 3 years ago
I would have thought that it was physically impossible for a Republican to appreciate any music from the counter culture of the 1960's. It's totally against eveything that they stand for. I would say that Doris Day would be more suitable!!
seagulls1 3 years ago
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Don't be ridiculous. Many people involved in the counterculture of the '60s reformed in the late-'70s/early-'80s and became the so-called "Reagan Democrats," which later became the neoconservatives that hijacked the Republican Party from its true ideals. Why do you think the Republican Party leans left now? They made the biggest step toward socialism since FDR with the bank bailout. Eisenhower or Nixon never would've done that because it's an "evil and anti-American" step toward Communism.
emaleth420 3 years ago
so true
steve10006 3 years ago
In my opinion a McCain supporter could not possibly enjoy this music. If you really were listening to the music and its message, it would instantly turn you into an Anarchist, or maybe a Democrat.
nazno 3 years ago 2
i don't think you know what you're saying. I'm the farthest thing ever from a left-wing democrat and I love this type of music.
Thill029 3 years ago 2
I think that it's your type of stupidity that divides people. While most performers are left-leaning, many fans of "counter-culture" bands from the 60's are/were huge Republicans, such as Ann Coulter who was a deadhead. Bob Weir even played at Bohemian Grove
EchoCannon89 3 years ago
hey f2002 didn't you mean help me ronda?
nomiclas 3 years ago
Yeah sure, like Lucy and Purple Haze (not LSD, but hashish) ... They just couldn't admit that was about acid.
goosebrothers 3 years ago
Contrary to popular belief, this song is NOT about an acid trip. It was written about flying to London and looking at it from the air. Pay attention to the lyrics: they describe London in the 1960s.
DirntFiend 3 years ago
Of course it's not about drugs *nudge nudge wink wink*.
VanDoodah 3 years ago
Yeah - a flight to London when they were on acid...
Baculus 3 years ago
It's a great song. It's so, so like acid...
goosebrothers 3 years ago
John who???
silvertatt 3 years ago
hey bookstar i just want to say that I'm a republican and I support McCain, but that doesn't mean that I can't like this music. The Byrds rule. I'd appreciate it if people just kept their politics to themselves and just enjoyed the music.
theRealbrando2393 3 years ago
This song was revolutionary. Nothing like it had ever been recorded. It was the first and most likely the best song of the psychedelic mid sixties. The Byrds were cutting edge in their day, introducing Bob Dylan to the masses, writing songs from a feminist viewpoint, exploring alternate sexuality (TRIAD). They had the most unique sound of any of the sixties bands with their tight harmonies and 12 string stereo electric Richenbacher guitars with Rick-o-sound.
canoedan 3 years ago 3
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Fuck YOU RONDA! Eight Miles high!!! bitch
frankiek2002 3 years ago
Well, if they did suck live, it just shows you the value of good recorded tracks. Everyone in this band will be dead in twenty years, and noone will know the difference. Just makes you wonder what unknown music might get dredged up in the future, although not likely much that wasnt well known at the time.
TheRealCritique 3 years ago
this song is amazing
look1492 3 years ago 2
i love this!!=)
scrappycoco22 3 years ago
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i wasnt meaning literally you fucking toerag cunt spac
cujo9 3 years ago
Any other word maybe that you know.Something we havent heard before hahahahahahaha
theoldgalah 3 years ago
this song reminds me of black holes in outer space - 8 miles high , into event horizon with no return.
cujo9 3 years ago 3
My grasshopper, celestial black holes are mega-eons beyond us...trillions of light years away from us. Miles are mundane and unused in space proximities.
Michlimania 3 years ago
yeah. . .you're kind of a douche for getting so critical on the issue.
BOBMAN1980 3 years ago
Presumably you originate from another type of "black hole"...?
Michlimania 3 years ago
Load o' crap. There is almost certainly a black hole at the centre of this galaxy, about 26,000 light-years from where you uttered this ... stuff.
Second, nothing is "trillions" of light-years from us. The edge of the observable universe is approx 12-14 billion light-years. Trillions upon trillions of "mundane miles", yes - light-years, not so much.
nullfield 3 years ago
Yes, you are partially correct, the observable Universe is 12 or 14 billion light-years from us, but that doesn't account for the rest of the Universe.
Quantum physics however, estimates that the Universe is about 10^32 light-years across.
Although I don't see how astrophysics has anything to do with psychedelic rock.
CoryHengy 3 years ago 2
I don't see how creationists can believe that the existence of theh universe is 12,000 years with data like that!
hpsfl 3 years ago
My problem with the Byrds is they sucked live. Check the Monterrey clips. The drummer is terrible.
But the records are great. I guess they used session drummers.... and the band was sober.
DrCynic1 3 years ago
lol.
rufusteph 3 years ago
DrCynic, in the 80s I saw Clapton with an unnamed guest who was not announced until they were about to appear - "Ladies and gentlemen, The Byrds." My jaw hit the floor. I believe it was McGuinn, Hillman and Crosby or Clark/Clarke (I'd never followed the band closely and wasn't up on the personnel). They played for about an hour and it was pure magic, one beautiful rendition after another, gorgeous harmonies, expert guitar, amazing songs. Oh, and Clapton was pretty good too. What a concert!
Birkebine 3 years ago
It must've been Crosby. Clark died young. I have seen reunion videos with McGuinn/Crosby/Hillman. One of them is their hall of fame introduction early 90s. And indeed they were pretty good. I think the problem in the 60s live versions really was 1-Clarke the drummer, 2- drugs, and 3-the difficulty of playing complex songs (instrumentally and vocally) when antique sound technology made it difficult to hear yourself. I'm sure Clapton's drummer was absolute tops so it was probably great.
DrCynic1 3 years ago
Agreed - the drummer makes all the difference. I saw The Clash without the great Topper Headon and they were clearly missing him. One of the great big band leaders - maybe Ellington or Basie - said the drummer's is the toughest seat to fill. I think also of what Butch Trucks did/does for The Allman Brothers. "He had the power thing we needed," said Betts. And, yeah, there may have been more than one band that would have been better off with no drummer rather than the one they had. Cheers!
Birkebine 3 years ago
@Birkebine Topper confided in me [ we was in 'rehab' together :that it was all his fault that the CLASH 'split'..He was just doin' too much 'scag'/sm....'gouchin' out over the drums'...amazingly enough -from what I've heard :he's stil among the LIVIN'(yet JOE S. didn't make it!!!!)NEVER ASK WHY !!!I LOVE TOPPER!!!Tulasi(he knew me as Chris...at the PRIORY,Roehampton,Surrey...Nr.London(He usually wore aT-Shirt ,which siad :'HUGE FUKIN' PROBLEM'!!!If not i was a Dennis the Menace Jumper!!!!!!!
Mangosunsplash 3 months ago
The Byrds have a great sound but no great songs. The music writing ability of the Beatles combined with the sound of the Byrds would have been an awesome combination.
duinnerfs 3 years ago
This vid reminds me of my late teenage years which I spent pretty wasted on herbs. Making a cup of coffee could be a terrifiying experience and going to the corner store was an ordeal that often took an hour or two to re-cover from. Glad I stopped smoking. It just didn't suit me although it may be fine for some others. For me, reality can be trippy enough.
picturesofpictures 3 years ago 5
The Byrds are one of the greatest fucking bands on Earth
laucian70 3 years ago 2
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i think john mccain should win but i love the byrds pink floyd and the like shows you dont need to be a hippy to like them and you dont need to be a war loving redneck to respect john mccain although i dont like that lesbo palin
sendtothefunnyfarm 3 years ago
rock n roll!can't wait till my next holiday!peace out.
elwalsho 3 years ago
it's going to be so funny after november when all those propaganda or dead-run candidate messages posted everywhere on youtube are still there on the comment boards.we can look back and see how short-sighted people like johnmccain4prez08 really are.after seeing his messages i've progessed from being highly confident to highly convinced that obama will win next month.but who cares?this is a byrds video!!some people are stil posting ron paul messages and he's not in the race at all.lol.
elwalsho 3 years ago 2
That sounds like a propaganda comment to me. If you don't want to hear other people's political views o youtube, don't post your own.
burtonrulez5 3 years ago
i never said i never to want to hear other peoples views on anything.if you read those posts from that user i reffered to you'll see how it warranted the reaction it did from some people.''if you don't want to hear other peoples political views,don't post your own.''so if i disagree with someone or see BS i shouldn't say anything.well done,my friend,well done.
elwalsho 3 years ago
what information did i control?plus,this is the byrds:eight miles high and it's really silly that we're discussing something that has nothing to do with the video,the song or the music of the time.
elwalsho 3 years ago
I'm sooooooooooo sorry. I didn't see the posts that johnmccain4prez08 made. whichever party you support comments like that are unacceptable. It's people like him who give republican supporters bad names. Pleas accept my sincere apology.
burtonrulez5 3 years ago
shibe123, I Completly Agree With you, those fags are so fucking stupid
TheRollingStones094 3 years ago
what happened to Byrds "Hey Joe " at Monterey , withdrawn since friday3 oct???
wilyflier 3 years ago
This song is actually about air travel, not LSD.
kpchessman 3 years ago
right on brother...im sick of these fags who hate good and love evil...
shibe123 3 years ago
Geoge W is the dumbest president ever. He laughed at 9/11. Let's have another Vietnam in Iraq. What planet are you on, if I may ask?
And I wish I was 8 miles high just to escape from the likes of you.
Obama is no choice. What's the change he's promoting. US policitcs are scary and affect the whole world. Thanks a bunch.
cthomann 3 years ago 3
See the biggest problem with Republicans, is they have shit taste in music.
RighteousBrother 3 years ago
Sarah Palin is a Honey though...
twostrokedowse 3 years ago
aye- a retarted one.
Kaschmir 3 years ago
fuck you Righteous Brother. I'm a republican and I love the Byrds and other bands from that era just as much as you. Keep your opinions to yourself and enjoy the music.
theRealbrando2393 3 years ago
The song of LSD!
spyvini 3 years ago
very funny, now you can fornicate with sara
mikeellert 3 years ago 2
FUCK YOU NAZIS
Profy00 3 years ago 2
And to think that I devoted my life to the consumption of illegal substances because I liked this song. If I had known it's real meaning I would have been a pilot instead. oh well, what can you do
picturesofpictures 3 years ago
The song was composed by Gene Clark after a traumatic (for him) tour of the UK. He called it 6 miles high as that is the height of a jetliner. Mcguinn changed it to the more dramatic 8 miles high. The nifty lyric Rain grey town was added by Crosby. The brilliant Coltrane inspired arrangement was created by all 5 Byrds.
RossM3838 3 years ago 2
Bush/McCain and the Neocon's Primary Agenda:
Privatize the Profits:
To allow for unrestrained monopoly building and profiteering by the wealthy elite under the guise of a bogus "free market" mantra.
Socialize the losses:
Get the tax payers to cover the bail out costs when the greedy super corporations screw up or when the financial markets collapse due to deregulaton and unrestrained speculation.
Stop Corporatism!
For the UNITED States of America!
For We The People!
Vote Obama/Biden 08!
brentj30 3 years ago
i like this
fabrega70 3 years ago
Awesome harmonies. Very tough to beat, and it still sounds great to this day. Possibly their best song.
kc768 3 years ago 2
Ultimately, he's getting a rise out of y'all by playing a strawman game poorly and trolling the video.
I'm a conservative, but also a HUGE fan of the Byrds. As a critical thinker, I also think Bush is an ass.
Interestingly, Roger swore this song was about flying into London on a plane, IIRC, not that I believe him as such (eight miles ~ 42,000 ft)
beencybouncyburger 3 years ago
What's worse, JMC4P's idiotic banter, or the fact that some of you believe he's genuine?
Let's see some of the image suicide he's ostensibly pushing McCain with:
Makes remarks accusing public figures of being gay, check
Refers to alleged strategy of continuing and total war, something no sane man would ever cite positively and has been drummed up by such sources as the Guardian. Yep.
Cites McCain as being the continuation of the Bush Legacy, despite the fact they dislike each other. Yep.
beencybouncyburger 3 years ago
There were many categories beginning in the middle of the 60´s in the wake of beatles and stones. nitty-gritty-bands popped up, and the byrds sang as well beatmusic as psychedelic ones. I remember the visit of the beatles in the usa meeting Bob Dylan and the Byrds. In all probability this was the signal of Sgt. Pepper and the starting shot per se of the psychedelic music.
butterfliagn 3 years ago
Possibly the best psychedelic song ever - even beats the Beatles and the Stones...that opening is unbeatable, and the rest, oh well..fucking high. dont try to talk to right-wingers - they are lower than animals and they ruin a good high, thats fer sure. SOmeone needs to turn the lights on in this video. Its all the sandwiched imagery - not enough light can get through.
TheRealCritique 3 years ago
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TheRealCritique:
And you wait and see: When McCain gits in their, we're REALY gonna rain on your litle librul drug parade. There's gonna be a BIG crackdown as we prepare for all the new wars against ALL the diaperhead animals that McCain is gonna do. Remembr: McCain said their'll be MANY new wars, so we'll need to be preparin for em, which means runding up and ARRESTING all a you little tinkerbel drug addicted, AIDS infected, negro lovin, anti-war litle libruls.
SUPPORT Bush!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
Beautiful, man. Best reason I ever read to vote Democrat. Thanks man.
phddddd 3 years ago
Its fine, you can hate whoever you want as long as it helps you cope with the fact that you are the kinfd of redneck, hillbilly, backwards trash resulting from the complete destruction of the southern education system during the civil war, although you spew your ignorant opinions that have no basis in fact with much vigor, there are fortunately enough intelligent people in the world to keep you in the bottom where you belong
DominatorSupreme 3 years ago
This is one of the best Byrds songs written. Loved the harmony in that piece. And you're right on the opening.
And as for the right-wingers, IMHO, it depends on the individual rightist. I'd trust a John Bircher or a Ron Paul-style Libertarian over a McCain supporter or Bush backer any day. Those pro-McCain supporters upset me big time.
U.S. out of Iraq! Peace!
bookstar77 3 years ago 13
Very cool.....
zeelik 3 years ago
great song
maccafan18 3 years ago
fuckin love the byrds
bigsweatyscotsman 3 years ago
this is some of the dumbest chatter i've ever witnessed. turn off the television.
leetaylorchristian 3 years ago
Ignore the troll, kids. This lad can't possibly be an actual McCain supporter; from the "wit" of his channel description to the copypaste abuse, he's either chosen a theme to troll youtube with relentlessly or campaigning for Obama in an 'inventive' way.
beencybouncyburger 3 years ago 2
No... on the contrary. We LOVE america. We hate fags. And all other peaceloving assholes... Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich, Obama, Jesus... Whop. wait a minute. Jesus? Oh, was he for war in iraq? Or against war? Hm... can't rightly remember. Moron. Well, maybe you're talkin' about a different god. Allah maybe? Jehovah? Feels more like your type of warmongering god. So you're either an orthodox jew or a fundie muslem. But CHRISTIAN? no. not really if you're pro-violence.
Pussychka 3 years ago
Fuck me, they've let the ignoramus out again spewing his right wing, idiodic chatter. Plug your ears lads before you puke!
chingada47 3 years ago
I don't know about the politics.....but I like the song. That's it.
Byrds1967 3 years ago
Wow, you think some of us listen to this song because we are high on drugs? That is a good joke, man. : ) One of the best Byrds songs I have heard.
1Samh666 3 years ago
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
KEEP the BUSH/CHENEY dream ALIVE!!!!
SUPPORT Bush!!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
My name is Kenny Dobbins. I'm creating a new style of music called Ultimate Outlaw. It is a mixture of Country, Rock N Roll, Blues, Jazz and Bluegrass. I sure hope you'll support me and my music. My bands name is also the Ultimate Outlaws. It consists of my girlfriend Candace Quinton on Harmonica, my best friend Anthony Lampella on Keyboards, Steve Beebout on Electric Guitar, Jake Boyle on Electric Guitar, Josh Barnes on Bass, Griffon Freed on Drums.
CashPresley32 3 years ago
do you have any empirical evidence to support the war?
slaaaaave 3 years ago
you're a numpty
singingpostman 3 years ago
I guess it's time to disable the comments section for this video...
ItinerateWolfMop 3 years ago
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
KEEP the BUSH/CHENEY dream ALIVE!!!!
SUPPORT Bush!!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
Fuck you dumbass, this is a legendary song. You should just shut the fuck up before you make yourself look even more uneducated.
watchika 3 years ago 2
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Well I gues you just cant help it, you know bein one a them libruls that HATES America like that big fat HOMOSEXUAL Michael Moore does.
Face it: You HATE our troops, LOVE terrorism, HATE our God, LOVE homosexuality, HATE America, LOVE Satin, and HATE Jesus. Aint the right? See, I got you ALL figured out ypu little granola crunchin librul tinkerbel.
Why I'll bet if Jesus was hear you spit rite in his face. Eather that or tel him you think he's "sexy" and ask him for gay sex.
McCain 08!!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
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watchika:
Well I gues you just cant help it, you know bein one a them libruls that HATES America like that big fat HOMOSEXUAL Michael Moore does.
Face it: You HATE our troops, LOVE terrorism, HATE our God, LOVE homosexuality, HATE America, LOVE Satin, and HATE Jesus. Aint the right? See, I got you ALL figured out ypu little granola crunchin librul tinkerbel.
Why I'll bet if Jesus was hear you spit rite in his face. Eather that or tel him you think he's "sexy" and ask him for gay sex.
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
you´ve gotta be drunk then
vinczent 3 years ago
fUCKING FASCIST TWAT.BET YOU.V GOT AN ATOMIC AIR RAID SHELTER.WOT ABOUT NEW ORLEANS WEN THE HURRICANE STRUCK.FUCKIN BLACK.DONT FUCKIN MATTER.YOU CUNTS ARE GETTIN FOUND OUT EVERY DAYTHE QUICKER THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE HAPPENS THE QUICKER YOU PEOPLE WILL COMMIT SUICIDE AND THE WORLD WILL BE A BETTER PLACE.SO FUCK OFF AND DIE,
DNGBT 3 years ago
u know its twats with an outlook like you and your fascist friends,defend the homeland,do you know how much like hitler that sounds.If the world does blow up you sad fuck,i hope you and your family are the fucking first to be irradiated.the world ius not the usa.thank fuck.Any nation that elects a braindead fuckwit as there president deservss scorn.but please dont expect the resrt of us,as you do,go out n by guns n lo0ads of bullets and think thats the answer.tHIS is planet earth not planet USA.
DNGBT 3 years ago
money talks.bet your not black or wondering where your next meals coming from you brain dead fuckwit,
DNGBT 3 years ago
Funny. I don't recall too many memorable songs recorded by "commie" groups or "redneck" bands either. Funny that!
kinksbeatlesstones 3 years ago
And i am a Scottish socialist. Fuck you American warmongers keep my country out of another Vietnam for you ignorant republican fucks. OBAMA for president!!!!!!!!
irishrover1975 3 years ago
Check out "Fabled Enemies" Video! We are change! Pass it on ; )
SwordOfTruth3 3 years ago
Great video pity about the redneck yank commenting. people like you are the reason we still fight wars today. PEACE MAN!!!!
irishrover1975 3 years ago
McGuinn borrowed, with acknowledgment, the main riff from John Coltrane's India. Check the most viewed version of this on Youtube at 1:35. All the greatest musicians are open to influence from anywhere. Coltrane was a huge factor in the psychedelic expression of the sixties, dying too soon the year that the Byrds released eight miles high.
maricl101212 3 years ago
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
KEEP the BUSH/CHENEY dream ALIVE!!!!
SUPPORT Bush!!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
WOOOW man, tell me what you're ON so I can get some.
Tulapeiwa 3 years ago
im with you, that guy above u must get free coke from dubya , way too excited .....
joeynichols420 3 years ago
i wouldn't call hippie music "communist" music. in many communist countries, like my east Germany, hippies were imprisoned and executed for listening to American "imperialist" music. in one particular case a young was forced to eat his joe cocker lp.
PlanetariumVagatio 3 years ago
aye and will you be fighting i bet not ya fat bastard people die in war, im not a hippie or a communist sometimes wars must be faught but it very easy for you to sit on your fat arse and say make wars for no reason but will you give you life to the cause.
sendtothefunnyfarm 3 years ago
Have this with a joint and you're in bliss.
Mogura87 3 years ago
Rickenbacker ftw!
uniiverselove 3 years ago
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
KEEP the BUSH/CHENEY dream ALIVE!!!!
SUPPORT Bush!!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
holy hell dude. seriously? ya know, if you actually want us peace lovin homosexuals, as you so kindly put it, to vote for mccain, thats probably not the best way to go about it...
marijanie333 3 years ago
When you can come up with an original thought of your own, post away. Until then, do the rest of us a favor and fuck off. You could have spared your inbred fingers and typed 'I'm a moron' for about the same effect.
Hovenaut 3 years ago
Man you are invited to suck my balls!
Thomaspwgy 3 years ago
Known fot its sound...
JanSchipper 3 years ago
i love the BYRds.
great tunes ...
rainin' outside and jammin to tha byrds
5*****
daReaLJermo 3 years ago 2
Awesome music though
sparwood8 3 years ago 2
Get the off of U tube. You are stinking the place out
sparwood8 3 years ago
awesome song
l0venotes 3 years ago 4
People, can we like focus on the fucking music and not friggin' politics, geez!
ilovetogofast88 3 years ago 5
what does any of this have to do with the Byrds?
bwhale42 3 years ago 4
I also think that you are a frightened little man, who is insecure outside of the narrow vision of the world given to you by so-called "experts."
coachhrothgar449 3 years ago
SPELLING ERROR: Obama, not Obam...
coachhrothgar449 3 years ago
By the way, this song is AWESOME!!!
coachhrothgar449 3 years ago 3
JohnMcCain4Prez08: No, I am not for Obam at all. I would not vote for him in any circumstance. You need to realize, though, that him and McCain are the same. All politicians are. Why do they want to hold office? Why do they want to try and control others? I can assure you that the best qualified people for office will never seek it. Those who do seek it are phonies. We have too much government right now. It is time to cut much of it away.
coachhrothgar449 3 years ago 2
white heat, sorry
THEKINKS08 3 years ago
Awesome! Better then any of today's crap!!
drgonzoatmpls 3 years ago 2
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This is COMMUNIST drug music for a bunch of llibrul peacenik little peace lovin HOMOSEXUALS who HATE America. I'll bet all a you little libruls wachin this are for that librul SPOOK Obama or or that little peacenik "libery" lovin, peace lovin, little TINKERBEL Ron Paul. Right?
WE NEED to:
CALL UP THE DRAFT and EXPAND the war in Iraq 100+ more years, then:
INVADE IRAN!!!
GEORGE W. BUSH is the GREATEST President EVER!!!!
KEEP the BUSH/CHENEY dream ALIVE!!!!
SUPPORT Bush!!!!
McCain '08!!!
JohnMcCain4Prez08 3 years ago
you sad little loveless man full of hatred and bile.
TripolarProductions 3 years ago 2
Wow. If you are for real, check your meds.
If you are joking, it's so far from funny...
waynemacisaac 3 years ago
Yeah, fuck YOUR America. Mine produced the sublime: Eight Miles High.
waynemacisaac 3 years ago 3
sit back and relax and enjoy the Byrds. They were way ahead of the curve. Here they are bringing rifts they learned from john Coltrane to rock and roll. I love Chris's dramatic bass intro. The song is just cool from start to finish.
RossM3838 3 years ago 5
LOL im laughin cause you gota be kidding. Figure if you were for real you woulda said Ronald Reagan or Richard Nixon as Greatest President. but yea Racism isnt cool and Iraw is worthless.
ClaptonsGod 3 years ago
I think this is one of the dumbest reactions I read so far on youtube. Your IQ level is probably that of a very little mouse with the mouth of a lion sitting in a corner thinking that war is the answer to all world wide problems.
loekicolor 3 years ago 2
Are you joking? Because it's not funny. Your not an expert at anything, your just an asshole who thinks he's smarter than everybody because he "knows" whats best for the country. A draft is the last thing we need right now, just look at the approval polls for bush and the congress. People would get pissed. Now, stop posting random pro Mccain comments on videos.
bwhale42 3 years ago
McCain is an old, war-loving fool who appeals to simpletons, red necks, crap-kickers, blue collar dolts and other vermin infesting America. He's got nothing to say and no solutions, just more flagwaving Patton-style bullshit that appeals to the above-mentioned vermin infecting America.
ThisIsBilbo 3 years ago 2
A FREAKING MEN MAN
matthewkeri12345 3 years ago
dude your such a right-wing hillbilly inbred retard I don't even know what to say outher than is that a joke made by an Obama supporter, either that or you are the biggestasshole i've everseen
JohnMcCain4Prez08-idiot
I'm Mat Keri and I approved this message
matthewkeri12345 3 years ago 2
I was six or seven myself,a vicarious beatle fan through my older sis. but the magic of that ricky 12 just blows my mind. I must have one. he's not that great a guitarist but it doesn't matter, crosby is EXTREMEly gifted motherfucker
rvbarnesboy 3 years ago
Man, you gotta love the harmonizing, so cool and SO haunting, gives ya GOOSEBUMPS.
ilovetogofast88 3 years ago