In the darkest and worst times of my life,I always turned to drugs for healing.I took countless drugs for years but none of them ever got me where I wanted to go in life.I needed help.I never really took the whole Jesus thing serious but I was desperate.I WenttoChurchThatSunday and in my class,I was called upon to read thisVerseAloud.ThisMomentWasTheOriginInMyWalkWithGod.I feelGod sentThisMessageToMeToLetMeKnowIwasSaved.IdiscoveredTheSongInForrestGumpMonthsLtrandIfellInLoveWithIt. MeansAlotToME
Isn't everyone christian or christ like since we are all made in his image or is it only those who claim to be christian who are christian because I see no differance from one person to another
@raoulcas I don't, if the comment was directed at me. I think they were pagan, fature-loving, non-christian hippies as good as anyone, who just picked a pretty lyric, a pretty poem for a wonderful song/melody/refrain.: )
@raoulcas Whatever Jim McGuinn,at least,might have been back then I've read that he's a practicing Christian today.Can't speak for the other members...then or now.
@Uhlersoth77 Yes, let's forget our petty disagreances and instead enjoy one of the greatest classics ever written.Peace, bro! (Oh, imagine having been old enough to be back there, listen to them live, "pick up the vibes", be a loving, nude-dancing, maybe intoxicated and happy hippie, eh? One can dream, at least!:)
I felt compelled to respond to a comment from Tubernaut.
Greetings fellow traveler. I appreciated your honest response to my comment of a month ago.
I really did!
I trust in your understanding. I wanted to make it clear that my comment never questioned the arrangement skills of Mr.Seeger. It certainly does take an awfull lot of musical ability to apply modern instruments and technology to such ancient document, as is the book of Ecclesiastes.
December 14, 2011 It struck me to discover how some people seem to have had this idea that I were making some sort of religious comment. For the record. I was not. I merely pointed out the origins of the lyrics to this song. I do not equate them (the Lyrics) to any sort of religion. I do, however, see them as spiritual axioms. Regardless of what we do or do not believe, in comparison to our contemporaries. We will all end up in the same place. The grave or the urn.
Yeah, little known fact, Solomon not only wrote the words to "Turn, Turn, Turn", he also wrote all the music and arranged Jim McGuinn's guitar parts and intricated the vocal harmonies. The Byrds ripped this one off!!!
Why do you equate religion with not loving? You must have had a poor experience and I am sorry for you. Why did you say "Mr Bible reader"? What angers you so much about things beyond your control you must insult them. The Byrds DID get it from the Bible. Take a look at the background. They didn't have as much problems as you seem to about the Bible. Your Cheers is a false wish, after you insult the person. You are full of ego and self importance. You are lost.
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late.....well, maybe it is too late.....nobody wants peace anymore....everything is about violence and hurt and put downs and bullying.....Imagine.....John Lennon......
It's so comforting to come to listen to this song for reflection and then to read all the 'negative' feedback here that has nothing to do with the song....back to "Yes".
I have not looked at your profile so, in that respect, I am "going in blind". The way you put have your first sentence, "...by definition..." etc., have you ever pondered that you are just as much a slave to popular culture as the very people who are making something popular? Seems to me to be self-contradictory and self-defeating.
Re: the 70s. Well, why communicate the rule in the first place if you are just going to make an exception. Sheesh. Just stick to the song?
They are more slaves than I (if by they you mean artists; your sentence was ambiguous). They stand to gain from appealing to the masses. I don't have that personal interest in what the masses like, so I'm far less a slave to the opinions of others. I can like whatever I want without consequence. Self-contradictory and self-defeating? No, yours is.
And why don't YOU stick to the song? MY comment was far more on-topic than yours. Weirdo, flipping shit on my 2 sentences...
1. For clarification, "the very people who are making something popular" means the masses.
2. I am not "out to get you". My interest is and was purely in making an observation. You did post a comment. It seems reasonable that someone else can reply to it if that someone else so chooses. Anyway, again, I am not "out to get you". I wish you the very best in health, in peace and in happiness. Regards.
@lkyelberg KInd of a shame then that historians and archaeologists and even theologians are 100positive "Solomon" never lived, like most if not allof the characters in both the OT and the NT.. Some anonymous, fotgotten scribe wrote this too, like virtually all the BIble, a poor bronze-age scribe who was probably dead a few years later, like most people who had made it to the "Astonishing age of 35" or someting.. Forget the ancient, irrelevant culture, misery and religion, and have fun in stead!!
@winterstellar Just curious as to what sources cause you to discount the validity of the Bible, when there is ample historical and archaeological evidence to back it up.
@63morgan Oh really? Do tell me about the "ample archeological evidence, please? But no "Jerusalem existed", crap. Cause that's equivalent to discussing a story about a guy flapping his wings and flying from the Eiffel Tower, and using the fact that the tower exists as "evidence".. Come on, this should be fun, tell me about Flavius or Tacitus, or for even more crazy fun, go old testament, haha!: )
@winterstellar I'm glad you find this amusing. Try The Stones Cry out by Randall Price, or John McRay's textbook Archaeology and the New Testament. Or just Google biblical archaeology. Again I ask, why do you seem so angry and sarcastic?
@63morgan It is very funny when all you can present is crap written by snake-oil salesmen. Now try to find peer-revewed science papers. (Or is science just an evil invention and conspiracy by "Satan", haha? : )
@winterstellar I was trying to have a civil exchange of ideas, but since you've made it clear that you'd rather mock and ridicule those whose beliefs differ from yours, perhaps we should end this conversation. Best wishes to you.
@63morgan You did no such thing, you mentioned mumbo-jumbo from people with no credentials and no peer-reviewed work published. NOW goodbye, and go preach somewhere else, somewhere where people care about halleluja-mumblejumble! M'kay?
@63morgan I hope you will finally strat the debate/discussion you promised me here, and provide sources, proper scientific sources, not what Billy Bob, the snake handler said at his last sermon before he was bitten by the rattler, haha! I'm not angry, I'm amused by bronze-age superstition at times, but I like to try and provoke, start debates, especially when the counterpart has claimed to have new, sensational info I've never heard of even though I try to stay informed in these matters. Capice?
@lkyelberg If you read the verse it is written almost word for word. And yet in this groovy time a highly religious song became so popular because it was put to a beat that fit the time.
Ecclesiastics Solomon was a very wise man and he payed attention to Life. In the end he realized it is not in vein that we live our life if we do it for GOD!!! God is peace, Love, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and He allows everything to happen in it's season.
@lkyelberg solomon couldnt make it sound near as good. plus. songs with religious roots dont have to be religious in their own right. The message on it's own is fully substantial enough to stand on it's own without the holy book.
POR FAVOR, NÃO LEIA! Agora que leu, você vai ser beijado na próxima sexta-feira.Pode ser o amor da sua vida. Amanha podera ser o melhor dia da sua vida.Agora que você começou a ler por favor não pare. Primeiro: Diga seu nome 10 vezes.Segundo: Diga o nome de sua mãe 5 vezes. Terceiro: Soletre seu nome três vezes.Quatro e último: Cole para cinco músicas do youtube. Se você fizer isso será beijado na próxima sexta pela pessoa que você ama agora se ignorar, terá muito azar no relacionamento!
To everyone hating on the current music industry and the society that surrounds it; I agree a big majority of today's music is a destructive force but if you will take these lyrics to heart, you will see hope.
Thank God someone didn't forget God's word.It will come to pass.I see tv shows mocking the lamb of God.Shame on those who defy God.God isnot mocked.Whatsoever a man sows,that shall he reap.God states He will destroy those who destroy the earth.All for greed,not need.
definitrly the truest statement, thusfar. It's difficult to see all the positives when you're constantly bobarded withe the negatives. But, as for ourselves as individuals, a dim light shines brightest in a dark place.
This is one of the rare records that I, an atheist, adore, even though the lyrics are based off bible verses (Ecclesiastes, if memory serves) and I obviously have no use for that novel. This song is my favorite Byrds record and is simply magical, melody, Rickenbacker guitars ringing and sweet, sweet harmonies.
@wildsmiley So sorry to hear you have no use for that novel. I'd encourage you to read Lee Strobel's book, The Case for Christ. He was an atheist who set out to disprove Christianity, but the evidence instead lead him to become a Christian.
@63morgan Not to get too far off this song, but I have no interest in a book written by a so-called atheist who became a believer....clearly he didn't have any confidence in his convictions, and that's sad. Me? I like being a non-believer and if there is any "spirituality" that I follow, it is the spirit of rock n' roll, the majesty of Lennon, Dylan, Springsteen, Seger, etc...so, don't feel sorry for me, in fact, through music, I find my inner peace, which is good 'cause so many people have not.
@ ClownsWelcome The Hippies are right and your ignorant ! You need to read that other then the right wing point of veiw ,Open minded people read both sides ,Shallow Minded read only one side !!!
@ClownsWelcome Yeah, Obama does want socialism. What has that got to do with a song from the sixties? Or maybe you're just a troll. In that case, get a life.
It makes since that the 60's and 70's were praised for the peace movements... which never happened before or ever again it seems.. but then it's also kinda logical to think that everyone thinks better of the past after it is long gone. (This is human nature.) And there is a lot of Baby Boomers, so you all naturally agree that this was THE GOLDEN AGE... just saying...
i remember listening to this song when i was just a small boy , not really understanding the lyrics ......... !!!!! 7 monthes ago my wife of 14yrs was hit & killed while crossing the street .......... now i SWEAR this song was wrote just for me .......... peace friends
@chumshot1 thankyou my friend !!!!!!!! i think we go through life saying to ourselves , " that would never happen to my family !!!!! " and i have learned the hard way that something as simple as crossing the street can change our lives forever .............. peace
I want to stop now evolved. we have everything we need. good music, bad music, machines, democracy, Internet access ... what we need? why we continue to evolve? why people still work when you should enjoy their work so far?
We have to look at what our founding fathers said about what we do and how it affects the next generation. Unfortunately, I think we have a lot of self evaluation to do and look again at today's music and see what we truly think happened. :(
Remember when the songs we listened inspired us to better life. Now it's about hate and fucking everything in your path. Songs used to inspire love, now inspire nothing but mankinds own self destruction
it goes way beyond loss of melodies and harmonies and ridculous tricks like autotune that makes stars out of non singers, it is the messages that are being sent. The 60's , even the war or antiwar songs were dripping with undertones of Peace and Love and for that I will always prefer this music to any other!!
@dancyn29 I hate being closed minded. especially with the singing ability of the kids today, but look at the big picture: the only inspiration in there music is their own selfish desires. Drugs, sex partying till they can't stand any longer. Did we do that? Sure, but we grew up. A generation of youth? No, a generation of immaturity. No growth leads to neverending bad decision making
@TheJacobsstoneband It's pretty clear how limited your exposure to modern music really is. Don't make grand, sweeping statements about a subject you know absolutely nothing about.
@levanyzzuf I think I may have not explained myself properly. Few musicians today. I would have to say I stand corrected. There are a limited few songwriters today who really find their heart in songwriting. Foo Fighters is a prime example. My point is only relative to the fact that modern music is more egocentric outside certain exceptions of course
@TheJacobsstoneband That kind of thing varies strongly between genres. Hate filled lyrics are common in rap music, black metal, or anything traditionally labelled "hardcore"...but I listen to a lot of modern music (indie rock, jazz, alternative country, folk, etc.) and a great deal of it is warm-hearted and can inspire love.
@TheJacobsstoneband There were plenty of songs back then that were about the exact same thing you condemn modern songs about. Just like there are plenty of modern songs that do the same thing you think only the songs in your generation were capable of.
Maybe if you opened your ears and closed your mouth you'd notice.
@TheJacobsstoneband What do you expect? The hippie dream died along with the liberal dream and the socialist dream. Americans feel consistently let down by their politicians and I'm sure the feeling's mutual throughout the world. The economy's shit in the U.S and is getting pretty bad elswhere in Europe and Asia. And to top it all off we still have the same old mass starvation and holy wars in the third world we've always had. Who can believe in love in a world such as this?
@NihilistSlacker I'm an old hippy and it's not done yet....who puts a timeline on these things? We started it and now you young ones need to figure it out and do the right things. Waiting for Mom and Dad to tell you what to do or what?
@TheJacobsstoneband You know most music has no meaning now. Even if you read the lyrics, it is void of any attempt at any significant thought. The poets are gone. It's all about money. That, of course leads to mankind's destruction. So I agree with you.
@TheJacobsstoneband Well....maybe it's time you read the papers and you will be astonished to see that that inspiration of the Byrds' generation is finally once again pervading the whole world.....not seen anything about the Occupy events? Then read, and start pondering these thoughts again.
@sendanor The 'Occupy' events are a bunch of disorganized groups within a group. Have you seen some of their signs? One clearly read 'Death to Capitalism'. Socialism, yeah, that worked real well.
It's liberal economics that are bankrupting this country. Of course all of the fiscal conservatives are also religious lunatics with imperialistic agendas.
Either way there's no system on Earth that will get rid of poverty. If you're at the bottom, prepare to stay there.
@prober45 I know very well I'm near the bottom and I will probably wind up there some day. I have no foolish belief that liberals or marxists are going to magically liberate me. No, they'll just make my life even worse and drag a whole lot of people down with me...and I don't need competition when I'm digging in the trash for food.
@NihilistSlacker I hope not but if we are, I'm thinking it will be more because of the corporate moguls and the ultra-rich who buy the politicians, "conservatives" until it comes to their own needs and expenditures. Canada has been "socialists" in regards to their health care, for many years now and they seem to be doing pretty well
Simply completely false and incorrect. Kanye West's song 'Hey Mama' (2005) is about him loving his mom and thanking her for being there for him, inspiring ourselves to call our mom and say hi. Conversely, Funkadelic's 'Hit It and Quit It' (1971) is about want to have sex with somebody before dumping her on the side of the road.
I argue that all songs pre 1990 were only about hate and fucking while songs post 1990 are about spreading love and inspiring better lives.
That's a terrible argument. How many songs does Kanye West have about his money? That's a common theme for popular music of today. Songs about sex have been around for a while. Humans like sex. At least Funkadelic makes it listenable and actually cool, unlike all the club bullshit you hear.
Woodstock was pre-1990, but in what universe was it about hate and fucking everything in your path? You're mistaken sir. That's the modern popular music stance. It's all shallow and materialistc
I was making fun of that guy by countering his poorly thought out argument with another poorly thought out argument. I shouldn't have expected the epsilons that visit youtube to get it. Good going.
Oh. Well, internet comment are very easy to misinterpret. Also there is a lot of good music out there today, it's just underground from all the pop bullshit. Carry on.
It may have taken the Byrds 72 takes to get this song right in the studio but I do prefer them over the wrecking crew.
Shemoth1 1 week ago
My favorite Bible verse. Not just because it is comforting and holds a general truth about life, but also because of this beautiful song.
Tehwilburforce93 1 week ago
@Tehwilburforce93 Halleluja!! This song explains Qoelet much better than any other.
LizCaloi 1 day ago
In the darkest and worst times of my life,I always turned to drugs for healing.I took countless drugs for years but none of them ever got me where I wanted to go in life.I needed help.I never really took the whole Jesus thing serious but I was desperate.I WenttoChurchThatSunday and in my class,I was called upon to read thisVerseAloud.ThisMomentWasTheOriginInMyWalkWithGod.I feelGod sentThisMessageToMeToLetMeKnowIwasSaved.IdiscoveredTheSongInForrestGumpMonthsLtrandIfellInLoveWithIt. MeansAlotToME
rnrjunkie44 2 weeks ago
i looove this song.
And just the other day i watched a Cold Case episode that ended with this song... i bawled like a baby!
pinkyluv310 2 weeks ago
Awesome Old Testament song. The Lord Je'sus said heaven & earth shall pass away before My Fathers words will. So great Wisdom for All.
MrCharles5773 3 weeks ago in playlist The Byrds The Very Best Of
A Lovely piece of music , with some lovely Lyrics........great listening..........
petertheskier 3 weeks ago
an real music !
tecnomosk 3 weeks ago
Isn't everyone christian or christ like since we are all made in his image or is it only those who claim to be christian who are christian because I see no differance from one person to another
oldschool70s 3 weeks ago
@oldschool70s we are all made in GOD'S image allegedly... but lets just listen 2 some nice music and not get into a religious arguement. ok?
NutunButTIMA 1 week ago
Do you think the Byrds were into supersticious nonsense? They were hippies for fuck's sake. I love The Illiad but it doesn't mean I worship Apollo.
raoulcas 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@raoulcas I don't, if the comment was directed at me. I think they were pagan, fature-loving, non-christian hippies as good as anyone, who just picked a pretty lyric, a pretty poem for a wonderful song/melody/refrain.: )
winterstellar 3 weeks ago
@winterstellar *nature-loving* of course! : )
winterstellar 3 weeks ago
@winterstellar It wasn't directed at anyone in particular. I'm disappointed to learn they were pagan, if that's the case. In agreement with all else.
raoulcas 3 weeks ago
@raoulcas Whatever Jim McGuinn,at least,might have been back then I've read that he's a practicing Christian today.Can't speak for the other members...then or now.
listerone 2 weeks ago
Whenever bad things happen in my life, I find myself listening to this song. It comforts me, don't really know why.
janeyrevanescence12 3 weeks ago
A time to every purpose under heaven, a time to argue with strangers, a time to be a peace keeper, a time to be a jerk, a time to be mellow...
DonoVideoEugene 1 month ago
God, this takes me back.
Monkeyfurshur 1 month ago
But how did we start this lame "debate" at a Byrds video? Hehe, I love The Byrds, man/woman! : )
winterstellar 1 month ago
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Uhlersoth77 4 weeks ago
@Uhlersoth77 Yes, let's forget our petty disagreances and instead enjoy one of the greatest classics ever written.Peace, bro! (Oh, imagine having been old enough to be back there, listen to them live, "pick up the vibes", be a loving, nude-dancing, maybe intoxicated and happy hippie, eh? One can dream, at least!:)
winterstellar 4 weeks ago
Hello Mr. 12 string Rickenbacker.......You are more than welcome to shag my ear anytime you like, certainly sir!
The19763 1 month ago
I had no idea the lyrics were from the Bible until a couple years ago, swear to God.
OfShadowandSubstance 1 month ago
Byrds fans, check out the Library of Congress interview with Chris Hillman--really interesting. He talks all about the early days of the band
huck229 1 month ago
Classic Rickenbacker sound. I love it. ^_^
SomethingReal1119 1 month ago
everytime i hear this song come on, i immediately stare into space and reflect on my life...
not because of some motivational message that might be in the song, but only cause i saw it on the wonder years lol
rockerseven 1 month ago 21
@rockerseven same here!
filmfreak9115 1 month ago
@rockerseven lol! wonder years is great
leeham987 1 month ago
@rockerseven it is a bible verse just in a nice song
NutunButTIMA 1 week ago
To Kill A Mocking Bird
PeeGeeBeeDee 2 months ago
And all of God's people said:
Amen
lkyelberg 2 months ago
I won't lie, Forrest Gump sent me here.
ThatOneMusicGuy789 2 months ago
@ThatOneMusicGuy789 Forest Gump, one of my top 3 favorite movies.
BlackWatch67 2 months ago
great song
shanehenning26 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
There's no school like the old school.
MrAsianStuff 2 months ago
I felt compelled to respond to a comment from Tubernaut.
Greetings fellow traveler. I appreciated your honest response to my comment of a month ago.
I really did!
I trust in your understanding. I wanted to make it clear that my comment never questioned the arrangement skills of Mr.Seeger. It certainly does take an awfull lot of musical ability to apply modern instruments and technology to such ancient document, as is the book of Ecclesiastes.
I bid you Peace.
lkyelberg 2 months ago
A good song to listen to when one of your beloved parents dies. Rest in peace, mom.
DomenicMFalcone 2 months ago in playlist Favorite videos 16
@DomenicMFalcone I play it on the anniversary of my father's passing.
Tubernaut 2 months ago
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Exquisite how God's word has always been there. You just have to see it!
leftbankemusic 2 months ago
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skylarbrown100 2 months ago
THAANNNNKKK YOOOUUUUUUUU i LOVE this song :D
deathbot117 2 months ago
December 14, 2011 It struck me to discover how some people seem to have had this idea that I were making some sort of religious comment. For the record. I was not. I merely pointed out the origins of the lyrics to this song. I do not equate them (the Lyrics) to any sort of religion. I do, however, see them as spiritual axioms. Regardless of what we do or do not believe, in comparison to our contemporaries. We will all end up in the same place. The grave or the urn.
lkyelberg
lkyelberg 2 months ago
Yeah, little known fact, Solomon not only wrote the words to "Turn, Turn, Turn", he also wrote all the music and arranged Jim McGuinn's guitar parts and intricated the vocal harmonies. The Byrds ripped this one off!!!
Idiot347 2 months ago
Such a mellow jam to blaze too
isuckpenisfolife 2 months ago
A time to gather stones togetha'
xomnichaserx 2 months ago
Very true....maybe my favorite Bible Verse!! I had it read at my Mother's funeral.
7575hhs 2 months ago 2
This song is from Pete Seeger
GpeterKostwinder 2 months ago
Everytime i hear this i think about the movie Forrest Gump!!
grantgrider9 2 months ago
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If it were not for my faith, I would have no love.
lkyelberg 3 months ago
It is The BYRDS, not the birds, mr bible reader. Keep cool and try a little less religion and a little more love! Cheers!
Fredokka77 3 months ago 9
@Fredokka77
Why do you equate religion with not loving? You must have had a poor experience and I am sorry for you. Why did you say "Mr Bible reader"? What angers you so much about things beyond your control you must insult them. The Byrds DID get it from the Bible. Take a look at the background. They didn't have as much problems as you seem to about the Bible. Your Cheers is a false wish, after you insult the person. You are full of ego and self importance. You are lost.
ataturk45 3 months ago
@Fredokka77 Maybe birds was just a typo . . . is that unforgiveable? Try a little more love and a little less criticism.
63morgan 1 month ago
Good song
spindlegrinder 3 months ago
" lest you be judged"
1550508 3 months ago
Thank you to Solomon....... and thank you to the BYRDS for reminding us in
so lovely a musical arrangement. Easy action tho, "judge not let you be
judged."
1550508 3 months ago
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late.....well, maybe it is too late.....nobody wants peace anymore....everything is about violence and hurt and put downs and bullying.....Imagine.....John Lennon......
Rock2Motown2Jazz 3 months ago in playlist British Rock
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theschnied3 3 months ago
It's so comforting to come to listen to this song for reflection and then to read all the 'negative' feedback here that has nothing to do with the song....back to "Yes".
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liamwazhere 3 months ago
makes me think of my best friend's dad... he passed away 2 years ago such a great guy RIP John Goodwin
datznutz 3 months ago
If it is popular, by definition, it sucks. However, somehow this didn't apply in the 70s...
defyexistance 3 months ago
@defyexistance
I have not looked at your profile so, in that respect, I am "going in blind". The way you put have your first sentence, "...by definition..." etc., have you ever pondered that you are just as much a slave to popular culture as the very people who are making something popular? Seems to me to be self-contradictory and self-defeating.
Re: the 70s. Well, why communicate the rule in the first place if you are just going to make an exception. Sheesh. Just stick to the song?
LifeIsTheGreatest 3 months ago in playlist Favorite videos
@LifeIsTheGreatest
They are more slaves than I (if by they you mean artists; your sentence was ambiguous). They stand to gain from appealing to the masses. I don't have that personal interest in what the masses like, so I'm far less a slave to the opinions of others. I can like whatever I want without consequence. Self-contradictory and self-defeating? No, yours is.
And why don't YOU stick to the song? MY comment was far more on-topic than yours. Weirdo, flipping shit on my 2 sentences...
defyexistance 3 months ago
@defyexistance
1. For clarification, "the very people who are making something popular" means the masses.
2. I am not "out to get you". My interest is and was purely in making an observation. You did post a comment. It seems reasonable that someone else can reply to it if that someone else so chooses. Anyway, again, I am not "out to get you". I wish you the very best in health, in peace and in happiness. Regards.
LifeIsTheGreatest 3 months ago
nope they didn't mention that.
SEMICUTE2 3 months ago
Ya' know what really surprises me about this thread? Nobody mentioned the fact that Solomon (of the bible ) wrote Turn, Turn, Turn. Not the Birds!
You will find it in the book of Ecclesiastes, chapter 3.
lkyelberg 3 months ago 60
@lkyelberg ... right on brother ... true !!!
Spudd56 3 months ago
@lkyelberg yeah right looooooool
1micamaca 2 months ago
@1micamaca um, what? whether u believe in it or not, the lyrics still came directly out of the bibile u idiot
ren2020ky 2 months ago
@lkyelberg KInd of a shame then that historians and archaeologists and even theologians are 100positive "Solomon" never lived, like most if not allof the characters in both the OT and the NT.. Some anonymous, fotgotten scribe wrote this too, like virtually all the BIble, a poor bronze-age scribe who was probably dead a few years later, like most people who had made it to the "Astonishing age of 35" or someting.. Forget the ancient, irrelevant culture, misery and religion, and have fun in stead!!
winterstellar 2 months ago
@winterstellar On what authority do you base these statements?
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan Probably wikipedia as usual..why do you assk?
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar Just curious as to what sources cause you to discount the validity of the Bible, when there is ample historical and archaeological evidence to back it up.
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan Oh really? Do tell me about the "ample archeological evidence, please? But no "Jerusalem existed", crap. Cause that's equivalent to discussing a story about a guy flapping his wings and flying from the Eiffel Tower, and using the fact that the tower exists as "evidence".. Come on, this should be fun, tell me about Flavius or Tacitus, or for even more crazy fun, go old testament, haha!: )
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar Why does your response seem so angry? Has my question threatened you in some way?
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan Ah, you didn't have any reply..you feared you'd actually met someone who knows a bit more than your local preacher does, eh? Funny! : )
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar I'm glad you find this amusing. Try The Stones Cry out by Randall Price, or John McRay's textbook Archaeology and the New Testament. Or just Google biblical archaeology. Again I ask, why do you seem so angry and sarcastic?
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan It is very funny when all you can present is crap written by snake-oil salesmen. Now try to find peer-revewed science papers. (Or is science just an evil invention and conspiracy by "Satan", haha? : )
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar I was trying to have a civil exchange of ideas, but since you've made it clear that you'd rather mock and ridicule those whose beliefs differ from yours, perhaps we should end this conversation. Best wishes to you.
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan You did no such thing, you mentioned mumbo-jumbo from people with no credentials and no peer-reviewed work published. NOW goodbye, and go preach somewhere else, somewhere where people care about halleluja-mumblejumble! M'kay?
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar Okay. I recognize a brick wall when I see one.
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan Yes, the brick wall is called science, while the stinky,odorous gas is called ancient superstition/religion. Cheers! : )
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar I hope you get some help with your anger.
63morgan 1 month ago
@63morgan I hope you will finally strat the debate/discussion you promised me here, and provide sources, proper scientific sources, not what Billy Bob, the snake handler said at his last sermon before he was bitten by the rattler, haha! I'm not angry, I'm amused by bronze-age superstition at times, but I like to try and provoke, start debates, especially when the counterpart has claimed to have new, sensational info I've never heard of even though I try to stay informed in these matters. Capice?
winterstellar 1 month ago
@winterstellar If you want a debate, I could be the one to give it to you. Pm me.
OpsDivine 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
@lkyelberg If you read the verse it is written almost word for word. And yet in this groovy time a highly religious song became so popular because it was put to a beat that fit the time.
RhynoPatties94 2 months ago
@lkyelberg That's "Byrds",and it was Pete Seeger who borrowed the lyrics from the Book of Ecclesiastes and turned it into a song.
darkfey1963 2 months ago
@lkyelberg You are correct my friend. However, somewhere in between Ecclesiastes and The Byrds, Pete Seeger penned this version.
Tubernaut 2 months ago
@lkyelberg I just looked and you are right good looking out
TLG1300 2 months ago
Ecclesiastics Solomon was a very wise man and he payed attention to Life. In the end he realized it is not in vein that we live our life if we do it for GOD!!! God is peace, Love, compassion, kindness, forgiveness and He allows everything to happen in it's season.
oldschool70s 2 months ago 2
@oldschool70s You make me want to hurt myself.
MrStalker12345678901 1 month ago
Why would you want to hurt yourself over what I say ? If you really knew who I am, you would feel much differnt, I am sure!! Good vibes to you
oldschool70s 1 month ago
@oldschool70s Then who are you really? A nobody?
MrStalker12345678901 1 month ago
@lkyelberg Maybe it is because everyone already knows that.
tomwright2008 1 month ago
@tomwright2008 Ha! Could've at least spelled "Byrds" correctly, too, and noted it was a adaptation of a Pete Seeger arrangement.
bellier20 1 month ago
@lkyelberg solomon couldnt make it sound near as good. plus. songs with religious roots dont have to be religious in their own right. The message on it's own is fully substantial enough to stand on it's own without the holy book.
shamen490 1 month ago
@lkyelberg We could also mention that God doesn't exist, but okay.
acdctnt38 1 month ago
@lkyelberg Wow you must be the first person to notice that,DUH!
4thstooge 1 month ago
@lkyelberg somewhere some lawyer is trying to figure out how to get his heirs their royalties
marbleheadband 1 month ago
This song inspired blue oyster cult's don't fear the reaper
Drizzlerman 3 months ago
POR FAVOR, NÃO LEIA! Agora que leu, você vai ser beijado na próxima sexta-feira.Pode ser o amor da sua vida. Amanha podera ser o melhor dia da sua vida.Agora que você começou a ler por favor não pare. Primeiro: Diga seu nome 10 vezes.Segundo: Diga o nome de sua mãe 5 vezes. Terceiro: Soletre seu nome três vezes.Quatro e último: Cole para cinco músicas do youtube. Se você fizer isso será beijado na próxima sexta pela pessoa que você ama agora se ignorar, terá muito azar no relacionamento!
fialho96 3 months ago
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this is worse than lady bieber.
lostinthepath1 3 months ago
@lostinthepath1 Fuck you.
ELEANORFUCKINGRIGBY 3 months ago
I was conceived to this song.
Eldytho 3 months ago 37
@Eldytho Your parents sound like they were cool! they was just doing there own thing and god gave them the gift of a child.
bingobongo445 3 months ago
@Eldytho ...son?
DBRGroup 3 months ago
@Eldytho A time to be born?
CliffThaRiff 2 months ago
@Eldytho LOL! A little too much info, my friend! But gotta admit, funny!
28march02 2 months ago
@Eldytho What an awkward song to get it on to.
TiffyBear 1 month ago in playlist Old rock and roll
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To everyone hating on the current music industry and the society that surrounds it; I agree a big majority of today's music is a destructive force but if you will take these lyrics to heart, you will see hope.
To everything
Turn! Turn! Turn!
there is a season
Turn! Turn! Turn!
A time for peace, I swear it's not too late!
AdamsSeed 4 months ago
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AdamsSeed 4 months ago
Yes, Don't despair. People are "getting" it again after so many years of not caring about anything.
sandncee 4 months ago
Thank God someone didn't forget God's word.It will come to pass.I see tv shows mocking the lamb of God.Shame on those who defy God.God isnot mocked.Whatsoever a man sows,that shall he reap.God states He will destroy those who destroy the earth.All for greed,not need.
DThor53 4 months ago
I know Pete Seegar did it first, but this? This to me is the best of all the many versions.
wmacisaac 4 months ago
definitrly the truest statement, thusfar. It's difficult to see all the positives when you're constantly bobarded withe the negatives. But, as for ourselves as individuals, a dim light shines brightest in a dark place.
TheJacobsstoneband 4 months ago
you have to believe in love , for love is eternal
VinceLA91 4 months ago
This song reminds me of where I first heard it. The credits to an episode of DARIA.
dynelol 4 months ago
This is one of the rare records that I, an atheist, adore, even though the lyrics are based off bible verses (Ecclesiastes, if memory serves) and I obviously have no use for that novel. This song is my favorite Byrds record and is simply magical, melody, Rickenbacker guitars ringing and sweet, sweet harmonies.
wildsmiley 4 months ago
@wildsmiley So sorry to hear you have no use for that novel. I'd encourage you to read Lee Strobel's book, The Case for Christ. He was an atheist who set out to disprove Christianity, but the evidence instead lead him to become a Christian.
63morgan 4 months ago
@63morgan Not to get too far off this song, but I have no interest in a book written by a so-called atheist who became a believer....clearly he didn't have any confidence in his convictions, and that's sad. Me? I like being a non-believer and if there is any "spirituality" that I follow, it is the spirit of rock n' roll, the majesty of Lennon, Dylan, Springsteen, Seger, etc...so, don't feel sorry for me, in fact, through music, I find my inner peace, which is good 'cause so many people have not.
wildsmiley 4 months ago
At 2.02 it sounds like it's going to break in to the theme from Crossheads
nasty3956 4 months ago
if music is so bad these days, don't listen to it and stop bitching lol
magallon04 4 months ago
@ ClownsWelcome The Hippies are right and your ignorant ! You need to read that other then the right wing point of veiw ,Open minded people read both sides ,Shallow Minded read only one side !!!
heiligcomp 4 months ago
Holy shit.the bible,tea baggers and obama what the fuck...
albertdaniel1000 4 months ago
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cbergman107 4 months ago
god bless the queen
scoobydoabccba123 4 months ago
Everything is cyclical, just wait til it comes around again... :-)
nordicpower88 4 months ago
Bullshit song for stupid smelly hippies. GFY
OWS = Obama Wants Socialism
ClownsWelcome 4 months ago
@ClownsWelcome Yeah, Obama does want socialism. What has that got to do with a song from the sixties? Or maybe you're just a troll. In that case, get a life.
WMsquared 4 months ago
I like the patterns in the letters especially the r
heyfuzzycub 4 months ago
How could 5 people dislike this ?
CuyahogaMustang 4 months ago
@CuyahogaMustang 5 TEA BAGGERS!
zacharykelway 4 months ago 2
I turned...lolllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll
lilmike55912 4 months ago
What a wonderful song! I remember listening to this when I was quite young and loving it back then. Thanks for sharing this.
thedeeliciousplum 4 months ago
It makes since that the 60's and 70's were praised for the peace movements... which never happened before or ever again it seems.. but then it's also kinda logical to think that everyone thinks better of the past after it is long gone. (This is human nature.) And there is a lot of Baby Boomers, so you all naturally agree that this was THE GOLDEN AGE... just saying...
LauraPuffyCloud 4 months ago
@LauraPuffyCloud more like the colorful age
evanFLOCKA 4 months ago
there was such craft to superb songs like this in the 60's. doesn't exist anymore.
windstorm1000 4 months ago
Listen to Phil Ochs - my all-time hero - and Sean Penn's 'favorite all-time fighter'
paullavan2011 5 months ago
i remember listening to this song when i was just a small boy , not really understanding the lyrics ......... !!!!! 7 monthes ago my wife of 14yrs was hit & killed while crossing the street .......... now i SWEAR this song was wrote just for me .......... peace friends
survivewtstocome 5 months ago
@survivewtstocome Im so sorry for u...I hope ur okay.
chumshot1 4 months ago
@chumshot1 thankyou my friend !!!!!!!! i think we go through life saying to ourselves , " that would never happen to my family !!!!! " and i have learned the hard way that something as simple as crossing the street can change our lives forever .............. peace
survivewtstocome 4 months ago
@survivewtstocome Wow, IKR?.. I just cant blieve these things even happen tho.
chumshot1 4 months ago
ECCL. 3: 1-8 or Byrds 3:1-8, same verse, different translation. KJV or NKJV?
Ferrum2004 5 months ago
I want to stop now evolved. we have everything we need. good music, bad music, machines, democracy, Internet access ... what we need? why we continue to evolve? why people still work when you should enjoy their work so far?
OmletteDuFromage1 5 months ago
We have to look at what our founding fathers said about what we do and how it affects the next generation. Unfortunately, I think we have a lot of self evaluation to do and look again at today's music and see what we truly think happened. :(
Healoneministries 5 months ago
I love The Byrds, one of my favorite bands of all time.
TheChessman6500 5 months ago
Remember when the songs we listened inspired us to better life. Now it's about hate and fucking everything in your path. Songs used to inspire love, now inspire nothing but mankinds own self destruction
TheJacobsstoneband 5 months ago 44
@TheJacobsstoneband
I agree with you 100%!!
it goes way beyond loss of melodies and harmonies and ridculous tricks like autotune that makes stars out of non singers, it is the messages that are being sent. The 60's , even the war or antiwar songs were dripping with undertones of Peace and Love and for that I will always prefer this music to any other!!
dancyn29 5 months ago
@dancyn29 I hate being closed minded. especially with the singing ability of the kids today, but look at the big picture: the only inspiration in there music is their own selfish desires. Drugs, sex partying till they can't stand any longer. Did we do that? Sure, but we grew up. A generation of youth? No, a generation of immaturity. No growth leads to neverending bad decision making
TheJacobsstoneband 5 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband you got a piont
birdgizzard 4 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband It's pretty clear how limited your exposure to modern music really is. Don't make grand, sweeping statements about a subject you know absolutely nothing about.
levanyzzuf 4 months ago
@levanyzzuf I think I may have not explained myself properly. Few musicians today. I would have to say I stand corrected. There are a limited few songwriters today who really find their heart in songwriting. Foo Fighters is a prime example. My point is only relative to the fact that modern music is more egocentric outside certain exceptions of course
TheJacobsstoneband 4 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband That kind of thing varies strongly between genres. Hate filled lyrics are common in rap music, black metal, or anything traditionally labelled "hardcore"...but I listen to a lot of modern music (indie rock, jazz, alternative country, folk, etc.) and a great deal of it is warm-hearted and can inspire love.
levanyzzuf 4 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband There were plenty of songs back then that were about the exact same thing you condemn modern songs about. Just like there are plenty of modern songs that do the same thing you think only the songs in your generation were capable of.
Maybe if you opened your ears and closed your mouth you'd notice.
NateSean 4 months ago 2
@NateSean No, he's right....We have the corner on protest songs, etc. I wish it weren't so. Maybe your gen needs to work at it a bit more?
sandncee 4 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband What do you expect? The hippie dream died along with the liberal dream and the socialist dream. Americans feel consistently let down by their politicians and I'm sure the feeling's mutual throughout the world. The economy's shit in the U.S and is getting pretty bad elswhere in Europe and Asia. And to top it all off we still have the same old mass starvation and holy wars in the third world we've always had. Who can believe in love in a world such as this?
NihilistSlacker 4 months ago 2
@NihilistSlacker I'm an old hippy and it's not done yet....who puts a timeline on these things? We started it and now you young ones need to figure it out and do the right things. Waiting for Mom and Dad to tell you what to do or what?
sandncee 4 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband You know most music has no meaning now. Even if you read the lyrics, it is void of any attempt at any significant thought. The poets are gone. It's all about money. That, of course leads to mankind's destruction. So I agree with you.
wmacisaac 4 months ago 3
@TheJacobsstoneband Well....maybe it's time you read the papers and you will be astonished to see that that inspiration of the Byrds' generation is finally once again pervading the whole world.....not seen anything about the Occupy events? Then read, and start pondering these thoughts again.
sendanor 4 months ago
@sendanor The 'Occupy' events are a bunch of disorganized groups within a group. Have you seen some of their signs? One clearly read 'Death to Capitalism'. Socialism, yeah, that worked real well.
It's liberal economics that are bankrupting this country. Of course all of the fiscal conservatives are also religious lunatics with imperialistic agendas.
Either way there's no system on Earth that will get rid of poverty. If you're at the bottom, prepare to stay there.
NihilistSlacker 4 months ago
@NihilistSlacker and before you shoot your "mouth" off too much... be careful because you very well may be walking in those shoes soon
prober45 3 months ago
@prober45 I know very well I'm near the bottom and I will probably wind up there some day. I have no foolish belief that liberals or marxists are going to magically liberate me. No, they'll just make my life even worse and drag a whole lot of people down with me...and I don't need competition when I'm digging in the trash for food.
NihilistSlacker 3 months ago
@NihilistSlacker I hope not but if we are, I'm thinking it will be more because of the corporate moguls and the ultra-rich who buy the politicians, "conservatives" until it comes to their own needs and expenditures. Canada has been "socialists" in regards to their health care, for many years now and they seem to be doing pretty well
prober45 3 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband that judasim for ya! ENJOY!!
unidentifiedangle 3 months ago
@TheJacobsstoneband
Simply completely false and incorrect. Kanye West's song 'Hey Mama' (2005) is about him loving his mom and thanking her for being there for him, inspiring ourselves to call our mom and say hi. Conversely, Funkadelic's 'Hit It and Quit It' (1971) is about want to have sex with somebody before dumping her on the side of the road.
I argue that all songs pre 1990 were only about hate and fucking while songs post 1990 are about spreading love and inspiring better lives.
Bretband 3 months ago
@Bretband
That's a terrible argument. How many songs does Kanye West have about his money? That's a common theme for popular music of today. Songs about sex have been around for a while. Humans like sex. At least Funkadelic makes it listenable and actually cool, unlike all the club bullshit you hear.
Woodstock was pre-1990, but in what universe was it about hate and fucking everything in your path? You're mistaken sir. That's the modern popular music stance. It's all shallow and materialistc
SoCalFlyer1 3 months ago
@SoCalFlyer1
I was making fun of that guy by countering his poorly thought out argument with another poorly thought out argument. I shouldn't have expected the epsilons that visit youtube to get it. Good going.
Bretband 3 months ago
@Bretband
Oh. Well, internet comment are very easy to misinterpret. Also there is a lot of good music out there today, it's just underground from all the pop bullshit. Carry on.
SoCalFlyer1 3 months ago