... I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11)
A time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose;
Awesome, did McGuinn learned first how to play a banjo? Since he surely seems to be playing likewise on some parts. This guitar has a beautiful sound.
oh,One more detail- for those of you back East, esp NY- Do not miss McGuinn's three NY shows next month (Sept 2011) back there- I saw him in Santa Cruz a ten years ago and wish I could express how much fun and nostalgia was included- Go see him and I promise you will be so glad you did- Would you like to see the Byrds and hear Turn etc, My Back Pages, Mr Tamborine Man etc- GO- If you don't love it I'll give you your money back !!!
If you like this, I'd like to suggest you search out, find, play and enjoy- Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary (of something??) at MSG NY, version of "My Back Pages" done by Harrison, Dylan, Young, Petty, McGuinn, oh and some guy named Clapton !! (remember Harrison saying on the Bangledesh album- "I've forgotten Billy Preston !!- He was an old friend) It's the best and promise to bring goose bumps- Please keep the derogitories to yourself and thanks, D
@lynchzilla ~ Never saw the Byrds perform but have always thought that their studio recordings trumphed live performances ~ by the Byrds or any other group. As for the added attachments ~ you can make dip out of anything you like but it's always sitting on top of a chip. Without the 12 string electric Rick it's still nothing. It isn't how you got to the end product that matters, it's the end product.
@MrRonnieG You're quite right. However, let's give two other features some due credit: the Rickenbacker was run through two vacuum tube compressors and was then plugged directly into the recording console. They did not record the guitar from an amplifier using a microphone. I saw the Byrds twice, including the 1965 lineup, and while they sounded good, the live performance 12-string sound couldn't quite match the ring and crispness of the studio recordings.
@lynchzilla Roger also reversed the strings on his rick to give it a different sound. I cant wait to see him again in Richmond in March 2012...very nice guy
The Byrds were by far one of , if not , THE Quintessential , and Most Influential Folk - Rock Band to ever shape the sounds of 1960's music...period !!! They are truly in a class...all their own !!! And are one of the many bands that splinted off to form more influential bands to come !!! Their influence and mentorship can still be felt to this day !!!
Ez egy gyönyörű szám, csodálatos zene, klassz lehetett akkor fiatalnak lenni, és hallani ezt a gitárjátékot, mert Roger Mcguinn gyönyörűen gitározik, és énekel.
Holly God!!! I always admire the McGuinn signature sound. Only a great guitar artist can produce a banjo back sound. Pilesovinyl is right...just idiots can´t notice. I defy to play guitar like McGuinn...play metal is easy!!!
Your uploader comments are a very crisp and coherent explanation of what these postings should mean to the artist and the Eagles are egomaniacs what else is new.
Pete Seeger took the verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, rearranged them so that they would rhyme, added the Turn, Turn, Turn words and crafted the melody. The whole thing is so beautiful that I've never heard a bad version of it (Judy Collins, the Byrds, Diesel Park West, and so on).
It's truly awesome along with the guitar playing. The old generations were great by any means. And the song itself is so soothing. Thanks to the original poster of this song..
This is great because it shows precisely the technique and fret locations of the notes played on the original. His "hybrid" flatpick/fingerstyle technique is flawless, as is the quality of his fine tenor. Don't try this at home folks unless you are very, very good.
Kind of renders the "artists" of the current timeframe as objects of ridicule, no? Compare Roger McGuinn's musical ability with any of the schmucks and laugh. I still love McGuinn's music, with and without the Byrds. I'm right back in my youth.
@HebrewTheHammer Well, in the spirit of the Christmas season, Lady GaGa, if you strip away the shock costumes and make-up, is actually a pretty good keyboard player.
@lynchzilla I'd reserve judgement on her piano skills. Have you heard her version of John Lennon's IMAGINE? She was performing at a benefit and she inserted some new lyrics to suit her desire expressing a political statement. L.G. sounded rotten. I wasn't impressed.
The link to the video clip was on a newsbrief page several months ago. She was widely criticized for playing Yoko Ono's piano at the Dakota.
@lynchzilla If you strip away the shock costumes and make-up, she's completely run-of-the-mill, hence the shock costumes and make-up. Without them nobody would pay the slightest attention to her.
@Salguine She's a marketing genius though. If she wore modest clothing, she wouldn't be Lady Gaga. It's a stage persona, and it really works imo. She's written some great hooks, fantastic voice too. I'm not even a huge fan of pop in general, it just pisses me off to see everyone talking shit about modern music on every classic rock video.
@FiestyMclovin she's got some good songs and is a good singer and musician. I dont own a CD of hers but she'll probably be revered in decades to come . The Beatles were dumped at the time they come out by people looking to the past. Not putting her that class but even they had image /marketing that helped make them a phenomenon
Great music is not about being on perfect key, it is about SOUL. I can listen to Opera, Blues, Rock, Jazz and mainly Folk. Is Pavaratti better then Kris, Willie, Johnny or Waylon. They all have their place. I love them all. Rap and Hip-hop does not count.
12/11/2010 Thanks for the guitar lesson, I learned again the tune. I'm also a Rick-12 addict! Don't own one---yet. On my wish list. What's the going price for one, that isn't a "collectors" item?? They're soooo cool. Keep on chiming and jingle jangle 2 U!
I think only rap or heavy metal fans would not like this beautiful music. In a case like this, if you dislike it, just don't vote and go see something you do like.
What a pleasure to see and hear him playing that fabulous guitar, the Rickenbacker 360/12. George Harrison played one - the Sunglow model during the Help! album era, They look like a 6 string at first glance, but there are 6 more tuning keys on the back of the head. I'd sure love to have one.
@MrLt69812 Actually, you said what I should have said. As noted, to each his own as far as music genre goes. I suppose I just can't get over the riches and fame that so called "Rap Artists" have with silly rhymes that sound as if a first grader made them up and electronic beat box backgrounds. I'm sure the Rap fans don't like my favorites either. Thanks for stoking my conscience!
@edro3111 We all have our likes and dislikes which also change as we as people change. We as people are all a work in progress and none of us perfect. It took me so many years of my life to learn these things and I can honestly say to you that I feel so blessed and fortunate to be able to share these lessons with others. Learning and sharing is the true enrichment of life itself.
@edro3111 anyone who idolizes rap is certainly not a fan of music. Rap is not real music,it is more limerick than music. Still with that being said" to each his or her own as long as nobody is getting hurt by it"
@pilesovinyl Yeah, the Eagles will go down as one of the greediest rock groups in music history. They took the lead in the "has-beens-touring-for-money" charge. Don Henley looks like the kid with a chip on his shoulder from the school playground. Maybe someone should punch him since his face and his attitude seem to invite it. Brilliant musician, but so vulgar it ain't funny.
I had the privilege of meeting Roger and Tom Petty & some of The Heartbreakers in The Old City of Jerusalem, in 1986. As I heard it, Tom told Roger that their world tour with Dylan would take them to Jerusalem and invited him to join them there. The clip can be found under Petty McGuinn Rosenblum. I know, I know, but heck I'm 60 now and it was the highlight of my rockin' rabbinical life in those days. My thanks forever to Roger, Tom, Ben, and the MTV film crew that invited me to be there.
@barkulator Really? Cool! I love stories like that. Well, I guess there is something to be said for boarding schools. Sometimes, in addition to education, bullying and being buggered senseless, you get something really neat like that! Very cool. Does your friend still have his complimentary guitar?
How many know that Martin built a custom acoustic gutiar for McGuinn, it has SEVEN strings with a double "G" string configuration. One string is an octave higher than the other. McGuinn is an icon in 60's music.
Been a Byrds fan since early 70's, but seeing this reminded me of a chance I had around 15 years ago to see Roger live at a seafood festival in Hyannis, MA. He was solo, mostly acoustic 12 string. My wife was convinced she would hate his music, went to sit in the car. My stepdaughter was so taken that she dragged my wife back to listen. Wife loved the music. I caught Roger just as he came off the stage and got him to autograph a tshirt from the festival, which I still have, never worn!
Awesome. I always like Roger/Jim. The guitar playing and picking is amazing. That Rickebacker is gorgeous. I wonder if he has a compressor pedal on it because in the studio they used lots of compression.
So great to see and hear this, especially with Roger demonstrating the chords and singing it - wow he still sings very well, as if "there is a time to every purpose under heaven". This music setting for words in Ecclesiastes officially transformed King Solomon into a 20th century folk-rock lyricist. Maybe some of the folks writing argumentative political comments will stop, and listen to the actual words. This transcends earth's political systems.
I didn't read all the comments, but in case nobody mentioned it..
Rickenbacker 12 strings are strung differently than other 12 string electrics. Traditionally, 12 strings (bother acoustic and electric) are string with the octave strings above the regular string. Ricks are strung with the octave string below. This contributes to the unique sound of Ricks.
Roger's 12s also have a bit of a unique tone due to a special compressor circuit built into the McGuinn signature guitars.
they go to bed angry, and they wake up angry, i bet they're even angry when they look in the mirror. and they run around talking about "hate speech" & "racism" , when "they" are the most hateful, racist people on the planet!
@lynchzilla AMEN! vmkSAVAGEGUY likely described him\her self. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming Nazi at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
@lynchzilla This person likely described theirself. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming Nazi at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
@lynchzilla This person likely described their self. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming "Nazi" at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
@lynchzilla i get annoyed at so many anti-liberal comments. I'm not some kind of radical liberal, but i think that liberal is definately a lot better than the other option of big businesses running everything, censorship everywhere and America being able to run the world. but i'm from england, and over here even the right wing would be considered 'left' in america lol.
@vmkSAVAGEGUY "savageguy" indeed. You must clearly be an expert on hate as you recognize it so quickly and so well in others. Thanks be to God it is not your own besetting evil. As for myself, my experience suggests that hate is pretty well distributed throughout the human species. It is no respecter of political predilection; in fact, it feeds on it. When you hate people for hating, look at yourself first...not last.
haha, this is a song that a lot of (sarcastically speaking) "good Liberals" out there, happen to love. but i don't think they listen to the words very well, cause they were all to doped up to realize, that a lot of these phrases come straight out of the bible versus. a book that most Liberals happen to hate!
lol, cause it speaks about Morals, life and death, war and peace.
I've said this before and feel like saying it again. Gene Clark might well have been the father of the Byrds but Roger McGunn, and his Rickenbacker 360-12, were the driving force that (in my opinion) made the Byrds the greatest 1960's group ever to originate out of L.A.
This model gutiar, played by McGuinn during the Byrds' 1960's heydays, was responsible for their trademark signature sound. With Seeger & The Holy Bible's help, this song will always taken me back to the glory days of my life; 1967-1969. I was there, I experienced the music, the war, the politics, the friends, the parties, the best of times and the worst of times. To suggest that there has ever been a better time to be young & alive probably suggests that you were not a product of the era.
Rickenbacker...... Its a fantastic sounding guitar & this is one of my all time fav songs just a great great sound & Roger makes the guitar sing!! Big thumbs up from Foxy!!
McGuinn also plays a unique Gibson designed 7 string acoustic gutiar that features two G strings, one an octave higher than the other. There were many wonderful bands in the 60's; I saw most of them and heard all of them (until I was drafted in February 1969 and invited over to that living hell known as Vietnam) and I am here to tell you they were the very best group of that era to originate out of L.A. Long live McGuinn, Crosby & Hillman. R.I.P. Gene Clark & Graham Parsons.
@MrRonnieG It's a MARTIN 7 string he's playing, developed by him and the Martin Co., as well as he's playing a Martin "Roger McGuinn" signature 12 string. AND, ofcourse, his signature Rickenbacker.
I grew up in L.A. and was of the Class of 1965. We use to hangout @ The Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood which is where Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and Chris Hillman first met. Though many talk about Gene Clark as the father of the Byrds I have argued, for many years, that while McGuinn might not have been the father of the Byrds he WAS the driving force (and the sound of his 12 string Rick the origin of the Byrds trademark signature sound) of the Byrds; one of the BEST ever.
sep 9 2006 was my birthday!
battman926 2 weeks ago
@lynchzilla Ric were always strung like that . Gives it that sound. and for one more reason.
59flametopburst 2 weeks ago
... I have seen the travail, which God hath given to the sons of men to be exercised in it. He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end. (Ecclesiastes 3:1-11)
voncoolio 3 weeks ago 2
A time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. What profit hath he that worketh in that wherein he laboureth?
voncoolio 3 weeks ago
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose;
voncoolio 3 weeks ago
Awesome, did McGuinn learned first how to play a banjo? Since he surely seems to be playing likewise on some parts. This guitar has a beautiful sound.
TheSRalston 4 weeks ago
The only other guy I ever saw play a guitar with flat pick and two fingerpicks is James Burton, who is certainly no slouch either.
Moijeennu1 1 month ago
roger signed my rickenbacker!
GreenDayPolice 1 month ago
@GreenDayPolice i'm so jealous. just kidding, congratulations!
lucas07700 1 month ago
Amazing, Roger is great!
JeDaaRe1 1 month ago
He's a legend, look how he's using the pick and his fingers at the same time.
An artist who brings the definitive Rickenbacker 12 string sound to us.
eric43937 1 month ago
i m so glad you survived so well mr Roger McGuinn! You look great! great voice and beautiful version of Pete Seeger s song. Unforgettable...
kloudzjia 2 months ago
I have meet this legend on the Queen Mary 2 last week where he did a presentation , what a privilidge
MsSachelle 3 months ago
Thanks
AaronAmacUSER 3 months ago
See Mark Johnston, 'Spin on this', totally awsome 12 string player.
8159d 3 months ago
There can be perfection in simplicity...what demonstrates that better than this song?
Marneycakes 4 months ago
I met him in NewOrleans,La. 1968. It was so cool to see him play that 12 string guitar. Lucky lady whoever he married. I heard he has a son.
josette4231 4 months ago
oh,One more detail- for those of you back East, esp NY- Do not miss McGuinn's three NY shows next month (Sept 2011) back there- I saw him in Santa Cruz a ten years ago and wish I could express how much fun and nostalgia was included- Go see him and I promise you will be so glad you did- Would you like to see the Byrds and hear Turn etc, My Back Pages, Mr Tamborine Man etc- GO- If you don't love it I'll give you your money back !!!
koa2341 5 months ago
If you like this, I'd like to suggest you search out, find, play and enjoy- Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary (of something??) at MSG NY, version of "My Back Pages" done by Harrison, Dylan, Young, Petty, McGuinn, oh and some guy named Clapton !! (remember Harrison saying on the Bangledesh album- "I've forgotten Billy Preston !!- He was an old friend) It's the best and promise to bring goose bumps- Please keep the derogitories to yourself and thanks, D
koa2341 5 months ago
@lynchzilla ~ Never saw the Byrds perform but have always thought that their studio recordings trumphed live performances ~ by the Byrds or any other group. As for the added attachments ~ you can make dip out of anything you like but it's always sitting on top of a chip. Without the 12 string electric Rick it's still nothing. It isn't how you got to the end product that matters, it's the end product.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago
It was, indeed, Roger McGuinn's 360-12 Rickenbacker that gave the Byrds their unique signature sound during the 1960's.
MrRonnieG 5 months ago 3
@MrRonnieG You're quite right. However, let's give two other features some due credit: the Rickenbacker was run through two vacuum tube compressors and was then plugged directly into the recording console. They did not record the guitar from an amplifier using a microphone. I saw the Byrds twice, including the 1965 lineup, and while they sounded good, the live performance 12-string sound couldn't quite match the ring and crispness of the studio recordings.
lynchzilla 5 months ago
@lynchzilla Roger also reversed the strings on his rick to give it a different sound. I cant wait to see him again in Richmond in March 2012...very nice guy
Imachowderhead 1 month ago
One of the GREATEST song renditions of all time.
whec65 5 months ago
Gyönyörű a hangja, és ez a szám csodálatossss!!!!!
boske1ful 5 months ago
tom petty was influenced by the byrds
shuvelface2012 5 months ago
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he signed his own guitar
shuvelface2012 5 months ago
Bring back the sound of true musicianship...Rock n Roll is not Dead !!!
Hip Hop and Rap are NOT music !!!
hydraIX 6 months ago
The Byrds were by far one of , if not , THE Quintessential , and Most Influential Folk - Rock Band to ever shape the sounds of 1960's music...period !!! They are truly in a class...all their own !!! And are one of the many bands that splinted off to form more influential bands to come !!! Their influence and mentorship can still be felt to this day !!!
hydraIX 6 months ago
Gyönyörű!!!!!!!
boske1ful 6 months ago
Ez egy gyönyörű szám, csodálatos zene, klassz lehetett akkor fiatalnak lenni, és hallani ezt a gitárjátékot, mert Roger Mcguinn gyönyörűen gitározik, és énekel.
kiszom 6 months ago
Beautiful! Elegant! Wow!
per819 7 months ago
how's the way he holds a flat pick and wears finger piks also- kool
blahblahblah85 7 months ago
Damn he's fast!
FiestyMclovin 7 months ago
Another really great cover of this song (circa; 1967) is performed by Judith Durham and The Seekers.
MrRonnieG 7 months ago
I fully agree With everything you stated above Mr. Lynch. You're so obviously, a very good man. Thank you.
romanowskistudios 7 months ago
Holly God!!! I always admire the McGuinn signature sound. Only a great guitar artist can produce a banjo back sound. Pilesovinyl is right...just idiots can´t notice. I defy to play guitar like McGuinn...play metal is easy!!!
redfury58 8 months ago
McGuinn's Rickenbacker 360-12 was the origin of the Byrd's signature sound of the 1960's.
MrRonnieG 8 months ago
@MrRonnieG
yeah, and george harrisons 360/12 inspired him to pick it up.
OropherThranduil 7 months ago
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The sound of Byrds meets Donovan 2011:
Michael Moeller - Where the wind blows
Its just wonderfull!
datchanin 8 months ago
Excellence. No band required, lead rhythm and bass in one, a master of the 12 string guitar.
leroy2488 8 months ago
Roger McGuinn -Johnny Marr -John Suire
evenness 9 months ago
Your uploader comments are a very crisp and coherent explanation of what these postings should mean to the artist and the Eagles are egomaniacs what else is new.
BerrysJSRD 9 months ago
I play 12 strings " air guitar " Sounds much better...!
alzhammer1 9 months ago
Pete Seeger took the verses from the Book of Ecclesiastes, rearranged them so that they would rhyme, added the Turn, Turn, Turn words and crafted the melody. The whole thing is so beautiful that I've never heard a bad version of it (Judy Collins, the Byrds, Diesel Park West, and so on).
lynchzilla 10 months ago 7
Or was it Pete Seeger?
billthestinker 10 months ago
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billthestinker 10 months ago
It's truly awesome along with the guitar playing. The old generations were great by any means. And the song itself is so soothing. Thanks to the original poster of this song..
113sachi 10 months ago
Awesome Rickenbacker 12 string. One of my favorite songs. Bet ya'll can't tell me where he got the lyrics from.
ampethosguy 10 months ago
this is the lead guitarist of the Byrds right?
CrumpKid2k 10 months ago
He always sounds like he's trying to suppress a hiccup, like he can barely control his voice. That's what makes it so great though...
thearmofbarlow 10 months ago
@thearmofbarlow... Well he is 68 years old in this video. My voice would be a little wobbly too.
ampethosguy 10 months ago
@ampethosguy Oh, not just in this video. All the time. That's what makes him so great though, such a distinct voice.
thearmofbarlow 10 months ago
wow this is soooo gooood
CrumpKid2k 10 months ago
Incredible! great solo part!
coolanddark 10 months ago
Classic singing and guitar playing.
Thanks for posting this video.
Earthdancer46234 11 months ago
greatest song and beautiful version
nitromix507 11 months ago
That was amazing . Thank you so much for this . Love and peace
Omiewise65 1 year ago
Master!
596559655965 1 year ago 2
When I grow up I want to play just like this!
notplainjane100 1 year ago
aww that great Rickenbacker 12 string jinglely sound!
AntmanFelix 1 year ago 2
I had a student who loves to play guitar, so I suggested he should listen to Roger McGuinn.
"Who?"
You've never heard of him?
"No."
Well, ask your dad; he'll know who he is. Anyway, he's plays a 12-string.
"A 12 string?" He emphasizes "12" and looks incredulous.
You've never heard of a 12-string? "No." Ask your dad. He'll know.
Sigh.
lyricarol 1 year ago
And this my children......... Is what an electric guitar is supposed to sound like!! Jangle on Roger!! Thanks!
tinmanwelder 1 year ago
Che piacere sentire questa canzone. Lunga vita a te
Gelsyviolet 1 year ago 2
@Gelsyviolet Translation from Italian: What a pleasure to hear this song. Long life to you
lynchzilla 1 year ago 3
@lynchzilla Thanks for the translation. Paolo (ITALY)
Gelsyviolet 1 year ago
This is great because it shows precisely the technique and fret locations of the notes played on the original. His "hybrid" flatpick/fingerstyle technique is flawless, as is the quality of his fine tenor. Don't try this at home folks unless you are very, very good.
irelephant 1 year ago
Gets my heart strings going this one like a few of his other songs, after all these years he still sounds great both vocal and instrumental bless him
Promoagent 1 year ago
I really I had a twelve string guitar. It doesn't sound quite as good with a 6 string.
savedbyjesusblood 1 year ago
Great performance .......love the guitar......cool!
tincaptain 1 year ago
17 negatives? you people suck
cbarrett34 1 year ago
Kind of renders the "artists" of the current timeframe as objects of ridicule, no? Compare Roger McGuinn's musical ability with any of the schmucks and laugh. I still love McGuinn's music, with and without the Byrds. I'm right back in my youth.
ciarraibuzz 1 year ago
OMFG
mind = blown
why do we consider modern musicians talented?
HebrewTheHammer 1 year ago 10
@HebrewTheHammer Well, in the spirit of the Christmas season, Lady GaGa, if you strip away the shock costumes and make-up, is actually a pretty good keyboard player.
lynchzilla 1 year ago
@lynchzilla I'd reserve judgement on her piano skills. Have you heard her version of John Lennon's IMAGINE? She was performing at a benefit and she inserted some new lyrics to suit her desire expressing a political statement. L.G. sounded rotten. I wasn't impressed.
The link to the video clip was on a newsbrief page several months ago. She was widely criticized for playing Yoko Ono's piano at the Dakota.
hobokenplayboy 1 year ago
@lynchzilla If you strip away the shock costumes and make-up, she's completely run-of-the-mill, hence the shock costumes and make-up. Without them nobody would pay the slightest attention to her.
Salguine 11 months ago
@lynchzilla So maybe she should play keyboard and shut her mouth.
MrHoyQ 9 months ago
@lynchzilla If she were that good, the costumes and make-up wouldn't be necessary.
Salguine 9 months ago
@Salguine She's a marketing genius though. If she wore modest clothing, she wouldn't be Lady Gaga. It's a stage persona, and it really works imo. She's written some great hooks, fantastic voice too. I'm not even a huge fan of pop in general, it just pisses me off to see everyone talking shit about modern music on every classic rock video.
FiestyMclovin 7 months ago
@FiestyMclovin she's got some good songs and is a good singer and musician. I dont own a CD of hers but she'll probably be revered in decades to come . The Beatles were dumped at the time they come out by people looking to the past. Not putting her that class but even they had image /marketing that helped make them a phenomenon
genericgeorge 4 months ago
@HebrewTheHammer Mumford and suns
fl00dsm0k3 1 year ago
@HebrewTheHammer Because at some point they lowered the bar.
pastafazool56 10 months ago
@HebrewTheHammer
This stuff is awesome. How anyone can consider anything by Lady Gaga music is beyond me.
senseit2007 7 months ago
@senseit2007 You got that right, man!!!
therealmrsblack1 7 months ago
17 dislikes?
what is wrong with people?
This is wonderful, and I thank you very much for this.x.
roadbiketraveller 1 year ago
@lynchzilla
Great music is not about being on perfect key, it is about SOUL. I can listen to Opera, Blues, Rock, Jazz and mainly Folk. Is Pavaratti better then Kris, Willie, Johnny or Waylon. They all have their place. I love them all. Rap and Hip-hop does not count.
tiktoride 1 year ago
I had been toying with guitar since I was 8. Hearing this song by the Byrds made me get more serious and I saved 2 years to buy a 12 string.
Roger McGuinn is my hero. A true musician.
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the Eagles have been especially heartless "
lynchzilla
And what a surprise that is
H4rryF 1 year ago
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H4rryF 1 year ago
12/11/2010 Thanks for the guitar lesson, I learned again the tune. I'm also a Rick-12 addict! Don't own one---yet. On my wish list. What's the going price for one, that isn't a "collectors" item?? They're soooo cool. Keep on chiming and jingle jangle 2 U!
hkyoutoob 1 year ago
I think only rap or heavy metal fans would not like this beautiful music. In a case like this, if you dislike it, just don't vote and go see something you do like.
jfs199 1 year ago
pilesovinyl: 15 little idiots without ears & feeling : Don't care Mc Guinn forever
TheSteamhammer 1 year ago
What a pleasure to see and hear him playing that fabulous guitar, the Rickenbacker 360/12. George Harrison played one - the Sunglow model during the Help! album era, They look like a 6 string at first glance, but there are 6 more tuning keys on the back of the head. I'd sure love to have one.
Swatantra100 1 year ago
wow- what a unique and original style
ztubs6 1 year ago
This guys one of the best
MusicMasterJames 1 year ago
Fantastic performance,technique in the solo is amazing!
GBPaddling 1 year ago
Has always been one of my favorites and in my opinion Rodger McGinn is just a tremendous guitarist
MrLt69812 1 year ago
@MrLt69812 Actually, you said what I should have said. As noted, to each his own as far as music genre goes. I suppose I just can't get over the riches and fame that so called "Rap Artists" have with silly rhymes that sound as if a first grader made them up and electronic beat box backgrounds. I'm sure the Rap fans don't like my favorites either. Thanks for stoking my conscience!
edro3111 1 year ago
@edro3111 We all have our likes and dislikes which also change as we as people change. We as people are all a work in progress and none of us perfect. It took me so many years of my life to learn these things and I can honestly say to you that I feel so blessed and fortunate to be able to share these lessons with others. Learning and sharing is the true enrichment of life itself.
MrLt69812 1 year ago
Who are the 15 idiots who didn`t like this clip?
pilesovinyl 1 year ago 22
@pilesovinyl I think they all play "air" guitar!
lynchzilla 1 year ago 10
@lynchzilla ...and they play out-of-tune, to boot!!!
nebrpo 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl They're douchebags-pay 'em no mind.I saw him live years ago and he was great.
gh9448 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl Probably white 14 year olds who idolize rap artists!
edro3111 1 year ago
@edro3111 anyone who idolizes rap is certainly not a fan of music. Rap is not real music,it is more limerick than music. Still with that being said" to each his or her own as long as nobody is getting hurt by it"
MrLt69812 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl Yeah, the Eagles will go down as one of the greediest rock groups in music history. They took the lead in the "has-beens-touring-for-money" charge. Don Henley looks like the kid with a chip on his shoulder from the school playground. Maybe someone should punch him since his face and his attitude seem to invite it. Brilliant musician, but so vulgar it ain't funny.
acbulgin2 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl i totally agree who are they probably never heard great music before
hq72hotmale 1 year ago
this is the song of life fullstop
hq72hotmale 1 year ago
this is the song of life fullstop im sure 381 522 could not have been wrong
hq72hotmale 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl
Who cares..! :-)
jimhmr 1 year ago
@pilesovinyl maybe they don´t like the gitter LOL
MrTambourineMan1960 1 year ago
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@pilesovinyl "Who are the 15 idiots who didn`t like this clip?"
Probably the same cretins who think "rap" and its related noise actually qualifies as some sort of music.
blueshark69 5 months ago
Timeless Classic and great Performance!
Pedy1968 1 year ago
what a fantastic guitarist and all around musician
shoekstra1419 1 year ago
I had the privilege of meeting Roger and Tom Petty & some of The Heartbreakers in The Old City of Jerusalem, in 1986. As I heard it, Tom told Roger that their world tour with Dylan would take them to Jerusalem and invited him to join them there. The clip can be found under Petty McGuinn Rosenblum. I know, I know, but heck I'm 60 now and it was the highlight of my rockin' rabbinical life in those days. My thanks forever to Roger, Tom, Ben, and the MTV film crew that invited me to be there.
RockRabbi 1 year ago 2
@RockRabbi I'm sure you enjoyed it, I admire your experience of a lifetime
MrLt69812 1 year ago
Angelic voice... nice
just888another888ide 1 year ago
Every so often I come back to this video, and I continue to be amazed. Roger McGuinn is a wonder!
jeanparkslynn 1 year ago 3
I, normally, don't share Facebook videos, but Roger McGuinn of the Byrds is simply amazing. :-)
goatghost 1 year ago
I know a guy who went to boarding school with the Rickenbacker kids. Everybody on the dorm floor got a guitar. True story.
barkulator 1 year ago
@barkulator Really? Cool! I love stories like that. Well, I guess there is something to be said for boarding schools. Sometimes, in addition to education, bullying and being buggered senseless, you get something really neat like that! Very cool. Does your friend still have his complimentary guitar?
acbulgin2 1 year ago
i loved this song...
RubberSoul1968 1 year ago
Thank God i got to see him perform solo - to really appreciate his talent!!!
asmilingworld 1 year ago
bravooooo!!!!!!!!! genialll!!! buena cancion siempre me a gustado bravooo!!! me encanta este grupo te byrds.......yeeaaaaa
pablocalabera 1 year ago
You are the best Roger
Beatleboy1968 1 year ago
the version of bobby or joan baez but not this chickenbirdy!
hansaushamburg2008 1 year ago
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I believe it's a Rick 370 - 12 (third pickup), though I've heard he had a 360 to which he added a third pickup.
cejesq 1 year ago
I believe it's a Rick 370 - 12 (third pickup), though I've heard he had a 360 to which he added a third pickup.
cejesq 1 year ago
Amazing...
7nikunj7 1 year ago
How many know that Martin built a custom acoustic gutiar for McGuinn, it has SEVEN strings with a double "G" string configuration. One string is an octave higher than the other. McGuinn is an icon in 60's music.
MrRonnieG 1 year ago
@ whoever wants to know what this guitar is
Rickenbacker 360/12
fivestander 1 year ago
What model of rickenbacker is this?
cootamundra123 1 year ago
Been a Byrds fan since early 70's, but seeing this reminded me of a chance I had around 15 years ago to see Roger live at a seafood festival in Hyannis, MA. He was solo, mostly acoustic 12 string. My wife was convinced she would hate his music, went to sit in the car. My stepdaughter was so taken that she dragged my wife back to listen. Wife loved the music. I caught Roger just as he came off the stage and got him to autograph a tshirt from the festival, which I still have, never worn!
dhh02192 1 year ago
Awesome. I always like Roger/Jim. The guitar playing and picking is amazing. That Rickebacker is gorgeous. I wonder if he has a compressor pedal on it because in the studio they used lots of compression.
Franzko787 1 year ago
"And Roger Mcguinn had a twelve string guitar, and it was like nothing i'd ever heard."
FnPATVTeam 1 year ago 2
Umm,.. sweet ..
you166mhz 1 year ago
Terrific, Roger. thanks for posting. Mike.
mtischler1 1 year ago
brilliant!!
camerond47 1 year ago
So great to see and hear this, especially with Roger demonstrating the chords and singing it - wow he still sings very well, as if "there is a time to every purpose under heaven". This music setting for words in Ecclesiastes officially transformed King Solomon into a 20th century folk-rock lyricist. Maybe some of the folks writing argumentative political comments will stop, and listen to the actual words. This transcends earth's political systems.
marsguy3 1 year ago 10
@marsguy3 Well said, marsguy3. Cheers!
lynchzilla 1 year ago
@marsguy3 Excellent reply!!!
salsalegend 1 year ago
I didn't read all the comments, but in case nobody mentioned it..
Rickenbacker 12 strings are strung differently than other 12 string electrics. Traditionally, 12 strings (bother acoustic and electric) are string with the octave strings above the regular string. Ricks are strung with the octave string below. This contributes to the unique sound of Ricks.
Roger's 12s also have a bit of a unique tone due to a special compressor circuit built into the McGuinn signature guitars.
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mick59707 1 year ago
Just beautiful....
olmose 1 year ago
i have a right to be angry at Liberals who have flushed our country down a toilet of immorality sir, their is such a thing as Righteous anger. >:]
vmkSAVAGEGUY 1 year ago
@vmkSAVAGEGUY Ha! I think you'll find what we call the 'industrial-capitalist disease' has done that, sunshine...PS It's 'there is such a thing...'
Hicksie52 1 year ago
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they go to bed angry, and they wake up angry, i bet they're even angry when they look in the mirror. and they run around talking about "hate speech" & "racism" , when "they" are the most hateful, racist people on the planet!
LOL!!!
>:]
vmkSAVAGEGUY 1 year ago
@vmkSAVAGEGUY
And you're calling liberals angry? There are 471 comments here on Roger's performance and yours is the most mean-spirited one of all.
lynchzilla 1 year ago 7
@lynchzilla AMEN! vmkSAVAGEGUY likely described him\her self. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming Nazi at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
nikezeus42 1 year ago
@lynchzilla This person likely described theirself. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming Nazi at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
nikezeus42 1 year ago
@lynchzilla This person likely described their self. People like that have no empathy. They do not care if others have an opinion or different sensibilities, much less sensitivities. In their own defective minds, someone else is always to blame and their viewpoint is Gospel truth. Ever notice if you do call one a Nazi, by the end of the week they will be screaming "Nazi" at you. They filter everything through their own hate and warped view - they would not know love if it bit them.
nikezeus42 1 year ago
@lynchzilla i get annoyed at so many anti-liberal comments. I'm not some kind of radical liberal, but i think that liberal is definately a lot better than the other option of big businesses running everything, censorship everywhere and America being able to run the world. but i'm from england, and over here even the right wing would be considered 'left' in america lol.
MayonaiseKing100 1 year ago
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acbulgin2 1 year ago
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@vmkSAVAGEGUY "savageguy" indeed. You must clearly be an expert on hate as you recognize it so quickly and so well in others. Thanks be to God it is not your own besetting evil. As for myself, my experience suggests that hate is pretty well distributed throughout the human species. It is no respecter of political predilection; in fact, it feeds on it. When you hate people for hating, look at yourself first...not last.
acbulgin2 1 year ago
the bible gets in the way of their perversion, their drugs, their homosexuality, just shows you how Moronic the Liberal lifestyle is.
being a Liberal doesn't take any brains at all, it is the most heartless, gutless decision a human can ever make for him or herself!
it turns you into someone that's always angry and hateful!
vmkSAVAGEGUY 1 year ago
haha, this is a song that a lot of (sarcastically speaking) "good Liberals" out there, happen to love. but i don't think they listen to the words very well, cause they were all to doped up to realize, that a lot of these phrases come straight out of the bible versus. a book that most Liberals happen to hate!
lol, cause it speaks about Morals, life and death, war and peace.
they do not want to be confronted with the truth!
vmkSAVAGEGUY 1 year ago
I've said this before and feel like saying it again. Gene Clark might well have been the father of the Byrds but Roger McGunn, and his Rickenbacker 360-12, were the driving force that (in my opinion) made the Byrds the greatest 1960's group ever to originate out of L.A.
MrRonnieG 1 year ago
This model gutiar, played by McGuinn during the Byrds' 1960's heydays, was responsible for their trademark signature sound. With Seeger & The Holy Bible's help, this song will always taken me back to the glory days of my life; 1967-1969. I was there, I experienced the music, the war, the politics, the friends, the parties, the best of times and the worst of times. To suggest that there has ever been a better time to be young & alive probably suggests that you were not a product of the era.
MrRonnieG 1 year ago
What a beautiful prayer
forkfail 1 year ago
awesome song by an awesome musician
PUCK271 1 year ago
God was i young when this came out just a old fart not.
MrKendixon1952 1 year ago
Roger's picking is madness. I'm sitting with my 12 string just in awe. I almost put it down and just walked away for a moment. lol
Hexonox 1 year ago
Damn sure Roger looks, sings and plays a lot much better than a whole bunch of 60s icons!
antejutronic 1 year ago 2
Rickenbacker...... Its a fantastic sounding guitar & this is one of my all time fav songs just a great great sound & Roger makes the guitar sing!! Big thumbs up from Foxy!!
mufcfan96 1 year ago
Thanks Robert¡¡
Dobermann49 1 year ago
If I remember right, Roger McGuinn did some wild 12 string bending on the BYRDS song WHY.
tecdessus 1 year ago
McGuinn also plays a unique Gibson designed 7 string acoustic gutiar that features two G strings, one an octave higher than the other. There were many wonderful bands in the 60's; I saw most of them and heard all of them (until I was drafted in February 1969 and invited over to that living hell known as Vietnam) and I am here to tell you they were the very best group of that era to originate out of L.A. Long live McGuinn, Crosby & Hillman. R.I.P. Gene Clark & Graham Parsons.
MrRonnieG 1 year ago
@MrRonnieG It's a MARTIN 7 string he's playing, developed by him and the Martin Co., as well as he's playing a Martin "Roger McGuinn" signature 12 string. AND, ofcourse, his signature Rickenbacker.
Rickowner 1 year ago
@MrRonnieG ...
It's Gram. Michael Clarke the drummer is also deceased, and don't forget Clarence White.
jmzfactor 1 year ago
I grew up in L.A. and was of the Class of 1965. We use to hangout @ The Troubadour on Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood which is where Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark and Chris Hillman first met. Though many talk about Gene Clark as the father of the Byrds I have argued, for many years, that while McGuinn might not have been the father of the Byrds he WAS the driving force (and the sound of his 12 string Rick the origin of the Byrds trademark signature sound) of the Byrds; one of the BEST ever.
MrRonnieG 1 year ago
Fantastic! I love that he's using the "Roger McGuinn" Rick 360!
Wilthomer66 1 year ago
@Wilthomer66 It's a 370 Ric.
Rickowner 1 year ago
Lyrics by God. Cool!
Take care, God bless...
CygnusatratusZ 1 year ago
And that's a Master's Masterclass... :0) Take care, God Bless...
CygnusatratusZ 1 year ago
Of all the songs written and sung, I think this song will always be the finest of them all!
MyDeerhunter123 1 year ago