The Byrds - I Come and Stand at Every Door

[KIDAmnesiacBends]

listen to "I Unseen" by The Misunderstood...its the same lyrics, or same poem

[decemberschild1217]

I loved this album as a kid but i remember being terrified of this track.....

[genericgeorge]

I always liked this maudlin song. I cant say that of all the songs on this album as there's some shite. John Riley, 2-4-2 Foxtrot being two

[sochratt]

if u want to listen the original one, write "zülfü livaneli kkız çocuğu" in the search bar.

salutes from turkey, we miss nazım hikmet...

[Jellycrusher]

@sochratt Thank You, very interesting version

[pastrygoddes]

I think I first heard this on August 9, 1959. I was eight and it represents the awakening of my political/social consciousness. I was at camp and it was visiting day, also my mother's birthday, which muddies some of the recollection, no doubt. The counselors all wore black armbands. One of them sang it. She said that Pete Seeger had set the words of a Turkish poet to the tune of The Great Silkie. and she sang it in as close a proximation of Joan Baez as she could.

[nowhereman65]

Aw, sorry... the very original one turned out to be The Great Silkie of Sule Skerry, a folk tune from Orkney Islands... maybe someone already wrote it down here but I didn't scroll so far.

Ciao

[nowhereman65]

Love it, indeed... it's a traditional tune though.

This is a traditional breton song I often listened to as I was 10... Le Dauphin (as I know it performed by the Tri Yann)

I find they sound similar...

Anyway - the Byrds are in my top 5, no doubt about.

Ciao

[ejectorerector]

reminds me of sadness and drugs

[mobyboy]

such a sad song

[janfreidun]

this song shows a sense of maturty and revolutionary spirit which is rare for bands of their time, to me it's one of the highpoints if THE HIGHPOINT of this album, and it was the first album by the byrds I ever got, I like how they were bold enough to choose socially aware material that moved beyond the usual swingin 60's territory, there is a sincerity in their sound here rarely heard from other 60's acts, and mind you this was only their 3rd LP

[spacepatrolman]

@janfreidun yea your right but is there a such a thing as the fifth dimension the fourth dimension is something from science fiction [there are only three dimensions forward and back ,left to right ,up and down ]

the fifth dimension is when you are on a simulated lsd trip the byrds write songs about subjects nobody else thinks of not your usual I love you you love me...

[serengiv]

@janfreidun 

[sazsozben]

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You can find the original poem by Nazims own voice...with exact translation (not poetic)

[captainsoul1953]

The 5D album has a very strange metallic sound...not the jingle jangle of the previos 2 albums...does anybody agree?

Jim,

[Dukegrievousangel]

@captainsoul1953 Like a jet engine, yeah. It drones, especially the D chord on the Rickenbacker.

I love it.

[morninggloryseed]

@Dukegrievousangel

Not quite. You need a good limiter to get that sound...its not just the rickenbacker but also the fact that the limiter squishes the dynamics and gives it the sound we all know and love.

Get a good optical tube compressor/limiter, set ratio to 10/1 or above, medium attack and quick release, and lower threshold until it sounds right....then you have it.

[AlbertMondback]

Brilliant.

[altanzky]

Nazım Hİkmet.

[ABTE67]

this mortal coil version is so much better

[captainsoul1953]

I like it..but this version is better..if only because these guys are closer in time...thet were alive when it happened....a bit mental i know....plus the beautiful metallic sound of the guitars

[jduff59]

It's me who knocks the doors one by one. You can't see me --the deads are invisible. It has been around ten years since I've dead in Hiroshima. I'm seven years old --dead children do not grow. First my hair caught fire, my eyes burnt. I've turned into a handful of ash, and that was scattered into the air.

[jduff59]

I don't ask you for anything

for myself.

A child who burns like a piece of paper

cannot eat even candy, anyway.

I knock your door,

dear lady, dear sir, give me your signature

so that children won't get killed,

so that they can eat candy.

[fiendwithoutaface66]

you should check out the version I'd consider to be the best by the band the misunderstood, it's called I Unseen

[skilski2003]

Agree with Tazzy: This song or tune is from The Silkie, an old Scottish folk song...recorded by Joan Baez back in the 60's. No one (to my knowledge) knows how old the original song is.

[GreyCampbell]

The Byrds are the greatest Band ever, thier music spans spectrum of intense emotions and this is no exception. 1967 ay, and still they were the leaders in leading the way. Hail the Byrds !

[spacepatrolman]

@GreyCampbell when the byrds were on the murry the k tv special mcguinn said 5D is dedicated to timothy leary and his League for Spiiritual Discovery

[rdw7300]

A child died in our community today. She was very, very ill and loved by many. Today, this song is for her.

[Ermengarde11]

God bless that child, what a sweet remembrance. I pray for comfort for those who love her.

[mysterusium]

nazım hikmet ran - kız çocuğu

[faceofjesusinmysoup]

which means "Little Girl" I believe

[KennBurch]

Pete Seeger actually made the tune for this. One of the most haunting songs I've ever heard.

[TazzyMania94]

Actually the lyrics were composed by Pete Seeger , but the tune is from the Folk Tune that was recorded by the likes Of Joan Baez and Judy Collins called The Silkie of Suleskerry.

[flyingturtle25]

No, actually the lyrics are a translation of the poem "Kiz Cocugu" by the late turkish poet Nazim Hikmet.

[butterflyd666]

goergeus....

[sabrinasjourney]

chilling and beautiful

[whothehelldouthinkur]

One of my favorite songs by the Byrds, who are the most underappreciated and underrated rock bands. Thank you.

[homonculus9]

beautiful... absolutely beautiful.