By this tme,only Chris and Roger remained from the 1966 lineup...Crosby was fired because of his refusal to participate in the recording of this..Weeks later,Clarke followed..a messy affair at the time,indeed.
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Gene lasted, maybe three months, in his return trip to the band. He was with them between the firing of Crosby (beginning of October 1967) to the departure of Michael Clarke (end of December 1967) - leaving right before Gram came crawling on board.
in my humble opinion, this is simply one of the best songs ever written. both in terms of arrangement and relevance, but also, the chemistry between the lyrics/theme and the overall production is eminent. outstanding band!
on a further note, it is completely INSANE that the byrds released two of the best albums ever with only something like a 6 months gap between them. notorious bird bros and sweethear of the rodeo are both masterpieces, but in different fields of the genre spectre - CRAZY! :)
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It's attractively performed--and certainly better than the awful version by Queen--but this is still Dusty Springfield's song. Even Carole King, who wrote the song, said that Springfield did it better than anyone else, hands down.
@GaryFTaylor Awful version by Queen?First off, there's no version by Queen, it's only sang by Freddie Mercury in 1972. Please, get some ears and do some research before you insult Queen.
perhaps the most plush harmony of all the great harmonies they ever recorded! this carries you into the clouds. I use to listen to it the mornings after a wild evening to chill out. beautiful sound.
Man, this was music! Such beauty straight from heartville. What a group! Wow, didn't know it was a C. King song. "Catch me if you can, I'm goin' back." Such beautiful harmonies... almost like dolphins.
reading Mr. Tambourine, the Gene biography now. Apparently in that brief period when Gene came back after Crosby left, he not only recorded some vocals on Going Back, which Roger says you can here on the single, but he co-wrote Get To You and never got credit for it. That was news to me!
superb song written by carole king and played by one of the the most influential american rock n roll band alongside velvet underground and springsteen and e street band
'The Notorious Byrd Brothers' is one of the most eclectic, underrated and underappreciated albums of the late -60's. It was considered an "off" album by the Byrds and was never popular.
Side One of the album is a classic. 'Artificial Energy' just explodes and is a psychedelic rock classic. "Draft Morning" is one of the best anti-Viet Nam war songs ever written and "Wasn't Born to Follow' captures the spirit of the late great 60's perfectly --- it later appeared in the film 'Easy Rider'.
@dlphcoracl Can't forget Natural Harmony. Blows my mind that was written by Chris Hillman! And Change Is Now is another of my favorites. Back when I was doing a lot of mind bending this was always a staple album.
What a shame Gene didn't stay. He looked great. You've got all the components here of a great 4 piece band but alas, twas not meant to be. He looked cool banging a tambourine even.
Did anyone notice at 45 seconds, that Gene Clark is in this lip-sync performance, 2 years after he quit The Byrds? I think they briefly brought him back after firing David Crosby, but Gene Clark only lasted a couple of weeks before leaving again.
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i love this version, but why is Carole King the only one who knew this was a ROCK song. hers is the only version that rocks. the only FAST version. the ony one w/ drums i think. everyone but the Byrds turned it into a slow ballad. that takes a very special kind of stupidity. its a rock song.
@bobbyb826 that's the beauty of experiencing a different interpretation of something. A true artist offers their version and maybe the listener will hear and appreciate a different side/version.What would be the point of copying exactly? What's the point of that?
@oldhiway66@oldhiway66 i agree, but what i meant was that they all DID copy each other's slow ballad interpretation of Goin Back. there are 4 or 5 of those. more really. including Freddie Mercury and Diana Ross, both of whom u might expect to see it as a rock song, but they also did slow versions. which would be great if they turned out great, but they make nothing of the song's great melody. only Byrds n Carole king did. the rock setting brings out the songs greatness. tnx. Peace.bye
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notorius byrd brothers, is a great album the next morning, after to much of everything the night before. I use to drive in the country playing this song after a hangover trying to get my insides to stay inside. it is a classic album I agree with all here. except that nut clucaspik down the list of comments. clucaspik must be tone deaf.
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@Reinisen he didnt have any input on the record they were just giveing him a tv gig crosby was a drug ball and his songs were too kinky so they threw him out .
@spacepatrolman You got me laughing there - well put. They kicked him out for classic R&R qualifications. But you summed it up well. Pity Gene didn't really rejoin them- I'd have been more divided.
@psychoprosthetic crosby has his good points he said take those apartheid signs down in south africa his books are good he did the theme from the jacque cousteau pbs series oasis in space
@Dbusdriver71 I listened and confess that i didn´t like much Stone Roses. But i agree, they have the same intention on make this folk-rock with 80s language.
This is a fantastic band thank you for posting some really cool tunes I was about 8 then but I had my own record playing a ton of albums and many speakers, I love the music, I beleave the band really come to life when G. Parsons joined and wrote several songs from there on. Thanks again, I sub'd rated and friended hopefully got it all right, not use to this new layout been in hospt. 8 mo.ending with a right lung lobectomy, from mold that would not respond to meds, But doing good now.
OK it's a funny song to pick from one of my all time favorite bands The Byrds ....first I heard Dusty Springfield sing it ..... then The Byrds only to find this gem of a song is Goffin -King penned
@JeroenG8 .....Just came from Freddie's version of this - absolutely amazing, just like everything by Freddie & Queen! Incredible voice & best frontman ever!!
Always loved The Byrds.....saw them @ 1972.....really great!
@JeroenG8 Queen were recording their first album at De Lane Lea, I think, and Phil Spector was next door or something. Brian and Freddie were invited to record it.
"@Inigobalboa Why the f**k are you talking about that rubbish here?"
@clean3 Because this is a free medium and it is relevant that the most famous producer at the time (Spector) got interested in this song to remix it. Queen were next door and JeroenG8 was commenting on it. What's your problem?
@Inigobalboa Quite, and I'm free to say , Freddie was next door was he? how interesting. Queen and bands like them were inevitable (kiss are another one). RocknRoll had exhausted every decent idea....all but parody and camp pseudo operatics. Never has the Vox amplifier been so abused; and finally, McGuinn played a Rickenbacker and looked cool whilst May had a perm and wore clogs...my 15 yr old son can see the difference....thank god.
@Inigobalboa Quite, And I'm free to say, Freddie was next door was he? How interesting. Queen and bands like them were inevitable (kiss are another one). Rock’n’Roll had exhausted every decent idea....all but parody and camp pseudo operatics. Never has the Vox amplifier been so abused; and finally, McGuinn played a Rickenbacker and looked cool whilst May had a perm and wore clogs...my 15 yr old son can see the difference....thank god.
I´m a Brazilian guy and i wasn´t born when that song turned sucess, but i like this song very much! I listen all day! Don´t make more music like this today!
@3ADesigner You should try the Stone Roses. To me, The Byrds were the most brillant band until I heard the Stone Roses for the first time in 86. The Stone Roses touched on something that hasn't been heard since the Byrds. Try them and tell me if you agree.
@3ADesigner And whilst you're at it, check out The Second Coming as well. At its best, like on tracks such as the finishing few of Begging You, Good Times, Tears, How Do You Sleep and Love Spreads, they become Led Zep at their best.
Amazing band, pity the lead singer couldnt sing, lol
People often forget about Mike Clarke when they talk about the Byrds. The guy was an underrated drummer, just check out Eight Miles High! And he wrote one of my favourite byrds songs..Artificial Energy!
@moorlock2003 i agree with you that L.A. did and probably still has a great music scene but this song (as good as it is) is still not a hit unless it is played nationally . and i personally feel that very same belief goes for any song of any genre and i'm sorry if you don't agree with me but that's just my personal belief.
If a record charts on Billboard, that means it was played in some cities. That makes it a hit wherever it was played. "Gloria" by Them charted only #71 nationally, but was a No. 1 in Los Angeles. Nobody is going to tell me it wasn't a hit, because it was huge where I lived.
the truth bout gene clark why he quit twice was because he was very scared of flying-he witnessed a fatal plane crash when he was a kid, the second time he came back he refused to fly-one of the byrds told him "you cant be a byrd if you cant fly" thats the truth so he he quit after 2 weeks of playing. look it up
@misterb59801 ok I looked it up - that was only part of the reason. And it wasn't after 2 weeks - that happened in 1966, Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn started the Byrds in 1964.
Question: what is Gene Clark doing in the video? He didn't play on Notorious to my knowledge. They're all lip syncing to the album cut so it may not matter. It's like he was the only former Byrd available after Crosby was fired... curious to know (for the record I'm a big Clark fan).
Clark rejoined the group for about 2 weeks in 1968. It was a quick experiment, that didn't last. In fact, this was the only thing that came out of Clark's rejoining. There weren't any shows or recordings. Just this TV lip-synch performance.
I am an avid byrdmaniac yet this song is good, but does not have that traditional byrd richness and solidity to it nothing on Nutorious has, this is more in the same league as beatles or trems or monkees than pure byrd, I mean what happened to tracks like bell's of rhymney? "The world turns all aroundb her" and I come and stand at every door that is the true byrd style which is also evident on tracks like changing heart, full circle yeah anywhere but on this album apart from "space odyssey"
@janfreidun You gotta be kidding. Space Odyssey is the LEAST Byrd-sounding number on NBB. It sucks real hard by the way. The only letdown on an otherwise magnificent album
@skinnyskaller I totally agree with you all the way. This is one of the albums my best friend and I always played back in '68 when we tripped out. Space Odyssey is my least favorite song on the album. On the other hand, I don't know what I'd suggest as an alternate final track to such a, as you said, magnificent album. The actual ending of the song is appropriately electric and it fits.
Hey, Betsy Wells is a modern-day band that implements this style of folk-rock. They are the only band that I really have found that do so. Refreshing!
@stoneeyedkiller Yeah...what about Michael Clarke. He was originally hired because his "Pageboy" hair style made him look like Brian Jones. I read somewhere that Michael was drunk on just about every performance and he looks it here. He was an alcoholic and eventually died from Cirrhosis of the Liver. I love the Byrds though and probably always will. I'm 16 again when I hear them even tho I'm really 61.
I think this version of the song is sensational, but the video doesn't do it justice. The lads are miming and do indeed look bored. Never mind, the Notorious Byrd Brothers album is one of their best, and this song fits it perfectly.
Dusty's is a beautiful, haunting, evocative version, but like this one as well, it's a "sexier" slightly faster version. I Like the accents and the la-la-la's neither of which are on Dusty's.
@Oldtinear Fair point! Truth is i like this version, like all versions i`ve heard, (except Bon Jovi) but especially Dustys! Have never managed to track down Carole Kings version though.
One of the greatest American bands singing one of the most brilliant songs ever written. Thank you Carole King. I think Dusty Springfield does the definitive version though.
NBB was a great album - I have it on CD - but in my opinion the producer over-homogonized it, made it too synthetic sounding. It should have had a more raw sound like their earlier stuff.
incredibly, no ones mentioning carole king's verszion of this song. oddly, its the fastest and most rockin of all the versions. i mean her first recording of it in 1970, not the 1980. fully brings out the melody. i think dustys is too bland. this is next best tho.
This was nice to listen to ( but nothing compared to the emotional rendition by Dusty Springfield) they just sat there, playing, no sign of being alive or feeling anything about the story
music is not pretending youre "feeling" the song. music is not acting. if the music is good it speaks for itself. you dont act it out like youre on american idol. why should a musician do anything besides just "sit there and play"" as you call it. thats the mtv generation for ya.
bobbyb826 The song is a very emotional one. Any decent singer will sing expressively. Just standing there belting our the words is not enough. It's the same as playing a musical intstrument. Any one can play the notes, but without expression, it's flat & uninteresting. The voice is the same.
that was my point.. you sing or play expressively, you dont act expressively. and actually this song isnt emotional as much as pensive and thoughtful. its about thinking. "I think im going back...."
bobbyb826 Who said anything about 'acting' apart from you? Now, back to what I said before.................do you really mean the Byrds sang expressively? that the pathos came across? that the place this man/woman wanted to be wasn't where he/she was? 'Going back' is impossible. Dreaming about it is o.k. but knowing it can never be, is the sadness. There was none of that in the Byrds 'performance'
Wrong. Any front man will tell you it's all about the show, not the music. Mick Jagger. What would the Stones be without him.? ..I'll tell you more clearly, cause I sing, too. When you get "expressive" physically, it helps you get the right expression out musically. More than that, you actually send emotion across to the crowd. And that is why they came. To have a good time. To be affected. Only the musicians want to see the finger-work. And most of them couldn't afford to come.
onsidering the entire song is about daydreaming (of childhood) it makes sense to sing the song dreamily, which the byrds did. and the pathos is something we pull from the song. the narrator doesny know its impossible to go back. he thinks that by thinking like a child he can be one again, rather than an adult and
I would dearly love to HEAR the Carole King rendition (and hear what she really meant by 'going back') In the meantime I will stick to my guns and say...............this song demands better that the Byrds version
Gene's return was short lived sadly - his subsequent solo career evidences what the later Byrds missed! Crosby's sacking was allegedly the reason behind the group's joke cover of using a horse in the fourth window on the "Notorious" LP cover with the other 3 group members.
It's great to see Gene here! Even though the return was brief, it was for the better I feel. His solo work is just some of the best music I've ever known. It's funny how how soon Gene is gone Gram Parsons shows up--another legend whos byrds and post-byrds work is I cherish more than anything.
Crosby actually was the reason Gene first ended up playing tambourine and not guitar. Difficult man to work with, on many accounts.
Alright! I bought Notorious when I was in high school 22 years ago at Tower Records for 3.99, was a favorite from first listen; only figured out the line "watch my sailboat glide" last month, when I thought to check what the lyrics were...
i think this is beautiful - but i think Dusty Springfields version is the perfect balance of raw sincerity and experience but rough enough to be bittersweet. This song is young and old and is continualy relevant. Catch me if you can, i'm going back....perfect
Smothers Bros. Comedy Hour was "must see" TV in my childhood,but must have missed this.Notorious Byrd Brothers is a MUST OWN record;one of those rare cohesive introspective statements.
Someone below mentioned the old myth about the Byrds not playing on the first 2 albums...they were pure Byrds...apart from the A and B of the first single and the occaisonal bit of keyboard from producer Terry Melcher
Gene was the man! After leaving the Byrds he headed north to beautiful Mendocino CA to get back to the land. Not bad for a kid from Bonner Springs Kansas. We miss him.
By this tme,only Chris and Roger remained from the 1966 lineup...Crosby was fired because of his refusal to participate in the recording of this..Weeks later,Clarke followed..a messy affair at the time,indeed.
mrmjb1960 2 weeks ago
Great song......real interesting to see Gene Clark with them here.......
jeffthrow6892 2 weeks ago
you mean when Gram came to the rescue of the directionless band.
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TheServiceWeb 4 months ago
Gene lasted, maybe three months, in his return trip to the band. He was with them between the firing of Crosby (beginning of October 1967) to the departure of Michael Clarke (end of December 1967) - leaving right before Gram came crawling on board.
rockon18 6 months ago
in my humble opinion, this is simply one of the best songs ever written. both in terms of arrangement and relevance, but also, the chemistry between the lyrics/theme and the overall production is eminent. outstanding band!
on a further note, it is completely INSANE that the byrds released two of the best albums ever with only something like a 6 months gap between them. notorious bird bros and sweethear of the rodeo are both masterpieces, but in different fields of the genre spectre - CRAZY! :)
deathkampdrone 6 months ago 2
It's sooooo relaxing!
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vividDC 7 months ago
It's attractively performed--and certainly better than the awful version by Queen--but this is still Dusty Springfield's song. Even Carole King, who wrote the song, said that Springfield did it better than anyone else, hands down.
GaryFTaylor 7 months ago
@GaryFTaylor Awful version by Queen?First off, there's no version by Queen, it's only sang by Freddie Mercury in 1972. Please, get some ears and do some research before you insult Queen.
TheJumpyPopcorn 7 months ago
perhaps the most plush harmony of all the great harmonies they ever recorded! this carries you into the clouds. I use to listen to it the mornings after a wild evening to chill out. beautiful sound.
TheBabyboomkidof53 7 months ago
Man, this was music! Such beauty straight from heartville. What a group! Wow, didn't know it was a C. King song. "Catch me if you can, I'm goin' back." Such beautiful harmonies... almost like dolphins.
lightlyone 8 months ago 2
@DrFrets This one and Turn, Turn, Turn.
49kasey 9 months ago
reading Mr. Tambourine, the Gene biography now. Apparently in that brief period when Gene came back after Crosby left, he not only recorded some vocals on Going Back, which Roger says you can here on the single, but he co-wrote Get To You and never got credit for it. That was news to me!
danselzer 10 months ago
superb song written by carole king and played by one of the the most influential american rock n roll band alongside velvet underground and springsteen and e street band
ColdOasisU2 10 months ago
Good...but I prefer Dusty's version
Baskerville22 11 months ago
Gran cancion.muy buena tambien es la version que se hizo en el lp in nuce,cantada por fredie mercury antes de publicar su primer vinilo con queen.
Xanante1982 11 months ago
'The Notorious Byrd Brothers' is one of the most eclectic, underrated and underappreciated albums of the late -60's. It was considered an "off" album by the Byrds and was never popular.
Side One of the album is a classic. 'Artificial Energy' just explodes and is a psychedelic rock classic. "Draft Morning" is one of the best anti-Viet Nam war songs ever written and "Wasn't Born to Follow' captures the spirit of the late great 60's perfectly --- it later appeared in the film 'Easy Rider'.
dlphcoracl 1 year ago
@dlphcoracl Can't forget Natural Harmony. Blows my mind that was written by Chris Hillman! And Change Is Now is another of my favorites. Back when I was doing a lot of mind bending this was always a staple album.
49kasey 9 months ago 3
What a shame Gene didn't stay. He looked great. You've got all the components here of a great 4 piece band but alas, twas not meant to be. He looked cool banging a tambourine even.
burnsybaby1987 1 year ago 14
Did anyone notice at 45 seconds, that Gene Clark is in this lip-sync performance, 2 years after he quit The Byrds? I think they briefly brought him back after firing David Crosby, but Gene Clark only lasted a couple of weeks before leaving again.
Classic song from Notorious Byrd Brothers.
Mactavish74 1 year ago 2
@Mactavish74 Yeah Gene looks thrilled to be there.
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Carus0e 1 year ago
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FrancescoFp 1 year ago
Crosby was on this album but was never credited.
tomonsterboy 1 year ago
did the crowd clapping cut off the end of their song?? It looked like the were going to keep playing, but then gave up because of the clapping.
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benitezlandia 1 year ago
i love this version, but why is Carole King the only one who knew this was a ROCK song. hers is the only version that rocks. the only FAST version. the ony one w/ drums i think. everyone but the Byrds turned it into a slow ballad. that takes a very special kind of stupidity. its a rock song.
bobbyb826 1 year ago
@bobbyb826 that's the beauty of experiencing a different interpretation of something. A true artist offers their version and maybe the listener will hear and appreciate a different side/version.What would be the point of copying exactly? What's the point of that?
oldhiway66 1 year ago
@oldhiway66 @oldhiway66 i agree, but what i meant was that they all DID copy each other's slow ballad interpretation of Goin Back. there are 4 or 5 of those. more really. including Freddie Mercury and Diana Ross, both of whom u might expect to see it as a rock song, but they also did slow versions. which would be great if they turned out great, but they make nothing of the song's great melody. only Byrds n Carole king did. the rock setting brings out the songs greatness. tnx. Peace.bye
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
notorius byrd brothers, is a great album the next morning, after to much of everything the night before. I use to drive in the country playing this song after a hangover trying to get my insides to stay inside. it is a classic album I agree with all here. except that nut clucaspik down the list of comments. clucaspik must be tone deaf.
TheBabyboomkidof53 1 year ago
nice,notorius byrd brothers. great byrd´s album
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supersondessixties 1 year ago
The fact that Clark is suddenly appearing is totally amazing... Out Crosby, Clark in again - or what... That would have been something.
Reinisen 1 year ago
@Reinisen he didnt have any input on the record they were just giveing him a tv gig crosby was a drug ball and his songs were too kinky so they threw him out .
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@spacepatrolman You got me laughing there - well put. They kicked him out for classic R&R qualifications. But you summed it up well. Pity Gene didn't really rejoin them- I'd have been more divided.
psychoprosthetic 1 year ago
@psychoprosthetic crosby has his good points he said take those apartheid signs down in south africa his books are good he did the theme from the jacque cousteau pbs series oasis in space
spacepatrolman 1 year ago
@Dbusdriver71 I listened and confess that i didn´t like much Stone Roses. But i agree, they have the same intention on make this folk-rock with 80s language.
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3ADesigner 1 year ago
I found this allbum, in Brazil, a few months ago...Goin Back is a classic rock ballad.Wonderfull piece of poem in music format.God Bless The Byrds!!!
andremdesouza 1 year ago
Sounds like the Byrds singing over the Wrecking crew to me.
clucaspik 1 year ago
@clucaspik which is doubtless what it is! really good though..
littlebillysunshine 1 year ago
This is a fantastic band thank you for posting some really cool tunes I was about 8 then but I had my own record playing a ton of albums and many speakers, I love the music, I beleave the band really come to life when G. Parsons joined and wrote several songs from there on. Thanks again, I sub'd rated and friended hopefully got it all right, not use to this new layout been in hospt. 8 mo.ending with a right lung lobectomy, from mold that would not respond to meds, But doing good now.
MrTimothyPhillips 1 year ago
Where's Dave Crosby? Oh, it's Gene clark instead!!!
Hicksie52 1 year ago
smoooooth as butter
meinLiebsterFeind 1 year ago
LOVELY TO SEE BUT THE VERSION I BELIEVE ON THE BYRDS GREATEST HITS WAS BETTER METHINKS, OR MAYBE I'M JUST CRACKING UP
neil03152 1 year ago
elysian fields
CleanLineFilms 1 year ago
Very memorable, goin back to the first time I saw this on Smother's Brothers" (a few decades ago) living youth at my age is pure grace. Thank you!
duckdaotsu 1 year ago
relaxed and elemental stage design + beautiful presentation
CleanLineFilms 1 year ago
very beautiful song.
one of my favourite from ,,Notorious byrd brothers"
PanLecoslav 1 year ago
OK it's a funny song to pick from one of my all time favorite bands The Byrds ....first I heard Dusty Springfield sing it ..... then The Byrds only to find this gem of a song is Goffin -King penned
Hummingbird636 1 year ago
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And what a gem it is!
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Hummingbird636 1 year ago
krása
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This track is from the album The Notorious Byrds Brothers. This somewhat underrated album is their Sgt Pepper, so to speak...
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Hendrick999999 1 year ago
All versions I have heard of this Carole King/Gerry Goffin classic are great - because it is a great song. Byrds, Dusty, and two by Carole King.
stellagranos72 1 year ago
@stellagranos72 Did you hear the version by Larry Lurex, which is actually Freddie Mercury of Queen?
JeroenG8 1 year ago 2
@JeroenG8 .....Just came from Freddie's version of this - absolutely amazing, just like everything by Freddie & Queen! Incredible voice & best frontman ever!!
Always loved The Byrds.....saw them @ 1972.....really great!
Nice job, Roger!
FREDDIEMANIAC 1 year ago 5
@JeroenG8 Yeah man, I've just realized this is the song Freddie sings as Larry Lurex. Cool
Inigobalboa 1 year ago
@JeroenG8 Queen were recording their first album at De Lane Lea, I think, and Phil Spector was next door or something. Brian and Freddie were invited to record it.
Inigobalboa 1 year ago
@Inigobalboa Why the f**k are you talking about that rubbish here?
clean3 1 year ago
"@Inigobalboa Why the f**k are you talking about that rubbish here?"
@clean3 Because this is a free medium and it is relevant that the most famous producer at the time (Spector) got interested in this song to remix it. Queen were next door and JeroenG8 was commenting on it. What's your problem?
Inigobalboa 1 year ago
@Inigobalboa Quite, and I'm free to say , Freddie was next door was he? how interesting. Queen and bands like them were inevitable (kiss are another one). RocknRoll had exhausted every decent idea....all but parody and camp pseudo operatics. Never has the Vox amplifier been so abused; and finally, McGuinn played a Rickenbacker and looked cool whilst May had a perm and wore clogs...my 15 yr old son can see the difference....thank god.
clean3 1 year ago
@Inigobalboa Quite, And I'm free to say, Freddie was next door was he? How interesting. Queen and bands like them were inevitable (kiss are another one). Rock’n’Roll had exhausted every decent idea....all but parody and camp pseudo operatics. Never has the Vox amplifier been so abused; and finally, McGuinn played a Rickenbacker and looked cool whilst May had a perm and wore clogs...my 15 yr old son can see the difference....thank god.
clean3 1 year ago
amazing song
shanehenning26 1 year ago
freddie lo hace mejor
xJHSx 1 year ago 3
too fast
dunnitt 1 year ago
I´m a Brazilian guy and i wasn´t born when that song turned sucess, but i like this song very much! I listen all day! Don´t make more music like this today!
3ADesigner 1 year ago
@3ADesigner You should try the Stone Roses. To me, The Byrds were the most brillant band until I heard the Stone Roses for the first time in 86. The Stone Roses touched on something that hasn't been heard since the Byrds. Try them and tell me if you agree.
Dbusdriver71 1 year ago
@Dbusdriver71 I will and tell you. Thanks
3ADesigner 1 year ago
@3ADesigner And whilst you're at it, check out The Second Coming as well. At its best, like on tracks such as the finishing few of Begging You, Good Times, Tears, How Do You Sleep and Love Spreads, they become Led Zep at their best.
Amazing band, pity the lead singer couldnt sing, lol
KernowFilms 1 year ago
great song
shanehenning26 1 year ago 2
This was my favorite song by the Byrds. Thanks.
Ear4Beauty 1 year ago
People often forget about Mike Clarke when they talk about the Byrds. The guy was an underrated drummer, just check out Eight Miles High! And he wrote one of my favourite byrds songs..Artificial Energy!
jonny1251 1 year ago 2
I prefer Dusty's more dramatic version
Baskerville22 1 year ago
I appreciate your prefering Dusty's version, but I give The Byrds' US hit version the higher marks. This was their last real hit.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
@moorlock2003 what hit ? this only reached number 89 on the billboard hot 100.
christianphi 1 year ago
It was played on Los Angeles radio. That makes it a hit in my book. L.A. was the hippest region for music. Still is.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
@moorlock2003 i agree with you that L.A. did and probably still has a great music scene but this song (as good as it is) is still not a hit unless it is played nationally . and i personally feel that very same belief goes for any song of any genre and i'm sorry if you don't agree with me but that's just my personal belief.
christianphi 1 year ago
If a record charts on Billboard, that means it was played in some cities. That makes it a hit wherever it was played. "Gloria" by Them charted only #71 nationally, but was a No. 1 in Los Angeles. Nobody is going to tell me it wasn't a hit, because it was huge where I lived.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
@moorlock2003 Agree with Moorlock...THIS is the definitive version.
hollies65 1 year ago
Thank you. Most people go on about Dusty's version, but I've heard it and I still prefer The Byrds' version.
moorlock2003 1 year ago
the truth bout gene clark why he quit twice was because he was very scared of flying-he witnessed a fatal plane crash when he was a kid, the second time he came back he refused to fly-one of the byrds told him "you cant be a byrd if you cant fly" thats the truth so he he quit after 2 weeks of playing. look it up
misterb59801 1 year ago
@misterb59801 ok I looked it up - that was only part of the reason. And it wasn't after 2 weeks - that happened in 1966, Gene Clark and Roger McGuinn started the Byrds in 1964.
drebyrd54 1 year ago
That's one of my favorite Byrd's songs. I still listen to it often. Thanks for posting this.
ZoneIII 1 year ago 2
I loved that song since the first time I heard it when it was first released. I still listen to it a lot.
muskiejack 1 year ago
this song is good but in my opinion it could use better string arrangement but otherwise its a perfect rendition of a perfect song. :)
christianphi 1 year ago
THIS RULES. But I also love the secret track on the very end of the reissued version of Notorious Byrd Bros - so many feathers getting ruffled :)
PacificHessian 1 year ago
Question: what is Gene Clark doing in the video? He didn't play on Notorious to my knowledge. They're all lip syncing to the album cut so it may not matter. It's like he was the only former Byrd available after Crosby was fired... curious to know (for the record I'm a big Clark fan).
cradlesnakes 1 year ago
Clark rejoined the group for about 2 weeks in 1968. It was a quick experiment, that didn't last. In fact, this was the only thing that came out of Clark's rejoining. There weren't any shows or recordings. Just this TV lip-synch performance.
Mikemaniax 1 year ago
I'm Guessing David Crosby left the group around this time
Wehategod 1 year ago
@Wehategod you guessed correctly david was an ex byrd by this time and just so you know david didn't leave he was actually fired by chris and roger.
christianphi 1 year ago
I am an avid byrdmaniac yet this song is good, but does not have that traditional byrd richness and solidity to it nothing on Nutorious has, this is more in the same league as beatles or trems or monkees than pure byrd, I mean what happened to tracks like bell's of rhymney? "The world turns all aroundb her" and I come and stand at every door that is the true byrd style which is also evident on tracks like changing heart, full circle yeah anywhere but on this album apart from "space odyssey"
janfreidun 1 year ago
@janfreidun You gotta be kidding. Space Odyssey is the LEAST Byrd-sounding number on NBB. It sucks real hard by the way. The only letdown on an otherwise magnificent album
skinnyskaller 1 year ago
@skinnyskaller I totally agree with you all the way. This is one of the albums my best friend and I always played back in '68 when we tripped out. Space Odyssey is my least favorite song on the album. On the other hand, I don't know what I'd suggest as an alternate final track to such a, as you said, magnificent album. The actual ending of the song is appropriately electric and it fits.
49kasey 1 year ago
Hey, Betsy Wells is a modern-day band that implements this style of folk-rock. They are the only band that I really have found that do so. Refreshing!
StephenMU19 1 year ago
What a change from Chris Hillman! In 1965 he was just a shy kid with that Brian Jones haircut and in 1967, in less 2 years he looked like this.
stoneeyedkiller 1 year ago 49
@stoneeyedkiller Yeah...what about Michael Clarke. He was originally hired because his "Pageboy" hair style made him look like Brian Jones. I read somewhere that Michael was drunk on just about every performance and he looks it here. He was an alcoholic and eventually died from Cirrhosis of the Liver. I love the Byrds though and probably always will. I'm 16 again when I hear them even tho I'm really 61.
johnnynocaster 10 months ago
I think this version of the song is sensational, but the video doesn't do it justice. The lads are miming and do indeed look bored. Never mind, the Notorious Byrd Brothers album is one of their best, and this song fits it perfectly.
historyloony 2 years ago
Dusty's is a beautiful, haunting, evocative version, but like this one as well, it's a "sexier" slightly faster version. I Like the accents and the la-la-la's neither of which are on Dusty's.
capothree 2 years ago
This version is OK, I suppose. The boys run through it without any real interest or emotion. Can't get excited. Will have forgotten it tomorrow.
Oldtinear 2 years ago
@Oldtinear This version? It`s their bloody song, they can sing it how it`s meant to sound!
kayrosx1 2 years ago
Now, now, kay, just because you do not like it, you should not call it 'their bloody song'. I know it is dull, but it is not that bad!
Carole King wrote this song. Dusty Springfield released it as a single in 1966. The Byrds recorded their cover in 1967.
Dusty's version is touching, the B's version sends me to sleep.
Oldtinear 2 years ago
@Oldtinear Fair point! Truth is i like this version, like all versions i`ve heard, (except Bon Jovi) but especially Dustys! Have never managed to track down Carole Kings version though.
kayrosx1 2 years ago
Chris and Gene look so cute here.
bren1231001 2 years ago
I think the audience applauded a little early on that one!!
InTimeAllMustChange 2 years ago
"I'd rather see the world the way it used to be."
Yes.
RTT8001 2 years ago 2
One of the best albums from the late 1960,s
wksufreshair 2 years ago
thaz right...faboulous byrd bros. album
iorioriorio 2 years ago 2
@iorioriorio
The Notorious Byrd Brothers. Wonderful album.
scalabration 2 years ago 53
@scalabration Have it on vinyl. amazing vibes.
DanJVintage 1 year ago
everybody if anybody has 3 a capela versions of this song (freddie mercury . Byrds , Dusty springfield please let me know)
mrb1011 2 years ago
Freddie Mercury's version is much better :)
PfifDeluxe 2 years ago
@PfifDeluxe
Really????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hugechurbes 2 years ago
Yes ;) Just listen it ;)
PfifDeluxe 2 years ago
I am a big fan of Freddie's, but I totally disagree. Never mind, we are allowed to.
Hugechurbes 2 years ago
One of the greatest American bands singing one of the most brilliant songs ever written. Thank you Carole King. I think Dusty Springfield does the definitive version though.
RTT8001 2 years ago 2
Want to hear the worst song ever recorded come to my page
trixie10121 2 years ago
love this song and this version! everyone just enjoy!!
kayrosx1 2 years ago
From their 4th record, very fluid, really a "studio record" well produced.
"I was not born to follow" far better , magnificient.
The great Gene Clark was back in that vidéo, not significant on the record.
The opposite case for Crosby
Beautiful record that ends the first era of the Byrds.
MrSKYDOSSER 2 years ago
Shame on the great lover of The Byrds that i am.
That song belongs to their fifth record : "The notorious byrd brothers"
MrSKYDOSSER 2 years ago
Sounds like "Paper-Back Writer" Ha Ha.
davie4monster 2 years ago
NBB was a great album - I have it on CD - but in my opinion the producer over-homogonized it, made it too synthetic sounding. It should have had a more raw sound like their earlier stuff.
Charliemta 2 years ago
incredibly, no ones mentioning carole king's verszion of this song. oddly, its the fastest and most rockin of all the versions. i mean her first recording of it in 1970, not the 1980. fully brings out the melody. i think dustys is too bland. this is next best tho.
bobbyb826 2 years ago
@bobbyb826 Love this song,byrds and dusty do it brilliantly but cant find carole kings version anywhere, any suggestions?
kayrosx1 2 years ago
This was nice to listen to ( but nothing compared to the emotional rendition by Dusty Springfield) they just sat there, playing, no sign of being alive or feeling anything about the story
centurygardens31 2 years ago
i actually like the byrds' "style" of just standing/sitting there and playing
dankmon1992 2 years ago 3
music is not pretending youre "feeling" the song. music is not acting. if the music is good it speaks for itself. you dont act it out like youre on american idol. why should a musician do anything besides just "sit there and play"" as you call it. thats the mtv generation for ya.
bobbyb826 2 years ago
bobbyb826 The song is a very emotional one. Any decent singer will sing expressively. Just standing there belting our the words is not enough. It's the same as playing a musical intstrument. Any one can play the notes, but without expression, it's flat & uninteresting. The voice is the same.
centurygardens31 2 years ago
that was my point.. you sing or play expressively, you dont act expressively. and actually this song isnt emotional as much as pensive and thoughtful. its about thinking. "I think im going back...."
bobbyb826 2 years ago
bobbyb826 Who said anything about 'acting' apart from you? Now, back to what I said before.................do you really mean the Byrds sang expressively? that the pathos came across? that the place this man/woman wanted to be wasn't where he/she was? 'Going back' is impossible. Dreaming about it is o.k. but knowing it can never be, is the sadness. There was none of that in the Byrds 'performance'
centurygardens31 2 years ago
Wrong. Any front man will tell you it's all about the show, not the music. Mick Jagger. What would the Stones be without him.? ..I'll tell you more clearly, cause I sing, too. When you get "expressive" physically, it helps you get the right expression out musically. More than that, you actually send emotion across to the crowd. And that is why they came. To have a good time. To be affected. Only the musicians want to see the finger-work. And most of them couldn't afford to come.
davie4monster 2 years ago
then why do we love records? theres nothing to see on a recording. and we still feel emotion. music is made to be heard, not seen. you cant see it.
bobbyb826 2 years ago
You also discount the way a singer can "pull" a band. It's soemthing you don't know know about yet. Perhaps someday you will get to see it.
davie4monster 2 years ago
gee, i cant wait. and how the hell would you know what i "dont know about yet, as you say.
bobbyb826 2 years ago
what would the stones be without him? 2 great guitarists, a great drummer and 2 great songwriters. (once upon a time anyway)
bobbyb826 2 years ago
Yes, agreed. But playing to an empty house some-where.
davie4monster 2 years ago
commit this phrase to memory: LESS IS MORE
bobbyb826 2 years ago
bobbyb826 WRONG!!!!
centurygardens31 2 years ago
onsidering the entire song is about daydreaming (of childhood) it makes sense to sing the song dreamily, which the byrds did. and the pathos is something we pull from the song. the narrator doesny know its impossible to go back. he thinks that by thinking like a child he can be one again, rather than an adult and
all its problems.
bobbyb826 2 years ago
Bobby We are getting all tangled up here!
I would dearly love to HEAR the Carole King rendition (and hear what she really meant by 'going back') In the meantime I will stick to my guns and say...............this song demands better that the Byrds version
centurygardens31 2 years ago
Wow - Gene Clark is back for the video - too bad he wasn't on the great NBB album. I do luv Crosby's stuff though....
kingalow1 2 years ago
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disappointing, its not as good as dusyt's or nils lofgren's covers
eamonosu 2 years ago
I love Dusty Springfield, but I'd say this Byrds version is the best.
CrankCase08 2 years ago
im a byrds fan myself, i love some of their stuff, but i think their cover of goin back is weak compared to dusty or nils
eamonosu 2 years ago
wow, gene clark is in it as well. feel sorry for david crosby getting the boot.
vholdswo 2 years ago 4
mil veces cierto la version de freddie es la mejor
bradlee23111983 2 years ago
is that michael clarke on drums? doesn't look like him!
belladonna1482 2 years ago
Yes it is, he left not longer after.
mrtamberineman123 2 years ago
yes, I believe so. The picture is from what, 1965 or so so it's hard to stand up to today's standards of pictures and such
pkappel006 2 years ago
ELTON JOHN when asked what song he wants played at his funeral, he named this song, GOING BACK, the Dusty Springfield version ....
erichclow 2 years ago
wow, didn't know that
pkappel006 2 years ago
Gene's return was short lived sadly - his subsequent solo career evidences what the later Byrds missed! Crosby's sacking was allegedly the reason behind the group's joke cover of using a horse in the fourth window on the "Notorious" LP cover with the other 3 group members.
siriam50 2 years ago 2
It's great to see Gene here! Even though the return was brief, it was for the better I feel. His solo work is just some of the best music I've ever known. It's funny how how soon Gene is gone Gram Parsons shows up--another legend whos byrds and post-byrds work is I cherish more than anything.
Crosby actually was the reason Gene first ended up playing tambourine and not guitar. Difficult man to work with, on many accounts.
cosmichiccup1 2 years ago 2
Alright! I bought Notorious when I was in high school 22 years ago at Tower Records for 3.99, was a favorite from first listen; only figured out the line "watch my sailboat glide" last month, when I thought to check what the lyrics were...
klrietmann 2 years ago
McGuinn looks like John Lennon in the period of Sergent Pepper's...
pellegrino2 2 years ago
you're so right :)
TheUmbroGirl 2 years ago
Version FREDDIE better
queenalex1 2 years ago 4
i think this is beautiful - but i think Dusty Springfields version is the perfect balance of raw sincerity and experience but rough enough to be bittersweet. This song is young and old and is continualy relevant. Catch me if you can, i'm going back....perfect
monaghanfamily 2 years ago
Hm...i believe this was after Gene left, as The Byrds were in the Notorious Bros era!
So why are they playing with Gene?
What year is this from?
Thomaspwgy 2 years ago
Gene Clark briefly rejoined the byrds in late 1967, as a replacement for David Crosby, whom was ffired by the other band members.
Clark left after only 3 weeks (alcohol addiction and fear of flying being the main reasons why).
gerardusch 2 years ago
very nice song !
mobyboy 2 years ago
Smothers Bros. Comedy Hour was "must see" TV in my childhood,but must have missed this.Notorious Byrd Brothers is a MUST OWN record;one of those rare cohesive introspective statements.
innohurry999 2 years ago
wow, thanks for posting!
haroldeugene 2 years ago
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U can see that Michael Clarke is pissed off, i dont blaim him though because the rest of the band hated him.
I suppose that was y he left.
mrtamberineman123 2 years ago
Someone below mentioned the old myth about the Byrds not playing on the first 2 albums...they were pure Byrds...apart from the A and B of the first single and the occaisonal bit of keyboard from producer Terry Melcher
Jim
captainsoul1953 2 years ago
U can see that Michael Clarke is pissed off, i dont blaim him though because the rest of the band hated him.
I suppose that was y he left.
mrtamberineman123 2 years ago
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knovinski 2 years ago
Gene Clark had everything really, did he not?
As well as being a musical genius, and obviously having the sensitivity and depth that goes with that, as well as being extremely good looking...
He also managed to epitomise 'A man apart'.
seanreillyireland 2 years ago 6
Gene was the man! After leaving the Byrds he headed north to beautiful Mendocino CA to get back to the land. Not bad for a kid from Bonner Springs Kansas. We miss him.
spoiledbigtime 2 years ago 2