FRIDAY: The Byrds Original of the Bob Dylan Song (as covered by Rebecca Black)

[gertdevi]

I don´t belive this has anything to do with the Byrds. rubbish!

[JuliHeart]

OHHHHH MYYYYYY GOSHHHH I THOUGHT REBECCA BLACK'S TERRIBLE PRODUCERS MADE UP THIS SONG!!?

- its terrible because of the way they auto tuned her voice not because of the lyrics-

[dominikcovic]

Come on, people, why do you believe, and what's even stranger, WHY DO YOU LIE? Didn't ''My Left Foot'' convince you this is fake? And just look at their mouths while they are singing Friday! The Birds are singing somethin else! Of course, I may be wrong, but this really seems obvious.

And now, I may expect some comments saying that I'm a fool who missed a classic. Well bring it on! Lies don't hurt me!

[andromedarr]

@dominikcovic The video is taken from "Turn, turn, turn" and then slowed down. And they cut it in a way that they are kind of synced. But i think this song is really old, the lyrics have message if you put them in the 1960's and if not, the song sounds nice now.

[bwworld]

Through my drug-induced hazy memories of the 60s, this video is jogging a more than vague recollection...yeah, definitely. This happened.

[jaybone520]

These comments are funnier than the video. Kudos.

[paintedship]

footage is from the big tnt show haha nice try guys doesn't really sound like the byrds

[oldjew1]

@paintedship

Yes it does.

[xxrosietxx]

very well done.. haha

[DanielJohnsLover]

wonderful :)

[TheICWLeague]

Bob Dylan the Byrds Rebecca Black sadly no matter who truly wrote this or performed it is the worst song i have ever heard even worse than a grage band screaming their heads off

[jerseyboiii666]

It's true! Thank you.

[TheRydog100]

And the plot thickens...

[begbieboy]

Sans the backing vocals, it sounds more like Tom Petty than the Byrds. Are you sure this isn't Petty dubbed over the Byrds footage?

[SwitchbladeVids]

That was some legend synching work with the lips during the close-ups.

[pavener]

@Mr94RB explain

[wandydustsprout]

actually, i wrote this song right after i got out of anger management when bobby dumped me like yesterday's brown banana, it was part of my therapy...THEIVES!!! i say!!!!!

[WLindh]

Hahahahaha this is Awsome!

[djsreview]

i have a copy of head cleaner in mint condition

[ohiodixiechick2]

It's definitely McGuinn & it's FRIDAY! Too bad Rebecca Black didn't know what the song was about, ......but Dylan has said, he gave or sold songs to singers/groups & they totally did something with the song that he had no vision of being that way. When that happened we usually see Dylan later recording the song himself. It's my understanding Black didn't get the song from Dylan so how is Bob handling that??

[MR94RB1]

Don't even sound like The Byrds

[falsafa]

My father worked at the TV studio and he had a bunch of tapes they threw away. I would often listen to them in the basement and I always loved this song. I kissed a girl for the first time when this was playing. Thank you posting!

[Astronomy25Domine]

Jesus that sounds so much like the Byrds, well fucking done

[nicholasomesfilms]

thumbs up if u want david still in the group.

[sudsieooo]

It's a fake they are singing Hey Mr Tambourine Man they may have sang the song but not in this video for sure!

[mrjaymichealharden]

What a great send-up !! I think some folks actually believe it ! Well done !

[Wigtilo]

@greendaym9 it's mr tambourine man i think it actually is

[russomorrissey]

Look at Bob Dylan's official site bobdylan.com an search for FRIDAY song... you won't find it. ;)

[oldjew1]

@russomorrissey Of course not. It was never released.

[triscat]

@russomorrissey I don't believe you. You're a liar!

[BryceBryceBaby93]

A song of this caliber could be produced by none other than the Byrds. Bless you for posting this, I haven't heard this in many long years.

[yourcivictv]

@BryceBryceBaby93 You are so welcome. When was the first time you heard this song, if you don't mind me asking?

[andromedarr]

@yourcivictv I heared it first when Rebecca Black came out with it...this is, as expected, soooo much better. And if you think about it, as it is produced in the 60's, it even has some pretty good message.

[Smilingrox1]

Bob Dylan did not write Friday or sing it..

Oh wait! Oh yeah he did sing it! It's on his album 'Gullable'.

[bigideas3]

Fun idea, but sonically it sounds very 80's. Did one person record it one track at a time mostly going direct? To replicate 60's recordings you need the 'sound of air' you get from cutting the backing track live in a room together. I have a feeling you released some albums in the 80's that were compared to Tom Petty.

[MR94RB1]

The video is of them performing Mr. Tambourine Man.

[oldjew1]

@MR94RB1 I'm sure Mr. Clarence Jey would like you to believe that he wrote the song. Unfortunately, we all know that's just not true.

[MR94RB1]

The song was NOT written by Bob Dylan. It was written by Clarence Jey last year, NOT in the '60's

[CarpenterTom1]

I could confirm this is true , if , I was`nt so stoned back then , and could remember if I was at that concert or not.

[oldjew1]

@CarpenterTom1 You were.

[PeaceLoveByars]

I thought bob dylan wrote this song and now you tell me the byrds wrote it but just so happens none of them our on itunes.... hmmm, ark factory wrote it btw not rebecca but its still terrible!

[oldjew1]

@PeaceLoveByars No, the Byrds didn't write it, they just covered Bob Dylan's wonderful song about social responsibility and the Civil Rights Movement in the Sixties ("kicking in the front seat, kicking in the back seat, which seat can I take?"...an obvious reference to Rosa Parks). The Ark Factory may now be trying to take credit for this Dylan masterpiece, but no one really believes their claim.

[PeaceLoveByars]

@oldjew1 Oh Ok Thanks for clearing that up for me!

[mrdirectordude]

@greendaym9 it's called a tambourine XD

[YourFaceWillDie468]

I don't know if anyone has already told you, but Black didn't write the song; she just auditioned with it to get into the music video.

[djsreview]

the intro is so funny :)

[therealfactor]

Anyone who says this is fake, I would like to personally give you a cyber pat on the back for being so keen and witty.

[oldjew1]

@therealfactor Not to mention astute and clever.

[analyzingfunny]

Bob Dylan is a total genius. What a songwriter! wow, Bob you blow me away.

[oldjew1]

@analyzingfunny Thank you for setting all these naysayers straight. We know the truth!

[analyzingfunny]

@oldjew1 Well, you know, people deserve to know the truth about Bob Dylan, and be exposed to his genius...just sayin'..

[holymotherofgod11]

this is fake, get over yourselves:

[degas5000]

I really enjoy this byrds version! it's hilarious and good. do you have an mp3? i would buy it if it was up on amazon and shiiiiit.

[TheBlissfulSorrow]

This is a fucking joke rite

[analyzingfunny]

@TheBlissfulSorrow No, you dumbass. The songwriting legend Bob Dylan wrote it. The Byrds covered it. Bob's version was recently discovered; and Rebecca Black RUINED it!!! Don't you keep up with the times? Get it together, man. Wake up!!!! to Bob Dylan's genius songwriting.

[MasterAmbassador]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA­HA. Funniest thing ever.

[Sidane1]

OMG this is fake, isnt bob dylan (joke )

[analyzingfunny]

I like Bob's version better, it is so raw and personal. But one thing I know is that Bob is greatest songwriter in the world to come up with a hit like this. Wow! Bob! These rare lacquer singles are popping up more and more. Very rare music..and thanks to the Internet, we are discovering great covers of great music written by people like Dyaln here. wow...Dylan lives.

[oldjew1]

@Lakekepler The Harvard School of Pond Building (actually, the Harvard College of Pond Building) has been absorbed by the Harvard College of Land Management, which is an online program only. Other courses available include River Rerouting, Underground Landscaping and Tree Whispering.

[oldjew1]

@Lakekepler it's called a tambourine only by those who play the dreaded instrument which, in fact, is listed not under "rhythm instruments" in The Encyclopedia of Musical Stuff, but rather under "torture devices" along with bagpipes, musical saws, spoons and 4-stringed banjo.

[oldjew1]

@greendaym9 That "circle thing" is called a timbrel, a type of hand drum mentioned often in the Old Testament. Another performer of the time who often played one was Cher, who studied under Clark and many other musicians. The reason the drum beat is out of rhythm is that Michael Clarke was hired by the Byrds more for his skills as a stenographer and tailor (he was proficient in both professions) than as a drummer.

[oldjew1]

@greendaym9 Before this was recorded onto VHS tape, it was a kinescope. In the days before videotaping, you would literally film a program by placing a camera in front of the TV screen, which is why the image is so poor. However, you could (and most did) record the audio by jacking into the TV's speaker wire (using alligator clips, those handy devices that became useful for other reasons in the '60's) and plugging the pin plug into the input of your tape recorder, which gave you decent quality.

[earthboundisawesome]

Bob Dylan's second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, contains 13 songs...

The rest is mostly true, though.

[earthboundisawesome]

Bob Dylan's second album, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, contains 13 songs...

[yourcivictv]

@greendaym9 Well, in the 1960s bands often lip-synced to their own songs on shows like this. But you're right, they were doing a terrible job of lip-syncing even though. This is probably because the British TV show they appeared on, "Rock, Stock & Barrel!" was filmed in an abandoned RAF airplane hanger, with notoriously bad sound. Most bands could barely hear themselves over the screaming girls anyway.

[Jamieffs]

any legit reason for the lips not being synced to the sound? During the song.

[oldjew1]

@Jamieffs According to Roger McGuinn, this appearance on British TV happened shortly after the song was recorded (but not released) and the Byrds had never performed it live. They were also, as is apparent, a little shaky on the lyrics. You see that at one point they aren't even on mike when they were supposedly "singing". They figured it was a "one shot appearance" that probably wouldn't be seen by too many people and soon forgotten. How wrong they were.

[kkkelseydolll]

fake asss fuckkkk!

[oldjew1]

@kkkelseydolll Dear sir or madam: does your comment "fake asss fuckkkk" refer to the comment made by mr94RB ("Totally 100 percent FAKE"), or to the delightfully clever response by yourcivicTV? Please clarify. Also, is your moniker KK Kelsey Doll or KKK Elsey Doll? Similarly, are you trying to simulate the sound of someone elongating the word fuck? For that you should repeat the letter "U", and not the letter "K". Fuckkkk sounds like you mean "Fuck the KKK". Unless, of course, you do.

[kkkelseydolll]

@oldjew1 I'm a girl, and this is all bullshit. If you really KNOW Bob Dyaln & The Byrds you would know that this is all bullshit.

[oldjew1]

@kkkelseydolll An, my dear Kelsey, one person's bullshit is another person's inspiration. Who is to say what is real and what is slightly dented cardboard? In a world of infinite possibilities, all is real. Except polyester.

[kkkelseydolll]

@oldjew1 Rebbecca Black song is bullshitt. Bob Dylan and The Byrds is actually REAL music, unlike that Mickey Mouse bullshit.

[oldjew1]

@kkkelseydolll You must remember, my dear, that when Dylan came onstage at the Newport Folk Festival in the early '60's with an electric band, and when the Byrds first recorded "pop" versions of his songs, both were considered "bullshit". There is bullshit and there is bullshit. Rebecca Black has somehow struck a resonant chord in our collective unconscious, forcing us to re-examine the ramifications of mediocrity. And come to terms with tofu hot dogs.

[wellesradio]

@kkkelseydolll You obviously haven't heard Bob Dylan's cover of the Mickey Mouse Club theme.

[specialed54]

@yourcivictv You're thinking of "Totally One Hundred Percent Fake." "Totally 100 percent FAKE" was the Trent Reznor song inspired by Dickinson's comment that eventually earned Reznor the respect of his father, shortly before he turned into a bird.



[yourcivictv]

@Mr94RB "Totally 100 percent FAKE" is actually what Jim Dickinson said of the Byrds first single "Please Let Me Love You." At the time, of course, they were not yet called the Byrds, but rather The Bhees Nhees, which Roger McGuinn picked because he thought it made them sound more English. After Dickinson renamed them the Byrds, he taught them to play their own instruments and convinced Gene Clark that he had a horrifyingly ugly neck.

[oldjew1]

@yourcivictv Your comment was posted twice. I think you meant to say: "Totally 100 percent FAKE" is actually what Jim Dickinson said of the Byrds first single "Please Let Me Love You". At the time, of course, they were not yet called the Byrds, but rather The Bhees Nhees, which Roger McGuinn picked because he thought it made them sound more English. After Dickinson renamed them the Byrds, he taught them to play their own instruments and convinced Gene Clark that he had a horrifying ugly neck.

[MR94RB1]

@yourcivictv Im not sayin the Byrds are fake. Im sayin they never recorded it. I wish everyone would stop thinking it was written back in the 60's because it wasn't. This doesn't even sound like The Byrds. I'm sorry if you disagree.

[triscat]

@MR94RB1 I was there, man. They sang it. Look it up.

[yourcivictv]

@Mr94RB "Totally 100 percent FAKE" is actually what Jim Dickinson said of the Byrds first single "Please Let Me Love You." At the time, of course, they were not yet called the Byrds, but rather The Bhees Nhees, which Roger McGuinn picked because he thought it made them sound more English. After Dickinson renamed them the Byrds, he taught them to play their own instruments and convinced Gene Clark that he had a horrifyingly ugly neck.

[lebowskirulz]

this is great!



[MrJm3895]

i wonder if rebbeca black even knows who bob dylan and the byrds are damb youngsters

[oldjew1]

Okay, it's back. We have Rebecca with us once more. We can all relax. All's right with the world once again.

[oldjew1]

As the Rebecca Black video has been pulled, I guess now this is the only reliable version available.

[stratabuser]

is that joey ramone at 5:01? if so, when do we get the lost ramones cover of this sonic abortion?

[oldjew1]

@stratabuser Sonic Abortion was one of my favorite albums of the '70's.

[stratabuser]

@oldjew1

oh yeah, deffinately. mine too. they dont write em like that anymore...

[oldjew1]

@stratabuser I love the moniker "Stratabuser". I used to play a Tele, then a Strat, and now I have a Feldman Barcolounger. From a distance the decal looks the same as a Strat.

[DimensionsofChange]

You can hate Rebecca Black, but you just can't hate all the parodies and historical fiction it has inspired...lol the Byrds, I'm so glad this version exists.

[ColdChicago]

I've consulted Weinblock,who is,alright, married to Beth Schnorrer, whose father Milton "Bathmat" Schnorrer donated the Schnorrer wing to El Al Airlines, where its used, DAILY, on a 747.

The Warsaw Tribune columnist you refer to was unreliable singer- Iman Cat Stevens, who led a pogrom using the Cossack "Willy Nelson" Tribute Band as cover-. The Reb is asking that Jews support him in banning Goy bars where Goys meet, dance, drink (what else!),and (you know!) nightly. Help clean up Goys Town.

[ColdChicago]

i've consulted with rabbi weinblock- of congregation Beth Schnorer and he assures me that the quote you quoted is correct but for one tiny omission: "kick a jew with an accordion before you kick a thief named ed," should actually be read, and this from the original yiddish: " kick a jew with an accordion, and THEN kick a thief who is WED," --proving my point that previously even the Future was Better. 

[oldjew1]

@ColdChicago Rabbi Weinblock? He went through rabbinical school on a basketball scholarship. Hardly an authority. No, the quote stands. "Kick a Jew with an accordion before you kick a thief named Ed" is attributed to an actual thief named Ed who was being beaten by a Cossack Tribute Band that was playing in town. The quote was reported by a columnist from the Warsaw Tribune who was reviewing the band at the time.

[oldjew1]

@ColdChicago And Beth Schnorrer isn't the name of Rabbi Weinblock's congregation, it's the name of his wife. He married into the prestigious Schnorrer family of Boston, who immediately disowned her. The Schnorrers founded the medical supply firm of "Tonsil Swipes 'n' Things" which later became "Bed Pans & Beyond".

[ColdChicago]

the klezmer "musician" you refer to was in fact mendl krik, a dreyman and purveyor of stolen goods known to his friends as "benya, the left hand, krik." and the incident occurs,not in warsaw, BUT three years later in odessa- where said krik was head of an accordion "conspiracy." this is all summed in the sentence: die verkockte messuganah krik eine gute goniff war aber mit verschlimmerte schwanz

ist mann eine ganz matbeye." or: kick a jew with an accordion, before you kick a thief.

[oldjew1]

@ColdChicago: By shortening that famous quote, you alter its intent. The entire quote, as you know, is "Kick a horse before you kick a goat; kick a goat before you kick your wife; kick your wife before you kick the Pope; kick the Pope before you kick a Jew with an accordion; kick a jew with an accordion before you kick a thief named Ed".

[ColdChicago]

oldjew1 omits one significant fact.. there WAS a joey bishop "budapest sessions" bootleg which led directly to the destruction of the warsaw "polka ghetto," and yes, yes, of course it was "scrape my dingle etc." i can't remember everything that dylan writes- but many of us do hold him, bishop, yankovic and the byrds, lady gage etc. responsible for the "polka diaspora," which destroyed the "warsaw accordion prodigy ignatz feldstein. there will be consequences, let me assure you etc.

[oldjew1]

@ColdChicago: You refer to it, but you may not remember all of the "Warsaw Accordian" tragedy. In 1943, a Klezmer musician left his accordian in the back of his wagon when he went to deliver dairy products, which was his day job. "I'll only be gone a minute" he thought, "what could happen?" When he came back he found, to his horror, that the cover to his wagon had been torn open and three more accordians were tossed in. He never recovered.

[ColdChicago]

there is also a joey bishop bootleg which dylan covered- which is not mentioned here: "scrap my dingle, wish my dog". the "leg" was later covered by frankie yankovic and the polka bastards whose punk polka performances preceded pancreatic polka, which clearly "went nowhere." thank you for posts of this kind, which help fill the historical gap between dylan and lady gaga.

[oldjew1]

@ColdChicago: I think the song you're referring to is "SCRAPE my dingle, WASH my dog" which was on the Joey Bishop Live in Budapest album. The Polka Bastards disbanded in '68 and split up into The Polka Dieticians and The Polka Theoreticians. The second group never played live. In fact, they never played at all.

[oldjew1]

@azzaboi93 The summer of '71 I remember well. The summers of '63 through '70 are kind of vague. '72 through '80 is a total blank. '81 we moved to Pennsylvania, but it was in the spring. I don't think there was a summer that year.

[oldjew1]

@azzaboi93 The summer of '71 I remember well. The summers of '63 through '70 are kind of vague. '72 through '80 are a total blank. '81 we moved to Pennsylvania, but it was in the spring. I don't think there was a summer that year.

[oldjew1]

@azzaboi93 Wait, did I just write that twice? Oh, dear, the memory is getting much worse than I thought.

[bassprovjoe]

Really fantastic Nate!

[58pab]

I interviewed Roger McGuinn back in the late 90's for "Behind the Music: Tom Petty" -- and he never mentioned Rebecca Black or "Friday". I suspected a coverup at the time. Thanks, Nate, for shedding light on this musical mystery.

[TreeAngel]

Oh Nate you look fabulous + this is wild and crazy!!! XOXOXOXO We love you!!!!

[jshellene]

Boy...

The Byrds did a HORRIBLE job of lipsyncing on this. Really bad. What a shame!

tunemachine

[mannypacquio14344]

haHaHA!!!

Funny!

[1408shipra]

Hell yeah! they are singing "friday"!!! Wow.. the lip sync is really bad.. work on it to make it better... lol

[yourcivictv]

"Is that what this is to you? A Joke?" is actually the first line off of what was going to be the B Side of Bullfighting in Brooklyn... a song called "Books Without Words," which was going to be a Borges inspired sea shanty, but which was scrapped after the Columbia producer killed himself shortly after finishing mastering the track.

[oldjew1]

@yourcivictv The song went: Books without words/ Prayers without pencils/ Pretty little mainsails/ All in a row./ Books without words/ Tailors without scissors/ Hold my topcoat/ Yo ho ho.

[MR94RB1]

@yourcivictv Also: All of their mouths are moving in the beginning of the video and only one person is singing in the audio track.

[qualityshows]

Hilarious! Very nice! When's the series start?

[seemyjohn]

loloolol

[oldjew1]

Sorry. I meant to write: A joke? Is this was all this to you? A joke?

[oldjew1]

A joke? Is that was this is to you? A joke?

[RTJOSEPHS]

people, this is a JOKE. You seriously don't get that? ;)

[mikmz]

i think Friday is on side B of the Great White Wonder bootleg . .

[oldjew1]

"Bullfighting In Brooklyn" is not a Dylan song. It was written and recorded by Buffy St. Marie. "The Skeletons of Passover" is a Walt Whitman poem.

[grownupbackwards]

Nobody sings Dylan like Dylan! Black is the only one to come close.

[mknutter]

So "Mr. Tambourine Man" was a hit, and "Friday" was doomed to obscurity. Tragic.

[NedSpindle]

Well done! Excellent sound as well; but I have to ask; is this a hoax,

on top of a hoax, on top of a hoax? Who's REALLY singing that Byrd's

version? Sound's like Tom Petty, or is it just someone trying to sound

like Tom Petty trying to sound like The Byrds? Does Bob Dylan even

actually exist? And if he doesn't...How does it feel?