The Byrds - Chestnut Mare (Remastered)

[killerhook07]

A world without fences.... and infernal combustion engines....

[dallettbowers]

great roger tune!!!

[lisalben71]

great song, great sound! just a beautiful lyrical song!

[2323giggity]

One of my top 3 Byrds songs ever--- Actually it's my # 1----

[ttaakkee1012]

Greatest music in the world.

[TheJbach]

Remember this from my teens........... life was just beginning!

[heliot58]

I love this song! The music is excellent, but i wish they would've spent a bit more time with the lyrics,

[byng785]

I was a sophomore at PC in in 1970. This was a big hit at Mcdermott Hall

[heliot58]

I love the rickenbacker in this!

[zeprock70]

god what a beautiful tune. Roger's voice sounds so youthful, but it's almost as if there's some melancholy deep down, too. It always sounded that way to me, dunno why.

[pbrucpaul]

Hippie song. Very Byrd's and very '60's. The folk is beautiful.

[borntrippin]

A wonderful song!

[charemaine]

weirdest lyrics ever.

[NathanIsReallyBored]

@charemaine Best Show on WFMU?

[charemaine]

@NathanIsReallyBored I have the first FOT membership card. Tom's take on this song was hilarious,

as everthing is on the Best Show

[ren775]

This is the best song ever except for maybe What's So Funny 'bout Peace Love and Understanding. (Elvis Costello)

[ausgang]

@ren775 Nick Lowe wrote that one (with the "oh-oh' bit lifted from Judy Sill's 'Jesus Was a Crossmaker')

[ren775]

@ausgang of course I know that nick lowe wrote the song but I did not know about judy Sill's "contribution" to it.

[bentpolski]

Man oh man! I Love this song! It sure brings back memories!

[TheFishMiester]

What a Tune !

[jimhoerr]

Roger McGuinn is wonderful, and this is my favorite Byrds song - until I hear another one of theirs.

[frrimama]

This remaster is the finest version of my favorite Byrds Performance of Chestnut Mare. The quailty is excellent.

[Dukegrievousangel]

Everyone gushes about Sweetheart of the Rodeo as the pinnacle of country rock, but to me, Untitled was always superior- a better blend. Original, thoughtful music, Clarence on Telecaster, and Gene and Skip holding down the rhythm section.

I'll take the Clarence-era Byrds over the Burrito Brothers any day.

[mbgoode1]

best song ever

[SouthCoastMackem]

Wonderful. Just off the back of their Gram Parsons-inspired country-rock phase, this still has a country feel to it, and evokes memories of listening to great sounds while in the Sixth Form. Come to think of it, I still listen to great music .....

[nnndIT]

I think the horse can be a metaphor for a woman you are pursuing. There was sexism in the 60's even among the hippies, but nobody is perfect.

[nixie38]

@nnndIT always looking for a dark side, shame on you! I reckon that even though sexism was alive in the 60s so was irony, its sure that we are witnessing a rare glimpse into American use of humour on the edge with popular tunage to cheer it up. groove on fellas.

[astrophonix]

@nnndIT Since when is finding members of the opposite sex naturally attractive 'sexist'? Political correctness is a wrongness.

[lindycan]

This brings back memories The Byrds are a classic!!!! Love this some, keep on chasing his horse.......

[rockinroller7]

Been chasing that horse for over 25 years, and "I'm gonna try and get her again someday."

Peace.

Rock

[byng785]

Providence College McDermott hall 1971 big attraction, especially if you had a good sterero set up

[thanksforthemusic]

Chasing His Own Beauty/Truth like most of us have...

[1127r]

Great Song

[citizenfitz]

"She'll be just like a wife...." That couldn't be written about a horse today.

[DaDa2Phlux]

@citizenfitz LOL

[chargrave]

According to Mcguinn on the 'Live from the Mars Hotel' biograghy album he states that the bridge part was in his head years before and it just came to him to add it in the middle of Chestnut Mare, blends in perfectly, great to hear a remastered version

[55pogue]

pretty song

[LS1LT1]

Wow, a small piece of my childhood just came rushing back while listening to this...awesome stuff. 8-)

[borgduck]

I had this album in my early twenties. Where the bloody hell is it?!

[g5uk]

For Thiwa Kowmongkol 1973

[pmishke]

This really sounds great gotta find this collection .It almost sounds like your listening to a vinyl copy.......excellent!!!

[mrtamberineman123]

@pmishke You can get it REALLY cheap of Amazon =)

[chrisguygeezer]

@pmishke Well if you like vinyl, buy the vinyl version. cd sucks.

[80sVidLover]

Cool tune, one I love to chill-out to.......

[gresach]

What a bridge passage - and it fits in perfectly with the narrative of the story.

[jmtappenden]

amazing masterpiece.thanks.

[DougM63]

Yes it DOES sound good.......wow!

[TheImperialElite73]

Such a beautiful song

[spideyheidi]

brilliant !

[tinicum54]

Been quite a few years since I heard this, was quite a few years before that time. 56 years old now, old fart. Still evokes the same feelings it did when I was about 20 and 1st heard it. Thanks for making it available.

[Darkwolf1982]

Fantastic song!

A must for every horse lover out there! :D

[SixtiesMusicLover]

One of my favorite Byrds song, just saw Roger last night, he sang this and sounded the same...he was amazing.

[Goudenogen]

Beautiful musical composition about stalking a woman or worse. Can be read as about man's conquest and destruction of nature, t's always good to face the truth. I love the Byrds.

[llazy1]

@Goudenogen are u psycho? it's about a horse.. becoming one in spirit with it.

Nothing about destruction.

[dhaggerty4]

Still loving this song. Time to get the CD, cuz the vinyl is white from playing it. I am playing this for myself, and my neighbors are'nt complaning.

I guess they know somethin good when they hear it. Thanks for uploading this music.

[cosmicrider287]

fine crispy sound!

[txeire]

extra crispy!

[topopops]

Fantastic song, does anybody know if Roger or any of the byrds gang are doing any concerts... or even CSNY UK/USA ?

[cosmicrider287]

@topopops with a tasty flavor.

[kaarekjohnsen]

Written by Roger McGuinn and Jacques Levy in 1969 as part of a musical adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's play "Peer Gynt". In Ibsen's play the hero is chasing a reindeer, but in McGuinn's song it is a horse.

[9erfandex]

@kaarekjohnsen Hey, thanks for the insight!

[eldridgebeaver]

Always loved that Bach fugue as a break in this song...great band in all of it's reincarnations

[tenorismo]

" a sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike " Love it what imagry.

[OvertlyRevolutionary]

Thanks for this post. Probably my favorite Byrds tune. Almost like reading a book - conjures up mental images, unique for each person. Great song.

[ralivazul]

how wonderful this remastering sounds!

thrilling tune in spite of the quite clumsy lyrics...

[mrtamberineman123]

Thanks if you want you could buy this compilation of amazon for a VERY chep price.

I think its the latest.

[caseypons]

Thanks to you and this remastered version, I just bought the 3CD set on Amazon for....

I can't tell ya exactly, But I am going to play it like I stole it, because that's about the price I paid.

Thanks, for the (gentle nudge) of the Chestnut & I off the Cliff, as it were! ;~}}}

[Ettoredipugnar]

@ralivazul Great lyrics. Its a cowboy song. " A sidewinder all coiled and ready to strike " " I got my rope and flung it in the air "

[syl144]

Great vídeo, and great song too.

I Love The Birds!!!!!

Thank you for posting!

Hugs a lot from sunny Brasil

Syl !!

[vilepete]

Great video ???!!! Are you taking too much sun? Amazing song, though..

[RKIRCHDO]

A great song. The sound is top notch. Thanks for posting.

[1947classic]

the Byrds was the essence of folk/country/rock...and truly helped put Dylan/Donovan on the map with the rock fans back in the 60's to their music.

[txeire]

@1947classic right on bro!

[1947classic]

....And thanks for your super channel of playlists~and to 'mrtamberineman123'~

[txeire]

damn i love mcguinn and crosby! thanks for the uploads

[ladyterrific]

Oh Yeah!!!!!!!!!! Nice Share "M" X

[txeire]

its the least i could do for you. you send me a ton of great stuff.

plus ive been playing a lot of acoustic lately and learning some byrd tunes

[mrtamberineman123]

No problem at all mate, i am very happy to share good videos to all my freinds.

Thank you for commenting on my vids.

Means alot