The Byrds-"It Won't Be Wrong"-2/19/66

From the band's 4th and final appearance on "Shivaree", lip synching the up-tempo classic, "It Won't Be Wrong".

Gene Clark would be gone in less than 3 months, although he joined the band onstage sporadically toward the end of 1966.

Ok, ok; this is included in The Byrds box set, but here we have Gene Weed's Shivaree intro!!

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• Roger
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• Davud
• Crosby
• Gene
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• Chris
• Hillman
• Michael
• Clarke

[axewulf]

I confess I absoulutely adore this song! I know McGuinn wrote it or co-authored it maybe with Gene Clark. The Beatles influence is heavy McGuinn is honest about this sort of thing. This is a good heavy rock beat in 12 strings, and I never could understand why it didn't make Number 1 or have more of a "legund" behind it in terms of popularity. Thanks for sharing.

[mcd220]

No doubt! Underrated. :-) I agree with your Marty Balin comment too!

Christian

[aleecat75]

I love Hillman's bass line on this. Perfect choice of notes.

[bauersnarky]

the byrds are the fucking best, the beatles drew on them for influence. and the byrds drew on the beatles for influence. this is fucking transcendent of fucking music. i wish i could have grown up in the 60s

[jaspurr77]

i'm not into this thing about 'gene clarke' being this unsung hero he did hes best work in this group..and they all contributed to this fabulous catalogue of originals.Chord changes in this are brilliant

[jaspurr77]

amazing song on par with feel a whole lot better maybe better

[gdholmfirth]

Wasn't this the B side to Mr. Tambourine Man? Thought I was the only person who liked this song. I always thought it was a great song, not nearly appreciated enough.

[mcd220]

@scanterh Terri Garr is the cute blonde one!

[BobBerkeley]

A perfect memento of the mid-1960s. In the song, the guy is asking his girlfriend to overcome her moral hangups and to have sex with him. She'll make out with him, but that's as far as she'll go. That's how it was for some couples back then: she thought "it" was "wrong."

[98jvstratcat]

Aahh....brings back such memories....making out with my first girlfriend at age 15, learning all these cool guitar licks....I still have my electric 12 string from these days and still play Byrds songs in our band at gigs....this music will never pass away!

[SMITHFRANK]

Thank you ....Thank you! What a great Byrds tune.....Why don't the oldies stations ever play this one ?

[genericgeorge]

@mewrth you reckon?

[Wolfsky9]

This song still gives me chills, just like that Spring of '66, when I 1st heard it--my all-time fave of The Byrds, & thatJingle-Jangle sound of the Rickenbacker 12 string! Wolfsky9 , 64 y/o