kingart
(Brooklyn NY) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2013 - 09:23 | |
An American supergroup. Of course, made their name with a lot of Dylan covers, but they had some great songs of their own and a unique sound. '60s and '70s sounds wouldn't have been as good without them.
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WonderLizard
(2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:53 | |
joelbb wrote:A genuinely beautiful song and the true motto of "Easy Rider" (as well as the very best people in my g-generation). The extraordinary Gene Clark wrote it, along with "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Eight Miles High". The hippest guy around, Dennis Hopper, knew exactly how good Clark was and used this cut and a couple of original cuts by him in the movie. Never a big commercial success himself, Clark partnered with Doug Dillard after leaving the Byrds. Dillard & Clark were seminal in cementing folk rock as an American genre with worldwide popularity. Tom Petty, R.E.M. and, yes, The Shins owe the Byrds in general and Gene Clark in particular a great deal. Dis not that which you don't know, Dweebs. Isn't this a Goffin/King song? |
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capandjudy
(Huntington, WV) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:47 | |
myersei wrote:just watched easy rider for the first time in about 15 years last night. cool. rip DH. The last time I saw it, Easy Rider seemed like a disjointed mess. I thought that it was great when it came out however. |
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d-don
(Oregon) | | Posted: Feb 19, 2013 - 11:41 | |
I love this song! Is that Garcia on the pedal steel? 10 in so many ways.
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gypsyman
(just passing through....) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2013 - 03:56 | |
joelbb wrote:A genuinely beautiful song and the true motto of "Easy Rider" (as well as the very best people in my g-generation). The extraordinary Gene Clark wrote it, along with "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Eight Miles High". The hippest guy around, Dennis Hopper, knew exactly how good Clark was and used this cut and a couple of original cuts by him in the movie. Never a big commercial success himself, Clark partnered with Doug Dillard after leaving the Byrds. Dillard & Clark were seminal in cementing folk rock as an American genre with worldwide popularity. Tom Petty, R.E.M. and, yes, The Shins owe the Byrds in general and Gene Clark in particular a great deal. Dis not that which you don't know, Dweebs. What he said. Yeah.  |
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joelbb
| | Posted: Sep 15, 2012 - 13:18 | |
A genuinely beautiful song and the true motto of "Easy Rider" (as well as the very best people in my g-generation). The extraordinary Gene Clark wrote it, along with "Feel a Whole Lot Better" and "Eight Miles High". The hippest guy around, Dennis Hopper, knew exactly how good Clark was and used this cut and a couple of original cuts by him in the movie. Never a big commercial success himself, Clark partnered with Doug Dillard after leaving the Byrds. Dillard & Clark were seminal in cementing folk rock as an American genre with worldwide popularity. Tom Petty, R.E.M. and, yes, The Shins owe the Byrds in general and Gene Clark in particular a great deal. Dis not that which you don't know, Dweebs.
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skyguy
(CO) | | Posted: Sep 15, 2012 - 12:59 | |
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KurtfromLaQuinta
(Deep in the heart of South California) | | Posted: Jul 14, 2012 - 15:07 | |
MinMan wrote:That's possible given that The Shins benefit from knowledge of the music produced in the intervening 40 years. Still, they're groundbreaking in their own way. Cars today are so much better than the ones produced 40 years ago. (Except they almost all look like jelly beans.)  |
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drivingunit103
(around the 4 western provinces) | | Posted: May 12, 2012 - 04:57 | |
... my drivers license, my first harley and this album all in one summer. Couldn't beat the summer of '68. The memories...
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1wolfy
(Mission Viejo California) | | Posted: Aug 04, 2011 - 13:44 | |
western union..da da da da
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kestrel
(On a wire ...in NC) | | Posted: Jul 04, 2011 - 04:36 | |
gooooooooooooooooose bumps  |
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spindrift
(Philadelphia PA) | | Posted: Jun 02, 2011 - 13:22 | |
O Wow!  |
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thewiseking
(New York, New York) | | Posted: Mar 31, 2011 - 08:39 | |
nothing captures that moment better than this
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bachbeet
| | Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 20:45 | |
The actual album this was from was Notorious Byrd Brothers. Good album and I always liked this song.
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cohifi
(Denver) | | Posted: Feb 27, 2011 - 20:44 | |
Gryn wrote:Nice move from the Shins to The Byrds. Though, I still think the Shins are far better.
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 12:53 | |
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Bleyfusz
| | Posted: Dec 11, 2010 - 12:42 | |
Crystal clear beauty. This song sparkles through the decades.
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myersei
(Denver, CO) | | Posted: Jun 19, 2010 - 09:07 | |
just watched easy rider for the first time in about 15 years last night. cool. rip DH.
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Randomax
(Wimberley, TX) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 12:32 | |
Rest in Peace Dennis Hopper — the eternal easy rider!!!!!!!!
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Pharlap
(Bahama, NC) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 12:31 | |
My favorite Byrds album. And so apt with the death of Dennis Hopper this week. Nice tribute, if that was the intention.
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casey1024
(Between the rock & the hard place) | | Posted: Jun 03, 2010 - 12:31 | |
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Stingray
(EUROPE) | | Posted: May 18, 2010 - 14:02 | |
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Giselle62
(California's Cental Coast) | | Posted: May 02, 2010 - 20:12 | |
me likey—-great movie, of course, but I have the Byrds boxed set cuz i like em that much.
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kestrel
(On a wire (in NC)) | | Posted: Feb 28, 2010 - 13:20 | |
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colt4x5
(hi, deb.) | | Posted: Dec 27, 2009 - 15:31 | |
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kurtster
(Area code 216) | | Posted: Nov 26, 2009 - 05:40 | |
...sweet morning music...
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mcYammer
| | Posted: Nov 10, 2009 - 10:15 | |
Our rivers of vision flowed into one another just fine, but on the umpteenth train ride to a different college girlfriend, realized i wasn't born to follow. Then thought about buying an easy rider bike, but a Chicago bus ran me over...ahhh, Clarence W., love ya
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Tana
(Lancaster, PA) | | Posted: Sep 08, 2009 - 09:17 | |
Such classic Byrds, even outside of Easy Rider!
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LongGoneDaddy
| | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 09:55 | |
makes me wanna go swimming, maybe in a quarry!
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Marley
(Portland, Or) | | Posted: Jun 05, 2009 - 09:53 | |
I always liked Carole King's version better.
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