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The Byrds — All I Really Want To Do
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kingart
(Brooklyn NY)
Posted: May 01, 2013 - 09:16
 
 ChrisInSeattle wrote:
Wow, before today I've only known the version by World Party on Private Revolution. Never knew it was a cover.

 
Everything old is new again. 

kcar
Posted: Apr 20, 2013 - 01:04
 
Sounding a little too earnest and twee at 4 am...

hippiechick
(topsy turvy land)
Posted: Feb 16, 2013 - 04:45
 
Another great Dylan tune covered by a great band. Don't we love the jangly 6-string? If I am not mistaken, I believe the Turtles covered this as well. 

ChrisInSeattle
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 12:20
 
Wow, before today I've only known the version by World Party on Private Revolution. Never knew it was a cover.

timmus
Posted: Dec 15, 2012 - 12:18
 
This should totally be reworked as "God's Response" for Monty Python's prayer song from Meaning Of Life:

I ain't lookin' to burn you / Grill you or toast you or barbecue you / Bake you or boil you or fricasse you or roast you / Simmer you or braise you without fat / All I really want to do is, baby, sa-a-a-ave you


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Mar 06, 2012 - 10:14
 


This song is soooo good it puts a spring in my step this winter morning...

 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 14:00
 

Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...


 

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Sep 29, 2011 - 20:34
 


I'll dance to this...
 

The_Enemy
(...is within)
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 10:38
 
 tinamarie wrote:
Did Sonny Bono write this, Or did Cher just happen to record it alongside The Byrds?
 
My pal Google says Dylan wrote and recorded it first. This is a cover.

gjones
Posted: Apr 25, 2011 - 10:36
 
Very cool. 
Wish you could have been there too then you would understand.

Jeff09
(Gainesville, Florida)
Posted: Mar 24, 2011 - 21:08
 
15


CMax
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 02:44
 
How does new music enter the playlist if there are just using play listes from years ago??? Does anyone know?

CMax
Posted: Jan 21, 2011 - 02:28
 
Nina Simone - I Shall Be Released   ==>    
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson   ==>    
The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do   ==>  
Solas - Dignity   ==>  
Ian Brown - Time Is Everything   ==> 
Calexico - Sirena   ==>  
Bob Marley - Forever Loving Jah  ==> 
Jackson Browne - For Everyman   ==>  
Pops Staples - World In Motion   ==>  
War - Slippin' Into Darkness   ==>  
Benise - Samba Samba   ==>  
Super Furry Animals - Moped Eyes   ==>  
Mazzy Star - I've Been Let Down   ==>  
Antje Duvekot - Dandelion   ==>  
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue.  

how old is this play list from 2009???


helgigermany
(Germany)
Posted: Nov 18, 2010 - 23:12
 
Nice set this morning!

kcar
Posted: Oct 18, 2010 - 07:26
 
 midreaming wrote:
or not.. ok, how a bout Sonny Bono song?
 
Heard "The Beat Goes On" the other day...hard to believe that Sonny and Cher were regarded as hippies when they first came up...From Wikipedia: "The two became a quick sensation, dressed in animal skins with Bono wearing knee high caveman boots and Cher going barefoot."

midreaming
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:50
 
 midreaming wrote:

omg.. did sonny bono write this.? geessh, nevermind.. hey bill, why doncha just play a Dylan song by Dylan and get it over with?

  or not.. ok, how a bout Sonny Bono song?



midreaming
Posted: Jul 14, 2010 - 14:36
 
 tinamarie wrote:
Love it - I'm 12 years old again! Did Sonny Bono write this, Or did Cher just happen to record it alongside The Byrds?
 
omg.. did sonny bono write this.? geessh, nevermind.. hey bill, why doncha just play a Dylan song by Dylan and get it over with?


tinamarie
Posted: Jun 12, 2010 - 18:01
 
Love it - I'm 12 years old again! Did Sonny Bono write this, Or did Cher just happen to record it alongside The Byrds?

ginniet
(Spokane, WA)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:29
 
And suddenly I'm transported back to high school!

{#Confused}

sirdroseph
(Outer Mongolia)
Posted: Mar 09, 2010 - 15:28
 
Great song! Not their best, but a good'n!

peter_james_bond
(The Burg)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:49
 
 Exene wrote:
Me too - I'm a sucker for that every time! More jangle!

"In my opinion, the Byrds' sound would have been impossible without the invention of the Rickenbacker twelve string electric guitar." — Roger McGuinn.

Rickenbacher


Exene
(Boulder, CO)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:37
 
 peter_james_bond wrote:
I love the birds jangly Rickenbacher guitar sound...awesome!
 
Me too - I'm a sucker for that every time! More jangle!


(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Jan 05, 2010 - 16:37
 


This really is a fantastic song...  we be shagging...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 03, 2009 - 09:20
 


love it...



(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Aug 01, 2009 - 08:23
 


This song is soooo good for the ears...



calypsus_1
Posted: Jun 30, 2009 - 14:48
 
Nina Simone - I Shall Be Released   ==>    
Simon & Garfunkel - Mrs. Robinson   ==>    
The Byrds - All I Really Want To Do   ==>  
Solas - Dignity   ==>  
Ian Brown - Time Is Everything   ==> 
Calexico - Sirena   ==>  
Bob Marley - Forever Loving Jah  ==> 
Jackson Browne - For Everyman   ==>  
Pops Staples - World In Motion   ==>  
War - Slippin' Into Darkness   ==>  
Benise - Samba Samba   ==>  
Super Furry Animals - Moped Eyes   ==>  
Mazzy Star - I've Been Let Down   ==>  
Antje Duvekot - Dandelion   ==>  
Bob Dylan - Tangled Up In Blue.  




lemmoth
(NYC)
Posted: Mar 27, 2009 - 14:26
 
Nina Simone's I Shall Be Released - Wonderful version of one of the best Bob tune's ever

Byrds version of All I Really Want to Do - Dated version of one of the least Bob tune's ever

TanteJensen
(one step ahead from my shoe shine, two steps away from the county line)
Posted: Feb 24, 2009 - 01:54
 
Sorry, but this is so cleanwashed in comparison to the original.

peter_james_bond
(Lunenburg, NS)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 12:02
 
I love the birds jangly Rickenbacher guitar sound...awesome!

thewiseking
(New York, New York)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 12:01
 
love their Dylan covers, especially My Back Pages.

Candela
(Trondheim, Norway)
Posted: Jan 23, 2009 - 12:00
 
{#Daisy}


kaybee
(Lost in the Wilds of Toronto)
Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 17:33
 
Not their best, but no-one could do jangly guitar quite like the Byrds.

DeeCee1109
(People's Republic of A2)
Posted: Nov 21, 2008 - 07:27
 
 ndad47 wrote:
cheese takes time to age.  these lyrics were really relevant when they were written.  we have made them trite over time.  it's kind of like Frankenstein.  Frankenstein was really scary when the movie first came out.  over time the monster has become an object of ridicule.
 

Up With People!   Context matters, for sure.  {#Yes}

(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas)
Posted: Oct 20, 2008 - 18:46
 


A great classic cover!



ndad47
Posted: Aug 23, 2008 - 07:32
 
cheese takes time to age.  these lyrics were really relevant when they were written.  we have made them trite over time.  it's kind of like Frankenstein.  Frankenstein was really scary when the movie first came out.  over time the monster has become an object of ridicule.

Ericac
(Lakeville, MN)
Posted: Jun 16, 2008 - 09:30
 
This song and style fit in perfectly in the time period and the pop songs. Great early Byrds.
lizardman_tcs
Posted: Jun 07, 2005 - 17:25
 
Did The Who rip off this song with Mary Ann With the Shaky Hand?
radiojunkie
(New York/Connecticut Border)
Posted: Feb 24, 2005 - 21:37
 
This one never did it for me. Just too cloyingly sweet a rendition. If they weren't wearing the cool shades, they might have been mistaken for Harper's Bizarre. The Byrds broke new ground and had great harmonies, but "My Back Pages" is the only Dylan cover of theirs I've ever felt had any real bite.
Rakski
(San Jose, CA)
Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 10:18
 
Not the best song on the album. Other's more worthwhile dipping into...
Overall, one of the best albums as a whole -

This song equates to me like Aerosmith's Big 10" :P - It gets all the play, but the rest of the stuff on the collection's much better... Yep, it's the worst on the album...

I had a Rickenbacher 12 that I used as a 6. Very thin necks for the time, using 2 rods, not one - Nice guitar - thinnest for the era.
Older style pickups eventually worn out. The new stuff's much better, but I did not replace them with modern pickups -
I'd use a fuzz box & a Crybaby to modify the sound & fill it out...
Believe it or not, I did use a Treble booster on it for some leads!
Screech your ears off.
Take the simple trebly sound here, & boost it!
tomnam
Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 10:14
 
trekhead wrote:


Cool. Like WP.


Cool indeed...
trekhead
Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 10:13
 
tomnam wrote:
World Party does a pretty niffty version of this song....


Cool. Like WP.
tomnam
Posted: Jan 26, 2005 - 10:09
 
World Party does a pretty niffty version of this song....
steeler
(teetering on the abyss)
Posted: Aug 17, 2004 - 06:31
 
Eul0gy wrote:


cheese is cheese no matter whos mind it originated from.
listening to this makes me want to find a random hippie (past or present) and punch him/her in the face.

Hmmm . . . I think you need to change your location to read: "A little bit to the right."
P.S. Better make it "A little bit to the far right"
namesbenny
(West Kootenays)
Posted: Mar 11, 2004 - 20:18
 
I've just got to say, for all those Dylan-bashers out there, that this song is the palest of comparisons to the original. Dylan conveys so much more energy and brightness with his young voice than all the tinny treble of the Byrds. They remain a gaping hole in my appreciation of classic rock.
sharkartist
(Pasadena, CA)
Posted: Jan 17, 2004 - 16:37
 
lily34 wrote:



Yeah, i can kind of see why you say that...
i like both songs. they both remind me of the same past love.

I wonder if that connection might be in the sound... I see it, and I believe it might have something to do with Rickenbacher guitars.

Eul0gy
(A Little To The Left)
Posted: Jan 07, 2004 - 04:56
 
Hummingbird wrote:


Hold it there. You can call Dylan's lyrics many things, but not cheesy! ;-)


cheese is cheese no matter whos mind it originated from.
listening to this makes me want to find a random hippie (past or present) and punch him/her in the face.
lily34
Posted: Nov 16, 2003 - 17:41
 
Sicamic wrote:
Does this remind anyone else of that track off of the WHo Sell Out Mary Anne with the Shaky Hand? Perhaps the other way around...



Yeah, i can kind of see why you say that...
i like both songs. they both remind me of the same past love.

Hummingbird
(Leuven, Belgium)
Posted: Oct 27, 2003 - 03:09
 
Platypus wrote:
easily the cheesiest lyrics i have ever heard in my entire life

its like a nightmarish pickup line from a bad 70s movie.


Hold it there. You can call Dylan's lyrics many things, but not cheesy! ;-)

The Byrds version is fine but the one that really blew me out of my socks was the original, with Dylan yodeling "All I really wanna do-ooo". One of the many highlights from Another Side!
Drunkenlilacwine
(Anywhere you think I am.)
Posted: Oct 06, 2003 - 16:01
 
a sixties classic
beelzebubba
(Palmyra, PA)
Posted: Sep 26, 2003 - 11:07