The Byrds - "I Knew I'd Want You" - 5/8/65 скачать видео бесплатно


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At long last, after a ten year search, here it is. :-)

Lip synching Gene Clark's BRILLIANT & GORGEOUS MASTERPIECE, "I Knew I'd Want You", which was the flip side of "Mr. Tambourine Man".

Unique for a "Pop" song of the time to be in the metre of 6/8; somewhat like The Beatles "Baby's In Black".

David Crosby's harmonies here are among the most inventive that he ever did in The Byrds.

Beautifully double tracked by Terry Melcher, the intervals he sings above Roger & Gene's unison tracks are nothing short of "Spellbinding Space Age", ESPECIALLY for the time.

Very clever the way the song is in the key of "Em", yet ends on "E Major". A strong classical influence here.

I've often wondered if Justin Hayward's "Nights In White Satin" was influenced by this, as the chord progression, key, & feel are so similar. :-)

There is a common thread with all four of the "Shiv...." performances; the band always mimed to the "A" AND "B" sides of their latest single/45.

EXCEPT for the the band's 3rd time on the show.

The "Flip song" should have been "She Don't Care About Time", but rather, it was "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better", even though they ALREADY mimed the song on their 2nd appearance!

I'm wondering if there was more here than just the "Resentment of Gene's royalties" by McGuinn & Crosby??

Why didn't they do a different "Alternate" song on the 3rd show, like Roger & David's "Wait & See", ESPECIALLY if McGuinn & Crosby wanted more "Air time"???

Instead, they did one of Gene's songs, but twice in a row.

This tells me that perhaps the band as a whole wasn't crazy about "She Don't Care About Time", even though it's one of their finest.

Of course, "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" was a VERY POPULAR dance tune, and one of the greatest "Pop" songs of all time. :-)

On all the rest of the band's TV appearances, (Besides "Shiv....") they often played "Album cuts", like "The Bells Of Rhymney", "Chimes Of Freedom", & "The Times They Are A Changin'".

Three days after this appearance, the band would make their debut on "Hulla....".

This is the ONLY time "I Knew I'd Want You" would be performed/mimed on Televison.

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Комментарии

9 years назад

James Burke

Oh, pity the poor go-go dancers—minor key psychedelic folk rock ain't exactly an ass mover. Great effort, girls.

9 years назад

Indigo Mariana

LOVE!

10 years назад

Glenn Wheatcroft

A good song though not astonishingly original even for the day. Very Beatles For Sale in influence - Baby's In Black, I'm A Loser, No Reply, Words Of Love etc. This was originally going to be the A side but wisely Tambourine Man was made the debut single. I agree with the NIWS comparison. I never noticed before but it's so transparent that I don't even need to listen to both back to back.

11 years назад

John Antonescu

Its like Nights and White satin

11 years назад

TheAerovons

Wow...I never thought of that....you are right! Maybe that's why it sounded familiar to me when it came out (I was a Byrds fan and loved this song) ...thanks for that!

11 years назад

TheAerovons

No 12 string in "Needles in Pins" by The Searchers...and high harmonies have been going on forever....listen to The Everly Brothers..like all these groups say they did...but I see what you mean, the softness of the high part is very Searchers like...

11 years назад

Jake Mackie

The Byrds=SO GREAT!!!

11 years назад

kerry moriarty

A strong Beatles influence. A minor classic. Love it.

11 years назад

CuteCatFaith

I really appreciate all the lowbar details here.

11 years назад

CuteCatFaith

I think I like all their recordings but this one is particularly dear to me. I still have it on the original 45 and it still plays and sounds beautiful. I moved to Europe with all my vinyl and it's all for sale. Fortunately in a way, no one has come by to see me in Paris and take it all off my hands. I'm stuck with it, ha ha ha ha! (I won't sell the collection piecemeal -- it's gotta go as one big, and I do mean BIG unit!) Uprated. Thanks so much for this.

12 years назад

MsFitzzzz

See the Searchers on Ed Sullivan show.. They could not reproduce their single Needles and Pins... The Byrds sound much better!

12 years назад

ronfowlermusic

RIP, Gene.

12 years назад

voidforpurpose

"Nights In White Satn" is a complete rip-off of this.

12 years назад

3LittleBiggs

Fortunately, The Searchers invented the sound of high harmonies, 12 string guitars. :-)

12 years назад

Steve Kasiaras

@BigStar303 Ahhh! My mistake, why did I do that? Then again, I always assumed they were brothers! I didn't own their albums but had them on reel to reel tape so... But this is a great video, even though a lip synch. Having go-go dancers is a riot! I especially like the intro, I was like, "What's that? Something psychedelic?" And the camera zoomed back and it was a cymbal. Very cool.

12 years назад

BigStar303

@49kasey I agree totally with everything you say...but you should spell Gene's name correctly. ;) No worries, mate...I'm just smiling at the memory of the magazines of the day, who could never seem to get Gene Clark/Michael Clarke down correctly!

13 years назад

madelefant05

This reminds me of Knights in White Satin

13 years назад

Steve Kasiaras

They were altogether a very seminal rock group. Gene Clarke was the most special part of it. If you can find his album "No Other", buy it! It should have been an absolute smash but apparently it wasn't promoted properly.

13 years назад

ejectorerector

what the fuck was happening at the end???!

13 years назад

ejectorerector

roger looks liek a fucking mom here!!!

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