The Byrds - "All I Really Want To Do" - 8/12/65 video free download
Lip synched performance from the band's only TV appearance in Great Britain; "Top Of The...".
The TV debut of David Crosby's cape!!
Note how the host spells out their name: B-Y-R-D-S.
This was to avoid confusion with Ronnie Wood's band, "The Birds", who were starting to make noise around town.
As soon as they got there, The Byrds all got sick; taking them into a "Proper climate" especially affected Chris Hillman, who had to be shot full of vitamins and penicilin just to make the broadcast!!
Note Gene Clark grinning ear to ear; this is rare, but he just spent the previous night hanging w/Paul McCartney. :-)
Michael Clarke was out club hopping w/Brian Jones & John Entwhistle.
The U.K. tour pretty much bombed; bad sound, their weakness as a live act, and the "Anti-stage presence" that they were known for just didn't fly with the Brits.
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Comments
8 years ago
Fenriss Alba
Who is the blond haired Celtic FC fan presenting this ?9 years ago
Dicky Dido
I always thought this was a simpering crap version of a great song. The Byrds eventually redeemed themselves with 'eight miles high'.9 years ago
Tower of Power
ALL I REALLY WANT TO DO pieseň skupiny THE BYRDS, ktorá bola v rebríčku Billboardu desať týždňov od 3. júla 1965 a skončila na 40.m.Pieseň patrí k najkrajším skladbám skupiny.V UK bola v rebríčku ako druhý TOP 10 hit desať týždňov od 12. augusta 1965 a obsadila 4.m. Autorom piesne bol Bob Dylan. Na b strane singlu bola skladba I´ll Feel A Whole Lot Better, ktorá skončila na 103.m. V ankete časopisu Rolling Stone 500 BEST SONGS z roku 2010 skončila na 237.m.Pochádzala z albumu MR: TAMBOURINE MAN, ktorý bol v UK v rebríčku 12 týždňov od 28. augusta 1965 a obsadil 7.m.9 years ago
A Maher
just to confirm this was from 8th Aug 1965 - might be USA way of writing date above9 years ago
Andrew Pollock
Can Jimmy Saville not be airbrushed out of these clips?9 years ago
NilezII
Did Bob Dylan write this song?9 years ago
Bruce Gilchrist
isn't that the sex abuser Jimmy Saville who introduced them?9 years ago
TheCanine2
Worst lip syncing ever, Roger. LOL.9 years ago
TheUnclerickie
Crosby was already baked as fuck in 1965! what an icon of the 60's....If i could come back in another life i'd want to be David Crosby from 1965 to 1975. Dude took partying and free love to a whole new level.10 years ago
David M
Jim McGuinn is at his ultimate cool-itude in this video. I love the glasses and the plaid jacket. They all look so young here. Difficult to believe the cute David Crosby turned into the bloated monster he became. Jim McGuinn still looks much the same.10 years ago
MrGreycharles
The Byrds in London! This was the biggest American band in the summer of 1965, as far as new groups for the time. Amazing to see just how great the Beatles were, because the Byrds were INCORRECTLY compared to the Beatles, and that misled many people in England.10 years ago
Marion-T herése
like this song!10 years ago
Glenn Wheatcroft
They did have live vocals occasionally sung to a the recorded backing10 years ago
ferpont
It wasn't reallly so... by that time the TV producers wouldn't let you play live, because the broadcasting technology was not up to that task, and besides that, they would not take the risk of having off beat notes and minor tuning issues....10 years ago
lucas07700
thanks for reminding me to take this shit off.10 years ago
Dan Jones
haha, was you?11 years ago
Brian Allan
I'm familiar with "Feel A Whole Lot Better". Also, although a few years later, Crosby's "Mind Gardens". But except for Eight Miles High, their best songs were covers, e.g. Goffin-King's "I Wasn't Born To Follow". But, you know, performing and writing are separate skill sets, and my faves are nightclub acts like Sinatra, Peggy Lee, Julie London, Chet Baker...none of whom wrote their own stuff.12 years ago
Brian Allan
Funny how cool and original I thought they were, but they couldn't even play their songs live nor even write them (until Eight Miles High and Hey, Mr. Spaceman).12 years ago
56Mercgal
@lucas07700 I didn't know Jimmy Saville recently passed away! Oh my! :(12 years ago
ilovedatasoong
@ejectorerector I was just about to type that!!Related Videos
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