The Byrds - "Mr.Tambourine Man" - 5/8/65 video free download

The Byrds debut on TV!!!

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

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....".

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