The Byrds - The Bells of Rhymney video free download

Indigo Mariana

Crosby looks psychotic...

Adam Hans

its funny how the byrds took "mr tambourine man" and put a beatle beat to it, and then george harrison took the 12 string guitar sound from the byrds and put their songs into it. Basically the beatles influenced the byrds and the byrds influenced the beatles

Francesca Van der Geld

The Byrds-The Bells of Rhymney.

Gallivan Burwell

I love the girls screaming to this tale of a Welsh mining disaster. Hillman and McGuinn are both playing in dropped "D" tuning.

DoctorBohr

RIP Pete Seeger. This one plays on at my place

terry palfrey

Wish they would get the Pronunciation right, Rhymney is pronounced 'RUMNEY' not 'RIMNEY'. Still a great song by a great Band.

MacFeeley

Wow!!! Appears to be an archival live performance from 64/65 Nice Post!!!

Brian Middleton

Annoying, yes, though also funny at times, especially in light of the lyrics. Like when McGuinn comes in after the solo and sings "Throw the vandals in court" and the girls explode with screams as if he had just sung "I wanna hold your hand."

K DeV

I actually like the slower tempo. I've always thought the song very haunting and this version exemplifies that aspect. The only way to improve on this would be to separate the screaming girls from the track. They really are annoying.

roothands

If only there was a way to get a version of this without all the screaming fans (though I guess I might have been screaming too if I was in their place?)

Brian Middleton

Interesting. The studio version is faster, though nowhere near 2x (just checked, and the studio is just over 120 bpm, this one around 108). The studio version isn't sped up either, which was common back then (at least, it's in concert pitch). I would guess they actually liked it at this slower tempo but the producer asked them to perk it up to make the recording a bit more commercial.

Henry Ramsey

Anyone know why they slowed it down for the "live" performance? Was it hard to play? The record is about 2x this speed. I'm not complaining. It's a nice laid back version but is a bit slow.

Violet J

"If I needed Someone" starts with the same riff on Harrison's 12-string as McGuinn plays in "The Bells of Rhymney." McGuinn confirms that Harrison was very clear that the guitar riff he used was based on McGuinn's riff. McGuinn originally got the idea to play the 12-string after seeing Harrison play it, though. They inspired each other ;)

bassmanjoe

Funny, you don't hear girls scream like that with todays popular music!

bassmanjoe

It was really? I know it was the Byrds, but didn't know it was a specific song.

jaime lacera acosta

this song inspired if i needed someone by george h

franco maffei

Le vicissitudini della band si susseguono, Crosby se n'e' andato, il genere cambia, si avventurano nel country rock, qui in un brano scritto da Pete Seeger. 

Joseph Voigt

Because Roger looks so damned hip with those shades, that's why. :)

David Fischer

Ouch! Impedance MismatchA magical Welsh mining dirge on the set of *Shindig!*backstory: I banged my head on a windchime a minute ago and this song popped into my consciousness for first time in 50 years.

xxzzyyxxzzyy

I'm crying, silently.

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