adorshki
Reverential Member
Something reminded me of the Byrds' "Turn Turn Turn" the other day and hadn't heard it in years so pulled it up on Youtube.
And what pops up but a link to another one of my faves, "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star", live at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival.
Well I had to listen to that.
They even invite Hugh Masekela up to do the trumpet part he does in the tune. You remember Hugh Masekela, right, "Grazing in the Grass"?
And for some reason the sped up tempo reminds me of the way the Monkees performed live. But then, at the time, the Monkees were seriously close to out-selling the Beatles and the TV show was a monster.
And "Eight Miles High" was already a 15-month old oldie at the time. Listening to that one again, I realize it's every bit as good as anything on Revolver which it preceded by about 3 months.
One wonders who had the bigger influence on the other, when the Beatles and the Byrds (or at least McGuinn, anyway) partied together on a fateful day in August '65.
And what pops up but a link to another one of my faves, "So You Wanna Be A Rock'n'Roll Star", live at the '67 Monterey Pop Festival.
Well I had to listen to that.
They even invite Hugh Masekela up to do the trumpet part he does in the tune. You remember Hugh Masekela, right, "Grazing in the Grass"?
And for some reason the sped up tempo reminds me of the way the Monkees performed live. But then, at the time, the Monkees were seriously close to out-selling the Beatles and the TV show was a monster.
And "Eight Miles High" was already a 15-month old oldie at the time. Listening to that one again, I realize it's every bit as good as anything on Revolver which it preceded by about 3 months.
One wonders who had the bigger influence on the other, when the Beatles and the Byrds (or at least McGuinn, anyway) partied together on a fateful day in August '65.
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