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Name: | Paul
(rpfelton@swbell.net)
| | Date: | Thu 01 Nov 2007 03:07:45 PM EDT | | Subject: | "Under Review" Unauthorized | | | I'd like to thank Mr. Einarson for sharing the Chris Hillman quote regarding "Under Review". Unfortunately, I don't know a great deal about Hillman's objections. Certainly, the producers should have notified "the Byrds" and asked them if they wanted to contribute. I suppose I had assumed that Hillman, McGuinn, etc. had declined to contribute and thus failed to "authorize" the project. It would be nice if it could be expanded, with the Byrds approval and participation, to a more comprehensive anthology. However, it seems pretty good for what it is. | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | David Chirko
(chirko@unitz.ca)
| | Date: | Sat 03 Nov 2007 01:29:23 PM EDT | | Subject: | "Under Review" | | | I extolled the "Under Review" DVD earlier in this forum. I also forwarded my congratulations to Messrs. York and Parsons for their contributions to this project. The former told me, "...Thank you for your kind words....Gene Parsons and I are often left out of the Byrds picture. But we both continue to produce vital, heartfelt music. I don't know that the 3 remaining Byrds disapproved of the project. I think they chose not to get involved. There is a subtle difference I suppose...." The latter said, "...Thanks very much for taking the time to email and thanks for your kind words." I think it would be propitious if Croz, Hillman, McGuinn, York, Parsons and Doug Dillard all got together in the studio and did something, DVD and CD--like the Eagles did just recently. After all, the songs have already been penned, by the foremost pop songwriter of all time--Gene Clark. It would be a wondrous tribute if they recorded some of his gems that no ensemble of the Byrds ever recorded previously. I know, I know...from what I've read and heard, David won't play with the latter-day Byrds and McGuinn won't have anything to do with it for personal reasons. | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Paul
(rpfelton@swbell.net)
| | Date: | Wed 07 Nov 2007 05:04:31 PM EST | | Subject: | What makes a band a band? | | | The "Eagles" new album is #1 on the Billboard charts, even though it has long since been Billboard policy to exclude "exclusive" recordings from the charts. (The album is very good). This event is interesting for a number of reasons. Mainly, what makes the Eagles so darned popular compared to other, perhaps better, groups (e.g. the Byrds, Gene Clark, Bob Dylan, etc.). Dylan came to town a few years ago and sold only a few hundred (maybe 200) tickets. They moved it to a small nightclub because the auditorium was too big. But another interesting aspect of the Eagles is that there are only two of the original four (five if you count Don Felder). So why are the Eagles the Eagles? If Leadon, Meisner, and Felder started a group, what would they call themselves; the Eaglets, the Eagles II, the Forgotten Eagles, the Eagles Tribute Band? Apparently, the Eagles are Henley and Frey, and anyone else they designate at the time. So Walsh and Schmidt are temporary Eagles, whereas Stuart Smith is just their current hired guitarist. Of course, the Who released an album last year in which Pete Townshend wrote all the songs, played most of the instruments, and sang. Roger Daltry is the only other Who. If Daltrey could no longer perform, would it be OK for Townshend to tour as the Who. And John Fogerty's new album is an awfully good CCR album, isn't it? I believe John Lennon once said something to the effect that, in terms of a Beatle reunion, it only mattered whether he and McCartney performed together. That is grossly unfair to Harrison and Starr (both fantastic musicians), but... So who are the Byrds? Why were McGuinn, White, York-Battin, and Parsons the Byrds, McGuinn, Hillman, Parsons, and Kelley the Byrds, but McGuinn, Clark, and Hillman were not the Byrds? Were/are McGuinn, Crosby, and Hillman the Byrds? And is it business or artistry that makes a band a band? | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Jack
(jlsill@verizon.net)
| | Date: | Sat 10 Nov 2007 11:15:57 AM EST | | Subject: | Under Review | | | Just some quick comments about the film: 1)It was nice to have a documentary spend equal time on all phases of The Byrds. 2) Nigel Williamson's statement that Crosby was the band's best songwriter because he wrote edgy songs like "Draft Morning" and "Triad" was uninformed and way off target. Nigel, ever heard "Eight Miles High," "Feel A Whole Lot Better," "Set You Free This Time," "The World Turns All Around Her," "If You're Gone," "She Don't Care About Time?" I think David Crosby would easily acknowledge that The Byrds had only one genius songwriter. 3)John York did a fabulous job describing the great power of the Clarence White lead Byrds. Johns passion was palpable, I would have loved to have seen Gene Clark at the Whiskey with York and Clarence. 4)Gene Parsons certainly was a delight showing us the workings of the String-Bender and sharing his heartfelt feelings and memories of Clarence. | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | Fred
(vermont@warwick.net)
| | Date: | Tue 13 Nov 2007 10:37:28 AM EST | | Subject: | Byrds singles | | | I understand (I think) that "Mr. Tambourine Man" was followed by the release of "All I Really Wanna Do", and then it was planned that an early version of "It's All Over Now Baby Blue" was to be released as the third single. But then "Turn, Turn, Turn" cam along and beecame the third single in late '65. My question is: How was it decided that Gene's song "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" was not the follow up to Tambourine Man, or, for that matter that none of his songs were offered as singles, until Eight Miles High? It seems that that decision was the defining moment for both Gene and the Byrds. I think "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" was perhaps the Byrds' quintessential song until Eight Miles High -- not to take away from the two fantastic chart toppers the Byrds had in 1965. But "All I Really Wanna Do"?? | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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Name: | RobertKassmann@cox.net
(@RobertKassmann@cox.net)
| | Date: | Fri 16 Nov 2007 07:43:04 PM EST | | Subject: | To Lester Byrd: (A Birthday Poem for Gene) | | | What The H.E.C. (Harold Eugene Clark)
For Scorpio, While here it was fire for you juxtapose, now the placid waters(vinyl-cd's) ease our pains. Strong and masculine we admired the Trojan Horse, confident exterior. Homeletic we hear within our hearts the entendres doubled. Curious and dark Pluto your gravity only half measured by Earths standards,determined, obstinate orbital track will eclipse us who are present. Ever watchful with hypnotic discerning eye, leave motives exposed while you are naked within, bearing soul.Supervova, Critical implosion so to reduce hurting 'No Other', leaving dialectic investigation, and you are loved! | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | David Chirko
(chirko@unitz.ca)
| | Date: | Sat 17 Nov 2007 01:04:18 PM EST | | Subject: | John and Gene, et al | | | I acquiesce with all of the observations made about John York, who probably can play more different instruments--some two dozen--than all of the other Byrds that ever existed combined. The fact that he complemented Gene Clark in the group CRY says something of his talents. Yes, David penned numerous gems for the Byrds and I'd love to hear a regrouped Byrds do some of his compositions, which will never occur. However, I concur, he was not the inimitable, mellifluous songwriter Gene Clark was. In my view, Skip Battin was a fine singer and excellent bass player, and he wrote some lovely stuff, too; otherwise he would have never been asked to join the legendary Byrds. | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Marc
(mnmelfi13@aol.com)
| | Date: | Fri 23 Nov 2007 09:38:48 AM EST | | Subject: | New Edition of "Timeless Flight"? | | | As I'm sure is the case with a lot of you, I've been in pursuit of the latest edition of Johnny Rogan's book for quite some time. I recently ordered it from a store in the UK who could not secure a copy for me, but passed along this little gem:
"However the suppliers have informed us that there is a new edition of the book in preparation for early part of next year so hopefully you will be able to purchase that edition more successfully."
Has anyone heard anything else about this? If it's true, I'm going to have a hard time waiting!
Marc | | | Post Reply | | |
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Name: | Fred
(vermont@warwick.net)
| | Date: | Sun 25 Nov 2007 03:03:09 PM EST | | Subject: | Top Gene Clark Songs | | | This may seem a little lame to some, but since nobody has posted anything recently, I submit the following question: What are your top favorite Gene songs, either as composer or singer, or both? | | | Post Reply | Display replies to this message
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