This video clip should be treasured and preserved like our country's most important documents. No other Bryd related performance comes close to this. Thank you for posting.
What an inimitable group- "folk-rock" is here, children! A logical "progression" to my mind...Think of the great groups who formed when these guys split- The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, etc! And -with the exception of the drummer, Mike Smith? the continued success as a one man act- Gene, Chris -both released terrific albums now worth mega bucks- I tried to buy them in CD format because I never had the album or it got scratches- I was always keen to lend my favorite albums- pass the groove, no pun intended on- educate! Turn your friends on the safe way! BRAVO! ( I have tears in my eyes ...BLESS Pete Seeger too for turning us on to a book of the Christian Bible many of us weren't familiar with...) Namaste
I played the Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man for my son when he was 5 or 6 years old and he was mesmerized by the song. He would say "play jingle J dad, play jingle j". He's a musician now
I heard Tambourine Man for the first time from a distance on the wind in Brecon, Wales one evening in 1965. In the Uk we had never heard anything like it and the Byrds became my favourite band and remain so despite the passage of 55 years. Their harmonies are unsurpassed to this day and McGuinn's voice, which I heard live in Manchester England in 71 or 72 and again in Sheffield in the early 2000s is still spellbinding. I shall never tire of listening to their fabulous music.
We must be about the same age. I saw the Byrds at the Marigold Ballroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1967. Gene Clark had briefly rejoined the Byrds soon to leave again. He (like me had a fear of flying). One of the best concerts I had ever been to. My first concert was the Yardbirds at Daytons Department Store in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966. Paul Samewll-Smith had departed the band, and Jeff Beck brought in his friend Jimmy Page in on bass no less!
@@itwasntmeboningbivvy181 I would love to have seen the original line up. They did come to the UK shortly after Tambourine Man and appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops and did a few tour dates but nothing near me. When I saw them in 71 or 72 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, the original members had gone apart from McGuinn of course. Disappointing but, as a guitarist myself, Clarence White was something else. I was in a semi-pro band at that time and we used to play some Byrds numbers-Tambourine Man, Bells of Rhymney, Here without you, My back pages etc-rather badly- but they went down well with audiences because as far as I know, there were no other bands on North Lancashire playing that sort of music. And we did have an electric 12 string.! I'm guessing you missed Clapton in the Yardbirds because by 66 I think he had left them to join John Mayall.
It was 1971 . . . I was doing my A Levels and took 'time off' from my studies to take the train from Chester to Manchester . . . then found my way to the Free Trade Hall and what a trip it all was. The Byrds live in concert. It's all clear in my mind now as it was then! McGuinn is 83 now and still performing. Love to see his solo act . . . wow
They came to my college (Ohio University) as part of a Dick Clark Cavalcade of Stars tour about one month after this was filmed. I've heard the observations that they weren't a good live group, but that night they were spot on. The college kids only wanted to see them; the rest were just novelty acts (Paul Revere and the Raiders, Bo Diddley, and so on). You could see the group dynamics on full display: McGuinn deadly serious, Gene Clarke very uncomfortable without a guitar, Crosby eating up the celebrity of it all, Hillman looking like "How did I go from Bluegrass to this?, and Michael Clark just doing his best looking like one of the Stones. It was quite a night.
One of my most favorite groups from the 60s. Those songs will be in my head until the day I die, and hopefully after that Id like to join all of them in heaven.
+NikkkitoNippongo So ture. The Rickenbacker on either level is just too damn good, bass or guitar. This band is just too fucking unreal. As I sit here at 61, I remember what they did to and for me as a musician for 45 years. I just smoke a nice bowl and sit back and close my eyes and remember all the great things God has given me.
@Bengt Handlebars A Gibson 12 string? I think the only Gibson Johnny Marr played was a 6 string Les Paul and the only twelve strings he played were the Martin and Rickenbacker (atleast with The Smiths).
l am now a young 75 and as a teen through the1960s I enjoyed the London club scene big time and all my pals thought The Byrds outstripped the likes of The Beatles and The Stones by miles! Hanging on the wall in my studio, in a place of honour since 1965 after I obtained it during my first visit to Arlington Virginia is an album cover containing a vinyl LP of Mr Tambourine Man signed by the entire group which I treasure to this day. When I met Mick Jagger in Mustique in 1988, as we both shared the same Italian architect Mario Spinella, when we built our villas on Mustique and St Vincent I showed him the signed LP which he would have bought at any price, but was not for sale and remains priceless to this day. At least then I got Mick to sing at my Norwegian wife's 40th Birthday party celebration's in January 1989 on Basils Bar in Mustique and Ringo Star and Barbara Bach turned up so a great party that finished at 8 am the following morning! I still listen to the Byrds at least 2 or 3 times a week. They were then and to this day remain the best Folk Rock group EVER!!!
I'm a poor man who nevertheless got to visit Mustique (I'd say it's a cross between a country club and a country) and saw the Byrds around the same time as you did, and yeah they were great and though I never MET Mick Jagger I did bump into him at SFO when he was pulling into town the night before Altamont........
When the beatles send music to you to Try out you are doing something right.beatles would exchange music by mail.roger said that on u tube some time ago.
David is the guy who comes in with the "high" voice on top for the harmonies. He deserves a lot of credit for that, in my opinion. It's an important part of the vocal sound of the original lineup. As good as other musicians have been, who came in and out over the years, they never got "quite" that vocal sound that they had when David was there...Great post.
These guys were the best. As a junior in high school they changed my whole attitude towards life. They pulled me out of my shell and onto a much better me.
This is just so great to see this video. That little girl with the blond hair (at 1:11) singing her heart out to the Bryd's singing "Turn, Turn, Turn." She looks to be about 7 or 8 years old - wow, she would be about 56 now! Wonder if this little girl has seen herself on the video wherever she is.. The Byrd's were such an incredibly talented band!
I saw them in "66" and almost "peed my pants". I just did tonight. That was so pure! The imperfect mix helped learn respect the Harmony lines, Drums, Crosby fingerings, and I could go on. Maybe Mcguinn's best live Turn! Turn! Turn! lead solo.
I didn't think I'd ever find a truly live performance from the original 5 in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing. Yes, they may be a bit ragged, but even with the primitive sound system and grainy video you can see the immense talent of this band shine through.
Great Video. The Byrds were truly a GREAT band. Love Gene Clark right out front where he belongs. Roger's 12 string is incredible. The 3 vocals are excellent. This is totally live. Very impressive.
I turned 7 years old the summer of '65,practicely still a baby,yet I remember so well digging, even then,all the great music playing all around me from all the different performers who seemed to literallly change every day.Knowing now how drastically my beloved rock music has changed since the 60's is sad,yet I am grateful for being young and alive back then when music seemed to mean so much to so many.
Happy belated 60th birthday! Great comments on how much this fantastic music shaped you as a child. I'm 47 so I wasn't there but I was still born during rock n roll's heydey and as a teen listened to 1950's and 1960's rock. The 1980's and early 90's weren't bad either. But nothing compares to the 1960's for rock n roll. Take care.
"We could sing" was the succinct answer Chris Hillman replied when I asked him why the L.A. bands achieved greater commercial success than the Bay Area bands of the same era. (Byrds and BBoys vs Dead and Airplane)
I don't think anyone told Grace Slick and Marty Balin they couldn't sing, or the guys in Moby Grape for that matter. Foolish assumption to make about musicians from a far hipper city than LA. Nobody came close to The Byrds talent-wise though so Chris should've restricted his comment to reference his own band.
Yes, a truly live performance with real heart. In addition, what is wonderful is the audience rapt following of "Turn, Turn, Turn" and what it meant to them. Now popular music is about business and facile downloads; there is a different dynamic and relationship to society. And we are worse off.
I've just discovered this beautiful, fully live performance. It's great to see Gene up front in good form. These heavenly harmonies still make my heart soar! I was enchanted by these guys back in 1965, and it's never worn off. Im still going to live gigs, and now I live in Cambridge. I was 11 and lived in London (which makes me 70 this week). I met them at the Byrds fan club gig at the London Roundhouse on the 1965 tour of the UK and Roger again in 1999 after his solo gig at the Apollo, where we spoke about the London tour all those years ago. I used to keep in touch with their base in L.A. It was very exciting to get hand- written air mail letters from fan club secretary Christy Hartmann with all the latest news of the scene there on The Strip. Thank you for sharing!
@CleanLineFilms It's really nice to see that younger generation can see, hear and be moved by The Byrds. I was lucky enough to see the 4 Byrds without Gene Clark at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Very impressed with Michael Clarke's drumming, fast single rolls in the fills. Dave Crosby, looking chubby cheeked and boyish - I've got to show my sister this; she only knows his buffalo-bill-with-long-receding-hair look (of...er...only two years later?)
These guys looked so cool.. especially Gene Clark. These beautiful teen girls in audience... are grandmothers now. And Gene.. and Michael Clarke are almost 20 years gone.. to drink. Still the Byrds captured the essence of the time.
Its so ironic that the most talented and wise guy had the worst fate. And the band`s 4th number and the most wasting guy have had the best career and entered the 80plus rockstars club.
this is vintage "GOld!"...these guys had it together...notice thier harmonies (well-timed) and there are no floor monitor speakers like came a few years later...these early groups "HAD to be GOOD live to deliver such a fine rendition of thier studio recording....Thx MCD220
Absolutely wonderful and rare live performance! The flaws make all of us who struggled playing in garage bands at keg parties with shitty gear appreciate who had to do it first. I’m sure no one on stage could really hear each other with no monitors and the screaming, not to mention all the beautiful young chicks wetting their pants. What a great short age that was!
I was 6 and new to AM transitor radios. This and many other songs of then shaped my life. No other decade of music, politics, culture and life in general did so much.
....A time for peace I swear it's not too late...thank God for the timeless message the Byrds brought to us. I'll be sharing this music with my 12 year-old son, I was born in 1964 to a turbulent time of war and cultural revolution. This music makes me cry and smile because I feel hope and joy that God has for his creation and his people. I just need to follow his path and believe.
Simply amazing ! Live performance , no effects, no flashing lights , pure and simple. No better time in music history and music has never been as great or fear ever will again.
It's refreshing to see a live performance instead of the usual lip synced, mimed performance we usually got back then. The Byrds were actually pretty good for their time.
This is a rare treat in that "back in the day," many if not most of the television performances by rock groups just had them lip synch to their own record. This is totally live and given the relatively poor mic setups for TV studios of the time, it sounds really quite good, especially McGuinn's Rick.
yes .. they are the true master of MELODIES at their best;;;but always with the swing...and without knowing they wld left that mark, they invented what wld be called later POWER POP With god on their side !
Chris and Michael were both very talented. Chris eventually got more camera time once David was fired. His post-byrds work is fantastic. As for Michael, he wasn't very accomplished, but was able to pick up the drums in less than a year. It's a shame drinking got him and that his life wasn't well-documented.
Rare to see a TV recording from 1965 where the band is not lip synching to the record. The Byrds were the real deal. I loved them as much as the Beatles. They were actually a greater musical influence in so many ways.
+Henry Ramsey - I read that when Lennon first met McGuinn, he asked McGuinn about his "little glasses" and wanted to try them on. I think I read this in an interview with McGuinn.
This is wonderful! Yes, Clarke was a weak drummer, but his "feel" was a vital part of their sound. The other four are at their best, and this clip also shows why McCallum "mattered" way back when. More important, it took me right back to why they were - and are - one of my all-time favorite groups: material, musicianship, concept and members. I'm glad to have been alive when all this was fresh and evolving, and to have had a small part in it (I played them on the radio). Superb post; thank you!
Fantastic recording. Great performances. My childhood soundtrack. Being the youngest, I always took the Crosby parts in my household, sometimes doubling with my late sis. Such great memories of my late brother playing his Byrds records and learning the parts. Later in life we would get together to write music and always played a few bytes tunes such as I Knew I'd Want You, She Don't Care About Time, Set You Free this Time, and Eight Miles High, among others.
Wow!This is true talent...,just plug-in & play/sing...,no overdubbing,backing tracks!I can watch this over & over and still be amazed at how these young guys gave such a great performance!(I'm a 61 yr old drummer who is "Old School"when it comes to playing music...,you know they set out these incredible harmonies & rehearsed until they got it right!)
The Bells of Rhymney was one of their best songs, along with My Back Pages!. This original 5 really kicked ass!...When Gene Clark left things went down hill!...Too many egos...
I was 13 when Turn Turn Turn came out I had a transistor radio that could play 'underground' music on FM..of course it was rebellious to listen to it...hell yes and my soul was opened to a new way of living...…...Lord. bring those days back..
And folks say that The Byrds were not a great live band?, listen to this priceless piece of history and realise what the truth was! Oh if they could still be together all five and performing today. If this is not the sound of paradise it surely must be extremely close!!!!!!!
Great clip, really takes you back to that time, the jangling, wonderful music heard over the radio, on TV, and on our record players. And yes, while it was McGuinn's band--how could it not be, he was the true veteran of the group with a lot of mileage behind him in just a few years--all were exemplary, with Clark's voice adding the right resonance and depth of feeling. What was really fun is Crosby's guitar work, much more animated and funky here than on most of the studio recordings. Everyone must have been having a blast, they were hot, young and (presumably) very confident.
I haven't seen many other completely live videos, and this is awesome! I saw them live in '66 and this video brings back memories. An historic video, INDEED!
Yes, this clip is a gem - so rare to find something with genuinely live audio. Lyrics and harrmony are clear, especially on "Turn," in spite of technical limitations of the era.
I can't stop watching this. "Bells of Rhymney" here is better than the LP version, the singing is much more intense. Cases in point: 5:14 - 6:01 and 6:44 - 7:31. I could DIE listening to this performance. It's transcendent.
Gene Clark is absolutely in time with his tambourine, in fact he sets some remarkable accents with it while singing. I like it. Roger`s guitar is amazing, David accamponies flawless and the rhyrthm section is tight. They easily stand the comparism to live perfomences of the beatles.
Fabulous posting. I remember playing their first two albums until the needle nearly fell through the grooves. "The Bells of Rhymney" here is just spectacular, and does anyone else think the jealous boyfriend at 5:20 looks like a long-haired Josh Brolin?
There's just something you can't define about Gene Clark's stage presence but you get a real idea of it here. There's temperament and mood there. It could be astonishing even if McGuinn said was spastic on the tambourine.
@CleanLineFilms Thank you so much for your honest opinion of this video/group. I was born in '58, and am now re-discovering this group again. Mr. McGuinn is going to be playing in Tucson (my hometown), tomo nite. I just got tix to see him this afternoon after listening to an intvw with him on NPR this morning 7/29. The power of these videos are making the hair on my arms stand up...
OK this is a really good video you get to see the Byrds Playing live and if any mistakes are made who cares it’s still really good concert. And the little little girl at the beginning of the film really was into The song. Awesome
I remember going to concerts there prior to Bill Graham opening up the Fillmore East. WNEW used to host some concerts there in the mid-60's. Was at one of the FE opening concerts with Janis & Big Brother & passed by the last night when I believe they hosted Riders of the Purple Sage.
Wow! What an amazing bit of footage of a totally 'live' performance by this iconic band. The driving percussion and the prominent-enough tambourine was simply terrific. This was an uncommonly well-done recording for the time--almost 50 years ago! I saw The Byrds in person in Martin, Tennessee, in December 1965. They were kind of co-headliners with Paul Revere & The Raiders. It was a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars show. Bo Diddley was another performer in that show. It was memorable, just amazing stuff.
DoctorBohr The Byrds were rather notorious for not giving much time for rehearsing, so a good number of performances were rough around the edges with other factors contributing to that aspect from time to time--weed, booze, maybe blow. Who the hell knows?! So you wanna be a rock-and-roll star? Then listen now to what I say. And be prepared for some rough edges; we've seen a lot of 'em over the years.
Manufactured by themselves and Jim Dickson, with Dickson doing most of the initial promotion by personally inviting the Hollywood elite to Ciros. Columbia didn't give a hoot until they were making money.
Another thing I know is true,we all used to chew gum in those days, doublemint, to be exact. In class even, when the teacher had to remind anyone chewing gum to get rid of it b4 class. Lol. John Lennon was known to chew gum, even while the group was performing. The good good 'ol days! And ppl wonder how we made it through the turbulent '60's...! This is a glimpse of how we did it...I was 15 then, still hanging on at 72, still listening to THAT music!
@iamkwk Thanks for the enlarged info. I think I first heard it as a coal mining disaster a long time ago. As you report it, it fits in. Always glad to learn more details.
Byrds and B. Boys were the most talented American Bands in the mid-60's. Their wonderful harmonies led the the great singer-songwriters of Laurel Canyon.
Alllll-RIGHT!!! :-D I was looking for the live "Tambourine Man", which has a bad habit of "disappearing" out here :-b, and here you've got the whole thing! Blessings upon you, mcd220 --- I see you're a Byrds "specialist", and I think I'm going to have to subsribe to you. Wake up, punks --- this is the raw stuff, The Way God Intended It! LOL! Hillman's bass sounds like he's playing to welcome The Apocalypse (and maybe he was (?)).
I've read many times that they couldn't sound live as good as their records , this is a proof that they COULD.
This video clip should be treasured and preserved like our country's most important documents. No other Bryd related performance comes close to this. Thank you for posting.
There is the long lost Lloyd Thaxton video as well, if it even still exists. It was completely live as well.
Yes!
What an inimitable group- "folk-rock" is here, children! A logical "progression" to my mind...Think of the great groups who formed when these guys split- The Flying Burrito Brothers, Crosby, Stills, etc! And -with the exception of the drummer, Mike Smith? the continued success as a one man act- Gene, Chris -both released terrific albums now worth mega bucks- I tried to buy them in CD format because I never had the album or it got scratches- I was always keen to lend my favorite albums- pass the groove, no pun intended on- educate! Turn your friends on the safe way! BRAVO! ( I have tears in my eyes ...BLESS Pete Seeger too for turning us on to a book of the Christian Bible many of us weren't familiar with...) Namaste
I played the Byrds version of Mr. Tambourine Man for my son when he was 5 or 6 years old and he was mesmerized by the song. He would say "play jingle J dad, play jingle j". He's a musician now
Gene Clark's voice is front and center. This is where it belongs. What an incredible group.
YEP
I heard Tambourine Man for the first time from a distance on the wind in Brecon, Wales one evening in 1965. In the Uk we had never heard anything like it and the Byrds became my favourite band and remain so despite the passage of 55 years. Their harmonies are unsurpassed to this day and McGuinn's voice, which I heard live in Manchester England in 71 or 72 and again in Sheffield in the early 2000s is still spellbinding. I shall never tire of listening to their fabulous music.
We must be about the same age. I saw the Byrds at the Marigold Ballroom in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1967. Gene Clark had briefly rejoined the Byrds soon to leave again. He (like me had a fear of flying). One of the best concerts I had ever been to. My first concert was the Yardbirds at Daytons Department Store in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1966. Paul Samewll-Smith had departed the band, and Jeff Beck brought in his friend Jimmy Page in on bass no less!
@@itwasntmeboningbivvy181 I would love to have seen the original line up. They did come to the UK shortly after Tambourine Man and appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops and did a few tour dates but nothing near me. When I saw them in 71 or 72 at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester, the original members had gone apart from McGuinn of course. Disappointing but, as a guitarist myself, Clarence White was something else. I was in a semi-pro band at that time and we used to play some Byrds numbers-Tambourine Man, Bells of Rhymney, Here without you, My back pages etc-rather badly- but they went down well with audiences because as far as I know, there were no other bands on North Lancashire playing that sort of music. And we did have an electric 12 string.! I'm guessing you missed Clapton in the Yardbirds because by 66 I think he had left them to join John Mayall.
It was 1971 . . . I was doing my A Levels and took 'time off' from my studies to take the train from Chester to Manchester . . . then found my way to the Free Trade Hall and what a trip it all was. The Byrds live in concert. It's all clear in my mind now as it was then!
McGuinn is 83 now and still performing. Love to see his solo act . . . wow
Remarkable. David McCallum died this week and lo he pops up in this video which I had forgotten I had seen before. RIP, David.
I am absolutely thrilled to hear their live voices on this extraordinary song. that is contemporary history.
They came to my college (Ohio University) as part of a Dick Clark Cavalcade of Stars tour about one month after this was filmed.
I've heard the observations that they weren't a good live group, but that night they were spot on.
The college kids only wanted to see them; the rest were just novelty acts (Paul Revere and the Raiders, Bo Diddley, and so on).
You could see the group dynamics on full display: McGuinn deadly serious, Gene Clarke very uncomfortable without a guitar, Crosby eating up the celebrity of it all, Hillman looking like "How did I go from Bluegrass to this?, and Michael Clark just doing his best looking like one of the Stones.
It was quite a night.
Fascinating insight. Thanks!
What a talent we lost with the passing of Gene Clark.....
One of my most favorite groups from the 60s. Those songs will be in my head until the day I die, and hopefully after that Id like to join all of them in heaven.
Me too its amazing cheers
Wow, these guys sound great in concert. Just like the record!!!
This was by far the best Byrds lineup. When Gene left it was never the same.
"Bells of Rhymney" so under-rated, love the high notes at the end.
No other 12-string guitar comes close to that Rickenbacker 360-12....the sound of the 60's and beyond.....
***** That is absolutely true..
+NikkkitoNippongo So ture. The Rickenbacker on either level is just too damn good, bass or guitar. This band is just too fucking unreal. As I sit here at 61, I remember what they did to and for me as a musician for 45 years. I just smoke a nice bowl and sit back and close my eyes and remember all the great things God has given me.
@Bengt Handlebars A Gibson 12 string? I think the only Gibson Johnny Marr played was a 6 string Les Paul and the only twelve strings he played were the Martin and Rickenbacker (atleast with The Smiths).
Gene Clark was so underrated as a singer and a guitarist.
Gene Clark should have been Rhythm guitarist. David Crosby had no business being in that band. Overrated ass wipe
@@MCN168 Gene was the guitarist orginally but their manager thought he would look better as the frontman without guitar.
l am now a young 75 and as a teen through the1960s I enjoyed the London club scene big time and all my pals thought The Byrds outstripped the likes of The Beatles and The Stones by miles! Hanging on the wall in my studio, in a place of honour since 1965 after I obtained it during my first visit to Arlington Virginia is an album cover containing a vinyl LP of Mr Tambourine Man signed by the entire group which I treasure to this day. When I met Mick Jagger in Mustique in 1988, as we both shared the same Italian architect Mario Spinella, when we built our villas on Mustique and St Vincent I showed him the signed LP which he would have bought at any price, but was not for sale and remains priceless to this day. At least then I got Mick to sing at my Norwegian wife's 40th Birthday party celebration's in January 1989 on Basils Bar in Mustique and Ringo Star and Barbara Bach turned up so a great party that finished at 8 am the following morning! I still listen to the Byrds at least 2 or 3 times a week. They were then and to this day remain the best Folk Rock group EVER!!!
I'm a poor man who nevertheless got to visit Mustique (I'd say it's a cross between a country club and a country) and saw the Byrds around the same time as you did, and yeah they were great and though I never MET Mick Jagger I did bump into him at SFO when he was pulling into town the night before Altamont........
You are so lucky👍👍👍👍
When the beatles send music to you to
Try out you are doing
something right.beatles would exchange music by mail.roger said that on u tube some time ago.
David is the guy who comes in with the "high" voice on top for the harmonies. He deserves a lot of credit for that, in my opinion. It's an important part of the vocal sound of the original lineup. As good as other musicians have been, who came in and out over the years, they never got "quite" that vocal sound that they had when David was there...Great post.
These guys were the best. As a junior in high school they changed my whole attitude towards life. They pulled me out of my shell and onto a much better me.
This is just so great to see this video. That little girl with the blond hair (at 1:11) singing her heart out to the Bryd's singing "Turn, Turn, Turn." She looks to be about 7 or 8 years old - wow, she would be about 56 now! Wonder if this little girl has seen herself on the video wherever she is.. The Byrd's were such an incredibly talented band!
I wonder if the people present really knew and realized what they were experiencing. Just amazing, raw, wonderful!
Of course not . They're just having fun.
Yes we knew, and now those memories are more priceless than all the gold in the world!!!
I left for PI on January 10,1966 and knew ! I was 17 then and 17 in VN in November 1966. Retired in 2004.
Barclay thank you for your service to our nation.SEMPER FI!.
We knew!
Rest in Peace David Crosby 🇨🇦☮️🎸😥😥😥 Love the Bat Cape coat 🇨🇦☮️🎸🌹🌹🌹😥😥😥🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ Great music 🎶 🎸🌹😥😥😥💕
The Byrds were always my all time folk rock favorite. It is amazing just how good this looks and sounds with the THEN Technology.
This is why I bought a Rickenbacker....I was 14 whenI first heard these songs...I still feel the magic when I play these songs or listen to them.
Me too, sold it, neck was too narrow and the high strings are reversed from accoustic setup,
I saw them in "66" and almost "peed my pants". I just did tonight. That was so pure! The imperfect mix helped learn respect the Harmony lines, Drums, Crosby fingerings, and I could go on. Maybe Mcguinn's best live Turn! Turn! Turn! lead solo.
I didn't think I'd ever find a truly live performance from the original 5 in my lifetime. Thanks for sharing. Yes, they may be a bit ragged, but even with the primitive sound system and grainy video you can see the immense talent of this band shine through.
Great Video. The Byrds were truly a GREAT band. Love Gene Clark right out front where he belongs. Roger's 12 string is incredible.
The 3 vocals are excellent. This is totally live. Very impressive.
Great video dude ♥️
I turned 7 years old the summer of '65,practicely still a baby,yet I remember so well digging, even then,all the great music playing all around me from all the different performers who seemed to literallly change every day.Knowing now how drastically my beloved rock music has changed since the 60's is sad,yet I am grateful for being young and alive back then when music seemed to mean so much to so many.
Happy belated 60th birthday! Great comments on how much this fantastic music shaped you as a child. I'm 47 so I wasn't there but I was still born during rock n roll's heydey and as a teen listened to 1950's and 1960's rock. The 1980's and early 90's weren't bad either. But nothing compares to the 1960's for rock n roll. Take care.
"We could sing" was the succinct answer Chris Hillman replied when I asked him why the L.A. bands achieved greater commercial success than the Bay Area bands of the same era. (Byrds and BBoys vs Dead and Airplane)
The mamas and papas are a glaring omission!!!
I don't think anyone told Grace Slick and Marty Balin they couldn't sing, or the guys in Moby Grape for that matter. Foolish assumption to make about musicians from a far hipper city than LA. Nobody came close to The Byrds talent-wise though so Chris should've restricted his comment to reference his own band.
Gene Clark could sing.
@@marguskiis7711 Understatement of the century!
Yes, a truly live performance with real heart. In addition, what is wonderful is the audience rapt following of "Turn, Turn, Turn" and what it meant to them. Now popular music is about business and facile downloads; there is a different dynamic and relationship to society. And we are worse off.
+DoctorBohr Well said!
ARIZJOE Amen
ARIZJOE Turn off the Tv.
Popular music has always been about business. It's been like that since its inception.
Gene so cool yet intense, Jim/Roger so sharp on the 12-string, Crosby in a caftan, Chris with his bangs...all this and Ilya Kuryakin too.
I've just discovered this beautiful, fully live performance. It's great to see Gene up front in good form. These heavenly harmonies still make my heart soar! I was enchanted by these guys back in 1965, and it's never worn off. Im still going to live gigs, and now I live in Cambridge. I was 11 and lived in London (which makes me 70 this week). I met them at the Byrds fan club gig at the London Roundhouse on the 1965 tour of the UK and Roger again in 1999 after his solo gig at the Apollo, where we spoke about the London tour all those years ago. I used to keep in touch with their base in L.A. It was very exciting to get hand- written air mail letters from fan club secretary Christy Hartmann with all the latest news of the scene there on The Strip. Thank you for sharing!
Classic 1965 folk/rock, a moment of Byrdmania!
one of the greatest songs ever
@CleanLineFilms It's really nice to see that younger generation can see, hear and be moved by The Byrds. I was lucky enough to see the 4 Byrds without Gene Clark at the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
Stellar performances all the way around. I enjoyed watching the interplay between McGuinn and Gene Clark in particular.
All these cute girls are in their 60s and 70s now.Where the hell did the last 50 years go?
Who cares. They were a lot of fun to hang with. Sweeet ! Now this is classical music and we can still dig it.
John Wrigley - And when we move into the retirement homes, we better be singing songs like these and not something from the 30s. 😀
@Bengt Handlebars He's talking to himself. And the last fifty years? they went to hell
70's man, and maybe even 80. Like me at 76 still going strong. LOL
With their harmonies and jingle jangle guitars they brought the new sound to the ears of many... we only knew it was good music, and it is still!!!
Very impressed with Michael Clarke's drumming, fast single rolls in the fills.
Dave Crosby, looking chubby cheeked and boyish - I've got to show my sister this; she only knows his buffalo-bill-with-long-receding-hair look (of...er...only two years later?)
These guys looked so cool.. especially Gene Clark. These beautiful teen girls in audience... are grandmothers now. And Gene.. and Michael Clarke are almost 20 years gone.. to drink. Still the Byrds captured the essence of the time.
Its so ironic that the most talented and wise guy had the worst fate. And the band`s 4th number and the most wasting guy have had the best career and entered the 80plus rockstars club.
Watching the audience reactions to "Bells of Rhymney" was great. Hell, that song even gives me goosebumps today.
My dad played there greatest hits all the time in the mid seventys. Thats how i know all the songs. My dad is 69 now...
this is vintage "GOld!"...these guys had it together...notice thier harmonies (well-timed) and there are no floor monitor speakers like came a few years later...these early groups "HAD to be GOOD live to deliver such a fine rendition of thier studio recording....Thx MCD220
Absolutely wonderful and rare live performance! The flaws make all of us who struggled playing in garage bands at keg parties with shitty gear appreciate who had to do it first. I’m sure no one on stage could really hear each other with no monitors and the screaming, not to mention all the beautiful young chicks wetting their pants. What a great short age that was!
I was 6 and new to AM transitor radios. This and many other songs of then shaped my life. No other decade of music, politics, culture and life in general did so much.
ilya kuryakin presenting the byrds!
....A time for peace I swear it's not too late...thank God for the timeless message the Byrds brought to us. I'll be sharing this music with my 12 year-old son, I was born in 1964 to a turbulent time of war and cultural revolution. This music makes me cry and smile because I feel hope and joy that God has for his creation and his people. I just need to follow his path and believe.
Simply amazing ! Live performance , no effects, no flashing lights , pure and simple. No better time in music history and music has never been as great or fear ever will again.
It's refreshing to see a live performance instead of the usual lip synced, mimed performance we usually got back then. The Byrds were actually pretty good for their time.
This is a rare treat in that "back in the day," many if not most of the television performances by rock groups just had them lip synch to their own record. This is totally live and given the relatively poor mic setups for TV studios of the time, it sounds really quite good, especially McGuinn's Rick.
SO GREAT!!!
I was one year old!!!.........
Birds forever!!!
There's nothing like the awesome sound of a Rickenbacker 360/12 string !!!
The greatest rock band of all time,there is no way that kind of talent can stay together in one band.
yes .. they are the true master of MELODIES at their best;;;but always with the swing...and without knowing they wld left that mark, they invented what wld be called later POWER POP
With god on their side !
The very talented Chris Hillman thrown to the left like an afterthought and never shown by the camera. Even audience members get more camera time!
Chris and Michael were both very talented. Chris eventually got more camera time once David was fired. His post-byrds work is fantastic. As for Michael, he wasn't very accomplished, but was able to pick up the drums in less than a year. It's a shame drinking got him and that his life wasn't well-documented.
Michael went on to have a very successful stint as drummer for the group Firefall despite his drinking problem.
Hillman looks bored as heck
Hillman was the bassist right? I know mike clark was the drummer
I wasn't even sure that was CH at first because the camera completely ignored him.
Rare to see a TV recording from 1965 where the band is not lip synching to the record. The Byrds were the real deal. I loved them as much as the Beatles. They were actually a greater musical influence in so many ways.
" The Silver Bells of Wye " , ALWAYS Brings Tears to My Eyes !
great song....so overlooked
LOVE the Granny glasses on McQuinn....musicians were cooler when they didn't put a lot of effort into being cooler.
+Henry Ramsey - I read that when Lennon first met McGuinn, he asked McGuinn about his "little glasses" and wanted to try them on. I think I read this in an interview with McGuinn.
This is wonderful! Yes, Clarke was a weak drummer, but his "feel" was a vital part of their sound. The other four are at their best, and this clip also shows why McCallum "mattered" way back when. More important, it took me right back to why they were - and are - one of my all-time favorite groups: material, musicianship, concept and members. I'm glad to have been alive when all this was fresh and evolving, and to have had a small part in it (I played them on the radio). Superb post; thank you!
Fantastic recording. Great performances. My childhood soundtrack. Being the youngest, I always took the Crosby parts in my household, sometimes doubling with my late sis. Such great memories of my late brother playing his Byrds records and learning the parts. Later in life we would get together to write music and always played a few bytes tunes such as I Knew I'd Want You, She Don't Care About Time, Set You Free this Time, and Eight Miles High, among others.
Wuunderschöön !! The Byrds...klasseee !!! Der schönste erhaltene Film von "Hey Mstr. Tamboreen Man ua."...Klasse !!!!!!
Wow!This is true talent...,just plug-in & play/sing...,no overdubbing,backing tracks!I can watch this over & over and still be
amazed at how these young guys gave such a great performance!(I'm a 61 yr old drummer who is "Old School"when it
comes to playing music...,you know they set out these incredible harmonies & rehearsed until they got it right!)
The Bells of Rhymney was one of their best songs, along with My Back Pages!. This original 5 really kicked ass!...When Gene Clark left things went down hill!...Too many egos...
Never realised Gene had so much power in his voice.
I was 13 when Turn Turn Turn came out I had a transistor radio that could play 'underground' music on FM..of course it was rebellious to listen to it...hell yes and my soul was opened to a new way of living...…...Lord. bring those days back..
Nice to see an actual live performance from this era.
THIS IS A GEM AND A TREASURE.
And folks say that The Byrds were not a great live band?, listen to this priceless piece of history and realise what the truth was! Oh if they could still be together all five and performing today. If this is not the sound of paradise it surely must be extremely close!!!!!!!
Great clip, really takes you back to that time, the jangling, wonderful music heard over the radio, on TV, and on our record players. And yes, while it was McGuinn's band--how could it not be, he was the true veteran of the group with a lot of mileage behind him in just a few years--all were exemplary, with Clark's voice adding the right resonance and depth of feeling. What was really fun is Crosby's guitar work, much more animated and funky here than on most of the studio recordings. Everyone must have been having a blast, they were hot, young and (presumably) very confident.
How good is this !!! Gene , Roger and David on harmony .. Classic Byrds from '65 🤩
Thank you for your post!!! The Byrds is my favourite rock band.
I haven't seen many other completely live videos, and this is awesome! I saw them live in '66 and this video brings back memories. An historic video, INDEED!
Ein wunderschönes Stück Musikgeschichte !!
Yes, this clip is a gem - so rare to find something with genuinely live audio. Lyrics and harrmony are clear, especially on "Turn," in spite of technical limitations of the era.
MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECES, one of the greatest bands of all time, legendary sound
I can't stop watching this. "Bells of Rhymney" here is better than the LP version, the singing is much more intense. Cases in point: 5:14 - 6:01 and 6:44 - 7:31. I could DIE listening to this performance. It's transcendent.
This was absolutely amazing . All those lucky
kids got to see the original Byrds in concert .
Wow a live performance not lip synced amazing in the 60!s and even more so today ;)
Gene Clark is absolutely in time with his tambourine, in fact he sets some remarkable accents with it while singing. I like it. Roger`s guitar is amazing, David accamponies flawless and the rhyrthm section is tight. They easily stand the comparism to live perfomences of the beatles.
Absolutely ... Moving and BRILLIANT! THANKS FOR POSTING ...
Fabulous posting. I remember playing their first two albums until the needle nearly fell through the grooves. "The Bells of Rhymney" here is just spectacular, and does anyone else think the jealous boyfriend at 5:20 looks like a long-haired Josh Brolin?
There's just something you can't define about Gene Clark's stage presence but you get a real idea of it here. There's temperament and mood there. It could be astonishing even if McGuinn said was spastic on the tambourine.
@CleanLineFilms
Thank you so much for your honest opinion of this video/group. I was born in '58, and am now re-discovering this group again. Mr. McGuinn is going to be playing in Tucson (my hometown), tomo nite. I just got tix to see him this afternoon after listening to an intvw with him on NPR this morning 7/29. The power of these videos are making the hair on my arms stand up...
OK this is a really good video you get to see the Byrds Playing live and if any mistakes are made who cares it’s still really good concert. And the little little girl at the beginning of the film really was into The song. Awesome
Gene Clark, you're right on or as we said back in the day........Gene, you're right arm.
I remember going to concerts there prior to Bill Graham opening up the Fillmore East. WNEW used to host some concerts there in the mid-60's. Was at one of the FE opening concerts with Janis & Big Brother & passed by the last night when I believe they hosted Riders of the Purple Sage.
Wow! What an amazing bit of footage of a totally 'live' performance by this iconic band. The driving percussion and the prominent-enough tambourine was simply terrific. This was an uncommonly well-done recording for the time--almost 50 years ago!
I saw The Byrds in person in Martin, Tennessee, in December 1965. They were kind of co-headliners with Paul Revere & The Raiders. It was a Dick Clark Caravan of Stars show. Bo Diddley was another performer in that show. It was memorable, just amazing stuff.
DoctorBohr The Byrds were rather notorious for not giving much time for rehearsing, so a good number of performances were rough around the edges with other factors contributing to that aspect from time to time--weed, booze, maybe blow. Who the hell knows?! So you wanna be a rock-and-roll star? Then listen now to what I say. And be prepared for some rough edges; we've seen a lot of 'em over the years.
+Phi Chick what?........that's just not the case
Manufactured by themselves and Jim Dickson, with Dickson doing most of the initial promotion by personally inviting the Hollywood elite to Ciros. Columbia didn't give a hoot until they were making money.
Another thing I know is true,we all used to chew gum in those days, doublemint, to be exact. In class even, when the teacher had to remind anyone chewing gum to get rid of it b4 class. Lol. John Lennon was known to chew gum, even while the group was performing. The good good 'ol days! And ppl wonder how we made it through the turbulent '60's...! This is a glimpse of how we did it...I was 15 then, still hanging on at 72, still listening to THAT music!
A outstanding group and song
How many of those kids are grandparents today?❤❤
@iamkwk Thanks for the enlarged info. I think I first heard it as a coal mining disaster a long time ago. As you report it, it fits in. Always glad to learn more details.
Wow this really is live.
that's the way to do a TV spot...totally live
Byrds and B. Boys were the most talented American Bands in the mid-60's. Their wonderful harmonies led the the great singer-songwriters of Laurel Canyon.
MAGNIFICENT MASTERPIECES, very beautiful music, one of the greatest bands of all time, thank you for sharing this wonderful video
all time greatest rock band in this short lived line up !
Listen how powerful Clark and mcguinn's voices are. Amazing
Roger still puts on a great show
(One Word describes this) FABULOUS
A Young David McCallum......He is now a star on NCIS!
This vid is great. It's one of the few from this era that the music was actually played and not lip synced
I love the girls doing the hand-spinning thing right at the end.
5:53 Gene's voice during the Why so worried sisters why …. is just booming! They sound awesome!
Alllll-RIGHT!!! :-D I was looking for the live "Tambourine Man", which has a bad habit of "disappearing" out here :-b, and here you've got the whole thing! Blessings upon you, mcd220 --- I see you're a Byrds "specialist", and I think I'm going to have to subsribe to you.
Wake up, punks --- this is the raw stuff, The Way God Intended It! LOL! Hillman's bass sounds like he's playing to welcome The Apocalypse (and maybe he was (?)).