Roger McGuinn - Eight Miles High (Live)

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  • Опубліковано 10 гру 2024

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  • @ericdavid199
    @ericdavid199 5 років тому +68

    McGuinn always has the coolest guitar tone. Might be the most underrated player of all time.

    • @RossZucker
      @RossZucker 5 років тому +4

      One of the greatest.

    • @gaspersignorelli2243
      @gaspersignorelli2243 4 роки тому +5

      Agree, McGuiin is an original, his voice, and his guitar style and sound.

    • @joeesquire5927
      @joeesquire5927 4 роки тому +10

      Nobody played the 12 string Rickenbacker better, before him or after. God bless.

    • @donnapage8894
      @donnapage8894 3 роки тому

      It all about the guitar ,

    • @geofftipton6210
      @geofftipton6210 2 роки тому +1

      Roger & his good buddies Barry McGuire & Terry Talbot are the best 12 string pickers of all time. Just my opinion. They all possess soooo much talent

  • @thelittletoad1
    @thelittletoad1 5 років тому +33

    This song never gets “old”. The ringing, shimmering sounds are timeless and the rhythm is extraordinary. THIS IS TRULY A ROCK CLASSIC FROM A MUSICAL GENIUS.

  • @cyclonedrums
    @cyclonedrums 2 роки тому +15

    One of the BEST Rock songs ever created.

  • @selewachm
    @selewachm 11 місяців тому +6

    This song has been in my head for weeks.

    • @selewachm
      @selewachm 10 місяців тому

      Small Faces was the band they opened for or other way around. And it's Liverpool. A town know for it's sound.

  • @namcat53
    @namcat53 3 роки тому +7

    We saw this band at the Cellar Door in D.C. '74? I believe there were 3 nights; we went to all of them as did most of the people; college kids. We were very appreciative, being huge Byrds fans from the beginning, and Roger knew that so he and the band played everything amazingly well. We loved that Rickenbaker with lights that responded to the music. Roger turned it on at just the right time. The shows were deliriously amazing. Yes, we were very stoned. Thanks Cellar Door! Thanks Roger!

  • @coerfjoe1
    @coerfjoe1 Рік тому +4

    This is a great version of the classic, truly a guitar flight breaking a sounds height with wonderful harmony.

  • @Fast48-1
    @Fast48-1 Рік тому +3

    Thank you for the transporting trip through the musical time machine ☮️

  • @mitchellhughes5180
    @mitchellhughes5180 6 років тому +44

    This is better than the 18 minute versions on the Byrds live albums.

    • @pelgervampireduck
      @pelgervampireduck 6 років тому +14

      at least this is the song, I watched two live videos by the birds and they play a 10 minutes jam thing but don't play the song.

    • @tantraman10
      @tantraman10 4 роки тому +5

      The 18 minute version, I believe, is the "countrified" version of this. The original, which had Crosby singing harmony and, I believe, both Gene Clark AND Chris Hillman is IMHO, the best!!

    • @billking8843
      @billking8843 3 роки тому +4

      @@pelgervampireduck I was well pissed off that I wasted 10 minutes of my life on that video. This one isn't quite as good as the original recording but is good in its own right. The jam was just shite, even though that drummer is brilliant.

    • @joaquinlezcano2372
      @joaquinlezcano2372 2 роки тому +4

      Those jams are good in them own right. But to say they are supposed to be Eight miles high...

    • @namcat53
      @namcat53 Рік тому +1

      @@pelgervampireduck BYRDS, not birds.

  • @robertgormley684
    @robertgormley684 2 роки тому +6

    Love this version!

  • @beverlywhite4255
    @beverlywhite4255 5 років тому +6

    Roger's voice sounds eerie, which so works with this song

  • @cooper57m
    @cooper57m Місяць тому

    Saw him perform this in the mid 70s using this same guitar. Very cool. Very memorable.

  • @josephlemko3027
    @josephlemko3027 4 роки тому +4

    Fine performace! Love McGuinn's guitar work.

  • @zenzekezenard4269
    @zenzekezenard4269 5 років тому +9

    This is from circa 1976 when McGuinn came out with his ThunderByrd album...I like this version and I have heard many of them.

  • @pcn267
    @pcn267 Рік тому

    This song is always a trip to see the sounds of timelessness. I only just started to listen again

  • @duncanpriestley964
    @duncanpriestley964 Рік тому +4

    McGuinn has that way of playing this solo that can't be copied. The time signature makes perfect sense to him but i can never follow it. Cool.

    • @pcn267
      @pcn267 Рік тому +1

      Follow it in the closed eye version

    • @SooperKewl
      @SooperKewl 7 місяців тому

      Has to be felt

  • @thewordofgord
    @thewordofgord 2 роки тому +3

    Lots to love about this version. But also...really cool hair...

  • @warrenrosen132
    @warrenrosen132 11 місяців тому +1

    Mysterious lyrics...great song.

  • @ericwhitehead6451
    @ericwhitehead6451 Місяць тому +1

    The man can play a Rickenbacker 12 string like no other.

  • @pptd3589
    @pptd3589 3 роки тому +2

    Cara, amo essa música, posso dizer que as músicas do Sr McGuinn mudaram a minha vida desde os meus 14 anos, hoje tenho 60 anos. Muito respeito Thank you

  • @jamesmcfarlane2382
    @jamesmcfarlane2382 3 роки тому +2

    Really good.I always empathised with Rogers music I can't play an instrument but I know when someone can.Roger is ace

  • @robertwood451
    @robertwood451 3 місяці тому

    AMAZING!!!! 🎶 🎤 🎸 🥁 ✈️

  • @TheBanMan
    @TheBanMan 8 років тому +9

    Awesome performance!

    • @PaulGoodeK
      @PaulGoodeK 7 років тому +2

      The band really connects with each other.

    • @riorio7942
      @riorio7942 5 років тому

      Doing greats.babes.my babes

  • @Swimfinz
    @Swimfinz 3 роки тому +4

    Great version!

  • @johnbrown1851
    @johnbrown1851 2 місяці тому

    If I could only listen to one song from the 60s............🌸🪷🌹🌸🪷🌹🌸🪷🌹

  • @anthonyboerio4955
    @anthonyboerio4955 Рік тому

    Happy birthday Roger!

  • @eleonora4284
    @eleonora4284 4 роки тому +6

    One of the best!

  • @countryman4691
    @countryman4691 2 роки тому

    Dang! First guitar i've seen with lights in it!

  • @rogermurray8553
    @rogermurray8553 3 роки тому +1

    This is the crowning achievement of the collective minds and talents of Clark, McGuinn and Crosby. Had they stayed together and directed their songwriting like this, they would've been the gateway to all the technology in music that flourished some 15 years on. Instead you get barren renditions like this video, Funny that Gene Clark, who was responsible for co-creating this song, is now legend largely on account of his solo career while McGuinnn and Crosby, no matter what manifestation of performance in which they presented themselves after 1970, have been diminished by time and the legions of musical talent over the last half century.

  • @nilsonsantos8949
    @nilsonsantos8949 9 років тому +2

    O cara é bom pacas !!

  • @Sociable_Graces
    @Sociable_Graces 7 років тому +1

    Opening verse last line at 0:27 sounds to me like "[A] Stranger they know" which makes more sense to me than the listed lyric "Stranger than known"

  • @guitargenjin
    @guitargenjin 7 років тому +2

    Superbo

  • @Cojolig
    @Cojolig 4 роки тому +8

    Golden Earring made the best cover.

    • @billking8843
      @billking8843 3 роки тому +3

      Also check out Husker Du's version.

  • @RandolphFranklin-fc6yn
    @RandolphFranklin-fc6yn 5 місяців тому +3

    Banned on radio stations. True!

  • @TheaterPup
    @TheaterPup 11 місяців тому +1

    Btw, Gene Clark has made it clear that Brian Jones co-wrote this song. So much for Mick and Keith saying he couldn't write.

    • @marks.3303
      @marks.3303 10 місяців тому

      Gene Clark never said that. Gene happened to be having dinner with Brian Jones in London when Gene came up with the lyrics and wrote them on a napkin. The song was co-written by McGuinn with some input from David Crosby.

    • @TheaterPup
      @TheaterPup 10 місяців тому

      @@marks.3303 He certainly did say it. ua-cam.com/video/P-Xn0cbP1Bk/v-deo.htmlsi=k4npmwz8OV7gBsy8

    • @clinteastwood6875
      @clinteastwood6875 7 місяців тому

      @@marks.3303There’s literally a video here on UA-cam with Gene saying he wrote it with Brian in a hotel room. Gene’s words, not mine.

    • @marks.3303
      @marks.3303 7 місяців тому

      @@clinteastwood6875Where's the video?

    • @clinteastwood6875
      @clinteastwood6875 7 місяців тому

      @@marks.3303 In the search bar type in "Gene Clark Eight Miles High Interview". It's been posted twice but I watched the one that was posted 12 years ago with around 55k views.

  • @davefitzpatrick7284
    @davefitzpatrick7284 8 років тому +3

    love the bass Stephen A. Love

  • @georgefelton2975
    @georgefelton2975 Рік тому

    I remember reading that McGuinn didn't play that light-show guitar often because he said it got hot.

  • @Vito_Tuxedo
    @Vito_Tuxedo 2 роки тому +4

    I like this backup band. Who are they? Too bad their vocals are buried in the mix. McGuinn's voice alone doesn't carry it. The only person whom I have ever heard carry this song into the region of the sublime with a solo vocal is Gene Clark, the original composer, who was the soul of The Five Byrds. Check out the video of his solo performance of _Eight Miles High_ at Liberty, NY. Gives me chills every time I hear it. Anyhow, the version in this video is above average, instrumentally, if not vocally.

  • @fedex727rj
    @fedex727rj 2 роки тому

    AWE SUM!!

  • @starfishsystems
    @starfishsystems 3 роки тому

    Well done! I thought that was soulful and precise and very human, very true to how we humans make music. Bravo! Rock the casbah!

  • @karyluhernandez5966
    @karyluhernandez5966 2 роки тому

    El sello con la Rickenbacker de Roger Mcguin, buen final

  • @camarasaurus1
    @camarasaurus1 Місяць тому

    When and where did this performance take place ?

  • @sloppy_hand
    @sloppy_hand Рік тому +1

    mother of pearl with blinky lights Rickenbacker?!

    • @Jeffcatbuckeye
      @Jeffcatbuckeye Рік тому

      Rickenbacker 331(330/12) lightshow with a polycarbonate top with frequency activated lights. Different lights are activated by different strings.

  • @peteycreager
    @peteycreager 6 років тому +2

    Its amazing what an audio engineer can do with the voice of someone who can't sing.

    • @chriswesterman5331
      @chriswesterman5331 6 років тому +5

      Roger McGuinn cant sing? What a doofus.

    • @peteycreager
      @peteycreager 6 років тому +3

      lmao what a dumb ass McGoinn's completely out of tune, nasally You must be on acid Clearly he sucks See an audiologist. There's clearly something wrong with your hearing.

    • @chriswesterman5331
      @chriswesterman5331 6 років тому +3

      You said one of the most famous and successful rock singers in history cant sing. Think again.

    • @peteycreager
      @peteycreager 6 років тому +2

      in your opinion. Opinions are like assholes everyone has one. Listen to the freaking video...…… he sounds like shit. I;;m not the only one who thinks he sucks. Audio engineers gave him his mediocre singing career He's a has been, washed up, and nowhere to be seen other than on old youtube videos.. He sucks

    • @chriswesterman5331
      @chriswesterman5331 6 років тому +1

      He dosent sound so good in this ONE performance and so you conclude he has a lousy voice? No chance he has a cold? Or that he slept in a cold room the night before? Or that he has been performing on the road and he and his voice might be a little tired? Why not try listening to him at least ONE other time before you judge whether or not he has a lousy voice.

  • @johnglad5
    @johnglad5 2 місяці тому

    Gooseflesh waves up to my scalp.............................

  • @PecanRanch
    @PecanRanch Місяць тому

    🤘🏼🤘🏼

  • @chriscoughlan5221
    @chriscoughlan5221 Рік тому

    What happened to the shades?

  • @ronj9448
    @ronj9448 8 років тому +2

    A Ric with lights in it?

    • @TheBanMan
      @TheBanMan 8 років тому

      psychedelic

    • @AladdinSaneNYC
      @AladdinSaneNYC 8 років тому

      Yup...gimmicky...I caught his solo act at Lincoln Center many moons ago where he used this pulsating guitar. It didn't cause much of a stir from the audience. Not good! This was when he was promoting his first solo album on Columbia, self titled. That album was great, but only in parts. Oh well...just my POV> Peace...

    • @johndonovan2598
      @johndonovan2598 6 років тому +5

      It's a Rickenbacker 331 "Light Show" 12 -string. Very rare guitar.

  • @Adamwestcambridge
    @Adamwestcambridge Рік тому

    Is the bassist Chris Hillman?

  • @maureendevries1904
    @maureendevries1904 7 років тому +7

    Gene Clark's music (mostly). Roger sounds weak without Gene. Otherwise, excellent.

    • @gustavmarie
      @gustavmarie 3 роки тому +4

      Well good ol' Gene left them with a masterpiece. One of the greatest songs every written.

  • @Swimfinz
    @Swimfinz 5 років тому +5

    this song is an icon from the 60s. Anyone that was alive during this time knows the impact of this song. Defined the era. Troops heading to Vietnam. Choppers.
    Social unrest. Not this "safe space crap."

  • @ThaiThom
    @ThaiThom Рік тому

    Did Crosby write this one?

    • @marcinmerrimack1726
      @marcinmerrimack1726 Рік тому

      Crosby, I understand, wrote one verse -
      “Rain, grey town,
      known for its sound”

  • @RS-qi4ev
    @RS-qi4ev 8 років тому

    MORE VIDEOS

  • @jadenoasis2618
    @jadenoasis2618 6 років тому +3

    Shrooms are kicking in

  • @NikFarr
    @NikFarr Рік тому

    Probably my fault for never having paid attention closely before, but the jazz influence on his soloing is palpable. And to my ears, it sounds like Roger was in that sense a very direct influence on Tom Verlaine from Television. Whereas Richard Lloyd's leads tended to be more melodic and constructed, Tom's always sounded like they were on the verge of chaos... and some of Roger's solos have that distinct edge to them.
    I dunno, just a dumb and random observation. Fucking great song though.

    • @marks.3303
      @marks.3303 10 місяців тому

      It's not dumb. Eight Miles High was inspired by John Coltrane's India. Not sure about Verlaine's inspiration, but I wouldn't be surprised.

  • @AladdinSaneNYC
    @AladdinSaneNYC 8 років тому +7

    It's an ok version...but unfortunately he needs Clarence White on his B-Bender...and CW passed away long before this vid...I still say even though RMcG is great, this version is pedestrian, with a pickup group...here today, gone tomorrow. But c'est la vie, and I hope R continues doing his solo thing successfully...Peace

    • @mcbyrds
      @mcbyrds 7 років тому

      This is The Roger McGuinn Band from around 1974/1975. Clarence passed in 1973. So, not away that long.

    • @richardrybinski2320
      @richardrybinski2320 4 роки тому

      it did alright when it was first released with Gene Clark and Crosby. Also, not credited is Brian Jones, who helped Clark with the writing.

  • @riorio7942
    @riorio7942 5 років тому

    Hollywood.Belare. Beverly h.

  • @helenabasquette7222
    @helenabasquette7222 Рік тому +1

    ummm the guitar solo is truly different it kina like the solo in cult of personality its god awful to me but alot of people think both are great so yea beauty is in the eye of the beholder so to speak✌️

  • @lindafuria2889
    @lindafuria2889 8 років тому +6

    Miss the harmony, lead voice is weak. great Ric. solo,

  • @redtobertshateshandles
    @redtobertshateshandles 2 роки тому

    Thanks to the musos. All the real ones, not the Monkees.

  • @davidmurray2539
    @davidmurray2539 Рік тому

    Instrumentally, really good but very obvious that the two vastly superior vocalists, Clark and Crosby, covered up for a lot of McGuinn's singing deficiencies Never noticed when he was emulating Dylan of course but by the time of Fifth Dimension, a complete separation from everything Dylan, these weaknesses became apparent. Apparent, too, that Gene should've had a lot more turns at lead vocal.

  • @c.k.m4741
    @c.k.m4741 9 років тому +5

    ... like nothing I'd ever heard....

  • @johnlornie9741
    @johnlornie9741 3 роки тому

    Gene Clark may take credit for most of the song, but Mcguinn kills it

  • @MrCroixdeguerre
    @MrCroixdeguerre 2 роки тому +1

    No Clarence. No gene to propel the tune. Lumpen to say the least

  • @chebrneck
    @chebrneck 8 місяців тому

    I think he thought he was up there with Clapton. Clarence White made him look like a beginner.

  • @JuckFoeBurden
    @JuckFoeBurden 4 роки тому +1

    Better go get Crosby ASAP!

  • @manuelpedrosd
    @manuelpedrosd 3 роки тому +2

    One more "underrated" comment in UA-cam and I vomit

  • @fortuner123
    @fortuner123 3 роки тому +1

    Crap vocals. Band very good.

  • @robwilde6857
    @robwilde6857 3 роки тому +2

    Awful. All the mystery and atmosphere totally sucked out of the song in this performance.
    McGuinn's voice is barely in tune, thin, nasal and a total embarrassment. He also forgot to play the opening guitar melody because he was too busy posing for the camera.
    Second rate crap!

    • @AladdinSaneNYC
      @AladdinSaneNYC Рік тому

      I agree! He IS posing for the cameras and notice that the anonymous and ordinary backup band is just as boring! 👎♐