At the age of 81, he is finally Eight Miles High. Thanks for the musical memories.
Richard Greenhough ● 461d26 Comments
"the students offered the Beach Boys as their answer."They also seemed to think it was the Beatles. Bless them!
Steve Taylor ● 455d
Me too. They must be pushing two generations difference from me. Also there is much more categorising and separating of genres of music now which can be a shame because so much crosses boundaries. Interesting that they considered Beach Boys and Beatles because of the harmonies.
Philippa Bond ● 456d
Saw that as well.
Keith Iddon ● 456d
The Byrds' "Eight Miles High" came up as a musical question on last night's University Challenge - the students offered the Beach Boys as their answer. They also didn't recognise Jefferson Airplane's "White Rabbit".
Richard Greenhough ● 456d
Dylan also sang 'No More Auction Block'and it is on film from the early 60's.
Keith Iddon ● 457d
Peter Paul & Mary recorded a few of Dylan's songs. "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" was beautiful. Just 2 guitars and 3 voices. Amazing!Blowin' in the Wind was first recorded by the New World Singers. It has been said that the inspiration for the melody came from an old slave spiritual "No More Auction Block For Me.' that pre-dated the Civil War.The folk/country world lost another famous icon a few weeks back.Ian Tyson, formerly of Ian and Sylvia died on Dec. 30th.He was probably not well known in the UK as he was Canadian but he nd Sylvia were part of the original folk scene in the early 60s in Greenwich Village and a friend of Bob Dylan who even recorded Ian's most famous and well loved song "Four Strong Winds."Lots of 'cross-pollination' in the music industry.
Marlene Plimley ● 457d
Melanie's Ruby Tuesday I really love. Those songs on her albums live on whereas I really don't like her pop chart hits.So many of these musicians moved from one group to another and played or sung on each other's albums or tours. There have been some really good documentaries on freeview TV.
Philippa Bond ● 457d
I have always loved 'Any Day Now' - cover album of Dylan, by Joan Baez. Such a gem.Melanie Safka's version of 'Mr Tambourine Man' is stunning too!
Elle Jones ● 459d
Dylan likes his songs being covered, not least because it gets them out there to people who might not otherwise listen to the original versions. My personal favourite is Them’s recording of ‘It’s all over now, baby blue’.
Simon Hayes ● 459d
We all have our own views on cover versions of Dylan songs. I personally think the Byrds and David Crosby did fine in their own way. Also Hendrix’s All Along the Watchtower is extraordinary (Dylan agreed). And I recently discovered Rage Against the Machine’s Maggie’s Farm - it’s a furious joy. And the live version I heard of I Want You in the stage musical Girl From the North Country, well it just melted me.
Alastair Banton ● 459d
I like the Julie Driscoll and Brian Auger version of Dylan's This Wheel's on Fire.
Richard Greenhough ● 460d
This is an excellent documentary for those of you who wish to re-visit those heady days!https://archive.org/details/BBC.Hotel.California.LA.from.the.Byrds.to.the.Eagles.2007.DVBC.XviD.MP3.MVGroup.orgAnd these have a lot of interesting info about David Crosby and the folk scene as well, but start the first one (episode 6) at 9:05 and then it goes on to episode 6aand I have copied both below.
Marlene Plimley ● 460d
For me, the only versions of His Bobness's songs I have heard that add something to the otiginal are All Along The Watchtower by Hendrix,A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall by Bryan Ferry and Feel My Love by Adele.
Keith Iddon ● 460d
The Byrds' version was OK but, no, no one can really cover a Dylan song - and anyway they left out most of it - the most interesting verses.I shall remember Crosby for all his other wonderful stuff
Vivienne Cox ● 460d
Well I love both versions of Mr Tambourine Man - they are so different. CS&N and CSN&Y are two different groups. Before the days of shuffling tracks we used to play whole albums and so knew all the songs on them. CSN&Y's Deju Vu was one of those. So much great music for us to revisit.
Philippa Bond ● 460d
I said the Byrds version of the song sounded nesh,I did not mention CSN&Y,not that I'm a fan of theirs.
For many of us, the song is associated with Bob Dylan (I thought he composed it), but CS&N "nesh"? Never.
Denis I. Fox ● 460d
I had to look up"nesh" in the online Oxford dictionary. It describes it well. The Dylan version still rings in my head to this day.
Katrina Black ● 460d
It's an old Lancashire word meaning feeble or weak.
Sounds like an Iddionsyncrasy.
What's 'nesh'?
Vanessa Smith ● 460d
I think their version is a bit nesh tbh.
Mr Tambourine Man was written by Bob Dylan, but it was the Byrds, with David Crosby in the line-up, who had a hit with it - and indeed made it their own with their superb rendition of the song.
That was Bob Dylan.
Mr Tambourine Man a sort of musical background to those wonderful days of youth. Still sounds as good today as it did then.
Nicholas Beard ● 460d
Almost cut my hair....one of my fave's
Elle Jones ● 461d