There was definitely something special about the original five, then
even four, Byrds. The first five or six albums still speak to me.
Notorious Byrd Brothers, which by the end saw them down to two
members, is another watershed of sorts. They had a reputation for
being ragged live, at best, by the time of their demise, and the set
at Monterey doesn't change the record, but when I saw them in a big
concert at Yankee Stadium in 1966, just at the release of Fifth
Dimension (Eight Miles High), I was blown away by how strong they
were. Their mutual hatred had not yet escalated to the point at
which they couldn't occupy the same space together. By the way,
Johnny Rogan's Byrds: Timeless Flight Revisited is truly an
eyeopener. We were all just kids, weren't we?
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
<creighton@l...> wrote:
> I agree- it's amazing how good a songwriter Dylan is given that
his lyrics
> are often puzzling at best. I grieved when the Byrds changed and
dissolved.
> The Byrds seemed to be the 1st group that used harmonized vocals
that
> transcended mere pop. So much better than the Association.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:01 AM
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Tambourine Trivia
>
>
> Creighton,
>
> To me, the Byrds' release of that song marked the moment when pop
> music became elevated to art. I'd always been a precocious pop
music
> fan, buying records in my pre-teens during the 50s, and embracing
> the Beatles/British Invasion in the early 60s. But Mr Tambourine
Man
> brought the experience to a whole new level--not that I
understood
> Dylan's oracular/biblical take on language. It just sounded so
> romantic and ethereal for the first time.
>
> Ed
>
> --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
> <creighton@l...> wrote:
> > Being a sixties guy- I never got past the "magic swirling ship"
> part. The
> > lyric would cause me to spend hours staring at my thumb.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> > Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 8:27 AM
> > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Tambourine Trivia
> >
> >
> > Incidentally, her gypsy saga continues in the song "Spanish
> Harlem
> > Incident," in which she becomes something of a tambouring
(wo)man
> > herself, accosting passersby on the street. Authorities
accused
> her
> > of starting a cult.
> >
> > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "liberatusvirus"
> > <liberatusvirus@y...> wrote:
> > > UNH,
> > >
> > > Mr. Tambourine Man is about a girl who hits her head on a
> > tambourine
> > > during a hurricane and meets a wizard in her dreams, the
Mr.
> > > Tambourine Man of the title, and has all manner of wondrous
> > > adventures on his "magic swirling ship" before she wakes
up in
> the
> > > morning surrounded by dancing gypsies shaking the
tambourine in
> > her
> > > face. Much to her family's dismay, she runs away with them
the
> > next
> > > morning ("in the jingle jangle morning I'll come following
> you"),
> > > because of a need for "her boot heels to be wanderin'."
After
> all,
> > > evening's empire has returned into sand.
> > >
> > > Ed
> > >
> > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven"
> > <realvast@s...>
> > > wrote:
> > > > I'm not from that era, but wasn't Mr. Tambourine Man
about
> > > something
> > > > else other than Mr. Tambourine Man? :) Lets see who
knows!
> > Man,
> > > a
> > > > whole lot of trivia is coming out of this thread!
> > > >
> > > > -UN.H
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
> > > > <creighton@l...> wrote:
> > > > > In "Mr. Tambourine Man" aren't they "jingle jangles".
OK,
> I'm
> > > > giving you the
> > > > > Byrd. :-|
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 6:22 PM
> > > > > To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> > > > > Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Tambourine Trivia
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Jingles, I think, no?
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "underneathheaven"
> > > > <realvast@s...>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > Does anyone know what the little silver "mini-
cymbal"
> > things
> > > on
> > > > > the
> > > > > > tambourine are called? I'm talking about the
actual
> sound
> > > > > producing
> > > > > > things...I've been wondering what they're
> called...sorry
> > for
> > > a
> > > > > lack
> > > > > > of a knowledge about the thingies.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -UN.H
> > > > >
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Re: Tambourine Trivia
2003-05-14 by liberatusvirus