It's been said that Woodstock marked the end of the moment,
collecting the "counterculture" into one convenient group ripe for
commercial exploitation. I can't disagree. But despite the naivite,
the false confidence, and the clay feet, the loose movement arguably
put the world on another course entirely. Not even the
archconservative backlash that was to follow could completely dispel
its influence.
--- In DTXpress@yahoogroups.com, "Creighton Higgins"
<creighton@l...> wrote:
> Last week I checked Woodstock (the movie) out of the library to
share with
> my 14 year old daughter who is doing a project on 60's music. The
music was
> so much more than entertainment, IT WAS IMPORTANT. I am so amused
at the
> arrogant naiveté so many of us spouted. The music holds up though.
We
> weren't kids- we were changing the world! hah
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liberatusvirus [mailto:liberatusvirus@y...]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 9:19 AM
> To: DTXpress@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [DTXpress] Re: Tambourine Trivia
>
>
> 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