Music video by The Byrds performing Goin' Back (Audio). Originally released 1967. All rights reserved by Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
The song was suggested by record producer Gary Usher. Although McGuinn, Hillman and Clarke(?) had some initial hesitancy about it, they quickly came around. David Crosby, on the other hand, was adamantly opposed to it. In fact this was "the last straw" for him not getting his songwriting efforts included on Byrds' albums and he stormed out of the recording studio...only to run into Stephen Stills in a studio several doors down. And the rest is history.
@@falcon5467 David Crosby is credited with back up vocals on Buffalo Springfield's masterpiece Rock & Roll Woman, already recorded before David Crosby's firing from The Byrds. David Crosby's song Triad was rejected by McGuinn and Hillman and Lady Friend, a poor selling Crosby penned single by The Byrds, was also not to be included as an album track. That was too much for Crosby and he told the others to work up the song without him and McGuinn told him off. David stormed out and within a few days later, McGuinn and Hillman, after a heart-to-heart talk, decided to head up to Crosby's home and let him know his services, songwriting and outspoken attitude were no longer required. It seems almost a miracle that The Notorious Byrd Brothers album ever got finished despite such turmoil, much less be filled with such brilliance.
Recording Business CEO Types In Management Always Deny The Proven Artistic Creative Types What Could Have Been! However, Breaking Up The Byrds Created Crosby, Stills, Nash & Sometimes Young, In Other Words, "Carry On"! And as that Yankees Baseball Catcher Philosopher Yogi Berra commented, "It's Deja Vu All Over Again".
They might have had some hesitancy about this song but in my opinion Gary Usher's judgement was spot on. It is very timeless and still has emotional impact and great production quality for the day.
Agreed. But for their Goffin-King "stuff" to show up on this album, at this high point in the group's evolution, was an act of pure trespass. I mean, why didn't John and Paul ask Neil Diamond to contribute two songs to Abbey Road? Gene Clark could've easily donated two songs. Crosby, for my money, was the only Byrd left who had a vision of just how progressive The Byrds had the ability to be. I'm glad he walked. The chemistry that made The Shirelles hitmakers had no place in The Byrds' ascension and intellectually, Crosby did not deserve the creativity stunting fate that awaited him: full blown drug addiction and getting stuck on the hippy-dippy flypaper that was the money making machine calling themselves CSNY.
@@davidmurray2539 What you say is interesting, but I now like some CSNY especially Nash's and an illustrator's video to Teach Your Children, which made me and a family memher cry, and I tell you I am so grateful to have all this music preserved (altho I wish it had less echo and virtualization) for me and future generations. I had that Triad album. The one I kept is the mono greatest hits album.
@@Jesse-gr2xo I certainly respect your defense and admiration for CSNY, even though, given all the brilliant music that's been created since their time together, I cannot in all honesty say I share your enthusiasm.
The Harmony is pitch perfect. McGuinn's 12 string is complimentary without being over powering to the vocals. This should have been a better received single then it was at the time of it's release but since that time it has received it's deserved recognition as a beautiful display of harmony singing.
And such an incredible contrast. They weren't afraid to think outside the box. These two songs were so different in theme and sound it could have been jarring, but no. They flowed so smoothly together that they pulled it off.
I’d personally have to disagree and say that “Strange Brew” and “Sunshine of your Love” from Cream’s 1967 album “Disraeli Gears” are maybe the best track 1 and 2 of the 60’s, but definitely 1967.
their harmonies, their simplicity, & their message of peace & love to all - they came , they told their story & they left us so much - we sure cud do with their music @ this time. thank you birds.
Oh my God - what a beautiful, gorgeous song. Haven't heard much of Notorious Byrds Brothers, but judging by this and "Wasn't Born to Follow" I'm going to have to check more of it out. I have "Younger Than Yesterday" - always loved "Have You Seen Her Face" and Renaissance Fair" - some of the most beautiful harmonies ever laid to wax. This song and "Wasn't Born to Follow" also have some of the most beautiful harmonies I've ever heard. Why the hell aren't these guys more popular?! In my opinion the songs of the Byrds are as good as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Kinks - particularly "Something Else" and "The Village Green Preservation Society", the Stones, the Yardbirds, the Animals, and in fact any other band from back then (British Invasion or not). What a criminally underrated band.
The notorious Byrd brothers is probably the best album ever made.what hauntingly beautiful music like: "Dolphin's Smile' and 'Wind on the Water'. This music could no more be re-created than Woodstock could be re-created.
Yeh when I heard this album first time I thought whaaaaa this is special.......this song and Artificial Energy are just out of this world and will be with us for ever!
Such an exquisite performance of a great song, with ethereal vocals and instrumental work. This is one of those beautiful Byrds songs that remain classic and distinctively from the band at the top of their powers. This may also be from the ultimate Byrds album, though there are great songs on every album until the departure of Chris Hillman and the dissolution of the real Byrds.
I think I'm going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth I think I'm returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games to only pass the time No more electric trains, no more trees to climb But thinking young and growing older is no sin And I can play the game of life to win I can recall the time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend Now I think I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide And every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide But every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
Incredible Album?! Historic Band! I'm still can't listen to the Byrds without thinking of Crosby! I love the tunes; still brilliant but man you think that 'fool' could have exercised a little bit more self control!
First time I ver Heard this song was with Freddie Mercury, after that I realizei many version was made, Carol King and the Birds along with Freddie Mercury are my favorits.
Loved all the byrds music.loved their early stuff the most.sure wish the las tree last members got back together one last time befor croz passed on.what would have been if they stayed together for 8-10 yrs.guessed one of thim may ofbeen killed by the other band members,lol,lol.😅😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Every song on Notorious is better than half the songs on the White Album ! I'm not gonna say the Beatles are "over-rated", but they have been over-rated to the point that everyone else is under-rated. The Beatles were NOT the only band in the 60's even though their aggressive marketing tries to make it seem that way. Creedence Clearwater actually sold more albums, and it seems more like the Byrds management always chose the wrong songs to be singles and didn't promote any of them very well. In 1967, Have You Seen Her Face should have been right up there with Penny Lane, Happy Together and Incense and Peppermints, and it was unfortunate that the Byrds weren't shown in the original Monterey Pop film. Notorious Byrd Brothers was a great album, completely overlooked at the time and sort of forgotten by this point. Great album, one of the best of the entire 1960's.
S\Years ago, somebody actually asked McGuinn if the horse was supposed to insult Crosby, and he said exactly that. If it was on purpose, they would've turned the horse around!
Instead of this song, David Crosby wanted the band to include his song "Triad" on the album. While "Triad" was a good song, it was better suited to be included on a CS&N album rather than the Byrds, and Crosby sang this on CS&N's " 4 Way Street" live album. The Byrds recorded it, but never released it until years later. At the time, "Goin' Back" was more in line with the Byrds folk-rock style. The disagreement eventually led to Crosby getting booted from the band, but that turned out well for David, don't you think?
Im reading these comments here and got to chime in because you people show David Crosby no respect or love. Sure he F up alot , nobody is perfect ! But when it came to laying down a high harmony with Roger or Gene on a 3 part harmony there was simply no one better than David Crosby. When the Byrds kicked out Crosby after Monterey Pops they killed that signature Byrds sound. Sorry Parsons and White , we didn’t want your country rock , personally I would have listened to Buffalo Springfield instead if that’s what I wanted. It didn’t work with the Byrds. Rest in Peace 🙏 Byrds 1964-67 ( and yes that includes David Crosby )
@@moviefacer According to producer Gary Usher, Crosby absolutely, positively refused to participate in this song...which he considered "wimpy". This was the last straw for Roger McGuinn who told him to take his shitty attitude somewhere else - which he did immediately, storming out of the recording studio.
Crosby definitely didn't want to do this song and I believe it was the issue that made up his mind to quit. It's weak and contrived, altogether at odds with the really progressive feel of the rest of the album. Notorious's equivalent to "Within You,Without You". Somebody should've gotten in touch with Gene Clark and requested just one of the dozens of songs he always had lying around the house. Notorious, otherwise, was arguably not only the best rock album of the 60's but worthy of consideration for one of the best ever in my opinion. Undoubtedly influential on all those synthesizer driven techno bands that came out of Britain about 15 years later.
Not sure why you dislike this track (or 'Within you, without you'). Great performance of a wistful song about childhood memories. This is a great album. As for Gene Clark, I'm a big fan. As he'd just left, it's hard to see how McGuinn could have stitched in a couple of Clark songs while denying 'Lady friend' (which would have been a perfectly acceptable replacement for 'Goin' back')
@@2468pebble Great album, yes. This and 5D were absolutely groundbreaking, just jolted the whole genre forward in my opinion. "Goin Back", wonderful recording largely due to the brilliance of producer Gary Usher but I still think they should've kept their musical creations in-house. But the summoning forth of hitmakers Goffin/King is understandable for a group that A) only ever had one elite, consistently reliable songwriting talent, Gene Clark and B) at the time of Notorious The Byrds were in the throes of coming apart. As a true "group" in every sense, especially creatively, their finest hours had to be 5D and Notorious. Dylan and Clark carried them through the first two albums, Chris Hillman was a major influence on Younger Than Yesterday. The Byrds were absolutely master musicians. They had a brilliant guitarist/arranger and a guy I consider the greatest high harmony singer I've ever heard! The original group, to my mind, are on the shortlist of the greatest, most influential in the history of the genre but they were cursed by many well-documented, insurmountable obstacles as well.
I think I'm going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth I think I'm returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth Now there are no games to only pass the time No more electric trains, no more trees to climb But thinking young and growing older is no sin And I can play the game of life to win I can recall the time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend Now I think I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide And every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide But every day can be a magic carpet ride A little bit of courage is all we lack So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
August 2024 and all that I loved about
England is slowly disappearing!
I could cry for what has gone!
For a song that no one in the Byrds actually wanted to do, this proved to be one of the most beautiful recordings they ever did! Change my mind!
The song was suggested by record producer Gary Usher. Although McGuinn, Hillman and Clarke(?) had some initial hesitancy about it, they quickly came around. David Crosby, on the other hand, was adamantly opposed to it. In fact this was "the last straw" for him not getting his songwriting efforts included on Byrds' albums and he stormed out of the recording studio...only to run into Stephen Stills in a studio several doors down. And the rest is history.
@@falcon5467 David Crosby is credited with back up vocals on Buffalo Springfield's masterpiece Rock & Roll Woman, already recorded before David Crosby's firing from The Byrds. David Crosby's song Triad was rejected by McGuinn and Hillman and Lady Friend, a poor selling Crosby penned single by The Byrds, was also not to be included as an album track. That was too much for Crosby and he told the others to work up the song without him and McGuinn told him off. David stormed out and within a few days later, McGuinn and Hillman, after a heart-to-heart talk, decided to head up to Crosby's home and let him know his services, songwriting and outspoken attitude were no longer required. It seems almost a miracle that The Notorious Byrd Brothers album ever got finished despite such turmoil, much less be filled with such brilliance.
Beautiful, poignant and haunting.
@@williammeier4534 I could write a record on my own if I would have the wrecking crew along for the ride. Easy peasy.
Recording Business CEO Types In Management Always Deny The Proven Artistic Creative Types What Could Have Been! However, Breaking Up The Byrds Created Crosby, Stills, Nash & Sometimes Young, In Other Words, "Carry On"!
And as that Yankees Baseball Catcher Philosopher Yogi Berra commented, "It's Deja Vu All Over Again".
Perhaps the most underrated album in rock history. Flange On!
for sure man!!!!!!!
agreed!! 💕🙌🏼💕
Thinking young and growing old is no sin
Sounds as stunning now as it did then,beautiful!
They might have had some hesitancy about this song but in my opinion Gary Usher's judgement was spot on. It is very timeless and still has emotional impact and great production quality for the day.
From two of the most gifted songwriters ever Goffin and King!
Truly the American Beatles in terms of songwriting
Agreed. But for their Goffin-King "stuff" to show up on this album, at this high point in the group's evolution, was an act of pure trespass. I mean, why didn't John and Paul ask Neil Diamond to contribute two songs to Abbey Road? Gene Clark could've easily donated two songs. Crosby, for my money, was the only Byrd left who had a vision of just how progressive The Byrds had the ability to be. I'm glad he walked. The chemistry that made The Shirelles hitmakers had no place in The Byrds' ascension and intellectually, Crosby did not deserve the creativity stunting fate that awaited him: full blown drug addiction and getting stuck on the hippy-dippy flypaper that was the money making machine calling themselves CSNY.
@@davidmurray2539 What you say is interesting, but I now like some CSNY especially Nash's and an illustrator's video to Teach Your Children, which made me and a family memher cry, and I tell you I am so grateful to have all this music preserved (altho I wish it had less echo and virtualization) for me and future generations. I had that Triad album. The one I kept is the mono greatest hits album.
@@Jesse-gr2xo I certainly respect your defense and admiration for CSNY, even though, given all the brilliant music that's been created since their time together, I cannot in all honesty say I share your enthusiasm.
I played a lot of Byrds albums in college. This one always got people coming by to see who it was.
Covered this back 1970 in a band I played for. Awesome
The Harmony is pitch perfect. McGuinn's 12 string is complimentary without being over powering to the vocals. This should have been a better received single then it was at the time of it's release but since that time it has received it's deserved recognition as a beautiful display of harmony singing.
I may be 44 years old but when I hear this song, the kid in me smiles real big every time.
And for me at 73 !!!
Hmm possibly the Byrds purest Byrds album- simply beautiful-every track !
"Artificial Energy" and "Goin' Back" were two of the best Track 1 and Track 2 songs on any album of the 60s.
Are you my father?
true
And such an incredible contrast. They weren't afraid to think outside the box. These two songs were so different in theme and sound it could have been jarring, but no. They flowed so smoothly together that they pulled it off.
I’d personally have to disagree and say that “Strange Brew” and “Sunshine of your Love” from Cream’s 1967 album “Disraeli Gears” are maybe the best track 1 and 2 of the 60’s, but definitely 1967.
@@renegonzalez1336 he said two of the best not the two best
That harmony is really good with The Byrds who brilliantly combined Folk with rock in the '60's
Sweeter as the years go by....
the perfect band. No more words.
Yet another definitive Byrds track!
"i suppose if i really do have to pick a favorite Byrds album....."♫
This song never fails to make me cry, guess I'm just feeling nostalgic.
their harmonies, their simplicity, & their message of peace & love to all - they came , they told their story & they left us so much - we sure cud do with their music @ this time. thank you birds.
A little bit of courage is all we lack/so catch me if you can, I’m goin’ back...xx
One of my favorite Byrd songs!!
This is a great great album I remember when it came out. It was an underground special record.👍🏻🎼🎸
The great Jim Gordon on drums.
I keep going back to this one. A reminder of sorts youth, idealism in the years, growing cold...if you lack the courage.
Where in all creation can you hear that Rickenbacker 12 a Fender 10 pedal steel and a Glockenspiel mixed seemlessly and a gorgeous Goffin-King lyric?
The Byrds and only the Byrds!
Thank you fro such a thoughtful comment,,,Byrds fan since '66
Oh my God - what a beautiful, gorgeous song. Haven't heard much of Notorious Byrds Brothers, but judging by this and "Wasn't Born to Follow" I'm going to have to check more of it out. I have "Younger Than Yesterday" - always loved "Have You Seen Her Face" and Renaissance Fair" - some of the most beautiful harmonies ever laid to wax. This song and "Wasn't Born to Follow" also have some of the most beautiful harmonies I've ever heard. Why the hell aren't these guys more popular?! In my opinion the songs of the Byrds are as good as the Beach Boys, the Beatles, the Kinks - particularly "Something Else" and "The Village Green Preservation Society", the Stones, the Yardbirds, the Animals, and in fact any other band from back then (British Invasion or not). What a criminally underrated band.
colin6768 Couldn't agree more.
Hope you now have the album. Not only the best Byrds' album but the best album of all time.
Don't be dissing Village Green man
Arthur Harris This album is their 2nd best album. The best Byrds album is Sweetheart of the Rodeo hands down.
The notorious Byrd brothers is probably the best album ever made.what hauntingly beautiful music like: "Dolphin's Smile' and 'Wind on the Water'. This music could no more be re-created than Woodstock could be re-created.
Yeh when I heard this album first time I thought whaaaaa this is special.......this song and Artificial Energy are just out of this world and will be with us for ever!
One of Elvis Costello´s list of the hundred greatest rock and roll albums ¨Notorious Byrds Brothers¨, which included this song.
Such an exquisite performance of a great song, with ethereal vocals and instrumental work. This is one of those beautiful Byrds songs that remain classic and distinctively from the band at the top of their powers. This may also be from the ultimate Byrds album, though there are great songs on every album until the departure of Chris Hillman and the dissolution of the real Byrds.
I think I'm going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth
I think I'm returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games to only pass the time
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall the time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
And every day can be a magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be a magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
Thankyou for your effort there ! 👌👍🕊
After reading the comments on this song, I'm going back to my music play to hear the whole album!
The 12 string on top of the chorus is brilliant.
Takes me back to my post war hippie days!😊
masterpiece!
this song really makes me feel sad... and old... ughh
When the song you are doing is penned by Goffin and King, you for one couldn't lose.
I've got to say I love Dusty Springfield's version.
This was one of the first songs that Freddie Mercury was recorded singing
And one the last released
One of
Superb
The perfect album with a head full of Owsley
Any birds album is the greatest! God bless everyone from Patrick
Kind of like the Byrd's Sgt. Pepper. Incredible Album.
Roy Posner
I have programmed Lady Friend as the opening track and moved Artificial Energy between Get To You and Change Is Now. It works.
Arthur Harris Lady Friend starting off The B side is just so good
Incredible Album?! Historic Band! I'm still can't listen to the Byrds without thinking of Crosby! I love the tunes; still brilliant but man you think that 'fool' could have exercised a little bit more self control!
Nice feelings
Yes. Back then. Please
I haven't listened to this one in ages.
First time I ver Heard this song was with Freddie Mercury, after that I realizei many version was made, Carol King and the Birds along with Freddie Mercury are my favorits.
Maybe the Byrds didn't want to record Goin Back but then Goffin &King wrote it and that made it worth the effort as you can plainly hear.😊❤
Loved all the byrds music.loved their early stuff the most.sure wish the las tree last members got back together one last time befor croz passed on.what would have been if they stayed together for 8-10 yrs.guessed one of thim may ofbeen killed by the other band members,lol,lol.😅😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I'm feeling sooooo old :'(
Nada más se le puede pedir a la vida! A lo eterno? 🌻🌷🥀
Every song on Notorious is better than half the songs on the White Album ! I'm not gonna say the Beatles are "over-rated", but they have been over-rated to the point that everyone else is under-rated. The Beatles were NOT the only band in the 60's even though their aggressive marketing tries to make it seem that way. Creedence Clearwater actually sold more albums, and it seems more like the Byrds management always chose the wrong songs to be singles and didn't promote any of them very well. In 1967, Have You Seen Her Face should have been right up there with Penny Lane, Happy Together and Incense and Peppermints, and it was unfortunate that the Byrds weren't shown in the original Monterey Pop film. Notorious Byrd Brothers was a great album, completely overlooked at the time and sort of forgotten by this point. Great album, one of the best of the entire 1960's.
I don't have a problem with that
Beautiful song 👌🏻😎❤️🔥
Masterwork!!!!
Picture taken off Topanga Canyon rd
The horse on the album cover signified David Crosby's being fired from the band.
+360degrees˚ Music I'm surprised they didn't show the ass end of the horse.
S\Years ago, somebody actually asked McGuinn if the horse was supposed to insult Crosby, and he said exactly that. If it was on purpose, they would've turned the horse around!
Are you sure THAT'S NOT CROSBY?
treatmentbound GAME THEORY: Is Crosby a HORSE??
What would you rather fight? One horse-sized David Crosby or one David Crosby-sized horse?
Mother love
i can hear WE ARE THE WORLD decades earlier...
TORNANDO INDIETRO PER RINASCERE. DANiELE :)
Esta canción es mi lema vital💚
He was fired but he did play on this album a couple songs eny way
Predecessores de Crosby, stills, Nash and Young. Viva Yeste y San Bartolo
I believe this is a Goffin-King song. (?)
Dusty Springfield did a superb version of this - most folks in the UK would know her version better.
there were more girls with their shirts off back in the day!!!!!!!!!!
Phil Collins did a brillant cover of this song on his album of the same name
Instead of this song, David Crosby wanted the band to include his song "Triad" on the album. While "Triad" was a good song, it was better suited to be included on a CS&N album rather than the Byrds, and Crosby sang this on CS&N's " 4 Way Street" live album. The Byrds recorded it, but never released it until years later. At the time, "Goin' Back" was more in line with the Byrds folk-rock style. The disagreement eventually led to Crosby getting booted from the band, but that turned out well for David, don't you think?
Mr Crosby didn't want them to record this classic🎼🙄
They should have gone with the horse from the very beginning.
They replaced the fired David Crosby by a horse in the album pic 🙂
a magic carpetride
with the great jim gordon on drums rip
Im reading these comments here and got to chime in because you people show David Crosby no respect or love. Sure he F up alot , nobody is perfect ! But when it came to laying down a high harmony with Roger or Gene on a 3 part harmony there was simply no one better than David Crosby. When the Byrds kicked out Crosby after Monterey Pops they killed that signature Byrds sound. Sorry Parsons and White , we didn’t want your country rock , personally I would have listened to Buffalo Springfield instead if that’s what I wanted. It didn’t work with the Byrds. Rest in Peace 🙏 Byrds 1964-67 ( and yes that includes David Crosby )
Who's singing lead in this song?
Can someone tell me the name of the guy in blue.
Michael Clarke replaced by Jim Gordon?
@The Doors - Topic You mean Michael, right?
@The Doors - Topic The recording dates of this were Sept 5th (incl. Crosby) / Oct 9th, Michael returned approximately when?
@@moviefacer According to producer Gary Usher, Crosby absolutely, positively refused to participate in this song...which he considered "wimpy". This was the last straw for Roger McGuinn who told him to take his shitty attitude somewhere else - which he did immediately, storming out of the recording studio.
Yeah, Jimmy Gordon playing drums
@@falcon5467 Thx
Byrds were less pretentious than CSN,Y
Crosby definitely didn't want to do this song and I believe it was the issue that made up his mind to quit. It's weak and contrived, altogether at odds with the really progressive feel of the rest of the album. Notorious's equivalent to "Within You,Without You". Somebody should've gotten in touch with Gene Clark and requested just one of the dozens of songs he always had lying around the house. Notorious, otherwise, was arguably not only the best rock album of the 60's but worthy of consideration for one of the best ever in my opinion. Undoubtedly influential on all those synthesizer driven techno bands that came out of Britain about 15 years later.
Not sure why you dislike this track (or 'Within you, without you'). Great performance of a wistful song about childhood memories. This is a great album.
As for Gene Clark, I'm a big fan. As he'd just left, it's hard to see how McGuinn could have stitched in a couple of Clark songs while denying 'Lady friend' (which would have been a perfectly acceptable replacement for 'Goin' back')
@@2468pebble Great album, yes. This and 5D were absolutely groundbreaking, just jolted the whole genre forward in my opinion. "Goin Back", wonderful recording largely due to the brilliance of producer Gary Usher but I still think they should've kept their musical creations in-house. But the summoning forth of hitmakers Goffin/King is understandable for a group that A) only ever had one elite, consistently reliable songwriting talent, Gene Clark and B) at the time of Notorious The Byrds were in the throes of coming apart.
As a true "group" in every sense, especially creatively, their finest hours had to be 5D and Notorious. Dylan and Clark carried them through the first two albums, Chris Hillman was a major influence on Younger Than Yesterday. The Byrds were absolutely master musicians. They had a brilliant guitarist/arranger and a guy I consider the greatest high harmony singer I've ever heard! The original group, to my mind, are on the shortlist of the greatest, most influential in the history of the genre but they were cursed by many well-documented, insurmountable obstacles as well.
I think I'm going back to the things that I learned so well in my youth
I think I'm returning to those days when I was young enough to know the truth
Now there are no games to only pass the time
No more electric trains, no more trees to climb
But thinking young and growing older is no sin
And I can play the game of life to win
I can recall the time when I wasn't ashamed to reach out to a friend
Now I think I've got a lot more than just my toys to lend
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
And every day can be a magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back
Now there's more to do than watch my sailboat glide
But every day can be a magic carpet ride
A little bit of courage is all we lack
So catch me if you can, I'm goin' back