yes, seek out the mcguinn/clark duo boots, really beautiful stuff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn6i3Z-5IR0
― buzza, Sunday, 9 December 2012 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
Good to see these threads pop up again. . .
I thought 'Don't Write Her Off' (off the first MCH album) was a great single, but there wasn't anything particularly 'Byrds-y' about it; could have been made by any number of late '70s West Coast CHR bands. There was a live CD of a MCH gig called _3 Byrds Land in London_ which came out a few years ago, but I never heard it.
Best review of _McGuinn/Hillman_ ('81): 'The producer tried to make it sound funky. . .if you look in the dictionary under 'suburban white guys', there's a picture of me and McGuinn.' - CH
― Jeff Wright, Monday, 10 December 2012 03:09 (eleven years ago) link
I don't think I can state enough how un-Clark-ish "Release Me Girl" sounds on that first album. It's an absolutely stunning song on that MC bootleg at the Bottom Line -- I was dying to find out if he ever recorded it. Unfortunately, it was this treacly, "funky" nightmare on the album.
Just discovered this pretty good studio version on YouTube however:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGmL6h_vBwo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
― Naive Teen Idol, Monday, 10 December 2012 03:54 (eleven years ago) link
listening to the '73 reunion album and... man I hate David Crosby so much, what is this "Long Live the King" garbage
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:43 (eight years ago) link
the pair of neil young covers are the best part of this album for me ... they should've just done a whole album of neil covers.
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:46 (eight years ago) link
yeah was pleasantly surprised by Cowgirl in the Sand
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:52 (eight years ago) link
yeah, just a good re-interpretation
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:54 (eight years ago) link
was weird to hear an under 4 minute version!
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:55 (eight years ago) link
yeah... but the 73 reunion is super weird -- just seems like they were like "the classic lineup is back! ... uh, what does the classic lineup sound like again?"
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 19:57 (eight years ago) link
the wiki entry makes it sound like a pretty crass cash-in move facilitated by various agendas all fortuitously lining up
― Οὖτις, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 20:01 (eight years ago) link
this "reunion" in 1970 is way betterhttp://cdn.discogs.com/795fv-uR5j0-YaUQ6nkVyQvRp2k=/fit-in/250x250/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-3559005-1335279853.gif.jpg
― tylerw, Tuesday, 6 October 2015 20:20 (eight years ago) link
lol:
McGuinn blamed the reunion album's lack of success, at least partly, on the hedonism exhibited by members of the band during the recording process: "David had this incredibly strong pot. Half a joint and you couldn't do anything. We were stoned out of our minds the whole time. I don't remember much recording."[18]
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 6 October 2015 20:37 (eight years ago) link
this "reunion" in 1970 is way better🗻
Yes, if memory serves no two members ever spent a second in the studio together recording either of those tunes.
They're excellent reminders, however, that the nobody interpreted Gene's stuff better than the Byrds.
― Naive Teen Idol, Wednesday, 7 October 2015 01:41 (eight years ago) link