tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post3173896922624010466..comments2024-03-25T15:07:41.959+00:00Comments on Nigeness: Birthday ByrdNigehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13314891387515045404noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-3096584653255869572009-07-14T18:39:22.997+01:002009-07-14T18:39:22.997+01:00"To everything, turn, turn, turn...." I ..."To everything, turn, turn, turn...." I love that song. Ecclesiastes put to music; what's not to like?Susan B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-26719715163635611262009-07-14T10:14:01.016+01:002009-07-14T10:14:01.016+01:00Me too Jonathan, in certain moods. Also My Back Pa...Me too Jonathan, in certain moods. Also My Back Pages. <br /><br />'All I Really Want to Do' in most moods, as the original has that slightly silly yodelled do-oooooooooooooo.Brithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390560583798960760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-34781489268209728302009-07-14T10:03:31.045+01:002009-07-14T10:03:31.045+01:00If you've not come across it, McGuinn has a ra...If you've not come across it, McGuinn has a rather splendid website where, on the first of each month, he uploads a new version of a traditional song with lyrics, chords, and historical notes. It's well worth dipping into.<br /><br />http://www.ibiblio.org/jimmy/folkden<br /><br />In certain moods I prefer the Byrds' versions of 'Tambourine Man', 'Chimes of Freedom', and 'All I Want To Do' to those of the Great Bard himself. Can't think, offhand, of any other artist of whom I'd say that.jonathan lawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986943428040953041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2526736757651414061.post-54071091217452367612009-07-13T17:24:36.576+01:002009-07-13T17:24:36.576+01:00I can only manage fingerstyle, so it's the use...I can only manage fingerstyle, so it's the use of the plectrum & finger style that always amazes me, though compensated by the fact that he usually plays the twelve string guitar which fills out the sound.<br /><br />To be honest, though, The Byrds have never excited me that much. Crosby, Stills, Nash (but especially Young) are my preferred 60s supergroup. However, in honour of this post, I will go and search them out and see what I've been missing.Uncle Dick Madeleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01124053234469634414noreply@blogger.com