Lyrics mr. tambourine man the byrds full#

All and all the album is enormously pretty, filled with delicious harmonies, and jangling twelve string guitars, inspiring both The Beach Boys and The Beatles to make significant changes to their sound. Tambourine Man” come up in rotation, the whole world was. What I didn’t know was that The Byrds were opening a new chapter in rock n’ roll that was significantly different than most anything I’d heard, with the memory of hearing Gene Clark’s “l’ll Feel A Whole Lot Better” for the first time, still echoing in my ears today.Īnd it wasn’t just me with my ear to the radio waiting to hear “Mr. Bob Dylan could do no wrong in my book, therefore by virtue of being associated with him, The Byrds could do no wrong. Tambourine Man,” and the enigmatic black & white image of my personal god-de-jour, Bob Dylan, seeming to be singing with them on the album jacket. But what really laid my ears back was The Byrds’ rendition of “Mr.

Lyrics mr. tambourine man the byrds full#

The Rolling Stones couldn’t get no satisfaction that year, The Yardbirds were singing about doing anything for my love, The Beatles were screaming for “Help,” and I was learning how my body moved to “I Can’t Help Myself” by The Four Tops in the full length mirror that hung on my closet door. I remember falling asleep in the car on the way to an accelerated reading program every morning five kids breathing the same warmed over stale air, where if not for the radio, I’m not sure I would not have survived. I was 14 during the summer of 1965, it was hot.