great song.....the Byrds' harmonies add that extra magic......Carole King is beyond amazing
@tygbsn
Жыл бұрын
Unmatched lyricism.
@jyu-jyu
Жыл бұрын
wonderful❣️ I like Peter tork too
@sandsoftime1954
6 жыл бұрын
Credit where credit is due, she is a very talented lady. If I heard her version on the radio ,I would have not recognized it. The Byrds version is burnt into our minds and that is not a bad thing.
@mtntime1
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite part of Easy Rider, was this song.
@reaganwiles_art
Жыл бұрын
She wrote it with another
@TommyTaylorOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
Seems like I live to champion the underdog...yes Carole King wrote this...WITH GERRY GOFFIN. Gerry was the lyricist of the team. All of those huge hit songs that they wrote for everyone else...were Gerry's stories and dreams. Carole is a wonderful artist and songwriter and she made her big mark as that long after these songs were written, making her name a household word....but the songs they wrote together, please let us not forget the lyrical genius of Gerry Goffin. Without the lyrics, we wouldn't even be talking about this song.
@dong1872
3 жыл бұрын
Bluegrass/Country version! Brilliant. I've heard her play it at least 4 very different ways.
@manjacovus5342
Жыл бұрын
"Where the trees have leaves of prisms That break the light up into colours that no one knows the names of" If anyone's ever written a more beautifully poetic line then show it to me!
@jackattack2608
Жыл бұрын
But staying with her, and my little bit of wisdom, broke down her desires like a light thru a prism; into yellows and blues and a tune that I could not have sung. Sort of the same. Mike Nesmith. Joann
@alanconrad8490
Жыл бұрын
real poetry
@jgeur
10 ай бұрын
And when it's time I'll go and lay Beside the legendary fountain 'Till I see her form reflected In its clear and jewelled waters And if you think I'm ready You may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our visions Flow into one another. ok, from the same song but don't count it against me.
@yaxinzheng5406
6 жыл бұрын
Sparkling and intricate. I too was a Byrds fan, exclusively. However, I play this song on my guitar and sing. I think Carole's version is more interesting. It will give me some more depth to my interpretation. But back to the Byrds now. The Inimitable Byrds.
@lesterjones1980
5 жыл бұрын
I had to listen to this twice because it was a shock to my senses. Very different arrangement from what I was used to by the Byrds. It took a double shot to realize that I totally love it, Blue Grass spin and all. Salud (respect) to Carole King, maker of music
@kentandersson2110
4 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful voice, can listen to it anytime.
@brucecoffin5319
6 жыл бұрын
Carole's husband from '59 to '69 , Gerry Goffin wrote the lyrics , she the music as was often the case .A great team .
@TommyTaylorOfficial
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@morristonian
4 жыл бұрын
They certainly were but sometimes another twist can produce real magic , in this case by the Byrd's. Also Cocker with "A little help" and Manfred Mann with " Blinded by the Light"
@meade2072
7 ай бұрын
This song is awesome. Sincerely awesome. The only thing that makes me scratch my head is that I hear Pleasant Valley Sunday throughout. It's cool though. It came from the same souls, so it makes sense, I guess. I wonder if we'll ever have great, dynamic duo's, like Goffin/King or Elton John/Taupin, again. I hate thinking that the best of days are behind us. I find myself hoping that Stevie Nicks is right when she said that she and Lyndsey Buckingham still have thousands of years of karma to work out together, going forward from this life, of making music together. The idea that the most magical of musicians will be back at some point to continue their work is , well... Pretty frickin groovy! 👣👣👥🫂🫂♾️🪷
@Charon58
8 жыл бұрын
King is a giant
@jw3363
4 жыл бұрын
Always liked the Byrds version, but really like the monkees 2016 version with Peter Tork on vocals and banjo.
@jyu-jyu
Жыл бұрын
from japan💕
@mrsoikawa
Жыл бұрын
Lyrics of genius
@tuefelshild
7 жыл бұрын
everyone,s forgotten, that this is how it was written by...yup the writer, & is how it was originally to be heard, if someone picks it up from the table to perform, its done to they,re style, thats to be said for all original songs,. there,s only one Carole & yup she,s King....
@patrobertson1318
6 жыл бұрын
Check out the peter Tork version
@mckendrick4046
3 жыл бұрын
No thanks.
@SanderAnderon
8 жыл бұрын
wow, always thought this penned by the byrds - adds all the more to Carole's legend, bravo.
@cheskybaba4864
2 жыл бұрын
The Monkees did it on their last album Good Times, sung by Peter. Fantastic version.
@michaelhackbarth3660
8 жыл бұрын
Excellent banjo work!!! The instrument of choice in heaven!
@terenceeldridge7704
8 жыл бұрын
+Michael Hackbarth Amen to that!
@brianadamson1875
6 жыл бұрын
I am listening to a day of Brill Building Songs on WXPN on line. They played the Byrds version and I could not understand why. I did not think Roger McGuinn was an alumnus. Looked it up and found out Carole King wrote it. Simply amazing. Without a doubt the most prolific songwriter of all time
@bobhughes2290
2 жыл бұрын
Of the three versions I listened to today, The Byrds, Carole King and the Monkees, I like this the best. The Byrds has a certain cachet because it's the one I remember from my youth. But Carole's edgier- and somehow has better banjo than Tork's.
@patrobertson1318
5 жыл бұрын
Check out the Monkees version
@Mo-gg8ts
5 жыл бұрын
❤️❤️❤️
@carlkuss
Жыл бұрын
Don´t forget: This is HER song. And the Lyric is simply and stunningly wonderful. Makes me think of Holderlin or something....
@carlkuss
Жыл бұрын
Banjo makes me think of "Carolina in the Pines."
@blindleader42
Жыл бұрын
She composed the music. Gerry Goffin wrote the lyrics.
@aries22march1954
7 жыл бұрын
First time I've heard this all the way through - I had no idea it was written by Goffin and King. And I agree with SunshineInWoods, The Byrds' version is much catchier and better arranged, but boy, I do love that banjo on the original.
@normanwheatley3094
2 жыл бұрын
This isn't the original - The Byrds were first to record it even before Carole King's rather dreary version on the City album.
@julianmarsh1378
3 жыл бұрын
I gave this thumbs up because she wrote it. No Carole King, no song! But she sounds like she is trying to conjure up Ronstadt, Harris, and Parton...the Byrds rule!
@timthomas4863
4 жыл бұрын
Carole King's version has an extra verse!
@jonathoncassell7757
3 жыл бұрын
The Byrds version was chopped up from King's original. Two verses were munged into one. Hers makes more sense.
@freddiemaniacmercury2290
7 жыл бұрын
As most of the folks here, including me, prefer The Byrds' version. I also didn't know it was written by Carole King. Great writing, but, thankfully, sung so much better by the Byrds. The arrangement is way better, as well as the instruments in The Byrds' rendition of this. They just give it so much more melody and, as someone said, theirs is way catchier. Right fr the start, their instruments suck you in. Carole King.....Thank you for writing this. And for having the good sense to let it go. That's the confidence of a true artict!
@kevinm8556
6 жыл бұрын
thats because McGuinn is the best interpreter of songs, ever....Dylan, Carole King etc. he was able to make the songs work as they were "intended" to be heard in my opinion...
@bernhardstepanek3008
5 жыл бұрын
ever listened to the Lemon pipers version
@tilesetter1953
4 жыл бұрын
Just posted a comment saying the Byrds arrangement is way better hahaha, I am going to delete it! I had not read yours....
@JDLamps1
4 жыл бұрын
Later in my life I have learned Carole was a superlative song writer.
@vaccavo
3 жыл бұрын
@@JDLamps1 You should listen to "I Think I Can Hear You". Amem.
@jacklincoln7786
5 жыл бұрын
It was written by two people, but Carole gets the credit
@tippimail1
10 жыл бұрын
I had no idea they wrote this song.The Byrds did it and it was in the movie Easy Rider.
@jihanodiamond8063
9 жыл бұрын
And I think that Carole King's version is way more soulful - as she's the one who wrote it.
@SunshineInWoods
9 жыл бұрын
Jihano Diamond I like the guitar, by I think in The Byrds version the melody is much more catchy, in this version the voice sounds the same as other countless country songs.
@jihanodiamond8063
9 жыл бұрын
SunshineInWoods yes I do agree. I actually take it back -- they are both very different, both amazing and something today's music is missing
@InsanityHere
8 жыл бұрын
+tippimail1 Yeah, all the songs on Easy Rider were cool. I like this song, on Easy Rider. Much springier version.
@marcparrilli7390
8 жыл бұрын
The Byrds own this! Sorry, the banjo is the only good thing about this version.
@skinovtheperineum1208
2 жыл бұрын
Never knew Ms. King was a burned-out acid fried-cake.
@tuefelshild
7 жыл бұрын
its too much,...go carol go......
@gioroot
6 жыл бұрын
so who cares which one is the best version
@dougmeade5393
Жыл бұрын
Wow she wrote this song?
@TracyStarkpianogrrl
5 жыл бұрын
Check out Dusty's version!
@wanditacolon
4 жыл бұрын
Flawless! Love it!
@johnthonig8832
3 жыл бұрын
Dusty Springfield?
@TracyStarkpianogrrl
3 жыл бұрын
Yes! Is there any other? 🤓
@johnthonig8832
3 жыл бұрын
@@TracyStarkpianogrrl OH MY!!!! I just listened to her version . Well done. Also my favorite love song- THE LOOK OF LOVE
@TracyStarkpianogrrl
3 жыл бұрын
@@johnthonig8832 One of the best ever!!!
@ardalla535
5 жыл бұрын
People saying Carol King wrote the song. Nope. Geoffin wrote the lyrics, which is about 90% of the greatness of the song.
@robmartin9315
5 жыл бұрын
you know nada bout songwriting... fou
@internationalicon
5 жыл бұрын
I don't mind the folky banjo, and I love her singing. But I think my 60's sympathies lie with the psychedelic version. Wasn't psychedelia born of a collision between folk and electronic? Come to think of it, why don't psychedelic bands use banjo? Jerry Garcia used pedal steel in 'The Wheel', and you'd hardly guess it was ever only a country-western instrument.
@johnhughes9019
5 жыл бұрын
*The* *Byrds* use Country and Bluegrass instrumentation quite a bit , especially from 'Notorious Byrd Brothers' and onward . Red Rhodes plays pedal steel on 'Notorious...' ; and , Clarence White plays a bluegrass 'flat-picking' on the same album (and other Byrds albums , 1967 and onward ). That was prior to the innovative 'String-Bender' Telecaster which Gene Parsons designed and built for White . Check out the Flying Burrito Brothers 'Gilded Palace of Sin' ; "Sneaky" Pete plays a pedal steel through a Leslie speaker .
@davelovecraft3094
6 жыл бұрын
Peter Tork did a much, much better cover of this song.
@michaelbispham9185
8 жыл бұрын
There was no shortage of rubbish about then - but yes probably more jewels
@purplebrit
7 жыл бұрын
Now my favourite version is Peter Tork's.
@davelovecraft3094
6 жыл бұрын
I absolutely agree.
@juscogens5541
7 ай бұрын
Beautiful song, but I prefer the Peter Tork version....much more spiritual in my humble opinion.
@peterlloyd5285
4 жыл бұрын
Too fast. The version by The City is way better.
@WestendAngst
Жыл бұрын
I think I'll stick with the Byrds
@wkzw9108
2 ай бұрын
good song but the Byrds version is very much better
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