On That Note - This Byrd Has Flown

[oldman]

There were several remakes of "So You Want to Be a Rock n Roll Star."







I really like the Patti Smith version. REM also performed it on stage early in their career.

 

[MeanDean]

There were several remakes of "So You Want to Be a Rock n Roll Star."







I really like the Patti Smith version. REM also performed it on stage early in their career.

Also this live version with Crowded House who toured together in 1989

 

[MeanDean]

Thought it also worth posting this 1979 hit by 3 of the original members of the Byrds

 

[jcyclonee]

Among numerous artists who owe debt to The Byrds ... in the case of R.E.M., especially in the early period.

I'm not exactly sure what it is but this is the REM tune that most brings the feeling of a Byrds song to me. I know part of it is the guitar but there's more to it than that.

 

[MeanDean]

I'm not exactly sure what it is but this is the REM tune that most brings the feeling of a Byrds song to me. I know part of it is the guitar but there's more to it than that.

Tom Petty has been mentioned several times. This is from Damn the Torpedoes. Definitely the first artist I think of when I think of influences the Byrds had on future stars.

 

[cyclones500]

You have to use your imagination a little on this to hear the subtle Byrdsishness. The jangle/chime/harmonizing is filter through several stylistic layers (punk, thrash, hint of metal), but it’s there. That’s the way I hear it, anyway.

 

[cyclones500]

Another Petty example that comes to mind.

 

[cyclones500]

A lot of the influence here is confined to the chorus and the lead break. Main backbeat is built a lot like “She Loves You,” notably the intro.

 

[cyclones500]

Revision to my previous clip — I Want to Hold Your Hand (not She Loves You)

 

[drlove]

Husker Du also covered 8 Miles High

 

[drlove]

Also this live version with Crowded House who toured together in 1989

Roger with R.E.M.

REM used to cover a bit in the early days.

 

[cyclones500]

There may be better examples of Byrds influence on The Jayhawks, but this works in general.

 

[cyclones500]

I ran out of time last night to post another.

Byrds fingerprints are all over these.

 

[cyclones500]

Probably a more direct influence of early-REM. It's still there, though.

 

[cyclones500]

One more to add to the mix. An obscurity. About 4/7ths of this EP is Byrds-y. Opening track is possibly the most direct.

 

[Buster28]

Sort of related, sort of an aside: in the mid to late 80s, there was a female country duo called Sweethearts of the Rodeo which scored seven top 10 hits. I didn't know until I just looked it up that they had named themselves after the Byrds album.