GENE CLARK & DOUG DILLARD why not your baby (1968)
Рет қаралды 71,969
12 жыл бұрынalbum : The Fantastic Expedition of Dillard & Clark
Arranged by VAN DYKE PARKS
The banjo is present in the background, the rhythm section is pure pop/rock, not a million miles away from The Byrds. The vocals are heavenly and the lyrics clever and charming. Its a pop song that really should have been a hit - someone should cover it and turn it into one. A wonderfully dreamy song.
Gene Clark was the greatest underrated singer/songwriter to emerge from the '60s rock explosion, and deserves to be mentioned in the same breath as Neil Young. This album, his debut as a duo with virtuoso banjoist/guitarist Doug Dillard, is perhaps his most brilliant recording. Out of the ashes of the Byrds and a brilliant false start of a solo career (the excellent Echoes album), the 1968 Dillard & Clark project found Clark collecting some of his finest material (basically the entire album) and putting it in the familiar context of bluegrass and country, a good year before these elements became vogue in the pop world. But Gene Clark was always ahead of his time.
@michaelbaird2812 13 күн бұрын
Just love it
@marcintime 9 жыл бұрын
Breathtakingly beautiful song! What a great songwriter Gene was. This is SO moving!
@pdfarrelly Жыл бұрын
I love this so much. The music, the images. Gene clark deserves every accolade. My favourite of all time. He was brilliant. Just amazing.
@jedlivingstone1093 3 жыл бұрын
Gene was a genius!
@lxx5045 3 жыл бұрын
Such a beautiful song and the film really suits it ..magical.
@fraserbailey6347 Жыл бұрын
A very good friend died a few months ago. We worshipped the Byrds and Gene Clark,. And, of course, we loved the VU and Nico. I'm so sorry that he never got to see this, as far as I know. He would have watched it a million times.
@larsandreasson2699 10 жыл бұрын
One of the best KZfaq-clips I have ever seen. I love Gene Clark, and the images just work perfectly with this song. MTV has got nothing on you, whoever produced this clip!
@TheChrisrg 10 жыл бұрын
Why not a massive hit? The truly talented Gene Clark with this 1968 gem not forgetting Doug Dillard.
@TheChrisrg 11 жыл бұрын
Should have been a massive hit, great song from a great album.
@daffodil28063 12 жыл бұрын
what a fantastic song. simply beautiful!! gene clark-what a genius. just bought the cd "no other" very seldom i was so impressed. bought it a second time as a birthday present for my brother
@acrovader 2 жыл бұрын
One of the very best rock ballads of all time. It's right up there with 'Waterloo Sunset'.
@RememberReach135 12 жыл бұрын
Came for the song, but loved the clip, and did a little further digging. On imdb, the title is "Sweet Skin" (orig. title "Strip-Tease" ) and Nico is not the only interesting person to appear in it. The man in the audience is Jean Sobieski, whose daughter found more fame here in the US--Leelee Sobieski. Also, not shown is Juliette Gréco, who is well-known in France as a singer of moody love songs.
@rbl0925 9 жыл бұрын
Just listened for the first time...this song/melody could have been a hit. Wonder what was missing that kept it from breaking.
@andrewgryska7297 2 жыл бұрын
Great song, yes. Not a mystery why not a hit. The production is terrible. The song was not on the album, but the b-side was. The vocal and guitar sound like a demo done just out of bed. Seems like someone heard demo after album was complete and knew it was great but did nothing more than add Dillard's banjo at wrong tempo, some backing vocals, and a string arrangement at odds with the banjo. Really too bad because Gene's voice can be fantastic and the song is as well. It really seems like it could be contemporary hit today in the hands of the right producer and a country or pop vocalist. Just listen to some of the recent covers of the song to hear how shoddy the original production was. Really sad.
@svennelsonmjmusic 4 жыл бұрын
Cool
@cadin2020 8 жыл бұрын
Miraculous in the Music Worl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@edwardmulholland7912 10 жыл бұрын
Love Dillard & Clark, both albums are great. Gene was a truly great songwriter and had a wonderful voice. Gone but not forgotten.
@catfan5439 9 жыл бұрын
yup,this most deffinetly should have been a .......BIG HIT! i love genes music,
@eldemar57 Жыл бұрын
EXCELLENT......................................
@keeskleinendorst2655 8 жыл бұрын
I love his voice. Gene, R.I.P. Greetings to all Gene-fans from Holland/europe
@AlvisaMinidoruv 12 жыл бұрын
I very much agree with your write up. Fantastic song.
@pcsbeat 8 жыл бұрын
Simply wonderful...
@fraserbailey6347 Жыл бұрын
Perfection, musically and visually.
@will2741 5 жыл бұрын
why wasn't this a huge hit. Such an incredible song. My copy is a UK demo, set me back £15 back in the day, which I was happy to pay, but in a sane world this would be a common, 50p record cos it sold 20million copies!
@kerlchen6 10 жыл бұрын
such a wonderful song - timeless!
@thorensguy 8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this. I bought every Byrds album and the first Dilliard and Clark album. I listen to Dilliard and Clark the most. Great songs and vocals.😎
@karyluhernandez5966 2 жыл бұрын
Gene Clark genial, RIP
@jackemlyn062 9 жыл бұрын
Nice one. Very nice.
@goldbugnz 12 жыл бұрын
fabulous in every way
@OubaelPhoumet 12 жыл бұрын
It's Jacques Poitrenaud's Strip-Tease (1963) with a young Nico, a french movie, very far from the perfection (but Serge Gainsbourg is in the sountrack). Thanks for your commentaries.
@gezh2379 4 жыл бұрын
Very well done!
@yakattack537 12 жыл бұрын
Velvet Crush did a great cover in 1994
@stevensaylor1672 9 жыл бұрын
Great ! One of my many favorite Clark songs. Ü
@ganarseunacre 10 жыл бұрын
Great!!!
@mauricioochoa4179 8 жыл бұрын
Ah, the late 1960's! Nico. A great Gene Clark song. Somewhere missing here is Brian Jones nodding to his two friends.
@caity4149 2 жыл бұрын
Such a stunning video 💕
@pjsinnett 12 жыл бұрын
@yakattack537 a great original and a great cover.. love Velvet Crush..
@markritchie9590 4 жыл бұрын
Gene Clark and Doug Dillard - Why Not Your Baby She wore a blue dress when she walked in the room And in her eyes the look I saw was filled with gloom Is this the question I would answer all too soon? Come tell your friend what's wrong with you Why don't you call me your baby anymore? Am I so changed from some strange love that went before? Is this the change of mind that I've been designed for? Why not your baby anymore? Those words we spoke they only seemed to block our way The truth rang out when you called me and called my name I don't know what I can do or I can say Your good friends also find a way Why don't you call me your baby anymore? Am I so changed from some strange love that went before? Is this the change of mind that I've been designed for? Why not your baby anymore?
@captainsoul1953 8 жыл бұрын
This is the same pitch as my original 45......there is no album version as such
@Turnintoearth1 4 жыл бұрын
For those who really like Gene Clark (and The Byrds). The good news is that a very comprehensive article about Gene (popdiggers.com/gene-clark-the-byrd-and-the-best-introduction/) has been published, although we’re just about to start with the introduction, including links to his best songs. While you’re checking the article, why not take a look at the PopDiggers site (popdiggers.com/) - there are lots of articles in English. If you do like the article, please don’t forget to push the “like” button on Facebook (facebook.com/PopDiggers/).
@asokanponnusamy 8 жыл бұрын
Gene Clark is incomparable in everything he did. What is the scene playing here? Is it a movie? What movie?
@reaganwiles_art 4 жыл бұрын
That's NICO!
@Zepster77 3 жыл бұрын
Jesus, is that NICO in the clip that everyone is gawking at???
@kevingill2497 9 жыл бұрын
thats NICO
@lastnamefirst4035 4 жыл бұрын
Omg it sure looks like her b4 her heroin days
@jpn5144 4 жыл бұрын
...anymore
@waynenielsen238 3 жыл бұрын
Guy sure looks like a young Ed Ruscha
@Turnintoearth1 4 жыл бұрын
Gene Clark - very long article / biography Part 1 & 2 (of 6) have now been published: popdiggers.com/gene-clark-the-byrd-and-the-best-part-1/ popdiggers.com/gene-clark-the-byrd-and-the-best-part-2/ If you like what you read, please click “like” on PopDiggers’ Facebook page (maybe you have to scroll down a little) or start following PopDiggers: facebook.com/PopDiggers/posts/
@SchnappM 9 жыл бұрын
This is pitched up from the album version...
@russandtracy3887 7 ай бұрын
It was never on an album
@DonalCr 9 жыл бұрын
i need to hear that banjo track isolated! can anyone help me on a quest to find who produced this song? it would be cool to get the isolated banjo tracks for a number of songs from the album
@asokanponnusamy 7 жыл бұрын
Let me know if you were successful in your quest please
@DonalCr 7 жыл бұрын
nope, unfortunately not. i guess the only person who could probably teach us it is bernie leadon himself (im pretty sure thats him playing and not doug dillard)
@michaeldeanmcdaniel4427 3 жыл бұрын
Produced by Larry Marks Banjo by Doug Dillard
@EthanSierra48 12 жыл бұрын
Boyle.
@Vesnicie 8 жыл бұрын
Gene was into lots of things, but I didn't think helium was one of them.
@mauricioochoa4179 8 жыл бұрын
????
@Vesnicie 8 жыл бұрын
+Mauricio Ochoa The audio is sped up.
@kenkunz1428 4 жыл бұрын
Clark sounds like Buddy Holly on this song.
@jumpjimmy 12 жыл бұрын
Frankie Boyle... thats all
@bzfgt1 8 жыл бұрын
This is the chipmunk version
@duncane17 12 жыл бұрын
Not sure why I am listening to this - ask FRANKIE BOYLE. Nice, though.
@andrewgryska7297 2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic song. Too bad the production was so lame. It's no wonder it wasn't a hit. Sounds like a demo of gene and his guitar that was neglected for the album (which it is not on). Then someone finally figured out it was great and made it a a-side single, added Dillard's up tempo banjo to a down tempo song, drums, backing vocals and a string arrangement at odds with the banjo. Terrible. So sad. The song is great and gene had such a wonderful voice. It really seems this could be a contemporary hit with the right producer and pop or country vocalist. Just listen to some of the recent covers to know just how badly the original release was blown.