The Byrds - Wasn't Born To Follow (Audio)

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@ccryder6605 2 жыл бұрын

Image of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper instantly pops into my mind whenever I hear this song. RIP, guys. What a awesome time it was to be young and free in the 60s.

@ccryder6605 2 жыл бұрын

@Yogi Bear If only.....

@user-mx4vb8id4c 24 күн бұрын

truly,.............within the law........my father taught us well..........

@Bildgesmythe 13 күн бұрын

Damn, I'm 73 next month. This is still my favorite song!

@catherinemarks9545 8 күн бұрын

That was a tripping song for me too.took a couple hits this one time everything went hazy and when it cleared I was dressed as an indian chief,wearing one of those long head dresses,paint on my face and wearing the same clothes as the indians wear with mogisons on my feet.running with a pair of long narrow snowshoes.felt like it went on for ever.lol.😅😅😅😅

@jamesgatto8441 10 жыл бұрын

The ultimate song for the free spirited.

@deanmary1969 4 жыл бұрын

Ultimate well put 72 movin slower but that Spirit of being one not to Follow is still deep through the decades Ive watched folks that was preachin this conform and now retired not needin confinement actin like they were always that Free Soul ! Never happened ! Gettin ol but refuse to grow up now quote Calvin Russell ol vet way down in TX JD PEACE !

@corkeyguitarplayer1 2 жыл бұрын

AMEN AMEN

@kidkong637 2 жыл бұрын

Easy Rider!

@avengernemesis7990 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yes...I agree... Free spirited..Australia

@cstroud Жыл бұрын

48 yrs of not following … all I can say is freedom ain’t so free 😂👏🏻👊🏻

@simonkeel3030 4 жыл бұрын

I love this song because it is talking about disconnecting from society and wandering nature in a psychedelic haze.

@vinzelrato 3 жыл бұрын

This is more than a song, it is a true freedom anthem !

@corkeyguitarplayer1 2 жыл бұрын

AMEN

@reneg.1620 2 жыл бұрын

True!

@televinv8062 2 жыл бұрын

...and masterpiece. 👍🙏

@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631 2 жыл бұрын

What freedom?? U pay for freedom

@edwarddalton9710 2 жыл бұрын

You nailed it, dude!

@dannystrat 10 жыл бұрын

A perfect song. The timbre of the voices; the lyrics; the brevity of the performance. It has it's own niche.

@pbrucpaul 9 жыл бұрын

Very pleasant. The Byrds were very talented with transcending Folk with Psycheadelia in the 60's. That 'pulse' is what made them popular in the 60's. The L.A scene as well as the San Francisco scene really established more than a musical movement, but more of that consciousness that was growing back then. They were more than just that spaced out appearance that I remember on the "Ed Sullivan show (Good God like Ed was "Tuned in" ) ! I still dig it!

@karlkellar8614 10 ай бұрын

I agree completely. The imagery is outstanding (crystal colors no one knows the name of, legendary fountain). In a weird way it reminds me of a Jack Vance story, The Galactic Prime. Incidentally, it was written by Goffin and King, who also contributed Going Back to this album, another of my all-time favorites.

@karlkellar8614 10 ай бұрын

I've loved this song ever since the first time I heard it, when it first came out.

@WilliamElliott-xt1uw 5 ай бұрын

The Byrds music has stood up to the test of time. A great listen

@gurusoft1 3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated album in the history of rock. Unleashed a torrent of new sounds!

@williamdonnelly224 2 жыл бұрын

Agree. An absolute masterpiece.

@elizabethlinsay9193 Жыл бұрын

Agreed × 1,000%

@robertmchugh4639 Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@donaldloehr4300 Жыл бұрын

Not only this album, but the group as well.

@karlkellar8614 10 ай бұрын

Not a weak song on the album.

@halseytaylor9522 2 жыл бұрын

Blending the 12 string and the pedal steel guitars with a near perfect vocal harmony makes this one of the most exceptional pieces of music artistry from a time filled with musical genius.

@peternewman3487 6 ай бұрын

So true and well said.

@randomstardust1365 Жыл бұрын

Rest well David Crosby, & thanks for all the great music.

@billhannis6095 2 жыл бұрын

"she may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic . . ." god damn I love this song; there's just something about it . . .

@waltertaylor5395 2 жыл бұрын

I am 69 now and still have trouble following. Do not have any trouble enjoying great music like this. Thank you for putting up so o can add it to my workout playlist.

@kennyh5083 7 ай бұрын

Epic! Was perfect for the Easy Rider Movie!

@fredrickhawthorne5418 5 жыл бұрын

Goes from folk/country ish rock to pure psychedelic and back

@dustinlang5135 4 жыл бұрын

It's like it's combining the best genres in one song!

@abelsietecuatro9249 Жыл бұрын

sounds like American-Indian song.

@randallhultz Жыл бұрын

53years later I still love psychedelic rock 58 years old I love psychedelic rock and heavy metal couldn't ask for better music

@robertclifford2470 5 жыл бұрын

Lots of people saying they live in the wrong generation, but the way I see it(I'm 17) our generation gets to appreciate this music so much more because we know how bad it can be.

@Heretic_Hero 3 ай бұрын

Plus we can listen to this whenever we want

@jaxes88 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P Peter Fonda! I was thinking of you and this song today as I was riding through the desert.

@meowmeow-cr5sn 4 жыл бұрын

Those damn hillbillies shot him 😔

@ExplorerDS6789 2 жыл бұрын

He and Dennis Hopper are cruising down the highway to Heaven.

@kiwancurley304 6 жыл бұрын

A free spirit is never born to follow.

@johnfabozzi3636 4 жыл бұрын

You said it perfectly know other words needed can express that

@johnfabozzi3636 4 жыл бұрын

You said it perfectly no other words are needed to express that

@devster52 3 ай бұрын

Awesome arrangement that worked perfectly in Easy Rider. A Gerry Goffin & Carole King song.

@rustymerle 4 жыл бұрын

RIP Captain America...Great influence for a 14 yo kid in 1969 to go your own way in life.

@anthonyflynn9953 2 жыл бұрын

In one word? Terrific! The whole album.

@MichaelSmith-jw8qw 9 жыл бұрын

great guitar work and harmonies here--used in the film Easy Rider--fantastic piece of music

@Anonymous12465 8 жыл бұрын

Psychedelic, maaaaannn

@elizabethlinsay9193 5 жыл бұрын

As psychedelic as it comes!

@juicerversion1236 4 жыл бұрын

noah ? is that you??

@Sandbagger300 10 жыл бұрын

I wish that riff was at Least 1 Minute longer!

@clarenzlarka 4 жыл бұрын

Such a trippy contrast to move smoothly from a folky country tune to a psychedelic bridge. McGuinn was such a genius as an arranger.

@vincentfuhrer1182 8 жыл бұрын

This was when rock & roll was great!!

@terrykrauth830 4 жыл бұрын

ROCK N ROLL IS STILL GREAT. BEST MUSIC EVER.............. .

@BenDover-lm1kq 3 жыл бұрын

This is like country music on acid.

@bobalbin3659 3 жыл бұрын

It still is. Check out My Morning Jacket.

@fargeeks 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobalbin3659 weird ass band name The first time i heard of them was then they were on tv and showing this song called highly suspicious

@mixail201211 2 жыл бұрын

@@BenDover-lm1kq that's what rock n roll essentially is - country on coke and acid mixed with blues scale

@stephenhanson4513 10 жыл бұрын

one of the great songs ever

@MINIAWARFR 8 жыл бұрын

+stephen hanson (“quadrunner”) still is :))

@harrynelsonjr3921 4 жыл бұрын

A great Byrd song that should have gotten more airtime RIP Pete .

@tradewins 4 жыл бұрын

One of the high lights of my teenage life was an acid trip I took alone at home one Saturday night and when it was at its peak I listened to this album and also Laura Nyro's Eli and the 13th Confession. The music was a living presence in the room that pulsated with radiant spirit and energy. Those albums are imprinted on my being..something I'll always be grateful for.

@river-jordan612 3 жыл бұрын

My fave trippin' tune too!

@AndyBigDaddyWilkinson 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you ...Im the nut in the family who sings and is happy....who lives and breathes music..wHATS wrong with Andy ./??? But .you understand ...you are like me...I could never quite explain what happens to me or why I feel the way I do to someone who doesn't get.it ..Now i have the perfect answer....music is a living presence that has been forever imprinted on my soul./....Tradewins ...you brought happy tears to my soul today....peACE

@bd7077 3 жыл бұрын

This song is just beautiful on a trip.

@miyukishijisha8540 3 жыл бұрын

Yep, nothing quite like it, not these days though.

@noonespecial4171 3 жыл бұрын

@@AndyBigDaddyWilkinson bless your heart ♥

@thewordofgord 7 жыл бұрын

A short work of pure genius. From the album that was Roger McGuinns Sgt. Pepper.

@georgefelton2975 Жыл бұрын

I've read that McGuinn and Hillman pretty much finished the album by themselves.

@johndoudna7055 5 жыл бұрын

Country acid rock!!!

@thundergod1298 8 жыл бұрын

Loved this from the first time I heard it on Easy Rider. Didn't know it was written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin....

@robertpattison7988 7 жыл бұрын

Thundergod129 all so initially recorded by the Monkees, just the musical parts though.

@jimharris2897 Жыл бұрын

'67 was a truly transitional year. Summer of love and anti-war riots. Not to mention short board surfing revolutions and Owsley getting put out of business. But "The Canyon was rockin' and tasting country flavors. Peace, love, and aloha y'all.

@swittle 4 жыл бұрын

Much more than simply part of a soundtrack of days long passed and sorely missed.

@prollyhighrightnow 4 жыл бұрын

It’s impossible to listen to this and not feel happy! 😀

@pickles25 7 жыл бұрын

Oh I'd rather go and journey where the diamond crest is flowing and Run across the valley beneath the sacred mountain and Wander through the forest Where the the trees have leaves of prisms and break the light in colors That no one knows the names of And when it's time I'll go and wait beside a legendary fountain Till I see your form reflected in it's clear and jewelled waters And if you think I'm ready You may lead me to the chasm where the rivers of our vision Flow into one another I will want to die beneath the white cascading waters She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic And then she'll know the things I learned That really have no value in the end she will surely know I wasn't born to follow

@sportsmediaamerica 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Carole King & Gerry Goffin--and the Byrds for this definitive version.

@samuelbutterworth 4 жыл бұрын

Dive beneath, not die beneath 🤪

@tom.hoffmann6585 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@steviesugano6355 3 жыл бұрын

....Thanks for posting the lyrics. A Classic Beauty. :+)

@maureendevries1904 2 жыл бұрын

Kudos to Carole King

@larryprimeau5885 Ай бұрын

a great song a work of art

@keithburgess9822 4 жыл бұрын

Really captures the essence of Easy Rider doesn't it? Lyrical poetic sweetly melodic wasnt born to follow

@rodneybaker2643 11 ай бұрын

Aah,,😊I’m 72 I’ve loved Byrds since 16 -mr Tambourine man/times they are a changing!,,, (indeed😂) but this song is just so special and beautiful! Captures everything that was so special about the Byrds and the times-and just maybe the purest Byrds album !

@waltertaylor5395 2 жыл бұрын

Remember this from the Easy Rider soundtrack 8 track tape in an old Chevy panel truck with a couple of dirt bikes in the back. Cant believed I lived long enough to make these ancient memories. Tune still makes me feel good all these years later. Thanks for putting it out there!

@Zopf-international 5 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest early treasures in my life was hearing Draft Morning heading into Wasn't Born to Follow. Oh boy!

@Jkered215 Жыл бұрын

My dad who was born in 1960 grew up on this music and introduced it to me at an early age when he brought home the movie easy rider. One of my favorite movies ever and one of the best soundtracks ever. I’m now 22 and still love jamming to these groovy tunes maaaannn

@415JayTee 5 жыл бұрын

Absolute classic. Timeless.

@alanFconrad 5 ай бұрын

this song is another gem by Carole King

@fanviewijsselmeer 5 ай бұрын

Goffin wrote the lyrics and King provided the music

@user-zp7jp1vk2i 4 ай бұрын

@@fanviewijsselmeer Goffin?? do you really mean "Geffen"??!

@alanFconrad 4 ай бұрын

he's right,,,,its Carole's then husband Gerry Goffin@@user-zp7jp1vk2i

@networkcobbler Ай бұрын

@@user-zp7jp1vk2i Nope, it was Gerry Goffin, her husband and lyricist.

@joefront1969 Жыл бұрын

oThe only problem with this song is that it is too short.

@shahrukhalimirza4470 4 жыл бұрын

One of the greatest albums of all time 😍

@pbrucpaul 2 жыл бұрын

A really good combination of Folk, country, and Psychadelic Rock. Steady Bass and a Rhythm for a Polka or Texas 2- step. The Harmony is Legend with this group.

@pbrucpaul 2 жыл бұрын

At 1:04 it sounds like they dipped this nuimber in 'Acid'.

@elizabethlinsay9193 Жыл бұрын

One if the best albums of all time!

@simontaylor2319 4 жыл бұрын

Short, but one their best

@alexandrag4179 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of a very special someone, when we were listening to this song in his car while kissing, windows rolled down with the summer night air all around us. Thank you for the great memories, The Byrds.

@farhanarshad3678 9 жыл бұрын

Its a beautiful song with such soothing music thought provoking lyrics.

@user-ip9yu7lp1q Жыл бұрын

Oh I'd rather go and journey where the diamond crest is flowing And run across the valley beneath the sacred mountain And wander through the forest, where the trees have leaves of prisms And break the light in colors that no one knows the names of And when it's time I'll go and wait beside a legendary fountain Till I see your form reflected in its clear and jeweled waters And if you think I'm ready, you may lead me to the chasm Where the rivers of our vision flow into one another I will want to dive beneath the white cascading waters She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic And mention all the things I'll lose That really have no value in the end she will surely know I wasn't born to follow

@OspreyFlyer 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for posting! 👍

@mrsoikawa 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful lyrics

@Bildgesmythe 13 күн бұрын

My favorite song

@SuperBuzzy57 6 жыл бұрын

From my days. What an impression music like this had on me. The open road meant that a breakdown left you miles from anything. But people back then weren't afraid to help.

@ChrisDutch 10 жыл бұрын

As good as any 2:05 ever recorded. R.I.P. Gerry Goffin.

@carrollhughes2354 6 жыл бұрын

I'm blessed to have been born in the best generation! LIBERATING!!

@roccodimiccio5199 3 жыл бұрын

And it’s overrrrr. Nothing lasts

@garyonderisin8338 9 ай бұрын

one of the best rock albums ever. this song has meant so much to me ever since it first heard, what a genius song. what a genius band.

@tom.hoffmann6585 5 жыл бұрын

The Byrds have always been super great 😀

@krumple8560 6 ай бұрын

A classic by any measure.

@SkycladWanderer Жыл бұрын

Rest is peace buddy, thank you for all the great art.

@gliextra6097 Жыл бұрын

A BIG man flying to join the other BIGs who are slowly leaving, leaving us with the feeling of being all more or less "orphans", but luckily for us we are the HEIRS of their music which will continue as always to accompany our days forever...!!! R.I.P. DAVID ❤ P.S. DENNIS HOPPER for the look of his character in the film EASY RIDER was openly inspired by DAVID CROSBY ☮

@raymondkb2nzo788 3 ай бұрын

Great song

@kirkdavis7360 4 жыл бұрын

What a time to be free

@wmStubblefield 5 жыл бұрын

Never gets old.

@blackholeentry3489 2 жыл бұрын

I play it at least once a week.

@williamwalker2461 10 жыл бұрын

LOve the Byrds!

@ronaldalanperry4875 3 жыл бұрын

Why must this absolutely delicious song be so damned short!

@joelgalvan8358 2 жыл бұрын

Draft morning was a very underrated song. Lyric, to learn to kill and take the will from, unknown faces.

@plrndl Жыл бұрын

This recording should have an award for "Best Use of Phasing in a Musical Performance" (EVER)! I wasn't born to follow, but I make an exception for the Byrds.

@billfussman8859 Жыл бұрын

Always good to take a trip by yourself, cleanse your mind, speak with your spirit guide. You'll never hear unless you really listen........

@LS1conehead 3 жыл бұрын

Just LOVE Clarence's twangcaster picking on that 'outro' (and through the WHOLE GREAT song for that matter)!! :)

@waltmills9342 6 ай бұрын

great tune

@briancorriveau5134 Жыл бұрын

"The Notorious Byrd Brothers" is a fantastic LP, beginning to end.

@peternewman3487 6 ай бұрын

Beautiful music.

@odedfried-gaon2880 10 жыл бұрын

gotta love that flanger!

@videomaniac108 Жыл бұрын

I first heard this song on the "Easy Rider" soundtrack when I saw the movie in a theater in the fall of 1969, just as I had finished training at Ft Jackson, SC.

@thomasbell7033 Жыл бұрын

I first heard this song in Easy Rider, the film.

@davideulivieri5138 Жыл бұрын

This tune in Easy Rider got me thru my military service. Still love it.

@kaede7876 Жыл бұрын

1:25 is so good, that effect on the guitar.... kinda warped sounding

@finderskeepers5343 3 жыл бұрын

Just about the greatest song ever!

@nateswanke3368 Жыл бұрын

love this song just wish it were looonger

@Jake-jd1zg 8 жыл бұрын

NEED A LONGER VERSION!

@sandsoftime1954 2 жыл бұрын

Freak'in Carole King, man. an unbelievable gem !

@robinmatyjasek7390 7 ай бұрын

At first I couldn't believe that this was written by Carole King... but then I realised that it couldn't have been written by any other...

@insideno3tv513 6 жыл бұрын

FLIPPING GREAT >>>>>>

@wotanskettenhund 9 жыл бұрын

The very Best

@Texeq 8 ай бұрын

The best Byrds album

@metisslo8800 9 жыл бұрын

Easy Rider (y)

@miyukishijisha8540 4 жыл бұрын

Great Mc Guinn vocals as always

@robertmncnaughto623 Жыл бұрын

rip mate thanks for the music gbnf

@charlieleonardo 5 жыл бұрын

Love the flange/phaser part when I pick up the glass pipe!

@tropicsandoceans7945 6 жыл бұрын

And if you think I'm ready You may lead me to the chasm where the rivers of our vision Flow into one another

@lawrencesimmons5093 4 жыл бұрын

sub...........lime.............

@23igna 4 жыл бұрын

poetry

@ivanosartori6221 4 жыл бұрын

Peter Fonda sul chopper Harley-Davidson, cinquant'anni fa, in Easy Rider. La mia canzone preferita di una colonna sonora perfetta.

@ederle-laradioperduta4546 3 жыл бұрын

Italia!

@bgebbq314 3 жыл бұрын

I love this incredibly beautiful song.

@reneg.1620 2 жыл бұрын

Me too.

@wilfriedmathias2236 7 жыл бұрын

Super song!

@petersack5074 6 ай бұрын

Wish that THE ASSOCIATION, group and some of this type of bands, woulda gotten together back then ; coulda been a heck of a show. Add Fifth Dimension into it, too. Group 'em all together on one stage.....

@johnuowitt5441 10 ай бұрын

One of my favourite '60 albums

@alanmcgivney6754 6 жыл бұрын

Absolute class!👍

@davidbeckman7925 Ай бұрын

Carole King brought me here. She brings me everywhere.

@malcolmhardwick4258 2 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful song !

@cliffcrabtree4359 4 жыл бұрын

1:02,the flanger section... Amazing on headphones !!!,😎

@wsemmons2001 4 жыл бұрын

🎧🔊🔊🔊

@Gos1234567 6 жыл бұрын

Great bands around in 1968,now in 2018 lets list all the great bands........ummm........anyone?

@silverarrow2353 6 жыл бұрын

gerry o sullivan Rage Against the Machine is the only one I will remember...the sing "Killing in the name of Love" by a more gentile song..."The Ghost of Tom Joad". Trying to hold on...

@briantruitt5218 5 жыл бұрын

Wilco

@Spanosmusic Жыл бұрын

A beautiful song written by Carol King and polished into a gem by The Byrds. Crosby has a beautiful voice. too bad he's so hard to get along with, they replaced his picture with a horse, who by the way was very friendly and easy to get along with as long as you had carrots. :)

@georgefelton2975 Жыл бұрын

McGuinn claims with a straight face that the horse just wandered in when they were readying that shot. (There are other photos of the Byrds riding horses right around there.) He also said that if they intended the horse to be Crosby, they'd have turned it around.

@Spanosmusic Жыл бұрын

@@georgefelton2975 That may very well be true, it was just a coincidence and I don't see any reason why McGuinn would lie about it. But they used that picture and it does seems appropriate, whether on purpose or not. Maybe that horse knew something we're unaware of Lol If they turned the horse around though no one would have been able to see it. I think it's kind of fitting that Michael Clark is holding the reins of the horse, although by doing so it would seem they wanted the horse to remain in the picture, whether the horse was supposed to represent Crosby or not.

@georgefelton2975 Жыл бұрын

@@Spanosmusic Interesting points, Christopher. A great album cover, for sure. I like the back side, too, where they're standing behind the horse, McGuinn right over the saddle. The album's title is cool. One of my favorite Byrds albums.

@Spanosmusic Жыл бұрын

@@georgefelton2975 To my surprise this interview with Gary Usher popped up on KZfaq, I'm sure you'll find this very interesting. Of course the Notorious Byrd Brothers album cover came up. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bth0nNWfyM22on0.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fL2IqNxjyJ3SqHk.html

@georgefelton2975 Жыл бұрын

@@Spanosmusic Glad you found that interview with Usher (I think there are two of them in which he talks about the Byrds). He's especially tough on Crosby, saying he was so arrogant and opinionated as to be impossible to work with, as you probably heard. Usher did a lot for the Byrds and produced some of their very best albums, as you also know. Great to find another Byrds fan.