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Watch The Byrds perform “Eight Miles High” in 1970 at the legendary Fillmore East venue. Along with Loves 7 & 7 Is, it was one of the first US acid rock singles. Powerhouse drumming at it finest with some great fills. This live version, from the Fillmore East in 1970, is all about the rhythm section. Many people believe this song is about drugs, but the band claimed it was inspired by a flight where singer Gene Clark asked guitarist Roger McGuinn how. But with that said Clarkes finest hour was Eight Miles High and its equally stunning flipside Why. It’s nearly ten minutes of hypnotic, mesmerising musicianship. Here is a late-era performance from legendary act The Byrds. I’m not denying that the Byrds did drugs at that point – we smoked marijuana – but it wasn’t really about that.” It’s retro Friday and it doesn’t get much better than this. No Hillman, Crosby, or Clark to sing with. McGuinn is a fine singer, Skip an adequate harmony singer. This incarnation of the Byrds was a little light in the vocals department. And what would the song be without the Rickenbacker 12-string breaks?”Īccording to McGuinn after being asked if it was about drugs, he replied: “Well, it was done on an airplane ride to England and back. I got it around 1972, when I was in the 9th grade. I came up with the line, ‘Six miles high and when you touch down.’ We later changed that to Eight because of the Beatles song ‘Eight Days a Week.’ I came up with several other lines as well.
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Roger McGuinn argues, “Not true! The whole theme was my idea… Gene would never have written a song about flying. Tabs, letra y acordes de Eight Miles High por The Byrds.
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The melody and lyrics I wrote myself in a hotel room with Brian Jones in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.” Acordes y tablatura de Eight Miles High (The Byrds), partitura y cifrado americano, los mejores acordes para guitarra y piano de Eight Miles High de The Byrds. Claims about who really wrote the songs are quite confusing, as Gene Clark says he was the main author of the lyrics, saying, “I wrote the song and presented it to McGuinn and Crosby on tour – we were on a bus tour at the time, and we were listening to a lot of John Coltrane, a lot of Ravi Shankar, and they helped me finish the song.
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