49 reasons

[rich]

u said: I'm a big fan of the Byrds, have been from the moment I first
heard them. There's a good chance that I heard them the moment they
"broke." The Byrds sounded/felt like the Beatles in many way, having
one of the top pop countertenors in David Crosby and George Harrison
inspired guitar work from Jim [soon to be Roger] McGuinn
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if Jules introduced Pynchon to Brian Wilson one could speculate that
he knew Crosby, McGuinn, as well
I loved the Byrds only for that 12 string guitar sound which George
Harrison used in A Hard Days Night (fireburst-like color scheme, blood
orange like?)-I Should've Known Better on the train
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u said Like a Rolling Stone" raised a lot of consternation from
old-timers, like my Dad—"You call that singing!!! That's not singing,
that's awful, turn it off!!!"—
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your dad sounded like my dad--"you call  that singing--here, let me
put on Rene Fleming, now that's singing" ;)

Rich

On 4/17/09, Robin Landseadel <robinlandseadel at comcast.net> wrote:
> In advance of later postings for The Crying of Lot 49, I'm re-
> presenting present this "6 degrees" theory concerning the Paranoids.
>
> I'm a big fan of the Byrds, have been from the moment I first heard
> them. There's a good chance that I heard them the moment they "broke."
> I was plugged into a 12 transistor "Viscount" portable radio via
> earphone for most of 1965 and spent long hours purposefully listening
> to top 40 from KHJ, KFWB & KRLA. The Byrds sounded/felt like the
> Beatles in many way, having one of the top pop countertenors in David
> Crosby and George Harrison inspired guitar work from Jim [soon to be
> Roger] McGuinn. 1965 is the year when Dylan "broke" as well. "Like a
> Rolling Stone" raised a lot of consternation from old-timers, like my
> Dad—"You call that singing!!! That's not singing, that's awful, turn
> it off!!!"—and excited giggles among freaks, like my Mom. Later, 8
> Miles High came out and then was withdrawn from the top ten due to
> widespread news reports that the song was a about—had to be about, I
> mean listen to those weird intervals, that atonal solo—LSD. 8 Miles
> High was about a jet flight, but it Sounded like LSD. And there you are.
>
> In any case, any of you who have looked over "Positively 4th Street"
> by David Hajdu:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Positively-4th-Street-Farina-Richard/dp/0374281998
>
> . . . understand that there's these connections between Dylan & Baez &
> Richard and Mimi Farina and Pynchon, enough that Pynchon actually
> contributed to the book. So I'm going to hazard a guess that OBA knew
> about this really young group called "The Jet Set" that sang Dylan
> songs and had a batch of super-sensitive ballads by the skinny,
> disturbed-looking one. He might have noticed their attempt at Beatle
> haircuts. Maybe he knew about those sessions out at World Pacific, by
> then called the "Beefeaters" and making demos back in 1964.
>
> CoL49 concerns itself with the moment just before revelation and LSD
> figures into it heavily. The opening  credits of the film of "49"
> should be "Have You Seen Her Face", a 1967 attempt at top 40 that
> didn't quite make it. Paranoid Pop at its finest:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A28Ldqa2pAs
>
> Anyway, back to the LSD theme, here's the Monterey Pop audio—sounds
> like David Crosby convinced the sound man to turn his mike way up in
> the mix— of "Have You Seen Her Face" with an interesting intro from
> the troublemaker of the group:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWcnYoB_Ykc
>
> The Paranoids [Gene Clark was afraid of flying on Jets, Roger McGuinn
> loves it] reappear at the Fillmore as Zoyd moves to Vineland. And of
> course Mucho and Zoyd talk about LSD.
>
>
>