[138][139] The song found the Byrds successfully blending their signature harmonies and chiming 12-string guitar playing with the sound of the pedal steel guitar for the first time, foreshadowing their extensive use of the instrument on their next album, Sweetheart of the Rodeo. [50][56] Additionally, Richie Unterberger has stated that the song's abstract lyrics took rock and pop songwriting to new heights; never before had such intellectual and literary wordplay been combined with rock instrumentation by a popular music group. Here's Lester Bangs in 1981 spreading the myth and giving a backhanded compliment: "I saw the Byrds open up for the Stones in San Diego. He loves all sorts of rock musicians, from The Beatles to Guns N Roses and Dirty Honey. [21][150] Then, in September, Crosby refused to participate in the recording of the GoffinKing song "Goin' Back",[150] considering it to be inferior to his own "Triad", a controversial song about a mnage trois that was in direct competition with "Goin' Back" for a place on the album. [245] Nonetheless, the album managed to climb to number 20 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart and number 31 in the UK. [160] As a result, the album peaked at number 77 on the U.S. charts and was the least commercially successful Byrds' album to date upon its initial release. [262] During an interview with music journalist John Nork, McGuinn replied "absolutely not", when asked if he had any plans to revive the Byrds, explaining, "No, I don't want to do that. [3] During concert performances, a combination of poor sound, group illness, ragged musicianship, and the band's notoriously lackluster stage presence, all combined to alienate audiences and served to provoke a merciless castigating of the band in the British press. [248] In keeping with the new spirit of reconciliation that the reunion fostered, McGuinn permanently disbanded the Columbia lineup of the group in February 1973. One source of conflict was the power struggle that had begun to develop between producer Melcher and the band's manager, Jim Dickson, with the latter harboring aspirations to produce the band himself, causing him to be overly critical of the former's work. [220] Nonetheless, the song went on to become a staple of FM radio programming in America during the 1970s. The cover was done to help support Miraculous Love Kids. [23][30] Dickson began utilizing World Pacific Studios to record the trio as they honed their craft and perfected their blend of Beatles pop and Bob Dylan-style folk.
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