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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Upon its release in 1969, ''Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde'' was considered a welcome return to form for the band after their commercially unsuccessful experiment with the country genre on ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo.'' Averted now that ''Sweetheart'' had been thoroughly VindicatedByHistory.
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Upon its release in 1969, ''Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde'' was considered a welcome return to form for the band after their commercially unsuccessful experiment with the country genre on ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo.'' Averted now that ''Sweetheart'' had has been thoroughly VindicatedByHistory.
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** Chris Hillman for his strong supporting musicianship, and the way he emerged as a songwriter seemingly out of nowhere , writing ''four'' originals for the ''Younger Than Yesterday'' album ("Have You Seen Her Face", "Time Between", "Thoughts and Words" and "The Girl With No Name") and co-writing a fifth ("So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star") with [=McGuinn=].
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** Chris Hillman for his strong supporting musicianship, and the way he emerged as a songwriter seemingly out of nowhere , nowhere, writing ''four'' originals for the ''Younger Than Yesterday'' album ("Have You Seen Her Face", "Time Between", "Thoughts and Words" and "The Girl With No Name") and co-writing a fifth ("So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star") with [=McGuinn=].
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* AuthorsSavingThrow: Upon its release in 1969, ''Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde'' was considered a welcome return to form for the band after their commercially unsuccessful experiment with the country genre on ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo.'' Averted now that ''Sweetheart'' had been thoroughly VindicatedByHistory.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to country rock.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: DorkAge: Some see everything the band did after ''Sweetheart of the Rodeo'' (or, in a more extreme variant, everything after ''Notorious'') as this. In recent years, though, appreciation for the band's later era has increased, particularly due to the undeniable quality of Clarence White's guitar playing, and the fact that the latter-day Byrds were far better onstage than the classic lineup.
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to countryrock.rock.
** Chris Hillman for his strong supporting musicianship, and the way he emerged as a songwriter seemingly out of nowhere , writing ''four'' originals for the ''Younger Than Yesterday'' album ("Have You Seen Her Face", "Time Between", "Thoughts and Words" and "The Girl With No Name") and co-writing a fifth ("So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star") with [=McGuinn=].
* EnsembleDarkhorse:
** Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to country
** Chris Hillman for his strong supporting musicianship, and the way he emerged as a songwriter seemingly out of nowhere , writing ''four'' originals for the ''Younger Than Yesterday'' album ("Have You Seen Her Face", "Time Between", "Thoughts and Words" and "The Girl With No Name") and co-writing a fifth ("So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star") with [=McGuinn=].
* GeniusBonus: "Space Odyssey" is often described as sounding like a science fiction-themed sea shanty. This isn't far off, since the song's melody is taken from a nautically-themed traditional English folk song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Z4wqaTjPI "The Handsome Cabin Boy."]]
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* ValuesDissonance: The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1967-68 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quite shocking.
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* ValuesDissonance: ValuesDissonance:
** The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1967-68 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quiteshocking.shocking.
** The controversial "Triad" may well have been boundary-pushing when David Crosby wrote it back in 1967, but it's aged rather poorly--nowadays, the whole thing comes across more like a cringe-inducing boast than anything else.
** The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1967-68 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quite
** The controversial "Triad" may well have been boundary-pushing when David Crosby wrote it back in 1967, but it's aged rather poorly--nowadays, the whole thing comes across more like a cringe-inducing boast than anything else.
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* FandomEnragingMisconception: That the band didn't play their instruments on the ''Mr. Tambourine Man'' album. In fact, it was only the "Mr. Tambourine Man" single and its B-side, "I Knew I'd Want You," that featured session musicians. Not to mention that [=McGuinn=] was featured instrumentally on both songs.
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* SophomoreSlump: Despite featuring some of Gene Clark's most memorable originals, ''Turn Turn Turn'' is usually regarded as being weaker than ''Mr. Tambourine Man.''
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* NeverLiveItDown: Crosby's behavior at the Monterey Pop Festival (most notably, his rant about John F. Kennedy's assassination) seems to be this for him in the context of his time with the Byrds. It's commonly cited as being the encapsulation of why [=McGuinn=] and Hillman decided that he was more trouble than he was worth as a bandmate.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Crosby's onstage behavior at the Monterey Pop Festival (most notably, his rant about John F. Kennedy's assassination) seems to be this for him in the context of his time with the Byrds. It's commonly cited as being the encapsulation of why [=McGuinn=] and Hillman decided that he was more trouble than he was worth as a bandmate.
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* NeverLiveItDown: Crosby's behavior at the Monterey Pop Festival (most notably, his rant about John F. Kennedy's assassination) seems to be this for him in the context of his time with the Byrds. It's commonly cited as being the encapsulation of why [=McGuinn=] and Hillman decided that he was more trouble than he was worth as a bandmate.
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* ValuesDissonance: The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1968 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quite shocking.
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* ValuesDissonance: The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1968 1967-68 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quite shocking.
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* ValuesDissonance: The final couplet of "Artificial Energy" - ''I'm coming down off amphetamine/And I'm in jail 'cause I killed a queen.'' Overtly discussing drugs and homophobic hate crimes was edgy even in 1968 (although, surprisingly, the song wasn't met with much controversy upon its release); nowadays, the latter reference in particular is quite shocking.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to country rock.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [PosthumousPopularityPotential [[PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to country rock.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[DeadArtistsAreBetter [PosthumousPopularityPotential untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to country rock.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''Sweetheart Of The Rodeo'' was recognized in later years as the TropeCodifier, even the TropeMaker, of country rock.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''Sweetheart Of The Rodeo'' was recognized in later years as the TropeCodifier, even the TropeMaker, of country rock.rock, but when it was released, it was their lowest selling album up to that point. The band's rock audience ignored it, and the country music establishment rejected it viciously, with the band being heckled at the Grand Ole Opry and famed Nashville DJ Ralph Emery dismissing their version of "You Ain't Goin' Nowhere" in front of the band themselves [[note]] Emery initially refused to play the song and mocked the band throughout the interview repeatedly before finally agreeing to play the song[[/note]].
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* GenreTurningPoint: The band was a key voice in the formation of the folk rock genre. Notable was their cover of Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", which they performed for him in studio. The next day, as David Crosby put it, he ran out and hired an electric band - and the rest is history.
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* EarWorm: Many songs fall under this, but namely "Chestnut Mare" comes to this troper's mind.
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* EarWorm: Many songs fall under this, but namely "Chestnut Mare" comes to this troper's mind.
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* HarsherInHindsight: "Bugler" from ''Farther Along'', about a dog who gets run over and dies, took on a new meaning when Clarence White (who sang the song) was killed by being run over by a drunk driver in 1973.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: This 2018 Website/{{Twitter}} exchange.
-->'''David Crosby''': I don’t play stoned...used to long ago ...but it turns out I do better work if I’m clear headed.
-->'''Roger [=McGuinn=]''': Now you tell us! Could have used that advice 50 years ago.
-->'''David Crosby''': I don’t play stoned...used to long ago ...but it turns out I do better work if I’m clear headed.
-->'''Roger [=McGuinn=]''': Now you tell us! Could have used that advice 50 years ago.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[DeadArtistsAreBetter untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to CountryRock.country rock.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''Sweetheart Of The Rodeo'' was recognized in later years as the TropeCodifier, even the TropeMaker, of CountryRock.
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** They recorded Crosby's OneTrueThreesome ode "Triad" for ''The Notorious Byrd Brothers'', but the others hated it and after Crosby got fired they saw no problem in leaving it off the album. Crosby gave it to Music/JeffersonAirplane instead, and the Byrds version sat on the shelf for 20 years.
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* AmericansHateTingle: "Eight Miles High" chronicles the band's frosty reception in UsgfulNotes/{{London}}.
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** They Covered Up "Jesus is Just Alright", first recorded by the Art Reynolds Singers, only to have The Doobie Brothers version Cover them Up.
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* EnsembleDarkhorse: Gene Clark and Gram Parsons both have reputations that transcend their brief stints as Byrds. While their solo work and [[DeadArtistsAreBetter untimely deaths]] have a lot to do with it, they both played important roles in the band's history. Clark was their best in-house songwriter on the early albums, and Parsons was responsible for their shift to Country Rock.
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** They Covered Up "Jesus is Just Alright", first recorded by the Art Reynolds Singers, only to have The Doobie Brothers Music/TheDoobieBrothers' version Cover them Up.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''Sweetheart Of The Rodeo'' was recognized in later years as the TropeCodifier, even the TropeMaker, of CountryRock.
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The string quartet bridge in "Old John Robertson".
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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The bridges of a couple songs on ''The Notorious Byrd Brothers'': "Wasn't Born To Follow" (music is suddenly phased and discordant) and "Old John Robertson" (a string quartet bridge in "Old John Robertson".out of nowhere takes over the song).
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* CoveredUp: They've covered Music/BobDylan several times.
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* CoveredUp: CoveredUp:
** They've covered Music/BobDylan severaltimes.times.
** "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was written (the music, that is) by Pete Seeger and was first recorded by The Limeliters in 1962.
** They Covered Up "Jesus is Just Alright", first recorded by the Art Reynolds Singers, only to have The Doobie Brothers version Cover them Up.
** They've covered Music/BobDylan several
** "Turn! Turn! Turn!" was written (the music, that is) by Pete Seeger and was first recorded by The Limeliters in 1962.
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** Things shifted around in their later years, though. "Chestnut Mare" was a Top 20 hit in the UK but didn't even make the charts in the US.
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** Clarence White's guitar virtuosity was a major ingredient in their later years and has also won him some admiration. And he died young too.
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* CoveredUp: They've covered Music/BobDylan several times.
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* VindicatedByHistory: ''SweetheartOfTheRodeo'' was recognized in later years as the TropeCodifier, even the TropeMaker, of CountryRock.
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