History YMMV / TheFlyingBurritoBrothers

* FaceOfTheBand: Gram Parsons was the group's charismatic frontman, its heartthrob, and its most famous member, [[PosthumousPopularityPotential at least posthumously.]]

* RefrainFromAssuming: They never did a song called "Devil in Disguise" that would be "Christine's Tune".

** Chris Ethridge, for the R&B influences he brought to the band as well as originating two of their best songs (the pair of "Hot Burritos").

* HarsherInHindsight: "Christine's Tune" is about Christine Hinton, a Byrds groupie whom both Parsons and Hillman had apparently had negative experiences with, and who would become David Crosby's girlfriend. Seven months after the song's release, Hinton was killed in a car accident, an incident which devastated Crosby and sent him on a downward spiral of drug abuse. Hillman felt bad about the whole thing, and on the Burritos' live album ''Last of the Red-Hot Burritos'', the song was credited with the less accusatory title "Devil In Disguise." More recent releases tend to list both titles.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: While the actual music on ''The Gilded Palace of Sin'' is fairly timeless--with the possible exception of Sneaky Pete's fuzzed out steel guitar--the references to the draft for the Vietnam war ("My Uncle") and the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago ("Hippie Boy") clearly date the album to the late [[TheSixties sixties]] in America.

* BrokenBase: Some fans feel that the band effectively ceased to exist after Gram Parsons' departure; others think that the addition of Rick Roberts revitalized them, and that their self-titled third album is actually a substantial improvement over [[SophomoreSlump ''Burrito Deluxe.'']]

* FaceOfTheBand: Gram Parsons, the group's charismatic frontman and most famous member, [[PosthumousPopularityPotential at least posthumously.]]

** In fact, the perception that the Flying Burrito Brothers were Gram Parsons plus a few sidemen became, not unjustifiably, something of a BerserkButton for Chris Hillman over the years.
* MisattributedSong: "Wild Horses" is often assumed to be a Gram Parsons original that was subsequently CoveredUp by Music/TheRollingStones, partly because the Burritos' version came out first. In reality, the song was written by Keith Richards and Mick Jagger (although Parsons may well have inspired it).

* BrokenBase: Some fans feel that the band effectively ceased to exist after Gram Parsons' departure; others think that the addition of Rick Roberts revitalized them, and that their self-titled third album is actually a substantial improvement over the SophomoreSlump ''Burrito Deluxe.''

* {{Narm}}: "Hippie Boy," or nearly five minutes of Chris Hillman preaching a sermon over a gospel-influenced backing. While the track was meant to be an AffectionateParody of overly serious [[SpokenWordInMusic spoken-word]] country songs, the joke hasn't aged particularly well and nowadays the whole thing just comes across as kind of corny.

** "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, who was arguably the architect of the group's distinctive sound since his pedal steel, played through a variety of effects pedals, was their main lead instrument.

* {{Narm}}: "Hippie Boy," or nearly five minutes of Hillman [[SpokenWordInMusic solemnly preaching a sermon]] over a gospel-influenced backing. While the track was meant to be a parody of sorts, most fans agree that the joke hasn't aged particularly well, and that it comes across more corny than anything else.

* {{Narm}}: "Hippie Boy," or nearly five minutes of Hillman [[SpokenWordInMusi solemnly preaching a sermon]] over a gospel-influenced backing. While the track was meant to be a parody of sorts, most fans agree that the joke hasn't aged particularly well, and that it comes across more corny than anything else.

* CommonKnowledge: "Christine's Tune" is often stated to be about the Laurel Canyon performance artist and hanger-on Christine Frka. However, Chris Hillman has gone on record as saying that the "Christine" of the song's title is Byrds fan Christine Hinton (see HarsherInHindsight below).

** "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow, who was arguably the architect of the group's sound since his pedal steel, played through a variety of effects pedals, was their main lead instrument.

* FaceOfTheBand: Gram Parsons, the group's charismatic frontman and most famous member.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Christine's Tune" was about Christine Hinton, a Byrds groupie whom both Parsons and Hillman had apparently had negative experiences with, and who would become David Crosby's girlfriend. Seven months after the song's release, Hinton was killed in a car accident, an incident which devastated Crosby and by most accounts sent him on a downward spiral of drug abuse. Hillman felt bad about the whole thing, and on the Burritos' live album ''Last of the Red-Hot Burritos'', the song was credited with the less accusatory title "Devil In Disguise." More recent releases tend to list both titles.

* MisattributedSong: "Wild Horses" is often assumed to be a Gram Parsons original that was CoveredUp by Music/TheRollingStones. In reality, the song was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards (although Parsons may well have inspired it).
* {{Narm}}: "Hippie Boy," or nearly five minutes of Hillman solemnly preaching a sermon over a gospel-influenced backing. While the track was meant to be a parody of sorts, most fans agree that the joke hasn't aged particularly well, and that it comes across more corny than anything else.

* HarsherInHindsight: "Christine's Tune" was about Christine Hinton, a Byrds groupie whom both Parsons and Hillman had apparently had negative experiences with, and who would become David Crosby's girlfriend. Seven months after the song's release, Hinton was killed in a car accident, an incident which devastated Crosby and by most accounts sent him on a downward spiral of drug abuse. Hillman later felt bad about the song, and on the Burritos' live album ''Last of the Red-Hot Burritos'', it sports the less accusatory title "Devil In Disguise." Most current releases list the song as "Christine's Tune (a.k.a. Devil In Disguise)."

** In fact, the perception that the Flying Burrito Brothers were Gram Parsons plus a few sidemen became--not unjustifiably--something of a BerserkButton for Chris Hillman.