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Band Name Origins:
- The members of the group were thinking about something that had to do with flying, freedom... And then somebody suggested The Birds. As "bird" was at the time a British slang for "girl", they decided to change the spelling to "The Byrds". They told radio djs in the sixties that the change of letters had the purpose of confusing people. Submitted by: Itamar
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Draft Morning" | Morning is heard, but Draft is nowhere to be seen or heard. - Paul Warren |
| "My Back Pages" | To my knowledge, this Dylan song (like some others) doesn't contain the title in the lyrics. It is best known for the refrain "but I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now," which I thought was the title, which totally confused me - Raphael |
Better Names for Current Songs:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Three Mile Isle" | "Eight Miles High" | oldsong |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Feelin' Alright" | "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better," The Byrds | Josh |
| "How High The Moon?" | "Eight Miles High," The Byrds | I don't think so! - Raphael |
| "Upside Down" | "Turn, Turn, Turn!," The Byrds | A very helpful suggestion - Anne |
| "Are You Gonna Go My Way?" | "Wasn't Born To Follow," The Byrds | Don't let the door hit you in the butt, Lenny! - Kieran from Nevada |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"My Back Ages" originally "My Back Pages"
Right along with the rest of me!
Marcia Todd
"Daft Morning" originally "Draft Morning"
Kristin Hadley's Boyfriend
"Raft Morning" originally "Draft Morning"
Kristin Hadley's Boyfriend
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"My Black Pages" originally "My Back Pages"
Marcia Todd
"Draft Mourning" originally "Draft Morning"
The pronunciation is obviously the same, though.
Kristin Hadley's Boyfriend
"So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Sitar" originally "So You Want To Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star"
Cape Canaveral Lavigne
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"My Back Wages" originally "My Back Pages"
Marcia Todd
"Craft Morning" originally "Draft Morning"
That No-one Candy Nye
"I'll Peel A Whole Lot Better" originally "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better"
Mackram
"Hickory Wine" originally "Hickory Wind"
Mr. X
"Hickory Mind" originally "Hickory Wind"
Chris
There are additional song titles with a letter changed available.
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Turn Turn Turn" | "Turn Turn Turn (The Machine Tool Song)" | Susanna Viljanen |
| "Eight Miles High" | "Eight Miles Wide (Lake Erie Ice Incident)" | Melanie Lee |
| "I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better" | "I'll Steal A Lo-jacked Jetta" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Wasn't Born To Follow" | "The Ballad Of Rihanna" | The Jeff Gordon Racing Network |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn! -To Everything There Is a Season" | "Change! Change! To Everything Obama Says Change" | Linda Terhune |
| "Mr. Tambourine Man" | "Missed the Pandering, Man" | Michael Pacholek |
| "So You Wanna Be A Rock 'N' Roll Star" | "So You Wanna Leave A Permanent Scar" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star" | "So You Wanna Be An Amiright Star" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "My Back Pages" | "My Back Aches, Man" | Paul Robinson |
| "Turn! Turn! Turn!" | "We Return!" | Michael Pacholek |
There are additional song parodies available. | ||
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Have You Seen Her Face? | Institute For The Blind | Evan |
| You Ain't Goin' Nowhere | Orbitz/Airlines | Evan |
| This Wheel's On Fire | People Against Arson | Mr. Mud |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| 26 Miles Four Preps | Eight Miles High The Byrds | 26 Miles High THAT'S PRETTY HIGH! | jdizzy |
| Harder To Breathe Maroon 5 | Eight Miles High The Byrds | Harder To Breathe Eight Miles High | Twila Paris Hilton |
| Fake Plastic Trees Radiohead | Eight Miles High The Byrds | Fake Plastic Trees Eight Miles High | Naomi Swanson |
| Waterfallls TLC | Eight Miles High The Byrds | Waterfalls Eight Miles High | Gretchen Wieners |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
The Yardbyrds
The Yardbirds combined with The Byrds
Submitted By: hamburger456
The O'Jay Byrds
The O'Jays combined with The Byrds
Submitted By: Martha Hankins
The Byrds and The Bee Gees
The Byrds combined with The Bee Gees
Submitted By: Rob
Byrd Wings
The Byrds combined with Wings
Submitted By: Blue Ant
There are additional Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"I Knew I'd Want You"
Misheard Lyrics: I knew I'd want you again.
Original Lyrics: I knew I'd want you, oh yeah.
| "Spanish Harlem Incident"
Misheard Lyrics: Your flaming p****'s on the street.
Original Lyrics: Your flaming feet burn up the street.
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"Mr. Tambourine Man"
Misheard Lyrics: Hey, Mr. Gay Marine Man
Original Lyrics: Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man
| "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for TV.
Original Lyrics: I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade.
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| There are additional misheard lyrics available. | |
Funny Lyrics:
"Chestnut Mare"
The Funny Lyrics: Well I was up on Stony Ridge
after this chestnut mare, been chasing her for weeks Oh I'd catch a glimpse of her every once in a while taking her meal, bathing, fine lady Why They're Funny: I'm pretty sure this song is not just about catching a horse. 'I snuck up on her.., got my rope out and I flung it in the air' --I think old Roger had a bit of a horse fetish.
Submitted by: Moken Troll
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Repetitive Lyrics:
"Don't Make Waves"
The Repetitive Lyrics: Don't make waves
Don't make waves Don't make waves Why They're Repetitive: It is pretty annoying that McGuinn and Hillman keep chanting that several times in the boring B-side of one of their better songs 'Have You Seen Her Face'. Get the Younger Than Yesterday expanded edition and go to track thirteen and you will be bored too.
Submitted by: Mr. X
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Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Eight Miles High"
Opening Lines: Eight miles high and when you touch down You'll find that it's stranger than known.
Comments: The Byrds' 1966 top ten hit, "Eight Miles High" was one of the most controversial and most banned songs of the 1960's. There was much speculation what the band meant about "Eight Miles High" in light of the drug culture of the decade. But all-in-all, "Eight Miles High" is a great psychedelic trip of a song.
Submitted by: Peter
| "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)"
Opening Lines: To everything (turn, turn, turn) There is a season (turn, turn, turn) And a time for every purpose, under heaven.
Comments: For the 1960's first folk-rock group, the Byrds' second #1 tune (December 1965), they turned to the writer Pete Seeger who wrote the words to this song obviously protesting the Vietnam War. But Seeger took the lyrics from a source far older than 1960's. Pete Seeger adapted "Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is A Season)" from the Bible's Book of Eclesiastes.
Submitted by: Peter
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Song Title Space Change:
"Go In Back" originally "Goin' Back"
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"You Rest Ill On My Mind" originally "You're Still On My Mind"
Submitted by: Penelope Beckinsale
Songs That Are Banned:
"Eight Miles High"
This song was on the 'Do Not Play' lists in 1966 since many people believed that it was about drugs, but the real lyrics were about the Byrds trip to London.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"Messed Nut Chair" originally "Chestnut Mare"
Submitted by: Regina Haniger
"Pie Mack Beiges" originally "My Back Pages"
Submitted by: Ned MacCamden
"All I Really Daunt To Woo" originally "All I Really Want To Do"
Submitted by: Regina Haniger
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"Lady Friend"
The Lyrics: Here it comes again, it's going to happen to me
Here it comes,I should have learned to duck She's going to say she's going away And I will have to live without her and survive Why: The famous chiming Rickenbacker, forceful horns, a driving rhythm section and some very lush harmonies can't hide the fact that David Crosby's "Lady Friend" has some very depressing lyrics.
Submitted by: R. A. Kett
| "The Bells of Rhymney"
The Lyrics: Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney
Why: The Byrds took this Pete Seeger song about a Welsh mining disaster and turned it into an upbeat folk-rocker.
Submitted by: JD
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Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
Baltimore Ravens (football team)
Kinda obvious, right?
Submitted by: Psycho Librarian
