The Byrds - The Best of the Byrds: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
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Artist: The ByrdsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Ballad Of Easy Rider
- Wasn't Born To Follow
- Jesus Is Just Alright
- He Was A Friend Of Mine
- Chestnut Mare
- Tiffany Queen
- Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
- You Ain't Going Nowhere
- Citizen Kane
- I Wanna Grow Up To Be A Politician
- America's Great National Pastime
Free Music Notes for The Best of the Byrds: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
Free Music Review: What an Unfortunate Collection of "Hits"
Hit: 2 Stars
I consider myself to be a great fan of the Byrds, including the latter-day Byrds after everyone was either fired or quit except McGuinn. Clarence White deserves to be the "Sixth Byrd", since he's been playing on Byrds albums since "Younger Than Yesterday". My problem is not with McGuinn's new lineup of players. My problem is with the track selection.
If Columbia is going to feature the faces of these four guys on the cover, then they should not have featured any of the tracks from "Notorious Byrd Bros." or "Sweetheart of the Rodeo". Those two records don't need to be plucked from anyway. They should stand alone and left intact as classic concept albums. They rightfully belong to the likes of Crosby, Hillman, Gram Parsons and Mike Clarke, not Battin and Gene Parsons, whose faces don the cover of "GH Vol.II". Columbia should have recognized that "Dr. Byrds & Mr. Hyde" started the last phase of the Byrds, where McGuinn was the only remaining original. Therefore, this record should have reflected the best of the Byrds since "Dr. Byrds".
With that being said, I also don't approve of the inclusion of some very terrible songs like "America's Great National Pastime" (this song in particular does not deserve to be under the Byrds title. I have no idea why McGuinn allowed for this to happen), and "I Wanna Grow Up to be a Politician" and "Citizen Kane". Let's get real! These are not good songs! Again, I love the latter-day Byrds, so I've come up with my own version of "Greatest Hits Vol II". I hope some of you fans will agree:
1. Ballad of Easy Rider
2. Chestnut Mare
3. Your Gentle Ways of Loving Me
4. All The Things
5. Drug Store Truck Drivin' Man
6. Just a Season
7. Gunga Din
8. I Trust
9. Kathleen's Song
10. Mae Jean Goes To Hollywood
11. Glory, Glory
12. Bugler
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