Sean Lally

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Member Since: 2/1/2002
Total Mixes: 135
Total Feedback: 3209

Other Mixes By Sean Lally

CD | Mixed Genre
CD | Mixed Genre
CD | Mixed Genre
CD | Country

Long hair, Little glasses, 12 strings and the truth

Artist Song
The Byrds  Ballad of Easy Rider 
The Byrds  Time Between 
The Byrds  5D 
The Byrds  Boston 
The Byrds  Jesus is just all right 
The Byrds  She has a way 
The Byrds  Lady Friend 
The Byrds  The Christian Life (w/Gram) 
The Byrds  You won't have to cry 
The Byrds  Wasn't born to follow 
The Byrds  The girl who had no name 
The Byrds  Feel a whole lot better 
The Byrds  Deportee 
The Byrds  She don't care about time 
The Byrds  My back pages 
The Byrds  Chestnut mare 
The Byrds  He was a friend of mine 
The Byrds  I knew I'd want you 
The Byrds  You ain't goin' nowhere 
The Byrds  Set you free this time 
The Byrds  You showed me (acoustic) 
The Byrds  I see you 
The Byrds  I come and stand at every door 
The Byrds  It happens each day 
The Byrds  Goin' back 

Comment:

There's a time in many a young man's life when he first discovers the Byrds. Maybe you were 19 or 20, first time living away from home, probably at a big state college. Leaves were falling and your heart would sink every time you'd see a new potential love. Maybe you bought little glasses like Roger McGuinn or grew your hair like Gene Clark. Maybe you wore a ridiculous shirt like David Crosby or a corduroy jacket like Michael Clarke. Who knows, perhaps you formed a band just to cover "I see you" or sat alone with your guitar singing "The Ballad of Easy Rider". And maybe it was as anachronistic of you to do these things 16 years ago as it is today, but you felt that you'd been born too late. OK, maybe this doesn't describe everyone's experience with the Byrds, but when I first heard them it was a real epiphany. The whole world looked a lot brighter. Kee-ripes, this all sounds like therapy.... Well, the Byrds are easily one of the greatest rock and roll bands ever. They spanned more styles than just about any other band - For that matter, they created styles. This comp might emphasize the country side a bit more than others would, but each song has great significance for me. The Byrds, man. Yeah.

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Scott K
Date: 2/13/2002
Your commentary reminded me of the scene in Fritz The Cat, where Fritz takes his guitar to Washington Square Park to pick up girls. He sits down, opens his case, looks around...and sees that everyone else has a guitar too! I bet Fritz would be into this mix as much as I am. Kudos!
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Rob Conroy
Date: 2/13/2002
GREAT comp, Sean. Kudos to you. I'm interested to hear what you have to say about "The mechanical sounds of the era"... although I think we may have talked about it...
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Fundak
Date: 2/13/2002
yes, this very nice. thanks for reminding me how rock n roll ruined my life...
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Martin Andersen
Date: 2/13/2002
Great job--I love the Byrds.
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tapegasser
Date: 2/13/2002
stunning collection! this group is still underrated! they should have been as big as the beatles or stones! great job!
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vivoo
Date: 2/13/2002
this is lovely! i actually like the byrds more than the beatles :) thanks for making this.
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SueEW
Date: 2/13/2002
Wow, just fantastic, from one Byrds fan to another.
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Hufruss12
Date: 2/23/2002
I used to smoke butter with Crosby back in the 1960's and I'll tell you one darned thang, Sean, he would feel your Byrds compilation was a mighty bit better than what the likes of Robby Conroy could come up with. And that's a compliment.
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DJ Hoover
Date: 3/1/2002
very nice!
One of my "Top 5 Byrds-Songs": "Have You Seen Her Face"
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buglady
Date: 4/12/2002
Sean, I can really relate to your little essay on discovering the Byrds for the first time, I was 20, it was 17 years ago...and yes, they rocked my world in a profound way. This is a fantastic mix.
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Mike Pike Set
Date: 4/23/2002
Really really nice,
The Byrds are one of my
favorite
bands, their first five albums is religion to me, wasn't born to follow is one of my favorites, ever!