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64년 짐 맥귄(Jim McGuinn, guitar/lead vocal), 데이비드 크로스비(David Crosby, guitar/vocal), 진 클라크(Gene Clark, tambourine/vocal)로 이루어진 로스엔젤레스 기반의 포크 트리오 제트 셋(Jet Set)은 비피터즈(Beefeaters)라는 이름 하에 싱글 'Please Let Me Love You'를 발표한다.
이어 이들은 드러머 마이클 클라크(Michael Clarke), 베이시스트 크리스 힐만(Chris Hillman)을 영입하여 록 밴드로서의 모양새를 갖춘 후, 비틀즈에 대한 존경의 의미로 그룹의 이름을 버즈로 바꾼다.
재즈계의 전설 마일즈 데이비스(Miles Davis)에 의해 콜롬비아 레코드사와 계약을 맺게 된 버즈는 첫 싱글로 밥 딜런의 'Mr. Tambourine Man'(65)을 리메이크 해 녹음한다.
첫 싱글이 예상밖에 넘버 원 히트를 기록하자 그룹은 몇 곡의 밥의 리메이크 곡과 신곡이 수록된 [Mr. Tambourine Man]이라는 앨범을 발표한다.
짐의 기타 연주가 이끄는 그룹의 사운드는 포크 록이라는 새로운 장르를 탄생시켰고, '비틀즈에 대한 미국의 대응'이라는 찬사 속에 버즈의 인기는 폭발적으로 치솟게 되었으며, 같은 해 피트 시거(Pete Seeger)의 'Turn! Turn! Turn!'으로 그룹은 두 번째 넘버 원 싱글의 영예를 안게 된다.
이어 'Eight Miles High'(66)로 사이키델릭 사운드의 새 지평을 연 그룹은 마약에 관한 언급으로 싱글이 라디오 방송국에서 금지 조치 됐음에도 불구하고 차트 14위에 진입해 그들의 확고한 인기를 확인했다.

66년 혁신적인 [Fifth Dimension] 녹음 후 그룹의 작곡가인 진 클라크가 탈퇴하게 되자 데이비드와 크리스가 대부분의 음악을 담당하게 되고, 그 결과로 나타난 것이 67년 [Younger Than Yesterday]다.
팬 베이스를 10대에서 나이 먹고 좀 더 급진적인 컬트 팬들로 전환하는 계기가 되기도 한 이 앨범의 뒤를 이어 68년 짐은 무그 신디사이저(Moog Synthesizer)를 포함한 스튜디오 이펙트가 사용된 또 하나의 새로운 앨범 [The Notorious Byrd Brothers]를 제작한다.
록음악에서 최초로 신디사이저가 사용된 이 앨범을 녹음하는 동안 데이비드는 그룹을 탈퇴해 크로스비, 스틸스 앤 내쉬(Crosby, Stills and Nash)에 가담하게 되고, 곧이어 마이클도 밴드를 떠난다.

힌두교에 심취해 자신의 이름을 로저로 바꾼 짐은 이어 컨트리 싱어송라이터인 그람 파슨즈(Gram Parsons)를 영입해 밴드에 새로운 컨트리 사운드를 불어넣게 된다.
그러나 새 드러머 케빈 켈리(Kevin Kelly)의 연주로 발표한 최초의 컨트리/록 앨범으로 평가받는 [Sweetheart of the Rodeo](68)를 발표한 후, 버즈의 남아프리카 순회공연 계획은 정치적인 성향의 차이를 불러 일으켜 밴드에 위기를 가져온다.
결국 나머지 멤버들이 탈퇴한 상태에서 로저만이 버즈의 유일한 원년 멤버로 남게 되고, 그는 새 기타리스트인 클래런스 화이트(Clarence White), 베이시스트 존 요크(John York)와 함께 [Dr. Byrds and Mr. Hyde](69), [Ballad of an Easy Rider](69)를 발표한다.
'Jesus Is Just Alright'의 히트로 그 인기를 유지할 수 있었던 버즈는 그러나 두 장의 앨범 [Byrdmaniax](71), [Farther Along](72)이 실패한 이후 공식적으로 해체를 맞이한다.
73년 버즈의 오리지날 멤버들이 모여 [The Byrds]를 발표하고 재기를 시도하지만 결국 실패하고 로저는 성공적인 솔로 아티스트로서 팝계에 남게 된다. 크리스 또한 솔로 어쿠스틱 연주자로, 컨트리 그룹 데저트 로즈 밴드(Desert Rose Band)의 일원으로 활동하고, 데이비드도 크로스비, 스틸즈 앤 내쉬에서 왕성한 음악작업과 순회공연을 하고 있다.

91년 로큰롤 명예의 전당(Rock and Roll Hall of Fame)에 오르기도 한 버즈의 재결합에 대한 끊임없는 소문은 91년 진이 사망하고 2년 뒤인 93년 마이클마저 세상을 뜨면서 종식되고 말았다.
비록 더 이상 그룹으로서 존재하진 않지만, 버즈의 음악적인 과감한 실험성과 혁신적인 사운드는 톰 페티(Tom Petty), R.E.M. 등을 포함한 포스트 펑크시대의 여러 얼터너티브 주자들의 작품 속에 고스란히 전수되고 있다.
(출처 : changgo.com)


올타임 레전드 밴드에 대한 글 치고는 치졸하기 그지없다. 굳이 얼터너티브 밴드와의 연관성을 내세울 필요가 있을까 ㅡ/ㅡ; 그래서 얼터팬들한테 들어보라구 유혹하는건가 ;;

Mr. Tambourine Man  (Bob Dylan)

Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.

Though I know that evenin's empire has returned into sand,
Vanished from my hand,
Left me blindly here to stand but still not sleeping.
My weariness amazes me, I'm branded on my feet,
I have no one to meet
And the ancient empty street's too dead for dreaming.

Take me on a trip upon your magic swirlin' ship,
My senses have been stripped, my hands can't feel to grip,
My toes too numb to step, wait only for my boot heels
To be wanderin'.
I'm ready to go anywhere, I'm ready for to fade
Into my own parade, cast your dancing spell my way,
I promise to go under it.

Though you might hear laughin', spinnin', swingin' madly across the sun,
It's not aimed at anyone, it's just escapin' on the run
And but for the sky there are no fences facin'.
And if you hear vague traces of skippin' reels of rhyme
To your tambourine in time, it's just a ragged clown behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just a shadow you're
Seein' that he's chasing.

Then take me disappearin' through the smoke rings of my mind,
Down the foggy ruins of time, far past the frozen leaves,
The haunted, frightened trees, out to the windy beach,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to dance beneath the diamond sky with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by the sea, circled by the circus sands,
With all memory and fate driven deep beneath the waves,
Let me forget about today until tomorrow.



I'll Feel A Whole Lot Better (Gene Clark)

The reason why I can't say
Gotta let you go babe and right away
After what you did I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone

Baby for a long time you had me believe
You said your love was all mine and that's the way it would be
I didn't know that you were putting me on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone
Oh when you're gone

I got to say that it's not like before
And I'm not gonna play your game anymore
After what you did I can't stay on
And I'll probably feel a whole lot better when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone
Oh when you're gone*

Spanish Harlem Incident   (Bob Dylan)
 
Gypsy gal, the hands of Harlem
Cannot hold you to its heat.
Your temperature's too hot for taming,
Your flaming feet are burning up the street.
I am homeless, come and take me
Into reach of your rattling drums.
I gotta know, babe, about my fortune
Down along my restless paths.

Gypsy gal, you got me swallowed.
I have fallen far beneath
Your pearly eyes, so fast an' slashing,
An' your flashing diamond teeth.
The night is pitch black, come an' make my
Pale face fit into place, ah, please!
I gotta  know, babe, I'm nearly drowning
Take me to my lifelines trace.

I been wond'rin' all about me
Ever since I seen you there.
On the cliffs of your wildcat charms I'm riding,
I know I'm 'round you but I don't know where.
You have slayed me, you have made me,
I got to laugh at this off my heel.
I got to know, babe, will you surround me
So I can know if I'm really real.


You Won't Have To Cry (McGuinn/Clark)

Oh you know it makes me sad to see you feel so bad
But it's happened to you many times before
But if you will come with me then girl you will see
That you won't have to cry anymore

There's no reason to feel blue because of what he says to you
And I wouldn't want to see you hurt no more
I could never do you wrong 'cause my love for you's too strong
And you won't have to cry anymore

Oh I saw you there with tears in your eyes
Because he told you so many many lies
Oh you know it isn't right to put yourself up tight
By thinking 'bout the things he's done before

Just trust the love in me
And girl you will see
That you won't have to cry
No you won't have to cry
No you won't have to cry anymore


Here Without You (Clark) 

Daytime just makes me feel lonely
At night I can only dream about you
Girl you're on my mind nearly all of the time
It's so hard being here without you

Words in my head keep repeating things that you said
Wen I was with you
And I wonder is it true do you feel the same way too
It's so hard being here without you, being here without you

Though I know it won't last I'll see you some day
It seems as though that the day will come never
But there's one thing I'll swear though you're far away
I'll be thinking about you forever

The streets that I walk on depress me
The ones that were happy when I was with you
Still with all the friends I know and with all the things I do
It's so hard being here without you being here without you


The Bells Of Rhymney   (Seeger/Davies)
                                             

Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney 
Is there hope for the future say the brown bells of Merthyr  

Who made the mine owner say the black bells of Rhonda
And who killed the miner say the grim bells of  Blaina 

Throw the vandels in court say the bells of    Newport 
All would be well if if if if cry the green bells of Cardiff 

Why so worried  sisters why  sang the silver bells of  Wye
And what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney

Oh what will you give me say the sad bells of Rhymney 
Is there hope for the future say the brown bells of Merthyr  

Who made the mine owner say the black bells of Rhonda
And who killed the miner say the grim bells of  Blaina


All I Really Want to Do   (Dylan)
 
I ain't lookin' to compete with you,
Beat or cheat or mistreat you,
Simplify you, classify you,
Deny, defy or crucify you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

No, and I ain't lookin' to fight with you,
Frighten you or tighten you,
Drag you down or bring you down,
Chain you down or bring you down.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I ain't lookin' to block you up
Shock or knock or lock you up,
Analyze you, categorize you,
Finalize you or advertise you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.

I don't want to fake you out,
Take or shake or forsake you out,
I ain't lookin' for you to feel like me,
See like me or be like me.
I don't want to meet your kin,
Make you spin or do you in,
Or select you or dissect you,
Or inspect you or reject you.
All I really want to do
Is, baby, be friends with you.


I Knew I'd Want You  (Clark)

I'd like to love you with all of my heart
You've had me on your trip right from the start
And when you looked at me with love in your eyes
I knew I'd want you, oh yeah.

I'd like to hold you if you want me to
I've found somethin' new girl just by lookin' at you
And it's in your smile and it's in the way
I Knew I'd want you, oh yeah

I meet so many people
I feel I don't know
But I felt so close to you
When you said hello

I'd like to love you and together we'd find
The place we've been looking for where we'd have peace of mind
And there we'll be happy and there I'll know why
I knew I'd want you, oh yeah, oh yeah


It's No Use (Jim McGuinn/Gene Clark)

It's no use use saying your gonna stay if you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody who's gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see all the love I was trying  to give
It's no use saying  your gonna stay if you don't want our love to live
It's no use keeping you around if you don't want me all the way
There's somebody  new who can found and I'll find her someday
And she will be everything  all the love she has she'll want to give
It's no use saying your gonna stay if you don't want our love to live

Oh I should be good to you but I can't cause
I was really true to you but you only hurt me more
It's no use use saying your gonna stay if you don't want to be all mine
I haven't got room for somebody who's gonna hurt me all the time
Somebody who couldn't see all the love I was trying  to give
It's no use saying  your gonna stay if you don't want our love to live


Don't Doubt Yourself, Babe  (Jackie DeShannon)

Don't doubt yourself, babe
Let you feet stand up your beliefs, babe
I know what's running through your mind
Think you ought to capture time
Make love, walk the straight and narrow, aah aah

Don't doubt yourself, gal
Let's what's inside be your guide, you know darn well
For all the wrong that's been done to you it's making you prettier
so don't be blue
Life your living what you've been through, you`re lucky, aah

Don't doubt yourself when
Daylight fades and darkness begins
It's only come to show you that you're the one
who knows where it's at
the rest; who think they've got it pat, know nothing, aah

Don't doubt yourself cause
at the end of your words no one applaudes
The truth is proven to be found
Hard to take the first time around
So don't you worry, it's gonna be alright, aah, aah
 

Chimes of Freedom  (Bob Dylan)
 
Far between sundown's finish an' midnight's broken toll
We ducked inside the doorway, thunder crashing
As majestic bells of bolts struck shadows in the sounds
Seeming to be the chimes of freedom flashing

Flashing for the warriors whose strength is not to fight
Flashing for the refugees on the unarmed road of flight
An' for each an' ev'ry underdog soldier in the night
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Even though a cloud's white curtain in a far-off corner flashed
An' the hypnotic splatter of mist was slowly lifting
Electric light still struck like arrows, fired but for the ones
Condemned to drift or else be kept from drifting

Tolling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail
For the lonesome-hearted lovers with too personal a tale
An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.

Starry-eyed an' laughing as I recall when we were caught
Trapped by no track of hours for they hanged suspended
As we listened one last time an' we watched with one last look
Spellbound an' swallowed 'til the tolling ended

Tolling for the aching ones whose wounds cannot be nursed
For the countless confused, accused, misused, strung-out ones an' worse
An' for every hung-up person in the whole wide universe
An' we gazed upon the chimes of freedom flashing.


We'll Meet Again   (  R.Parker/H.Charles)

We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when
But I know we'll  meet again some sunny day
Keep smiling through just like you always do
Till the blue skies make the dark clouds fade away

Some sunny day, some sunny day, some sunny day

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