As such, the song is often cited by critics as being the first psychedelic rock song, as well as a classic of the counterculture era. Musically influenced by Ravi Shankar and John Coltrane, “Eight Miles High”, along with its McGuinn and Crosby penned B-side “Why”, was influential in developing the musical styles of psychedelic rock, raga rock and psychedelic pop. The failure of “Eight Miles High” to reach the Billboard Top 10 is usually attributed to the broadcasting ban, but some commentators have suggested that the song’s complexity and uncommercial nature were greater factors. The band strenuously denied these allegations at the time, but in later years both Clark and Crosby admitted that the song was at least partly inspired by their own drug use. The band entered RCA Studios in Los Angeles on December 22, 1965, to track Eight Miles High, along with a new Roger McGuinn/David Crosby song Why. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first. Roger McGuinn), and David Crosby and first released as a single Read.
radio ban shortly after its release, following allegations published in the broadcasting trade journal the Gavin Report regarding perceived drug connotations in its lyrics. Its Roger McGuinns twelve-string Rickenbacker that provides the haunting recurring motif, and the songs audacious guitar solo. Eight Miles High is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Fifth Dimension Eight Miles High is a song by the American rock band The Byrds, written by Gene Clark, Jim McGuinn (a.k.a. Top 20 hit, and also their last release before the departure of Gene Clark, who was the band’s principal songwriter at the time. “Eight Miles High” became The Byrds' third and final U.S. The single managed to reach the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the Top 30 of the UK Singles Chart.The song was also included on the band’s third album, Fifth Dimension, released on July 18, 1966. It was a popular song of the hippies in the 1960s and is a classic of the.
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