Kohoutek1138 ( talk) 14:48, 24 November 2009 (UTC) Folk rock? ДЄn editor insists on labeling this as folk rock.

Furthermore, a contemporary statement from a BBC spokesman published in the edition of Melody Maker makes plain that the BBC do not intend to ban the record. In addition, several notable books on The Byrds, including Johnny Rogan's Timeless Flight Revisited (second edition p.162) and Christopher Hjort's So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star (p.94) specifically state that the record was not banned by the BBC. I know that The Times' article 'The music the BBC banned' ( found here) says that the song was banned but this is an error and you will not find any official BBC sources corroborating this erroneous information. The single was banned by many radio stations in the USA but not by the BBC. I have removed all mentions of the song having been banned by the BBC from the article because in fact, this record was not banned by the BBC. Kohoutek1138 ( talk) 12:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC) Banning by the BBC The trouble is, that like a lot of events in the 1960s, it all happened so long ago that memories are becoming distorted or coloured by hindsight which makes getting a definitive and wholly accurate version of events tricky sometimes. I have to say that in my opinion McGuinn has been practicing a sort of historical revisionism where this song is concerned stating that he was more involved in the writing of the lyrics than was ever accepted while Clark was alive and also downplaying Clark's contribution in the genesis of the song. There does seem to be some disagreement amongst the band themselves on this point, since both Clark and Crosby have come out and said that yes, it was, at least in part, about drugs (as mentioned in the Wikipedia article). Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.114.3.160 ( talk) 00:42, 28 November 2009 (UTC) Ha ha.yeah, I know what you mean about the song supposedly not being drug related. I hadn't read that piece on McGuinn's blog but he appears to imply that the lyrics are neither a metaphor for, nor directly influenced by, psychedelic drugs. Kohoutek1138 ( talk) 14:57, 11 November 2009 (UTC) OK, I defer to your points. I agree that the line doesn't seem to make a whole lot of linear sense but regardless of where you've 'checked', the line as featured in the article is definitely correct. If any more evidence is needed you can clearly hear Clark and his band sing 'stranger than known' in the performance found here and McGuinn likewise clearly sings 'stranger than known' here. Tambourine Man: The Life and Legacy of the Byrds' Gene Clark. Even Gene Clark himself confirmed that the line is 'stranger than known' in his 1978 interview with CHUM radio in Toronto, as detailed on page 82 of John Einarson's Mr. Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.155.84.52 ( talk) 14:27, 11 November 2009 (UTC) The lyric is definitely 'stanger than known' as confirmed on Roger McGuinn's own blog ( here) and Johnny Rogan's Timeless Flight Revisited. Having seen this repeated on countless lrics websites and checked, the lyric is. as illustrated by the opening couplet 'Eight miles high, and when you touch down, you'll find that it's stranger than known.' BetacommandBot 19:15, 28 August 2007 (UTC) Stranger than known? This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. Why is the Roxy Music version of the song not a coverВ ? It's credited to Clarke McGuinn Crosby on the LP and obviously the same song. I, for one, prefer the more atmospheric version on Younger Than Yesterday and I know more people who think that so while 'superior' is evidently not fitting for wikipedia any claims to its quality should be kept out of it. The 'A great performance.superior.' should certainly be changed as it doesn't deal with facts concering the song. I have now split the song 'Why' into its own article and removed the mention of a feminist viewpoint since I can find no 3rd party references to support this claim. I don't know where this information came from and it may have been original research on behalf of an editor.

I have no idea and personally, I don't believe that it does.

QuestionВ : exactly how does the song Why support a feminist viewpointВ ?

11 Genre: The Consideration of Jazz rock or Jazz fusion.

10 The Byrds, 'Eight Miles High,' and the Gavin Report: A Re-Assessment.

7 Dead external links to Allmusic website вЂ“ January 2011.

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