Next to their double album "Untitled", Sweetheart is my favorite Byrds' album. It was so ahead of its' time. Roger McGuinn had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do it. It has Chris and Gram's indelible stamp on it. It wasn't originally a big commercial success but critics now agree it was one of the best rock albums ever. Music that stands up so well after 50 years is good music, it will probably be listened to 50 years, or more, into the future.
The song title and video is all super silly, but they never would have imagined that someone like me would be playing this in my room 50 years later and tearing up over it. It’s sad that Gram never lived long enough to see how much he influenced the future of music that came after and still continues today
Yup! Gram just seemed like one of those ppl you just feel like you've known forever. Rare thing. At the time of his death he was married and had a daughter. All of us in this time frame had been doing our own thing for many years. I compare kids to day and not all but kids are still at home, living with mom and dad, no job ect. Just a difference in the times I guess. When I look at Gram and take all this in, it makes me just respect the man he was not only in music but for trying to have a wife and family even though it didn't work out. Love Gram Parsons.❤
There is nobody who has been able to blend country and rock music like Gram Parsons still to this day. He was way ahead of his time. He has influenced countless other musicians and he pioneered his own type of music and he has still not been given the recognition he so deserved. Without Chris Hillman getting Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons together she would never have become the country music icon that she is. Emmylou Harris was a folk singer before she got together with Gram Parsons. She has always had the beautiful voice but her career was on a totally different path. If she had never gotten together with Gram Parsons she definitely would have become the country and Americana star. He definitely has changed country music for the better and he should be recognized for his contributions he literally changed the entire genre and he never had a hit record in his lifetime. So sad that he didn't get to see how much he changed the world of country music. Without Bernie Leadon getting into the Flying Burrito Brothers he would not have gone on to form the Eagles with Don Henley and Glenn Frey. There are so many people who have totally changed country rock music and they are all connected with Gram Parsons
Discovered Mr. Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers just a few weeks back. Why Mr. Parsons isn't in both the Country Music and Rock and Roll halls of fame is truly beyond me because his influence is pretty much apparent in music from 1970 on, namely, The Eagles, to name one. I wished he had lived longer. Would have loved to have heard what new sounds he'd come up with.
Yes. Some of the old school Nashville people had contempt for rock musicians. See Ralph Emery. However, Gram Parson should definitely be in the rock hall in Cleveland. It's hard to believe that he isn't. They should do it while Keith Richards can present him for induction.
I’m 23 years old and I’ve been listening to classic rock for about 15 years now. About 3 months ago I came across the Byrds and there began my journey into gram parsons. I really wish he would have lived longer because there isn’t another voice like his, nor is there music similar to his. His country with a hint of rock is the greatest thing this world has EVER heard 😇
@@TheRealShawnCrowe oh definitely! I just came across a song by the eagles titled “my man” and they literally say the words “hickory wind”. I was in awe 😳
If you ever get a chance, read one of his biographies. His life story is wild. Starts off really southern gothic and ends in excess and tragic infamy. I’m from NYC but when I first read his biography, totally by chance, I happened to be living in a town in Florida that neighbored the town where he was born. I had bought the book before moving to Florida and only happened to get to reading it while I was living there. Really put me in his shoes for the week or so I spent reading it. The smell of orange groves was literally coming through my window as I read about his family’s citrus fruit empire.
I was a teenager when a friend and I went to the Whiskey, I had no idea who the Flying Burrito Brothers were, I thought it was a joke. They came on in their Nudie suits and started playing and I was hooked for life. I remember hearing that Gram died when I was 20-sad, still sad.
Since the age of 17, I have played this album more than any other. In good times and bad, its restorative powers remain undimmed, its beauty relentless. I return for the songs and their direct cardiac address. For the vocal harmonies, chapel and profane. For the hurt, crackled varnish of Gram Parson’s voice. For the swimmy pedal steel sluiced through a rotating Leslie amp. For the fuzz and the fog and the clarity. And for times lost and regained.
As I just returned to this album today I get exactly what you are saying. This album floored me in my teens and still resonates today. The singing of Gram and the sweet tone of Sneaky Pete still transport me to other worlds much better than this.
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp funny thing is in Spanish there’s a band called los enanitos verdes a Peruvian band that made sounds like this and some other singers made similar sounds .. I have been looking for a song like this forever and this past week really been wondering why never heard a similar in English but glad I finally found it
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp Actually, there was such a genre back then. Some consider his LP “Safe at Home” with the International Submarine Band in 1967 to be the first country rock record.
Beautiful, I'm from Waycross, I used to clean Grams childhood home and we are Some Real Gram fans here for sure. I m currently reading Hickory Wind. I love all things Gram Parsons. Jus wished he was still with us, can yall imagine what wonderful music he still had to create ???? Rest in peace Gram for you are loved and will never be forgotten.
For people who claim to ‘hate’ country music play them this song. And then afterwards play them George Jones singing Good Year for the Roses. If they still cling to their prejudice then kick them out of your life. You don’t need that level of ignorance and negativity in your life.
Now youre down 43 to 1. I dont think that comment was intended to be negative. Bottom line is Gram parsons was amazing. Best wishes to you,my friend❤@@hardspumoni6940
Gram parsons genius succeeded in his mission bringing country music to the sixties generation would ever have heard or heard of the Lou in brothers were it not for gram Rest In Peace with god forever dear gram
love the song, love the album, love the musicians and love how they don't take themselves seriously doing playback. it makes this video even more enjoyable and its still a very moving song.
I keep watching this video and just the creativity, that Zest for living life, I pick up smiles from Gram as he faces the group and he has a Euphoric grin on his face that says to me, Hot Burrito No,1 is good and you can see they know this one is GOLD. I love seeing Gram straight. He is sooo positive, sweet and good natured. He loved his friends that's for sure. I just see what Gram was doing was getting his music out there and heard. As Gram would say, I hate labels. ) I agree. If the music is good it will move your spirit, soul and want to make you get your groove on. But if it's bad, nobody pays attention. Gram changed the face of music as we know it. Wish you were here Gram Parsons!🙃🌊🌊🌊🧚🧚🤔🤔
Only a cold-hearted jerk would down vote this tune. An absolutely beautiful love song by the late, great, Gram Parsons. They don't make em' like that anymore. Hadn't heard this for quite awhile. Still gives me a chill.
Having a major, major Gram Parsons binge at the moment. Just can’t get this song out of my head. Gram Parsons, a handsome, charismatic man and hugely talented individual. Dead at the age of 26, having destroyed himself with drink and drugs. I feel sad and angry in equal measure; a senseless waste, a terrible loss of potential. Just imagine the amazing music he would have created if he had lived, he would have gone on to collaborate with Elvis Costello no doubt about it.
I finally realized that Graham must have been a huge influence on Nick Lowe-same style, attitude, etc. Lowe was a bit more of a rocker but they could have easily been twin brothers...
They were an extension of the Bakersfield Sound or Nashville West. Started by artists like Merle haggard, and Buck Owwns. It was the California country sound, where they just took country music from Nashville and mixed it with a rock and roll sound, using more electric guitar sound to it. Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman along with "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow where right at the forefront of this new sound, along with Emmylou Harris who played with the Burritos at times. The Burrito Brothers don't get the recognition they deserve. Its a shame Gram died so young, cause who knows what great music they still could of made.
That High Lonesome Voice..Definitely CMA OVER LOOKING AN AMERICAN TREASURE..saddens my ol soul to the Bone...Goodness Grace Happiness and Continued Grams charge to the Hall of Fame...Angels are Singing +
@@sandyjohnson3030 Have you heard his version of Wild Horses? Some say Gram wrote it and let Mick and Keith have it, because it sounds so much like a Burrito song than a Stones song.
When I listen to songs from The Gilded Palace of Sin on headphones, I realize how important Sneaky Pete is to this sound. Gram is singing, but Sneaky Pete is providing the musical accompaniment and has the solo. His "commentary" throughout the song is a wonderful and critical backdrop to the singing.
I dont think the subject matter is necessarily dark but I do see the cause and the EFFECT being what's so dark. Young love is so powerful and very frustrating and confusing. Being aware that you are compelled by love and not much you can do as far as how you feel and all the nuance and hints, clues, is enough to drive anyone crazy and into darkness. Sorry for ranting and being kind of vague, Love has became almost ineffable to me. This subject has been tripping people up for thousands of years so I dont see it stopping anytime soon. Peace & Love guys, estoy fuera ❤
@@nylontusk1289 Feeling defeated / overwhelmed by love is a sign that you're human! It has inspired the greatest art. From personal experience there are times in life when falling in love is both a spiritual elevation and a madness. We feel complete d by the other and see our soul gazing back at us in their eyes. Take this inspiration to creative and spiritual work and try to keep on a steady path. Often there is a period of disillusionment afterwards, when we realize that the beloved is human and fallible. Then we can feel tricked. It's not their fault, often. It's soul growth and a touch with the divine source in ourselves projected onto the other! All the best!
Probablemente una de las canciones más emotivas que haya escuchado jamas. Sin lugar a dudas el legado de The Flying Burrito Brothers y sobretodo Gram Parsons es inmenso. El country rock lo corrobora. Gran tema, gran album The Gilded Palace Of Sin y gran Parsons...
A very haunting song! I feel there must have been a curse on the family with so much bad luck. Gram Parsons was brilliant, was blessed and threw it all away.
This song was impossible to find on RUclips a couple of years ago-you could only see a small clip of it during some interview. I'm glad it's been found and posted-Thank you InternetPilgrim
I miss him so ....even to this day I met him 2/1968 I was 17 we stayed in touch until late 1970 ...such an awesome person ...fun times❣️ I never saw him do hard drugs! It was a sad day when I got a call Sept 1973 saying he was gone....to this day I don’t know who called me😢
I was taking a course in Radio Broadcasting in college in 1974, after Gram died, and I scored a comp album, "The Last Last Album" I would practice mixing using two turntables using that album and a leftover Carly Simon album. Country-rock was not my favorite genre, but the way HE did it fascinated me. I loved their style, their musicianship (pedal steel!?!) and Gram's vocals. I wore that damned album out by the end of that semester. Haven't listened them until a couple of years ago researching Emmylou Harris after I met her on a cruise ship. I believe this particular song was all about her.
Superb. Stellar vocals, exquisite songwriting, hot band, cool threads. Truly groundbreaking. Can't fault Gram on this one. The whole world blew it for not recognizing a good thing!
I love this song and video right here, as a singer songwriter myself I tell ya a delivery such as this does not happen everytime nor everyday. There was something magical about this to me. Just awesome the singing, the music, the video , I am a huge Gram Parsons fan too! Have watched this video over and over! Hoping to learn! All the best to you all! RIP GPs!
There's some grainy black and white live clips available. Wonderful, I thought. Try Gram and Emmylou Six Days on the Road live from Liberty Hall. Best wishes.
The Burritos were special. They may not have been the most professional band on the scene at the time but they certainly had the x factor as to what makes a band great.This is simply a magnificent song and beautifully sung.
The bitter irony of Gram being totally rejected by the country music establishment... And yet here he's singing one of the greatest country ballads ever. And it's not tongue-in-cheek country. It's pure and sweet and true. (If a little bit messed up. Just like Gram.)
Wow... I'm, I'm speechless. It's been a while a song just punch me in the center of my soul like this one has done. Truly sad song. Perfect for what I'm going through. Very talented guy, how didn't I knew about him before?
I must admit, I had never heard of this song/band until the other day when a LP station in the middle of nowhere played the Mavericks cover of it. It prompted me to look it up. I'm hooked.
Why did he leave. Love him still. This is my go to song. Miss him so much.Danm the good ones always die. He should not be in that grave,by himself. He should be under the Tree.
Martha Langston There are some other television appearances that are here on youtube & the ones I know about are on my Poco/Gram Parsons playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL39355945C9C770FD most notably the FBB doing, "The Older Guys" where Gram is in his "imitating Mick Jagger" phase: ruclips.net/video/WCgxmc6gcOA/видео.html
Martha Langston I can't watch those horribly out of focus, grainy videos of his concerts. The only good one was Altamont but Mick Jagger cut most of it out of Gimme Shelter because he was jealous of Gram.
2016 we drove from NC to Joshua Tree Ca. to see the magic that Gram found. We found it, what a place. I wish a bit of ashes be placed anywhere around Skull Rock. RIP Gram.
T S they were poking fun at the Nashville “establishment” at a time when the Nudie suit was the standard. Gram’s had pot leaves on his so he really flipping his nose at Nashville where he was not taken seriously. His using rock influences in his music had all the SoCal artists chasing after him. The Eagles, Ronstadt, Nitty-Gritty, Loggins and Messina, and anyone else you want to name, not to mention discovering Emmylou Harris and giving her exposure to the entire LA music scene.
Damn. Fantastic song by a fantastic band that was just starting to go places, until Gram Parsons passed away at thirty years of age in September 1973. If only he had laid off the drugs, he would have gifted all music lovers with more great songs. The Flying Burrito Brothers might have been bigger than the Eagles. Gram put the soul in “Hot Burrito #1”. No other singer could get it done. The FBB managed to forge on after Parsons’ death, but it just wasn’t the same. He was the heart and soul of the band. Random thoughts.
older bro of gal classmate,rocking noise setup at their parents place,parsons,mc5,hot tuna,stanley clark,jeff beck,old stones....he rocked the farming hilltops when needed. n mi rocks
What a voice. What songs. The one and only Gram.
Gram best
A great showman with depth of talent!
RIP Gram. This day in 1973
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can't believe i'm tearing up to a song called "hot burrito #1"
Hahahaha
It's a beautiful song with a very challenging chord progression. Keith Richards noted that Gram had a unique ability to make his audience members cry.
Same 💀😭
Chris Ethridge wrote it. They were still so young and not afraid to be a bit silly with some things such a tragic end.
never. NEVER under estimate the power of a good burrito.
I could listen to him say "I'm your toy, I'm your old boy, and I don't want no one but you to love me" on a loop for the rest of my existence.
Meg, me too. Takes me back to being an 18-year-old and so in love!
Yes me too and the way he looks at the camera with his dreamy eyes 😍
Love Gene Clark's version ot this MORE.
Hell yea sista!
@@christineparker8020 well to each their own but this is the original by the best!!!
50 years later Gram and the Burrito's are getting the notoriety they deserve. Sweetheart of the Rodeo The first country rock album.
Next to their double album "Untitled", Sweetheart is my favorite Byrds' album. It was so ahead of its' time.
Roger McGuinn had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do it. It has Chris and Gram's indelible stamp on it. It wasn't originally a big commercial success but critics now agree it was one of the best rock albums ever. Music that stands up so well after 50 years is good music, it will probably be listened to 50 years, or more, into the future.
@@jeffgaumond4250FACTS 💯💯💯
Got it.
centuries. bet.
Stayed at the Joshua Tree Inn in CA where Parsons passed. Whole property is a great tribute to a legend.
Best country ballad ever. No one could put emotion into a song like Gram.
george jones ,king of broken hearts could
"Hickory Wind" w/the Byrds is another contender for his best country ballad..I love "Grievous Angel" as well.
he could indeed shout it out in a nice way. voice. wooda bin cool ta see it in person.
Quite simply one of the best songs ever written. Listening to it now takes me back to the first time I ever heard it. Magic.
One of the all time great vocal performances
That's a real stretch to say that.
@@normanacree1635 ok
what a voice. what a song. hypnotizing
The song title and video is all super silly, but they never would have imagined that someone like me would be playing this in my room 50 years later and tearing up over it.
It’s sad that Gram never lived long enough to see how much he influenced the future of music that came after and still continues today
Right with you!!
He came, he saw, he conquered and he went out like a true Viking.
09.19.23: Fiftieth anniversary of GP’s death.
Yup! Gram just seemed like one of those ppl you just feel like you've known forever. Rare thing. At the time of his death he was married and had a daughter. All of us in this time frame had been doing our own thing for many years. I compare kids to day and not all but kids are still at home, living with mom and dad, no job ect. Just a difference in the times I guess. When I look at Gram and take all this in, it makes me just respect the man he was not only in music but for trying to have a wife and family even though it didn't work out. Love Gram Parsons.❤
My band takes a lot of inspiration from them, or at least I do when I play pedal steel. Sneaky Pete is the man!
his voices is like so perfect and this song makes me cry all nights i think that is the best song written in the world i love you Gram Parsons!
There is nobody who has been able to blend country and rock music like Gram Parsons still to this day. He was way ahead of his time. He has influenced countless other musicians and he pioneered his own type of music and he has still not been given the recognition he so deserved. Without Chris Hillman getting Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons together she would never have become the country music icon that she is. Emmylou Harris was a folk singer before she got together with Gram Parsons. She has always had the beautiful voice but her career was on a totally different path. If she had never gotten together with Gram Parsons she definitely would have become the country and Americana star. He definitely has changed country music for the better and he should be recognized for his contributions he literally changed the entire genre and he never had a hit record in his lifetime. So sad that he didn't get to see how much he changed the world of country music. Without Bernie Leadon getting into the Flying Burrito Brothers he would not have gone on to form the Eagles with Don Henley and Glenn Frey. There are so many people who have totally changed country rock music and they are all connected with Gram Parsons
Sorry to disagree with my own fellow Irish mate but I'm sorry the band was way better
You're exactly right.
The voice of a beautiful boy angel...
A beautiful bad boy angel.
Discovered Mr. Parsons and the Flying Burrito Brothers just a few weeks back. Why Mr. Parsons isn't in both the Country Music and Rock and Roll halls of fame is truly beyond me because his influence is pretty much apparent in music from 1970 on, namely, The Eagles, to name one. I wished he had lived longer. Would have loved to have heard what new sounds he'd come up with.
Yes. Some of the old school Nashville people had contempt for rock musicians. See Ralph Emery. However, Gram Parson should definitely be in the rock hall in Cleveland. It's hard to believe that he isn't. They should do it while Keith Richards can present him for induction.
Have you listened to Townes Van Zandt yet? If not, please check out To Live is to Fly, I’ll Be Here in the Morning, Pancho and Lefty, etc!! ❤️
His Nudie suit from The Gilded Palace of Sin cover is in the Country Music Hall of Fame.
But the Eagles are pure plastic compared to this
I’m 23 years old and I’ve been listening to classic rock for about 15 years now. About 3 months ago I came across the Byrds and there began my journey into gram parsons. I really wish he would have lived longer because there isn’t another voice like his, nor is there music similar to his. His country with a hint of rock is the greatest thing this world has EVER heard 😇
The Eagles would've never been what they were if it weren't for Gram Parsons imo 👍🏼🥹
@@TheRealShawnCrowe oh definitely! I just came across a song by the eagles titled “my man” and they literally say the words “hickory wind”. I was in awe 😳
I actually just looked it up… the song is a tribute to gram parsons 🥹🥹🥹
If you ever get a chance, read one of his biographies. His life story is wild. Starts off really southern gothic and ends in excess and tragic infamy. I’m from NYC but when I first read his biography, totally by chance, I happened to be living in a town in Florida that neighbored the town where he was born. I had bought the book before moving to Florida and only happened to get to reading it while I was living there. Really put me in his shoes for the week or so I spent reading it. The smell of orange groves was literally coming through my window as I read about his family’s citrus fruit empire.
@@TheRealShawnCrowe Gene Clark, Doug Dillard, Richie Furay and Rusty Young deserve mention in that pantheon, too.
a vulnerable ballad that shows off gram's voice to great effect.
I was a teenager when a friend and I went to the Whiskey, I had no idea who the Flying Burrito Brothers were, I thought it was a joke. They came on in their Nudie suits and started playing and I was hooked for life. I remember hearing that Gram died when I was 20-sad, still sad.
i'm so envious, klara. i'm 20 now!
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I thought this was a SNL skit at first now I can't stop listening to it.
So lucky, I’m 20 and love this whole genre of music.
Since the age of 17, I have played this album more than any other. In good times and bad, its restorative powers remain undimmed, its beauty relentless. I return for the songs and their direct cardiac address. For the vocal harmonies, chapel and profane. For the hurt, crackled varnish of Gram Parson’s voice. For the swimmy pedal steel sluiced through a rotating Leslie amp. For the fuzz and the fog and the clarity. And for times lost and regained.
As I just returned to this album today I get exactly what you are saying. This album floored me in my teens and still resonates today. The singing of Gram and the sweet tone of Sneaky Pete still transport me to other worlds much better than this.
My favourite album ever, it's like nothing else
Beautiful
As a 17 year old, i wholeheartedly agree with you
@@ch-ur6rx Cool. It will serve you well and last a lifetime.
So handsome, talented and self-destructive. 😪❤️
One of the most beautiful country, love songs of all time. Gram Parsons got his reputation as "great" because of stuff like this. Just wonderful.
How is it I didn't know this great man glad I found him now
@Bobby Twig ... I agree with you 100% It is so soulful and different. It's Country Rock before there was such a genre.
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp funny thing is in Spanish there’s a band called los enanitos verdes a Peruvian band that made sounds like this and some other singers made similar sounds .. I have been looking for a song like this forever and this past week really been wondering why never heard a similar in English but glad I finally found it
@@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp Actually, there was such a genre back then. Some consider his LP “Safe at Home” with the International Submarine Band in 1967 to be the first country rock record.
@@mlebron20 I will give it a listen ...
Do you like his so called "Hits album" by fans SLEEPLESS NIGHTS ?
Fantastic, parson is just something else in music!!
Beautiful, I'm from Waycross, I used to clean Grams childhood home and we are Some Real Gram fans here for sure. I m currently reading Hickory Wind. I love all things Gram Parsons. Jus wished he was still with us, can yall imagine what wonderful music he still had to create ???? Rest in peace Gram for you are loved and will never be forgotten.
His talent and spirit are extraordinary. Greetings from Canada.
My brother loved this song and he loved Gram. He passed away the 27th of July. Hope he meets Gram up there.
My Deepest Condolences
Thank you Joe Gomez Still hurts.
I'm sorry about your brother, who obviously had great taste in music. No doubt he is jamming with Gram. More great musicians up there than down here.
Thank you @becker543211.
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For people who claim to ‘hate’ country music play them this song. And then afterwards play them George Jones singing Good Year for the Roses. If they still cling to their prejudice then kick them out of your life. You don’t need that level of ignorance and negativity in your life.
That was awfully hateful for someone keeping negativity out of their life.
@@hardspumoni6940you're down, 30-1
Now youre down 43 to 1. I dont think that comment was intended to be negative. Bottom line is Gram parsons was amazing. Best wishes to you,my friend❤@@hardspumoni6940
There's no limit to ignorance in the world, if someone hates country pity them they are deaf
Gram parsons genius succeeded in his mission bringing country music to the sixties generation would ever have heard or heard of the Lou in brothers were it not for gram Rest In Peace with god forever dear gram
Love Gram smile!
love the song, love the album, love the musicians and love how they don't take themselves seriously doing playback. it makes this video even more enjoyable and its still a very moving song.
Not mention, the instrument switch.
Wish Gram could have lived to 90 man the music we missed.
49 years, that's how long he is gone now. Still so sad. September 19th, 1973.
Gram was too beautiful for this world, I think.
I agree he was One of a Kind for sure and open doors for oh so many ! Missin Gram Let the Angels Keep Singin cause I wanna Hear Them ! ...
I agree wholeheartedly😢
so agree
Gram, one of a kind. There will never be another
I keep watching this video and just the creativity, that Zest for living life, I pick up smiles from Gram as he faces the group and he has a Euphoric grin on his face that says to me, Hot Burrito No,1 is good and you can see they know this one is GOLD.
I love seeing Gram straight. He is sooo positive, sweet and good natured. He loved his friends that's for sure. I just see what Gram was doing was getting his music out there and heard. As Gram would say, I hate labels. ) I agree. If the music is good it will move your spirit, soul and want to make you get your groove on. But if it's bad, nobody pays attention.
Gram changed the face of music as we know it. Wish you were here Gram Parsons!🙃🌊🌊🌊🧚🧚🤔🤔
Love Gram Parsons. Thank you for sharing his songs!
Only a cold-hearted jerk would down vote this tune. An absolutely beautiful love song by the late, great, Gram Parsons. They don't make em' like that anymore. Hadn't heard this for quite awhile. Still gives me a chill.
Yes this song is lovely... but for some reason, I thought he was literally going to sing about a hot burrito...
@@lyinsroar9637 Worst. Song. Title. Ever.
Agreed It is phenomenal
@Andy G how do you know that?
Bobby Twig Debbie Downers and Buzz Killingtons would thumb down this song
Having a major, major Gram Parsons binge at the moment. Just can’t get this song out of my head.
Gram Parsons, a handsome, charismatic man and hugely talented individual. Dead at the age of 26, having destroyed himself with drink and drugs. I feel sad and angry in equal measure; a senseless waste, a terrible loss of potential. Just imagine the amazing music he would have created if he had lived, he would have gone on to collaborate with Elvis Costello no doubt about it.
I'm binging on Gram and the Burrito Brothers too.
I cant stop listening to this either x
I finally realized that Graham must have been a huge influence on Nick Lowe-same style, attitude, etc. Lowe was a bit more of a rocker but they could have easily been twin brothers...
why Elvis Costello ? ha
Yet, Keith Richard's is still kickin' it. They partied like the Toxic Twins
that was amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!! this song changed my life. Gram Parsons you are incredible
They were an extension of the Bakersfield Sound or Nashville West. Started by artists like Merle haggard, and Buck Owwns. It was the California country sound, where they just took country music from Nashville and mixed it with a rock and roll sound, using more electric guitar sound to it. Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman along with "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow where right at the forefront of this new sound, along with Emmylou Harris who played with the Burritos at times. The Burrito Brothers don't get the recognition they deserve. Its a shame Gram died so young, cause who knows what great music they still could of made.
Dreamy as fuck.
Gram Parsons. The cosmic troubadour. A singer for now and all time.
Gram had the sweetest kind of melancholy.
That High Lonesome Voice..Definitely CMA OVER LOOKING AN AMERICAN TREASURE..saddens my ol soul to the Bone...Goodness Grace Happiness and Continued Grams charge to the Hall of Fame...Angels are Singing +
This is the perfect break up song from the boy's point of view, something we rarely hear.
His voice makes me cry cause he make you feel the hurt he is singing about
@@sandyjohnson3030 Have you heard his version of Wild Horses? Some say Gram wrote it and let Mick and Keith have it, because it sounds so much like a Burrito song than a Stones song.
When I listen to songs from The Gilded Palace of Sin on headphones, I realize how important Sneaky Pete is to this sound. Gram is singing, but Sneaky Pete is providing the musical accompaniment and has the solo. His "commentary" throughout the song is a wonderful and critical backdrop to the singing.
The only lead instrument in the group at this time. Of Course its important. Outside of the Hot Burritos, I find Grams vocals thin and underwhelming.
They dont call him sneaky pete for nothing.
Sneaky Pete lol what a cool nickname 😆🤣🤘
@@nateburns3469 look out w that thinking (i agree) people posting here will hate you for youre opinion
@@nateburns3469 I dig his vocals on ohh Las Vegas, and return of the grievous angel as well... could be Emmylou Harris' addition adding to it though
There'll be people who don't realise just how DARK this is. So beautiful.
Oh I know. Boy, do I know.
I dont think the subject matter is necessarily dark but I do see the cause and the EFFECT being what's so dark. Young love is so powerful and very frustrating and confusing. Being aware that you are compelled by love and not much you can do as far as how you feel and all the nuance and hints, clues, is enough to drive anyone crazy and into darkness. Sorry for ranting and being kind of vague, Love has became almost ineffable to me. This subject has been tripping people up for thousands of years so I dont see it stopping anytime soon. Peace & Love guys, estoy fuera ❤
@@nylontusk1289 Feeling defeated / overwhelmed by love is a sign that you're human! It has inspired the greatest art. From personal experience there are times in life when falling in love is both a spiritual elevation and a madness. We feel complete d by the other and see our soul gazing back at us in their eyes. Take this inspiration to creative and spiritual work and try to keep on a steady path. Often there is a period of disillusionment afterwards, when we realize that the beloved is human and fallible. Then we can feel tricked. It's not their fault, often. It's soul growth and a touch with the divine source in ourselves projected onto the other! All the best!
@@deborahrobertson8606 thank you that's very thoughtful and I really appreciate it
@@nylontusk1289 great thesis though.
Have loved this song for decades, it never fails to touch me deeply and choke up every time I listen to it. Gram was a true visionary.
Gram Parsons makes it cool to be vulnerable here and sing with emotion.
Those were the words I was searching for. Thanks man, this completely states what I feel listening and watching this.
almost as good as a young James Taylor
@@onefoot7 Interesting that James was #84 on Rolling Stones list of top 100 musicians, and Gram was #87! Obviously someone agrees with you.
Ill be 64 in November and I remember this song. Never gave it a second thought, Now this song is so beautiful!
This track is epic! It's so damn original! He did invent Country Rock! God bless Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, and Bernie Leadon!
I had a dream about GP last night. Brightened my spirits!!
Probablemente una de las canciones más emotivas que haya escuchado jamas. Sin lugar a dudas el legado de The Flying Burrito Brothers y sobretodo Gram Parsons es inmenso. El country rock lo corrobora. Gran tema, gran album The Gilded Palace Of Sin y gran Parsons...
A very haunting song! I feel there must have been a curse on the family with so much bad luck. Gram Parsons was brilliant, was blessed and threw it all away.
This song is a certified classic. Love the oldies
This song was impossible to find on RUclips a couple of years ago-you could only see a small clip of it during some interview. I'm glad it's been found and posted-Thank you InternetPilgrim
The elvis lip Gram puts on is a nod from one great to another.
augie obrien Elviss guitarist played with Gram at the end.
and he does it well
I saw that lip and I thought wow sings great and has that Elvis lip.
Love Gram parsons
You got it. Gram met Elvis when he was ten.
What a shame he had to leave this world so soon. One of the best voices ever. 🙏❤️👌
I miss him so ....even to this day I met him 2/1968 I was 17 we stayed in touch until late 1970 ...such an awesome person ...fun times❣️ I never saw him do hard drugs! It was a sad day when I got a call Sept 1973 saying he was gone....to this day I don’t know who called me😢
This is probably my favorite song.
me too
I was taking a course in Radio Broadcasting in college in 1974, after Gram died, and I scored a comp album, "The Last Last Album" I would practice mixing using two turntables using that album and a leftover Carly Simon album. Country-rock was not my favorite genre, but the way HE did it fascinated me. I loved their style, their musicianship (pedal steel!?!) and Gram's vocals. I wore that damned album out by the end of that semester. Haven't listened them until a couple of years ago researching Emmylou Harris after I met her on a cruise ship. I believe this particular song was all about her.
Superb. Stellar vocals, exquisite songwriting, hot band, cool threads. Truly groundbreaking. Can't fault Gram on this one. The whole world blew it for not recognizing a good thing!
Not the whole world. Me and My brother and his friends all new it in 1968.
I agree they should have been huge. Gram was the man and deserved a lot more fame.
Written mostly by Chris Ethridge.
The greatest and most moving singing voice in music history. God's Own Singer, indeed 🙌🌟
I love this song and video right here, as a singer songwriter myself I tell ya a delivery such as this does not happen everytime nor everyday. There was something magical about this to me. Just awesome the singing, the music, the video , I am a huge Gram Parsons fan too! Have watched this video over and over! Hoping to learn! All the best to you all! RIP GPs!
There's some grainy black and white live clips available. Wonderful, I thought. Try Gram and Emmylou Six Days on the Road live from Liberty Hall. Best wishes.
I'm 64. I didn't know of Gram Parsons till this year....and yet this is my favorite song, displacing "it hurts me too" Elmore James.
Says alot
(In)gram Parsons, not Graham...
@@glitter-lk5dz whereas I have not contracted you for proofreading services, there shall be no obligation of compensation by myself
One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard. Only Gene Clark and Ryan Adams possessed and possess this depth of soul in this genre of music.
Good call David Murray. You named two of my favorite artists with Gene Clark and Ryan Adams. Ryan does a great cover of Gram’s “a song for you”
The Burritos were special. They may not have been the most professional band on the scene at the time but they certainly had the x factor as to what makes a band great.This is simply a magnificent song and beautifully sung.
RIP Gram what a song right from the heart simply beautiful !
Beautiful, and magical! What a fine bunch of musicians!
he was gorgeous RIP
Sorry Robbie Robertson is way hotter
Somebody called him impossibly pretty. Marianne Faithful called him a beautiful boy.
Super cool guy - the best singing voice - and exceptional timing...
The bitter irony of Gram being totally rejected by the country music establishment... And yet here he's singing one of the greatest country ballads ever. And it's not tongue-in-cheek country. It's pure and sweet and true. (If a little bit messed up. Just like Gram.)
Such a great comment!
Thank you for providing us with this wonderful performance of Gram. This is a treasure with there being hardly any video of Gram in existence.
Wow... I'm, I'm speechless. It's been a while a song just punch me in the center of my soul like this one has done.
Truly sad song. Perfect for what I'm going through.
Very talented guy, how didn't I knew about him before?
"Because"OL'-"G.P."HAS-BEEN"Gone"
FOR"50-Years"(OFFICIALLY"Next-year"),
&"Because"OL'-EAGLE"Glenn Frey"
KINDA"Stole"-GRAM'S-"Thunder".., JUST"Maybe"!🙄🤔
I must admit, I had never heard of this song/band until the other day when a LP station in the middle of nowhere played the Mavericks cover of it. It prompted me to look it up. I'm hooked.
Why did he leave. Love him still. This is my go to song. Miss him so much.Danm the good ones always die. He should not be in that grave,by himself. He should be under the Tree.
Lord what a sweet southern soul 💜💜💜. Rest easy Gram , but we wish you were here
He was gorgeous, and such a talent. Would that he could still be with us, playing his cosmic American music. 💜
Thank you for sharing this - possibly the only good video of Gram Parsons. How I wish there were more.
Martha Langston There are some other television appearances that are here on youtube & the ones I know about are on my Poco/Gram Parsons playlist: ruclips.net/p/PL39355945C9C770FD most notably the FBB doing, "The Older Guys" where Gram is in his "imitating Mick Jagger" phase: ruclips.net/video/WCgxmc6gcOA/видео.html
Martha Langston I can't watch those horribly out of focus, grainy videos of his concerts. The only good one was Altamont but Mick Jagger cut most of it out of Gimme Shelter because he was jealous of Gram.
Love coming back to this song every now and then ❤️ Dear Gram may you continue to rest peacefully ❤
2016 we drove from NC to Joshua Tree Ca. to see the magic that Gram found. We found it, what a place. I wish a bit of ashes be placed anywhere around Skull Rock. RIP Gram.
THE NUDIE SUIT....combined with those heartbreaking vocals. Wow.
Those clothes are embarrassing and an impediment to rural fans, AKA the country.
T S yr embarrassed, and projecting sounds like
Hell Yeah !
Nudie suits were works of art.
T S they were poking fun at the Nashville “establishment” at a time when the Nudie suit was the standard. Gram’s had pot leaves on his so he really flipping his nose at Nashville where he was not taken seriously. His using rock influences in his music had all the SoCal artists chasing after him. The Eagles, Ronstadt, Nitty-Gritty, Loggins and Messina, and anyone else you want to name, not to mention discovering Emmylou Harris and giving her exposure to the entire LA music scene.
what a sad loss :( , love this boy and his music , keep singing in Heaven sweet Gram
Thank you Buck Owens for your influence! Bakersfield lives on!!
This album is a masterpiece.
MAGICAL PERSON ! WE MISS YOU GRAM.....NICE STEEL GUITAR, TOO !
This is genius, that steel is badass. I was a cosmic cowboy before I knew what that was but Gram gave us cowboy hippies a connection.
Mesmerizing song very powerful
best country song ever,,,,,,,grams voice is incredible,such emotion sounds like hes singing through tears
Yes! Some of the best singing of all time sounds like the singer is singing through tears. Another example is Patsy Cline.
I have to say I love this video! I love the song, the words are something you can feel.
God Dam it gram, you did it again I’m cryin!
Just an amazing piece of music. Soulful and beautiful.
Love you Gram, you were just so far ahead of your time. This world wasn't ready for your beautiful voice and a face to match😻🎤🎸
Damn. Fantastic song by a fantastic band that was just starting to go places, until Gram Parsons passed away at thirty years of age in September 1973. If only he had laid off the drugs, he would have gifted all music lovers with more great songs. The Flying Burrito Brothers might have been bigger than the Eagles. Gram put the soul in “Hot Burrito #1”. No other singer could get it done. The FBB managed to forge on after Parsons’ death, but it just wasn’t the same. He was the heart and soul of the band. Random thoughts.
He was only 26! Just a kid (at least from my current perspective).
older bro of gal classmate,rocking noise setup at their parents place,parsons,mc5,hot tuna,stanley clark,jeff beck,old stones....he rocked the farming hilltops when needed. n mi rocks
The man who left the world with a whole ton of heartache. ❤️
I'm 37 and heard many old school bands and songs thought I would've heard this song and band but I haven't till now its a special little piece.
What a love song! Gram was the soul of Cosmic American Music. Love that Grievous Angel 🌟
I love his music. So sad we lost him so many years ago.
Always come back to this song, r.i.p gram love you ❤️
There is so much unknown, untapped music out there it just blows my mind... discovered another legend today.
One of the greatest videos ever! 😂😂😂 Gram was the man.
vote Gram into Country Music Hall of Fame--love your Cosmic
American Music--singing sweetly with the angels--RIP Gram
Michael Vento Palm Desert, Ca.
Still amazing after all these years.
I’ve been enjoying this for about 50 years and have loved dancing to it with my wife of 45 years.
Gram Parsons forever!!! Thank you Gram, you gave it all.
First time hearing this song. Beautiful and sad.