![]() freshacconci talk talk 14:08, (UTC) Reply Very much agreed. We should only be listing the main genres of any given song, based on published sources, not every editor's personal opinion on what the song actually is. However, no source that I have found has labeled "Eight Miles High" as folk rock and instead focus on how this was a shift away from folk rock (as the allmusic article linked indicates). Yes, The Byrds were folk rock pioneers and their other singles and first two LPs were folk rock. Kohoutek1138 ( talk) 12:33, 28 November 2009 (UTC) Reply Īn editor insists on labeling this as folk rock. 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) Reply 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) Reply 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) Reply 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."
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