Hey! I’m back with another round of Name That Tune. Are you ready to rumble?
Let’s see how you do this week. And your clues are:
- This tune, released in April of 1965, is a cover performed by a quintet based in Los Angeles. Though the group underwent multiple lineup changes throughout its existence, their bespectacled frontman never changed.
- The original song was composed and recorded by a 24-year-old from Minnesota with a very recognizable voice; he has since gone on to become a huge persona in the music industry.
- The composer claims he wrote this song on a road trip he took with some friends from New York to San Francisco. They smoked lots of weed along the way, replenishing their stash at post offices where they had mailed pot and picked it up while on the road. Very enterprising.
- Both the group and the songwriter made the harmonica and tambourine look cool.
- The group had another big hit in 1965 with a tune based on verses from the Bible. This was a cover of a 1959 song written by an American activist and environmentalist.
Do you know the name of the song and the group who had a hit with this cover? How about the name of the composer? I wonder where you arrived at your ‘aha!” moment.
Scroll down for the big reveal.
Ok, are you ready for the answers?
The LA-based quintet is The Byrds and the song in question is “Mr. Tambourine Man” written by Bob Dylan.
Now let’s hear that famous song.
I hope you had fun today playing Name That Tune; don’t forget to check in next week to see what I’ve got planned.
Pete’s up again tomorrow with another installment of Breaktime Whodunnit. I wonder what he’s got cooking.
Enjoy the upcoming week and stay safe and well.
See you on the flip side.
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The Elephant's Trunk 
Well, this was obviously before pot sniffing dogs! What a wild story!
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Right? That’s the craziest story!
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Doesn’t that make the federal government an accomplice?
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I suppose they can plead ignorance which really isn’t a lie 🤣
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LOL 🙃
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“Hey, Mr. Tambourine Man” by The Byrds. Got it on the first clue, and no, I didn’t peek…
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Great, John! Must have been the “bespectacled frontman” that clinched it!
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no, it was Los Angeles-based quintet…
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Wasn’t able to guess but great song!! Great choice
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Thanks for tuning in, Sanjeet!
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Most welcome. You all have great music taste. 👌🏽
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Thanks! We try! 🎶
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I got Dylan at #2 but it took you to mention the tambourine and harmonica as being cool for me to come up with the correct song and group.
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For me, Fan, that was the give-away clue for those who had some ideas brewing.
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Good morning and good evening.
Nancy, I almost had it at the tambourine mention but then weed smoke escaping from the clues got the better of me…and then I was with Lucy in the sky with diamonds!
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Put down the houka, Nick, and step away from the computer. 🤣
I thought this was gonna be an easy one! 😎
That was a crazy story about the post offices, wasn’t it? Those were the days!
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I knew Dylan but not your band or your tune. Dylan’s work has been recorded so much, plus there were so many copycat bands around at that time, it was a needle in a haystack. Glasses, tambourine, harmonica, huh?
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Glasses, tambourine, harmonica – synonymous with The Byrds.
Hey, you got Dylan! Woo hoo!
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Too early for me 🙂
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