Tuesday, January 03, 2006

S$# 001 Byrds | She Don't Care About Time

The lead single for the Byrds' second album in 1965 was the title tune - Turn! Turn! Turn!, a jingly-jangly reading of Pete Seeger's reading of Ecclesiastes.

The b-side is also a great number. She Don't Care About Time was written by vocalist Gene Clark; it was recorded August 23, 1965. It includes the ever-present 12-string Rickenbacker sound by Roger McGuinn, but it's the vocals that are the real strength of the song.
Hallways and staircases everyday to climb
To go up to my white walled room out on the end of time
Where I can be with my love for she is all that is mine
And she'll always be there, my love don't care about time

The song is featured as a bonus track on the 1996 remaster of Turn! Turn! Turn! (Actually, there are two versions - the commercial release and an earlier version with a more prominent vocal, plus harmonica solo.)