152. I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better by The Byrds

The whole punk thing although we seemed to regard it as year Zero for me it opened many many doors to music. I started spending all my time scouring record shops and second hand stores looking for cool music which more often than not were sixties artists. I  guess thats why my bands started to lean towards sixties pop as the decade wore on. Punk blew away a lot of the crap from the progressive mid seventies but it also unleashed a tidal wave of forgotten sounds.
Though I was well aware of Byrds singles it was picking up a cheap copy of their first album which got me hooked. full of great pop tunes with that ringing and chyming 12 string Rickenbacker and crystal harmonies I couldn't stop playing it and then started collecting all their stuff. The big song was I Feel A Whole Lot Better. It was so good I convinced Little Murders to cover it. It was just after I had broke up with a long time girlfriend and this song allowed me to vent my feelings on stage. One thing about playing in a band is that even when you split up with someone there is often a tendency for them to turn up at a gig.
If the song takes me to a place it would be New year's Eve 1981 playing at this pub in Richmond whose name escapes me but was opposite the train station in Swan Street. The support was AEIOU. I think it was a buck to get in. The night had a certain glow to it.