ĭuring an interview with music journalist Pete Frame, McGuinn said: However, the band members all knew, from their common bitter personal experiences, that the most difficult part of success was in remaining successful, staying ahead of the curve artistically, and staying sane under the immense pressure of stardom. Rolling Stone editor David Fricke has written that although the song's lyrics are heavily sarcastic, beneath the playful cynicism there is a deeper, implicit irony to the song The Byrds had, themselves, achieved almost overnight success with the release of their debut single, a cover of Bob Dylan's " Mr. These screams were recorded at a Byrds' concert on Augin Bournemouth by the band's publicist, Derek Taylor, at McGuinn's request. In addition, "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" features the sound of hysterical teenage pop fans screaming. The song also features Masekela's trumpet playing, which represents the first use of brass on a Byrds recording. Hillman has stated that he composed the song's bass part during a recording session for South African musician Hugh Masekela. Musically, "So You Want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" features a driving, circular Rickenbacker guitar riff by McGuinn and what Conners has called an "unstoppable bass hook" from Hillman. The manufactured nature of the group caused the Byrds' bassist, Chris Hillman, and lead guitarist, Jim McGuinn, to look upon the current state of the pop world with more than a little cynicism-something that was reflected in the song's lyrics.
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Written in late 1966, "So You Want to be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" has been described by Byrds expert Tim Conners as "an acerbic, but good-natured swipe at the success of manufactured rock bands like the Monkees." The Monkees television series had debuted in America in September 1966, and had launched the pre-fabricated band to international fame. The song was inspired by the manufactured nature of the Monkees and was released as a single on January 9, 1967, reaching number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100, but failing to chart in the United Kingdom. " So You Want to Be a Rock 'n' Roll Star" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by Jim McGuinn and Chris Hillman and included on the band's 1967 album, Younger Than Yesterday.
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