Trying To Interest My Band Mates In Playing The Byrds' "Why" - A Great, Overlooked Song

Compas,

I put "Why" (and the Beatles' "Rain") at the very top of my list titled: "Most Frequently Overlooked Great Pop Songs."  (... followed by about 100 Bruce Cockburn tracks. )

"Why" is short and simple with two psychedelic guitar riffs that I think you'd enjoy playing. (I know I'd love to hear you play them!)

What do you think?

"Why"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxREcuea9D8

"Why"

Keep sayin' no to her since she was a baby
You keep sayin' no to her not even maybe
And why? Why?

You say there's a limit there, she can't go past that
She don't believe you, she don't think that's where it's at
Why? Why?

You say she can't change that, it's the way you've always done it
She don't care about that, she thinks you've just begun it
Why? Why?

Guitar Break

You say it's a dead old world, dull and unforgiving
I don't know where you live, but you're not living
Why? Why?

Keep sayin' no to her since she was a baby
Keep sayin' no to her not even maybe
And why? Why?

Guitar Break

Here's "Why's" Wikipedia entry: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Why_(The_Byrds_song)

Miraculously, for a Byrds' song - where you'd think there'd bed lots of stressful high, voice-stressful notes - it's stress-free.

Pax,

Alan

PS Here's my list of "best overlooked Bruce Cockburn songs." (In his native Canada, Bruce is loved from coast to coast: the Canadian postal service has dedicated a stamp to him.) On this side of the border Cockburn is best known for his song "If I Had A Rocket Launcher." Watch the following live version to glimpse Cockburn's guitar mastery: His solo starts at 3:47. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjHior0RfU 

Love Rock: 

The Last Night Of The World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02TUsZzF6es

Put It In Your Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkjBj67g_fo

Lovers In A Dangerous Time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvzqDGL3h9A

Mid-Career Live Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRv8G7i0Dio
Late-Career Live Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKjgJ3oLJqE

Open: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErkzoAndLJk

Blues:

Soul Of A Man: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYOz-turJ3g

Feel Good Rock:

Down Here Tonight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf-_WDTTcsc

Tie Me At The Crossroads (When I Die): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJF1W-cElUs

Mystical Rock:

Strange Waters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3eBnUrqfOA

Dream Like Mine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eG23MqIMos

Lord Of The Starfields: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSn685H5CR4

Fascist Architecture (Of My Own Design): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwZNjbaTxx4

Tokyo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQ1PEG-9L8Y

Political Rock: 

If I Had A Rocket Launcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOjHior0RfU

They Call It Democracy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fr6khzOskI&list=RD_Fr6khzOskI#t=23

If A Tree Falls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErS9HCh8GfE

Live Version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13KUZ53NWq0

The Trouble With Normal (Is It Always Gets Worse): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kybkiiAKMOY

Mighty Trucks Of Midnight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2bYAGFU_E

People See Through You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53JkTgdTKd0

Stolen Land: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmbbaNFONMY  

(This song had to "grow on me." If you're not grabbed at the front end, be sure to listen to the guitar solo that occupies the last 3 minutes of this song.)

Ballads:

Southland Of The Heart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCPfi_oBA7E

Pacing the Cage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s2zN9j78LM

Live version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sAcqr3MYMmM

Child Of The Wind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60Hy3y9KON0

Live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j1SIUGRxRM

(I sang a verse of this song at my Dad's 80th birthday party.)

All The Diamonds In This World: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5Vpnde5do

Coldest Night Of The Year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mwc43Fd9DY