Eight Miles High is about the Byrds flight to England on one of their first tours there. Is it also a song about drugs? Roger McGuinn denies this and that is good enough for me. When it was released, it was generally banned from the radio because of the assumed drug reference. Eight Miles High was one of the most innovative rock songs. It is too bad that it did not get more air play when it first came out. The song is also heavily influence by jazz, especially John Coltrane's song "India". listen to the similarities in the intro guitar solo and the guitar simulating Coltranes rapid fire sax playing.
Eight Miles High is about the Byrds flight to England on one of their first tours there. Is it also a song about drugs? Roger McGuinn denies this and that is good enough for me. When it was released, it was generally banned from the radio because of the assumed drug reference. Eight Miles High was one of the most innovative rock songs. It is too bad that it did not get more air play when it first came out. The song is also heavily influence by jazz, especially John Coltrane's song "India". listen to the similarities in the intro guitar solo and the guitar simulating Coltranes rapid fire sax playing.