Think About It-The Yardbirds-1968-(Live At The B.B.C.)

[attommas]

Page did play this with Led Zeppelin.The first solo is in the middle of Led Zeppelin's version of Dazed and Confused.Listen to the studio versions of the two songs and you'll hear a better production of what I mean.

[dom38701]

jeff reif has no talent

[bigbadbob58]

This song has so much more edge to it when Page plays this on the BBC than any other version I have heard.  Unique sound to create using a Fender Telecaster......like Led Zeppelin 1 was made with the same Tele....

[petebest22]

shame there aint great powerful music like this around anymore :( .. thanks for posting this :)

[MissIsis86]

This songs rocks more than anything on the radio today, it still sounds fresh, unbelievable!

[bedsitsongbird33]

@MissIsis86 iam pissed off with folk like you who knock jimmy page he was and still is a great guitar player have you never heard of the rain song the song remains the same the rover ten years gone and how he layers all they guitars perfect give the guy some credit

[boogiemaam]

Jimmy Page in the background and then his solo make this song way more badass than it was born to be. Like a merry go round becoming a dragster.

[avalonrick]

Just an FYI The yardbirds played this twice for the BBC there is actually another version of Think about it from the BBC the difference being you can hear Jim McCarty on backing vocals same session oddly as White Summer and Dazed and Confused.  Pretty sure they performed My baby twice too

[shanehenning26]

great song

[stonerbudkap]

That's straight up metal.

[dantean]

It's hilarious how British DJs sound every bit as ridiculous as the Monty Python parodies of 60s TV and radio personalities. They sound like they're doing self-parody, only they're not.

[polymath7]

@dantean Most amusing.

[JAYROX1969]

The Yardbirds own aerosmith.

[dantean]

This is too obvious to require being said.

[JAYROX1969]

@dantean Very obvious but it needed to be said!!

[dantean]

True, true.

[spanfreckl]

Hey!- Who's Fender guitar rig is that at 2:30? That's not what Jimmy played back then, is it? I know he played a tele- but not that one...

[Yardbirdsfan]

Its probably just a vintage photo the person who made the video found and added it in the video. I do agree Jimmy didn't use it.

[boogiemaam]

Whoever put this up. You deserve a standing ovation. This is a treasure for Zep fans. This is good rock song. But when Jimmy Page unleashes his solo, WOW!! That guitar solo is almost out of place it is soooo incredible. It is a relatively innocent 60's type song, then out of nowhere instead of where the typical 60's solo should be, Jimmy Page drops a bomb on the whole song with a mind blowing, Led Zeppelin guitar solo. It's like Jimmy Page sat in on some 6th graders garage band practice.

[asmorgan88]

This is a treasure for Yardbirds fans...and Jimmy Page blows our minds with a Yardbirds' guitar solo, not a Led Zeppelin guitar solo.

[lxKazxl]

@asmorgan88 Yes, but later on Dazed & Confused he blows us away with a recycled yardbird guitar solo.

Actually, I prefer the D&C version, it seems to fit the solo much better there, where the Yardbirds Solo seems just well, out of place.

[60spastlife]

Freaking awesome.

[sparwood8]

I hate 'head music' better than the noise of today, though

[smithdsmit]

I think areosmith did a good job but this is better

[pirrung123]

I have this DJ DEMO 45 :o)

[shelly10538]

I definitely like this version better than the one on the album. I think the rawer less produced sound on this "live" version is more similar to Led Zeppelin too.

[totalstranga]

kick ass!

[EmpZappa66]

This is definitely Page's most overlooked song ever, this is well on par with his later stuff. I'm surprised he didn't play this with Zeppelin.

[asmorgan88]

@EmpZappa66

Yes - the solo is later lifted, altered, & improved for "Dazed & Confused", but the main riff throughout the song is also later lifted, altered, & improved on Led Zeppelin's "Four Sticks".

Casually listening to it, you may not here it...but knowing The Yardbirds very well, & having been playing this song on guitar for awhile, I've recently started playing Zeppelin stuff, & found myself playing a slight variation of the main riff for "Think About It" for part of "Four Sticks".

[garbeaj]

@EmpZappa66 He did. He took the solo section and used much of it for the early solos to "Dazed and Confused"...

[IM1NML]

@garbeaj ~ I heard it tOO...

[garbeaj]

@IM1NML Yeah, it is pretty obvious when you listen to any live versions from 68-69...like the Supershow version.

[suicacrobatdude]

Wow,this is great..Check out Aerosmith's version from 1979.

[1glassMilk]

no, that version is horrible//..

[andrewmccarty]

whaa? horrible? ur crazy lol. this is my first time hearing the original...it just doesnt seem to have the same kind of "oomph" aerosmith's version does. The first 10 seconds of the aerosmith one gives me goosbumps every time

[addiepray89]

awesome. i can hear heartbreaker in it . just great. period.

[zaxjackson636]

Where can I find this!! I can't find the album version anywhere either!

[Priole2000]

Search Amazon for Yardbirds: Live at the BBC. It should be track #24.

[Priole2000]

The album version is on Little Games. Get the Import version with additional tracks...that's on Amazon as well.

[PageandPlant4Life]

in the picture at 0:18, Jimmy's hair is just ridiculously frizzed out.

[Priole2000]

He looks more like Robert Plant with dark hair than he does Jimmy Page, eh? LOL!

[leejohnson79]

That riff is just stonking, this live version is much better than the studio one.

[DogbiteOW]

A proto-Led Zeppelin track. Wow

[68generation]

The best version of this song is the one on Little Games Sessions & more, really awesome & better sung from Keith - he seems to change voice all the time!!

[Saturday8pm]

This is the better version - rough and ready, although I prefer the studio cut opening better. The drums here aren't tinny, the bass has some bottom to it, and the bowing works. This is one of the few Page-era songs where the band gels together. I think the things that sunk the band was the lack of original material after Beck left and that its live act differed utterly from its studio output, such as it was. Squandered opportunities.

[devilsclickingcanes]

"Little Games" is a great album, at least, that's the release that I have, lots of good stuff on there.

Is Page using a compressor on the guitar? I did not think a floor-unit compressor was available in those days.

[Priole2000]

No, it's his Tonebender MKII fuzz pedal giving it that tone. It's killer.

[jka4311]

Great song.. Thanks for posting...

Love the video...

[usedMTVpromos]

and those angelic vocals on the lyric "Think about it" at 0:52, 1:23 & then @ 2:51 we're whisked up into the golden eggs of Relf's eternal omelette...

[68generation]

Actually I think RElf's voice is really original on this song. His voice does not sound angelic at all as you say, it sounds flat and sinister, which is really suited to the song.

[PageandPlant4Life]

The intro riff is played differently here. I think it is better.

[74sodapop]

So do I.The more rougher the better.The majority prefer B.B.C. Live.I agree.

[Priole2000]

Yep, this riff is better because it's smoothed out somewhat. The studio's take is a little too rushed and choppy sounding.

[asmorgan88]

@PageandPlant4Life

Actually, I've been playing this tune on guitar for years, & it's exactly the same as the album version. Same exact notes, everything...it's just at a different tempo, so yeah, it's played differently, but it is the same as the album version.

[Zeitgeist74]

@PageandPlant4Life

The drum beat is also different. Listen to the album (CD) version and this listen to this live BBC recording.

[itzjoeymac]

Beck had already set the metal tone with 'train kept-a-rollin' before Page joined.

[zeecount]

Remember the time when pop music was good?

I think this video just about sums it up. 5/5

[reelopen]

pop music was never good you son of a bitch

[witchman67]

Great song. Thanks for the clip.

[NODISCOonkrth]

This song is so great and that Great Famous Jimmy Page Riff

What a group

[68generation]

Nice song but it's not a Jimmy Page song as it was also written by Keith r., McCarty & Dreja according to my Yb's biography by Greg Russo. Anyway great song -already Led Zepp.

[yaiknowscrewme]

best solo ever!!!!Still to this day makes me almost fall down from the buzzz

[itzjoeymac]

Nahhh, The line-up with Jeff Beck already established this heavy sound without Page on 'Train Kept A'Rollin', not to mention, Beck ditched the band and put out the first WHOLE album of heavy music while Page was trying to get a Led Zeppelin to fly. GREAT SOLO anyway. A lot of people played into what is now Heavy Metal. But mostly Beck, Page, Clapton and Hendrix followed by the almighty Black Sabbath and Led Zep.

[fuzzfreak1967]

What was the name of the Beck album you are refering to?

[witchman67]

Maybe "Truth."

[74sodapop]

Good critique.There's always arguments.Some say Metal was invented by the blues artists from the 20's.Robert Johnson etc.I wanna by that Beck album.

[cabalofdemons]

I have to say that Black Sabbath are the godfathers of heavy metal. Every thing from the music to the occult imagery defines metal.

I look at Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc. as hard rock that arguably laid the blue print for metal. But it's not heavy metal.

[tanisroot]

and yet metal is sooo god awful. how about that?

[cabalofdemons]

Well, that's your opinion.

[tanisroot]

yeah, i just think metal sounds way terrible compared to this though. all that 80s crap is nothing. and you hear some british blues, and mod stuff in this song which i prefer. beats motley crue for shizzle

[cabalofdemons]

I have to say that Black Sabbath are the godfathers of heavy metal. Every thing from the music to the occult imagery defines metal.

I look at Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, etc. as hard rock that arguably laid the blue print for metal. But it's not heavy metal.

[vampyros1]

Well, anybody who earmarks the output of blues from the 20's as a seminal force for heavy metal has a race agenda axe to gind. That's clearly bullshit. The Yardbirds were 'instrumental', to say the least. This is a great song that treads the line between psychedelia and early hard rock .... always a fave. Thanks for posting.

[gillesbertacco]

Mmmh. Probably. But...you know...in between was a far superior Music-Style: It was (is) called "Psychedelia"!!!

[sixsixxsixxxx]

@itzjoeymac heard both beck album with stewart and zep's first...beck's good, zep's brilliant and let's not forget they knew each other as kids b4 yardies so who knows who got what from whom?for my money, beck is magical but inconsistent and not a strong songwriter...page rocked the hardest and was the riff-meister, no contest...plus he produced every zep record which still hold up today, not dated...beck was a better guitar player but page was a genius

[mielazul]

@sixsixxsixxxx I think in one comment you summed up a billion dumbass youtube comment wars. Everybody is always arguing about who's a better guitar player than who, but - like you said - it's not who's the better guitar player, it's WHO IS THE FUCKING GENIUS?! And yes, you're right again - Page is a genius. No disrespect to Beck though - I just saw that Ronnie's gig on tv recently and actually shed some tears at the brilliance of his playing. And Page was smiling away in the audience!

[chicken1010101010]

AWSOME!

[paisleypower30]

neat guitar in this one!

[nojodasyardie]

This takes me to another place. Back to the sixties, when I wish I was a teenager. However the Lord made me a teenager of the 80's instead - not a complaint just a fact.

[micr0cosm]

Nice Post Man :)

[Lionsdale]

jimmy page really is the man