Lead singer Relf was 33 when he died from electrocution, at his home, while playing his improperly grounded electric guitar. At the time, Relf was rehearsing new material for the regrouping of the original Renaissance line-up, called Illusion.
@MaxxPurple98 - Hey, I'm a guy and I thought Page looked exceptionally cool in his Yardbird days and the early Led Zep years. That's when bands also dressed much better. Like Paul McCartney; always a sharp dress, as were virtually all the British bands. It's too bad that, like so many others, Page got carried away by himself in the excess department. But then that happened to a number of the Brit bands - the Who, Hendrix, Cream... once they started making big bucks in America.
This, the soundtrack of our youth. I was eleven. This haunting song along with Blue Cheer. then Led Zep, et. al., formed who I am. Who we early Hawaii hippies/rockers were. Youtube, the time machine. Celebrate it all.
jimmy paige apparently didnt grow out of it, so much for germ biology, he must have had a blast on stage, and to go on with led zeppelin after this awesome band, destiny told jimmy to say f-ck germ biology
They're faking it for the video/TV show. The guitarist you hear is Jeff Beck. Page is my favorite, but Beck was better in the 'Birds than Page or Clapton -- by a mile.
kieth was way before his time. He was ill but in those days there was no treatment for his problem .I think he had a hole in the heart. anyway he still commands great respect for his contribution to what we listen to today.
Great Video, but you have to "crank it up" with the audio and tell Youtube that you want the maximum volume increased like every Youtube Fan says- "Crank It Up..." Dan O'Niallain
I saw the New Yardbirds at the Rockpile in Toronto mainly because of Page playing in the band. We all laughed at the singer because he sang so high. By the way, they changed their name after to Led Zeppilin
Honestly, Chris Dreja or Keith Relf COULD have played the sitar sounding guitar part because once you use fuzz or distortion, you don't have to be good to sound good. Jeff sounds great doing it, but any one can do it if they can play guitar at all.
Belay that last comment of mine - got carried away. Forgot I wasn't listening to the original. Don't bother pointing it out, ta. Apologies to prunepurple for talking c..p. System won't let me post another reply.
yes synched...and that recording they are miming to, is Beck playing a Les Paul, I think, trying to sound like a Sitar. The original sound they were after was a Sitar, but the Indian guy they bought in could not do it effectively enough so Beck used his demo of how they wanted it to be. Page was not on this record.
@d217male - Yes, the Indian chap couldn't play basics 4/4 time; he was so accustomed to playing odd times (difficult for most rock musicians). Beck was one of the early proponents of the Tone Bender effects pedals, and I believe it was this he used to get the sound on his guitar, which - at that time - was likely his Fender Esquire. He plays a Les Paul on his final single with the Yardbirds (w/Page on rhythm), 'Happenings 10 Years Time Ago' b/w 'Psycho Daisies' (he sings on the latter)
@prunepurple You're both wrong - I'm sitting here looking at my copy of the original 45 that I bought on 28 June 1965! The B side is Steeled Blues - in case anyone is going to question this. It was their 2nd Uk release as a follow up to 'For Your Love' which I bought on 19 March 1965. Got the discs in their covers - from when Columbia covers were still green. The next one I got was the double sided hit - Evil Hearted You/Still I'm Sad, on 2 Nov 65, by which time the covers had changed to Red.
A couple things: Jimmy Page was not in the group when this song was recorded; Jeff Beck is heard on this recording. I'm not sure about the comment about Page urging Beck to use a distortion pedal (Page and Beck were and remain close friends); Beck was so far ahead of everyone else and a Tonebender distortion unit were part of his early arsenal (as were feedback, harmonics, pulloffs... ). I'm not sure why the band is miming this tune so late in its career. Also, Beck didn't leave - he was fired.
@gmj2012 - Beck was let go because he ducked out while on tour with the band, supposedly went to California to see a girlfriend, then headed back to London. He was the Bad Boy of Rock. When the Yardbirds headed to Europe, Jeff expected to re-join them, only to find he was no longer in the band. YouTube the Yardbirds induction into the Hall of Fame, where he laughing berates the band for ditching him. As if to prove a point, he opens his Truth album with the Yardbirds 'Shapes of Things'... Heavy.
@MrCherryJuice Your Oh So Right about Jeff Beck. he had it so far ahead, as an incredible and unsurpassable guitarist. You're also right about Becks firing, which happened in 1966. My favorite Jeff Beck album (I mean vinyl) is 'Beck-ola Cosa Nostra'. The song is 'Becks Bolero' and 'Girl From Mill Valley' with Nicky Hopkins on piano. Rod Stewart does some pretty unrecognnizable vocals, grittier and superior to his solo stuff.
@lizzy11291950 - I like 'Beck-Ola too. For raw energy it's really the best. The whole album, 'Girl from Mill Valley' aside (nice), smokes. Rod added his vocals after the tracks were recorded and was miffed because the keys were too high! BTW, 'Beck's Bolero' is on Truth, his first album. That track was actually recorded in '66. Jimmy Page produced and is on rhythm, Keith Moon drums, John Paul Jones is on bass, and Hopkins on piano. That was where the idea for Led Zepplin started.
@MrCherryJuice He was fired for blowing off gigs, it was Page who was the ace session guitarist not Beck, it was Page who commisioned Roger Mayer to make his first fuzztone (the Page 1) and gave one to Beck, 3 years before Mayer was making them for Hendrix, Page got Beck session work and his gig with the Yardbirds after Page turned it down, Page had access to all the records and production equipment, I love Beck but as he said himself "in the early days Jimmy showed me everything"
@DalesSales yes i dig that as well, the guy's name id Keith Relf, he actualy was electracuted to death in 81 or so, buy a guitar that was not properly grounded.. cool dude
JP's rhythmic bodily motion has always been worth the price of admission - simply the best in the hx of R&R - as natural as water going over the falls & just as awesome to behold.
@2000biteme Yes. Jimmy Page was looking for people for "The New Yardbirds" and after Jimmy, Robert, John, and John got together with Kieth Moon and John Entwistle, Keith Moon replied to Jimmy's consideration of starting a super-group: "We'd go down like a lead zeppelin." After that, they changed their named, and Peter Grant made the change from "lead" to "Led" to make it official and so there was no confusion.
@maggottron333 It was actually entwhistle who said the line, moon being an extrovert, jumped on the claim a few years later, entwhistle never bothering to correct it, entwhistle was actually a very witty man but was overshadowed my moons antics.
@maggottron333 I agree, he was a great musician and a very smart man, although townsend was the genius behind most of the who's music, entwhistle helped craft their sound with his impeccable timing and contributions to every song, he will be missed, LONG LIVE THE OXE!!!!
@Syndicate93 He's wearing a white ruffled shirt with ruffled sleeves and a cream-colored cardigan with flowers all over it. You can get a better look in the color version of this video. His psychedelic look during his Yardbirds days was awesome.
@truewesterner hold on I get really important to say *starts typing* now i just need to click post. oh crap a captcha! hold on i think I know what it says * types in captcha*, now i can click post!....... *"Error try again" message pops up* oh fuck what the hell is this!!! *clicks post again and again* FFFFUUUUUUUU.jpg
And you idiots think these guys were playing with no mikes or guitars plugged in? Alrighty then. I guess this was a really unplugged appearance. Newflash. Its called lipsyncing for you musical experts out there.
how about we just agree - this was a GOLDEN age of ass kicking R&R....never to be repeated by the splashing punkins, or cRAPpers. Oh, yea, dont forget the lead singer Keith Relf - died of athsma.....God THOSE WERE great daze.....
@MrHansAryan Keith Relf died of electrocution in his basement studio. No grounding for the electrical current and he walked over a gas pipe in the ground with guitar and was killed. I've read it was his health that was the problem because he may have survived it otherwise. He was more important to the group than any guitarist, and I'm a devoted fan of each guitarist.
@katesdad0 But I heard an interview Jeff Beck gave a long time ago about this song. He said it was Jimmy's idea to make the guitar have that distorted sound. Jeff didn't like it. Jimmy said no do it, people will go mad for it. And he was right. He also said in that interview that talking to Rod Stewart was like talking to air. This interview was in the 70's.
By the way, the Yardbirds had three of the greatest guitar players ever. It's pointless to rank one over the others, since they have very different styles. I love all three of them.
@Putitaway... First off, you should never start a conversation by calling someone an idiot... because that's what idiots do. From 1968 to 1975 Page displayed the "extreme technical skill" of a virtuoso. Bits can be heard on the actual released albums but obviously it's playing live where the "guitar virtuoso" is heard in his case. Steve Vai is a different style of player but I agree that he is a virtuoso. However, he mentions Page's influence as a lead player and one whom he tried to outplay.
Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, Shawn Lane, Yngwie, Greg Howe and countless other guitarists can run circles around Jimmy....but they could never surpass Jimmy in terms of inspiration, creativity, influence, and the historical significance to Rock and Roll he brought to the world. Virtuoso?....I'd rather be like Jimmy.
@Rick6315 here here. True. LOL I hated how we used to worship these idols. We did, although we hate to admit it. Only one God worthy of worship and He is Lord. (yeah, me = another baby boomer who became a Christian later in life.
@kewlbreez77 Yup. It's Beck, not page you hear. That isn't to take anything away from Jimmy Page. They originally tried to use a sitar, but it just wouldn't work. I have a recording of that version. It didn't work. Graham Gouldman, who wrote the song, asked Jeff Beck if he could make a guitar sound like a sitar. He did. I honestly believe he could make a guitar sound like a Mack truck if he wanted to. Anyway, that's the version you hear.
@AuOso98 Ive just listened 2 the Beck and Page version. This version is definately Page (ok,ignore the video if you like) I can tell by hois style of playing without a doubt.
@Cometsamba. Your post is nearly irrelevant. However, if you are saying that Jimmy Page is nowhere near the "virtuoso" that the gentlemen you listed, then that's just a careless statement. Sounds like you've been trying to make this argument for a long time and can't bear to be wrong. Love all the guitarist you mentioned by the way. All great. Obvious that a lot of Brits emulated the early blues greats. No idea what the last sentence even means... lacking syntax.
Listen to what Roy Buchannan played like in the mid 60s,say or any of the African American guitarists the Brits were imitating esp Buddy Guy, Albert King ,Freddy King. you'll realize,whatever his later accomplishments ,Page is nowhere near virtuoso status in this period..If he's such a demi god to you ,you can;t bear to hear criticism,you're not interested in the music,celebrity cult stuff is not healthy for musicians or music lovers
People that say Page plays sloppy kill me. Talk about anal retentive. These are the type of people that would rather have a picture instead of a painting. And not a virtuoso? That's seriously ridiculous. Jimmy Page is one of the top guitarists to ever pick up the instrument. Good Lord... he's not a "neat" guitar player? So effin' what? I prefer color to sterile. Plus, a tighter band probably hasn't existed, so I'm pretty sure that if playing neat was important to Page he would have done so.
@SymbolRudolf you're an idiot. That's what 'virtuoso' means - someone with extreme technical skill, which Page clearly doesn't have. Steve Vai is a virtuoso. Page would be the first to admit that he's not. You can't redefine a word because you would like it equal your personal taste. Page's strengths are a knack for coming up with good riffs , ability to sit in a groove well with the rhythm section, and a unique and memorable soloing style, but none of that makes somone a virtuoso.
Jimmy Page is a great guitar player but not a virtuoso. He is sloppy and you can even hear it on the studio recording. But he will always be a legend just not a clean player in terms of soloing.
O.K. I can no longer argue the fact that this version tops Jeff Beck's, but, face it both of them are legendary players, and it leads to one question: How cool must it have been to have Jeff Beck leave your band, and have a Jimmy Page available to become his replacement?!?! The Yardbirds: The best guitar band from The U.K. Just unreal!
@redsfanstu What's really interesting is that Page was a precision*, highly sought-after session guitarist in London from '61 til late '65, and he was sick of studio work and ready to join a band and play in front of live audiences, and show those audiences what he could do on the guitars. (And I mean "guitars", plural!)
* IOWs, these people saying Page was a "sloppy" guitarist, don't know what they're talking about. He could be very precise. He liked to play raunchy live, sometimes, that's all
Alright...Perhaps I miss-used the word "overrated". Clearly Jimmy Page, made an impact on modern music, and guitar playing. He is an above average fret burner. I will give him his due there. My frustration comes from Led Zepplin being over played on the airwaves. Which of course is not their fault at all. I like Ted Nugent, myself. I have even seen Ted play "Whole Lotta Love" with Sammy Hagar. So it's not like I don't like Page, or Zep..
@GonzoGuyy I can't argue against that Zep has been way over-played! Thing is, the comm radio overplays everything that made the "pop" charts, not just Zep, but any artists. Songs like "Aqualung", etc. But there are many Zep tunes I've never heard on the radio in my 48 years that are great. Such as, "In the Light" off of Physical Grafitti, and "Tea for One" off of Presence. No one listens to the radio anymore, do they?
@MrSamram3 I agree. There are many songs, by many artists I would prefer to hear. As opposed to the songs I almost always hear. For example, using Jethro Tull as well, there are songs preceding Aqualung I would much rather hear. "To Cry You A Song" comes to mind. I'm just not really a "radio" kind of guy. I rarely hear songs I like, or songs that are more "obscure". For lack of a better word. I'd rather load my MP3 player with an eclectic mish mash which I like. I can hold 9 hours.
Hi excuse me for a minute... I thank my parents, and my older sisters, and my neighbors, for all the great music I heard in my home and neighborhood. What makes me knowledgeable about music? I WAS A YARDBIRD!!! Even as a child, I heard correctly!!!Be Nice, enjoy
The Mustang at the end is the beginning of a Doors video of "L.A. Woman". I'm sure that vid is on ytube too.
And for all you folks saying Jimmy stole this and that, well, on LZII, yeah, there are some borrowed riffs and definitely lyrics swiped from blues musicians, but the arrangments were all Page. And I don't remember any black guys singing about Misty Mountain, Black Dog, Kashmir, or a Stairway to Heaven!!
Don't forget what Pablo Picasso said: "Good artists borrow; great artists steal."
@MrSamram3 Jimmy Page is a great guitarist and I'm certainly not suggesting he couldn't play, I'm simply pointing something which should be obvious to you from looking at that video - the fact that the entire group are miming to the record. Here's a hint - where are the microphones, amps, guitar cords?
Jimi spelled his name 'Jimi' so that he wouldn't be confused with Jimmy (Page).
That is a fact. And look people, Jimmy Page is more than just a gifted guitarist and composer. Though he had to work on it, he understood and gained a masters command of showmanship and stagecraft.
Jimi Hendrix was a left-hander. Showmanship and stagecraft came natural to him.
ps- Any of you armchair guitarists out there that say Jimmy Page was "sloppy", well, I bet you wish you could be so sloppy!
@MrSamram3 I don't think he was sloppy at all. I just think he is terribly overrated. That is just my opinion. And yeah I realize I am in the minority.
@GonzoGuyy- Like I said, folks think The Doors are overrated. (And I ain't talkin 'bout the Doors in recent times without Jim Morrison.)
Think about it brother. How can Jimmy Page and his brainchild, Led Zeppelin, be "overrated"? Page's and Zeppelin's influence on world music is incalculable. (No offense to those who know, and just informing those who don't: meaning, immeausurable. "Cannot be quantified" with any reasonable certainty or non.)
@MrSamram3 I will give you that they made an impact on music. There can be no doubt about their legacy. I just think there other guitar players that are certainly Page's equal. I realize all of us like a player for different reasons. Jimmy Page is not one of my personal guitar heroes. My thing is, I can turn on any rock station, anywhere, at anytime, if I listen long enough I will hear several Zep songs. The artists I like, that are my guitar heroes, are not heard nearly enough to suit me.
@GonzoGuyy - The comm radio only plays certain songs. Listen to "Tea for One" on the Presence album. Great, light-stringed riffs, delicate and precise. And I've never heard it on comm radio. They never play "In the Light" either, off of the Physical Grafitti album.
Hey, I like other guitarists too. I'm in awe of anyone who can do wizardry on a guitar, because I can't do it! Check out some of the vids of people doing Sultans of Swing. Amazing!
@MrSamram3 i don't disagree with anything you said but i don't really know if showmanship came completely natural to jimi, he did seem to pick up a lot of stuff from the players he supported and bands of the era like little richard and the who.
@TheBrowndawg - I'm a Southpaw, so I was just "buzzing-up" my beloved Jimi Hendrix! I love Jimmy Page too; in fact, even more than Jimi! And Jimi was exceptionally magnificent! Jimmy and Jimi will be remembered for centuries, if not millennia and beyond. (As long as civilization and its records exist.)
@TheBrowndawg - I'm a Southpaw, so I was just "buzzing-up" my beloved Jimi Hendrix! I love Jimmy Page too; in fact, even more than Jimi! And Jimi was exceptionally magnificent! Jimmy and Jimi will be remembered for centuries, if not millennia and beyond. (As long as civilization and its records exist.)
Interesting note- Alexander the Great; Julius Caesar; Charlemagne; Napoleon; Leonardo da Vinci; Bill Clinton; Obama, and Jimi Hendrix were/are all Southpaws.
@MrSamram3 haha, im actually left handed but i play right handed because when i started playing all my mates were righties so i just played the way they did. i didnt even know there was such thing as a left handed guitar....
@MrSamram3 Where did you get the story that Jimi Hendrix spelled his name 'Jimi' so that he wouldn't be confused with Jimmy Page? I know that Jimmy Page was known as 'Little Jim' during the time that he was a full time session guitarist to avoid any confusion with 'Big Jim Sullivan' who shared top-bill with Jimmy as a session guitarist. It was Chas Chandlers idea to change the spelling of 'Jimmy' to 'Jimi'. Your story doesn't jive and your facts are up your ass with 46 other YouTubers!
@MrSamram3 Jimi singed his contract in late 1966, when Jimmy Page was still either a session musician or just entering the yardbirds...PAge wasnt SO famous that Jimi would have to worry about confusion at this point, It was my understanding that Jimi changed his name to make it more individualistic
Love the Yardbirds and Jimmy Page! It's interesting that the band became a kind of vital testing ground for Beck, Clapton, and Page. (Page had been hiding doing session work in London since '61. On many records made in London from '61 until 1965, often times the lead guitar is Jimmy Page, and he's not listed on the credits on the 45's or LP's.
vinceega0-- In case you really don't know, that's a Raphaelian shirt with the frills. The rage at the time with the hipsters and sub-culture.
The influence The Yardbirds had on rock&roll can't be overstated, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Heavy Metal in general would have been inconceivable without them.
@MrSamram3 And that makes him most important how? He was not the most important part of the band then. Their music was at its worst. I'd say his guitar playing was too, but aside from a few rare moments everything since his session days has been at its worst.
@LiWunGao - I was just explaining why most people associate the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and not with Clapton or Beck. It's because Jimmy was the lead guitarist in the band's last days.
Look, if you don't like Jimmy Page, that's fine. It's all subjective. But why did you cruise to a youtube page with Jimmy all over the place?
Ya, the Yardbirds set the stage for Zeppelin, but you really have to give a large amount of credit to Page, Bonham, Jones and Plant. Zeppelin reallly was its own special thing.
Yeah, they did a good job of ripping off every riff they ever did-look up led zeppelin plagiarism. It is ok to copy and modify, but damn, they did it all the time without giving any credit!! That is wrong.
@markd514 - Incorrect my friend. The riffs mostly Page's; it was the lyrics that they "borrowed". Cut Page and his Zeppelin some slack. Many of those "borrowed" lyrics were considered standard, generic blues lyrics. Kind of like "stockphotos" today on the Web.
For examples: 'shake down that nightskirt', 'I'll be yo backdoor man', 'bring it on home', etc.
Granted, some of Page's riffs, especially on LZ I and II, can be iffy. But the arrangement and guitar playing is all Jimmy Page.
Just GREAT music!!
stormcharley 1 day ago
page jones and bonham were on donovans hurdy gurdy man wich was the early idea of zepelin
boozer7574 6 days ago
Such an epic song. God I love them!
gorillazgirlie 4 weeks ago
yard full of birds with hearts full of soul
rollingstopp 1 month ago
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Check "Rosetta West - Happenings..." for an interesting cover of the Yardbirds classic.
mielazul 1 month ago
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Lead singer Relf was 33 when he died from electrocution, at his home, while playing his improperly grounded electric guitar. At the time, Relf was rehearsing new material for the regrouping of the original Renaissance line-up, called Illusion.
michaelpilot1000 1 month ago
@MaxxPurple98 - Hey, I'm a guy and I thought Page looked exceptionally cool in his Yardbird days and the early Led Zep years. That's when bands also dressed much better. Like Paul McCartney; always a sharp dress, as were virtually all the British bands. It's too bad that, like so many others, Page got carried away by himself in the excess department. But then that happened to a number of the Brit bands - the Who, Hendrix, Cream... once they started making big bucks in America.
MrCherryJuice 1 month ago
Only Jimmy Page can wear crushed velvet bell bottoms, a ruffled shirt and a flowery jacket and look like a bad ass.
streetparade 1 month ago 3
This, the soundtrack of our youth. I was eleven. This haunting song along with Blue Cheer. then Led Zep, et. al., formed who I am. Who we early Hawaii hippies/rockers were. Youtube, the time machine. Celebrate it all.
kimonui 1 month ago
wah wah
brodie60 1 month ago
This is 1968! not 66
Mr27Mod 1 month ago
I've always liked this song!Cool.
steeplepossum39 2 months ago
I got a heart full of love.
LBurris597 2 months ago
jimmy paige apparently didnt grow out of it, so much for germ biology, he must have had a blast on stage, and to go on with led zeppelin after this awesome band, destiny told jimmy to say f-ck germ biology
sewerrod 2 months ago
They're faking it for the video/TV show. The guitarist you hear is Jeff Beck. Page is my favorite, but Beck was better in the 'Birds than Page or Clapton -- by a mile.
SidVithmad 2 months ago
Que jodones, a travez del tiempo, siguen siendo esta cancion una jodoneria, o no?!
lizgtz1 2 months ago
Wow, the Yardbirds sicled balls.
SoulSurvivor3989 2 months ago
What is the song that starts playing at the end of the video??!! I've heard it before and I can hear it in my head, killing me!!
skinamarinky22 2 months ago
@skinamarinky22
LA Woman - Doors
notnalbeoj 2 months ago
kieth was way before his time. He was ill but in those days there was no treatment for his problem .I think he had a hole in the heart. anyway he still commands great respect for his contribution to what we listen to today.
solenoid88 2 months ago
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MrCherryJuice 2 months ago
i like Rush's cover of this song. much better
alnilam66 2 months ago
Great Video, but you have to "crank it up" with the audio and tell Youtube that you want the maximum volume increased like every Youtube Fan says- "Crank It Up..." Dan O'Niallain
oldiesbutgoodies67 2 months ago
@oldiesbutgoodies67 The low amplitude has nothing to do with Youtube and everything to do with the uploader and the video itself.
moneyquickeasy 2 months ago
Just watching page here, he is the coolest guitarist to watch, the way he bounces, its like his signature move.
1skunkus 2 months ago
I saw the New Yardbirds at the Rockpile in Toronto mainly because of Page playing in the band. We all laughed at the singer because he sang so high. By the way, they changed their name after to Led Zeppilin
ohara89 3 months ago
Honestly, Chris Dreja or Keith Relf COULD have played the sitar sounding guitar part because once you use fuzz or distortion, you don't have to be good to sound good. Jeff sounds great doing it, but any one can do it if they can play guitar at all.
cameltooth1 3 months ago
Im 15 and I want to be Jimmy Page
TheRockandroll420 3 months ago
@TheRockandroll420 Be youre self. Theres so much to discover.
Ettoredipugnar 3 months ago
If Page knew then that very soon he would be a trillion gazzionaire
MrMrwilson11 3 months ago
11 people are deaf
runrun395 3 months ago
Belay that last comment of mine - got carried away. Forgot I wasn't listening to the original. Don't bother pointing it out, ta. Apologies to prunepurple for talking c..p. System won't let me post another reply.
99Quench 3 months ago
That is Jeff's guitar playing.
11xzxzxz 4 months ago
@11xzxzxz You're right. It IS.
tallpaul881 3 months ago
this doesn't sound or look live - pretty sure its lip syncking to the oriiginal record
bigbuzman 4 months ago
@bigbuzman
yes synched...and that recording they are miming to, is Beck playing a Les Paul, I think, trying to sound like a Sitar. The original sound they were after was a Sitar, but the Indian guy they bought in could not do it effectively enough so Beck used his demo of how they wanted it to be. Page was not on this record.
d217male 4 months ago
@d217male - Yes, the Indian chap couldn't play basics 4/4 time; he was so accustomed to playing odd times (difficult for most rock musicians). Beck was one of the early proponents of the Tone Bender effects pedals, and I believe it was this he used to get the sound on his guitar, which - at that time - was likely his Fender Esquire. He plays a Les Paul on his final single with the Yardbirds (w/Page on rhythm), 'Happenings 10 Years Time Ago' b/w 'Psycho Daisies' (he sings on the latter)
MrCherryJuice 1 month ago
This is a trigger song for my Shih Tzu.. She barks and goes crazy. She knows I love it and so does she.
LouLizzyLou 4 months ago
it's not from 1966 it's 1968
prunepurple 4 months ago
@prunepurple You're both wrong - I'm sitting here looking at my copy of the original 45 that I bought on 28 June 1965! The B side is Steeled Blues - in case anyone is going to question this. It was their 2nd Uk release as a follow up to 'For Your Love' which I bought on 19 March 1965. Got the discs in their covers - from when Columbia covers were still green. The next one I got was the double sided hit - Evil Hearted You/Still I'm Sad, on 2 Nov 65, by which time the covers had changed to Red.
99Quench 3 months ago
@99Quench i'm not saying the record is not from 1965 i say this tv appearance is from 67 or 68.
It's really obvious when you see there looks, the mustache and even sound when you know the band
prunepurple 3 months ago
L.A. Woman at 2:11
tjsbigidea 4 months ago
Damn can we have this in proper quality?
Eldererr 4 months ago
@Eldererr you should be happy you even found this footage on youtube :p
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MrCherryJuice 4 months ago
A couple things: Jimmy Page was not in the group when this song was recorded; Jeff Beck is heard on this recording. I'm not sure about the comment about Page urging Beck to use a distortion pedal (Page and Beck were and remain close friends); Beck was so far ahead of everyone else and a Tonebender distortion unit were part of his early arsenal (as were feedback, harmonics, pulloffs... ). I'm not sure why the band is miming this tune so late in its career. Also, Beck didn't leave - he was fired.
MrCherryJuice 4 months ago 11
@MrCherryJuice Why was Beck fired? I never knew that & can't imagine anyone firing Beck, as damned good as he is on guitar? Wow.
gmj2012 2 months ago
@gmj2012 - Beck was let go because he ducked out while on tour with the band, supposedly went to California to see a girlfriend, then headed back to London. He was the Bad Boy of Rock. When the Yardbirds headed to Europe, Jeff expected to re-join them, only to find he was no longer in the band. YouTube the Yardbirds induction into the Hall of Fame, where he laughing berates the band for ditching him. As if to prove a point, he opens his Truth album with the Yardbirds 'Shapes of Things'... Heavy.
MrCherryJuice 2 months ago
@MrCherryJuice
The reality is that Page was playing air guitar on this video - as you pointed out Beck did the recording.
NBZist 1 month ago
@MrCherryJuice Your Oh So Right about Jeff Beck. he had it so far ahead, as an incredible and unsurpassable guitarist. You're also right about Becks firing, which happened in 1966. My favorite Jeff Beck album (I mean vinyl) is 'Beck-ola Cosa Nostra'. The song is 'Becks Bolero' and 'Girl From Mill Valley' with Nicky Hopkins on piano. Rod Stewart does some pretty unrecognnizable vocals, grittier and superior to his solo stuff.
lizzy11291950 1 month ago
@lizzy11291950 - I like 'Beck-Ola too. For raw energy it's really the best. The whole album, 'Girl from Mill Valley' aside (nice), smokes. Rod added his vocals after the tracks were recorded and was miffed because the keys were too high! BTW, 'Beck's Bolero' is on Truth, his first album. That track was actually recorded in '66. Jimmy Page produced and is on rhythm, Keith Moon drums, John Paul Jones is on bass, and Hopkins on piano. That was where the idea for Led Zepplin started.
MrCherryJuice 1 month ago
@MrCherryJuice He was fired for blowing off gigs, it was Page who was the ace session guitarist not Beck, it was Page who commisioned Roger Mayer to make his first fuzztone (the Page 1) and gave one to Beck, 3 years before Mayer was making them for Hendrix, Page got Beck session work and his gig with the Yardbirds after Page turned it down, Page had access to all the records and production equipment, I love Beck but as he said himself "in the early days Jimmy showed me everything"
ndb1971 5 days ago
Thanks mate! Then my next stop is Carnaby - London
Syndicate93 5 months ago
Yes the video is Jimmy Page. But the music is the recorded Jeff Beck version.
MrK623 5 months ago
I like how the singer snaps his fingers out of a trance at 1:08 I just realized this is my 1st comment after over 600,000 views !! wow
DalesSales 5 months ago 18
@DalesSales It's OK if you want to wait another 600,000 if that's all you got.
BigBrauner 3 months ago
@DalesSales Who gives a shit I wish I could be at this concert drinking my budwieser instead of watching it on youtube.
NateTheGreat93 2 months ago
@DalesSales yes i dig that as well, the guy's name id Keith Relf, he actualy was electracuted to death in 81 or so, buy a guitar that was not properly grounded.. cool dude
GodStarRevisited69 1 month ago
JP's rhythmic bodily motion has always been worth the price of admission - simply the best in the hx of R&R - as natural as water going over the falls & just as awesome to behold.
IdaGno 5 months ago
to me Jimmy got better with Led Zeppelin
tankerman25 5 months ago
No you have it wrong Page spelled his name Jimmy so it would not be confused with Jimi
jeromeemil 5 months ago
saw them about 4 times both with beck and clapton.....where? oregon state fair hahaha
honeyb722 5 months ago
Jimmy was way beyond the Yardbirds at this point.
maddieroxx4eva 5 months ago
@maddieroxx4eva Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't Zeppelin first refered to as THE NEW YARDBIRDS in 1968?
2000biteme 5 months ago 2
@2000biteme Until a member of the doors said, "They are going to go down like a lead zeppelin" or something, and it stuck.
User3333333333 5 months ago
@2000biteme Yes. Jimmy Page was looking for people for "The New Yardbirds" and after Jimmy, Robert, John, and John got together with Kieth Moon and John Entwistle, Keith Moon replied to Jimmy's consideration of starting a super-group: "We'd go down like a lead zeppelin." After that, they changed their named, and Peter Grant made the change from "lead" to "Led" to make it official and so there was no confusion.
maggottron333 5 months ago
@maggottron333 It was actually entwhistle who said the line, moon being an extrovert, jumped on the claim a few years later, entwhistle never bothering to correct it, entwhistle was actually a very witty man but was overshadowed my moons antics.
jroxx11211 4 months ago
@jroxx11211 Entwistle was such a character. Maybe a genius, even. I really appreciate him as a musician and a person. Rest in peace.
maggottron333 4 months ago
@maggottron333 I agree, he was a great musician and a very smart man, although townsend was the genius behind most of the who's music, entwhistle helped craft their sound with his impeccable timing and contributions to every song, he will be missed, LONG LIVE THE OXE!!!!
jroxx11211 4 months ago
@maggottron333 That's true. What's that got to do with this?
overbrookXXX 4 months ago
page is acting like hes a profetional hes like showing off and doing a good job
nicholasomesfilms 5 months ago
Please!
Do anyone know what Jimmys shirt is called?
I Must have one, it's so cool!
Please!
Syndicate93 5 months ago
@Syndicate93 He's wearing a white ruffled shirt with ruffled sleeves and a cream-colored cardigan with flowers all over it. You can get a better look in the color version of this video. His psychedelic look during his Yardbirds days was awesome.
avocate201 5 months ago
@Syndicate93 They still sell shirts like that on Carnaby Street in London.
nellgwen48 5 months ago
I read that Eric Clapton left the group because he felt they had become too pop-oriented with songs like the above and not enough of the blues. True?
nicodagger 6 months ago
@nicodagger yes, 100% true.
MrStonebre 5 months ago
@MrStonebre Thanks! Well, I still love the Yardbirds.....and the blues....
nicodagger 5 months ago
Jimmy Page ALL TIME FAVORITE Rock Guitarist!!!!
051163able 6 months ago
this is lip-syncing the record... No Page playing here.
truewesterner 6 months ago
@truewesterner hold on I get really important to say *starts typing* now i just need to click post. oh crap a captcha! hold on i think I know what it says * types in captcha*, now i can click post!....... *"Error try again" message pops up* oh fuck what the hell is this!!! *clicks post again and again* FFFFUUUUUUUU.jpg
andrewvanrhoberts 6 months ago
Keith Relf . Imagine they concentrated on him instead of Pages riffs . If they only knew !!!
mkbearman 6 months ago
what year was that and what is the lead singers name
angelcakebby24 6 months ago
@angelcakebby24 The singer's name is Keith Relf, sadly no longer with us. I believe the year was 1968
Strawberry7Lynn 6 months ago
WOW! Jimmy Page "synching" to Jef Beck's guitar track. They both probably got a good laugh out of that.
BCRSIX 6 months ago 2
The importance of The Yardbirds can't be overstated. Cream. Led Zeppelin and Heavy Metal in general would have been inconceivable with out them.
Puseye2 6 months ago 2
And you idiots think these guys were playing with no mikes or guitars plugged in? Alrighty then. I guess this was a really unplugged appearance. Newflash. Its called lipsyncing for you musical experts out there.
BaronVonLichtenstein 6 months ago
Yeah, this would be '68.
ralphsrec 6 months ago
Based on how they are dressed, I HIGHLY doubt this is 1966.
WizardGlik 6 months ago 3
@WizardGlik Yea, I think this is early '68.
zachmcfatridge 6 months ago
idk why the yardbirds didnt become the greatest band ever... had clapton beck and page... wtf lol
Spaitin 6 months ago 3
how about we just agree - this was a GOLDEN age of ass kicking R&R....never to be repeated by the splashing punkins, or cRAPpers. Oh, yea, dont forget the lead singer Keith Relf - died of athsma.....God THOSE WERE great daze.....
MrHansAryan 6 months ago
@MrHansAryan Keith Relf died of electrocution in his basement studio. No grounding for the electrical current and he walked over a gas pipe in the ground with guitar and was killed. I've read it was his health that was the problem because he may have survived it otherwise. He was more important to the group than any guitarist, and I'm a devoted fan of each guitarist.
cameltooth1 3 months ago
Great version, but I still love Beck playing this. There's something about him not even having to try !
katesdad0 6 months ago
@katesdad0 But I heard an interview Jeff Beck gave a long time ago about this song. He said it was Jimmy's idea to make the guitar have that distorted sound. Jeff didn't like it. Jimmy said no do it, people will go mad for it. And he was right. He also said in that interview that talking to Rod Stewart was like talking to air. This interview was in the 70's.
nellgwen48 5 months ago
By the way, the Yardbirds had three of the greatest guitar players ever. It's pointless to rank one over the others, since they have very different styles. I love all three of them.
AuOso98 6 months ago
bloody good!
77dragonslayer 7 months ago
Wow, all this fuss about Jimmy Page! You know you all love him....:-D-->
JimmyPagesSoloLover 7 months ago
horay for playback!! dont matter, Jimmy is still the greatest guitarist to land on earth
TheHuMoCa 7 months ago
@TheHuMoCa Next to Hendrix
bigguy4570 7 months ago
this videos quality is extra horrible but is old school so its ok thanks for the post
fatalbert51888 7 months ago
virtuoso almost equals freak show. Real music is created by real musicians and is enjoyed by whoever listens to it and erm enjoys it. it's personal.
andybertie 7 months ago
The Houses they lived in were always "haunted" by souls gone by...Dan O'Niallain
oldiesbutgoodies67 7 months ago
@Putitaway... First off, you should never start a conversation by calling someone an idiot... because that's what idiots do. From 1968 to 1975 Page displayed the "extreme technical skill" of a virtuoso. Bits can be heard on the actual released albums but obviously it's playing live where the "guitar virtuoso" is heard in his case. Steve Vai is a different style of player but I agree that he is a virtuoso. However, he mentions Page's influence as a lead player and one whom he tried to outplay.
SymbolRudolf 7 months ago 5
Guthrie Govan, Steve Vai, Shawn Lane, Yngwie, Greg Howe and countless other guitarists can run circles around Jimmy....but they could never surpass Jimmy in terms of inspiration, creativity, influence, and the historical significance to Rock and Roll he brought to the world. Virtuoso?....I'd rather be like Jimmy.
ultraroadmap 7 months ago 2
JIMMY PAGE IS A GOD.
Rick6315 7 months ago 43
@Rick6315 God's good, but he's no Jimmy Page. :)
maggottron333 5 months ago
@Rick6315 He's A god not The god
Rick6315 5 months ago
@Rick6315 here here. True. LOL I hated how we used to worship these idols. We did, although we hate to admit it. Only one God worthy of worship and He is Lord. (yeah, me = another baby boomer who became a Christian later in life.
skaha77 4 months ago
@skaha77 One G%d= Jim Morrison?
wildcatter63 4 months ago
@wildcatter63 LOL
skaha77 4 months ago
@Rick6315
No... He IS GOD
PostCrusifixion 5 months ago
The sound of a generation that was going places. Love it.
Filotimos 8 months ago 2
everybody is talking about Jimmy page on this video - surely that is Jeff Beck on lead?
theclarkey100 8 months ago
@theclarkey100 think your right, the single was jeff beck, this vid shows page.
starstruckone 8 months ago
@theclarkey100 They are clearly lipsyncing to the record which Beck played on.
lleitner1 8 months ago 2
@lleitner1 precisely
CosmicXRay 8 months ago
@lleitner1 .... correct, the audio is from the LP, or 45; also, you can see that there's no power cord attached to either guitar...!
kewlbreez77 7 months ago
@kewlbreez77 Yup. It's Beck, not page you hear. That isn't to take anything away from Jimmy Page. They originally tried to use a sitar, but it just wouldn't work. I have a recording of that version. It didn't work. Graham Gouldman, who wrote the song, asked Jeff Beck if he could make a guitar sound like a sitar. He did. I honestly believe he could make a guitar sound like a Mack truck if he wanted to. Anyway, that's the version you hear.
AuOso98 6 months ago
@AuOso98 Ive just listened 2 the Beck and Page version. This version is definately Page (ok,ignore the video if you like) I can tell by hois style of playing without a doubt.
MOOCHSNOOP 6 months ago
@lleitner1 ... also, you can see blatantly where the power cord for Jimmiy's guitar should be, is missing! From about 0:56 through 1:02
kewlbreez77 7 months ago
I think the Yardbirds were the closest that rock has gotten to the perfect storm. 4 of the best musicians of all time. Simply amazing
corgi4u 8 months ago
keith relf RIP,everyone thinks of clapton, beck and page when you mention The Yardbirds but keith had plenty of talent as well.
southlondon63 8 months ago 2
@Cometsamba. Your post is nearly irrelevant. However, if you are saying that Jimmy Page is nowhere near the "virtuoso" that the gentlemen you listed, then that's just a careless statement. Sounds like you've been trying to make this argument for a long time and can't bear to be wrong. Love all the guitarist you mentioned by the way. All great. Obvious that a lot of Brits emulated the early blues greats. No idea what the last sentence even means... lacking syntax.
SymbolRudolf 8 months ago
Listen to what Roy Buchannan played like in the mid 60s,say or any of the African American guitarists the Brits were imitating esp Buddy Guy, Albert King ,Freddy King. you'll realize,whatever his later accomplishments ,Page is nowhere near virtuoso status in this period..If he's such a demi god to you ,you can;t bear to hear criticism,you're not interested in the music,celebrity cult stuff is not healthy for musicians or music lovers
Cometsamba 8 months ago
yo mama was a sloppy bitch,with her nutty buddie lips whore
binkyawesome 8 months ago
People that say Page plays sloppy kill me. Talk about anal retentive. These are the type of people that would rather have a picture instead of a painting. And not a virtuoso? That's seriously ridiculous. Jimmy Page is one of the top guitarists to ever pick up the instrument. Good Lord... he's not a "neat" guitar player? So effin' what? I prefer color to sterile. Plus, a tighter band probably hasn't existed, so I'm pretty sure that if playing neat was important to Page he would have done so.
SymbolRudolf 8 months ago
@SymbolRudolf you're an idiot. That's what 'virtuoso' means - someone with extreme technical skill, which Page clearly doesn't have. Steve Vai is a virtuoso. Page would be the first to admit that he's not. You can't redefine a word because you would like it equal your personal taste. Page's strengths are a knack for coming up with good riffs , ability to sit in a groove well with the rhythm section, and a unique and memorable soloing style, but none of that makes somone a virtuoso.
PutItAway101 7 months ago
Way ahead of their time! I wish we "had them back again"
Dulcineabosatsu 8 months ago
Jimmy Page is a great guitar player but not a virtuoso. He is sloppy and you can even hear it on the studio recording. But he will always be a legend just not a clean player in terms of soloing.
Rudemood23 9 months ago
the singer is funny :P
jammmon 9 months ago
O.K. I can no longer argue the fact that this version tops Jeff Beck's, but, face it both of them are legendary players, and it leads to one question: How cool must it have been to have Jeff Beck leave your band, and have a Jimmy Page available to become his replacement?!?! The Yardbirds: The best guitar band from The U.K. Just unreal!
redsfanstu 9 months ago
@redsfanstu What's really interesting is that Page was a precision*, highly sought-after session guitarist in London from '61 til late '65, and he was sick of studio work and ready to join a band and play in front of live audiences, and show those audiences what he could do on the guitars. (And I mean "guitars", plural!)
* IOWs, these people saying Page was a "sloppy" guitarist, don't know what they're talking about. He could be very precise. He liked to play raunchy live, sometimes, that's all
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 Thanks for the heads up!
redsfanstu 9 months ago
Alright...Perhaps I miss-used the word "overrated". Clearly Jimmy Page, made an impact on modern music, and guitar playing. He is an above average fret burner. I will give him his due there. My frustration comes from Led Zepplin being over played on the airwaves. Which of course is not their fault at all. I like Ted Nugent, myself. I have even seen Ted play "Whole Lotta Love" with Sammy Hagar. So it's not like I don't like Page, or Zep..
GonzoGuyy 9 months ago
@GonzoGuyy I can't argue against that Zep has been way over-played! Thing is, the comm radio overplays everything that made the "pop" charts, not just Zep, but any artists. Songs like "Aqualung", etc. But there are many Zep tunes I've never heard on the radio in my 48 years that are great. Such as, "In the Light" off of Physical Grafitti, and "Tea for One" off of Presence. No one listens to the radio anymore, do they?
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 I agree. There are many songs, by many artists I would prefer to hear. As opposed to the songs I almost always hear. For example, using Jethro Tull as well, there are songs preceding Aqualung I would much rather hear. "To Cry You A Song" comes to mind. I'm just not really a "radio" kind of guy. I rarely hear songs I like, or songs that are more "obscure". For lack of a better word. I'd rather load my MP3 player with an eclectic mish mash which I like. I can hold 9 hours.
GonzoGuyy 9 months ago
Hi excuse me for a minute... I thank my parents, and my older sisters, and my neighbors, for all the great music I heard in my home and neighborhood. What makes me knowledgeable about music? I WAS A YARDBIRD!!! Even as a child, I heard correctly!!!Be Nice, enjoy
jmmkllj7 9 months ago
The Mustang at the end is the beginning of a Doors video of "L.A. Woman". I'm sure that vid is on ytube too.
And for all you folks saying Jimmy stole this and that, well, on LZII, yeah, there are some borrowed riffs and definitely lyrics swiped from blues musicians, but the arrangments were all Page. And I don't remember any black guys singing about Misty Mountain, Black Dog, Kashmir, or a Stairway to Heaven!!
Don't forget what Pablo Picasso said: "Good artists borrow; great artists steal."
MrSamram3 9 months ago
The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page miming to the record which was recorded with Jeff Beck before Page even joined the band.
britvox95z 9 months ago
@britvox95z - Are you sure about that? Are you suggeting Page couldn't play? Pulease! It's not like Page is MilliVanilli.
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 Jimmy Page is a great guitarist and I'm certainly not suggesting he couldn't play, I'm simply pointing something which should be obvious to you from looking at that video - the fact that the entire group are miming to the record. Here's a hint - where are the microphones, amps, guitar cords?
britvox95z 9 months ago
whats the due with the Ferrari at the end?
ashk1a 10 months ago
@ashk1a I'm pretty sure that's a mustang. But this was on TV, that was an advertisement, I guess
Mountainfacehead 9 months ago
Gonzo- Sure. The Doors are overrated too...
MrSamram3 10 months ago
@MrSamram3 I have amended my original statement. Overplayed as opposed to overrated.
GonzoGuyy 9 months ago
the 9 people who dont like this video dont know what real music is! :)
zeppgirl76 10 months ago
Jimi spelled his name 'Jimi' so that he wouldn't be confused with Jimmy (Page).
That is a fact. And look people, Jimmy Page is more than just a gifted guitarist and composer. Though he had to work on it, he understood and gained a masters command of showmanship and stagecraft.
Jimi Hendrix was a left-hander. Showmanship and stagecraft came natural to him.
ps- Any of you armchair guitarists out there that say Jimmy Page was "sloppy", well, I bet you wish you could be so sloppy!
MrSamram3 10 months ago 78
@MrSamram3 I don't think he was sloppy at all. I just think he is terribly overrated. That is just my opinion. And yeah I realize I am in the minority.
GonzoGuyy 10 months ago
@GonzoGuyy- Like I said, folks think The Doors are overrated. (And I ain't talkin 'bout the Doors in recent times without Jim Morrison.)
Think about it brother. How can Jimmy Page and his brainchild, Led Zeppelin, be "overrated"? Page's and Zeppelin's influence on world music is incalculable. (No offense to those who know, and just informing those who don't: meaning, immeausurable. "Cannot be quantified" with any reasonable certainty or non.)
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 I will give you that they made an impact on music. There can be no doubt about their legacy. I just think there other guitar players that are certainly Page's equal. I realize all of us like a player for different reasons. Jimmy Page is not one of my personal guitar heroes. My thing is, I can turn on any rock station, anywhere, at anytime, if I listen long enough I will hear several Zep songs. The artists I like, that are my guitar heroes, are not heard nearly enough to suit me.
GonzoGuyy 9 months ago
@GonzoGuyy - The comm radio only plays certain songs. Listen to "Tea for One" on the Presence album. Great, light-stringed riffs, delicate and precise. And I've never heard it on comm radio. They never play "In the Light" either, off of the Physical Grafitti album.
Hey, I like other guitarists too. I'm in awe of anyone who can do wizardry on a guitar, because I can't do it! Check out some of the vids of people doing Sultans of Swing. Amazing!
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 i don't disagree with anything you said but i don't really know if showmanship came completely natural to jimi, he did seem to pick up a lot of stuff from the players he supported and bands of the era like little richard and the who.
TheBrowndawg 9 months ago
@TheBrowndawg - I'm a Southpaw, so I was just "buzzing-up" my beloved Jimi Hendrix! I love Jimmy Page too; in fact, even more than Jimi! And Jimi was exceptionally magnificent! Jimmy and Jimi will be remembered for centuries, if not millennia and beyond. (As long as civilization and its records exist.)
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@TheBrowndawg - I'm a Southpaw, so I was just "buzzing-up" my beloved Jimi Hendrix! I love Jimmy Page too; in fact, even more than Jimi! And Jimi was exceptionally magnificent! Jimmy and Jimi will be remembered for centuries, if not millennia and beyond. (As long as civilization and its records exist.)
Interesting note- Alexander the Great; Julius Caesar; Charlemagne; Napoleon; Leonardo da Vinci; Bill Clinton; Obama, and Jimi Hendrix were/are all Southpaws.
MrSamram3 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 haha, im actually left handed but i play right handed because when i started playing all my mates were righties so i just played the way they did. i didnt even know there was such thing as a left handed guitar....
TheBrowndawg 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 and don't forget Sir Paul .....
blueticecho 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 he did not change his name because of Jimmy Page . That is horseshit
RisingSon011 9 months ago
@MrSamram3 However,
He is not still? A lefty?
noeljdun12 8 months ago
@MrSamram3 Where did you get the story that Jimi Hendrix spelled his name 'Jimi' so that he wouldn't be confused with Jimmy Page? I know that Jimmy Page was known as 'Little Jim' during the time that he was a full time session guitarist to avoid any confusion with 'Big Jim Sullivan' who shared top-bill with Jimmy as a session guitarist. It was Chas Chandlers idea to change the spelling of 'Jimmy' to 'Jimi'. Your story doesn't jive and your facts are up your ass with 46 other YouTubers!
nkmcfrln 6 months ago 2
@MrSamram3
ya and if it sounds "sloppy" like they say, it's better, in my opinion.
'cause i hate perfect playing .... it sounds boring and the feeling gets sometimes lost
Jimmy Page is my favourite guitarist and his style is just awesome....
almost no solo sounds like the other
Abfallamer 6 months ago
@MrSamram3 Jimi singed his contract in late 1966, when Jimmy Page was still either a session musician or just entering the yardbirds...PAge wasnt SO famous that Jimi would have to worry about confusion at this point, It was my understanding that Jimi changed his name to make it more individualistic
Noseheros 5 months ago
Love the Yardbirds and Jimmy Page! It's interesting that the band became a kind of vital testing ground for Beck, Clapton, and Page. (Page had been hiding doing session work in London since '61. On many records made in London from '61 until 1965, often times the lead guitar is Jimmy Page, and he's not listed on the credits on the 45's or LP's.
vinceega0-- In case you really don't know, that's a Raphaelian shirt with the frills. The rage at the time with the hipsters and sub-culture.
MrSamram3 10 months ago
this is better in color but its a good song
edwardelricfangirl1 10 months ago
The title of this bothers me... "Jimmy Page & the Yardbirds" what the fuck? People only ever notice the Yardbirds for him but they were ALL great
LiWunGao 10 months ago
@LiWunGao
The influence The Yardbirds had on rock&roll can't be overstated, Cream, Led Zeppelin, and Heavy Metal in general would have been inconceivable without them.
puseye 10 months ago
@LiWunGao - That's because Jimmy was the last revolving lead guitarist in the band.
MrSamram3 10 months ago
@MrSamram3 And that makes him most important how? He was not the most important part of the band then. Their music was at its worst. I'd say his guitar playing was too, but aside from a few rare moments everything since his session days has been at its worst.
LiWunGao 10 months ago
@LiWunGao - I was just explaining why most people associate the Yardbirds with Jimmy Page and not with Clapton or Beck. It's because Jimmy was the lead guitarist in the band's last days.
Look, if you don't like Jimmy Page, that's fine. It's all subjective. But why did you cruise to a youtube page with Jimmy all over the place?
MrSamram3 10 months ago
@viewmore100
1. Duz mai spellin anoy u?
2. In what way have I insulted you... I mean seriously
3. Who brought you into this anyway?
Bluvs28 11 months ago
HAHAHA Why does the title at the start of the video say heart full of STONE!?
freespyrit 11 months ago
hahahaha.... If you're going to post a video, please at least get the title correct!!!
It's HEART FULL OF SOUL!!!!
freespyrit 11 months ago
Ya, the Yardbirds set the stage for Zeppelin, but you really have to give a large amount of credit to Page, Bonham, Jones and Plant. Zeppelin reallly was its own special thing.
LZ7evilsnakeys 11 months ago
@LZ7evilsnakeys
Yeah, they did a good job of ripping off every riff they ever did-look up led zeppelin plagiarism. It is ok to copy and modify, but damn, they did it all the time without giving any credit!! That is wrong.
markd514 11 months ago
@markd514 - Incorrect my friend. The riffs mostly Page's; it was the lyrics that they "borrowed". Cut Page and his Zeppelin some slack. Many of those "borrowed" lyrics were considered standard, generic blues lyrics. Kind of like "stockphotos" today on the Web.
For examples: 'shake down that nightskirt', 'I'll be yo backdoor man', 'bring it on home', etc.
Granted, some of Page's riffs, especially on LZ I and II, can be iffy. But the arrangement and guitar playing is all Jimmy Page.
MrSamram3 10 months ago
@MrSamram3 CORRECT my friend
Did you look up led zeppelin plagiarism yet?? It is unmistakeable that they ripped off MANY of their songs
markd514 10 months ago