Blackbird by Jeff Beck

Beck using the curved side of a dinner fork to get ultra-high notes to simulate the ambient chirping of birds sampled for the track:
"Round about spring, a blackbird sings loudly up on my roof," jeff said, and "Although I didn't record that bird, I got a tape of a blackbird and started jamming with him. If you listen, the notes the bird is singing are almost beyond human hearing, but the actual punctuation and tonal things are there. I aped the bird as close as I could, and we all had a good laugh with that one."
Album "YOU HAD IT COMING" (2003)

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[zeppelinstrat]

only jeff beck can jam with an animal. Thanks for the post.

[freewaycruiser]

the genius at work again

[czornykoczur]

@Machuragan :) w dyche

[littleliver1971]

WHAT A

GENIUS! THE ONLY GUITARIST I KNOW THAT MAKE HIS GUITAR TWEET LIKE BIRDS AND CRY LIKE A ALLEY CAT JUST AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[craigabowden]

use this as an intro to The Grid (daft punk, crystal method remix, and go...)

[jrakarl]

Fantastic.. I'd never heard this song before.  I'll buy this album now.

[darkvision1]

I still say the major fault to this song was that it was so short..so melodious i want more! (rapes play button)

[jonsilence]

Blimey....the brilliance of Beck!

[jonahtran1]

I clicked on this assuming that he did The Beatle's "Blackbird." I still don't regret clicking this.

[Machuragan]

tak sie kurwa gra

[bellenoitr]

Cool music and effects except for the fact that it doesn't sound at all like a red-winged blackbird.

[narfanoid]

I thought the chirping was recorded from nature until I read the description. Amazing.