I saw the Yardbirds live on that very same tour Jimmy and Jeff were talking about. We were all disappointed that Jeff left the band. Also, the Yardbirds only played five songs. Still, it was a thrill to see them.
I read the biography of Led Zeppelin that when Page joined The Yardbirds as a bass player he had never played bass guitar in his life but he needed the job so he took it. When the band broke up he recruited Robert Plant and John Bonham from the Band of Joy and John Paul Jones who was a session musician and formed The New Yardbirds to fulfill contractual obligations. Mick Jagger saw them and said that they would go over like a lead balloon which gave them the idea to call the band Led Zeppelin!
This is mostly wrong. Keith Moon told Jimmy Page that the idea for a band consisting of him, John Entwistle and Jimmy Page would go down like a Led Zepplin
@@williamberry2351 My comment was taken from a book that was Led Zep's biography by Ritchie York. If it is incorrect then you must know more about the band the there biographer does.
This, my friends, is part of the BEST rock and roll documentary ever done; the 10 part series from the BBC and PBS. It aired in 1995, I think. We should start a petition to get it re-released. It's a million times better than the schlock documentary called The History of Rock and Roll, which is widely available. Has anybody else seen the whole thing?
Nine years later ... Jimmy Page was approached to replace Eric Clapton, but he took a pass and recommended a friend of his, Jeff Beck. When Paul Samwell-Smith decided to move on, Page came in on bass until they could move Chris Dreja to that position and allow them the luxury of two incredible guitarists. We did get "Happenings Ten Years Time Ago" and "Psycho Daisies" out of this line-up, but as Beck described in the video, things kinda happened too quickly (which I would read "pressure from guys in suits") and he ran off.
@@j.kevvideoproductions.6463 at least he didn’t steal a friend’s wife then divorce her several years after he had two kids with other people and was drunk constantly. 😂
anybody else find it hilarious at 1:16 when he smashes his guitar into the amp speaker and then some guy probably an engineer comes up and looks displeased?
This is from an excellent bbc (I believe) documentary on the history of rock and roll that aired in US on PBS decades ago (the punk segment is not excellent but the rest of it was super). I've seen it a thousand times (I've a very bad copy) and recognized the clip and that distinctive narrative voice. I've not been able to find a good, or any kind of copy of it - there's another bbc history of r&r I found instead that seemed not nearly as good. Wish I could find a copy of this one.
Well, to be precise, it's Stroll On because in the movie that the scene was from -- Blow Up -- they weren't allowed to use Train Kept A Rollin'. Same music just different lyrics.
Early Yardbirds were great, memorable. I remember being very disappointed by the Yardbirds segment in the film Blow Up. I couldn't understand it, they were nothing like the singles. It was just loud and chaotic. Maybe Beck had left by then.
"Do you play anything except skiffle?" "Well, call it crazy, but I've been thinking of introducing a bow to my guitar while we're playing." Surprised by the comments that many aren't familiar with the appearance in "Blow Up" by The Yardbirds, who came to the rescue when they couldn't get The Who for the movie (and thus, the guitar destruction, which would have been far more spectacular if carried out by Pete Townshend, and I can't believe they wouldn't have allowed Keith Moon to join in). Burned out and going crazy on a school bus: Something similar happened to Buddy Holly.
Saw Blow Up at a downtown movie theatre with a balcony and everything back in 1965. I didn’t realize it was The Yardbirds until rewatching it in the 80s. But I was a fan of The ‘Birds music in the 60s.
It's in this interview/documentary that Beck ,in talking about who the eventual Led Zep lead singer would be, talks of the possibility of Steve Marriott being the one ,but he was such a prima donna that they didn't want him...or something to that affect. Do you have the rest of this interview?
Nigel Tufnel (Christopher Guest...and married to Jamie Lee Curtis) of Spinal Tap is modeled after the great Jeff Beck. Beck got it and thought it was hilarious...so they say
can’t be coincidence, I know there was obviously inspiriation from a lot of different groups and people, but even the scene of Nigel playing guitar with a violin 😂😂😂
The Dick Clark tour across America did him in. He hated the pop groups the Yardbirds were matched with, as well as the grueling schedule. I think it was an impulsive (though understandable) decision. Later he says it was because they were "over qualified in the guitar department," which was true. But he was never really happy being in the band; he's always been his own person. The two guys they recruited -- Clapton and Beck -- quit on them. Page was willing to play bass just to get in the band...and they ended up quitting on him. Little of this was personality related. In each instance it mostly had to do with the direction of the music.
Along with what old jack said: he’d also had tonsillitis on the last tour if I’m not mistaken and had fallen in love with Mary Hughes (mentioned in the yardbirds “psycho daisy”)
"My name is James Patrick Page, and when I grow up I want to... -- waitadamnminute! I'm never gonna grow up! I'm gonna lead LSD-enhanced orgies involving devil-worshipping women and create heavy metal and play Daze & Confused for 40 minutes a pop! THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO!!!!!!"
Beck is absolutely spot on: they had two killer guitarists but nobody who could write at that point. All their hits were written by Graham Gouldmann or other prolific writers. Page came up with his Led Zep I ideas but by then he had decided to break up the band and start anew. Page got ownership of the name and Led Zep was originally called The New Yardbirds.
What I want to know is, did Beck play on Shapes, because obviously Page did if you're familiar with his sound on Little Games. But Happenings Ten Years Time Ago came after Shapes and apparently Beck and Page both played on that. Am I wrong? Someone please clear this up.
