Mini-skirted mods, swinging London go-go scenes. Cool 1960s fashions. The Yardbirds with Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page. Michelangelo Antonioni Masterpiece !
As I recall, we were picked up outside the Hammersmith Odeon at about 08:00. I don't remember all the direction. Initially when we arrived at the Rikki Tic club we were given black tee shirts to wear. There was a lot of down time in the morning where we were hanging about inside the club and outside by the river, so they could shoot close up's or other scenes. ( The catering for the extras was terrible I remember, nothing like Grand Prix) In the afternoon we were inside, the band were playing. We were dancing, cameras moved in and out, I never made the final cut. At one point we were crowded round the front of stage, the band were not on, but movie magic weaves scene and action together. Those are my best memories of the day. We were not needed after that. I seem to remember standing next to the girl in the big yellow hat at one time.
Yes, we looking engrossed in the band. It's a pity because Vox Amplifiers are really reliable. I was in the fight scene at the back pushing and shoving with " care". I was 18 and Yardbirds fan myself. ( living in London, Soho and the clubs were normal haunts)
@@burningdaylights Um, U're close. BLUES INCORPORATED! ran by none other than THE GUVNER, ALEXIS KORNER,, Father Of British Blues & Cyril Davies. These 2 former jazz puristists ignited the British Blues scene in the late 1950's at the EALING JAZZ CLUB recruiting young influential blues players with blossoming ROCK N ROLL phenomon. Chek out the lineup that came thru beginning in 1961: BRIAN JONES, MICK JAGGER, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, John MAYALL, Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Zoot Money, Rod Stewart & many others. Notice that JEFF BECK & PETE TOWNSHEND weren't in Blues Inc. Jeff was self taught as well as Pete, both coming from musical families. Mayalls' Blues Breakers, Rolling Stones & Cream all have ties to Alexis Korners Blues Inc.
Hard to believe that 3 Rock guitar gods, Beck, Page, and Eric Clapton all grew up within 15 miles of each other. Must have been something in the water. Wow. RIP Jeff Beck.
This time in music Was so awesome. I'm nearly 70th. years old an was born and grow up in good, old Germany. When i was young I'm still listening the music of Yardbirds, Roy Orbison, Procol Harum and so on. This wounderful music accompanied my entire life and will never come back. 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤
I wish I had a time machine to experience those times and I'd take you back with me and my mum, yep, one big time travel bus full of all of us that are sick of now and nostalgic for the past even ones like me who wasn't there first time round.
RIP Keith Relf! I caught this movie at 2am when I was 14 years old (I'm 45 now) and it changed my taste in music completely! I was a Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin girl when all of my classmates were New Kids on the Block 😂. I was looked at like a freak, now it's cool among young people. I was ahead of my time! 🙄🤷🏼♀️
Am 44 years old and for as long as I can remember I've been a huge cream, mountain, james gange and more fan. However the Coulter around me was and has been telling me I was born in the wrong generation
I had a similar experience, recording this on the VHS on WPIX Channel 11 in NYC back in 1988 when I was 14. I used to watch this scene over and over again. While I loved the film, it made me sad I had no one to share it with; and, yes, NKOTB were the top act that year.
I saw those Yardbirds at the Studio Club in Dallas, Texas. It was also a small dance club, about the size of the one in this film. Everybody stopped dancing and stood gaping at the spectacle that was to become Led Zep. It was too novel and amazing to keep paying attention to your girl and your moves. Page blew me away when he used the cello bow. There was no stage, they set up and played on the dance floor, and I was within 4 feet of Page. What an experience.
@@tannwich5350 yes. Bounced around some, but were basically standing with jaws dropped most of the show. Did clap and scream like crazy after each song.
Wow, thanks for sharing! I had the same experience with seeing the Yardbirds in a small club in the Chicago area. Seen a lot of bands and people before they made it big.
Heard about what happened? That was definitely a heartbreaker! Can't believe we lost Jeff Beck! One of the greatest guitarists of all time! He did really well in Blow Up for sure! Jeff Beck, you will be missed! RIP Jeff Beck! Thank you for giving us awesome music!
@@maryvaughn7886 That’s the saddest part to me about Mr. Beck’s passing. He was a very healthy, intellectually vibrant man who could have lived another 15+ years as an active individual. I had looked forward to seeing him rock most of that time.
This was my favorite part of the movie which I never saw until 2022 on Turner Classic Movie Channel. Jeff Beck was annoyed at his guitar & smashed it up. He was so young & adorable. RIP guitar legend!!🥺🎸💕
MY HEART Bleeds When i See this.. As a Pure Londoner Born Westminster 1951 . as was Generations of my Family . i frequented these area's peckham rye Stockwell . etc ,, But i cant Forget the Great Days of the MARQUEE Wardour st . SOHO , This was REAL London History and MUSIC . .......ALL IS LOST TODAY
I’m an older hippy. Jimmy was that cool back then, and then he grew older to look like a white haired elderly Asian lady. No shade, I grew into my Grammy. Zeppelin is my all time favorite band. ☮️🎶🕊
Superb film by Michelangelo Antonioni. It was filmed in spring summer of 1966 while 2001 a Space Odissey was also being filmed in London. And they are two of my favorite movies.
Согласен отличный фильм Антониони. Фотоувеличение получил главный приз на Канском кинофестивале. В этом фильме Антониони хотет снять группу Кто, но они отказались сниматься. Потом думаю пожалели, что отказались.
from new issue of Classic Rock magazine, “I basically got my Telecaster out to do that solo(Stairway To Heaven). Even though I’d been playing Les Pauls, I wanted to get that bite of the Telecaster on it. It was the same Telecaster that I’d played on the first album, the one Jeff Beck had given me that I’d used in The Yardbirds. A bit of a magical guitar, really.”
This is the Jeff Beck I heard as a girl. This is my Jeff Beck. I send my love and prayers to his family & friends. I love you dear sir. Godspeed. Rest easy in Paradise., ** CRYING***
@@steveburchfield5576 Admiration and recognition of excellence are not the same as idolatry. You're subscribed ro a lot of musicians yourself. Don't be a hypocrite.
I'm 62 & love watching old footage like this. It was sad to hear when Beck died, he was a legend though I was never a big fan of his. Page however to me is one of the pioneers of 60's/70's rock. A true Rock Icon.
1966 I was away at art school in Chicago. One of my local pals came to my after school job and said I have to see this movie. He said they showed full frontal nudity. That was big news in ‘66! I loved the movie and the big surprise was the Yardbirds performing! I loved everything about England in those days, even smoked Players. Great movie on so many levels. Thanks
I saw Blow Up when I was a kid, don’t really know how. Ended up getting it on DVD years ago because I liked it. Then, in 2019, this scene basically happened to me. I got attacked by a concert crowd after getting part of a smashed guitar. Someone onstage just stuck it out and handed it directly to me after the curtain dropped. There were a group of girls just jumping on me, ripping pieces of wood off of the guitar body while it was in my hands. There were so many splinters. The major difference is that I had the body, not the neck. And I wanted the guitar, so I ran away and then wrapped it in a space blanket so nobody could see what I was carrying. So I come here to relive the moment. 😂
Maybe . I came really close to getting Blackmore's guitar at first Donnington Monsters of Rock ...he'd staged a long battle w fake exploding cabs .For the safety of everybody thank heaven there were two security thugs leapt in and ensured the guy who first got his hand on it was escorted off safely
@@Wayne_155 It’s literally a true story. I was jumped by a bunch of 13-16 year old girls, why would I brag about that? Hahahaha 💀I don’t care if you believe me, but this would be the lamest fake story of all time, dude. Honestly, how boring is your life that you think I’d just completely make up something like this, only to share it in a comment section of an old, somewhat niche video? 🙃 Do you really think this comment is getting me clout? Bahahaha. Those 18 likes are *WHAT I LIVE FOR* 😂
@@Dank-Hill You tell the unbelievers, mate. I believe you, I mean, why make up such a story. I just gave you another LIKE! ROCK ON! Good vibes from England!
I agree with you. I saw the Yardbirds in concert in 1965 outside Rockford, Illinois. I was 17. The concert goers were mesmerized when they played. They really were ... and back then, when a band went on break, they would go out and mingle with the concert goers, how I got to meet Jeff Beck. God, he was gorgeous (hey, I was 17)! He drew me a picture, yup!
Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton when he left the band. So for Two brief shining moments two of the best guitarists in in the world were in the same band.
@@royrudd825 Jimmy Page was originally offered the spot after Clapton left but he recommended Jeff instead as Pagey was making some good money doing sessions. After bassist Paul Samwell-Smith left the band Jimmy was again approached and this time he joined, on bass. When it became obvious he was better than Chris Dreja on guitar, Chris switched to bass and for about 6 months or so it was dual lead guitar with Jimmy and Jeff.
@Anthony Marks What the USA has got? Chuck Berry, Howling Wolf, BB King, Freddy and Albert King, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker etc Without these guys the brits would still playing fucking skiffle bullshit.
this how rock n' roll started smashing guitars as "expression"! thank you Jeff for dropping by in this prison planet. You gave us love, joy, happiness and tranquility. RIP.
Keith and Mick are still selling out STADIUMS.... They didn't even take a break from their last tour. Page hasn't been heard from in YEARS. Beck still rocks.... some.
This was a great movie. I saw it at the theater when it came out. Most people didn't seem to get it, and I'm sure that people today wouldn't understand at all as it is very dated. Jeff's guitar represented something that David was feeling. Jeff said he hated the whole thing. I miss you my old friend and David, too. Play for the angels...
The crowd obviously never used drugs. The ones I was taking back in those days made me want to dance and move around!!! The Yardbirds were way before their time!!
its a movie, so it is all acting. the two people dancing at the start are supposed to potray how people wanted to dance, but most were too cool to dance. The just sat around watching, and acting cool.
Keith Relf died from electrocution while playing guitar, a bad grounding scenario led to the shock. The voltage over there was higher than in the US and was 50 Hz instead of the US standard of 60 Hz so it packed more of a wallop.
@@antoniozuquete5068 Yeah hey, I figured time flow is sometimes irrelevant and in any case others might stumble upon it. ;) You've taught me a new term man, thanks. I'll take it as a compliment.
Keith Relf and his sister Jane Relf formed the first rendition of the classical prog band Renaissance, after the Yardbirds broke up. Renaissance is still together and touring, featuring Annie Haslam. They are slated to do a post Covid tour soon.
If you're like me and thought you were going to hear "Train Kept A-Rollin'", here's the story; Antonioni loved The Yardbirds’ version of ‘The Train Kept A-Rollin’ ’·and felt it would work best within Blow-Up. However, copyright permission for the song could not be obtained by the October filming date, so Keith Relf modified the lyrics and created ‘Stroll On’ the day before actual shooting took place.”
Man the 1960's was one hell of a decade, so much stuff happened. It's totally insane. I'll probably have to devote an entire library to albums from the bands of that era alone O_o.
Tell me about it, man. The birth of pnk rock, garage rock, heavy metal, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefhart, so much much more.
@@spoderpoof383 The 60's were the greatest! I was a kid at the time but I seen it all through TV, magazines, Albums, I would go back in a heartbeat! 🤎 Especially, that Sunday Night back in 1964, when Ed Sullivan introduced.. 𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ! They are still my #1 Group!
Whenever I feel like I'm getting old, I like to know that I lived through the 60's and still can remember many of the pranksterish adventures that I had and can still fondly look back on.
Really like this little mini biography of Jeff Beck with his reactions to sound quality and amp bashing antics. What a character! No wonder he added such an extraordinary dimension to the Yardbirds.
So glad this was filmed for us to see. I saw them live with this line up in 66 but it was so damn long ago and I was very young, 13 I think. Sorry to say my memory has faded and I don't remember much about it. Time Keeps A-Rollin.
@@j.vonhavre1741 From June to August 1966 Jimmy Page was on bass, Jeff Beck on lead guitar, and Chris Dreja still on rhythm guitar. Then from August 1966 to November 1966 THIS lineup existed, where Dreja switched over to bass and Page was co-lead guitar with Beck. After Nov. 1966, Jeff Beck was fired from the group. Jimmy Page was never in the band at the same time with the original bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith.
At Cannes Film Festival, Blowup won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the festival's highest honour. Antonioni definitely had his ear to the ground to include the Yardbirds . Do not miss this mysterious film! Or Zabriski Point !
It seems that Antonioni wanted the Who to play this scene. Maybe because they were known to smash guitar on stage. But for reasons I don't know, it failed and the Yardbirds got the job. It's a bit strange because the Yardbirds were not very known to destroy their equipment.
I was an extra in that scene.
Lucky man! I would do anything to see Jimmy!
Did Antonioni direct the crowd to look so
inanimate until the end?
As I recall, we were picked up outside the Hammersmith Odeon at about 08:00. I don't remember all the direction. Initially when we arrived at the Rikki Tic club we were given black tee shirts to wear. There was a lot of down time in the morning where we were hanging about inside the club and outside by the river, so they could shoot close up's or other scenes. ( The catering for the extras was terrible I remember, nothing like Grand Prix) In the afternoon we were inside, the band were playing. We were dancing, cameras moved in and out, I never made the final cut. At one point we were crowded round the front of stage, the band were not on, but movie magic weaves scene and action together. Those are my best memories of the day. We were not needed after that. I seem to remember standing next to the girl in the big yellow hat at one time.
Yes, we looking engrossed in the band. It's a pity because Vox Amplifiers are really reliable. I was in the fight scene at the back pushing and shoving with " care". I was 18 and Yardbirds fan myself. ( living in London, Soho and the clubs were normal haunts)
That means that I saw you in December, 1967.
In Sydney.
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Shocked to hear the news of Jeff Beck's passing. Truly one of the greatest guitarists in Rock history. Love this clip, an all-time favorite.
RIP
Bacterial meningitis.
@@chrissimpson6701 how awful
Rip..do you where this was filmed? London?
@@virginiabeltran3172 The rock club scene featuring the Yardbirds performing "Stroll On" - was filmed at Elstree Studios, from 12 to 14 October 1966.
How could Guitar gods like Clapton, Beck and Page all come from one band. Amazing.
Check out John Mayall's band, too. Just a great ability to procure talent.
Indeed! Peter Green
@@burningdaylights Um, U're close. BLUES INCORPORATED! ran by none other than THE GUVNER, ALEXIS KORNER,, Father Of British Blues & Cyril Davies. These 2 former jazz puristists ignited the British Blues scene in the late 1950's at the EALING JAZZ CLUB recruiting young influential blues players with blossoming ROCK N ROLL phenomon. Chek out the lineup that came thru beginning in 1961: BRIAN JONES, MICK JAGGER, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, John MAYALL, Charlie Watts, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker, Zoot Money, Rod Stewart & many others. Notice that JEFF BECK & PETE TOWNSHEND weren't in Blues Inc. Jeff was self taught as well as Pete, both coming from musical families. Mayalls' Blues Breakers, Rolling Stones & Cream all have ties to Alexis Korners Blues Inc.
They were probably a band that appreciated the guitar.
London Scene 1960s..
An industry..and Fun..
Hard to believe that 3 Rock guitar gods, Beck, Page, and Eric Clapton all grew up within 15 miles of each other. Must have been something in the water. Wow. RIP Jeff Beck.
I live there. There is nothing in the water 😉
@@lyndoncmp5751 LOL
maybe lsd in the water
And a fellow called Richie Blackmore as well.
@@darrenshepherd2843 Fastest Fingers in the World ! Blackmore / Deep Purple still "The BEST"
This time in music Was so awesome. I'm nearly 70th. years old an was born and grow up in good, old Germany. When i was young I'm still listening the music of Yardbirds, Roy Orbison, Procol Harum and so on. This wounderful music accompanied my entire life and will never come back. 😢😢😢😢❤❤❤
I wish I had a time machine to experience those times and I'd take you back with me and my mum, yep, one big time travel bus full of all of us that are sick of now and nostalgic for the past even ones like me who wasn't there first time round.
@@cyclinggirl3212 Take me with you...
Well, I would say, that music is still there.😊
@@cyclinggirl3212 that was really cool. Indeed sweet even. Have a wonderful day.
RIP Keith Relf! I caught this movie at 2am when I was 14 years old (I'm 45 now) and it changed my taste in music completely! I was a Yardbirds/Led Zeppelin girl when all of my classmates were New Kids on the Block 😂. I was looked at like a freak, now it's cool among young people. I was ahead of my time! 🙄🤷🏼♀️
Am 44 years old and for as long as I can remember I've been a huge cream, mountain, james gange and more fan. However the Coulter around me was and has been telling me I was born in the wrong generation
HEIDI ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK? WOULD LIKE TO 'FRIEND' YOU, LIKE YOUR TASTE ~ LARRY CHANGES
KEITH RELF ALSO HECKAVA HARP PLAYER; COOL TO 'STAY AHEAD OF YOUR TIME'... NO PROBLEMO W/ KEEPIN' UP..... LARRY CHANGES
I had a similar experience, recording this on the VHS on WPIX Channel 11 in NYC back in 1988 when I was 14. I used to watch this scene over and over again. While I loved the film, it made me sad I had no one to share it with; and, yes, NKOTB were the top act that year.
They showed this to the art students at Parsons NYC summer school. I have loved it since.
I saw those Yardbirds at the Studio Club in Dallas, Texas. It was also a small dance club, about the size of the one in this film. Everybody stopped dancing and stood gaping at the spectacle that was to become Led Zep. It was too novel and amazing to keep paying attention to your girl and your moves. Page blew me away when he used the cello bow. There was no stage, they set up and played on the dance floor, and I was within 4 feet of Page. What an experience.
Wow!
Did the people just sit there and stare like zombies like in this movie?
@@tannwich5350 yes. Bounced around some, but were basically standing with jaws dropped most of the show. Did clap and scream like crazy after each song.
None of the people watching are as much as tapping their toes to the music; they're just standing there like zombies.
Wow, thanks for sharing! I had the same experience with seeing the Yardbirds in a small club in the Chicago area. Seen a lot of bands and people before they made it big.
RIP Jeff Beck😪🙏 Great movie scene, the fashions, and Jimmy Page!❤
okay i hope you eventually gets to see one
Will try!!!!❤
I can’t stop hearing “train kept rollin”
all night long ... I know.
I've heard every version of it now in the past 1 hour
The song was used by the Yardbirds Aerosmith etc cuz it was the oldest rock like tune ever.
I’m sure they took their little checks and split like no biggie 🖕🏼🎫
Neither can Aerosmith
Heard about what happened? That was definitely a heartbreaker! Can't believe we lost Jeff Beck! One of the greatest guitarists of all time! He did really well in Blow Up for sure! Jeff Beck, you will be missed! RIP Jeff Beck! Thank you for giving us awesome music!
Nobody could replicate what he done 🎸 RIP Jeff Beck 🎸❤️
Yes and I feel sick
😭. 💔. And he really took care of himself.
@@maryvaughn7886 That’s the saddest part to me about Mr. Beck’s passing. He was a very healthy, intellectually vibrant man who could have lived another 15+ years as an active individual. I had looked forward to seeing him rock most of that time.
Knowing Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior is the only way one can "rest in peace." I hope he did. And is ...
My dad was into blues/jazz and while he called this "just noise" I knew it was blues just rocked-up and I loved it. I was 10yrs old.
Born in 57?
This was my favorite part of the movie which I never saw until 2022 on Turner Classic Movie Channel. Jeff Beck was annoyed at his guitar & smashed it up. He was so young & adorable. RIP guitar legend!!🥺🎸💕
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
Rest in peace Jeff. No more equipment failures in heaven
Really? You don't think he's beating his lute against a cloud?
@@commentatron 🤷♂
@@lesliestar6344 Funny thing is, there is no _time_ in heaven. That means we're all already there.
I don't how they react up there to an AC/DC plug for amps... Maybe not nice?
One of my favorite scenes in "Blow Up" the one movie of the Sixties that truly changed my life. RIP, Jeff Beck.
There are some truly great 60s films and this is one of them.
Historic footage of a band who was one of the innovaters of hard rock and may I say metal. A moment of time caught on camera.
I saw an interview with Richie Blackmore in which he said this bands breakup directly influenced the direction Deep Purples music went.
@@glenchapman3899 ua-cam.com/video/gLAQwVyXfHk/v-deo.html
Love how Jimmy just keeps playing and smiling like nothing is going on with Jeff on the other side of the stage. Great stuff!
Hey, "Blow Up" is the name of a great Antonioni movie, be curious and look at it.
Jimmy always was a "Grandstander"
Man Jeff Beck is pissing me off. Don't treat a vox like that.
@@howardzdenek98 Yep. Just throw it out and get a Real Marshall...... if you wanna Rock-n-Roll.
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MY HEART Bleeds When i See this.. As a Pure Londoner Born Westminster 1951 . as was Generations of my Family . i frequented these area's peckham rye Stockwell . etc ,, But i cant Forget the Great Days of the MARQUEE Wardour st . SOHO , This was REAL London History and MUSIC . .......ALL IS LOST TODAY
But now we have Taylor Swift.😂
Train Kept A Rolling and so will Jeff’s legacy as one of the best of all time.
What a underated front Man
That’s right the train did keep rolling. Of course this song is called “stroll on”
The young people stood still and watched like in a trance. Amazing....
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
Hilarious how Page is just smiling and playing as the chaos unfolds. Lol
I’m an older hippy. Jimmy was that cool back then, and then he grew older to look like a white haired elderly Asian lady. No shade, I grew into my Grammy. Zeppelin is my all time favorite band. ☮️🎶🕊
@@reemclaughlin4260 I LOVE YOUR INSIGHT!
Fantastic scene. Captures the 1966 vibe better than any other film.
Crowd look like a bunch of brain dead NPC’s
Nobody was really having fun in the audience?
Seriously? In '66, people stood like statutes when they listened to live music?
I bet that young people everywhere in the world can relate to this and understand the moment
Don't be daft. I was 20 in '66. We didn't stand and sit around with glum faces as if we were statues at gigs like this.
I was seven,. N had it on the"radio". They don't make em. Like that. Anymore.....fkn. A. Mr Beck.....rip
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RIP Jeff Beck. Jan 10, 2023.
Superb film by Michelangelo Antonioni. It was filmed in spring summer of 1966 while 2001 a Space Odissey was also being filmed in London. And they are two of my favorite movies.
Согласен отличный фильм Антониони. Фотоувеличение получил главный приз на Канском кинофестивале. В этом фильме Антониони хотет снять группу Кто, но они отказались сниматься. Потом думаю пожалели, что отказались.
from new issue of Classic Rock magazine, “I basically got my Telecaster out to do that solo(Stairway To Heaven). Even though I’d been playing Les Pauls, I wanted to get that bite of the Telecaster on it. It was the same Telecaster that I’d played on the first album, the one Jeff Beck had given me that I’d used in The Yardbirds. A bit of a magical guitar, really.”
It's a bummer being born in the 80's and watching as the guys you listened to as a teenager move on to the next life. God be with you Jeff Beck.
Sure. I agree with you!
This is the Jeff Beck I heard as a girl. This is my Jeff Beck. I send my love and prayers to his family & friends. I love you dear sir. Godspeed. Rest easy in Paradise., ** CRYING***
Can you say classic?? Yes folks, that's Jeff Beck AND Jimmy Page together with the Yardbirds. Incredible!!
IDOLATRY IS FOR MORONS!!!!
@@steveburchfield5576 bro. That comment is 12 years old. He's probably dead
Steve you are the greatest!!!! Greatest Moron!!!!
@@steveburchfield5576
Admiration and recognition of excellence are not the same as idolatry. You're subscribed ro a lot of musicians yourself. Don't be a hypocrite.
The REST of the film was boring as hell!
It was the year I discovered I couldn’t fix my tube amp by banging on it. 😆
The problem seemed to be a shorting instrument cable, which is even funnier to me
@@Ninjametal
Yet it still happens to countless guitarists till this day...
1:31 ⚡️
1:49 ⚡️
Long before MTV, these guys were ahead of their time.
I'm 62 & love watching old footage like this. It was sad to hear when Beck died, he was a legend though I was never a big fan of his. Page however
to me is one of the pioneers of 60's/70's rock. A true Rock Icon.
1966 I was away at art school in Chicago. One of my local pals came to my after school job and said I have to see this movie. He said they showed full frontal nudity. That was big news in ‘66! I loved the movie and the big surprise was the Yardbirds performing! I loved everything about England in those days, even smoked Players. Great movie on so many levels. Thanks
AH AH YES PLAYERS
You make a confusion with "Zabriskie Point" .
@@Methilde no, never saw that movie.
@@ericsissenwein3601 Yes, Antonioni filmed Zabriskie Point just after Blow Up.
@@Methilde I know of the movie but didn’t realize the same director made both. Truly I was talking about Blow Up.
I saw Blow Up when I was a kid, don’t really know how. Ended up getting it on DVD years ago because I liked it. Then, in 2019, this scene basically happened to me. I got attacked by a concert crowd after getting part of a smashed guitar. Someone onstage just stuck it out and handed it directly to me after the curtain dropped. There were a group of girls just jumping on me, ripping pieces of wood off of the guitar body while it was in my hands. There were so many splinters. The major difference is that I had the body, not the neck. And I wanted the guitar, so I ran away and then wrapped it in a space blanket so nobody could see what I was carrying. So I come here to relive the moment. 😂
Cool bullshit story bro 🙄
Maybe . I came really close to getting Blackmore's guitar at first Donnington Monsters of Rock ...he'd staged a long battle w fake exploding cabs .For the safety of everybody thank heaven there were two security thugs leapt in and ensured the guy who first got his hand on it was escorted off safely
@@Wayne_155 It’s literally a true story. I was jumped by a bunch of 13-16 year old girls, why would I brag about that? Hahahaha 💀I don’t care if you believe me, but this would be the lamest fake story of all time, dude. Honestly, how boring is your life that you think I’d just completely make up something like this, only to share it in a comment section of an old, somewhat niche video? 🙃 Do you really think this comment is getting me clout? Bahahaha. Those 18 likes are *WHAT I LIVE FOR* 😂
@@Dank-Hill You tell the unbelievers, mate. I believe you, I mean, why make up such a story. I just gave you another LIKE! ROCK ON! Good vibes from England!
What's the name of the guitarist. Didn't make the story even better ?
Great mood booster!
Hello, how are you doing? It is nice seeing you here.
This is Gold!
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The Yardbirds are still one of my favorite bands.
ABSOLUTELY
Five Live must still be one of the finest live recordings of any band at anytime. Sheer class.
Me too
Rave Up one of my favorite Rock albums.
@@josephtravers777 *Favourite
For a brief shining moment two of the greatest guitarists in the world were in a band together !
This was not long before Jimi Hendrix Showed up in the UK and dethroned them both
I agree with you. I saw the Yardbirds in concert in 1965 outside Rockford, Illinois. I was 17. The concert goers were mesmerized when they played. They really were ... and back then, when a band went on break, they would go out and mingle with the concert goers, how I got to meet Jeff Beck. God, he was gorgeous (hey, I was 17)! He drew me a picture, yup!
Jeff Beck replaced Eric Clapton when he left the band. So for Two brief shining moments two of the best guitarists in in the world were in the same band.
@@royrudd825 Jimmy Page was originally offered the spot after Clapton left but he recommended Jeff instead as Pagey was making some good money doing sessions. After bassist Paul Samwell-Smith left the band Jimmy was again approached and this time he joined, on bass. When it became obvious he was better than Chris Dreja on guitar, Chris switched to bass and for about 6 months or so it was dual lead guitar with Jimmy and Jeff.
@Anthony Marks What the USA has got?
Chuck Berry, Howling Wolf, BB King, Freddy and Albert King, Muddy Waters, Bo Diddley, Willie Dixon, John Lee Hooker etc
Without these guys the brits would still playing fucking skiffle bullshit.
this how rock n' roll started smashing guitars as "expression"! thank you Jeff for dropping by in this prison planet. You gave us love, joy, happiness and tranquility. RIP.
Didn't see 😕 movie but see this. Best raw talent. Wish I saw this group in small venue. I saw Steppinwolf in Hollywood.
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I felt compelled to watch this last weekend?
Train kept a rollin….
So good seeing Page and Beck together, thank goodness they are still with us.
And still killin` it !
@@jamescampbell2521 Well said.
Keith and Mick are still selling out STADIUMS.... They didn't even take a break from their last tour. Page hasn't been heard from in YEARS. Beck still rocks.... some.
@@franram7426 Uli Jon still shreds on the regular, with plenty of fresh variety of metal, acoustic and classical.
@@TheWhippetmaster
Uli Jon ????
Get relevant or pound sand.
I still can't believe Jeff is gone..my turn..making it to your 70's is tough.
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Legend, play forever in the music mansion xxx
I first saw this movie while on R&R in Sydney, Australia, from Chu Lai, Vietnam I'll never see a tennis match the same again.
It changed my life.
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This was a great movie. I saw it at the theater when it came out. Most people didn't seem to get it, and I'm sure that people today wouldn't understand at all as it is very dated. Jeff's guitar represented something that David was feeling. Jeff said he hated the whole thing.
I miss you my old friend and David, too. Play for the angels...
Amazing movie. I saw it eleven times in the sixties.
Wish you an evening filled with love and warmth.
Keith Relf on lead vocal. He only had one lung AND he had asthma. God knows he could he could play harmonica so well.
The crowd obviously never used drugs. The ones I was taking back in those days made me want to dance and move around!!! The Yardbirds were way before their time!!
I think uppers were in fashion during the London Mod scene, Mods high on uppers and riding around on Vespa scooters.
its a movie, so it is all acting. the two people dancing at the start are supposed to potray how people wanted to dance, but most were too cool to dance. The just sat around watching, and acting cool.
God bless the Yardbirds. Relf, Dreja and especially Drummer McCarthy deserve a lot of love also.
The crowd were actors. It's not even a real club but a movie set.
@@pacingthecage See where the band name for "Dexy's Midnight Runners" comes from.
Fantastic film, fantastic band. RIP David Hemmings, RIP Keith Relf.
Keith Relf died from electrocution while playing guitar, a bad grounding scenario led to the shock. The voltage over there was higher than in the US and was 50 Hz instead of the US standard of 60 Hz so it packed more of a wallop.
@@pacingthecage did you just reply to a 13 year old comment?
@@antoniozuquete5068 I dunno, did I?
@@pacingthecage You're an absolute madlad
@@antoniozuquete5068 Yeah hey, I figured time flow is sometimes irrelevant and in any case others might stumble upon it. ;)
You've taught me a new term man, thanks. I'll take it as a compliment.
That’s freakin wild fire 🤘
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Wow. ! There are some other recognisable faces there ! So young and talented…. ✨🎸💯👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻❤️
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Two of the best guitarist Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck
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LOL !!!!
Great film, great soundtrack.
Jeff looks and sounds amazing in this clip . RIP great man
Prayers to Jeff's family and friends. What a blessing his music was to us all!
The crowd was clearly exercising extreme patience waiting to sate their unending appetite for guitar necks.
We gonna miss You, Jeff.
Jeff Beck (1944-2023)
Awesome band Icons all of them
Keith Relf and his sister Jane Relf formed the first rendition of the classical prog band Renaissance, after the Yardbirds broke up. Renaissance is still together and touring, featuring Annie Haslam. They are slated to do a post Covid tour soon.
This is by far the best quality video that I’ve seen of Beck and Page playing together in the Yardbirds.
It was specially made for Michelangelo Antonioni's film "Blow Up with David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave.
So heartbreaking to lose Jeff Beck. By far the greatest guitar player ever, and a truly down to earth and genuine man. We will miss you dearly, Heff.
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Oh God! That guitar! Stomped!😢
Wish you an evening filled with love and warmth.
If you're like me and thought you were going to hear "Train Kept A-Rollin'", here's the story; Antonioni loved The Yardbirds’ version of ‘The Train Kept A-Rollin’ ’·and felt it would work best within Blow-Up. However, copyright permission for the song could not be obtained by the October filming date, so Keith Relf modified the lyrics and created ‘Stroll On’ the day before actual shooting took place.”
Thanks for that background info about the usage of the song we all know as Train Kept A Rolling.
yes thats an interesting fact. I think the song/lyrics are relevant to the plot; so makes sense they changed a bit to fit it in .
Train kept a-rolling was originally released by Johnny Burnette and their cover was a great cover of this
@@markjames8603 Tiny Bradshaw did the original version , but , The Yardbirds obviously took their cue from Burnette's version.
@@Gentlem1 yes of course I was racking my brain trying to remember who did it first but like you say it's the buzzsaw guitar sound that is key here!
This is what happens when an Italian modernist (Antonioni) collides with English 60s youth culture (Yardbirds)...
..And Pink Floyd in Zabrisky Point
@@crmcrmll GOOD POINT!
RIP to the JB. You are sharp as a blade & soft as a dream. Rock the heavens with your Olympic White Strat! 🎶🎵🎼 Jeff Beck Forever!
Will miss you always Jeff a icon you were ❤️
Man the 1960's was one hell of a decade, so much stuff happened. It's totally insane.
I'll probably have to devote an entire library to albums from the bands of that era alone O_o.
Tell me about it, man. The birth of pnk rock, garage rock, heavy metal, Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Hendrix, The Beatles, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, The Doors, 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefhart, so much much more.
@@spoderpoof383 The 60's were the greatest! I was a kid at the time but I seen it all through TV, magazines, Albums,
I would go back in a heartbeat! 🤎 Especially, that Sunday Night back in 1964, when Ed Sullivan introduced..
𝓣𝓱𝓮 𝓑𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓵𝓮𝓼 ! They are still my #1 Group!
I lived it. The 60's was like 10 entire years packed into one decade, man. ;-)
@@toddburgess6792 I salute your amazing math skills.
Whenever I feel like I'm getting old, I like to know that I lived through the 60's and still can remember many of the pranksterish adventures that I had and can still fondly look back on.
I went to see this movie when it came out, in no small way to see the Yardbirds. Yes, I was that starved for the chance of hearing them.
That and the big nude scene were my favorite parts of the movie. - back then.
Love this band grew up on this shish!
Bless Mr Jeff "Stroll On" Beck Love peaceful serenity be too him and family 11023.
RIP Jeff Beck, a true legend
RIp Jeff Beck ! Still reeling from the news !
1966 and these cats were casually producing the precursor to metal. Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck, and Eric Clapton are legends
The future of rock music was foreshadowed in this one song as done by Jeff and the Yardbirds… RIP to a legendary innovator
RIP Jeff Beck! King of guitar!
Happy Birthday Jimi Page
79 years young!!
Hot hot hot! Still vibrates with rock energy today. Jimi must have seen this and followed suite.
RIP Jeff. One of the greatests ever. I was lucky to see him in 2010 at concert.
Really like this little mini biography of Jeff Beck with his reactions to sound quality and amp bashing antics. What a character! No wonder he added such an extraordinary dimension to the Yardbirds.
Jeff Beck left us incredible music to remember him & thank him for that as long as we live💖
Jimmy’ s smile is everything 😍
It sure is!
Assolutamente!! Bellissimo sorriso e bellissimo lui ❤️❤️
So glad this was filmed for us to see. I saw them live with this line up in 66 but it was so damn long ago and I was very young, 13 I think. Sorry to say my memory has faded and I don't remember much about it. Time Keeps A-Rollin.
I do. I remember Vanessa Redgrave and the "painting with naked bodies" as your "brush."
You didn't see THIS lineup in '66. The old bassist was still playing then. Page was still a session guitarist.
@@j.vonhavre1741 From June to August 1966 Jimmy Page was on bass, Jeff Beck on lead guitar, and Chris Dreja still on rhythm guitar.
Then from August 1966 to November 1966 THIS lineup existed, where Dreja switched over to bass and Page was co-lead guitar with Beck.
After Nov. 1966, Jeff Beck was fired from the group. Jimmy Page was never in the band at the same time with the original bassist, Paul Samwell-Smith.
If I could time
Travel this would be on my list.
The movie should be in the
music library.
What a legend!
RIP Jeff Beck, gracias por tu musica
One of the greatest , guitar 🎸 legends , whos riffage moved me to tears , so gutted his gone , he will be sorely missed by all who loved him 🎸🎶🎶❤️
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That is a deeply crazy movie. Much of it is bad craziness too. One of my favorites.
At Cannes Film Festival, Blowup won the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film, the festival's highest honour. Antonioni definitely had his ear to the ground to include the Yardbirds . Do not miss this mysterious film! Or Zabriski Point !
It seems that Antonioni wanted the Who to play this scene. Maybe because they were known to smash guitar on stage. But for reasons I don't know, it failed and the Yardbirds got the job. It's a bit strange because the Yardbirds were not very known to destroy their equipment.
Or all Antonioni movies!!!
GOOD POINT! WELL TAKEN.
At first he wanted The Who, why? I dont know, the Yardbirds were a lot better.
Rest in Peace! Rest in Power! #JeffBeck
Man that crowd it's going wild!
Jeff Beck you fucking legend. You were your own man to the end. Rest in peace.
Who in the world would thumbs down this is Awesome Page and Beck ✌️✌️🤟🤟🎸🎸
Classic Jeff!🎸
Best version by far
Another hero gone but never forgotten. RIP Jeff Beck
Page actually played bass with the Yardbirds, for a while.........what a wonderful world we live in.....
Saw them at Catalina Island and Page played bass. Who knew!
@@leighdee2084 I have a record that has a radio spot for that same show.
A legendary player. RIP Jeff!