The Yardbirds - Shapes of Things (1966)
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The Yardies in a sport stadium for French TV, 1966.
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I remember first hearing this song while playing ping pong on a Navy base in Vietnam 1966. I had to stop the game and go to the jukebox to see who did it. Brings back great memories. The other song that grabbed me then was Homeward Bound by Simon and Garfunkel. Two weeks later I was sent back to the States, unharmed. Thank God!
it's INSANE: the tradeoff for the horrors of the fake Vietnam War (the Pentagon Papers proved they had lied 100% to america, same as all other wars even ww2)....is that IT INSPIRED / CREATED almost all the great songs from 1965 to 1975! (Half of Black Sabbath's songs are about it! DOOM & GLOOM! King Crimson and all of them! DIDN'T KNOW Shapes Of Things was about Vietnam til now! "come tomorrow will I be older? [or dead] / maybe a soldier...."
they also say this song is the first PSYCHEDELIC song in popular music for Beck's guitar solo section!
(Dec 2019's AFGHANISTAN PAPERS proved that war was 100% LIES by the Pentagon too. Hmmm!)
The Yardbirds were another supergroup along with Cream and CSN&Y.
RIP JEFF BECK & DAVID CROSBY
good memories. Glad you made it back
I'm just a guy in Liverpool England but thank you for sharing your story.
Thank You For Your Service
And
Welcome Home.
I have been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer but I'm so happy I got to grow up in the sixties and seventies even as it was happening we all knew we were living through a time that was so special it would probably never happen again
Hope you are doing today as well as you can. God Bless You.
🙏🙏
I hope you made it.
So very sorry to hear of your illness. I hope you are doing as well as possible and are pain-free.
My thoughts go out to you in your season of illness, but your spirit is so transcending. We were all so lucky growing up in one of the most remarkable musical times in human history. Somehow we may have sensed it, but now we know it. Blessings ot you.
If you weren't there in the mid 60s ........YOU MISSED IT !!!
I was born in '72, so I regrettably missed it. If there was one decade I'd go back in time to and live in, it would've been the 1960's.
hehe, the funny thing was not all of it was played. you had to buy most of it. But we had many a record party, where "most" everyone would bring albums, 45's. was quite a time. I wonder if we will ever go back to being that social? of course our group was called Hippies back then.
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Now they sell weed in stores !! 😂
Oh, Pleasant Hope, the grass will flow like wine !
@@onestepbeyond7240 sadly the price is just insane.
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Inflation
My heart is giving out at 68 so im going back again and try to get in all the 60s and 70s i can till my day comes 😊
Live it until you lose it. Good vibes going your way.
I'm 65 mow and grew up with these guys and the whole British Invasion What a lucky boy I was:)
You surely were lucky, but still theres some young dudes whom are into this kind of awesomeness. I'm 36 btw and hooked to this sound.
The music from that area keeps getting rediscovered by new generation's it speaks to how good it stands the test of time
Mainly because those guys were/are real musicians, these days it's mostly pretty boy or girl groups that dance and sing.
@@brianduncan2793 As a person born in 2002 I can agree, I wish I was born in 1945 most times, maybe I was alive back then I don't know if they are I don't know memories but when I walk in the streets I feel weird and different and in this world I feel outta place, since I was a little girl I had weird thoughts like "I wonder if there is more countries, and I have always felt old when I was 8 I would force myself to become numb and thought "what if it's all a dream and I'm looking ahead and I'm not born yet I also thought everyone lives a second life and is reborn 100 yrs after their death
I believe in reincarnation and have met many young people with old souls ,I'm sure life has many adventures waiting for you just enjoy the ride:)
RIP Keith Relf, lead singer extraordinaire! 1943~1976😢
What a time to grow up, such a great era. I remember this band as one of the first groups that influenced my musical taste. Rest well Jeff Beck.
It was a horrible time according to the boomers I know. Why? Vietnam.
WHO EVER IS GLAD THEY GREW UP IN THE GENERATION OF REAL TALENT MUSICIANS AND SINGERS RAISE YOUR GOD DANM FIST✊🏾 KEEP UM UP HIGH
lol
I'm 70 this year in Australia and now wonder where the years have gone!. So glad I grew up in this time of amazing music.
Marie Jones..... Me, too!!! I will be 71.... Tomorrow! Those WERE the days
Hello
I came to AUS in 74 and am 70 now as well.
I'm not sure how much Yardbirds were played in AUS in the 60s?
Here's a playlist I have been putting together since December [it takes time!!!]
You may enjoy it?
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😊
@@debraweaver6308 For sure.
I am in America and I dig what you're saying.🎸
1952 was a great year
Jeff on his knees , playing the guitar ... jimmy did the same ... Praying .... Miss the Yardbirds...
These cats were never given the 'props' they so rightly deserved. 1966 was a GREAT year for music (I was only 12 yrs old then, but the memories are priceless) & The Yardbirds were way ahead of their time musically.
Unless you lived in Great Britain. As well, they weren't around very long.
66 was indeed a great time for music.. that was around the time revolver and sunshine superman came out
To Briscoe from DEEJAYENPS, I' m just 2 years older than you are, and remember the atmosphere these bands had - a truly cultural time - although you DID have to be on the same wavelength to realise that! What are the "props" you would have liked to see more if?
I was 9...and you're right 👍.
They were never given props? They are literally in the Rock N Roll hall of fame 🤷🏻♂️ - what more props do you need ?
The most underrated band of all time.
I don't think they're the least bit underrated. Many many acts have followed in their footsteps and they were influencers of countless greats yet to come
RIP Jeff Beck-a master musician!
The very very best ever!
Goodbye Jeff you have left an impresion on many And to day you are amomng thje greatest guitar payers ever along with fellow band member Erci Clapton .Both of you are still amomng the greatest
@@gerardjerry4637 Yes... Jeff Beck was my all-time FAVORITE guitarist!!!
Truly 1 of 1. RIP JEFF
... and now Anthony Topham 😥 RIP
The Yardbirds got me at 13/14yo 1964..
Tweve.
I mean Twelve.
They got me at 10 yrs. old.
RIP Jeff Beck, one of the most creative guitarists ever
The BEST Yardbirds lineup of their entire history. Paul Samwel-Smith on bass. Real shame he left the band.
One of Jeff Beck’s best guitar solos with the Yardbirds. He’ll be greatly missed.
The very beginning of the solo has some similarities to "Over Under Sideways Down" which Jeff plays and is on the "Roger the Engineer" album. released a few months after this single.
But amazingly - parts of the solo has similarities to the solo work on "Taxman" and also the instrumentation on "Tomorrow Never Knows."
But Beck recorded this before The Beatles Revolver was released. Shows how much of an innovator he was.
Agreed, and on the flip side is one of Beck's most penetrating solos ever in the song MISTER, YOU'RE A BETTER MAN THAN I. This was the first single I ever bought. I still have it and it still sounds great.
I remember the exact circumstance of hearing it the first time --- it was on a jukebox in a coffee shop that we were standing around and looking into --- and wondering --- "What are all of these other songs here (with 45rpm records in the holding rack) which we haven't ever heard? And why hasn't anybody played them?" So, we started playing all of those unknown songs, one by one. The Yardbirds/Shapes of Things was one of those "unknown" records.
I'm 64 years now. We loved it then; I love it now. It's as good as anything I've ever seen and heard.
+don leavell Same here. I remember swapping a Jimmy Hendrix LP for a Yardbirds ... (just on loan). I never got the Are You Experienced LP back ... But for Shape of Things ... I was happy. Too bad, all these years later I have neither album. So much great music in our time. (And my Dad used to say the same thing!). Nice to have youTube to keep the memories alive.
+Cee Cobblegro Are You Experienced is one of the few albums I ever bought as a kid. I was 17. And I saw Jimi at the Old Atlanta Auditorium from the second row. Wow. Wow. I still listen to Jimi, all day yesterday, while driving across Florida. Peace, my friend.
Yes. I just turned 71 ( TODAY!). and I can honestly say that my love for the Yardbirds never died! Of course... I was CRAZY about the Beatles when they first came " on the scene ".... but I was only 11 years old at that time. I was 15 YEARS old when I first heard the Yardbirds... and... YEAH! I was hooked!
@@debraweaver6308 Happy birthday, youngster. They were historic. Peace and love from Florida. I'm 72 in a month. Ha.
@@doncourtreporter. Yes! The Yardbirds we're definitely historic! They really did " pave the way " in different areas. ( I...on the other hand...am PREHISTORIC! ). However...I will NEVER FORGET the Yardbirds. Thank you for answering me!
The 60s provided the best music of all time
I love this song. There is something otherworldly about it.
check Gary Moore doing this song.
Yes flawless, an anthem for the 60s
Yes! I know what you mean! 🙂❤️
Well said!
Happy Birthday to Keith Relf of The Yardbirds Blessings and Hugs 💖💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕!
H G Wells and James Bond and sixties music were in my childhood sphere. It was wonderful and adventurous.
These guys were cooler than anyone out there now. And, the music was from the future. Brilliant , without compare.
Come tomorrow, we may all be soldiers.
so true
how insane that, had the Vietnam War never happened, we'd literally LOSE almost all of the greatest songs of the era, almost all of which are about the horrors (b/c they were all young men and their friends or fans were dying every day in a fake war).
Half of Black Sabbath's songs are about Vietnam! Zillions of songs you didn't think were about Vietnam (like Shapes Of Things!) were!
George Lucas said STAR WARS was his vietnam war movie, hence asian names for obi wan and han solo and the Empire = THE US GOVT!
So true
This song is prophetic Awesome! JESUS is coming
Come tomorrow, we may be bolder than today
Just an all around superb tune! Quite possibly ahead of there time!
Such a great band and totally reflected on the 60's era ! Nailed this song!!
RIP Mr. Beck. The man carved his own path in music and left us all the better for it.
My thanks and gratitude to The Yardbirds and members past and present.Thank you Jeff Beck !!!
Do you love me?
So far ahead of its time . More relevant now than ever. Possibly the most underrated band ever
Underrated? Most of Led Zeppelin?
i agree
1966 was one hell of a year for rock! 👍😊👍
Keith was a great Singer. He died so young in 1976. Just love the Yardbirds.
I played professionally for a while and fulfilled one of my dreams to a small extent. Jeff Beck was one of the two biggest musical role models I had as I learned the guitar and he never ceased to amaze & inspire me. RIP 🎸🙏
I played this over and over again i was 13 it was so futuristic RIP Jeff Beck
OH SO MANY GREAT BANDS FROM THE 60's ... at least we had greatness ... ingenius wonderful and inspiring
Years ahead of their time Jeff Becks sound was outstanding even then
The usually peaked when performing live! So little, unfortunately is left of this if it's true that Philip Wood made professional recordings of them from 1964-1966.
A really great song
Well, weeks ahead, at most.
I don't agree and hardly ever do when someone makes a statement like that. The Yardbirds set the future and they were very much a part of the scene then. The song was about what was happening then. "Come tomorrow, may be a solider," was about the draft and the Vietnam War. The "Please don't destroy these lands," was a word about the Cold War, which was very tense in those years. In this video, they are miming the record and that isn't Jeff Beck playing the lead on his knees. It's Jimmy Page.
@@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244 Yeah.... Comments like that previous one are not necessary. Obviously NOT a music fan! By the way.... are you SURE that it wasn't Jeff Beck playing the lead guitar??? Jeff Beck is my favorite guitarist... of all time !
This world is filled with great guitarists, what set Jeff apart from all the rest was that he was WAY ahead of his time, even till end, he was able to make his music timeless without even trying, and he knew what notes to play, and he played with his soul, that's what separated him from the rest back in the beginning era, he was a sound innovator as well as having an enormous bag of tricks at his dispense, one of a kind musician, and I am honored to have been able just to follow his career in my lifetime, thank you Jeff and cheers to you and yours, R I P...
I was 11 when I first heard this...!!
56 years ago this song sent a message. The world is still here but for how long?
1966 was an outstanding year for music. These guys were ahead of their time.
Of all the years in the 20th century, 1966 was the real turning point in the history of Western civilisation, in my humble opinion
I have always love that Man, his playing at his Guitar , i,m frome 1949 , I have all the good music frome the begining ( first of all Elvis, Everly Brothers ,Cliff Richard
But ? The number ! High Ho Silverlaying ( is that correct, my Enhlisch is not on Highschool quallety, but i,l do my best. Back to Jeff Beck ! I;ve try to play the Song and playing on my Guitar the song High Ho Silver , but ? No way. And l,ll think that Jeff the fird was with the distorsen effect , R.P.S Jeff
The Day Elvis did , i was a great fan of The King Elvis, afther Elvis a lot good man and most of all good musicens , i was also a great fan from Jonh Denver, hi did also to soon , and Brian Jines ( bassist man from the the Stones and fundering from the Rolling Stones, pitty ! For all of the good geys, and good music music !
@@jantimmer4818 Personally, I think "Tallyman" was a far better "power pop" song than "Hi Ho"--Beck seemed much more enthused about performing that one than his previous single
Reminds me of my days as a student nurse n when I think Yardbirds I think Keith Relf ♡
We lost another musical hero.RIP.,Jeff Beck.
I was thirteen when I heard this music from the Yardbirds. Among others of the time it was an explosion of British music! The true great era of change and evolving. Looking back on it you can see how we grew up with the Brits and other countries. We weren't closed like the previous generations with strictly American music! We were growing together many different people just as one together...
And all the better for it. What a time to be alive.
Never seen Jeff Beck play guitar on his knees before; thanks! Also this song was again a revolution in sound -- first use of real "fuzz-tone" which pretty much made Beck something of a legend but not just the tone...the use/ mixing of mixolydian mode with pentatonic (minor hear it when he is descending on the fretboard) was an incredible feat to every young guitar player (and bassist: thanks Paul Samwell-Smith) in America and beyond. Keith Relf, the harmonica blues-rock king singing some of the first lyrics for a dying planet. Prophetic.
Earl Dwire Satisfaction was a year before this and Heart Full Of Soul I believe had fuzz on it too
Fuzz tone aside, there's the influence of Indian raga, due to Ravi Shankar's popular concerts and every major guitarist racing out to get their hands on a sitar. The descending modal mordents have that tang, and I once heard that it was Beck who first started understringing his guitar to gain the ability to stretch a third or fourth. Keep saving the planet, so we Won't Disgrace Our Kind
This band had a lot of drive. I can see how they beget Led Zeppelin. You don't see this energy in today's bands.
+Robert Mantsh. They certainly made an impression on Jimmy Page. The first name for the band that became Led
Zeppelin was The New Yardbirds. Imagine: Clapton, Beck and Page were all in this band. Plus, Beck and Page
were in it together though that didn’t last long. Gee, what a surprise ...
Its Page in the video( rings on the right hand)
I think l appreciate 😌 this music more now then l did when l first heard it 58 years ago!😀
Probably the world's first supergroup, before anyone knew what that was. Tons of talented people who made great music long after the band broke up.
I was 10 years of age when I first heard this cut. Totally blew my young mind. 1966 was a great year for music. I can truly say that the Yardbirds was my "gateway drug" into psychedelic music. Then along came the Jimi Hendrix Experience and I've never come down.
The World lost one of the Guitar Gods Today!!
I was so honored to see him a few months ago with ZZ TOP.
Rest In Peace Brother Jeff!!
Yes i was fortunate to see him play live in Toronto October 17.
Beck was incredible. The Yardbirds were fabulous. Young people all over the nation were into them: turning on, tuning in, getting it on. The generation of free love and kindness.
That guitar solo is from another planet
The yARdbiRds' first psychedelic single.
Groovy guitar effects from Jeff Beck.
The british invasion had some of the best music. Brings back great high school memories that slipped away all too fast.
Better times ! I wish I could go back to the sixties - seventies-eighties !!! It beats the heck out of now !! Memories of better times, I'm not going to say all we're great. But better then now !!
Love the mighty YARDBIRDS since I was a the sheer brilliance of Keith relf rip just one of the world's greatest bands thanks for top upload 🎸🎵🎻🎺🎷🎷🎸🎼🎼🎼🎼🎼🏴🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧🏴🇬🇧
Brian May sent me here; he said to check out this innovative solo from 1966. Have never heard this before.
(1) Apparently that is Jimmy Page in the video but Beck was on the recording.
(2) It is a fine solo but it does not quite blow me away. What truly blows me away is Jeff's good friend Dave Davies solo recorded two years earlier in 1964. *Wow!*
They are both on that recording- A different version here> ua-cam.com/video/IgKDAqzwGck/v-deo.html - and better I think. Brian May might have meant this earlier take. Angrier! fantastic RIP Jeff
RIP Jeff Beck. Another big part of our youth taken away.
Heard it first on Gary Moore corridors of power. But i am relativily young. 57...
I'm 72 and still a drummer in the Nashville area. When I was in the early years of high school I would play along with the Yardbirds till my fingers bled. 😊 😎
RIP lead singer Keith Relf
I was 15 yrs old loving the music and loving life. Can't think of a better time.
I love it.
Genuine.
Simple but complex.
Clever and thoughtful.
Keith was serious about his work, for sure...
My favourite Yardbirds song
The days when music was cool!!😎😎
Love these guys they were so great and popular ❤️
Another great musician finished the race…. Rest in peace.
That Psychedelic guitar riffgasm was what hooked me on this song at 15
One of the great rock classics of all time! I love the Yardbirds!!
I love the song when I was a kid I heard it all the time growing up in 60s was awesome woe
R.I.P Jeff Beck. You felt the music and helped the world to feel it too.
1965 The Yardbirds black video Excellent legendandary performance ❤️💙😊❤️🎵🎵
Born Peterborough 1967 luv ya England 🏴
Thanks for the music, Jeff.
All of those Yardbirds tracks are imprinted in my body and soul. Great close up of Beck's solo!
I’m Gen X (54) and this song came about before I was born. I am of the underrated opinion that this song is a psychedelic masterpiece.
This one is a more aligned to being a British Invasion masterpiece. Animals, Kinks, Yardbirds, Them, Beatles. Mainstream psychedelic rock was a few years later. Hendrix, Joplin, Steppenwolf, Doors, TJ & Shandels,.
They all blended together - the 60's was a decade of some great music - Del Shannon and Do Wop at one end and Led Zeppelin at the other end. Amazing music for sure.
Love this song and the Yardbirds!
RIP the two members of The Yardbirds
Keith Relf (March 22, 1943 - May 12, 1976), aged 33
Jeff Beck (June 24, 1944 - January 10, 2023), aged 78
You both will always be remembered as legends.
At least Jeff saw his senior years. Are they the only two members dead?
@@cocoaorange1 Yes
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1966! They were ahead of their time. Music with a meaning. I don't know who wrote this, but the entire arrangement made a point.
Far better than today's popshit.
Rip Jeff beck a guitar 🎸 god I love listening to the mighty yardbird's 🎸🎶🎤🎶🎸🎸
didn't know this even existed!---one of the top guitar breaks in pop history...Thanks for the video
I'm 64 years old, and I remember how that guitar solo just blew me away and still does to this very day! I've always said that this is the first "heavy metal song" and this band was deffinitely the foundation of what would become Led Zepplin.
Beck was the great "envelope pusher" for two years, joined by Jimi Hendrix in 67. Beck was both the only English guitarist Hendrix thought of as a peer and the only one Jimi didn't intimidate in the beginning (read Townshend and Clapton on this).
@@williamcurtin5692 Yeah... I read not too long ago that Jeff Beck was only rated the 5th greatest guitarist in the world. I was kinda disappointed! I think that he should have been rated at least the 3rd!
OMG i am so shocked and sad to hear about Jeff Beck's sudden death. been a fan since I the Yardbirds daze. Saw him play live recently in Toronto October 17he was agelss, transporting and phenomenal. Johnny Depp was icing on the cake. Beck was the main. Saw him play live in 1969 with Rod Stewart as lead singer in the Jeff Beck Group still have my Truth album. May you rock on with Jimi and the rest in heaven Jeff. Im writing about your astrology on my blog and see videos from the Concert on my UA-cam channel
Excelente y muy nostálgica canción, me recuerda las fiestas que organizábamos mis compañeros y compañeras en la preparatoria en época de posadas, era una de las canciones que ponían. En esas fiestas veía a una novia que tuve en ese tiempo y que yo amaba y con la que me llevaba bastante bien, era hermana menor de una compañera de grupo. Hermosos y nostálgicos tiempos que nunca volverán.
Phenomenal band,just beautiful days of yesteryear. rip Mr.Jeff Beck. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
One of the best bands to come out of England very talented group of young men
I think that it was this version- with Beck on lead - that I heard as a teen, that changed my life. It was the first song that I played in my head. (Of course the Beatles were so omnipresent that playing a Beatles song in one's head was not required. Likewise with the Stones.)
But that combination of pleading and military beat rang bells: Vietnam was heating up; I grew up with 'Duck and Cover' and the Cuban Missile Crisis; watched the helicopter bring in the dead John Kennedy to the Bethesda Naval hospital; watched dogs attack people I might know.
British-Celtic meets American Blues.
I always wonder what it was like for kids when Elvis came over the radio. I imagine that it was somewhat the same.
I was 16 and this was one of my favorite songs.
One of my favorite Yardbird songs from when I was only 17.
I first heard the track as a teenager listening to Bowie's cover album Pin Ups, along with a couple of tracks by The Who and other bands he'd liked back in his Mod days.
I'm still listening to both his covers and the originals.
This group was ahead of its time...But I'm glad I heard them!
This ranks right up there with "Seven and Seven Is" by Love and "Too Much To Dream" by the Electric Prunes as seminal rock milestones.
You nailed it
Ohhhhh now I have to go listen to Seven and Seven! I don't think I know that one, LOVE Too much to Dream tho
Yep all good had loves first lp and prunes 45's and yardbird 45's i have the taste in music back then as you i was 13 in los angeles great times cheers
SUPER IMPRESSED that you mentioned the Prunes. You are a seriously informed human!
I would have to agree.
Always loved this song
R.I.P. Jeff Beck!
I was in High School too, listening this music when most kids were listening to the Beatles. These guys were singing about what I was witnessing. Not the Beatles. The Yarbirds were the first protest and anti-establishment soldiers. The beginnings of the youth revolt against the old guard. Good memories! Makes me wanna "burn a doob" if I still did that sort of thing.
Love this tune! Stopped in a gas station yesterday,and heard this in the store system,so I commented to the kid at the register about what a great band this was.She never heard of em.Very sad.
written by Jeff Beck in march 1966,it reached #3 in the charts and remained in history as a classic of the more radical beat!
I think Keith wrote the lyrics.
Jeff beck only wrote his guitar solo, and isn’t given a songwriting credit for the song at all.
Ritchie Blackmore raved about this song and Jeff’s playing. And that’s from a guy who throws around very few compliments
Add this one to my Loved videos.
So wholesome , precious. Talented!!
Way ahead of their time.....
RIP, Jeff Beck. Your work was truly amazing and so were you.
I remember dancing to this in the discotheque "Il Mio" in NYC.
It was one of my favorites songs along with Smokestack Lightening.