Jeff Beck - Pink Floyd (Interview)

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Pink Floyd (Interview)

[@tiffsaver]

"Designer sloppiness." Another fantastic Beck quotation. RIP, we'll miss you.

[@dougshankle7946]

He was such a humble man just a regular dude you'd have a beer with. His talent was off the charts.

[@peter9962]

This video has a lot more meaning, since the devastating news of yesterday. The world has lost a groundbreaker of a musician who can never be copied. I am very thankful for the ride he provided for me ever since "Truth" and "Beck-Ola". He will be sorrily missed by so many. Condolences to all his family and friends. We love you Jeff.

[@fanofgreatguitarists]

Floyd drummer Nick Mason wrote in his autobiography A Personal History of Pink Floyd that when Barrett left Floyd in 1967, they’d wanted to recruit Jeff but "none of us had the nerve to ask him”.

[@a_h3184]

But what about Gilmour? He was already replacing Syd at this point during Saucerful of Secrets.

[@michaelperkins5496]

Arya Hejazi He wasn't going to be permanent, just a person to play Syd's parts during live performances and sometimes in the studio. But he ended up becoming permanent after they couldn't find anyone else.

[@javiceres]

Thank God they didn't, not because I don't love Jeff's playing, but he would have quited pretty soon to lead his own line up IMO and we might have lost Gilmours majestic music with the Floyd. That said I'd kill to see a "what if" version of PF with an early J Beck.

[@jennifersman7990]

+fanofgreatguitarists Beck in Floyd would've been a disaster considering where they were going musically, he'd never fit in.

[@hafstrat]

Javi G maybe in an alternate universe. And I will be gilmour typing this.

[@jameschant2740]

Jeff Beck has always been and will continue to be an artist in his own right. We're all blessed he followed his own voice.

[@yiotispan]

Sounds like Nigel Tufnel

[@chrisfamoo5729]

Beck,Gallagher, Bolin,Buchanan. All unique great players who followed their own calling in spite of chasing $$$$

[@knawl]

@@chrisfamoo5729 along with greats like Peter Green, Steve Marriot etc

[@guitarjonn7103]

True that, James.

[@Johngonefishin]

Good choice by Beck, "Blow by Blow" was huge in the guitar world, and still is.

[@Henry-uv9xu]

Also huge in the drum world

[@EastmanD]

absolutely correct ! "No sorry, can't play with you guys right now. Got to go make one of (if Not) the greatest guitar albums ever put down on vinyl" Thank you and God Bless you Mr Beck !!

[@theaceofspadesjl]

"Yeah." - Jeff Beck

[@jetboy_]

2:50 "no...no."

[@juansebastianmorelli580]

Yeah!!

[@paulceniceros5514]

Have you counted how many times Vince Fournier say's "Yeah"? I'd be a nervous wreck too...YEAH - L.O.L.

[@n.s2353]

yeah😂😂

[@danguee1]

I think Jeff and David are all-time greats. And Jeff is uncopyable. But David fitted so perfectly into the 70's Floyd - guitar and singing - that you know the right result happened.

[@mikelundquist4596]

This made me smile. RIP Jeff.

[@jcruisioso5975]

Designer sloppiness. Yes. Tongue in cheek country. Yep. When the drummer follows the guitarist (Keith), this awesome loose , amazing sound is created. Love these legends of rock . Like the old West it will never be recreated

[@lebowsky11]

I think someone would like to know that Beck plays in Roger Waters "Amused to death" album. I think Beck is fantastic and the album is a masterpiece.

[@j45yip]

Bonus being Porcaro playing drums on "It's a Miracle".

[@samuelwragg8615]

What God wants is the track

[@Tom76]

Indeed!

[@Live4NowOK]

Correct, truly brilliant and beautiful playing

[@lebowsky11]

@MetallicBill My friend glad to hear this.I was at their concert in Athens in 1989 olympic stadium. 100.000 people in ecstasy.A huge four-way audio system (people turned heads to the sky,trying to see the helicopter over their heads).I think,this is my best music experience.

[@austinmadelaine4194]

Great little clip, could listen to these two all night.

[@johnnymossville]

Jeff speaks well of everyone. No wonder he was so loved by fellow musicians.

[@kenhoward3512]

I like his description of the sloppiness of the Stones' as "designer-sloppiness."

[@SweeTeaNLemon]

❤🎸JEFF🔥BECK 🎸❤ Jeff is beyond... man, just learned about him. I missed so many years of his magical guitar playing.

[@opamuller626]

Lovely! What a magnificent pair! Beck's music kind of prepares you to find his rich personality. But Alice Cooper?! Oh my God. A couple of decades ago I heard him in an interview for the first time. Massive amazement! His cleverness, brilliant sense of humour, charisma instantly win him admiration. Good one! Thanks for uploading. Still saddened by Jeff Beck's passing.

[@Colstonewall]

Loved the joke about Wyman's bass, lol. . ."dust flew off of it."

[@sdemosi]

Not surprised

[@mikenicholas9017]

Almost like Derek and Clive there.

[@drppr76]

Two of the greatest rock legends ever

[@landesart]

About the Stones’ attitude: „Designer Sloppiness“ 😂 You nail it, Jeff.

[@douglasnewman4163]

Great! It’s been months now since Jeff’s passing. I’ve played his music recordings endlessly since. He was such a unique and genuine human being. The absolute "Master of Touch & Tone" in my book. RIP Jeff Beck. A true "one-of-a-kinder".

[@tymathis8743]

I love Jeff beck!

[@douglasnewman4163]

Is it bad to admit publicly that I’ve cried when listening to Jeff play "Nessun Dorma"? It’s absolutely exquisite! If you anyone hasn’t already, YT has it. Have a listen to Jeff’s unique creativity and masterful playing. Amazing, really.

[@leaburns9599]

*** Jeff Beck is so sincere & amazingly humble & incredibly talented & is just so easy to 🎶 listen to * It is wonderful Johnny Depp found such great friendship in what I would call 'a true & dedicated friend' 💓 💖 💛 with Jeff Beck. * Hats off 👏 & Congratulations to both of them forever!

[@Wardell43]

Jeff made the right choices. I'm a Major Floyd fan and a Major Jeff Beck Fan and saw Alice at Ella Sharp Park and Cobo Hall and met Michael Bruce when he was here in Wilmington with Ant-Bee. We all grew up in a great time for music.

[@Jupiterbotz]

Jeff Beck's TRUTH is one of the best albums ever produced!

[@madnessbydesign1415]

I love listening to two legends just sitting and casually discussing stuff... :)

[@letsdanceonhere]

Beck has such a unique sound. A true master.

[@viewerpet12]

"I would have never gotten along with Keith" -Jeff Beck Hilariously true! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@kennethnoisewater8170]

He was about to say why and Alice cut him off.

[@n.s2353]

😂😂😂😂long live Keef

[@TweedSuit]

Jeff Beck's priorities were: 1. Cars 2. Music Joining a famous band would have compromised and limited him. He was able to progress because he did it on his own terms.

[@celineferdinand6944]

1:53 - "Me and Keith would never have got on." I like how honest he is.

[@gungadin164]

It was annoying because clearly JB had a further remark teed up, to clarify why he'd just said that about Keith--but Alice talked over him to make his insipid comment about Paul McCartney vs. the Stones, and then the point got dropped.

[@celineferdinand6944]

@@gungadin164 Yes, that irritated me, too. I would have loved to have heard what Jeff Beck was going to say about joining the Rolling Stones, but Alice Cooper did what a lot of interviewers do, and cut him off just before he was going to go into the details. Interviewers need to remember that it is not about them, it is about the person that they are interviewing.

[@gungadin164]

@@celineferdinand6944 Amen!

[@woodspigs]

Jeff Beck you are an Olympic Class Guitar player. I enjoy your playing so much.

[@pts5217]

“I’ve never seen them. I may have seen them once at the speakeasy club” Jeff Beck I swear Nigel Tufnel is about 40% Jeff Beck.

[@carldryden9081]

50% at least

[@pallhe]

I think Jeff knows it but it self-confident enough to just enjoy it. He is a massive Spinal Tap fan and has even worked with them. It's an honour of sorts.

[@MusicMotivator]

84% ;)

[@pallhe]

@@MusicMotivator I would go as far as 110%, if not infinity.

[@jonnyhistoria6881]

At least the hair looks similar 😅

[@fischkopf]

Whoever survived this rock generation of performers are super humans.

[@danhurd9864]

Mick and Keith

[@aussiecoastie72]

Great interview, it’s true about the Rolling Stones… It’s that raw kind of sloppy sound that they have , that I absolutely love !

[@chrisefthymiou8826]

JEFF BECK. MR VERSATILE, CAN PLAY ANYTHING WITH ANYONE. FITS IN LIKE A HAND IN A GLOVE. WIZARD SUPREMO.

[@matiasmoulin2126]

But with the Stones it's different. Keith wrote it in his autobiography that one has to be a "Stone" and probably get along with him in the first place that's why they chose Ron Wood.

[@jf160297]

The world wasn't ready for Floyd + Beck.

[@antonioparedesbedolla9953]

Still isn’t 😄😜

[@ThaiThom]

Once you "get" Floyd, that's that. You never quite "get" Beck.

[@verresmilliterres]

But, no. Jeff wasn't a Pink Floyd sort of player. I love everything David Gilmore did as guitar player, composer, writer, and singer. There is no alternate player in all the verses for PF. The recordings from the KQED which can be found on KZbin, are the most exquisite songs on this planet. Without David, all of those songs would never have been recorded much less sound like they do. What is done, is done, and I'm extremely grateful.

[@ChicagoBeaver]

I bought Wired when it came out on album. Rolling Stone Records shop for a 5 dollar bill. Age 15, after that I bought Blow by Blow like the following week bcz Wired blew me away. It'll stand the test of time as a masterpiece.

[@fligemon]

JR Rosalez. Of course

[@gordonlever3369]

Jeff’s the “Guv”......

[@steve0aw]

I fuckin love the ending. I started playing and dust flew off. It was like an antique shop haha

[@MusicMotivator]

"Picked up Bill's guitar,,,dust flew off, smelled like an antique." LMAO

[@sirvicemanone]

Fine man and musician Jeff Beck... Great channel

[@mauricioochoa4179]

Jeff Beck and Syd Barrett were out of this world

[@handwiredbyme]

Yep both are awesome.syds solo work is better than what he did in the floyd imo

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

Alice is cool, he makes good sense.

[@wesleyclark2873]

What a nice humble man

[@Tristan.Suba.44]

Giving up a lucrative job in the Stones to follow his more demanding and confidential path. That’s something I really have deep respect for. Jeff Beck’ll never be the public servant or the clerk of Rock...

[@9750939]

Beck would have been all wrong for Pink Floyd, though I wish he had recorded an "Interstellar Overdrive" with them. Can you imagine what that would have sounded like?!

[@TheKitchenerLeslie]

Jeff was way ahead of his time... might have been something special. Ever listen to Guitar Shop? That dude is a space man.

[@jonnyhistoria6881]

Probably like Jeff Beck.

[@jcruisioso5975]

Jeff in P Floyd.. actually I think it would have been amazing .

[@paulofreire7520]

The one and only Jeff Beck 🙏🏻

[@Ndlanding]

A gem of a conversation!

[@TarotGrasshopper]

Wow, this is awesome. I love KZbin for this stuff.

[@neilgoldring4832]

Jeff Beck in Pink Floyd.............. Interesting!!!! 😀

[@markrobinson8410]

david gilmore said jeff beck is consistantly brilliant and i agree!

[@DanielGlenTimms]

Jeff is the greatest! In a league of his own.

[@mygic183]

So great!

[@franksnyder1357]

Thank you. The Beat Goes On..

[@christophermichaelczechowi19]

I can't imagine humanity being deprived of such a great person and talented musician as David Gilmour

[@jefduf]

Man i just wish that Alice could talk about that time when syd and the band stayed at Alice place on their us tour in November 67, too bad._

[@dougayers8222]

Truly an original,no one plays like beck.icon

[@deanpd3402]

Very glad that they went with their mate Dave Gilmour as the replacement.

[@Infinitegrowth-zt1mh]

Legend

[@susankirkland3852]

Love this interview ❤

[@robst247]

Yet another insightful interview with everyone's favourite guitar hero: the inimitable Nigel Tufnel.

[@johnzook8386]

Alice Cooper can interview anybody on the planet and be perfectly cool. He's a master BS'r that is intimated by nobody. Every major conflict in world history could have been avoided if Alice had stepped in to talk sense and tell awesome stories.

[@frankrizzo5710]

Extremely intelligent he is

[@davekurtzmusic2371]

@@frankrizzo5710 The way your worded that, Yoda's voice just was a natural way to read it.

[@realledbetter5015]

I would have liked to hear what Jeff was going to say about he & Keith not getting along but Alice talked over Jeff & derailed that thought!

[@MFE92]

What a time capsule! And Jeff sure got his digs in, in subtle British style LOL

[@rc2464]

Jeff Beck was the Michelangelo of rock guitar. The absolute Master.

[@michaelhall6340]

blow by blow, wired and with the jan hammer group- i was 17 in 77- This stuff was stellar...

[@t3hgir]

still is stellar!

[@FL4SH3]

Just so you all get this right: Jimi Hendrix covered a Jeff Beck song. This is how good this guy was. All guitarists need to learn from him. Gilmour named him as his greatest influence.

[@kenramm536]

" ... and dust flew off." Very funny ;-).

[@rosemarymills1671]

I enjoy listening to Beck. He's quite interesting. He certainly was one of the best guitarists around. Probably a good husband too, having had six wives! lol

[@YNGWIE998]

Jeff Beck and the Stones...never have worked out. Jeff Beck and Pink Floyd...never have worked out. Jeff Beck and well,... Jeff Beck.........worked out a treat!

[@irish66]

Gee. Jeff Beck comes across as far more affable, than I thought he would be, and very modest too.

[@markymarco2570]

I saw a video in which they say they got his phone number, gathered up in one of them's appartment, put a wired phone on the living room table, sat around the table and only talked "ok, who's going to talk with him? And if he says no?" And they never called him.

[@ferm8103]

Crap, he played a couple of numbers, he knew that he was not a proper fit for them, money isn't everything, wood was the right and fitting choice

[@WilliamJames48]

The Guv has left us but his music will go on

[@flops0317]

To me Jeff Beck and Pink Floyd are two so vastly different worlds I could never imagine them together. I really would have liked to hear what they would have come up with.

[@electricfringe]

Great interview. I like the phrase, ' Designer sloppyness' 👍

[@kevinogracia1615]

RIP - Beckorino Because we've ended as lovers...

[@kingslaphappy1533]

“ dust flew off of it!” 🤣

[@iamanovercomer3253]

😂 Alice Copper saying someone is weird ❓

[@Funkybassuk]

Wait a minute. Jeff Beck playing bass like Larry Graham. 🤯

[@mjb0183]

I think spinal tap modeled the character “Nigel Tufnel” after Jeff Beck.

[@paulorafaellamim3117]

David Gilmour forever....

[@Gk2003m]

I love stories like this. It’s like Hendrix and Stevie Winwood. The Experience wanted him to join… but Hendrix revered Winwood and thought he’d never acquiesce, while Winwood was chomping at the bit to play with Hendrix but likewise thought the band had no room for him.

[@ou-rb2gv]

Stones vs Blow by Blow? Thank God Blow by Blow won. One of the first British fusion albums?

[@ou-rb2gv]

However, he would have sounded amazing with Pink Floyd.

[@Bullroarer-oj3sp]

Oh jeff you a supernova too far out in space to be “among the stars”. RIP Genius gifted man.

[@nilsmclellan868]

Anyone has any ideas where we can find the entirety of this interview? Alice is so chill

[@Twirlyhead]

Clicked by accident and for a moment thought I was watching the Slaters on Eastenders.

[@Ndlanding]

Who? What? Never heard of it/them.

[@randyjones280]

He's absolutely the best guitar player ever ❤️

[@magickennyj]

Exactly why I'm a Jeff Beck fan and never a rolling stones fan.

[@bornagainpagan2353]

it's a designer sloppiness ... on an olympic scale

[@chrave1956]

Jeff ... sooo Not a star ... but a huge talent.

[@ThaiThom]

He's an anti-star.

[@greystoke2229]

The never-ending Sloppy Stones

[@kricet77]

Джефф уникален)) Пообщаться бы с ним лично...))

[@billbrandine5857]

Cooper saying the Stones are a "sloppy bar band." 😅 That's one of the best descriptions of them I've ever heard. 😅😅

[@paulbuxton1326]

True, average band 🎼

[@billbrandine5857]

@@paulbuxton1326 ...And why should they try to improve? What for? Their fans wouldn't recognize them. Besides Jeff being recruited, the great Steve Marriot was considered as a replacement for Mick Taylor, but he would've stolen Mick AND Keith's thunder. Mick said during Marriot's audition, "no way!" Real musician like Taylor, Beck, and Marriot were actually too good to be in that band. The Stones needed someone like Ron Wood, who nicely blended in with the sloppy woodwork.

[@gorangustavsson7716]

He is just pissed because they were making fun of artists like Alice cooper on the song It’s Only rock n roll

[@joelcampbell1491]

They wanted Jeff to join Too much of a guitarist for the Stones

[@bobbybishop368]

@@joelcampbell1491 That would be like David Gilmour joining Nickelback.

[@Jordan-qo9vz]

Jeff beck 4 ever❤

[@verresmilliterres]

Love Jeff Beck. I used to have that album "Blow By Blow". I'm not sure right at this moment if it also had the great base playing of Stanley Clark, or Clarke ?. Constipated Duck, lol. Freeway Jam was a sparky Sprite little instrumental.

[@marcotjn]

Stanley Clarke is the best bass player of the World ☝🏻 hi is the Jimi Hendrix of bass..

[@psisculptress1498]

Did you the Prince's page Al7ce?

[@tosinkingfishercheeseburge8901]

Jeff beck you are Nice person

[@YoloMcSwaggot]

Kenny vs. Spenny reunion special looking lit

[@Ralphydub]

He said Bill Wymans bass smelled like an antique shop LOL!!!

[@SL-vi4tk]

I always enjoy the Alice Cooper story where he was king of his high school... everyone followed what he wore and said. Star power in the making.

[@MrPlooky]

Beck in Floyd!!! hell ya!!

[@monty4336]

Funny, back in the 1970s we fans never thought that certain artists would ever be friends or hang out together because their music was so different from each other. Now as those artists have aged you see them pal around, share stories together and even play together. Case on point, in the early 1980s I never could have imagined Phil Collins onstage with Black Sabbath and yet, it happened.

[@borisbrosowski6630]

LOL, "I might have seen them, but it was too dark....."

[@solarwave]

Sounds like a Tap quote! :{)