The Edge Inducts the Yardbirds into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

[@tashakomaroff2982]

So classy of Jimmy to acknowledge Keith Relf.

[@natelivas3961]

It's a must

[@suzanmcgaw888]

He's quite classy.

[@gretadissette3251]

Absolutely. The Master has a heart and soul of pure gold. No one can touch him.

[@PhillipLandmeier]

That's so Jimmy Page. I've had the privilege of working with a number of geniuses, not just in music but in engineering and physics, and with very rare exceptions, they don't recognize their own genius because what they do is NORMAL to them. It's no surprise that Jimmy simply deflects the spotlight from himself to Keith. These people are priceless. And yes, the Yardbirds changed all of rock and roll. Certainly the most influential band in rock history.

[@johngore7744]

First guy that sang Dazed and Confused with him( though the song was previously done by others)

[@vesean4141]

Jeff Beck in true form,this was a a hilarious short moment where he put them on front street and playfully admonishing them for kicking him out,Rest In Peace Jeff🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@ian38018a]

"playfully"?

[@vesean4141]

@ what do you prefer jokingly,he did laugh,you and I know he was serious to a point

[@mikemccag]

Jimmy Page is so cool .. love how he introduced Keith's Wife and Son.

[@dontbetonit813]

It doesn't look like they wanted to talk so Jimmy made sure they were recognized.

[@andreinamarchini7432]

JImmy is ever a gentleman.

[@phayzyre1052]

It's a shame Keith Relf wasn't there to see this! :( RIP Keith.

[@johnrunion5357]

keith relf was / is everything mick jagger wishes that he was/were.

[@johnrunion5357]

keith relf is the REAL mick jagger.

[@riorio7942]

Thanks for the jimmy

[@riorio7942]

Keif Ralph the best frontman.

[@kathy2trips]

For people born in the 1950s, the Yardbirds among the first band to be OUR music (as opposed to our older brothers & sisters music: Beatles, DC5, etc.). They mean so much to us. I saw them at the Michigan State Fairgrounds in 1966 and they were brilliant. Thank you for being on those tour buses. it meant so much to us.

[@briannewell6064]

Saw the legendary short lived Beck and Page lineup at the Roof Garden in Arnolds Park, Iowa. Page was indeed playing bass. A life changing experience for a 15 year old kid in northwest Iowa.

[@mattwalker1135]

How did your life really change? People who claim their life changed are full of poop de poop. You're collecting Social Security, your grandson is gay, and you haven't had a solid bowel movement in ten years. And nothing's changed.

[@justafanintexas7913]

Saw one of their shows in Chicago and Clapton joined them on stage. 1 hour of delight.

[@nicememe3793]

Matt Walker Go fuck yourself

[@mauricioochoa4179]

Wow, the rare Beck and Page lineup in Iowa in 1966! Of all places. Wow again!

[@kentfarris72]

I love Jeff beck speech. T.k.f.

[@garylester8621]

Can you imagine Cream, Led Zepplin, and The Jeff Beck Group all coming out of one band? The Yardbirds were gloriously talented.

[@M.Robespierre3691]

You forgot Renaissance.

[@garylester8621]

@@M.Robespierre3691 Yes. Jim McCartney

[@M.Robespierre3691]

@@garylester8621 and Keith Relf!

[@garylester8621]

@@M.Robespierre3691Absolutely, Keith was great. Loved his harmonica too. He died WAY to young.

[@doccyclopz]

You forgot Armageddon and Box of Frogs

[@robertboyd199]

Thank you Jimmy page for mentioning a great singer--that had some class

[@SPINNINGMYWHEELS777]

RIP KEITH. TOO BAD CLAPTON WASN'T THERE.

[@penfloyd]

I saw the Yardbirds (and Animals) in an all nighter in Birmingham U K 1967....... RIP Keith Relf..

[@nadiluvmuzik1284]

Wow!! Wish U could've seen that show!!!

[@arturoalbino107]

keith Relf deserves more recognition in yardbirds and in rock history.

[@vc23]

I thought none of them were going to mention their lead singer, the great Keith Relf. It was up to them but I feel they all should’ve mentioned him, thankfully Jimmy did.

[@faeryquene]

Jimmy is such a gentleman. And Jeff was hilarious lol! I wish Keith's wife April and son Jason had said a word or two on Keith's behalf. The audience was a bit tepid but at least many of them stood up to applaud.

[@kathy2trips]

They should call these awards the Jann Wenner Popularity Contest Awards because basically that's what they are. That said, the Yardbirds deserve any honors bestowed.

[@giagnorio86]

Where is it'Eric Clapton??

[@MJEvermore853]

@@jppage3292...🤣👍🤣

[@basher5107]

Clapton is a great guitarist and a douche. He wouldn’t share the spotlight with anyone other than himself.

[@RussHigginbotham]

Love to see Jimmy smile!

[@guitarguyd22]

Awesome. The Yardbirds a fantastic group of legendary guitarists in rock history being inducted by another great guitarist in rock.

[@Ryan_Thompson_Guitarist]

Jeff Beck's speech was the best

[@MrToddKa]

Hillarious!

[@melodymakermark]

lol. Took another 17 years, but they finally recognized him for his “other” music.

[@samueladams1775]

@Robert Kelly lighten up. It was a joke amongst friends. Jimmy and Jeff have joked about it since then. Jimmy had no part in kicking out Jeff. Jeff has explained that he understood why it happened.

[@anthonygill5621]

@Robert Kelly Don't get uptight with me, man. Cos if you do, I'll have to give you a dose of medicine. And if I spike you, you'll know you've been spoken to.

[@arjunrajagopal5586]

@@anthonygill5621 shut up noob dog

[@victoriatarala6646]

Yes, Jimmy is a leader!

[@suzanmcgaw888]

Always love the Yardbirds .❤️

[@donbut3056]

I love Jimmy Page such a class act.

[@jasonfox6816]

Really the Yardbirds weren't inducted into the Hall of Fame til then? Holy Shit. They are straight up without a doubt one of the roots of Rock and Roll!

[@sentry8535]

Yeah well ' sometimes it just takes longer to get at the roots

[@michaelportaro6926]

25 years is the minimum and this induction was 25 years after their peak. Technically they could have gotten in a year or two earlier, but not much more than that.

[@susankirkland3852]

Jeff is so naughty!! Bless him 🙏 Fabulous band, thank heaven for the Yardbirds ❤🎶

[@Bristolcentaurus]

Votes for Jimmy for remembering Keith

[@jeff6660]

The Yardbirds are the only group from the 60's that doesn't sound dated today. And that includes the groups that Beck, Page, and Clapton went on to form after the Yardbirds. In my opinion the Yardbirds was, and still is, the greatest rock band in history.

[@HankFinkle11]

Plenty of 60’s bands that don’t sound dated today.

[@fuchsiaswing8545]

@Artur Bello The Kinks were infinitely better. The Yardbirds were more in the tier of British bands like The Pretty Things.

[@ClueSign]

@Artur Bello Kinks and Yardbirds were in completely different bags. Kinks had nothing to do with Chicago blues; they were class song-writers and lyricists closer to the Music Hall tradition. It's apples to oranges.

[@johnschaefer2238]

Many of the 60’s groups material holds up well today for example The Moody Blues.

[@SmelOdies]

More time has passed between this induction ceremony and today than the heyday of the yardbirds and this induction ceremony.

[@jamesguentner562]

I saw them live with Jimmie Page at the Hunt Armory in Pittsburgh in 1968!

[@echo962]

The tepid applause from these fat,old stuffed suits is quite insulting considering the importance of this band. For Your Love, Heart Full Of Soul, Shapes Of Things, and Happenings Ten Years Time Ago are all pivotal songs in the development of Rock. RIP Keith Relf. Wish you could have lived and finally seen your band get the recognition it deserved. You might be long gone, but you're definitely not forgotten!

[@echo962]

Anf for some reason, they won't nominate Deep Purple, The Moody Blues or Yes, but they'll admitted those no talent bums Kiss!

[@andythomas706]

Bill Sellers Deep Purple???????The Moody Blues????????? You need a day off Bill!

[@echo962]

Well Andy, everyone's tastes are different but as far as musical talent goes, the bands I mentioned had it "in spades"!; Kiss..... not so much.

[@andythomas706]

obbor4 The last time I saw Deep Purple was at The Roundhouse in London. They were previewing the imminent release of 'In Rock'. If ever they had a peak period.....that was it! As for The Moodies. I saw them at The Royal Albert Hall around '70. They were doing Threshold' stuff. I left after twenty minutes I'm afraid. A nagging voice in my head kept saying 'What the fuck are you doing here'? I first saw Zappa the night he was pushed off of the stage at The Rainbow Theatre. After that I never missed a UK tour right up to the very last one! I've worked in records since 1969. There isn't much I haven't heard, but I have to say, after Zappa....................everything else is Just Rock Music!!

[@echo962]

I'm a big fan of Zappa as well. Saw him in 80" and 82." One of the most talented and influential people ever to form a band, but because of all the controversy that surrounded him those turds in Cleveland will never let him in. But being the kind ant-establishment person he was, Zappa wouldn't want to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame anyway; Beefheart neither.

[@allwomn1]

Were we watching the same video? I've never seen Jimmy Page come off as arrogant, or acting like a boss. I agree, always respectful and humble for a Rock Star of his stature!

[@chrisjaybecker4395]

Clapton wasn't hailed as God until his stint with John Mayall's Bluesbreakers, the Cream, Pagey mostly played stuff that Beck had already recorded, so it was really Jeff Beck who played most of the slithery, slimy, sitar-ish Yardbirds leads we know and love.

[@aarfeld]

Eric Clapton also left before their first hit--and because of it. They were deverting from the true path of the Blues into pop and, at least at that point in his life, he was a purist.

[@gusoliveira8162]

which is funny because he eventually became what he dreaded being.

[@kb9788]

@Nelson Robert Willis Really? name one fucking hit that Page had? Beck played on all the god damn songs Page was a no load.

[@kelpszoidzlzelps2566]

Yes he was. The "Clapton is God" started in the Yardbirds.

[@moniquedouglas2448]

Jeff Beck was the guitar genius that I loved listening to in The Yardbirds, and he is still the most adventurous and inventive of the three today. I never knew that they kicked him out though. Jeff Beck was, in my opinion, the only British guitar player who could match and often outplay the great American psychedelic guitarists of the 60s. He was edgy and daring, and they kicked him out!! I can't believe it. What a revelation!

[@init4fun]

Not everyone knows Keith did the bulk of the Yardbirds catalogue with only one lung (the other collapsed from asthma in 1964). Beck's always been the man. Listen to the flurries and solo on 'Evil Heated You.' Clapton might have been "God" to some, but Beck made the Yardbirds.

[@michpackfan]

Beck top 5

[@vracan]

Page for me

[@heliotropezzz333]

He doesn't seem proud of them though. He once said The Yardbirds was overprovided in the guitar department and under provided in the song-writing department and others have said he left of his own volition.

[@ralphsmith3529]

The Yardies were in incredible band! Very under-rated IMO! They were trendsetters! They had no fear of going out on the edge! (No pun intended Dave!)

[@juliestrauss5988]

My favorite part is jimmy laughing😹😹😹

[@luciabenedetti3893]

Vero!! Per me la stessa cosa

[@bubhub64]

Jeff and Jimmy were lifelong brothers. RIP Jeff Beck, and RIP to the voice of the Yardbirds Keith Relf.

[@mysticalmargaret6105]

I'm glad that Jimmy introduced Keith Relf's widow April and son Jason. I only wish that they too had been given the chance to say a word or two.

[@BOBKESSLER48]

THE YARDBIRDS WERE A GREAT LIVE ROCK-BLUES GROUP FROM AN ERA WHERE YOU HAD THE BEATLES, THE STONES, THE ANIMALS, ETC. THEY HELD UP VERY WELL. VEREY DESERVING TO BE IN THE HALL OF FAME.

[@Briannastokes24]

Man I love the Yardbirds

[@saraoday619]

Page is such a gentleman

[@AnthonyAvery]

Yes! "Our version of your Chicago blues."

[@MrGoodknight2010]

that was cool!

[@vracan]

Always loved yardbirds!

[@godwillhunting2]

Jeff Beck ...LMFAO hahahahahahaha.... that was epic

[@sellmeyoursoul6601]

*thug life*

[@AnthonyAvery]

Is it true?

[@ctrockstar7168]

Shut up and introduce the yardbirds

[@MrGoodknight2010]

Beck was too too funny. Awesome band.

[@kyodoconsultingtraining967]

@@MrGoodknight2010 Absolutely!! Beck was priceless and that band was great!!

[@cygnusx-1318]

Love Beck's comment!

[@Jrc-sb2lo]

Jeff Beck, class act, thats rock n roll!

[@dspguitar]

Beck has always held a grudge...and yet, he deserved to be kicked out back then. However, for one band to have had Clapton, Beck, and the almighty Jimmy Page was just incredible.

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

Beck doesn't hold grudges. But he does make fun of everything. Jimmy Page clearly got it....

[@justafanintexas7913]

@@vibekeschneidermann689 - He should, Page engineered the firing.

[@Ram44]

@@justafanintexas7913 A fan who think he really knows. You don't know.

[@justafanintexas7913]

@@Ram44 - I worked directly for Clapton from 2001-2019 and have been around Beck enough to have had conversations with him. Page engineered his firing - per Beck. I think he'd know his business better than you, eh?

[@geoffrobinson]

@@justafanintexas7913 well, they still seem to be friends

[@carrieberry8846]

The Edge mentioned Culver City, my home town! Love the Yardbirds, btw.

[@garymorgan3314]

In retrospect it is clear that the Yardbirds were the first modern rock band, specifically when Clapton went on his rave-ups early doors. I heard 'Five Live Yardbirds' in 1973 or so and thought to was great. Then hearing the likes of Dr Feelgood live a lot to was clear what an influence they were. To have had one of Clapton, Beck and Page on board would be something...all three is almost incredible.

[@myradioon]

Good to see the Yardbirds had a good sense of humor and let Nigel Tufnel accept his rightful Award @ 6:40. Cheeky Bastard. I liked the band best with him.

[@maggies2468]

My oldest son is named Evan after David Evans (the Edge), so proud

[@mattjames5694]

These guys practically invented modern rock n' roll. I predict that history will realize their importance.

[@kathy2trips]

Before the Yardbirds, they were described as "combos", after Yardbirds, they were bands.

[@thebrazilianatlantis165]

Clapton, Beck, and Page were all, famously, excellent guitarists. And you guys don't have the slightest idea what you're talking about. "You Really Got Me" by the Kinks, for instance, was #1 in the U.K. in 1964.

[@ceejay1794]

In most critically recognized music circles, the Yardbirds were seminal, crucial and pivotal just like Edge said. They’re easily in my top 10.

[@HardCold-Alquan]

Nah.

[@alexkx8599]

@@kathy2trips Who were, "combos"?

[@sillambretta]

Dreja & McCarty are gems, Page is a true Gentleman and Beck is Pure Rock n Roll. Eric and Relf sadly missing. Edge struggles quit a bit. Shoulda' been inducted by one of their peers. Sir Paul or Pete would've been Hilarious.

[@justafanintexas7913]

No, Sir Paul would have made it all about Sir Paul.

[@billwatson8616]

The Yardbirds were ahead of their time, really. Jeff Beck was doing things with the guitar that were really innovative and amazing! They were never as big as the Beatles or others, but what a band to bring about so much influence into future music. Shape of Things To Come indeed!

[@05chmps]

lol, Beck. I love that scene in the 1966 movie, "Blowup", where The Yardbirds are playing "Stroll On." Page is jamming away and perfectly happy. Meanwhile, Beck is getting increasingly pissed at the amp that won't quit messing up and within minutes has completely smashed his guitar and thrown it to the onlookers.

[@maryellenlouvelle4475]

Awesome flashback

[@chrissantos5580]

best hof speech ever jeff

[@arthurdduda63]

Jeff's funny as hell when he wants to be

[@Oangeleyes21]

I have never loved Jeff Beck more!

[@beatlesrutles]

At first I thought it was horribly rude...but I think he meant it with a bit of humor - so, agreed.

[@BirdsAtDaybreak]

beatlesrutles That's Jeff! And didn't he light the place up! He's pretty light hearted most of the time. But he speaks the truth, and in the same vein as what happened to him, 26 years before, it's the reason we have Led Zeppelin; legally they weren't allowed to call themselves The New Yardbirds anymore, so they had to come up with a new name; maybe part of why Jimmy's smiling; he's been there too ... and I thought The Edge's introduction was very respectful and insightful .. and you know I just now realised, as I'm writing, that years later, he got to be in a film with one of his heroes, Jimmy; in 'It Might Get Loud', wherein that very same work ethic, and lonely striving, for something ethereal, is very much in evidence ... hundreds of years from now .. longer I'm sure .. musicians will continue to be inspired by those on stage this particular evening .. just as we still are today by Bach and Beethoven ...

[@brianfreeman8290]

In their embryonic years, they regularly played my local gig, the Corn Exchange in Chelmsford, and it was obvious then that there was more to come. I think a ticket was about half a crown !

[@laurelwood791]

The EDGE is the best guitarist Ever. He baffles Nasa!!

[@NewFalconerRecords]

Paul Samwell-Smith never aged a day. He looked middle-aged when he was in the Yardbirds and if anything he looks younger here!

[@jajanesaddictions]

Love #TheEdge

[@09bassplaya]

Everyone else is dressed up in suits, Jeff comes out in jeans. Jeff Beck like a boss, he is so fricking cool

[@jamescampbell2521]

Ah Jeff, well said with a bit of tongue `n cheek.The music that started in the Yardbirds & exploded into Cream, Zeppelin, & Beck`s many forms is mind blowing.

[@photographerjonathan]

i'm so sick of people on there high horse talking about bands like Zeppelin, Stones, and the Yardbirds stealing there music from old black blues bands, because it is not steeling to be heavily influenced by something, there isn't any music out today, that isn't influenced by what came before it, what matters is what you did with that influence, if you did your own take on an older song, did you make it your own, and in the case of most of the bands that were influenced by old black blues records, they went way beyond the originals, making them a completely new style, especially Led Zeppelin, there songs blew away the songs they were influenced by, as far as the Yardbirds goes, they had a hand full of really good songs, but are mostly admired because of all the great musicians that came out of that band and went on to do great things

[@davidjames7949]

+photographerjonathan YOUR POINT IS WELL TAKEN, GOOD COMMENT PHOTOGUY!!

[@dailyflash]

I think the stealing accusations come from keeping most of the lyrics and chord progression and song structures of the originals and then crediting your band for writing the songs on your albums.

[@tommypwood672]

yu are exactly right just more from the unwashed millennial snowflake crowd.....ugh gee----BB King remarked once that those British cats just did it better they really took it to new levels!!!! snowflake detractors you know the ones that upset campuses

[@hanpua1056]

Yup it’s known fact that bring it on home which zeppelin covered of sonny boy , the band didn’t pay him royalties till they were sued for using his song without paying , then couple of willie Dixon songs to they stole without paying till they were sued .Lots of there song s they made there own style like the song from Otis rush I can’t quit u babe , but they should of made sure there record label paid the royalties first not after they were sued

[@cliffords2315]

yea its warn out

[@stevenmccart2894]

Jeff Beck was awesome!!!

[@truemanmontfort8031]

Page a class act…not to mention a musical genius

[@chrissimpson6701]

"I was interested in the electric guitar even before I knew the difference between electric and acoustic. The electric guitar seemed to be a totally fascinating plank of wood with knobs and switches on it. I just had to have one." Rest well Jeff. 1944-2023.

[@ritaz2008]

Love it!

[@fndjufri]

Jeff Beck! What a man. What a player. What a legend. F**k them!!! 😁😁😁

[@philipgreenfield188]

Gotta love Jeff Beck!

[@dsteel7793]

BECK!!!!!!!

[@JG-ux7of]

Love it! Chicago Blues

[@kennedy9950]

Becks speech is hilarious 🙂

[@bolivianprince7326]

jeff beck gave the best speech ever hahaha

[@edhendricks1122]

Well I got my answer they did go into the rock hof well deserved

[@MrSmokeydog]

This comment is to everybody who loves Rock&Roll and every thing about it the attitude the intensity the swagger , Life is short and living life with the intensity and the swagger that these individuals did is like living your life Ten Fold.

[@speedskiff2]

What? No one did a cover of a YB song at induction? Joan Jett did DC5 Bits and Pieces at their induction with Letterman band backup. Keith looking down probably glad he missed this. Poor recognition of such an influential band of that era.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

Jeff, I thought you quit! Heh...I think it was one of those: "Fuck this! I quit!" And he forgot and showed up the next week, and everybody was like: "We thought you quit!"

[@georgehogart461]

Damn! Page looks healthier than I've ever seen him in this video. Technically, I think Jeff is a better guitarist than Page but it's apples and oranges. Zep made a bigger impact. And Clapton? Hard to believe they were all in the same band.

[@MIMHONEY]

Who is clapton ?

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

@William Ruddock At the ARMS's concert they all played together....

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

@William Ruddock Without the singer it would have been difficult to recreate the right sound. They had instrumentals, but.that would have been more Beck than Yardbirds.

[@samueladams1775]

Think about this, before there was Led Zeppelin, Beck, page and Keith Moon were starting a band. They couldn't find a singer. Moon and Beck left. Page went his own way. Short time later Led Zeppelin was formed.

[@alphadogstudio]

Where was Eric Clapton?

[@connorburkhardt3410]

IKR!

[@CarolineMartin]

indeed

[@kkelleybass]

+alphadogstudio Clapton was probably playing a boring blues solo at some blues jam. Before Clapton, the Yardbirds were cool, experimental, cutting edge. He turned them into a boring blues jam band.

[@boppah]

Clapton was before Page and Beck...

[@alphadogstudio]

I mean't was he at the event?

[@doctorgarbonzo2525]

keith Relf was the lead singer of the Birds, He Died in 76' of electrocution plugging in a Guitar in his basement of all things

[@johnnyb1958]

Oh If i had the records i used to have now! OMG!!

[@blader45bc]

Has any band had two lead guitars? Was Mona Lisa painted by two artists ? It's amazing they stayed together at all. And it's obvious Jeff and Jimmy like each other.

[@myronbuck2436]

Jeff and Jimmy are childhood friends from when they were 13 years old. Can you imagine those two kids when they were that young, and the world had no idea what was coming. I can just imagine some of their conversations.

[@andrewcrosthwaite3976]

See the two of them at Beck’s solo RaRHoF induction

[@blader45bc]

@@andrewcrosthwaite3976 I watched it and they were both marvelous. True friends, obviously.

[@crusherbmx]

The punchline is great

[@paulr.4968]

Nice to see Sid McGinnis got some work with his yellow strat.

[@ESmithStringSlinger]

And Edgar Winter on sax.

[@familydogg1234]

I was in NYC that night. It was cold and I thought to myself " I'm not going to be able to see them outside." The next day I heard there wasn't a bunch of people outside- and someone went in the Waldorf and met Jeff Beck.

[@JasonFerguson1283]

Check out the house band! Sid McGuinnes, guitar. Will Lee on bass and Anton Figg on drums? Edgar Winter on alto sax. Is Paul on keyboards?

[@47bayview79]

Chris Dreja, very articulate.

[@123Goldhunter11]

A foundation band of the British Invasion. And Keith with dark glasses and blond hair was the face of the group. These guys were just short of gods to a 16 year old teenager.

[@timallbritton7329]

Has there ever been a nicer guy in rock 'n roll than Jimmy Page? And what a freaking talented band. Who cuts Jeff Beck?

[@krehetpi]

Tim Allbritton Yeah Brian May

[@timallbritton7329]

Christopher Byrne could be!

[@jtvalentine6]

Great finish with Beck Say's it all

[@jwichman9]

Nice job buddy

[@rifftipton7709]

Sir Jeff!

[@crsseventyone]

PAGE IS GOD!!

[@cacildoneto5090]

Edge is a Ultra God!!!!!

[@buffprayingmantis2739]

Yours

[@codyhowell5722]

There is only one God and his name is Jehovah

[@kkelleybass]

And we see clearly at the end, why Jeff Beck, could never keep a band together for more than a year or so. Perhaps they should create an award for the most difficult, pain in the ass person to work with, featuring Beck, Eddie Van Halen, DL Roth, Axl Rose, etc...

[@BobDaPumpkin]

he was only joking.

[@recordguy4321]

I bet you're a real tool to play with

[@ebookpioneers]

He's been playing with most of the same musicians drifting in and out during the past 20 years.

[@BluesLicks101]

Humor... look it up, you poor sod.

[@chriscorman734]

kkelleybass don't put Mr. Beck in the class of those others you mentioned

[@yeahchzit]

I'm with you two, I think someone has a vivid imagination.

[@helena20000]

❤#JeffBeck❣️

[@julesrose7738]

Jimmy Page was a great influence on the progressive Rock Band scene then. He was a firestorm in a good way, using passion to fuel his vibe. Beck couldn't compete, and his vibe was fueled by his ego.

[@cgawainf4785]

That's your take on it. I followed both guitarists and their careers since the earliest days. And as a guitar player myself influenced by them, I can tell you that Beck is in many ways a more inventive player. As his playing today plainly shows.

[@m.christopher8824]

Beck > Page.

[@paulr.4968]

Dave Evans giving props.

[@miss19lolo]

Jimmy is always like "Yeah baby. I am the boss". It seems like he is never ashamed to be proud of himself.

[@AndrewNewZealand]

I'm glad Edge didn't mention the Beatles somewhere in there. lol. It's just that the Beatles seem to get credit for everything. If a band appears to create something new "They got it from the Beatles". ;)

[@Al3T0t]

it's because it's true :) (sorry, beatles fan here, couldn't resist)

[@ebookpioneers]

Not to mention the Beach Boys, the Lovin' Spoonful, the Rolling Stones and several other bands who were just plain better than the Yardbirds, which isn't to say they weren't good, but they were far from the best during their time.

[@ebookpioneers]

I doubt that hardly anybody under 50 years old even remembers who they were. They weren't even 1% as influential as the Beatles and the Beach Boys in my opinion. Musicians mention them in interviews all the time. I can't remember more than a half dozen people ever mentioning the Yardbirds, and I'm 57.

[@ebookpioneers]

I fail to see why not. All those guys knew each other quite well before they ever played with the Yardbirds.

[@ebookpioneers]

Oh come on. They would have been the same players playing the same licks with any band they played with.

[@SuperAmin1950]

The jerks in the audience didn't seem to have a clue as to who they were honoring; who the Yardbirds were and are?! And Keith Relf was a integral part of the Yardbirds sound, and persona; he certainly caught my attention when I saw them on "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo"! He was their 'frontman'! I also got to see them live, when Beck had left the band and their then current bassist stepped into the lead guitar role, Jimmy Page was the man, with his psychedelically painted 'Telecaster. Their version of White Summer still, even now, blows-up my brain. That show was at our local, Sunny Isles 'Rock & Roll" venue, Thee Image; now, a Publix supermarket. Sometime later, that year, Jeff Beck shows up with his new band, The Jeff Beck Group, featuring Rod Stewart, Mick Waller, Nicky Hopkins. and Ron Wood.

[@TuckFrump-r9h]

Bear in mind that dragon Telecaster was Jeff's YB guitar, which Jimmy painted.

[@malekmcfetridge3368]

When The Edge talked about the next U2 albim, little did he know that the next album (Zooropa) would sound... different, to say the least.

[@jrinthe8187]

Page class. Beck a pistol. Edge a tool box.

[@gunslinger1946]

Pistol is best yet again.

[@Ram44]

Page was always about the band being a team. Beck was not. Two of the best, but totally different personalities.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

Nah Edge is 1 of the greats

[@buffprayingmantis2739]

Opinion of course.

[@daveg4236]

@@anthonysclafani3963 great at what? He's certainly nowhere near the top of anything

[@kenmccrory8397]

Yardbird are ace ahead of their time