The Yardbirds - Goodnight Sweet Josephine (1968)

[@hotsonfornowhere76]

We are very lucky to have this recorded in a quality manner to see and hear the full dynamics involved at this show. I didn't realize this was available until now, but it helps put together a few things in my mind on what Page was doing when he formed Led Zeppelin.

[@luciahelena4172]

Lots of good memories from that time. Thanks.

[@hotsonfornowhere76]

To me this represents the best example of where Jimmy Page gets the prototype for Led Zeppelin from. His guitar solo in particular speaks of things to come in Led Zeppelin. The hard and fast drumming too gives a green light for John Bonham's style to emerge. And this formula of instrument sharing is what Jeff Beck failed to incorporate into his future music. It's a band effort with appropriate guitar soloing without leaving out other instrument contributions. Jeff Beck had too many personality issues to expand this theme going forward but not with Page. Page set off to capitalize on this new sound between 4 members of a group and to leverage these 4 elements into a full band ensemble. Page's ego didn't stop him from getting 4 other musicians to give their creative and performance best to the music.

[@camreiff1]

I'm impressed that Jim McCarty can sing backup and still drum so busily.

[@TheThroney]

keith relf is awesome.. I like his hand movements in this performance, they're hilarious! :>

[@markwiygul6356]

This was the Yardbirds final single, released on April 1st 1968. The B-side is "Think About It" which ROCKS, and was covered by Aerosmith on their 1979 album. Mickey Most was their producer, keeping them solidly grounded in pop music until their demise. Sadly, it seems Aerosmith has been following the same path, with too many "Mickey Most" telling them to record too much pop and balogna. Check out the Yardbird's Think About It.

[@pikeman80]

The fact that it's on French TV shows the International appeal of this great band

[@shanehenning26]

great song

[@Renhjarta]

This song is great, and Page plays great on it.

[@SophieTheBagel1984]

Jimmy's ruffles are iconic.

[@rainertrebbin-vf7nt]

1992 RRHOF❤

[@marthampadilla7485]

Braaavoooo!!!!! Gracias por este Excelente Tema 😎 Woooooww!!!! Good Music😘

[@alejandraperez3034]

Cool as hell 🔥☄

[@Kelly14UK]

Jimmy Page looking cool as fuck

[@Kelly14UK]

***** I've got the Rubble Collection. It's stuff like Tomorrow ( Steve Howe '67), The Pretty Things, all that.

[@Kelly14UK]

***** Is it CD? Twenty discs, all miniature versions of the old LPs. I've got a Rubble vinyl album of 1980s acts that's independant of the box set. I want the Pebbles garage collection. Old memories.

[@Kelly14UK]

***** The vinyl Rubble I have is somehow called Rubble 9, which as we both know is wrong, as the real vol 9 will be a sixties thing, part of the original series. Google From the House of Lords. Doctor from Doctor and the Medics is on it, and there's a brilliant version of Father's Name Is Dad. KZbin Mad Elaine, hopefully the song is still there. There was another series called Nuggets, but they were less obscure acts. I became obsessed with 60s psychedelia around '86, and it all took off from there. Sadly, music is diabolical now.

[@dnggitg]

I don't think it's a terrible song. It has a catchy melody--very singable. And it's an entertaining performance, and all the guys have great clothes and hair and wildly painted guitars and everything. Looks like a good show.

[@suzanmcgaw888]

Always Always Love JP❤️🎶

[@angwish3]

i would love to hear it!

[@wellsy1954]

@dbailey62.Thanks mate.I should have looked closer the first time.

[@rockermetalhead1200]

Awsome vid! Jimmy Page, man.Great as usual

[@colincarroll7954]

This was the last Yardbirds outing. Relf and co left. Jimmy Page put together a new Yardbirds. Later called Led Zeppelin after Alexis Korner saw them and said they sounded like one.

[@deanna4270]

thanks;)...that's what i was thinking

[@pfordsq]

The camera is having a love affair with Chris Dreja ! Superb clip , and , yeah , it IS great to hear this done live. I know this song is'nt a favorite with a lot of people , but , it sounds great , here! I once told Dreja it sounds like something a couple of drunks would sing , staggering home.

[@billmisko1846]

the last single

[@cokeydear]

I love the way Jimmy moves while he plays!! :D...orgasmic, lmao well not that far

[@bkzeppelin3215]

and guitar god jimmy ..................oh yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@consul1957]

I can hear the Move in this

[@musoprimo]

Hahaha. I love the Seinfeld puffy shirt reference. Hilarious hahaha!!!!

[@MartinSoundLabs]

performance is not as inspired as the recording, but Page is insane. love the lead.. and the bassist's pants are very cool. you can tell they are at the end of their career, at least watching Relf.

[@HarvestmanMan]

All right. I will have it up in a short while then.

[@itsstillfriday]

Nice to see something of that era that wasnt Lip Sync! :-)

[@Mikebird59]

thanks for the response and you are dead-on about how lackluster the band was overall. They had a few great moments, but that was only because there was one of 3 stellar guitarists in the band at any given time.Without Clapton, Beck, or Page, the Yardbirds probably would have died around 1965, IF they lasted THAT long. We won't even get into the Keith Relf singles, I am nauseous enough already! LOL!

[@serengiv]

all the comments are very tough on them.Remember that as said Chris Dreja, their last line up when they toured the states in 196è, was their best;They where giving memorable gigs.Just imagine if they have had the same amplification and big watts like Led zeppelin

[@privettricker]

Of course Pete Townshend is a musical genius. And so was John Lennon and so's Jeff Beck. But I'm not a robot, so I don't care what they happen to think of the Yardbirds or anything else. For example, Lennon hated McCartney's albums and loved Yoko's, so he wasn't the best judge of talent.

[@kenstubbs6878]

It sounds like something the Kinks would do?

[@cap52]

Keen observation!

[@MartinSoundLabs]

that's a very good question

[@obrike]

Sounds like something you'd hear on the Simpsons...Page was probably thinking...."Holy crap, I need to find 3 other blokes...fast!"

[@Don.Camillo.und.Peppone]

Wie tief kann man sinken?

[@marcbolan1818]

Tony Hazzard

[@loudigirl]

@HarvestMan Yes please! Do you have the whole performance?

[@Juviex]

i like the solo

[@glennmorris3370]

Page with relf and the box of frogs flying in a Zeppelin.

[@Schiallo]

Jim McCarty..great during the intro..

[@charliekerrison9522]

how do you play this song on guitar!!!

[@angwish3]

mine too even though its supposed to be FIVE live yardbirds...

[@rtrmedia5296]

Dig Dreja's crushed velvet pants!

[@deanna4270]

who's that drumming?

[@privettricker]

Thanks for the summary of Lennon and Townshend's opinions, but I prefer to think for myself. After all, Lennon thought Yoko was a genius and Townshend thought it was a good idea to do research on kiddie porn by downloading kiddie porn.

[@wellsy1954]

Please enlighten me-someone.Who was on keyboards?

[@TeamXTREMEPANTERA]

@journeyquest11 I think that's why Clapton left

[@MultiFloyde]

Jimmy Page fine tuning his style for his next incarnation LED ZEPPELIN !

[@dbailey62]

Nobody. That is the host at his d.j. station.

[@dimitriospapageorgiou8072]

Micky Most, producer, forced the yard birds to record this song and 3 others on the album as he thought these would be "hits". The entire group including page hated this song and the others as they didn't have any musical and artistic freedom.

[@HarvestmanMan]

"Every night she goes out with men to trap 'em...iiiiiiiiiinnnn heeeeeeeerrr net...of ecstasy." This is a very funny song! I can upload the original BBC recording if anyone wants it.

[@demoskunk]

Better than the studio version.

[@TeamXTREMEPANTERA]

@CatapultYourMom up yours he is one of the greatest guitar players ever

[@dbailey62]

No worries. Funny thing is he looks a lot like Mike D'abo.

[@mariecurie1155]

My nane is josefine and im like if ther just would be a "f"

[@cheyne15]

I don't remember this track at all from those days, or else, thankfully, I've forgotten it. apart from Page's solo it's a dreadful dirge.

[@theredraven]

@DonARen1950 It isn't a terrible song. It's a lethargic performance of a perfectly good song. Go listen to the BBC Sessions one.

[@rogerjohnpete1969]

Chris Dreja wear leggings

[@journeyquest1]

After seeing all of Led Zeppelin, Page really looks and sounds out of place in this band. Sounds like a garage band compared to Zeppelin.

[@BobTheRecordGuy]

Yep, it's a terrible song. They had a producer who wanted to turn them into a singles band and gave them dreadful material. This is one of those songs. The deal was- they got to do what they wanted on their LPs. Llisten to Little Games? or Live Yardbirds? They are great. Keith is not good on this song, in fact he's not particularly good on any of the songs from this show. However, he was usually a great singer and they were a great band. Why do you think Clapton Beck & Page wanted to join them?

[@TheRhNegative]

Horrid LOL. As much as I love these guys, this was utterly lousy performance.

[@Mikebird59]

God that last iteration just sucked. Relf could not sing his way out of a paper bag nor could he write

[@latouselatrec]

It wasn't that bad.

[@aileenlightbody91]

Having listened to that reminds of why I never liked that group.

[@Mr3DBob]

I really like the Yardbirds - it was For Your Love that made me a rock fan. But this is awful - awful sound, awful playing of an awful song. Just the same, thanks for posting this. Now we know, it's not all good.

[@heyzog]

That was actually pretty mediocre

[@musoprimo]

I'm sorry, but The Yardbirds were just not that great. The only reason for their survival is that the band contained 3 members who wrote the book on British rock guitar playing. Although John Lennon admired Jeff beck, he thought that the rest of the band were 'pox'. Pete Townshend stated that the band was 'a shambles' despite being a huge Eric Clapton fan. Pete also referred to the the other band members as being 'hairy assholes'. So I reckon that Pete and John would have known.

[@antonella4758]

Che canzoncina orribile🤮

[@CatapultYourMom]

@journeyquest1 And I'd take any decent garage band over bloated nonsense like Led Zeppelin.

[@Mikebird59]

the whole band was mediocre. Even Page could not save the travesties of what they called music in 1967.