The Yardbirds- Over, Under, Sideways, Down

[@Ambarian]

RIP Jeff Beck! What a player, one of a kind 💔

[@patgalvez4563]

this is one of my favorite 60's songs

[@seanmeisner3190]

My favorite of the three Yardbirds alumni. I like Page and Clapton, but Jeff's my number one of them.

[@garyhanson9320]

One could kinda figure out what Jeff was doing with that left hand. It was that right one that will have me baffled forever

[@beestingza]

@@garyhanson9320 The man was a genius guitarist

[@johniorio7951]

Lets face it...would you really remember this tune except for that eastern riff that beck plays??...reminds me of marakesh express....way ahead of his time.....

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

What a marvellous record this is, way ahead of its time. I think The Yardbirds are one of the most under valued bands of the 1960s.

[@StephanieHettinger-si9ur]

Absolutely!!👍

[@alexvagias5295]

I was about 14 or 15 when it came out and I loved it. It wasn't a real popular song but it did get air time. One of the seminal rock songs.

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

@alexvagias5295 Bowie did a version of it on his covers album Pinups, it's nowhere near as good as the original. It's great, but nowhere near this one.

[@alexvagias5295]

@@davidwolstenholme6413 I didn't know that. Bowie probably over-produced it. Sometimes, songs have more energy when they first emerge, even though they're not technically developed. The new feeling/reality gets everyone juiced up. Bowie, the genius that he was, probably recognized the brilliance of that song and had to touch it, but, his studio savy may have taken away its primal edge. One thing I remember about this song, way back when, was how raw and primitive it sounded. It didn't sound like a high end recording. Then again, I had portable record player-very low quality. But, there was nothing like it at the time and it pulled me in. The amount of creative energy coming from English musicians in the mid/late 60's was overwhelming and almost incomprehensible. It was an incredible era for British rock.

[@davidwolstenholme6413]

@alexvagias5295 it was, I just wish I'd been born ten years earlier than I was, I was born in 65, so if I'd been born in 55 I'd have seen it a bit more than I did. It must have been a great period to live through. Bowie's version is very like the original, but the solo isn't anywhere near as mind boggling as Jeff Beck's solo, the first time I heard it I was astonished, I had to listen to it several times!

[@DD-du7nm]

This is far more than a Psychedelic Relic. Jeff was light years beyond.

[@annalisa14]

Yep. Jeff and Jimmy Patric Page with his violin bow….

[@michaelferreri1256]

In 1968 I was 11 years old and needless to say, money was hard to come by. But I save my nickels and dimes until I was able to buy this extraordinary single. Nothing else on the radio sounded like "Over, Under, Sideways, Down". I just had to have it. I have since discovered much more of the Yardbirds. But this is where it started for me.

[@misterman9796]

God bless. Discovered this vinyl as a child at the library. Good tunes never die.

[@DustinShumaker-ws1eg]

Great share!

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I was 20 and living the life.

[@alexvagias5295]

I had the single, as well. I know exactly where you're coming from. It tapped into my own sense of confusion and I loved it.

[@alenelevin1757]

I am 67 and I still ❤️ the yardbirds. The good old days.

[@TrevorHamberger]

34 and I heard this today for the first time

[@StephanieHettinger-si9ur]

I was 13 when this song came out.The Yardbirds were great. So I assume that you like this song?

[@amarijayamari]

Rock it!

[@kevingruenofficial]

Still one of the most underappreciated riffs of all time.

[@vancity6757]

Agreed. It doesn't get any better than this.

[@Stanley.77]

This song is one of those "ear worms," as they call it -in a GOOD way; you hear it and it gets stuck in your head...At least for me, anyway!

[@Stanley.77]

I always liked this song as a kid (1980s), as my mom always listened to the "oldies station," but I didn't know who it was by until I was older. Then, in the late 2000s or early 2010s, that movie "Observe and Report" came out, about those mall security guards (I don't remember if it was before or after "Mall Cop," but both movies came out within the same time period...Anyhow, in "Observe and Report" the "veteran" mall security guard "Ronnie" took the newer security guard "under his wing" as his new "partner in crime" then there was a scene where this song started playing, as they were snorting coke, smoking weed and drinking. Then it shows them shining a lazer-pointer on random women's tits and asses, as they walked through the mall, and sneaking cell phone pictures of women in the changing rooms...then they saw some teens/20-somethings skateboarding in the parking lot...and it cuts to a scene where they're in a bathroom stall, and "Ronnie" says: "I'm not gonna lie to you...there's *nothing* good about this at all!" As he proceeds to inject heroin...then it's "back to work" as they attack the skateboarders in the parking lot, and they chase them down in a golf cart! That whole montage was brilliant, and this song went with it so perfectly! I forgot how to share links, as I'm old and "computer-retarded," but it's easy to find this scene on KZbin if you look up: "Observe and Report/Drug scene" They could not have picked a more perfect song!

[@robthompson4908]

'WHEN WILL IT END, when? I'm witnessing the Trumpism in 2022. SAD!

[@johnervin8033]

Stupendous buzz, charming punkapaloozica, I swooned to this music as a pimply 13 years. Pimply no more, but at 70 it still lights me up like a Xmas tree.

[@orobinczaia5527]

RIP Mr. Beck. Thank you for some great music, you will continue to inspire generations yet to come.

[@JimmyTwoTimesGTPx2]

Rest in Peace Jeff Beck, thank you for your amazing sound.

[@Patrick-ow5um]

Maybe I was 12 in 1966...heard this, said 'Forget Monkees '

[@bobmalack481]

Ya, plus the Buffalo Springfield, Lovin Spoonfull, Strawberry Alarm Clock, and a few others. Robert at 69.

[@amarijayamari]

But Monkees had their own special quality!

[@johnzoller5231]

Everything Jeff Beck produced from the guitar was extraordinary. Genius.

[@kiloechocharliekool2151]

2 years later John, Jimmy wasn't bad either eh? Whatta band...

[@davidlile5986]

RIP Jeff Beck

[@sheilacooley5783]

R.I.P. Jeff Beck , Sir.

[@dennymac4198]

Rest well and in peace Jeff.

[@SembuaHumpdediddle]

This wasn't a guitar but an electric sitar.

[@Code3forever]

Hitting 70 now but the Yardbirds still ROCK, just like they did in the 60s!

[@1polonium210]

I am 67. I remember them well. An awesome group ... one of the best!

[@petrslivinski7481]

I'm 62 and remember them well. Listen to Sirius XM Radio in my car. The 60s station plays their songs that were best known in the States.

[@petrslivinski7481]

@@1polonium210 Incredibly ahead of the times. The Jeff Beck years are The Yardbirds finest. Jimmy Page gave a different sound that sprung him to Led Zepplin success, and Eric Clapton sprang too. Listen to all these guys.

[@yoebutt]

DITTO!!!

[@tamerablevins65]

@@petrslivinski7481 They are all great!!! A lot of people have never heard of them. Wild with these 3 great artist in the band. You know your shit great job

[@tenbroeck1958]

So much came from the Yardbirds, and it still influences us today

[@telsutton]

RIP Jeff... can't tell you how much this lick meant when I was a lad first learning to play.

[@chulaivet]

Always loved this one......I first heard it during my picnic in the jungles of Vietnam in 1966. It conjures up profound memories for me. Paint It Black is another one that takes me back to a land far, far away. Seems like a lifetime ago. Thanks for posting this one.

[@shawnmalone9711]

Thank you for your service sir!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ShitaviousJenkins]

As above,thank you for your service.

[@debraharris9623]

Thank you for serving during a bad time in this country. I used to write to guys that served during that time. Also sent them care packages. Thank you again sir for going and for making it home. I salute you man.

[@lawrencebaruzzini6149]

@@debraharris9623 you're a great human being. I salute you

[@chulaivet]

@@lawrencebaruzzini6149 and Shawn/Taser/Debra/Lawrence......thanks for the kind comments. I never got a notice from YT or I would have responded sooner. A good day to all....

[@petrslivinski7481]

The band didn't have a long history but the albums that came out, and the songs, and the three guitarists that went on to become super stars are now legends in their own right. RIP Keith Relf and thanks for forming the Yardbirds.

[@ellenhore6410]

STILL LOVE THEM 💕 TO THIS DAY AND YES THREE OF THE MOST EXCITING GUITARISTS EVER. SO SAD TO LOSE KEITH RELF IN SUCH AN IRONIC WAY 😢

[@Batstrings]

ironic how? he died in his yard or killed by a bird?@@ellenhore6410

[@SembuaHumpdediddle]

This wasn't a guitar but an electric sitar.

[@jocularpaddy]

I believe he also formed the original version of 'Renaissance' which was a significant band a bit later on.

[@froter1]

Rest in Eternal Peace, Jeff ..you brought much joy to millions

[@joanneblack7697]

This song? PURE. GENIUS. You are very missed Jeff Beck. RIP. 💔🙏🏻❤

[@harveyshearer1618]

Such a flood of great guitars,Clapton, Beck,Page ,and Green. How lucky were we!

[@JeffJardine-ep4uu]

I'll turn 70 in 2024, I'm a drummer. So not only did I get to listen to there music I also got to play some of there music. It was a great time to be a drummer or guitar player. Jeff beck was always my favorite.R.I.P. my friend

[@dianeperry3570]

Brilliant love the Yardbirds A band from my ere I am now 70

[@jaychopejr636]

"A band from my ere I am now 70." Don't feel so bad, there are a lot of us in the same boat. I'm 67 and feel we were the greatest generation to come along. Our music era was so great, that I would not trade it for all the money in China. "Live long and prosper". Have a spectacular 2017 New Year.

[@MyFutbol14]

I have their Anthology. Excellent.

[@gedztrez8814]

Diane Perry trust me, I'm only 11, and this band's music will be the first thing I teach my own kids to like

[@nyg1954]

me too. shapes of things the best

[@hogtime5]

Variety13 Lolz

[@michaelbruns449]

Totally luv listening to this dazzling song, feeling its hypnotizing psychedelic radiance. From the most provocatively influential rock band of the 1960s and musically yes even more than the Beatles, for they influenced one or two then current styles and sounds, while the Yardbirds influenced several radical future shifts in modern music. Like seriously wow, as in Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page all performing within, revolutionizing the musical evolution of this unique rock band.

[@kenchristie9214]

It is not a psychedaelic song. It's more world music like The Hollies Stop! Stop! Stop! which as a Turkish influence.

[@missionrd100]

I still remember when I first heard this song. I was an 11-year -old and I was not only transfixed but I could not believe how intense the record got during the fade out.

[@michaelbruns449]

​@@missionrd100 nice memories, thanx for sharing.

[@careful...Icarus]

That riff is diabolical! It burrows into one's psyche and just repeats. Magnificent

[@davidmartrano1549]

I heard this for the first time in 66. Look where they all went from there, timeless superstars.

[@TheDrummer51]

I was about 14 the first time I heard this. That hook sounds like bagpipes but it always has knocked me out. Rest in Peace, Jeff. Thanks for so much good music.

[@TrevorHamberger]

I was today years old my first time

[@chuy8356]

Amazing hook!! Beck is a genius.

[@manuelromerosalgado8655]

The Yardbirds have something special that no one else had .

[@donnscopman8102]

I’m 68 and I remember this song as if it was yesterday. They had a totally unique sound.

[@williamsawyer6206]

I'm 70 years old like Diane, and remember the 60's like they were yesterday!! The Yardbirds were great!!!

[@lauraplacek9722]

❤👍🏻51 and agree!

[@nostlagicfan4725]

I have soo many question! Like what was it like being around great music? What was life like then, did it feel like something big was going on? What advice do you have for young people like me who hate the current era and wish i could have grown up in the 60's?

[@danchandler1569]

@@nostlagicfan4725Think for yourself and Follow your OWN path !!!

[@stj971]

@@nostlagicfan4725 my advice is, I'm sorry. You can never know unless you were there. And now we're being cursed by the crazies...you'll never know the bliss that this music gave us and the world back then.

[@carolynzaremba5469]

The 60s made me.

[@williamearle4890]

One of the three KINGS of guitar. And they all came from the Yardbirds! God Bless you Jeff!!

[@TrishBell1]

So happy I'm a jock at a Radio station that plays this gem...go KZAP!

[@cymbolichuman433]

All I know is these songs make me happy. I'm old too.

[@ElixifyMusic]

Awesome sound, bluesy, oriental lush mix. . . Wish we had more like this. . .

[@Paisley1849]

One of my very favorite "British Invasion" groups. Were blues-rock geniuses, and definitely ahead of their time. I'm almost 70, and still can't get enough of this song!

[@kenassfktard7362]

What a freaking Band!!! They had Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page!!! And the rest of those Guys were damned good as well.

[@jacksaintjack2844]

Saw them in Beaumont,Texas. They had Beck and Page in the band.

[@Kat-gx3se]

I still have my almost worn out Yarbird's albums. They will have to pry them from my cold dead hands.

[@b_uppy]

In the pic at the end, which one is Clapton?

[@randygandee9674]

Yardbird's are always in my line up of the greatest bands of all time

[@theanswerisinthebackofyourhead]

THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITES OF ALL TIME BY THE YARDBIRDS

[@bernadettefeltham3062]

when I was 13 and heard this on the radio, well that was it!

[@marijohnross7282]

First time I heard this in 1966 I thought WTF? How can someone get that sound from a guitar? Then i decided who cares? It sounds good-damned good!!! BTW, I am 66 years old and it still sounds damned good!!😎

[@mickavellian]

11/3/1966 3;47 PM First rock song ever played in Cuba's radio after Castro's revolution ! I AM PART OF HISTORY!

[@mariellclement8092]

That lead guitar, and that bass line is siiiccckkk!

[@zendonrey122]

+Mariell Clement I used to enjoy hearing this song on the local oldies station when I was growing up in the 80s. I always thought the electric guitar riff had a Greek or Serbian sound to it.

[@psychickitty1]

+Zendon Rey it does!

[@Highland804]

+Zendon Rey And yet...when do you EVER hear this great stuff anymore on the radio? Never, that's when. It sucks. So much great music, and the so-called "classic rock" stations play the same stuff over and over and over...well, you get the point.

[@zendonrey122]

+Highland804 Totally. Like Greg Kihn said in the 70s, they just don't write 'em like that anymore. :-(

[@psychickitty1]

+Zendon Rey sad but true.

[@stevekravcik609]

Probably the most underrated rock song of all time. The live on the BBC version is without peer. Perfect.

[@elvispresley718]

thank you

[@alonenjersey]

I got my hands on a CD of their BBC Radio performances. Simply OUTTASIGHT!!

[@juliestrauss5988]

I don’t think they were underrated at the time 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@jschuler53]

yes, but they basically paved the way for Led Zepplin

[@vintagerpem930]

Maybe hurry gurdy man also

[@ptrisonic]

My old friend Mike Vernon used to sub for Keith Relf with The Yardbirds whenever Keith's asthma was too bad - Mike later produced the seminal "Beano" album with John Mayall and Eric Clapton and then in the '70's he had several hits himself singing with The Olympic Runners. Best, Pete.

[@StratsRUs]

Always amazed at hearing the Eastern riff with the rock n roll bassline. Years ahead

[@MrZootalores]

yeah isn't that great!? i like Beck a lot but the whole band put so much into this. the Brit rock & roll style, the "hey!" the slappy drums & *a day in town* lyrics all make this such a classic.heard this 50+ yrs ago & still love it!

[@rickyparr8001]

I am so thankful i had the yardbirds rocking me out when i was growing up!

[@TigerTrak]

A Fantastic song from the era of great rock! Yardbirds were the best!!

[@nooodles939]

The funniest part of Observe and Report is done while this song is playing. Very underrated movie

[@WATCHMYCLIPSZ]

Thought I was the only person here who saw the movie 😂😅 Thank God

[@big102bloodbl4]

One of the best groups of all time

[@BBINGHAM032352]

I've been a fan of The Yardbirds since 1965 when I first heard Heart Full Of Soul on local radio.

[@stj971]

I had a friend 5yrs older than me who turned me on to this lp. I was hooked 4ever! On him too! Where are ya Chris?!

[@alexwinter666]

Love this song one of their best. RIP Jeff thanks for the great tunes you made a lot of people happy

[@johncasedy7219]

What a bad ass jam. Saw them with my kids in Stockton in a small theatre and was blown away. The history of this band is important being they employed three first ballot hall of famers.

[@revvyhevvy]

Lucky you, and your kids!!

[@RDK860]

The Yardbirds landed on the Top 40 Chart 6/25/66, with this one, Stayed there 11 weeks, and peaked at No. 13.

[@psychickitty1]

I was 8 and rocking in LA to this on my transistor

[@billhorstkamp98]

This song and for your love were etched on my memory by the time I was three years old. My uncle listen to the Yardbirds all the time and by the time 1970 rolled around at six years old I started asking for the records myself. When I do follow the careers of all three great guitarist that came from the band. It’s been a wonderful trip so far

[@kenmcdee3719]

Yardbirds--Way ahead of their time.

[@elvispresley718]

Jimmy Page, ahead of his time

[@truffyification]

I agree

[@babel232]

Time still hasn't caught up to Jimmy or Jeff , more so Jimmy imo.

[@juanfernandolarriva3246]

As if music were better now...

[@otter3246]

Jimmy Page did play with them also for a time

[@papam351]

I saw The Yardbirds with Jimmy Page playing Beck's leads almost note for note. They did some songs with Page using the violin bow which sounded very familiar a few months later. Then we heard The New Yardbirds / Led Zeppelin was coming back to The Grande Ballroom. Jimmy Page's new group showed up and the rest is musical history.

[@mauricioochoa4179]

What a great party song. Timeless sound for 1966!

[@GRILLBUOY101]

Love to be at a house keg party jammin this song . Fat joint some good acid and a tequila sunrise.

[@petrslivinski7481]

Being in London in the 60s must have been smashing!

[@ThaKunzlermichael]

65 /66 WOW!!

[@checkinout6000]

timeless for 2026

[@stj971]

@@petrslivinski7481 early 70s was awesome too! The kings rd!

[@solonxy]

most underrated rock band!

[@arno-luyendijk4798]

Considering some greats came out of that band (Clapton, Page, Beck), I think that over-rated 'únderrated'-comment does not make much sense.

[@solonxy]

@@arno-luyendijk4798 sure, but I’m talking about the yardbirds as a band!

[@webow88]

"underrated" the most overused and inappropriately used word on KZbin comment threads

[@DG-sf9ei]

Page would go on to make the biggest footprint in music history of all The Yardbirds members.....LED ZEPPELIN. Beck or Clapton can't lay claim to anything monumental as that.

[@stj971]

@@DG-sf9ei Eric Clapton did in his own way.

[@josephbruno2998]

what a fantastic hook pure jeff beck madness!!!!!

[@MichaelLantz]

Beck was the master of The Vox Tone Bender Fuzz Pedal in 1966.

[@MichaelLantz]

I agree with you.I would say that The Beck Era Yardbirds were more innovative than The Clapton Era Yardbirds.He introduced fuzz pedals,slide guitar, Tone and Volume Pedals (The Early version of the wah-wah pedal) and feedback on their songs.

[@scottlevison7994]

@@MichaelLantz Wasn't Page with them by then?

[@chuy8356]

Pure genius.

[@lqr824]

Generally I hate Beck but I'll grant you this one hook is genius. I'm not fussy--I respect nearly all the standard pantheon of top rock guitarists but not this guy. I just can't see a speck of talent except for, again, this track.

[@giacomopeters9988]

Their music still rocks even in 2016. I remember when their first hits were coming out and most everyone was dancing to early Beatles...not that their music was bad!!! however, this was a bit ahead of its time.

[@Hal9000ize]

And Tomorrow Never Knows wasn't?

[@ThaKunzlermichael]

Beatles made it all possible

[@DG-sf9ei]

@@Hal9000ize yawn

[@DG-sf9ei]

@@ThaKunzlermichael We got some top 40 album boys who don't know the real musicians setting the underground stage at the time. Anyone who knows music, can blatantly hear this is light years ahead of the beatles in mid 60s.

[@mrd5853]

I remember when it came out. Am radio baby!

[@dirtymoneybp2511]

Observe and report movie brought me here Awesome song

[@phoofaceable]

now that todays songs are so much longer, I find these great old ones way too short!! Love this . . . one of the first rock songs I remember.

[@tomschoening2210]

RIP, legend..

[@georgekrpan3181]

Impressive then, impressive now. It was called the Adriatic beat back in the day. Songs from others had the Adriatic beat but I can't remember them, gettin' old, lol.

[@df5295]

Jeff Beck is so great on this!

[@matthewronsson]

"Over Under Sideways Down" is a 1966 song by English rock group the Yardbirds. Inspired by Bill Haley and His Comets' "Rock Around the Clock", Jeff Beck plays both the lead guitar and bass guitar. The song was released as a single in May 1966, two months before the group's self-titled UK album". B-side: "Jeff's Boogie" Recorded: 19-20 April 1966, Released: 27 May 1966 Studio: Advision Studios, London. Label Columbia Songwriter(s) Chris Dreja, Jim McCarty, Jeff Beck, Keith Relf & Paul Samwell-Smith (also the producer)

[@mowbray99]

Saw them do this on television in 1966 Paul-Samwell Smith was playing bass ,could have been mimed

[@DG-sf9ei]

Rock around the clock is the last song to relate to this tune, lol, there may be influence from Bill Haley to start playing guitar, but that's about as far as it goes here. These comment sections are getting twisted into all kinds of stories.

[@matthewronsson]

@@DG-sf9ei Right, same as you are free to 'twist' your story, OKA 'an opinion'.

[@matthewronsson]

@@mowbray99 Well, there is often a difference between studio musicianship and live performances. Take the Beatles, for a prime example.

[@johnervin8033]

What is so brilliant about "over under" and "heart full of soul" and "still I'm sad" etc etc etc was their genius at syncretism: a sonic potpourri and music goulash recipe of many gestures from past "airs" often historical and embedded in the culture, that strike an ancestral chord in people keen to such things: gregorian chant, or czech or roma gypsy riffs, or long ago brit folk tunes, and on and on. All the great rock groups did this, Who, Beatles, Stones (Paint it Black) and Cream, on and on. They knew how to conjure a lot of "primal" cultural buried memories, literally in our DNA And THAT rocks!

[@harrymccabe6691]

One of my favorite tunes by the yardbirds !!!

[@alzenno4333]

Jeff Beck already exhibiting his out of this world guitar playing with the signature lick in "Over Under Sideways Down" leaving George, John, Keith, Brian, and the rest behind.

[@charalampostseronis6500]

Clapton was recording Beano that period

[@danchandler1569]

I really loved this band's music when I was in my teens and I Still DO !!! There were some GREAT rock bands that came out of This band (Led Zeppelin ,Cream , Renaissance , The Jeff Beck Group) as well as ALL of the great bands that this band influenced in their writing and style !!!

[@robinwilson1433]

Renaissance were great!

[@bobmalack481]

The 'When will it end' vaguely sounds like early Jim Morrison, similiar barotone voice. Robert at 69

[@rhbunky6774]

under appreciated song by this group......one of my faves...(was 16 or 17) what talent this group had...still resonates to this day........thanks for the op to plop the needle down on of earliest vinyl buys.....gracias .....old latino "hippie" Peace

[@MikeCatrina-f4o]

was 10 years old when this song came out and never get tired of listening to it it brings mt back to the good old days.

[@josephcottone8776]

The YARDBIRDS gave us 3 of the greatest guitarist to come out of the BRITISH INVASION.

[@petrslivinski7481]

@Joseph Cottone And … a record producer. Paul Samwell-Smith went on to produce The Yardbirds and Cat Stevens and the lovely Carly Simon.

[@randyelliott9152]

Jeff Beck,Jimmy Page,Eric Clapton...Although I was a bigger fan of ten years after and Alvin Lee..

[@petrslivinski7481]

@@randyelliott9152 Sounds good!

[@holymoly4122]

Album The Yardbirds - Over,Under, Sideways, Down ( England version-Roger Engineer) my favorite album 1966. I respect so much Jeff Beck....fantastic!

[@ΡίγκοςΚωλαρίγκος]

Joseph Cottone I agree! Now outside Europe will be American invasion? The hate Europe invasion? Obsession? What?

[@marge3470]

A big fav of mine from back in that day when I was a teen.. Love the Yardbirds!!!

[@juliancee2317]

It's "Rock Around The Clock" on LSD 25, add some Ravi Shankar musical spice and social commentary, and a dash of the mojo blues, all in a speed of light and the blueprint that launched a 1,000 genres to create a lasting legacy: The Yardbirds are true revolutionaries!

[@mrs.g.9816]

My sisters and I shared a bedroom (and slept in bunk beds). They'd prefer to listen to the Four Seasons and "bubblegum". I had this song playing quietly on my transistor radio (hidden under my pillow) - while my poor sisters tried to sleep!

[@revvyhevvy]

Good for you, Nora!

[@Kedbuka]

It's such a strange brilliant song...I love it.

[@NationalAcrobatT]

The electric sitar really turned this song inside out and upside down lol. It created, what is arguably considered, one of the best psychedelic groove jams in rock history.

[@giacomopeters9988]

When most were choosing Motown over Elvi or vice versa, bands like the Yardbirds came along, blowing the doors of traditional music! Thanks for the great music!

[@carolynzaremba5469]

I was listening to Motown AND Yardbirds and all the Britbands. Loved them all.

[@tonyleva35]

Absolutely somehow ignored by the masses as the titans they were. Fucking love the Yardbirds.

[@realzok]

Like a fine wine. Just gets better

[@kenassfktard7362]

The Yardbirds couldn't write songs like the Beatles and the Stones but they could play circles around both bands..

[@Dborgman]

Here i was writing a reply and youtube just yanked it , WTF

[@judysoffe6541]

Heard this for the first time recently and can't stop listening to it atm. It's brilliant

[@donnscopman8102]

A band from my era too! I’m 68.

[@vernlamb666]

It doesn't get any better than the Yardbirds!

[@harveyshearer1618]

I am 70 also,these guys were great.

[@michaelvaladez6570]

May he rest in peace 🙏 Jeff Beck gone but not forgotten 🙏.

[@rolex3560]

I just watched the induction of the Yardbirds into the R&R Hall of Fame. When the Edge introduced them and they walked on-stage, the house band played Over, Under, Sideways, Down. I am 54 now and I don't remember hearing this tune in over 30 years!! I loved the Yardbirds when I was teen. The memories.

[@IMCcanTWEESTED]

The best technical innovator on guitar since Les Paul. Genius. God rest your soul, friend.

[@savedbyzero3554]

...........A TIMELESS CLASSIC..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@altfactor]

One of the great bluesly/rock/pop songs of the middle 1960's. It gets you up and dancing!!

[@robertjewell3451]

The Yardbirds music will stand the test of time because their music it's just as good as the Beatles, the stones and The Who.

[@christophermullaley1597]

They're good, but let's not get carried away.

[@checkinout6000]

dont worry you are not getting carried away. When I was a kid listening to this on the radio, I liked this better than any who, stones or beatles tune. In fact I didnt like the beatles until they went psycho

[@DG-sf9ei]

This is much better than The Beatles, you've got real musicians who were of the highest caliber making music. Not a recording engineer's top 40 studio band that fell flat live stage because all they knew was to strum,sing, and play simple structure songs.

[@wakeboardbob]

@@checkinout6000 not better than pinball wizard

[@terryperring104]

@@DG-sf9ei The Beatles more complex stuff was never played live. tut. People who put the Beatles down haha

[@tedsmith7814]

Ha! I bought this record as a teenager because of the cover art. Then, my mind exploded on hearing the music.

[@lynyrddeville]

I just love that crazy eastern fuzz guitar by Jeff Beck...About a million miles more advanced than anyone of that era. And he's even better now. IMHO.

[@stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575]

It was not a guitar.

[@scottlevison7994]

@@stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575 Also, Beck was gone by then. It was Page.

[@stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575]

Scott thank you for solvin the mystery. I never enjoyed Beck but was always stirred by the sitar's workin here.

[@jirusjirus9322]

I think anyone who has doubts in their mind about this song, look it up and read the history of this recording... Jeff Beck (guitar) 1966 Before the days when Jimmy Page came on board.

[@vibekeschneidermann689]

@@stevequizodlibumpbumpbump3575 Solving the mystery? Adding to the confusion is more like it. It is Beck. Page joined them a year later. It is also Beck on bass

[@draskill1]

World Cup 1966 sticks in my mind whenever I hear this. This Yardbirds classic was in the UK Chart during England's run to be world Champions

[@LOKISlog7]

LOVE THIS BAND!!!! Look how cool the pic is at 1:04 especially Kieth... Does anyone else miss album covers and 78 sleeves as much as I do?

[@echoecho3108]

You had them on 78? My collection is all 33s and 45s. Although, I do have them on cd now, to listen in the car. Btw, their music, especially this song, is best played with all windows full open, or sunroof, or moonroof, or convertible top, whatever you have. Don't worry about your neighbors. This will sooner or later become their favorite music, too. 😊🌻

[@ThaKunzlermichael]

Fav guitar lick as a lad ...Thank you Bill Randall, DJ for opening your literature talk show with this tune legendary innovative possessed sound. Thanks also for bringing Elvis to Cleveland in 1955. By 1958 Elvis was pure drek, cheese, millfed

[@drrusty2325]

Great bass playing

[@93KHJBOSSRADIO]

Total Boss! Great Group, Great Year 1966

[@Davett53]

2024........I'm 70,.......I was 13, when this song was a hit. 13 year old me, was trying to find old issues of Playboy magazine stashed in our neighbors, "lawn mower shed",....Puberty was in full bloom. Girls we're no longer icky, and dumb to us. Caught between wanting to grow up, and still liking to play with my slot cars and build plastic models. Trappings of the counter culture, were slowly seeping in,...with posters of psychedelic trips realized in swirling colors. I traded my nerdy black framed glasses in for a new set of wire framed granny glasses, inspired by The Beatle's, John Lennon. Bought my first pair of "flared leg" bellbottom pants, and a cool looking fringed leather vest. Our older brother's were introducing us to smoking "grass",....and "Turning on" & rebelling against our parents, unhip, old school, ways of thinking. Good times.

[@bsastarfire250]

I'm 61 yo , and I just heard this for the first time. not bad for 1966 .

[@CockneyRebel1979]

I dunno who thought to use an Indian sitar on this one- (an English language tune), and give it a Bollywood kind of sound, but whoever it was, genius! Absolute, sheer bloody genius! o.o

[@williamsawyer6206]

There's no sitar on The Yardbirds- Over, Under, Sideways, Down!! Sorry but that was Jeff Beck and his custom fuzz-tone and volume and tone knob pulling!!!!

[@joetentpeg8530]

Aye matey! Beck using a '50s Fender Telecaster...there's a youtube video on it.

[@CockneyRebel1979]

@@williamsawyer6206 Ah, fair play. It just sounds like a sitar. Still bloody clever though.

[@joeoconnor5400]

1966 was pivotal when pop divided in to rock. Jon Savage's book 1966 is a must read. By the end of that year it was soul, Motown and easy listening that dominated the charts

[@doughaas9007]

My anthem growing up ! Love it .