THAT SOUND!| FIRST TIME HEARING The Yardbirds - For Your Love REACTION

This was a supergroup - featuring guitar legends Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page. "Heart Full of Soul" and "Evil Hearted You" are among their best songs. As for The British Invasion, it included many bands you've reacted to -The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks, The Zombie's, Herman's Hermits, The Animals, The Hollies, The Yardbirds, and Manfred Mann. Some bands that were part of that movement that you HAVEN'T reacted to - The Dave Clark Five, The Searchers, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Small Faces, The Troggs, Chad & Jeremy, Peter and Gordon, The Pretty Things, and Freddie and the Dreamers.

This is the song that caused Clapton to leave the band. He wanted to go in a blues direction, and this song showed him that the rest of the band was more interested in going pop. So he left, and went to join John Mayall's Blues Breakers (which also had John McVie, later of Fleetwood Mac). Clapton suggested that his friend Jimmy Page join the Yardbirds, but Page declined (at the time) and the band picked up Jeff Beck instead. After a while with Mayall, Clapton and Jack Bruce left that band to join with drummer Ginger Baker to form Cream. Jeff Beck left the Yardbirds to form the Jeff Beck Group, fronted by singer Rod Stewart. Jimmy Page did eventually join the Yardbirds, but they fell apart, and in Jimmy's attempt to rebuild the band, he formed Led Zeppelin.

The "drums" you're wondering about is a bongos set that Jeff Beck is playing. He's normally a lead guitarist for the group but the Harpsichord is playing what you would think of as the guitar strumming parts, so he played the bongos on that song. The harpsichord was a precursor to the piano and has a very distinctive sound because playing the keyboard plucks the strings whereas playing the keyboard hammers the strings with a felt striker. The harpsichord was primarily a Baroque and Renaissance instrument, so it had a sound most kids hadn't heard when they used it here. There were a lot. Beatles, Rolling Stones, Yardbirds, The Dave Clark 5, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Herman and the Hermits, Freddy and the Dreamers, The Animals (later known as Eric Burdon and the Animals), The Searchers, The Kinks, The Spencer Davis Group, Manfred Man,The Moody Blues, The Zombies, Them (with Van Morrison), Peter and Gordon, and I'm sure there were more. I remember being very resentful of the Dave Clark 5 in 1964 because they were the second group to appear that year on the Ed Sullivan Show and were very competitive with their music trying to outdo the Beatles. They also had a lot of #1 hits. Was a great time for music and I lived it. The first song I learned to play on the bass was the Yardbirds "Shapes of Things" in 1966.

Three of the worlds greatist guitarists from one band.

Yardbird originally referred to the chickens one kept in the yard to eat bugs and scraps. Then it became a term for any group of disoriented squawkers like a group of kids. Next it came to mean criminals in the prison "yard". All of these meanings are still around depending on usage.

They were named after Charlie Parker, the great alto sax giant, whose nickname was Yardbird, often just shortened to Bird.

The Brit invasion groups were toddlers during World War II and grew up in post-war Britain. Can't help but think that the tough-it-out attitude at the time gave energy and creativity to the Music that developed then.

"For Your Love" was released in 1965. The album with that song was the last recording with Eric Clapton. Eric suggested that the Yardbirds ask Jimmy Page as a replacement. Jimmy was still happy working in the Studio world and suggested Jeff Beck. During Jeff's tenure with the band, Bassist Paul Samwell Smith quit (1996). They asked Jimmy Page to fill in on bass until Chris Dreja who was the rhythm guitarist could take over on bass. During a US Tour, Jeff became ill, so Chris had to take over bass at that point and Jimmy moved to lead guitar. Once they were back in London, Jeff reunited with the Yardbirds and Jimmy stayed on to share lead/rhythm duties with Jeff. For extra giggles, in May of 1966 (prior to Jimmy joining the band), Jeff beck was working on a solo project - "Beck's Bolero" to be released as a single. It is an epic piece and a must listen for those that appreciate 60's British Rock. The recoding included Jeff Beck on lead guitar, Keith Moon (The Who), Nick Hopkins (session keyboard player), John Paul Jones (session bassist) and Jimmy Page on 12 String Guitar. JPJ and JP would ultimately become Led Zeppelin. Eventually, Jeff Beck became tired of touring with the Yardbirds, leaving Chris Dreja, Jimmy Page, Keith Relf and Jim McCarty. In 1968, Keith and Jim left. At this time the Yardbirds were managed by Peter Grant. A Scandinavian tour was scheduled for the summer. This was an opportunity to create a new line up. Dreja decided to become a photographer. Page recruited Robert Plant as the new singer, Plant's friend, John Bonham on drums and John Paul Jones offered his services on bass and keyboards as he had worked with Jimmy as a session player/arranger prior to the Yardbirds and with the Yardbirds. 3 concerts were performed on the Yardbirds/New Yardbirds name before transitioning to Led Zeppelin, with Peter Grant as their manager. 🎵🎵🎵🎵🎸🎹🥁🎸🔉🔉🔉🔉😎

Just FYI: Jimmy Page was the last guitarist for the Yardbirds and was under contract to finish touring, but was the only member left. He forned the New Yardbirds to full fill his obligations, they soon after changed their name to Led Zeppelin and the rest is history.

When my parents were dating my Mom got mad at my Dad so he got drunk with his buddies, climbed the tree outside her window & sang this song until she talked to him. They've been married for 53 years so guess it worked!

I have always liked the Yardbirds "over, under, sideways down" . Just one their great hits. As mentioned great musicians traveled through John Mayall's 'Blues Beakers '

A MUST HEAR Classic,, The Yardbirds "Heart Full Of Soul"...TRUST ME!!

I lived through the British Invasion! Absolutely loved this song! So magical for me! ❤️

Most notable ex-members- Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page. Jimmy Page later formed the New Yardbirds, you might know them better as Led Zeppelin.

You are the first guys that have actually acknowledged that this is a psychedelic song. This is Eric Clapton‘s last outing with The Yardbirds before he left the band. I believe that this is the first truly Gothic song because of the harpsichord played by Brian Auger. His girlfriend, Julie, Driscoll, ran The Yardbirds, Fanclub. I believe it was recorded in 1964, but released in 1965

The British Invasion as we call it is my all-time favorite musical genre. Loads of great artists came from that period and there were even some great bands from Britain during that time that were really good but just never made a dent here in America (The Herd, The Equals, and The Sorrows come to mind). I can tell you some of the favorites from my list, including the solo acts are The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Herman's Hermits, Gerry and the Pacemakers, Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas, Chad & Jeremy, Cilla Black, Cream, The Dave Clark 5, Donovan, Dusty Springfield, The Animals, The Hollies, The New Vaudville Band, Freddie & the Dreamers, The Kinks, Manfred Mann, Marianne Faithfull, Mary Hopkin, The Moody Blues, Peter & Gordon, Petula Clark, Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs, Sandie Shaw, The Spencer Davis Group, The Foundations, The Fourmost, The Searchers, Brian Poole & the Tremeloes, The Who, The Troggs, Wayne Fontana & the Mindbenders, The Yardbirds, The Zombies, The Applejacks, Lulu, Procul Harum, The Honeycombs, Silkie, Small Faces, Traffic, The Bee Gees, Flying Machine, and The Walkers Brothers (who really weren't British but transplanted Americans who weren't even brothers or even named Walker). If you're wondering why The Who, The Bee Gees, The Stones, and others who were big in the 70s are on the list it's because they all got their start in the 60s and were contemporaries. Look up some really early Bee Gees and Moody Blues and you'll see. As big as the Stones were in the 70s they never had as many hits as they did back in the 60s when they went toe to toe with the Beatles. Others who may be considered would be Shirley Bassey, Tom Jones, The Endevers, The Eyes, and The Move. When you dig into it you'll find a lot of bands had hits with songs written by Paul McCartney as he was so prolific he not only wrote Beatle hits but hits for Badfinger, The Fourmost, Peter & Gordon, The Applejacks, Mary Hopkin, and Cilla Black to name just a few, so the Beatles definitely had a huge influence on the sound of the day.

At various points the Yardbirds featured guitarists Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, and Jimmy Page. Jimmy was the last of the three, and people called Led Zeppelin the New Yardbirds before they got their name. They were an extremely influential band. Try "Heart full of Soul", "Train kept rollin", and "Manish Boy".

Jay should have had his daily dose of bongos from this song!! That is the drum your were asking about at the end of the song.

The Yardbirds were my first concert in 1966 when I was 13 years old. I was in the 3rd row, and I witnessed Jimmy Page's Very First American performance. He played bass. Jeff Beck was the lead guitarist who replaced Clapton.

Also fun to note - the tinny chords are being played on a harpsichord… the 60s were a fun, experimental time for music