As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Friday, November 24, 2017

#165 Happenings Ten Years Time Ago – The Yardbirds (1966)


 
The best of many worthy Yardbirds singles (“Heart Full Of Soul”, “Shapes Of Things”, “I’m A Man”, to name a few), this one stands out for one of the most original and ear-shattering instrumental breaks in the history of rock, with two of the generation’s greatest guitarists, Jimmy Page and Jeff Beck, trading riffs. (It should be noted that then-blues-purist Eric Clapton was in the band earlier, but left because “For Your Love” was too pop for his tastes.) It has been aptly characterized as “frightening”, and apparently scared enough radio programmers that it only got to #30 in the U.S. and #43 in Britain.

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