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Rating: Yeah, the "Yardbirds" the English blues rock group that nurtured three guitar heroes: Eric Clapton; Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page.
The first "embryo" from '63 to '65 had Clapton on lead guitar and a strictly blues repertoire. Clapton left to follow his blues love and Jeff Beck joined the lineup, revolutionizing the compositions with his Telecaster; he managed to shine even more than Clapton and his style coined a certain trend towards stage rock guitar playing. Soon, his Indian riffs gave way to a second lead: Jimmy Page.
Two geniuses, indeed, cannot survive under the same roof. Jeff left for a solo career, and Jimmy, with an eye on rock blues experimentation, and (a little dishonestly) on Beck's new works (Truth & BeckOla), transformed the group into the "New Yardbirds" and then into Led Zeppelin...
This work is a reunion of the two survivors, Jim McCarty and Chris Dreja (respectively drums and guitar) accompanied by the good guitarist Gypie Mayo who approaches Beck's thicker style and Page's picking. Guest stars at the helm of the lead guitars like Joe Satriani on "Train kept a rollin'" who manages to literally derail the "train" with a hypnotic solo, S. Vai (producer) dealing with "Shapes of Thing" with a fluttering solo, rather than Brian May in "Mr you're a better man than I" or Slash and Lukather.
A not-to-be-missed treat is the guest of honor: "JEFF BECK" in "My Blind Life" where his guitar blends (or is it himself?) with the group's blues harmonica for an honest and sincere solo (complete with a final bottleneck). Among the fifteen tracks, there are new compositions by the group, like "Crying out for love", the only one, in my opinion, worth inserting into the rest of the "Yardbirds" backyard series!
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
01 I'm Not Talking (02:44)
EP version
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
Used to think I knew it,
Man I sure outgrew it.
Things like idle chatter,
Ain't the things that matter,
That's one thing I can do without.
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
Things I say at midnight,
I ain't gonna say 'em in daylight.
I reached the final conclusion,
And all this persecution,
Don't call me, baby, I'll call you.
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
Things I say at midnight,
I ain't gonna say 'em in daylight.
I reached the final conclusion,
And all this persecution,
That's one thing I can do without.
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
If I said things were awful,
It might just be unlawful.
If I said things were splendid,
You might just be offended.
That's one thing I can do without.
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BBC version
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
If I said things were splendid,
Our mom might be offended.
If I said things were awful,
It may just be unlawful.
That's one thing I can do without.
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
Used to think I knew it,
Man I sure outgrew it.
Things like idle chatter,
Ain't the things that matter,
Don't call me baby, I'll call you.
I'm not talking,
Well that's all I got to say.
If I said things at midnight,
I ain't gonna say 'em in daylight.
I reached the final conclusion,
And all this persecution,
Don't call me, baby, I'll call you.
13 Dream Within a Dream (04:44)
Here I stand amid the roar
Of a surf tormented shore
And I hold within my hand
Grains of a golden sand
How few how yet they creep
Through my fingers to the deep
While I weep, while I weep
Oh God can I not grasp
One with a tighter clasp
Oh God can I not save
One from the pitiless wave
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream
But a dream, but a dream
Take this kiss upon the brow
And in parting from you now
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream
But a dream, but a dream
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