Fun Music Information -> Yardbirds
This is the most recent information about Yardbirds that has been submitted to amIright. If we have more information about Yardbirds, then we provide a link to the section where it appears (the actual page whenever possible).
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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The Yardbirds With Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton & Jimmy Page, YardbirdsMusic Quotes:
These days it's almost like a lot of kids get into bands because they want to get rich and famous, but when we started this band that wasn't really part of it. I never envisioned what I was doing as part of a career. We weren't even aware of all the stuff that came with it. We just looked at the bands that we idolized - like the Yardbirds - and we were blown away by how they could play. All we wanted to do was play like that, to be a great band like that. - Steven Tyler - Aerosmith Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Band Name Origins:
- They took the name from the book 'On The Road'.... The term referred to hobos Submitted by: George 'The Duke' Feist
- The band members decided to change the name of the band which was at that time the Metropolitan Blues band. Keith Relf wrote a list with alternative names and the band members decided to choose Yardbirds, which was an expression for hobos hanging around railway yards waiting for the next train (also a nickname for prisoners) and also a homage to legendary saxophonist Charlie "Yardbird" Parker. Submitted by: nykr
Former Career:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Chris Dreja" | "Photographer" | This could have gone in the "New Career" as well...was a photographer from when he left in 1968 to when the Yardbirds were resurrected in 1992. He was offered a chance to be the bassist of the "New Yardbirds", a band Jimmy Page formed, in part to fulfill all the Yardbirds' concert commitments in 1968, but he declined, wanting to pursue photography. He did, however, take a picture of this band, that was used on the cover of their first album. He is also one of the people credited with having given the "New Yardbirds" their final name, supposedly saying that the band would go over "like a lead zeppelin" - Ra'akone |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "For Your Love" | "Jump For My Love," Pointer Sisters | Kathy |
| "Heart Full Of Soul" | "Soul Deep," The Box Tops | Kathy |
| "Over Under Sideways Down" | "Mixed Up, Shook Up Girl," Mink DeVille | FussBudget |
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Heat Full Of Soul" originally "Heart Full Of Soul"
Lucy Crosland
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Shape Of Thongs" originally "Shape Of Things"
Bob
"Heart Full Of Soup" originally "Heart Full Of Soul"
Pam Tabor
"Heart Full Of Sour" originally "Heart Full Of Soul"
You shouldn't have a sour heart
Pam Tabor
"Heart Full Of Soup" originally "Heart Full Of Soul"
Pam Tabor
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Heart Full Of Soul" | "Fart Full Of Soul" | Johnny D |
| "Heart Full Of Soul" | "Yard Full Of Moles" | Merry & Pippin |
| "Shapes of Things To Come" | "Names of Shows That Are Dumb" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Shapes Of Things To Comes" | "Apes Must Think We're Dumb" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "For Your Love" | "Farmyard Love" | Rick Duncan |
| "Heart Full Of Soul" | "Out of Control" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Over Under Sideways Down" | "That Cucumber Half A Crown" | LucidLupin LeeBee |
| "Heart Full of Soul" | "Smart Of Control" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Heart Full Of Soul" | "Shredding Shoe Soles" | Paul Robinson |
| "I'm a Man" | "She's a Man" | John A. Barry |
There are additional Yardbirds song parodies available. | ||
Untapped Commercial Ideas:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Train Kept A Rollin' | Amtrak | saverock'n'roll@saverock'n'roll.org |
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be :
We Five-yard Birds
We Five combined with The Yardbirds
Wow! Some mighty big feathered friends there! Hopefully friends, anyway.
Submitted By: Peggy Pollock
The Yardbyrds
The Yardbirds combined with The Byrds
Submitted By: hamburger456
Misheard Lyrics:
"For Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I will give you diamonds bright
Dopey things that will excite. Original Lyrics: I will give you diamonds bright
They'll be things that will excite. | "I'm A Man"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a man, I smell hemp-A-N.
Original Lyrics: I'm a man, I spell M-A-N.
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"For Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: I'll give you Diet Sprite.
Original Lyrics: I'll give you diamonds bright.
| "For Your Love"
Misheard Lyrics: Toy of love!
Original Lyrics: For your love!
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| There are additional Yardbirds misheard lyrics available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"For Your Love"
Opening Lines: For your love.
Comments: This line is repeated three times before we get to anymore lines. But I love this song from 1965, it is such an infectious song and an early prelude to what was to come in the late 1960's psychedelica.
Submitted by: Peter
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Too Much Monkey Business"
The Lyrics: I been to Yokohama, been fightin' in the war.
Why: Refers to the city of Yokohama, Japan.
Submitted by: Natasha Bly
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Band Name Spoonerisms:
Birdyards originally "Yardbirds"
Submitted by: Peter
Products Bands Should Endorse Based on Their Name:
People for outside electrical wires reforms.
Since Yardbirds are known to stop on them.
Submitted by: Peter
