Why are they so forgotten today? They were incredibly popular, respected, and acclaimed in their time, but no one cares about them now.
>>128921433They were a very inconsistent band even at their time. They were a single band, not an album band, which in the sixties were what they would need to get bigger.
>>128921576>They were a single band, not an album bandso were the rolling stones
I must be the only person who regularly listened to their 2003 albumhttps://youtu.be/ypQxR9oZsS8
>>128921659Not really, the stones are obviously famous for their singles but their albums are actually pretty good for 60s standards
>>128921433Based Yardbirds poster. They were fantastic. Annoying how the band is overshadowed by just being seen as a launching pad for Led Zeppelin and Clapton and Beck. https://youtube.com/watch?v=3y2ayUzXcechttps://youtube.com/watch?v=bjmkeXj9bRI
>>128921576Having a Rave-Up and Roger the Engineer are both very solid albums, but after that they couldn't hold things together
Because Aerosmith's cover of "Think About It" blows away the original.
https://youtu.be/jNUCfObrGwA?si=bU0IbjPo-eCwVr1L
>>128921433I'm a big fan, but I think Keith Relf's lack of charisma and vocal prowess may have held them back
>>128922989>Rave-Up>very solidnot really, it has the same song 2 timesAlso the yardbirds recorded "Heart Full Of Soul" with a sitar in mid 65, which beats the beatles by a few months.The beatles got all the glory cause the yardbirds never released it
>>128921433Cultural rot
>>128921433I don’t think they were ever intended to be a consistent band. The lineup was constantly changing and the group was really just a vehicle for English blues guitarists to launch solo careers or spinoff groups. Same as John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
>>128921433Nobody listens to their songs. Name their top 10.Everyone just knows them as the band where better bands came from.
>>128922954Beck was in Yard Birds???
>>128925779Shape of Things is a better song than any of Zeppelin's from the first two albums.
>>128925811i agree Zeppelin started lame but then it got good af as you notice besides the Yard Bird's record(s) sound quality is ass.
>>128925811You can say "singles band" disparagingly all you want, but their run of singles is one of the most revolutionary of any era of rock.
led zeppelin sucks ass btw
>>128921433my dad still likes them
>Evil Hearted JewWhat did they mean by this?
