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Old 07-04-2009, 04:55 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Then there's also this performance by The Yardbirds in Antonioni's Blow Up; it's listed as "Stroll On," but it's just "Train" with new lyrics by Keith Relf, reportedly because there were issues with getting the rights to "Train Kept A-Rollin'." Way to circumvent copyright.


The extremely cool things about this video, to me, are:

a) The fact that it features both Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

b) The way that Beck gets pissed off at his equipment for acting up and beats his guitar to death (which he was instructed to do by Antonioni, who had originally wanted The Who for the film; beck has never been a guitar smasher)

c) The surreal fashion in which the crowd just stands watching (except for the chick in the silver coat and striped pants) until Beck tosses the neck of his smashed guitar into the audience, at which time they go into a feeding frenzy

d) The way that Page gives a little smirk after Beck smashes his guitar and digs into his Telecaster even harder.

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