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(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
Cars and girls are easy come by in this day and age.
Laughing, joking, dreams, weed smoking, till I've spent my wage.
When I was young, people spoke of immorality.
All the things they said were wrong are what I want to be.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
When will it end? (When will it end?)
When will it end? (When will it end?)
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I find comments 'bout my looks irrelativity.
Think I'll go and have some fun, 'cause it's all for free.
I'm not searchin' for a reason to enjoy myself.
Seems it's better done than argue with somebody else.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
When will it end? (When will it end?)
When will it end? (When will it end?)
Cars and girls are easy come by in this day and age.
Laughing, joking, dreams, weed smoking, till I've spent my wage.
When I was young, people spoke of immorality.
All the things they said were wrong are what I want to be.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
When will it end? (When will it end?)
When will it end? (When will it end?)
(Hey! Hey! Hey! Hey!)
I find comments 'bout my looks irrelativity.
Think I'll go and have some fun, 'cause it's all for free.
I'm not searchin' for a reason to enjoy myself.
Seems it's better done than argue with somebody else.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
(Hey!) Over, under, sideways, down,
(Hey!) I bounce a ball that's square and round.
When will it end? (When will it end?)
When will it end? (When will it end?)
| ziakut (Slightly North of Obvlivion) | Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 11:07 Became familiar with this song in May 1979, right at the occurrence of this huge tragedy. |
| d48m02h1918 | Posted: Nov 26, 2012 - 11:02 Absolute sonic orgasm....!  |
| joelbb | Posted: Sep 24, 2012 - 14:26 Wasn't this one of Jeff Beck's guitar leads? |
| Toke (Bournemouth UK) | Posted: Jun 22, 2012 - 06:02 FrankMc wrote: For what it's worth: My Lai. ????????? so whats the statements got to do with the Lyrics and The Yardbirds ... Or is this site now become a political platform. ??Let us not forget Martin Luther King, Chicago Democratic National Convention, Kent State, Watts and Detroit burning, Watergate, Walter Cronkite stating that the U.S. Government was flatly lying about Vietnam, evacuation of U.S. Embassy in Saigon by helicopter with people hanging from the landing struts as we got out of town as fast as we could. Exciting may not be quite the word. A corporate trainer named Morris Massey suggests that your outlook on life is determined by what the world was up to when you were fifteen. Some of the events referenced herein were before or after that point in my life but they're all close. I'm not the most trusting individual in the world. I have managed to overcome my cynicism (to some extent) but it hasn't been easy. gemtag wrote: Seems that most here lived thru the bay of pigs, moon landing, Kennedy brothers. My Li. etc. What exciting times. The yardbirds were my first real favorite. |
| FrankMc | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 10:41 For what it's worth: My Lai. Let us not forget Martin Luther King, Chicago Democratic National Convention, Kent State, Watts and Detroit burning, Watergate, Walter Cronkite stating that the U.S. Government was flatly lying about Vietnam, evacuation of U.S. Embassy in Saigon by helicopter with people hanging from the landing struts as we got out of town as fast as we could. Exciting may not be quite the word. A corporate trainer named Morris Massey suggests that your outlook on life is determined by what the world was up to when you were fifteen. Some of the events referenced herein were before or after that point in my life but they're all close. I'm not the most trusting individual in the world. I have managed to overcome my cynicism (to some extent) but it hasn't been easy. gemtag wrote: Seems that most here lived thru the bay of pigs, moon landing, Kennedy brothers. My Li. etc. What exciting times. The yardbirds were my first real favorite. |
| ScottN (Condo in Gaza full time now. Thank TFSM I saw the divot where the landmine was placed.) | Posted: May 21, 2012 - 10:32 kaybee wrote: What a fun song! What a fun time to be a teenager! Indeed, I saw them live when I was 17, or there abouts, at an outdoor venue. They were great. Hundreds of concerts later...tinnitus! |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Apr 19, 2012 - 17:01 What a fun song! What a fun time to be a teenager! |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jan 15, 2012 - 12:17  The correct artwork. This is the first LP this song came out on in 1966 |
| stevesaw (Northern VA USA) | Posted: Dec 14, 2011 - 18:38 gemtag wrote: Seems that most here lived thru the bay of pigs, moon landing, Kennedy brothers. My Li. etc. What exciting times. The yardbirds were my first real favorite. This was the first album I ever bought. Still a favorite. Edit: Ah no, It was Yardbird's Greatest Hits - thought the cover was wrong. |
| gemtag (Texas) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:27 Seems that most here lived thru the bay of pigs, moon landing, Kennedy brothers. My Li. etc. What exciting times. The yardbirds were my first real favorite. |
| johnjconn (chicago land) | Posted: Oct 12, 2011 - 12:18 Nice tie, going to a wedding? |
| Proclivities (Carrboro, NC) | Posted: Sep 17, 2011 - 12:35  |
| misterbearbaby (Marina del Rey, California) | Posted: Aug 10, 2011 - 15:21 Drug-addled and confusing— I LIKE IT! |
| AvoidingWork (Home of Big Boy #4004) | Posted: Jun 08, 2011 - 15:14 So, our Drill Sargent would walk out of the barracks and see us all standing there at parade rest and yell, "You look like a bunch of yardbirds! You're all yardbirds! You know what yardbirds are!!" And my thought, which I never spoke but always wanted too, was "Yea, aren't they a 60's English rock band!" And then he would tell us to drop and do push ups. Ah, fun times.. . . . (Goes looking for a smiley doing push ups. NSL) |
| WonderLizard (2,755.46 mi. due east of Paradise) | Posted: Apr 06, 2011 - 09:32 Okay, they're remembered more today for incubating three of the greatest guitarists ever in rock, but IMHO The Yardbirds were a terrific band with McCarty and Relf anchoring an ever-changing line-up. |
| lemmoth (NYC) | Posted: Dec 01, 2010 - 15:44 I loved hearing Bowie break into this one toward the end of Jean Genie live back in 1990 — I think |
| Bazooka (Honolulu, HI USA) | Posted: Oct 30, 2010 - 23:37 Oh this is just Grand! |
| Tana (Lancaster, PA) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 07:49 bluedot wrote: Eric wasn't even the guitar player on this song...it was Jeff Beck! According to Wikipedia <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over_Under_Sideways_Down> Clapton wasn't even on this track. |
| tulfan (One of the last ones in SE MI) | Posted: Sep 29, 2010 - 07:47 IMHO Jeff beck is/was the best of the three virtuosos |
| DaveInVA (In a hovel in effluent Damnville, VA) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 11:06 Good stuff! Still sounds great decades later. |
| sirdroseph (Yes) | Posted: Jun 25, 2010 - 11:05 Freekin great song man!! |
| Stingray (EUROPE) | Posted: May 24, 2010 - 15:10 BIG BAND! ("7-8") |
| themotion (somewhere between infinity) | Posted: Feb 18, 2010 - 16:47 jagdriver wrote: Gee....what EC could have aspired to..... ... could have, but Jeff Beck he will never be |
| bluedot (Long Beach, CA) | Posted: Dec 17, 2009 - 21:23 Nimitz-68 wrote: Eric Clapton is just a kid on the album cover. (far right) Eric wasn't even the guitar player on this song...it was Jeff Beck! |
| jadewahoo (Beautiful Earth) | Posted: Oct 16, 2009 - 00:33 Hard drivin' Rock n' Roll! |
| jagdriver (Tunin' in from the aptly-named Grass Valley, CA) | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 12:18 Gee....what EC could have aspired to..... |
| Bazooka (Mountain View CA USA) | Posted: Jun 11, 2009 - 12:18 Amazing... |
| coffee-eyes (Right outside of Boston) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 18:55 Hey!  |
| Jack_Jefferson (Columbus, OH) | Posted: May 10, 2009 - 18:55 Now that I listen to this again, it has that early 1960's British skiffle music sound to it. Great stuff. |
| Frater_Kork (Uppsala, Sweden) | Posted: Apr 09, 2009 - 05:17 1wolfy wrote: Makes me want to get off my a__ and rock.     You misspellt Arse ;) Or are you behind a corporate firewall monitoring what passes as "profane" in the US? ;) |
| southernman (Way, way out there) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 18:58 Bill? You out there? New York City Blues!!!! Train Kept A'Rollin'!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!  |
| Deadwing (Cincinnati OH) | Posted: Mar 08, 2009 - 16:48 what a blast from the past! |
| a_genuine_find (Nieuw Amsterdam) | Posted: Jan 04, 2009 - 11:23     |
| bachbeet | Posted: Dec 03, 2008 - 21:41 Terrific song from a great group. Spawned 3 major lead guitarists (Beck, Clapton, Page) and had a timeless sound with unique instrumentation. |
| kaybee (Lost in the Wilds of Toronto) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 19:59 Damn, I missed it! ; "Frustrated") This song was a heavy influence on Echo and the Bunnymen's "the Cutter" over 15 years later. |
| toterola (Somewhere between Shipping and Receiving) | Posted: Oct 01, 2008 - 19:14 countyman wrote: I agree. It can't even be called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. More like the Music Hall of Fame. When "that girl" from Detroit is in it, it ain't rock. Rock is a big enough place for all voices to be heard. Let the d*ck-heads on the other side exclude people. If you don't like it, don't listen.  |
| countyman (pittsburgh) | Posted: Aug 31, 2008 - 05:58 lionirons wrote: I don't know...that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a useless, worthless and pointless institution, perhaps? I agree. It can't even be called the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. More like the Music Hall of Fame. When "that girl" from Detroit is in it, it ain't rock. |
| Patti (the 'burbs of so cal) | Posted: Jul 30, 2008 - 14:09 Got this vinyl somewhere in my box of LP's.....And I remember having posters of the Yardbirds on my bedroom wall. :) pbm |
| Rotterdam | Posted: Jun 29, 2008 - 01:05 mojoman wrote: A most excellent blast from the past.
I agree completely. This was so completely new and wonderful when it came out, and it has stood the test of time. |
| dionysius (The People's Republic of Austin) | Posted: Mar 26, 2008 - 14:24 segueman wrote: A Jeff Beck era tune yet Clapton still gets the cover shot.
Wasn't that always the way? |
| segueman (Spring, TX) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 16:33 A Jeff Beck era tune yet Clapton still gets the cover shot. |
| 1wolfy (Mission Viejo California) | Posted: Jan 23, 2008 - 16:25 Makes me want to get off my a__ and rock. |
| lionirons (Portland, Maine) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 12:17 ThePoose wrote: Jimmy Page has been inducted into the R+R Hall of fame twice: once for Led Zep and once for the Yardbirds. Eric wasn't on hand for the Yardbirds' induction. What does that tell you?
I don't know...that the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is a useless, worthless and pointless institution, perhaps? |
| Kristi (Athens, GA) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 12:17 This is great! Thanks RP! |
| mojoman (Rocky Mountains, Colorado) | Posted: Jul 03, 2007 - 12:14 A most excellent blast from the past. |
| nigelr (Coffs Harbour, Australia) | Posted: Jun 02, 2007 - 04:27 The genius of Jeff Beck was starting to show....... There was a mid-late 60's surf movie with the same name as this track, from memory. |
| cc_rider (Austin Texas. Y'all.) | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 09:07 Five bucks says The Count Five's 'Psychotic Reaction' is up next. I dig this bluesy pre-psychedelia (can that possibly be a word?) c. |
| CCinSB | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 09:07 Nimitz-68 wrote: Eric Clapton is just a kid on the album cover. (far right)
a baby more like! |
| CCinSB | Posted: May 17, 2007 - 09:06  yea, Yardbirds! |
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