Story Behind The Song

Over Under Sideways Down was released May 1968 in the UK by the famous British band The Yardbirds. It is considered one of the most well known 60s Psychedelic Rock songs of all time. Wait till you hear our Middle Eastern World Beat spin on it though. Over Under Sideways Down was a single (on 45) released May 1968 in the UK by the famous British band The Yardbirds. It charted in the UK at No. 10, and in the US at No. 13. It is considered one of the most well known 60s Psychedelic Rock songs of all time. It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down (US, German and French title), or Yardbirds (UK title). The song was inspired by Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" with Jeff Beck on lead guitar and bass guitar. "Over Under Sideways Down" was rated No. 23 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[6] The song was even used in a 2015 commercial promo for Duck Dynasty. Wait till you hear what we did to the song. We put our World Beat spin on it by featuring Jeff Beck's famous psychedelic guitar line on bouzouki (Greek stringed instrument). Then we added davul (Middle Eastern folk drum), mizmar (Middle Eastern double-reeded folk oboe), doumbek (Middle Eastern drum), zils (Middle Eastern finger cymbals) and fused it with a full horn section (trombone, alto sax, tenor sax & trumpet), keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and vocals in English.

Song Description

Over Under Sideways Down was released May 1968 in the UK by the famous British band The Yardbirds. It is considered one of the most well known 60s Psychedelic Rock songs of all time. Wait till you hear our Middle Eastern World Beat spin on it though. Over Under Sideways Down was a single (on 45) released May 1968 in the UK by the famous British band The Yardbirds. It charted in the UK at No. 10, and in the US at No. 13. It is considered one of the most well known 60s Psychedelic Rock songs of all time. It was the title song to the album Over Under Sideways Down (US, German and French title), or Yardbirds (UK title). The song was inspired by Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock Around the Clock" with Jeff Beck on lead guitar and bass guitar. "Over Under Sideways Down" was rated No. 23 in Rolling Stone Magazine's list The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time.[6] The song was even used in a 2015 commercial promo for Duck Dynasty. Wait till you hear what we did to the song. We put our World Beat spin on it by featuring Jeff Beck's famous psychedelic guitar line on bouzouki (Greek stringed instrument). Then we added davul (Middle Eastern folk drum), mizmar (Middle Eastern double-reeded folk oboe), doumbek (Middle Eastern drum), zils (Middle Eastern finger cymbals) and fused it with a full horn section (trombone, alto sax, tenor sax & trumpet), keyboards, guitar, bass, drums and vocals in English.

Lyrics

Cars and girls are easy come by in this day and age
Laughing, joking, drinking, smoking till I've spent my wage
When I was young people spoke of immorality
All the things they said were wrong, oh what I want to be
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, 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 comment 'bout my looks irrelativity
Think I'll go and have some fun 'cos it's all for free
I'm not searching for a reason to enjoy myself
Seems it's better done than argued with somebody else
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
When will it end, when will it end
When will it end, when will it end
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round
Over, under, sideways, down
Backwards, forwards, square and 'round