History Trivia / JeffBeck

** [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap Nigel Tufnel]] looks quite a bit like Beck.

*** An early antagonist from ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Steel Ball Run]]'' is named Pork Pie Hat Kid, based on the song "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat" from ''Wired'', further exemplified by the fact that his [[FightingSpirit Stand]] is actually ''named'' Wired.

** In 1969, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them? (They tried again in 1975, inviting him to the sessions for ''Music/BlackAndBlue'', but he once again demurred, stating that "in two hours (jamming with the Stones) I got to play three chords – I need a little more energy than that.")

** He and his band were actually signed on to play Film/{{Woodstock}}... but he broke up the band a week before the festival was held.

** In 1969, Music/{{The Rolling Stones|Band}} asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them?
** He and his band were actually signed on to play Film/{{Woodstock}}...but he broke up the band a week before the festival was held.

* BlackSheepHit: For his debut single as a solo artist in 1967, rather than the HardRock or PsychedelicRock Beck was known for with Music/TheYardbirds, producer Mickie Most chose "Hi-Ho Silver Lining", a bouncy social commentary number in the vein of Music/TheKinks circa "A Well-Respected Man", with some slight [[Music/TheBeatles Beatlesque]] touches like a backwards piano and a string quartet. And he decided to have Beck sing it himself, even though Beck was aware he didn't have a great singing voice and had already hired Music/RodStewart to be his band's vocalist (Stewart can be heard among the backing vocals on the song's chorus). They ''did'' manage to squeeze a heavy guitar solo into the song's bridge. It got to #14 on the UK Chart (and recharted twice in later years, reaching the Top 20 again in 1972). With his career eventually becoming album-oriented, it ended up as his highest-charting single, which became an OldShame for Beck, who compared it to "having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your [[PrecisionFStrike fucking]] life", though the eventual popularity of the song as a [[CrowdChant chant among football fans]] (particularly Wolverhampton Wanderers fans) made Beck come around a bit to it, and he added it to his live set in later years.

* BreakupBreakout: After the original Jeff Beck Group split, Music/RodStewart and Ronnie Wood would join the Music/{{Faces}}, and would subsequently break out from that group, with Stewart having a successful solo career and Wood joining Music/TheRollingStones.

** In 1969, Music/TheRollingStones asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them?

** Nick Mason stated that in 1967, Music/PinkFloyd wanted to recruit Beck to be their guitarist but, "none of us had the nerve to ask him." It's hard to quibble with David Gilmour's playing and songwriting, but still... Beck eventually did provide guitar for Music/RogerWaters' solo album ''Amused to Death'', which gives us something of an idea of what Pink Floyd with Jeff Beck might have sounded like.

** He and his band were actually signed on to play Film/{{Woodstock}}...but he broke up the band right before the festival

** In 1969, Music/TheRollingStones asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them?

* BlackSheepHit: His 1967 debut single "Hi-Ho Silver Lining", which got to #14 on the UK chart (and returned to the Top 20 in a 1972 reissue), is a bouncy social commentary number in the vein of Music/TheKinks circa "A Well-Respected Man", with some slight [[Music/TheBeatles Beatlesque]] touches like a backwards piano, sung by Beck himself (though Beck had already hired Music/RodStewart as a vocalist for his band, and Stewart can be heard in the backing vocals on the song's chorus), with only the searing guitar solo pointing the way to his future HardRock sound. With his career eventually becoming album-oriented, it ended up as his highest-charting single, which became an OldShame for Beck, who compared it to "having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your life", though the eventual popularity of the song as a [[CrowdChant chant among football fans]] (particularly Wolverhampton Wanderers fans) made Beck come around a bit to it, and he added it to his live set in later years.

* BlackSheepHit: His 1967 debut single "Hi-Ho Silver Lining", which got to #14 on the UK chart, is a bouncy social commentary number in the vein of Music/TheKinks circa "A Well-Respected Man", with some slight [[Music/TheBeatles Beatlesque]] touches like a backwards piano, sung by Beck himself (though Music/RodStewart was already in his band), with only the searing guitar solo pointing the way to his future HardRock sound. With his career eventually becoming album-oriented, it ended up as his highest-charting single, which became an OldShame for Beck, who compared it to "having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your life", though the eventual popularity of the song as a [[CrowdChant chant among football fans]] (particularly Wolverhampton Wanderers fans) made Beck come around a bit to it, and he added it to his live set in later years.

* BlackSheepHit: His 1967 debut single "Hi-Ho Silver Lining", which got to #14 on the UK chart, is a bouncy social commentary number in the vein of Music/TheKinks circa "A Well-Respected Man", sung by Beck himself (though Music/RodStewart was already in his band), with only the searing guitar solo pointing the way to his future HardRock sound. With his career eventually becoming album-oriented, it ended up as his highest-charting single, which became an OldShame for Beck, who compared it to "having a pink toilet seat hung around your neck for the rest of your life", though the eventual popularity of the song as a [[CrowdChant chant among football fans]] (particularly Wolverhampton Wanderers fans) made Beck come around a bit to it, and he added it to his live set in later years.

** Nick Mason stated that in 1967 Music/PinkFloyd wanted to recruit Beck to be their guitarist but "None of us had the nerve to ask him." It's hard to quibble with David Gilmour's playing and songwriting, but still... Beck eventually did provide guitar for Music/RogerWaters' solo album ''Amused to Death'', which gives us something of an idea of what Pink Floyd with Jeff Beck might have sounded like.
** In 1969 Music/TheRollingStones asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them?

** Nick Mason stated that in 1967 Music/PinkFloyd wanted to recruit Beck to be their guitarist but "None of us had the nerve to ask him." It's hard to quibble with Gilmour's playing and songwriting, but still... Beck eventually did provide guitar for Music/RogerWaters' solo album ''Amused to Death'', which gives us something of an idea of what Pink Floyd with Jeff Beck might have sounded like.

** Nick Mason stated that in 1967 Music/PinkFloyd wanted to recruit Beck to be their guitarist but "None of us had the nerve to ask him." It's hard to quibble with Gilmour's playing and songwriting, but still...

** In 1969 Music/TheRollingStones asked him to join them, but he turned them down. Can you imagine what ''Sticky Fingers'' and ''Exile on Main St.'' would have been like with Beck's guitar heroics all up and down them?