Beck, Jeff - Jody Lyrics






Jody these are the reasons why
The backyard we played in won't let a child die
Umm Jody these are the reasons why
The schoolyard we laughed in won't let us pass it by

Ohhh I was so sad when you fell of the wall
You was so glad cause you laughed at us all
We could be almost anything that we wanna be
Me away and you away coming in from the sea
Sometimes I was a mountain or a seagull by the shore
Thank god my memory will live for ever more

Jody our sun is going down today
But Jody today's when I feel
You know our sun I said he he's going down today
Jody the days not real no no no

Oooo I was so sad when you fell of the wall
You was so glad cause you laughed at us all
We could be almost anything that we wanna be
Me way and you away coming in from the sea
Sometimes I was a mountain or a seagull by the shore
Thank god my memory will live for ever more





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  1. G.... M....

    This is an absolute GEM in rock history - the chemistry is undeniably first class.

  2. P.... B....

    Grew up loving this song and album still love it 45 years later. Absolute class genius.

  3. J.... S....

    Still listening 2019

  4. G.... R....

    Saw these guys at Massey Hall in Toronto. I was still I high school. I was already hooked. Still listen to this on the road.

  5. G.... B....

    Jeff Beck is a great slide player

  6. R.... B....

    GIMME SUM JEFF BECK!!

  7. j.... l....

    Saw The Jeff Beck Group at Carnegie Hall in 1972, when they were promoting the " Rough & Ready" album. They rocked the place. Max
    Middleton played some mean piano that night. I saw him about 5 years ago playing with Mick Taylor. Max still had it.👍

  8. L.... C....

    brilliant song

  9. M.... D....

    It puzzles me how anybody could say Rough and ready LP is better than the Blow by blow LP.

  10. R.... P....

    Not much better

  11. S.... S....

    saw the band at LONG BEACH CAlif....1973 .... he took off two doors when he played the solo on this one!

  12. M.... H....

    Max Middleton on the piano was almost as good as Jeff. Love him and Cozy Powell too! Probably my favorite Jeff Beck album Love Raines Park Blues. Listen to Max on Jody, that man can play. Saw them live a few times. Max always wore overalls . Those were the best times in music.
    .

  13. m.... k....

    I agree. This is a complete record !
    The mix on a good turntable is
    beyond, beyond !

  14. B.... 6....

    22 Justin Bieber fans of course

  15. b.... w....

    No dogs on this. All interestingly different than the straight ahead (easier) songs of the Era. Great album (Yup Like All his Stuff) mostly for Musicians, El Becko's Biggest Fans!!

  16. B.... 6....

    Absolute Masterpiece 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  17. D.... B....

    Great jam ... wonderful feeling ...

  18. m.... ....

    Jeff Beck could sure deliver a power chord when he felt like it. He's amazing.

  19. E.... P....

    been listening to this since the seventies. Never grows old. Phoenix t.v. used situation for late night movies. Darn! This is the first phone screen I've cracked!

  20. E.... A....

    ---Super Track Here!!! Jeff Beck Group....Clive, Bob, Max, Cozy, BEST Cast of JB Band Mates.....EVER!!!

  21. m.... p....

    What a great song! So well put together.

  22. S.... C....

    That drumming - he makes the "HIGH-Hat"sing!!!

  23. S.... C....

    JODY - MY Favorite tune!!!

  24. M.... W....

    I get nostalgic when I hear this because it was so upbeat almost jazz like but with a lot of class, and finesse. Great vocals, strong drums. A tight band.

  25. B.... 6....

    BEST FKN SONG EVER!!!

  26. B.... 6....

    18 Justin Bieber fans
    No taste

  27. D.... S....

    So much of the golden 70s. So much soul. It was a wonderful time in music.

  28. G.... Z....

    A Classic...as was the whole album...for 1971!

    G.... Z....

    You got that right, Gregory!

  29. D.... M....

    Jody is one gem of a song!

  30. D.... G....

    Still play my LP of Rough and Ready along with the "Ice Cream Cakes LP" Sorry I forget the title.

    D.... G....

    Jeff was never afraid of giving it up to his band for a moment

    D.... G....

    never had a title but was referred to as the "ORANGE " album

    D.... G....

    Orange is a good one - but I particularly like Ice Cream Cakes-lol

  31. J.... C....

    Jody and especially Max's Tune cuts deep..it's takin me to places I've never been before. To me it's the best and most underrated Beck album. I've been listening to Rough & Ready since 72 and still haven't tired of it.

  32. J.... P....

    Incredible art here. Amazing how few people recognize Jeff's musical brilliance.

  33. n.... ....

    from what I've read beck doesn't think very highly of this and the orange cover album. what up with dat?

    n.... ....

    he was supposed to do the bogert appice trio and then he had the car crash. by then they had formed cactus and jeff's management had steered him to a different approach...him and cozy went to detroit in 1970 and cut some sides with james jamerson and jack ashford which were never released. this band was put together after that. personally it's my favorite beck lineup saw them live in 72 and were amazing. drove to new york to see them again and Appice and bogert along with max and a singer named Kim milford had become his new band. They were AWFUL. A year later when i saw BB and A they were really good BUT NO ONE COULD SING VERY WELL. The Rough and ready band were the BEST!

    n.... ....

    Born to be- Jeff doesn't like the 2 albums he made with this lineup for whatever reasons. He couldn't be more wrong.

    n.... ....

    Shelly that is unbelievable. He gave this up for BBand A. Why?

    n.... ....

    nyg1954 IKR..

    n.... ....

    He says they didn't know what they were doing. But that often makes great art. Beck is also a perfectionist and a moody guy. I still love his early stuff and this will always be my favorite Jeff Beck album. It is a seamless piece of work and truly innovative.

  34. m.... w....

    As I remember, at the time Led was in there. Raw, Jeff had to much piano. Not enough Jeff. Led took off, Jeff ate it.

    m.... w....

    mandy weinmann Even Eric and Jimmy will tell you Beck just keeps on giving where they have peaked.

  35. c.... ....

    it took awhile for this album to click with me, when i was a young punk but soon i discovered a gem. rod and jeff were excellent but tench could pull it off, too. there use to be a live version of this tune, from a festival in helsinski, in 71. it was awesome and so was, new ways/train train. jeff, defintely gave you an option from vanilla, back in the day. but never forget that max wasa total driving force in this group and on, blow by blow

    c.... ....

    chev202 I grew up on this album. Back in 72 I had this album and before I went to school in the morning I had to have my fix of Jody and Max's Tune. To me it is Jeff's best album.

  36. G.... P....

    To me, This was the 'tight unit" I wish it could've carried on and made it.. This song - the way he jumps in and out of the mixolydian still torments me and causes excessive volume and lots of long necks!! TOP SHELF SHIT!

    G.... P....

    Gretsch Pimp oh hell yea!!! : ))

  37. M.... B....

    Happy b day Jeff. The best Beck song hands down Jody.

  38. p.... C....

    Bob Tench, better than Rod Stewart, Max better than Nicky, Cosy, what a monster !

    p.... C....

    You may wish to get over whatever it is has you preferring Bob to Rod. I mean, honestly.

    p.... C....

    Honestly I take tench over Rod by a long shot, Max and Nicky both added different layers to beck's sound back then

  39. B.... ....

    Rough and Ready is one of the greatest hidden treasures of 70s rock. Song to song Jeff and the boys grind out some fantastic blues rock. Loved the album and Jody in particular since 72.

    B.... ....

    my favorite lineup

    B.... ....

    favourite Jeff Beck album.

    B.... ....

    Agree totally with you. I love Jody!!

  40. J.... C....

    This is Jeff's best album! It takes me back to a special place.

    J.... C....

    Yes sir same here!

    J.... C....

    Yeah John!!!

  41. J.... C....

    Jeff, These are the reasons why you're the greatest!

  42. w.... c....

    I have loved music for a lifetime and loved Jeff Beck from Truth on. I was never quite the same after seeing this show November 6th 1971 at the Academy of music 14th street and third avenue. Then May 5th 1972 at Carnegie Hall. I love so many guitarists but Jeff has been my fave for 45 years. This band was awesome. This song is one of my all time faves period. A quick story, my teen son plays drums and actually plays this song. He does a decent job on this but at 13 it's tough to get Cozy down pat. Flawed as it may be, nothing makes me happier sitting back and watching him play it and more importantly, that he even attempts to play it because he likes it. He likes very little contemporary music, some pop, very little rap, very little 80s metal, etc.. He loves J. Beck, all of it, Genesis, yes. ELP, The Allman Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Zep, Billy Joel, Santana, King Crimson, Jimi, BB King, Cream, Clapton, The Who, VH, SABBATH, Rush, Queen, Springsteen, FLOYD, Steely Dan, and so on. Go Figure

    w.... c....

    well the only negative about not selling out to guitar hero is that he missed out on a new generation of fans knowing who he is but I'm sure he likes it that way.

    w.... c....

    I,also saw the Academy of Music and the Carnegie Hall shows.The band played so tight together.I wished that each show would never end.

    w.... c....

    unfortunately that next thing was BBA.

    w.... c....

    I was lucky enough to see Traffic at the the 14th street venue in '72 Beck and Traffic were two bands that sounded as good live as they did on record,a rarity for sure.

    w.... c....

    I'm a drummer- 50 yrs now, Becko's tunes have ALWAYS been my favorites. Good taste/ song choice/ good for him! (and you- best influence ever. my first really good band (in 1981- I was 23) played most of "There and Back, Blow by Blow, Wired" just blew our minds he could follow each at such different Unique and Amazing Highest Level imaginable. Cozy is fluent/ hard until you have practiced a LOT for 2 or three years. Any Beck tunes, (except Flash LP, of course) are for musicians especially. There and Back is good to start and practice with, great grooves. And I Know. Lolol.

  43. j.... ....

    masterpiece musical composition!

  44. L.... ....

    2:09.  Love that transition.  This album brings back so many memories.

  45. r.... ....

    Love the way Beck makes his guitar "Soar" in this song.

  46. 1.... ....

    One or the best LP's ever! No doubt.

  47. r.... ....

    I just listened to this song 4 times in a row, now I'm gonna listen again, for the 27 millionth time

    r.... ....

    ragingjim yeah, ain't it great!

  48. c.... ....

    it's no wonder that max was the on;y one smilin' on the album cover, a master keyboardist!

  49. J.... Y....

    A jody song

  50. M.... F....

    great riff @2:09

  51. L.... O....

    Yeah Stewy,  My favourite Beck album ( also always loved Highways & Gotta have a Song.....Would have loved to see them on this album and it would have been untouchable). Also...  I think we would be foolish to discount the importance of Max Middleton in the arrangement of these 2 particular albums. Big on Jeff to have kept the ego on a short chain. Clive`s bass was nothing shot of spectacular.Tench vocals perfect   ..Cozy!! what a rare coming together. Two years was fine... Everybody moves... if they ain`t already there...

    L.... O....

    +Louise O'Shea    yeah they made two great albums and  beck moved on as he has done his whole career. always looking for that next thing.

    L.... O....

    what always pisses me off is this and the next Lp are hardly ever mentioned in articles on Beck. it's like a couple years passed and Jeff was onto BB and A...Glad that I was able to see this lineup in 1972 with cozy's thunderous drums opening up the first song of that night ' ice cream cakes" and then onto songs from both albums. I was amazed at clive's bass playing Bobby's great vocals and Max's classy piano work. All in all Beck's best lineup at least for me.

    L.... O....

    yeah the BB and A lineup didn't do it for me. never liked carmine's vocals and for the most part the songs were weak. when they got heavily into that boogie thing in concert I lost interest.

    L.... O....

    Exactly... that band had no vocalist and beck knew it

    L.... O....

    Louise,this album is untouchable just the way it is but the Orange Cover album is a close second.

  52. S.... ....

    Jody these are the reasons why
    The backyard we played in won't let a child die
    Umm Jody these are the reasons why
    The schoolyard we laughed in won't let us pass it by

    Ohhh I was so sad when you fell of the wall
    You was so glad cause you laughed at us all
    We could be almost anything that we wanna be
    Me a wave and you a wave coming in from the sea
    Sometimes I was a mountain or a seagull by the shore
    Thank god my memory will live for ever more

    Jody our sun is going down today
    But Jody today's when I feel
    You know our sun I said he he's going down today
    Jody the days not real no no no

    Oooo I was so sad when you fell of the wall
    You was so glad cause you laughed at us all
    We could be almost anything that we wanna be
    Me way and you away coming in from the sea
    Sometimes I was a mountain or a seagull by the shore
    Thank god my memory will live for ever more

    S.... ....

    +sigberg1 "...won't let our childhood die."

    S.... ....

    Me a wave you a wave

    S.... ....

    What does it mean man ? The words the words ????

    S.... ....

    We could be anything that we want to be.
    Me a wave and you a wave comi'n in from the sea

    S.... ....

    @LLIP DER song bout a childhood, child games, dreams etc. maybe

  53. r.... ....

    This song and "I've Been Used" are my favorites on this album!!!

  54. r.... ....

    Have always loved this tune!!

  55. S.... C....

    I vividly remember listening to this in my parent's kitchen in New Rochelle in '71, as WNEW-FM debuted the album's release! Still one of my favorites from Jeff Beck!
    R.I.P. Cozy Powell

    S.... C....

    +Skip Cole I can remember hearing this for the first time on NEW waking up around seven in the morning.what a great way to start your day.was lucky enough to see this lineup in '71 in nyc.

    S.... C....

    nyg1954 yes, I saw them in Detroit on that tour. Cheers

  56. r.... s....

    1 of the best albums ...like EVER

  57. M.... N....

    my joyrides in the seventies!

  58. L.... C....

    Jody is such a beautiful song. This album has a special meaning to me. It goes all the way back to 71,72. I've Been Used is so dam tuff.

    L.... C....

    Luann Caldwell yes indeed, I will always associate this record as a teen growing up in Detroit.

    L.... C....

    +shellybellysf you're giving away your age sweetheart but I also love it!

    L.... C....

    +raderpat What Jeff can do with the whammy bar is just amazing. jimi would be blown away if he was around to hear Jeff these days. I saw that where both Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton said how Jeff just keeps on improving on guitar.

    L.... C....

    Love you Louann
    I feel the same way!
    Well said!👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    L.... C....

    Amazing how he makes it sound like a keyboard !

  59. p.... ....

    I love the way Beck doubles up the slide parts on this record, often playing harmony.

  60. E.... S....

    This song stands out to be the best ever ! Tench vocals besides Becks out standing works was my all time favorite back in the day ...Cozy,Tench,Max,Clive ..thanks!

    E.... S....

    Eric Slingerland
    Yeah Eric I agree!👏🏻

  61. T.... F....

    What a band!!!!!! Brilliant record.

  62. r.... ....

    Original and awesome performance by everyone, so far ahead of its time. A truly wonderful arrangement (by Beck or Max Middleton?) but really Bobby Tench's vocal are what make this unforgettable.

    r.... ....

    the whole band was just great. I could listen to this for days at a time.as a matter of fact I did.

  63. r.... ....

    I gotta believe this is the bands best track. Beck's guitar soars here. And Max Middleton's electric piano is recitable at the close.

  64. J.... S....

    AWESOME!

  65. S.... K....

    It was searching.
    I appreciate.

  66. M.... S....

    I was named after this song...Thank you dad!

  67. c.... b....

    MAX MIDDLETON!

    He is like a Jelly donut....is there anything he can't do?

    c.... b....

    I don't think so _ _ he's a master keyboardist, including jazz

  68. L.... j....

    I turned my young siblings onto this and they love it. It's timless.

  69. T.... H....

    Jody the days not real ,,

  70. T.... Z....

    This is a GREAT album.

  71. S.... S....

    Well...........this came out and went to see JB GROUP LIVE~ Freddy king.........was the warm up band....ROCK ON JEFF>

  72. J.... G....

    Always loved the licks that Jeff plays from 2:07 to 2:42. And yes, it is very difficult to play.

  73. L.... ....

    One of my favorites when I was a teenager. Still is! Thank you!

  74. c.... ....

    thanks for the post but the best version of this song was recorded at the turku festival, in Finland, back in 72. simply no comparison. eventually someone will post it but then it soon gets yanked. it was raw and electric. arrgghhhhhh!

    c.... ....

    chev202 I would love to hear that

  75. F.... L....

    jeff is rlly good gitarist !!!

  76. p.... ....

    His first album in which his prowess matched his tastiness and his creativity; hence, his best album, by far.

  77. J.... C....

    One of the all time best albums ever! Every song is different and perfect.

  78. 2.... ....

    Jeff Beck was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009

  79. m.... s....

    my best friend, Jody, had just passed when this came out! I still sing along for her & cry. "Jody, these are the reasons why. . ."!

  80. b.... ....

    @RetroKimmie, Sure Retro!

  81. T.... ....

    Tench on Vocals makes this whole Album Awesome !

  82. d.... ....

    One of the very best albums and lineup of musicians of the 70s. End of story.

  83. p.... ....

    @hooptyhee1 Beck, Bogert, and Appice recorded Superstition...I would have much preferred to hear this band do it.

    p.... ....

    Agreed.BBA just didn't cut it for me.

  84. p.... ....

    Every time I hear the first 2 notes on the piano I think "Martha My Dear" by the Beatles.

  85. h.... ....

    A very great, underrated group, foreshadowing both Jeff Beck's Blow by Blow/Wired period and Hummingbird's 3 albums from 3 of this group (plus Cozy's Over the Top). Jazzy, souly, and a real group feel--Bobby, Clive, Max & Cozy are shaping the song as much as Jeff is. No wonder Stevie Wonder wrote Superstition for these guys. And, yes, they were great live--saw them at Carnegie Hall in NYC.

  86. p.... ....

    This band anticipated jazz/fusion by 5 or 6 years.

  87. p.... ....

    @chev202 I saw them live in a tiny club in west London in '72. Amazing, Beck's guitar in a small room is overwhelming.

  88. F.... ....

    Odd that there was such a drop off in sales from the first two albums. Maybe people wanted the old JBG lineup. To tell you the truth, I think this one is just as good as the first two. And Beck writes all but one song. Not only a guitarist but a great song writer as well. Good stuff.

  89. a.... ....

    I love this song all the way through, and Max's soulful keys at the end are tight!

  90. T.... S....

    At 12 years old,this was the album that introduced me to Jeff.Of all the fantastic,classy music this great album produced ,this,the last song on the album grabbed me by the ears and dropped my jaw to the floor.What a band!

  91. T.... ....

    Cozy Powell and Max Middleton-the VERY fuckin' BEST-

  92. T.... ....

    @chev202 can I go too-???this was Jeff's best, to me-the perfect blend of REAL soul and taste-

  93. C.... ....

    Was at concert in 72 at San Diego Civic did both this and Orange disk did four encores and finished with really long SOLO peeformane of Becks Bolero insane.

    C.... ....

    Wish I was there for that one.

  94. d.... ....

    Thanks, for posting-I was in the mood to hear this song.

  95. K.... M....

    i love this ##@@## song signed the linny
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  96. c.... ....

    the best recording i've heard of this song is from a festival in finland, back in 72. total electric live performance. and new ways /train train was awesome, as well. jeff was screamn at that gig and of course,max was brilliant, too. it really must have been a treat to see this band, live. All I can do is imagine but that's not enough. people ask me if i could go back in time to see a band play, who would it be?? and the answer is simple, this band right here. their style totally syncs with me

  97. P.... T....

    Yes! One of the best songs, off one the best albums by one the best musicians!

  98. J.... P....

    i love jody,jeff,cozy,max,clive,bob you guys made 2 great records together.

  99. b.... ....

    @RapIsDeadly, UR so right! Great record.