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Jeff Beck — Going Down
Album: Jeff Beck Group
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Released: 1972
Length: 6:47
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Well, I'm going down
Down, down, down, down, down
I'm going down
Down, down, down, down, down
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the ground
She's gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
She's gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the ground

So, I'm going down
Down, down, down, down
I'm going down, down, down, down, down
Down, down, down, down, yes I am
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the

Well, I'm goin' down
Down, down, down, down
I'm going down
Down, down, down, down, down
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the ground

Gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
She's gone
Gone, gone, gone, gone, gone
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the

Well, I'm down
Down, down, down, down, down
I'm goin' down
Down, down, down, down, down
I've got my head out the window
And my big feet on the ground, yes I have
Well, she walked out the door
And I crawled right out there
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I enjoyed this greatly.I would like to hear just covers and versions of "Going Down" played loud.
Posted 4 months ago by Flying_Donut    [ Reply ]
 MassivRuss wrote:
Why did I stop at 9? What’s missing to make this a 10? Aaaww fuck, nothing!
 

Posted 6 months ago by Gardensuppdx    [ Reply ]
Why is this not 10’s across the board? WHY?
Posted 9 months ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Jimmy Page once said, "When Jeff (Beck) is 'on', there is no one better."
Posted 10 months ago by sfyi2001    [ Reply ]
I prefere JJ's version - the antithesis of this one.
Posted 1 year ago by kbs    [ Reply ]
 RascalRhyme wrote:
Which way is he going ?

 
 It's his mood  (she's gone) not his direction

Posted 2 years ago by Canadese    [ Reply ]
Why did I stop at 9? What’s missing to make this a 10? Aaaww fuck, nothing!
Posted 2 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
Up or Down?? {#Cheesygrin}
Posted 2 years ago by diannemck56    [ Reply ]
 George_Tirebiter wrote:
Bobby Tench on vocals for this.  I never heard of him before or after this one tune. 
 

Posted 2 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
Bill, you've livened up my afternoon!  Thanks for playing this Jeff Beck Group classic.  I wore this album out!
Posted 2 years ago by khardog145    [ Reply ]
hEAVILY AMPLIfIED gravity
Posted 2 years ago by LinThizzy    [ Reply ]
Bobby Tench on vocals for this.  I never heard of him before or after this one tune. 
Posted 2 years ago by George_Tirebiter    [ Reply ]
Best part?  The hitch in the middle.  

           Thudding bass, hammering piano, and ripping guitar . . . .  

           Silence . . . .  

           MORE thudding bass, hammering piano, and ripping guitar!
Posted 2 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Songs like Long John Baldry on vocals. Piano?  
Posted 3 years ago by idiot_wind    [ Reply ]
Not to be confused with Beff Juckley.
Posted 3 years ago by jaffacake    [ Reply ]
 OceanBlue wrote:
Godly levels of talent aren't always so nice to listen to....

He maybe one of the greatest blues guitarists in history, but this just rips my ears.

 
Going Down.  Ground floor.  1.  PSD.
Posted 3 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
{#Devil_pimp} DOUBLE ZESTY !
Posted 3 years ago by primm    [ Reply ]
 On_The_Beach wrote:
I'm a little unclear; which direction is he going?

 
He's going in the direction of 1 ...
Posted 4 years ago by user4176    [ Reply ]
You're going down? OK go deeper!
Posted 4 years ago by Ptijoc    [ Reply ]
 OceanBlue wrote:
Godly levels of talent aren't always so nice to listen to....

He maybe one of the greatest blues guitarists in history, but this just rips my ears.

 
Uh... it's meant to rip your ears. It's a f*in white-hot guitar solo is all. One of the deepest pockets I've been blessed to have heard in all jazz-rock history. Saint Jeff and Saint Max (Middleton). Tightness credited to Steve Cropper, Producer-o'-the-Gods, whom Booker T.  taught well... Sorry man, I wax poetic about one of me and the Bearette's favorite songs of all time, one that is sung EVERY time we go down our elevator and the little soft voice says "Goin' Down." Yeah, baby.
Posted 4 years ago by misterbearbaby    [ Reply ]
I'm a little unclear; which direction is he going?
Posted 4 years ago by On_The_Beach    [ Reply ]
Don Nix (writer of the song) with Alabama State Troupers did the best version, Ms Jeanie Greene was in that group too

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Posted 4 years ago by Skydog    [ Reply ]
 I far prefer Leon's rendition.  
Posted 4 years ago by JeriF    [ Reply ]
Wonderful guitarist. Generic rock song.
Posted 5 years ago by ppopp    [ Reply ]
Godly levels of talent aren't always so nice to listen to....

He maybe one of the greatest blues guitarists in history, but this just rips my ears.
Posted 5 years ago by OceanBlue    [ Reply ]
I love this song, but I'd rather hear Freddie King playing it (his version is so great and intense that it is almost unbearable).
Posted 5 years ago by GTT    [ Reply ]
Thats Jett Becks Blues Rock i guess!! {#Crown}
Posted 5 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Beck's phrasing is phenomenal on this track.
Posted 5 years ago by Zoonhollis    [ Reply ]
Gov't Mule also does a great version of this on The Deepest End.
Posted 5 years ago by LowPhreak    [ Reply ]
A1 SPECTACULAR  : )
Posted 5 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
Wow that just kicks my ass
Totally phenomenal - what an amazing jam
Oh and no polydent or bridge, yet!  {#Lol} 
Posted 5 years ago by DanFHiggins    [ Reply ]
If any rock guitarist is actually guilty of selling their soul to the devil it's going to be Jeff Beck. His talent is not natural.
Posted 5 years ago by Sasha2001    [ Reply ]
Sometimes this classic piece of Old-School Hard Rock hits the boogie-spot just right! I forgive the vocals because I've felt these blues.
Posted 5 years ago by coloradojohn    [ Reply ]
 Dosequis wrote:
Yep. I've seen Hendrix twice
Clapton a hundred times.
Page with Zeppelin. 

Jeff Beck puts them all in his back pocket with room to spare.
You have to see him live. F'n unreal !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

  Totally agree - I saw him with Clapton in 2010. Comparing boys with men.


Posted 5 years ago by ecojot    [ Reply ]
Which way is he going ?

 
Posted 5 years ago by RascalRhyme    [ Reply ]
A tomcat in heat could have put down better vocals.
Posted 6 years ago by Derecho    [ Reply ]
Talent in spades, but a PSD for me.  Sorry
Posted 6 years ago by DaidyBoy    [ Reply ]
I learned the words to that one night as a college freshman, despite being so hammered I couldn't walk.  Still brings back the contact high.
Posted 6 years ago by unclehud    [ Reply ]
Bridge players nightmare ......{#Doh}
Posted 6 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
 oldsaxon wrote:

It was recorded in 1972....Tech was a bit more analogue in those days.

 
It was all analog back then! The only thing "digital" were the fingers used on the piano and guitar. {#Bananajam}{#Bananapiano}
Posted 6 years ago by ajlept    [ Reply ]
so fawkin out-standin

: ) 
Posted 6 years ago by hayduke2    [ Reply ]
My system just dropped the left channel (crappy cable) so all I listened to was the right channel which made it much easier to hear a lot more of Jeff's playing.  Dayum he is great...  Check it out some time.
Posted 6 years ago by midigitguy    [ Reply ]
As great as Jeff Beck is (And he is. I hope to see him when he comes to my town this summer), this has nothing to offer compared to Freddie King's original. A reminder of how much the British Invasion owed to American blues and R&B. 
Posted 6 years ago by PFEdwards    [ Reply ]
One of the first songs (album) I ever heard in true quad on a Sansui brought home from Nam by a buddy.

Holy effen A ! 
Posted 6 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
Love Jeff Beck, hate this
Posted 7 years ago by The_Walrus    [ Reply ]
Yep. I've seen Hendrix twice
Clapton a hundred times.
Page with Zeppelin. 

Jeff Beck puts them all in his back pocket with room to spare.
You have to see him live. F'n unreal !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
Posted 7 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
Fun song to jam from back when " going down " didn't really mean the first thing that comes to mind these days.
Posted 7 years ago by ccjemmett    [ Reply ]
Jeff Beck !!!!
                    Greatest guitar player ever !!!!! 
Posted 7 years ago by Dosequis    [ Reply ]
 ncollingridge wrote:

My score (2) is for the whole of this track and I am afraid that it does nothing (positive) for me. it is repetitive well beyond a reasonable degree, has no melody to speak of and has rubbish vocals. It may have some redeeming features but I haven't detected them. To me it is just an uninspired album filler. Sorry!
 

yo mama don't dance an yo daddy don't rock & roll...................
Posted 7 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
{#Bananapiano}{#Drummer}{#Bananajam}{#Guitarist}{#Group-hug}{#Bananasplit}{#Music}............and so on
Posted 7 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
 BrightonGuy wrote:
If this is rock 'n' roll, then I'm missing something. 
  yes, you are


Posted 7 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
If this is rock 'n' roll, then I'm missing something. 
Posted 7 years ago by BrightonGuy    [ Reply ]
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
6.5?  What the hell is wrong with all of you?

Forget the voice on this track......DIG....THE.....AMAZING........GUITAR.........!! {#Cheers} 

 
My score (2) is for the whole of this track and I am afraid that it does nothing (positive) for me. it is repetitive well beyond a reasonable degree, has no melody to speak of and has rubbish vocals. It may have some redeeming features but I haven't detected them. To me it is just an uninspired album filler. Sorry!
Posted 7 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]
Another fun version of this song: Joe Bonamassa, Billy Gibbons, Derek Trucks and Dusty Hill live at the Rock Hall Of Fame induction of Freddie King 2012 playing Going Down.

https://youtu.be/ZztYiIqx8XI
Posted 7 years ago by MoonDweazel    [ Reply ]
 d48m02h1918 wrote:
6.5?  What the hell is wrong with all of you?

Forget the voice on this track......DIG....THE.....AMAZING........GUITAR.........!! {#Cheers} 

 
{#Cheers}
Posted 7 years ago by nalle    [ Reply ]
6.5?  What the hell is wrong with all of you?

Forget the voice on this track......DIG....THE.....AMAZING........GUITAR.........!! {#Cheers} 
Posted 7 years ago by d48m02h1918    [ Reply ]
Average 6.5? Cmon RPers!!! Pump it UP! {#Beat}{#Bananasplit}
Posted 7 years ago by MassivRuss    [ Reply ]
I love this!
Posted 7 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
First album I ever bought 

just noticed that I'm repeating myself...must be my age
Posted 7 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 countryrds wrote:
If you play bridge, you might just appreciate this song. 
 



..if you own stock in Polident, you may think this song is neat-o..

(..heh!..i actually slot it around 6/7, but thought the comment had funnish possibilities..)
Posted 8 years ago by cShaggy    [ Reply ]
One of the GREAT bands of all times. Nicky Hopkins can play keyboards as good or better than anyone.
Posted 8 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
If you play bridge, you might just appreciate this song. 
Posted 8 years ago by countryrds    [ Reply ]
I understand it's JB and all, but really can't find any inspiration from or in this song.  Just flat and I agree the vocals certainly don't help AT ALL!
Posted 8 years ago by aspicer    [ Reply ]
 clickfaster wrote:
I believe the vocalist was Bobby Tench - not Alex Ligertwood
 

I thought it was Chris Rock {#Biggrin}
Posted 8 years ago by OHMish    [ Reply ]
You sure that isn't Chris Rock on vocals?
Posted 8 years ago by TimeWaster    [ Reply ]
So, "going down," then?
Posted 8 years ago by linden    [ Reply ]
I like Jeff Beck, but not this one.  I believe the vocalist was Bobby Tench - not Alex Ligertwood.

Bobby Tench
Bobby Tench
Posted 8 years ago by clickfaster    [ Reply ]
This would be so good without the chalkboard vocals.  That really is one of the most irritating voices that I can think of right now.
Posted 8 years ago by TJS    [ Reply ]
Dullsville - sorry, really don't get it. Very repetitive. Just doesn't go anywhere.
Posted 8 years ago by ncollingridge    [ Reply ]

Let me see if I have this right-he is going somewhere-can't quite put my finger on it.
Posted 8 years ago by skyguy    [ Reply ]
good memories of the local pubs house band doing this as an encore.   "Snatch It Back"  good times before I got involved with "THAT" woman.
Posted 8 years ago by stunix    [ Reply ]
Nice!
Posted 8 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
 wolverine wrote:

This is good, but it doesn't hold a candle to the great Freddie King version {#Bananajam}

 
The Freddie King version is great, but this effort has its own feel, more of a band dynamic to it. Freddie was awesome live, Beck still is. 
Posted 8 years ago by jpbergjr58    [ Reply ]

This is good, but it doesn't hold a candle to the great Freddie King version {#Bananajam}


Posted 8 years ago by wolverine    [ Reply ]
This was the first album I bought as a young man. It will forever hold a place of special joy for me.
Posted 8 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
 Jelani wrote:
Love this!
my only criticism is that the "bottom" could be a bit more "crisp" . 
Sounds a bit muddy to me. 
 
It was recorded in 1972....Tech was a bit more analogue in those days.
Posted 8 years ago by oldsaxon    [ Reply ]
How in the world can that song be meh, kinda bla?
One of Beck's best Lp's of which he has had many.
The great thing about Jeff is that one LP doesn't sound like the next.
Thank you Jeff & thank you Bill & Co. for playing the best of the best, always.


Posted 8 years ago by number7    [ Reply ]
meh, kind of blah......
Posted 9 years ago by deepwoodskev    [ Reply ]
One of my top Ipod tracks.
Posted 9 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
oh god!{#Drunk}
Posted 9 years ago by Det    [ Reply ]
Just got my record player hooked back up and dug this LP out. Great tunes, guitar palying and piano.
Posted 9 years ago by martinc    [ Reply ]

On my top ten list

Posted 9 years ago by alohascott    [ Reply ]
Cookin'!
Posted 9 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
Love this!
my only criticism is that the "bottom" could be a bit more "crisp" . 
Sounds a bit muddy to me. 
Posted 10 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
Outstanding. Just an organic buzz every time.
Posted 10 years ago by Lrobby99    [ Reply ]
Turn it down. Turn it down, down, down, down, down.
Posted 10 years ago by kazoo    [ Reply ]
 djaychicago wrote:
11... classic and outstanding in every way!
 
TEACH ME...

Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Enjoy Beck's newer recordings, this one doesn't work for me.{#Stupid}
Posted 10 years ago by DeemerDave    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana_2}{#Bananajam}{#Motor} Better guitar than vocals but a good song nonetheless.

Posted 10 years ago by nicolewe    [ Reply ]
I do not care that BECKS is a good guitar-player!
His music NEVER touched me anyway!

PS
Is Jeff the father of BECK jr.?
Posted 10 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Awesome guitar.

Posted 10 years ago by 88    [ Reply ]
The vocals would be the perfect accompaniment to getting your finger trapped in the door, or getting a serious burn.

Sadly they don't add anything musically.
Posted 10 years ago by daedalus    [ Reply ]
 kestrel wrote:
Great without the vocals{#Shhh}
 

Alex Ligerwood
 
Alex Ligerwood
Posted 10 years ago by a_genuine_find    [ Reply ]
A terrific line up this was.

Posted 10 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
I like the song, but the beginning made me think I'd pulled my headphones a little way out of my computer and was operating in mono mode....

Posted 10 years ago by Nerubo    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Cripes, this is GREAT! A 6.6, people, really?? Technical proficiency and soul, unlike some guitarists I could name.

 

you said it!
Posted 10 years ago by jonahboo    [ Reply ]
 lmic wrote:
Cripes, this is GREAT! A 6.6, people, really?? Technical proficiency and soul, unlike some guitarists I could name.
 
Sorry, I saved my 10 for Beck's cover of "Rollin' and Tumblin". Faaaaarrrrrr more deserving than this, as good as it is.
Posted 10 years ago by Ag3nt0rang3    [ Reply ]
Great without the vocals{#Shhh}
Posted 10 years ago by kestrel    [ Reply ]
11... classic and outstanding in every way!
Posted 11 years ago by djaychicago    [ Reply ]
 WonderLizard wrote:
Gregorama wrote:

      Actually, it was written by Don Nix, although Freddy King probably sold a lot more copies that Don.
 k_trout wrote:

hmmmm....i believe that J.J. Cale wrote this....1972 album called Really
{#Cowboy} 

 
Gregorama's correct—check out the liner notes to Really. Cale also credits Nix.
 
You are correct, sir!
{#Cowboy}


Posted 11 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
Cripes, this is GREAT! A 6.6, people, really?? Technical proficiency and soul, unlike some guitarists I could name.

Posted 11 years ago by lmic    [ Reply ]
Decent is a very apt description.
Posted 11 years ago by TheKing2    [ Reply ]
 tiggers wrote:

How can you not want to get up and leave the room?

 
Please feel free to leave the room.  More room for us to dance!  Wheeee!

Posted 11 years ago by Govi    [ Reply ]
Gregorama wrote:

      Actually, it was written by Don Nix, although Freddy King probably sold a lot more copies that Don.
 k_trout wrote:

hmmmm....i believe that J.J. Cale wrote this....1972 album called Really
{#Cowboy} 

 
Gregorama's correct—check out the liner notes to Really. Cale also credits Nix.
Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 oldhippiechick wrote:
How can you not want to get up and dance!
 
How can you not want to get up and leave the room?

Posted 11 years ago by tiggers    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana}
Posted 11 years ago by sarahbean26    [ Reply ]
The first discrete quad recording I ever heard.  Friend brought a Sansui back from Nam.  It, as has been said before somewhere, changed everything.   37 years later, still like this track as much as the first time I heard it.
Posted 11 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
WTF is this, Status Quo? 
Posted 11 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
 madaxeman wrote:

Chas And Dave are nothing like as bad as they're made out to be,probably by folk who haven't heard much.
Chas Hodges was right in at the start of British rock 'n' roll as a sessioneer for Joe Meek and worked for years with Ritchie Blackmore, and later Albert Lee. You don't get to keep company with those guys and be second rate.
Try and get a listen to Heads Hands And Feet's first 2 albums. Chas plays sublime bass, and does fiddle, banjo, electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals.
 
The lead guitarist in my old band revered Head Hands and Feet—especially Hodges's bass work, "Best time keeper in rock and roll."

Posted 11 years ago by WonderLizard    [ Reply ]
 capandjudy wrote:
Soulful. A mix of the British rock sound (Les Paul through a Marshall) and solid R&B. It was on my turntable quite a bit in 1973. Norman HunterEdited By capandjudy at 5:32 am on 12/17/2002
 

Norman Hunter?  Jesus!  I suppose what he has in common with this track is 'taking no prisoners'.

Posted 12 years ago by PeterRigg    [ Reply ]
{#Sleep}  Boring
Posted 12 years ago by Mike_Sneade    [ Reply ]
How can you not want to get up and dance!
Posted 12 years ago by oldhippiechick    [ Reply ]
More I hears, more I likes! He's a nice guy too, awesome fella!
Posted 12 years ago by garthwb    [ Reply ]
2>1
:( @ repetition.
Posted 12 years ago by mwsteele79    [ Reply ]
 madaxeman wrote:

Chas And Dave are nothing like as bad as they're made out to be,probably by folk who haven't heard much.
Chas Hodges was right in at the start of British rock 'n' roll as a sessioneer for Joe Meek and worked for years with Ritchie Blackmore, and later Albert Lee. You don't get to keep company with those guys and be second rate.
Try and get a listen to Heads Hands And Feet's first 2 albums. Chas plays sublime bass, and does fiddle, banjo, electric and acoustic guitars, lead and backing vocals.

 
Dave's not here man
{#Cowboy} 
Posted 12 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
 backbeat00 wrote:
GREAT VERSION FOR ITS TIME, UPDATED VERSION BY "THE CHI-CHI ROD BAND" OUT OF CHICAGO, ON MYSPACE.COM/CHICHIROD, IS VERY ROCK-BLUES INFUSED. CHECK IT OUT!!!

 
You can look up "forum spam" while you're at it.

Posted 12 years ago by RadioDoc    [ Reply ]
yes. yes. yes. love it. get me a beer.

Posted 12 years ago by jonboy    [ Reply ]
 Gregorama wrote:

Actually, it was written by Don Nix, although Freddy King probably sold a lot more copies that Don.


 
hmmmm....i believe that J.J. Cale wrote this....1972 album called Really
{#Cowboy} 

Posted 12 years ago by k_trout    [ Reply ]
This song is perfect for today: economy heading for depression, two incompetent Presidential candidates, and cloudy skies with rain in the forecast. {#Headache}
Posted 12 years ago by Mugro    [ Reply ]
backbeat00 wrote:
GREAT VERSION FOR ITS TIME, UPDATED VERSION BY "THE CHI-CHI ROD BAND" OUT OF CHICAGO, ON MYSPACE.COM/CHICHIROD, IS VERY ROCK-BLUES INFUSED. CHECK IT OUT!!!
Do us all a favor and look up netiquette on google
Posted 12 years ago by Ulises    [ Reply ]