Cochran, Eddie - Nervous Breakdown Lyrics

....and what I love, even at this hard rocker one can hear that classic Eddie chuckle in the sung. Like he's telling us "Guys, don't take it too seriously" or he just chuckled because the fun recording it. Soooo coool.

One of my top 5 Eddie recorings ever...means since 1979. A great rocker and I think Hendrix - though I'm not the hugest fan of him - wanted this one blasting on his funeral and it did. He was also, probably, a huge Ed fan.

I'mma havin a NeEeaervous bReEaekdown

The Stray Cats thank you! Me too...

Years ago during a phone conversation with Johnny Burnette's widow, Thurley Burnette, she told me that Johnny and Eddie hung out quite a bit. Eddie also played on some of Burnette's recordings. Both were lost way too early.

Superb classic!

Sounds nothing like Communication Breakdown. I get the complaints about some Zep songs, but this one? Seriously?

Now I know where Supertramp get inspiration to their famous
"Just another nervous wreck"
It was perhaps a part2

Damn! Just heard this on NPR. Thought it was a guy I went to school with. Wonder if it's his father. Wow!

King of Punk Rock

Absolutely Excellent Classic Outstanding Genius Of Masterpiece Totally Classic Of All-time Still Outstanding To This Day As It Was On Its First Release
Thank You For Sharing This Superb Classic 🎙🎸🎼🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵🎶⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Did he write Summertime Blues too? which came first? because I just can't stop hearing Summertime blues in this song

Maui Mig Yes

Power chord riffs in the 50's. Anticipating the Who, Led Zep et al. Way ahead of his time!

The Skulls from LA cover this. Great to hear the original!

I AM BREAKING DOWN BECAUSE EDDIE IS GONE. LOVE ALL HIS GREAT MUSIC. YOU ROCKED EDDIE!

I'm a-havin' a nervous breakdown
A mental shakedown
See my hands, how they shiver
See my knees, how they quiver
My whole body's in a jitter
I'm a-havin' a nervous breakdown

Well, I went to see my doctor just the other day
And I've got to tell you what the man had to say
Well, he said, "Hey, boy, you just gotta slow down
You can't keep a-traipsin' all over town
After givin' you a physical check
I've come to the conclusion you're a total wreck"

I'm a-havin' a nervous breakdown
A mental shakedown
See my hands, how they shiver
See my knees, how they quiver
My whole body's in a jitter
I'm a-havin' a nervous breakdown

I've made up my mind I'd better change my ways
My shattered nerves have seen better days
No more girls for a week or 2
No more runnin' 'round with the usual crew
No more movies or stayin' out late
My baby have to find herself another

I've listened to this song probably 1000 times since I first heard it in the early 80's. It's still sounds so "original." I never get tired of it. Remains #1 on my all-time list!

You have good taste

Forget the manufactured Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly...Eddie Cochran was The Real Deal! Never sold Out!

@Val Val The point is that you said Presley didn't sell out. He did, didn't he?

@Val Val I love Eddie's ballads! 'Lonely' is great. 'Three Stars' is epic!

@HarryWebb46 the point is that you are wrong. You are wrong when you say that Eddie was the only not to sell out. Jerry Lee Lewis is rocking in his 80's. Also, Eddie died at 21, so you just cannot know if he would have turned into a pop singer. Elvis discography is amazing and if you want to judge him by his films you just have no clue. He was a musician, not an actor, in case you didn't know. And please be equal and judge Eddie's filmography just the same

@HarryWebb46 you love Eddie's ballads? So what? There are many people who love Shakira and I don't give a f*** about that. You can make yourself a Buddhist and tattoo the face of Justin Bieber in your chest if that makes you happy

HarryWebb46 OK, that's pretty cool, enjoy them pal 😊👍

Jimmy Hendrix paid massive tribute to Cochran as did Rod Stewart

Jimmy page me recomendo esto :v

un grand rocker disparu trop tôt 😢

This is REAL music, unlike the garbage we hear on the radio these days =/

Ehh i kinda like the music on the radio.. SOMETIMES

Personally I'm with ya but every generation says the same thing about following generations. Although since the '80s we've had to deal with the huge corperate take-over of radio which has fuct us all.

Every generation will have really good, really average and really shit music.

j'te suis mec !

Keep on rockin Edward Cochran.
Greetings from Sweden.

20-30 years ahead of his time. R.I.P. Eddie what a loss. Thinking of you, Sharon.

Une légende : j'adore !!!

Funny how people are arguing which Zeppelin song this sounds like. Its obvious that its Living Loving Maid.

How Brown do you think it’s enough for plagiarism?

What, Led Zeppelin nick other people's music?
Yes.

Maybe it's this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMGSXIjU2Js : D

How Brown
Lolol

Eddie Cochran was so ahead of his time!

He still is.

How much?!

The riff sounds more like living loving maid

You got it back to front. Living Loving Maid's riff sounds like this.

This is real incredible so good played super good work a real rock master.He was and his music we keep it alive,

Ok it's an inspiration for Zeps Communication Breakdown.

at best....omg......you mean the title right ;))))))

Plagiarism

great awesome just to good great song live this song

Eddie Cochran!

great song love this song awesome just to good love this song awesome

la genèse du rock'n'roll, c'est lui: Eddie Cochran!

Retrospectively...the Greatest Rock 'n' Roll Artist of the 1950's

nah, thats Elvis! He was regarded as the best at the time and its unfair for 'revisionists' to try and change history. Elvis could sing everything, Eddie could never sing a decent ballad.

Hey this guy travelled into the future and stole this from Led Zeppelin,then re worked it for a 50's audience!

amazing isn't it? cochran was a fan of zepellin. even giovanni stole stairway to heaven from zepellin. & that was more than 400 yrs ago.

400 yrs ago! That wasn't bad.

True rock

Rockabilly*

it's only called rockabilly because he's white, if he's black then it is called rock n roll

I remember Eddie performing this live in October '59, in Williston, ND. It was the song he played when he did all kinds of shakes and shivers on stage. It brought down the house.

Oh, what a memory! Sounds good he played "Somethin' Else" One of the biggest classic rollers ever.

I would give almost anything for a Time Machine

Would give my left pinky being there - nah, probably, and I'm serious here, 3 fingers being there. Of course it was outta my powers as I was born '55. Interesting as it is, and so far I haven't seen any responses to what I must say: Jimy Hendrix's one wish was that Eddie's "Nervous Breakdown" was gonna platform at his funeral. NONE have so far, NONE, no person or whatever have ever responded to my question or the fact the song was played. Heya guys, you know it but no reply! What's wrong with you sonzabitches?

@roland johansson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8sLAFNOApU

I'd reply before but again - man what a memory!

Page learned a lot from Mr. Cochran, specially chord changes and then some riffs and stuff and he managed to recreate them well in hard rock songs and covers. As for other artists, well, he just blatlantly ripped them off more or less depending on the case.

+José Aquino I also have a Shiba.  She's 17.

Thanks for posting. Rare and Rockin' -cd cover which you used as a display for this video includes alternative version of this song.

If there. Is such a. Place. As. Rock n. Roll. Heaven. All. Of. Em. Will. Be. Up. There. From. Country. To. Rock n. Roll. But. This. Young. Man. Is. Still. Twenty. One. And. Will. Be. Topping. The. Bill. Always. Eddie. You. Really. Were. Somethin. Else and. I. Remember. Lash. Bonnett

Wasn't Keith Richards influenced by Eddie? I just want to know. In my opinion, I think Keith was.

+Maureen Devries they all were

Yep, all correct. I would also add Pete Townshend to the list.

I believe Keith, anyway at first, was more influenced by Scotty Moore. Just listen to any interview on you tube and Keith says he was more interested about the "guy who played the gtr" than Elvis.

roland johansson True too. I imagine that Scotty came first and then Keith started listening to Eddie.

Chuck Berry was one of Keith's greatest influences. Just check all stories by Keith and his work with Chuck for his 60th birthday in St.Louis, 2 concerts in 1986 and released as a movie & album in 1987, "Hail! Hail! Rock'n'Roll" It's damn good. Oh, Keith had many favorites that influenced him in the 50s, not only rockers but some bluesmen too Check his autogiography "Life." He there write that he was more interested of the bands behind the singer. Like: "I never bought a Ricky Nelson record, I bought a James Burton record." "But the one that really turned me on, like an explosion one night...was 'Heartbreak Hotel.' That was the stunner. I'd never heard it before, or anything like it." Well, I threw around here as "Heartbreak Hotel" was before Burton/Nelson (in the book & and in his memory/real life) Though Keith always spoke highly of Eddie Cochran...as one of the real rockers. He does "Somethin' Else" here on youtube, but IMHO, I do not believe that Eddie was # 2 after Scotty coming to influence Keith. Don't misunderstand me, in my "book" of Rock'N'Roll, Eddie & Elvis (of the 50s...then it went downhill for him) share the # 1 place. Eddie Cochran - No Punk or Palooka of 59' ;O)

led zeppelin ripped this off

@apollo11bb
Yeah the only thing this song this has in common with Zeppelin's Communication Breakdown is the word 'breakdown'.

You're clearly a fucking moron that doesn't know how to use their fucking ears

I don't think communication breakdown sounds like this. I definitely see some inspiration toward Living Loving Maid

100 times better! Ha ha. Are you legpulling me? I guess ALL of the great original stuff of the 50's would NOT be forgotten, Led Zeppelin or not and NEVER Ed's "Nervous Brakdown." Or do you think "Great Balls Of Fire" or Elvis version of "Hound Dawg" would be forgetten without Led? Just check all groups on Face Book.

I hear a bit of this in "Living Loving Maid"; nothing to get bent out of shape over. Not seeing the connection to "Communication Breakdown".

I remember a version of this from about the late '70s; who did it?

Can't be Hendrix as he died early 70"s though I know he made a version, Hendrix style. I have read that Hendrix wanted Eddie's "Nervous Breakdown" played on his funeral.

roland johansson he did and it was

Nice hair

Superb classic!