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    #14595094 - 06/11/11 09:31 AM (12 years, 7 months ago)

  • 1969:  Thunderclap Newman releases the single for "Something In The Air"




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"Something in the Air" is a song recorded by Thunderclap Newman, a band created by Pete Townshend for The Who's former roadie John 'Speedy' Keen who wrote and sang the song, from their only album Hollywood Dream. It was a UK #1 single for three weeks in July 1969. The song has been used for films, television and adverts, and has been covered by several artists.

Thunderclap Newman

In 1969, Pete Townshend, The Who's guitarist, was the catalyst behind the formation of the band. The concept was to create a band to perform songs written by former Who roadie and drummer/singer John 'Speedy' Keen, who had written "Armenia City in the Sky", the first track on The Who Sell Out.  Townshend recruited eccentric General Post Office engineer and jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (a friend from art college), and 15-year-old Glaswegian Jimmy McCulloch.  Keen played the drums and sang the lead.

Production

Townshend produced the single, arranged the strings, and played bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains. Originally titled Revolution but later renamed to avoid confusion with the Beatles' 1968 song of that name, "Something in the Air" captured post-flower power rebellion, marrying McCulloch's sweeping acoustic and glowing electric guitars, Keen's powerful drumming and yearning falsetto, and Newman's felicitous piano solo.

Reception

The single reached No. 1 on the UK charts just three weeks after release, holding off Elvis Presley in the process. The scale of the song's success surprised everyone and there were no plans to promote Thunderclap Newman with live performances. Eventually a line-up - augmented by Jim Pitman-Avory on bass and McCulloch's elder brother Jack on drums - played a handful of gigs. Personal records say the band played live only five times, although Keen referred to a two-month tour, playing "everywhere". In the UK, a follow-up single, "Accidents", came out only in May 1970 and charted at No. 44 for a week. An album, Hollywood Dream, peaked in Billboard at No. 163. Thus, the song and the band were forever linked as a one hit wonder. Labelle recorded an emotional cover of it alongside "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised", for their 1973 album, Pressure Cookin'.

(http://en.wikipedia.org)




Singles
Year Song Chart peak positions Album
UK
[7]
1969 "Something in the Air" / "Wilhelmina"
(11 June)
1 Hollywood Dream
1970 "Accidents" / "I See It All"
(27 June) 46
"The Reason" / "Stormy Petrel" -
"Wild Country" / "Hollywood" -

(http://en.wikipedia.org)














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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan]
    #16364511 - 06/11/12 04:43 AM (11 years, 7 months ago)






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Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now

Hand out the arms and ammo
We're going to blast our way through here
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right

We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together















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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan]
    #18401540 - 06/11/13 05:17 AM (10 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #18401561 - 06/11/13 05:30 AM (10 years, 7 months ago)

:seriousthankyou:


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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: memes] * 1
    #20112760 - 06/11/14 03:00 AM (9 years, 7 months ago)

45th anniversary today.


















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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 3
    #20112988 - 06/11/14 05:48 AM (9 years, 7 months ago)

:smile: :thumbup:


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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: memes] * 1
    #21791802 - 06/11/15 05:32 AM (8 years, 7 months ago)

:smile: :thumbup:

















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    #23332952 - 06/11/16 02:10 PM (7 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #24396560 - 06/11/17 12:07 PM (6 years, 7 months ago)

The revolution's here.












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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #25260925 - 06/11/18 06:34 AM (5 years, 7 months ago)

And you know it's right.











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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #26045350 - 06/11/19 06:35 AM (4 years, 7 months ago)

50th anniversary of "Something In The Air" today.











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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan]
    #26735990 - 06/11/20 04:28 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #26736342 - 06/11/20 09:32 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I :heart: U!


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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: Learyfan] * 1
    #26736568 - 06/11/20 10:55 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Nooooice


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Re: Today in counterculture history (06/11) [Re: tyrannicalrex]
    #27343964 - 06/11/21 05:02 AM (2 years, 7 months ago)

:heart: you too, Tyrannical!










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    #27814370 - 06/11/22 08:39 AM (1 year, 7 months ago)

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