The video may be "sync'd" to the older film. Very fitting for the theme of the tune.Īlthough in the B&W video I see only 6-string guitars, I'm pretty sure I'm hearing a 12-string in the audio. They are borrowing phrases from the War of 1812 Overture, by Tchaikovsky. Something In the Air (their hit), which was the last cut on the LP, is the first cut here, followed by the remaining songs in the original order. The CD would have been better if they hadnt messed with it. There is some real music going on here.Īnother thing I like is the "call-response" (musical term) between the accompanying guitar (not the lead) and the French horns in the background. Thunderclap Newman - Hollywood Dream - MCA Records - MCA-354, Track Record - MCA-354. I always liked the orchestration of this tune. Much better audio quality from this Youtube, but the video is silly. Original tune as I remember it in this Youtube with video from original band Thunder Clap Newman. Its time to bring this 1969 'hippie pop" tune back around, only now, since the last election, the song applies to what needs to happen to get our conservaitve America back. Original has nice 12-string guitars, French horns, strings, etc. Its been hard to find the original to listen on-line. Maybe from 40 years ago 1969, when this tune was #1 during the hippie days, they were just ahead of their time. I don't normally listen to song lyrics, being an instrumental player myself, BUT the lyrics caught my attention.
The band Thunderclap Newman was started as an "alter" by Pete Townshend of THE WHO.Īny way. We're going to blast our way through hereĪ one-hit wonder tune from 1969. We've got to get together sooner or laterīecause the revolution's here, and you know it's right The lyrics below struck a Chord (pun intended) with me. Words are very fitting for the times we are in. (Certain kinds of "rock" I like.) and the tune, "Something in the Air aka "THE REVOLUTION" byThunderclap Newman came on. Andy Newman formed a new version of Thunderclap Newman in 2010 and plays Hollywood Dream from start to finish in his set.So this morning I was driving back from the grocery market 24 mile round trip, and have the radio on to the local rock station. in 1977 (their only studio album) and Motörhead’s debut album before leaving the music industry. “Speedy” Keen had one more hit single, “Y’know Wot I Mean?” and went on to work as a producer with Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers on L.A.M.F. McCulloch died of heart failure caused by a heroin overdose in 1979, apparently seated upright in a chair (“America’s Funnyman,” Neil Hamburger told me this, btw. He left Wings in 1977 (good timing!) to play with a reformed version of the Small Faces. In concert with Wings, McCulloch would switch to bass when Macca sat down at the piano or played an acoustic guitar. His debut with Wings was “Junior’s Farm,” a great showcase for his talents. Jimmy McCulloch went on to play guitar with Paul McCartney and Wings. It’s a stone classic, there’s not a single weak song on it, but since the band never really had anything in common with one another, after a year of touring Europe supporting Deep Purple and Leon Russell, they just broke up. The group recorded an album, Hollywood Dream, again with Townshend in the producer’s chair. The original title was “Revolution” but that had to be changed due to the Beatles’s song of that same name. “Something In The Air” was written by Keen for the soundtrack of The Magic Christian film with Peter Sellers and Ringo Starr. Townshend produced the single and played bass guitar under the pseudonym “Bijou Drains.” Newman, Keen and McCullough all met for the first time at the inaugural recording session for “Something in the Air” at Townshend’s home studio. Townshend originally planned to work with each of the musicians separately, but since he was concurrently working on his rock opera Tommy at the time, Lambert suggested that a group be formed instead. Thunderclap Newman were formed in early 1969 when Pete Townshend and Who producer Kit Lambert brought together fifteen-year-old guitarist Jimmy McCulloch and jazz pianist Andy “Thunderclap” Newman to form a three-piece group to play the songs of former Who roadie (and Townshend’s sometime chauffeur) John “Speedy” Keen. Although their passionate, anthemic ode to flower power, “Something in the Air” has been used countless times in films and television commercials, Thunderclap Newman, the group behind this classic song remain unfairly obscure.
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