Thunderclap Newman "Something in the air" 1969

[dsdon175]

....anyway, I think now the politics are still just a reflection of ourselves. No one tries to elaborate to the ignorant. They now have their own group selfish and fearful, lead by the soundbites and christian right, the powers all cave in, don't persist until the misunderstandings and misrepresentations are cleared. The fear is on the other foot now and it is in control.

[dsdon175]

cmhawks99 WELL PUT! and true in my view. I grew up as a teenager in the '60's. (15 in '65) So much going on, fear & confusion, racial oppression (and still). I went to nam after spending my whole adolescence fearing that. I and my fellow Vets, no matter what our opinions, were part of 2 very real and very dramatic wars-home and there.. Kent State happened while I was in basic so I went towards the chaos of the end. When I returned and landed in San Diego.we were advised not to wear our uniforms.

[Harbetman]

I hear a lot of Thunderclap Newman in Bon Iver.

[rokoping]

beautiful music but the lyrics are childish....love the song....but the rest is b.s.

ra

[Slicric13]

@rokoping Revolution childish? Tell it to the colonists!

[ILOVEJIMMYMcCULLOCH1]

I LOVE Thunderclap Newman!!!! They rock!!!

[TheThreeSpheres]

Possibly the worst rock song ever.

[GuitarBlues3]

@TheThreeSpheres What do you mean?

[TheFikesh]

open yr ears man, if not yr eyes, if this song wont bring you inspiration today... the dust of yr bones will mingle with the ones of the earth...

[ILOVEJIMMYMcCULLOCH1]

This video is so cool!!!!! John Keen, Jimmy McCulloch, Jack McCulloch, Jim Avery & Andy Newman are so talented!!!!! :)

[viveLaCifte]

it sounds depressive. fuck it. try dubstep

[MainForceOfEvil]

@viveLaCifte No one wants to listen to that kiddie stuff.

[joboots007]

Let's not forget that this song was ment to be called Revolution,but was changed

at the last moment to avoid confusion with Lennon's Revolution,BTW!!!!

[TedEBungfritz]

Fantastic! :)

[lilynick1]

gotta love that piano! .... :)

[bondsee]

i think jimmy mcCulloch may have died ??

[SnyderRon]

Cool. And Jimmy M. later joined Paul McCartney's Wings.

[merlinthemystic]

this is BY FAR the BEST version...

[Koz07]

I think what is in the air is the sweet smell of burning green bud. I am now very happy and thankful that deja vu somehow overpowered short term memory loss so that I might be reminded that Jimmy McCulloch later played lead guitar on Paul song Junior's Farm, home of mother natures finest. As for the money men and those we make villians of, each person will answer for their own actions on the day of accounting. One life, one love, one day, one plan, use you fire wisely in this dry land. Peace.

[yaknbo]

Boy, cmhawks is one stupid miserable motherfucker....

[lowaces]

i'ld love to see the bushes haning from a barbed wire noose

and fuck you to clinton and you little bitch wife

[Prancer1231]

@lowaces Don't forget DICK Cheney. And ALL the people who brought us 911, and it WASN'T ARABS.

[lowaces]

@Prancer1231 yeah your right and old what his name donald rumsfeld and all the puppets of the new world order

[timehling]

@Prancer1231 I saw him and "W"----they had little remote controls. The fuckin' muslim terrorists were begging them not to....but Dick and Georgie wouldn't listen to them. The muslim guys just wanted to be peaceful and loving but Dick wouldn't let them. It was terrible Prancer, you should have seen it. Those poor peaceful muslims screaming for their lives while Dick and "W" were laughing as they steered those peaceful muslims right into them buildings. The horror!!!

[calyman453]

Way to tickle those 88's man.........

[TheBrendadale]

@calyman453 I was just 13 in 1969 when this song first came out. And I LOVED IT!!! I still do! It's very rarely played on the radio anymore, but I do have Thunderclap Newman's vinyl LP with this on it, and I then copied that song to tape, and now onto my MP3 player. Still to this day, that is one of my very favourite songs!

[bondsee]

@TheBrendadale yep great song from a great decade sadly missed !!

[TheBrendadale]

@calyman453 AND, I really like the longer version where he plays the piano in the middle of the song. As you said, "Way to tickle those 88's"!!!!!!

[cmhawks99]

As another said below..... the biggest thing wrong with the world is people just aren’t very smart, and I mean “most” of them really, the people in front of you, behind you, in back of you, even YOU in many cases. The ability for people to see past their own plight and in their own mirror has got to the point that we can’t even affectively blame the greedy or the politicians, we need to first blame ourselves.

[cmhawks99]

See no one wants to do that..but it is us, if there were 500 of us left in the world we would still have anger, greed, bitterness…get you mirrors folks. Let’s not blame Rupert Murdoch….If you have affectively reached a point of enlightenmeant that you no longer have faults then super, but here is what I know, people stand out side of churches calling Christans haters, with hatefull signs in their hands...they cast stones and call out warmongers all the while they tell people they are bad?!

[TheIoniaboy]

RIP Jeff Miller, a good kid who just wanted peace. Killed by the Ohio National Guard at Kent State Univ. on May 4, 1970. You did not deserve it Jeff and I often think of sharing this tune with you. I will never forget you and some day America will know you were not a crazy radical and was just a student who wanted his country to live up to its ideals

[Cervicconstruction]

Song was in the Magic Christian.Thought it was overlooked for an important scene in V for Vendetta.

[TheWyattbird]

Was also the leading song in The Paper Chase too...no other song could have been more correct, for that movie..

[StrahaoftheRace]

Anarchy in the UK. 

[11vec]

music when it was music way back then a one hit wonder but what a great song still played alot to this day on radio Peter S

[apoc6400]

just heard this on my name is earl....cool song

[SonnyChiba57]

everytime I hear this song it reminds me of the movie Kingpin.

[stimpysue]

sadly to say but looking around the world today and watching it disinegrate from man it seems like the revolution is here now. its funny also because im always telling my wife i dont know if its something in the air or water but people seem to be getting dumber by the day,think about it? i figured it out its both.

[TheBrendadale]

@stimpysue People in general aren't very smart. If you're lucky(?) enough to have a good mind, that's where you realize how dumb the majority of the population actually is. Maybe water and air may have a small part to play in the problem, but I have my doubts about that theory. Obviously greed is the underlying factor in the disintegration of society, and the few that have power over the many are the greedy ones, and cause the ultimate decay of the "apparent" social structure.

[SolacePiano]

I only watch listen to this song for that ripping piano solo! Gosh, i love it!

[r0cketman22]

Girl Talk's Ideal 154-Track Backyard-Barbecue Mix!

[evan9997715]

the layout of this video reminds me of the intro of the old tv series THE TIME TUNNEL

[johnlemmon]

one of the best songs of all time.......

[teghe55]

My dad knew Jimmy quite well. RIP man.

[pigurine]

3:oo timeless

[DJTipTronic]

Ever notice how the cameras in all the videos move away from the drummer and their hands right as they do the killer fill!

[maccermacnab]

Hi to all those who watched this after seeing Almost Famous

[QueenBeatlesWings]

Jimmy was a real whiz kid, though. who else could play guitar that creatively and play with so many greats, form a band put together by Townshend to playing for Paul McCartney in Wings at that age let alone in a lifetime? Why must all the good musicians die young? Who knows how amazing Jimmy would be this many years later?

[dapvettes]

I still have this original 45 rpm from back then, and it sez "Produced by Pete Townshend", to settle you guys' discussion, hah! On the flip side is "Wilhemina." Trivia.

[smujismuj]

This was the beginning of a revolution in understanding that was quickly marginalized and crushed by "business" interests. The media was part of the revolution, so the military-industrial murders, bankers, traders, and globalists bought the media.

If the internet hadn't come along, who knows how much worse things would be.

If their were any justice in the world, Rupert Murdoch and his ilk would be rotting in prison, hopefully with 480 lb cellmate who doesn't take "no" for an answer. 

[Angelpt91]

@smujismuj nowaday most of the bankers, bussinessmen and others were those people of the revolution

[stuartk]

cHARLIE gEORGE OF ARSENAL ON DRUMS

[skababooshka]

@stuartk looks like CG classic stu

[beentheredunnthat]

yay that there was a 1969 (sigh)

[upstatelugh]

Good Morning you Crazy Rebels ;o))

[loridocker]

Thunderclap Newman were a British one-hit wonder band that Pete Townshend of The Who and Kit Lambert had formed circa December 1968 - January 1969 in a bid to showcase songs written by John "Speedy" Keen and the musical talents of Andy "Thunderclap" Newman and Jimmy McCulloch. Their single, "Something in the Air", a 1969 UK Number One hit, remains in demand

[robin14669]

The vocal sounds very much like Pete Townshend.

[alsaxe]

@robin14669 pete played bass on this and produced them

[QueenBeatlesWings]

@robin14669 its not Pete, later Josh Townshend joined the band but that wasnt until the 90's

[theseventhprotocol]

A classic that stands the test of time !!!!! Brilliant !!!!! I love this band and their great albums !!!!!!! Thanks old chap !

[findthetruthamerica]

Because, Satan Deceived Your Soul By The International Banks, Governments, Military, Corporations, Media and the CHURCH!

[fjbutch]

My goodness! this takes me back !!! woh......great track ...

[findthetruthamerica]

mirelurk1

If you' re Good You Live Forever!

If you' re Bad You Die when You Die!

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[findthetruthamerica]

Sons of the United States of America, I am William Benison.

They will never take away our FREEDOM.

[mirelurk1]

@findthetruthamerica suck on a cock

[EyeballKid49]

Great, great song. Very sad, as well, knowing where we've gone since this song was first sung.

[cars8709]

The words fit even today!!!! Amazing sound!!

[sopitabo]

Ye man,Jimmy McCulloch,fuckin legend,a baby prodigy who couldn't keep his hand out the "Medicine Jar",played with everyone,Maggie Bell,see more of him on any Wings tour,fuckin shame.

[crestaxxx]

This is still an amazing sound and song even though i am now 59, i was only 18 when it was released, where did time go to ...xxx

[davemun23]

brought this when i was 13 loved it then as i do now

[HippieJimi]

And you know that it's right........

[hollygeil]

Love this vid, well done!!

[deewilki]

jimmy was from cumbernauld kildrum in fact and he couldfight like fuck skiiny kid or not

[DrHogfan]

@deewilki Did he and McCartney go at it one time? Seems like I heard that once.

[jade4091]

the creshendo is the ultimate.. climax.. awsome in its time !

[markotdb1125]

@jade4091 you mean @ 2:59-right? Incredible build up, chord changes & bass lines. Best part of the song...

[strki3007]

From space

[schizzie345]

One of the best songs of the 60's, wasn't it?

[o0DiscoInfernoRox0o]

@schizzie345 1969

[AucklandNZ1]

Love this song! Always play it when I've had a couple or two or three!

[Freespeech1776]

Sounds so good, I remember the song coming out like yesterday. Just kind of forgot about it, over the years. Wish I was back there again.

[glgale92]

They were fightin the good fight even then. Do Not Let Government take over. These guys saw it, why dont we?????

[SuperOaktree]

so what if Jimmy was not muscular,he was a guitar player(and a very good one at that)not a mma fighter or something like that and he was only 15 or so at the time.

[shanondor]

love the song and the piano bit anybody know whos playing the piano

[thegenericgnome]

thats jim's brother playing the drums

[rowdymax1]

(Jerry Seinfeld furrows his brow...clenches his lips and mutters "Newman".)

btw which one was Thunderclap?..and is that Henry McCullough singing?..Jimmy's brother?, or are they any relation at all?...curious minds wanna know.

[maghrath18]

@rowdymax1 ..No, he is not a brother....Henry McCullough is from Northern Ireland and he played in Joe Cockers Grease Band and Wings plus other bands.

[2003Brad]

What the hell is wrong with youtube today?? The stupid videos play then they stop,

then they play.

[pinworms70]

Had a dream with these lyrics in it...had to google the lyrics and found the song. Woot! My conscious has a great playlist hidden in it :)

[Guilddude2]

@davao2001 Amen to that... The music was way better and world was better.With these new bands it's like someones trying to punish us :D . And best of all there was no ghetto music in the seventies.

[rreeves70]

@Guilddude2

Dude... some of the best (not all) music in the early seventies was soul... what do you mean "ghetto" music?

[davao2001]

Love this song. Music of the 60's/70's is the best music ever made!

[kismet818]

@davao2001 I'm with you 100% and the good times were just as good. No video games, iphones, cable, directv but we were happier, healthier kids, in my opinion. Ditto on the ghetto NOISE, cuz it's not music!!

[davao2001]

@kismet818 You are completely right!!! That's computerized noise. You can't even speak about music, that is totally not music, it is NOISE. Exactly what you said.

[gorgeusjames]

@davao2001 You are totally right. hate to live this days...:(

[Herzilein58]

Diesen Song habe ich damals zum ersten Mal aus dem Film -"Blutige Erdbeeren"gehört -super, aber auch die anderen Songs dieses Streifens über die Studentenbewegung in den USA der 60`ger waren Klasse - lang` ist`s her...

[zcap1956]

great tune,really brings back memories

[BrokenneckYgor]

Thunderclap is the finest songwriter I have ever met. He demonstrates the finest traits in an artist I have seen since Gorky--N.S. Khrushchev

[KISSMikePEZ]

Jimmy McCulloch... who's dissing him? He was a fantastic guitarist, later joined Wings. Thanks to troppodog for sorting the riff raff out!

[BrokenneckYgor]

Was theme for short-lived Yugoslav TV series "Adventures of Congo Bill and Longneck Sally"

[BrokenneckYgor]

This song, based upon an obscure Wordsworth poem, has done more harm to England than an entire regiment of Wehrmacht could conceivably have visited upon England in 1940--Lord Mountbatten

[colshir]

Love this song, Jimmy McCullough was brilliant. So sad when he died

[troppodog]

That kid is Jimmy McCullogh, a Glasgow boy who would have sorted you in 15 seconds and played guitar like an angel 15 seconds after they carried you out the door

[Anselcat1952]

@troppodog Quite sounds like a gentleman I wouldst wish avoid. Plays nicely enough, though. And has. Actually this same song in my head for over 40 years. Still and all a man to be avoided. Though, if he be alive, he be as old as I and there is hardly anything more pathetic than two old coots trying to sort it out.

[HSECMAN]

@troppodog awww heroin overdose at 26-poor lad.all that talent went out the window. was he as tiny as he looked?

[fumetti]

@troppodog and he was a member of Wings during their 1976 tour.

[Dazlee0010]

this song depicts the winter of 1969! in melbourne a cold wet one. a  VFL footy anthem from then too.

[g3tfamiliar]

u learn something every day didnt know pete townshend was behind this, great stuff.

[Macca1969]

@g3tfamiliar

The kid that is the guitarist was also Paul McCartney and Wing's lead guitarist.

[schizzie345]

I remember hearing it in '69 on the radio and thinking it was the Who. Anyhoo, I'll always love this song.

[BillyJoeVegas]

@schizzie345 Band PUT TOGETHER by Pete Townsend...

PETE Townsend on BASS ...duh

[toothspic2]

@BillyJoeVegas lol it was a different pete townsend actually. not thee pete townsend

[BillyJoeVegas]

@toothspic2

What universe were you born in?

THEE Peter Dennis Blandford "Pete" Townshend Pete TOWNSHEND created the band and Townshend produced the single AND played its bass guitar under the pseudonym Bijou Drains

[toothspic2]

@BillyJoeVegas you got the wrong guy bud. idk what to tell ya

[Dundee53]

@toothspic2

Nope, it's YOU that's got the wrong guy. THE Pete Townshend, of THE WHO, put this group together, and did indeed play bass during the recording.

Don't believe it?? Look it up!!

[toothspic2]

@Dundee53 no your wrong. dont know what else to say. pete neverhad anything to do with this band. sorry. fuckface

[BillyJoeVegas]

@toothspic2 I don't know what universe you live in JACKASS "Thunderclap Newman" WAS DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED by Pete and he DID play bass on the album

[toothspic2]

@BillyJoeVegas no no no dipshit. your wrong. YOU ARE WRONG. deal with it. you are way off. your just another youtube dumbass who wants to sound smart. grow up

[BillyJoeVegas]

@toothspic2 In 1968 Townshend helped assemble a band called Thunderclap Newman consisting of three musicians he knew. Pianist Andy Newman (an old art school friend), drummer John "Speedy" Keen (who had written "Armenia City in the Sky" for The Who to record for their 1967 album The Who Sell Out) and teenage guitarist Jimmy McCulloch (later to join Wings). Townshend produced the band and played bass on their recordings under the pseudonym "Bijou Drains".

Remain ignorant Asshole :-)

[BillyJoeVegas]

@toothlessSPIC2 Their first recording was the single "Something in the Air", which became a number one hit in the UK and a substantial hit elsewhere in the world. Following this success, Townshend produced their sole album, Hollywood Dream.

I have the original Vinyl and and subsequent re-release in my collection... Pete also MADE MENTION of this fact in not one but TWO interviews...in HIS Melody Maker monthly column AND in Rolling Stone.

Get your head out of your ass

[BillyJoeVegas]

@toothless/BrainlessSpic2 Obviously YOU DON'T KNOW what to tell me 'cause you choose to remain as ignorant as the day you were born :-)

[BrokenneckYgor]

My favorita yanqui song--Che Guevara

[gpass60]

Without question, one of the greatest songs ever. RIP, Speedy.

[rplende]

Pure musical brilliance! In the words of Greg Kihn..."they just don't write em like that anymore.

[SVinNJ]

I kinda feel bad for these guys,,,

One guys seems not able to afford a shirt...

I knew Townsend was a stingy English bloke, but c'mon, should have at least paid these guys enough to take a tube ride to Selfridges so he could have prob get a shirt cheap...

[WilliamRowlett]

@SVinNJ I agree. The kid without a shirt does no justice to himself. No muscles or upper body strength. It's embarrassing; such a "girley man". He needs a hockey jersey to cover his "bones".

[oldies1976]

@WilliamRowlett He DOES have a shirt on, it's a tank top, the same color as his skin, look closely.

[OleBlues]

I was 18 in 1969 and having the time of my life, what a time to be alive.....

PERFECT!!!

[yourtubesteak]

@OleBlues Well put sir.

[777collie]

Brilliant piano solo & off time clapping .....superb!!!!!! Not to mention Jimmy's crisp guitar work......... well done Pete.

[suzesrc]

one of the best songs ever . omg thank you !

[MODTRASH]

Another 'Track Records' great.

[ThePhatboy3]

Brilliant piano interlude bit.

[aarlevanbram]

nice!

[chiccoebeba]

kingpin

[ohalohal1]

Difference of today and then - you had guys like Townsend and McCartney (example:Badfinger-Come and get it) giving songs to up and coming bands. Nowadays we have artists (?) ripping off tunes/riffs from previous artists ...Definition of sampling: Lazy, unimaginative, talentless,LOSERS!

[rplende]

Here! here! I agree.

[monkeymichel]

Jimmy's playing the same SG he played with Paul McCartney and Wings during the 76 Wings Over America tour. RIP Jimmy.

[YCSMusic]

R.I.P Speedy Keen & Jimmy McCulloch.

One of the best songs ever.

[smurfsex]

thats not pete townsend

[groundzer077]

are you sure that the bassist in this vid is Townshend? I thought that it was Jim Avory...if I'm wrong, I'm wrong but he doesn't look very Pete Townshend-ish

[TheSanityInspector]

Pete played bass on the record, not in concert.

[BillyJoeVegas]

@groundzer077 Pete played on the recording for the album... NOT after or live.

[TheAndyocean]

The Movie The Strawberry Statement was genious oder wie das heisst...!

[sehsaw]

the song was origianly called revolution but the beatles got there before them

[LanguorousLass]

The syncing is not terrific, but it's cool to see what Thunderclap looked like.

[Ayrshirenutter]

the guy on the piano now lives in a squat in Clapham old town,london.

[oldschoolHalen]

thats rock n roll man

[Raymantico]

that piano bridge (and the saxophone in chime of a city clock)....otherwise brrilllliant!

[freeklj]

Jim Avery?

[Ayrshirenutter]

the bass player and producer on this track is pete townshend.he called himself Bijou Drains for the project.the guy singing was the who's roadie at one time

[epimetero]

guess WHO's the bassist?