Chi Coltrane - Thunder and Lightning

[lonehorseman09]

ive got it on ktel, with a few seconds missing. Had to be one of the best songs of that year. Stands up perfectly today!

[PathfinderMac]

"Chi-CoLtrane,and Dusty Springfield-"Tonight in Concert one nite only!"

[apol77lo]

Man, that woman has got pipes. The song is fantastic. Just totally under respected vinyl performance. She owns it!

[13westmesa]

I am so thankful you have this song/video, excellent, this was my favorite, wow thanks

[gorgonique]

Theatrical and exquisite, and what a voice.

This isn't a song you just listen to. You enter into the drama of it.

I've embarrassed myself in public, listening on my I-pod, as Chi has demanded wide armed gestures along with her crazy song.

[gorgonique]

A song of drama and thrills. I can't walk down the street without embarrassing myself when this song comes on my I-pod. Chi throws me into seizures of theatrical gestures, as I act out the terror and doom this song suggests.

[scorpio27adc]

I heard this song for the first time in '72. I was about 15. To this day it's still one of the sexiest songs I've ever heard.

[silverfox441]

@scorpio27adc Yeah me too man (though i was a little younger!)

[unemployabledrunk]

definately one of THE greatest songs of all time..!

[baazooka86]

Dig that crazy sax.

[PalmGeek62]

Wow, I haven't hear this song for years. My parents still hate it as they heard it so many time. I was born in '62 so I was about 10, I guess. At that age, you can listen to the same song hundreds of times in sequence. I think I did the same thing with Kiss' Rock and Roll all night.

[Chuck1974]

Wow. I don't know what else to say. WOW!!!!!

[chianne77]

this is where my parents got my name! beautiful voice, such a talent!



[juanunderground]

This lady today throws Kate Perry and Miley Cyrus to the shit garbage. I don't know why new generations are hypocritically conservatives liberal in a fashion that culturally is driving USA in a bad way. I'm latino and I don't like Shakira and Pitbull and many others and because I love this country I want a future art crusade to rescue in new generations the good things in music. Lydia Cornell, Chi Coltrane, Janis Ian have been underated figures that deserve a better consideration.

[BBQFanNo1]

Obviously the 3 people who disliked this song video are Musically Retarded.

[HowsaBowsaYowsa]

This lady sure can belt it out!

[MrJacklips]

Thanks for posting this. I was a senior in High School when this came out.She's so awesome and from what I hear still touring.Love you Chi.

[runnybabbit100]

Your song is powerful. Thunder and Lightning...you poured your heart and soul into it! What an inspiration!! What an awesome diplay of strength and human spirit.THANX

[Doobie1975]

Great song, definitely a great, underrated 1970s tune deserving of more recognition, she definitely has a great voice

[tundraization]

What a powerful voice !!

[urscale]

i still am



[MMLfishy]

I just viewed her pictures on her website. She's amazing, still looks like herself. How old can she be? Some ladies get better with age. She looks a lot like Darryl Hannah.

[MMLfishy]

I just heard this song on the loudspeaker while pumping gas. Out of a dim memory I remembered it was Chi Coltrane. Gosh, I loved this song and still do.

[modernway91]

Porn music with lyrics wtf

[gwangi09]

Gotta love this Wisconsin woman.

[Compudoc]

This song just blew me away!

[cwebsterk]

Wow! The women of the 70's ROCKED! No theatrics, dancers, fire, or need to flip around upside down while hanging from the ceiling! They just got up there and rocked. Linda Ronstadt, Ann wilson. Stevie Nicks, Rickie Lee Jones, Bonnie Raitt....and this lady Chi Coltrane...awesome! Thanks Leotjoe for posting!

[hd1pan]

thank you. great!

[ladysweetsky]

AWESUM- LOOONG time no hear! TY!

[Fitzmartel]

Why Chi's career never got bigger than it did remains a mystery. A fine, soulful voice, a good songwriter, and mighty easy on the eyes back in the day (and I suspect still is).

[impala64ssa]

@Fitzmartel YES! She still is. Chi Coltrane makes Lady CaCa look like Whoopi Goldberg.

[sdbeconomer]

@Fitzmartel According to an interview on her website, poor health had something to do with her career not continuing. Apparently she had some sort of a hormone inbalance that caused her to feel fatigued and fall asleep. She has recently revived her career in Europe and played before a 100,000 person crowd in 2009.

[moparfan59]

September 1972 Michael. She and this song never got their due, agree Hawkeye. Blue eyed soul at it's best!!!!!!

[michael144635]

Absolute classic One Hit Wonder .. Greg Kihn was right "they don't write 'em like this anymore" I think this is really a '72 song.

[sneakapeeker]

god she awesome i stumbled upon her here on youtube . Im 46 years old a never heard her before . i want her cd's lol !!!!!!!!!!!!

[friendshiptrip]

Heard today on CKUA's 'Babba's Groove.' Just when I'd lost hope for music radio, along comes Babba, groovin'. Feel it!

[luckyuhaul]

Locke knows the real meaning of this song!

[intrepidsinger]

Chi - wherever you are, I want to thank you for rocking my world in 73 & once again tonight with this song. You took what Carol King started then turned it up to eleven! Your energy made everything you touched even better. Thanks for always giving us your very best. GREAT POST Leotjoe!!! Thank you!!!

[Hawkeye752]

One great song that never got its due!!!!

[OgPsQd]

Great song!

[bgdjohnny8]

She is spectacular!

[n2meec]

AWESOME!!!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!! Soooo glad you had this here!!! Thank you thank you thank you!!!

[AJAXKID123]

LOL... white folks can sing too... we just can't dance!

[nahnni]

Chi Coltrane's voice is just about up there with Bonnie Bramlett. It's in the soul she gives to the sound. Good to hear this song again. Thanks!

[davidcomora]

Wow, heard this on XM today. Tried to find it on iTunes...not there. too bad, I'd love to buy this album or single.

[MidnightMoses69]

@davidcomora

It's available at amazon

[Doobie1975]

@davidcomora What station did you hear this song on? Definitely a hard to find one hit wonder, I believe you can get this song on one of the Have a Nice Day: Super Hits of the 1970s volumes and I believe the Volume was the 9th Volume.

[dtecum]

Heard this on XM radio today. Great song. Chi can belt them.

[mdees100]

I Fucked Her.

[londonengland123]

she has a sexy singing voice....

[SOLISDEUS]

Infectious tune. Oh the pre Madonna days when the ladys could sing, play and write great songs.

[gk10002000]

I presume a daughter of the jazz great john coltrane? Fantastic song. Instant flashback to junior high school. Great song, great emotion in it. Great tempo changes. Thanks for posting.

[captainvideo111]

She is not related to John Coltrane.

[aloisbembel]

@captainvideo111

You took away my illusions

;-)

[progrockman]

I remember seeing her on Mike Douglas many years ago and this song still sticks in my head some 35 years later! She's one of the greats!

[braindamagedbunny]

I use to sneak into my older Brothers room when he was in The Marines in Nam & listen to his 45s I played this one over & over. I was 8 & I am 48 now & I still know it by heart. 

BTW this is the only time I have heard since then.

[sugrwillie]

Love me some Chi! I remember someone calling her the female Leon Russell!!

[braindamagedbunny]

Damn I bet she could sing the blues like Leon!!

[middleagedbritneyfan]

Heard this great song in a Wendy's today. They play better music than the radio.

[MISSEDHERSIR]

A M A Z I N G! i could listen to this a thousand times.

[walts1fan]

I've loved this song since the first time I heard it...when released as a single. Didn't hear it much at the time. Then and years later, couldn't find it in record shops. Most oldie radio stations don't have it to play. (never heard of it!) So...

thanks for posting. Great song...wonderful voice. THIS is rock & roll!!!!

[justbreathemandy]

I love this song. I don't understand why any of Chi's music isn't on iTunes...

[BCH19821091]

what a set of pipes on this woman. I was born in the worng era. Shes a white broad? unreal. What a talent

[YourMajesty101]

Yo, She's an amazing white chick with lungs that never falter. What an awesome talent.

[AnnieInfinity]

what an awesome blast from the past !!!  woo hoo, she rocks it.

[fairalways]

Chi always did it for me...

[jimmymccombs]

REAL NICE SONG LOVE THE IT THANKS

[moparfan59]

You guys know it!! I was in 8th grade when this came out. Blue eyed soul didn't get much better than this!!

[bluesatthebeach]

what can you say except SHE IS THE REAL DEAL

great lyrics and chops

[lebedevas5foraim]

Is this a cover, because a guy said these lyrics in the movie 24 hour party people(based on factory records)

?

[jellowrestling]

This is the real deal. Chi Coltrane was no bimbo cover queen. She wrote and sang this great song.

[katterfelto]

Any number of today's supposed superstars could take lessons in singing, songwriting and general performance from Ms. Coltrane.

[Andrewm714]

My new obsession. She may be 60 but she's still hot-cha-cha-cha!

[sexyb1tch108]

I LOVE THIS SONG!! I Have it on a cd and listen to it all the time!

[sugarlandsirish48fan]

OMG,OMG,OMG!!! I have searched for this lady for over a decade. I had her original 33"album,and played it to death,almost literally. thank you for sharing this.gave it a perfect 5 stars.

[sueracer1951]

@sugarlandsirish48fan

amen

[christiaan81music]

she's almost 60years old.. 16 nov. this year :>

[Doobie1975]

I've always liked this song, why it's so underrated and obscure is beyond me, I used to hear this on the Oldies station back in the mid 1990s.

[usermac1300]

Hauntingly beautiful.

[londonengland123]

SEXY

[sylvia731]

thanks for putting this up!  haven't heard this in a couple decades!

[mambacompx]

An awesome, soul-stirring ballad! Where can you get a download of this? It's not on I-tunes...

Try listening to this out on the back porch during a wicked Arizona monsoon thunderstorm!

[bigbuffdecad]

don't know where to find it for download - i found a copy of

her greatest hits cd on amazon - try there - good luck

[dlsofsetx]

A favorite of mine from my freshman year in high school.

[Ben121974]

A great track!

[lovesend54]

This song is great. It reminds me of Infantry Training at Camp Lejeune - United States Marine Corp.

[45000mz]

I was in 6th grade in the fall of September 1972 when this was hit.

[yomamadontdanz]

song about a woman having multiple orgasms,i guess its always been always about the "O"....maybe the song should have been done by the group Climax or the climax blues band !!!

[az3205]

Brings back lots of cool memories. What seductive, electric, raw energy. That is one beautiful girl. Chi and Dusty Springfield were the pinnacle of American white girl soul.

[bookworm1951]

to az3205-the girls both have soul but dusty was english

[Ariamaluum]

But Chi wrote her own songs which is more amazing to me because it hard to keep up that energy. Even in great songs, if a artist doesn't cheat or cover somebody, you still hear dead spots,lyric perseveration, or abrupt music fade or conclusion. I'm not bashing Dusty or cover artists because if you listen to her version of "Go Like Elijah", you will see what I'm talking about.

[niagarafallscanbill]

i remember hearing this a lot in early winter and spring 1973.

[suckyougood69]

I'm up and dancing!

[CutThatMeat]

Awesome.

[jdurose]

one of the best ever!

[mutebanshee]

Now..that's music!

[mikes4222]

One of the purest talents ever. This is one of my absolute favorites songs. Now if only I could get it in a Midi file...

[huntre58]

A true gem.

[Rusfi7]

I believe I just heard one of the greatest songs ever.Crank this baby up to 10 and get a move on.

[wazupmaam]

Haha, our marching band played this song in their 2007 show, but it was a lot quicker

[harrier01]

Now this is music!! The kind that puts you up on your dining room table at 2 a.m. dancing with wild abandon, and you don't care if the neighbors see or not!!

[sdbeconomer]

I couldn't agree with you more. I've had the same sentiments since I was 9 years old and heard this song for the first time!

[M1903A1]

This is what 50,000 watt radio stations were made for....

[mikes4222]

Sorry-I hit the wrong thumb- I give this 2 thumbs up!

[Foorfan]

sssssuuuuuuupaaaa!