Tomorrow - Revolution

Tomorrow - Revolution -1967-

" Tomorrow's September 1967 single "Revolution" was likely the primary inspiration for the John Lennon song Revolution which was released a year later." (Wikipedia)

* Steve Howe: electric and acoustic guitars
* Keith West: vocals
* John "Junior" Wood: bass guitar
* John 'Twink' Alder: drums

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For me is this the first prog rock song what
i have listen long before King Crimson etc. & i think Tomorrow was a inspiration for the later "Supergroups of Prog". Before Pink Floyd was a favorite in the underground scence of London was Tomorrow the act & was also a inspiration for the late Beatles & the young Pink Floyd. ;)

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[aquariussouldier]

Sounds like German porn on acid at the start, then turns into the Byrds. Not especially profound or memorable :-S But am only half way through.... Jethro Tull.... nice inspirations... I Imagine theyd put on a trippy show... I like the Revolution line... UFO club maybe supporting the Floyd... Russian party end. Wow, never disciphered a whole song as Im writing before. lol. All in all, a thorough 7/10. Party on Wayen, party on Garth

Love n Light

[udor1962]

too many drugs ? ;-)

[udor1962]

you was no born to the great time of tomorrow - is this you prob ? this sound was inspiration for Pink Floyd & many others prog bands later ... this is the unlovely fact in the rock music history !

[treezrok]

This absolutely kicks ass! Thank you for the post.

[udor1962]

love peace - you love war with bush ?

have you see us-napalm of poor vietnam people ?

have you see destroyed afghan village of soviet soldiers ?

WE NEED PEACE ALL OVER THE WORLD - BUT NO WITH BUSH OR PUTIN !!!

[RobEye79]

love this tune. Steve Howe rules.

[udor1962]

this was my idea - more not - peace welcome ...

[tehrockerdude]

happyness is hard to find

we just want peace to blow our mind

[1daveputt]

great. It was of the psycadelic age, most of us wern't on drugs & still thought the music awsome, along with My white bicycle, (Nazareth covered that in 1974)

[sheppoz]

Well, it WAS in mono ........

[sheppoz]

Glad this upload is in mono - can't stand that 'mock stereo' stuff they did no matter how original it may've seemed at the time. Love the 'cello, though! For some reason, they swapped intros between this and the heavily phased version. Great song. Love both versions.

[jsilence418]

johnnybsteel, don't be so obtuse oh yeah, and stupid!

[johnnybsteelriff]

This song beats the piss out of The Beatles and Stones clumsy efforts at the same time....great stuff

[prdleko]

Good arguments and damn, you're still going strong as I check email from Europe. Kudos for you!

I understand the vid being made (for Tomorrow's song). But as a film producer, and who is to say I know what I'm talking about? It's relative, I see atomic bomb footage and fetuses with overlapping 'good' songs every day by 17 year olds. That bugs me a bit. Hijacking a good song with "shocking video' is all too easy.

It's '1984' and it's scary. Good images, good song? Who cares what's being said

[prdleko]

I'm a film producer and was blown out by this song when living in Europe. (I'd never heard it until three years ago.)

Sorry for the heavy-handedness and not directed to you personally. I just think anyone could make a vid for this and it would 'look' good given the music. I'm standing down from this silliness and good intentions meant. (I'm being an anal film guy and there is no right opinion) great song! Thanks...

[prdleko]

You just dusted my argument and touche. Totally in agreement about the hot chick needed...

[prdleko]

Part II. If the intention is to show what the 'establishment' has given us in the 20th Century, a valid point. That said, where are the clips of the 'revolution' and famine in the Soviet Union in the 20's and 30's? Where's the Khmer Rouge clips?

My point is throwing together every cliche in the book and then sexing it up with a movie/romance clip is disingenuous. Why not do concentration camps and police dogs against civil rights demonstrators? Sometimes simple is better and more powerful.

[prdleko]

Yes. This song (at least to me) is about the prevailing spirit of the 60's of 'changing things'. That may be either naive or commendable wherever you fall politically.

My problem with this video is that throwing in war clips from WWI and WWII and making a case for WWIII (The Cold War, not a bad argument actually) is overall misguided, way too easy and ultimately lazy. After that, hot chicks and clips of 'revolutionaries'?

WWI and II were establishment wars as was the Cold War.