Chi Coltrane - Thunder And Lightning (1972)

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

1971-1972 Top 40 songs were the best EVER! even to this day 06/25/23 The good ol’ days for sure! Ignoraimuses knock the 70’s Fools! If you were there It was wonderful Where were you in ‘72?? CB

[@usmc-veteran73-77]

All us 60 yr old somethings.....I would love to return to 1972, and 17 yrs old again. To be honest I would stay and never return to this mess.

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

Amen brother. I'd leave tomorrow on the 1st train or bus out and never look back.

[@Claytone-Records]

Me too, man.

[@fantaz963]

I was in my 20s in 1972, but a teen at heart. Save me a seat on the bus

[@diligenceintegrity2308]

@@fantaz963 you got it. I'll be on the left half way down the aisle.

[@alycatpublishing1164]

ditto

[@robertkemp383]

Loved this song back in the day. I wonder why we did not hear more from her. She belted it out with the best of them.

[@frankpeter6851]

Late evening of August 17th 2024 there is a very heavy tropical thunderstorm in Seattle. We sought out a patio and got drunk and played this on the Bluetooth

[@patrickmichaeldempsey6801]

WHAT? I remember this song! I was just 7 years old. The last time I heard it was before FM radio. Why is this song not played? She was unreal! I had forgotten. It sounds better at 56 than at 7! And it was awesome then! Listening to a modern song about thunder and lightning brought me to rediscover this song!

[@MGMOZfan]

I was also 7 years old when this song came out! My sister had the 45 record and played it all the time! I'm still enjoying the song more than 50 years later!

[@CARMENCLUCK]

In 72 I was in the 12th grade and I love the song and I love this lady's voice I can't believe like the others have said she was a one hit wonder but knowing things that we know now... Maybe she did not want to play that game...

[@karalynnblack1381]

I wasnt here til the 80s, but l found this absolute gem and love it. The piano, her voice. Fantastic.

[@moemcgovern7345]

I remember when this first came out.

[@marthajf73]

Cant believe this song is thus old or that I'm this old. Love the song. Old age sucks.

[@d.n.1619]

I was 19 when I first heard this song. Chi Coltrane sounded great then and even greater today I bet!

[@brucecunningham6160]

How in the world was she not a major star?

[@MichaelRJones-xo1xu]

Bruce Cunningham Right!?

[@joed3433]

Big in Europe.

[@hifijohn]

I know, what an amazing voice

[@kevindavis296]

Is this the only major song she sung?

[@thomasmollet6705]

@@kevindavis296 No, no, no there are many more

[@bretkindell6887]

And a wonderful one hit wonder..thanks

[@bqkmg2037]

Yes...7 yrs old in the summer of 1972 hearing this golden gen on the am radio.

[@EmmyPierz-ek7hi]

I was 16 Just got my Drivers License Drove & listened to gems like this on cars am radios! CB

[@veronikalake6934]

Loved this sing since 1972

[@wendelynanderson9517]

Middle school, Heath Elementary, Brookline, MA. We used to play 45 rpm's at lunch time. I remember this one in particular. I still have my collection of 45's.

[@MrCheekymonkey49]

Thanks. This is a better KZbin version. I bought the album decades ago but have misplaced it somewhere!

[@JamieJoIacobucci]

What a frickin' memory this song is for me!!

[@SampsonSaintBunrd]

What a great song

[@tylercarta433]

She should have been much more famous.

[@zz99t2z]

Thanks for posting! Never heard it before. What a great song!

[@jbpoole]

How the hell could this voice belong to a "One Hit Wonder"? She sound's like what Bonnie Raitt and Bonnie Bramlett were striving for

[@Charliegirl2]

Probably better. Great song.

[@carolbradford9713]

Awesome song

[@MichaelRJones-xo1xu]

this chick rocks!

[@nickelstew]

I remember hearing a clip of this song in a TV ad for one those compilation albums (greatest hits of the,...). Thank you for uploading this. After all these years, I finally got to hear this song!

[@MrTrashcan1]

Forgot all about this song. Never heard it played on oldies stations.

[@beverlylyle5695]

Great, great song.

[@carlb.wilson8746]

wow. What a voice!

[@erickherrera7498]

i dont even remember how i came this channel.. but this is amazing!!! DISCORVERING NEW MUSIC IS EQUAL TO CURE CANCER.. thanks alot sir for your job! from israel!

[@crnadg]

Those were the good ole days.

[@nickstertee5348]

She still sounds awesome too!

[@Patsi51]

My favorite songstress in college!

[@zolemica]

Was Chi Coltrane ever recognized as a blue-eyed soul musician? Seems a damn shame if she wasn't. And great video and great sound. The rest of them suck compared to this one. Thanks for posting!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

This did chart in the Billboard Soul Singles chart

[@randyphillips2263]

She had far more success in Europe than the US. Shows how bad our music tastes can be.

[@letitiamarshall8661]

no because she is not a blue-eyed soul singer it may sound that way but it's not!

[@browndoug84]

awesome

[@laustcawz2089]

Incredibly, the full version of this song actually runs about a minute longer, with the bridge & first verse repeated. Not a subsequently dubbed/extended version, but the original full session! Even the original album features the shortened version. I only happened on the full version because it was included, for some reason, on the K-Tel compilation "Superstars' Greatest Hits"-- kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5PQf3mobciImNE I still have a vinyl copy of this compilation. The cassette & CD reissues were repackaged &, again, changed to the shortened version. I had my vinyl copy of the song transferred to disc, but haven't found a way to get it uploaded here (not a computer whiz & have s relatively low-tech phone). The song really loses something for me when it's the shortened version. I asked someone at a record store once if the full version ever existed as a single. He said it was released that way in Europe.

[@RS-dd6hd]

What 17 year old guy didn't wish he was who chi was singing about

[@randalkirk8055]

I was 15...but..yes!

[@thomasdauphin4550]

Good Music!👍👌

[@cindydufala7646]

Bravo ⚘

[@malcomlovejoy]

Thought she be w me for a while, fleeting

[@ty7504]

Beautiful baby-girl Chi-who-aint-shy who like of a lot of musicians of her time ("THE NUMBER ONES of THE SUPER 70s") was part of the "ROAD TO TOMORROW" ... which of course continues on from "YESTERDAY (through to) TODAY (and on to) FOREVER" ... just two things to say unto thee ... a) Lose not thy passionate talent and b) Lose not thy drummer-who-understands!! Dear drummer, as thou art doing on the cymbal with a bit of reverb at various points, indeed "LET IT RIDE" !!! It soundeth like "SILK AND STEEL", man !!! Ooops, here cometh a few more things to say ... "pardon me" as per Bubba Hayes ... forgiveth the Uncle ... Whether or not one doth "KNOCK ON WOOD" (Eddie Floyd, Michael Bolton, Amii Stewart) this song is "THUNDER AND LIGHTNING" and it alone could be "THE COME BACK CONCERT" and definitely belongeth amongst "ROCK ARTIFACTS"!! There have been times when thy record is "GOIN' ROUND" (or "Going In Circles - I. Hayes) and to practise restraint, sayeth Uncle unto himself "I WILL NOT DANCE"; "WHO EVER TOLDETH THEE THAT THOU KNOWETH HOW TO DANCE?!?!" But dear baby-girl CC ... "T'IS NOT EASY" (which rhymes and is exactly what Lucky Dube also said!!!) ... because after a while, Uncle findeth his own limbs, without his instruction, begin to "GO LIKE ELIJAH" !!! You know?!?!?! He then asketh himself "WHAT HAPPENNETH UNTO ME"? He then concludeth "T'IS A SPELL" !!! Whereupon he glanceth at thy record with accusatory eyes as he then sayeth "OOH BABY" !!! Uncle then girdeth his loins and attempteth to fight the feeling some more as he remebereth he "DIDN'T WANT TO FALL IN LOVE" ("I never asked to fall in love witchoo" as per Bubba!!!) but thou dost insist !!! One feeleth thee sublimating "I'M GONNA MAKE THEE LOVE ME" !!! Uncle retaliates with "I JUST WANT TO RULE MINE OWN LIFE WITHOUT THEE" ... but what doth baby-girl CC continue to do? "OH HOLY NIGHT" (pardon Uncle's French!!!) she continueth to cause him to be "BLINDED BY LOVE" even though trying to "FORGET LOVE" !!! What causeth thy music to be so "LIVE", dear "CHI COLTRANE"...? GODDAMNIT!!! Well, this where Uncle must breathlessly pause ... Didst he just hear thee say "HALLELUJAH" ?!? He'll ignore that but admit he has to "untether from his bed" as opposed to "FEATHER MY BED" and get "READY TO ROLL" !!! Baby CC ... This hath been "THE MESSAGE" !!! Can I now get a "HALLELUJAH" IF NOT AN AMEN BEFORE I "GO LIKE ELIJAH" if not a "FLY AWAY BLUEBIRD" !!!

[@adamstevens253]

Great rhythm section of Jim Gordon and Larry Knechtel.

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good....................................

[@timmarkowicz779]

I had the 45 RPM single.

[@randalkirk8055]

Me too

[@randalkirk8055]

Love it!!!

[@Patsi51]

I have the original album this was on. All the songs were phenomenal!

[@jordan390a]

As the door to disco widened slightly......

[@SunnyIlha]

Baybeh!!!!!!!! Yu rock

[@sharpieq6439]

That's it!!!!!!!

[@davidmiller3190]

beaches. still stands up. thanks!

[@knockshinnoch1950]

Why has no contemporary act covered this?

[@LeoraLaGraffe]

Moutton Noir Because no contemporary act has Jim Gordon, the drummer who made this song, and countless others, absolutely magic and thrilling.

[@LeoraLaGraffe]

If you want to hear what I am talking about, compare later live versions of this song to this studio recording and you will get it.

[@bretkindell6887]

@@LeoraLaGraffe now that's some good jim Gordon knowledge

[@allaboutmyart5706]

Because it could only be a pale comparison.

[@buckstr978]

...chair dancing like an idiot.......... :D

[@MissSusieQue1]

Chair dance like nobody's watching... 😊

[@robertbradley6492]

Just one hit?

[@rkrw576]

There is a reason I don't remember this.

[@harper7509]

Y'all are going to give back what you stole from me and you're going to prison for paying Kid Rock to take me out

[@bobbyw1510]

Sebastian Bach.