Thunderclap Newman - Something In The Air

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"Something in the Air" was a number one hit for The Who's Pete Townshend's other band Thunderclap Newman in 1969. Townshend created the band to showcase songs written by former The Who chauffeur, also a drummer/singer/guitarist/songwriter, John "Speedy" Keen.
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LYRICS:
Call out the instigators
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now
Lock up the streets and houses
Because there's something in the air
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together now
Hand out the arms and ammo
We're going to blast our way through here
We've got to get together sooner or later
Because the revolution's here, and you know it's right
And you know that it's right
We have got to get it together
We have got to get it together
Now

[@istvanetiam6691]

I am listening to this song today, 30 March 2021, exactly 5 years after Andy"Thunderclap" Newman died. He was a lovely person with an amazing memory. I coaxed him out of retirement in 2005 and for 5 years played with him in the Thunderclap Newman Band. To have performed Something In The Air with him on stage was a real privilege. RIP Andy!

[@ollcanoe]

He was a truly lovely man. I don't know how it happened, but when I was in my early teens he was round my house to see my parents. We had Shepherds Pie and we talked at length about how great cats are.

[@jflatty5389]

haha i'm confused

[@Witheredgoogie]

@@ollcanoe Ha ha that was so funny -he must have been around to fix the phone (he was a phone engineer)

[@krishnamurtiism]

Great song, which I only appreciated till now. I was born in 69.

[@bertholini2810]

@@Witheredgoogie That's right, he was a phone engineer, very good sir.

[@MarleneHolman-oh1jr]

Funny how this song sings true in 2024 you can say what you want but 60s and 70s music is what opened our eyes

[@potpie5417]

There are songs that instantly take you back to a certain time in your life. This is one of those songs.

[@johndaarteest]

Tunes are the pins that transfix the butterflies of nostalgic memories.

[@tonysharples6233]

Absolutely spot on. Summer 69. A favourite year of mine with one big Summer regret.

[@squirrelbutler2119]

@@johndaarteest psycho stuff

[@Meloncholymadness]

@@tonysharples6233 What regret? Something about a girl?

[@Meloncholymadness]

@@squirrelbutler2119 How so?

[@funkadelphiarecords]

I asked my parents to buy me this record when I was in first grade in 1969. Even a seven-year-old child knows a great song when he hears one. Still loving this song, 54 years later!

[@LazyHAcres]

9

[@user-lq7cg1jg3b]

Same here. A wonderful song and produced by Pete Townsend!

[@Errcyco]

So weird.. apparently my mom did too. And fourth dimension up up and away. She liked great music. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@funkadelphiarecords]

@@Errcyco what's really weird is that I'm listening to the Fifth Dimension at this very moment.

[@burkhardraum1956]

Cheers from Cologne, saw them in Germany 😀🍷🎉🇩🇪

[@elizabethdevine7634]

We didn't have as much as they have nowadays, but boy we had the most fantastic music by real artists and music like this will last forever... 60's and 70's best times.....

[@andymatthews7617]

Well said elizabeth could not agree more

[@rockable55]

Abso-freakin'-lutely!

[@micmacmoc]

Aye

[@micmacmoc]

Aye!

[@northlincsfox243]

Yes, indeed. Aye!

[@johnverdi492]

When you grow up with these songs, they never leave you.

[@jujubee8638]

So true! Brings us back to a more simple time in our life than now... Peace!

[@jamesd.wheeler6190]

Unfortunately I never grew up !

[@martinavila4424]

Everything during those times seemed to be worry free. What a unforgettable time.enjoying all the melodies of the music of the mid to late sixties.peace and love for ALL..

[@briangarty301]

John Verdi very true

[@vikismith9580]

I totally agree, these kinds of memories never leave, mygoodness I havnt herd this song since I was very very young. Love all these old skool sounds that my parents brought us up on

[@patrickmckeegan5345]

1968 -69 was the time I graduated from high school, had my first long term lover, tried college, participated in peace protests and ultimately prepared to be drafted in 1970. This song takes me back there to the time we believed that we could change the world. We did, but unfortunately it did not stand the test of time. Peace and freedom requires work and vigilance. War and oppression require much less energy and people got lazy. I find it ironic that this song is now relevant again but for the opposite reason, instead of fighting for gain more freedom we are on the verge of having to once again fight to get it back.

[@johncarsell1205]

Over 50 years later this song still remains fresh. Tom Petty loved it too.

[@vc23]

I loved Tom Petty

[@juneesser5153]

Love the Hesrtbreaker rendition as well

[@tomhoffmann6442]

Me 2😄

[@heatherallingham7120]

@@juneesser5153 Thanks for telling me that - gotta check that out! He also did an amazing rendition of the Byrds' "Feel a Whole Lot Better"

[@ToneLoc1970]

I just read Pete Townsend played bass in this song I guess he really liked this song too

[@TheGodParticle]

This is possibly one of the best songs of all time.

[@dawnkeir549]

yes it is

[@martincotterell2216]

True Mr. Higgs

[@implicaverse]

It is certainly one of the most politically provocative songs of all time. And the piano solo is electrifying.

[@rosierobinson5558]

i agree ,just sums up the era and i was there

[@hendelar]

Tom Petty recorded a respectable cover of this very cool piece.

[@lisainger6751]

We were way cooler than the kids of today.

[@frankmccarthy1779]

We had the season and we had the reason!

[@richardplume3212]

A mobile phone was walking to a vandalised phone box

[@richardplume3212]

Ice ice any 1 mines a double ha not barrel

[@richardplume3212]

@@frankmccarthy1779 life was simple but we wernt

[@tiberiussemproniusgracchus8550]

Do not mock on the children of today, many would like to to have lived in those years.

[@timgard7736]

I play it on the juke box every time I go to bar, thats all I got 😝

[@charlesflett2818]

Me too

[@bradkey1958]

We need thunderclap now..2022 We need a revolution ❤️

[@thomasreed49]

You are right we desperately need Thunderclap Newman in Great Britain today where are these protest songs gone with never needed one so badly.

[@jamesnewman4658]

Well that was my great uncle thunderclap newman. I was so sad I could not formally meet him before his death. Rest in peace

[@colindobson4002]

Fabulous song will last forever

[@Bretta55]

He will forever be in The Baby Boomer's book of All Time Greatest SIngers.

[@franle6286]

Dear James Newman. i recently discovered all the skills of your great oncle as a singer and famous member of this great band... i enjoy to watch and listen on Internet his performances on stage! Best Greetings from Paris François

[@lindapearce7591]

Rip

[@lindapearce5699]

Rip

[@birdman4274]

The bridges in this song are just beautiful.

[@birdman4274]

Starts in E major, has three key changes. The second verse climbs to F-sharp major, goes down to C major for Newman's piano solo. The last verse is, like the second, a tone above the previous verse, closing the song in A-flat major (or G-sharp)

[@jaywalker3087]

February 2024 and I want a Revolution...

[@christopherrussell2611]

Incredible chord change and although it was played lots on the radio in the ‘60’s, I don’t think it was appreciated for the musical masterpiece it really was. Even in 2023 it still astounds me. Give them the credit their due for creating a studio masterpiece. Far Out, even today. JaneR

[@MSoulPoet]

They've been called a one-hit-wonder, but sometimes all you need is one.

[@Juliamiller56]

❤️💯❤️

[@lesmair9546]

MSoulPoetPeter Townsend is hardly a one hit wonder but this is his best and I really liked The Who

[@annalisa14]

Les Mair what ???? Please provide a link !

[@jirusjirus9322]

Sooo, Pete Townsend produced this song, played bass on it and orchestrated it. He was tight with speedy keen the drummer who wrote and sang the song. He recorded one of speedy's compositions for a Who album. Wow, that's some interesting music history.

[@chatham43]

....Armenia in the Sky on The Who Sell Out album.....

[@SusieQ11757]

What a great song. I feel blessed to have have been a young teen to hear it when it was first played on the radio.

[@lindapearce5699]

Me too

[@Wongwongwong10000]

You must be a hundred years old.

[@tomhoffmann6442]

Weigh 2 go😂🎉😅

[@brettholtslander2704]

@@Wongwongwong10000 you're a dunce 👎

[@Maxid1]

​@@Wongwongwong10000you must have trouble with math.

[@joesalcido7373]

I just turned 63 and this song lifts me up!!!!

[@wadecartwright4277]

This should be Trump's rally song😊

[@wadecartwright4277]

Oh yeah happy birthday I turn 63 in a couple days😊

[@richardplume3212]

4561s my number n hav a grandson hendrix so yes life is sweet not mud

[@richardplume3212]

4561z .y number n hav a grandson hendrix so yes lifes sweet not mud

[@das1066]

I was born in 1966 and having listened to music from then up to the present day, I have only recently come to the conclusion that the 70's was by far the best decade musically. The quality, range, and diversity of that decade has not been matched since.

[@otterlyso]

And this song was a No.1 single for three weeks in the UK Singles Chart in July 1969 just as Apollo 11 was in the air and above the air.

[@themanftheworld8439]

This song was from 1969.

[@Steve-yx1xj]

I'm 8 years older than you and would say 63 to 73, it all went wrong then until punk came along

[@douglasslater5192]

60s and 70s

[@tomhoffmann6442]

Thanks for sharing the 📅!

[@Maxid1]

All these years later and... we never got it together.

[@Sameoldfitup]

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams.

[@MrJonube]

It totally is.

[@pappahines2899]

until 16 yrs later when one night you wakeup at 3:30 in the morning and say...oh yah that's what it was.@@MrJonube

[@johnnyblaime]

Genius point..

[@davecoathup2658]

So lucky to have been around when magnificent tracks like this were acknowledged and rightly proclaimed as classics

[@markdobzuzinsky3017]

One of the best number 1 hits of all time love it

[@mereditharbon9918]

I think we need to go back to these days. LOVE

[@jroxx11211]

+Meredith Arbon i really wish we could...

[@omega12charlie]

+Meredith Arbon I ready willing and able

[@PMAngst]

yes we have to... this song has a very good meaning but very simple... Awwww I love old school rock... I'm a 90's baby but hell I love 60's

[@putinscat1208]

+Meredith Arbon Nixon? No way...

[@georgescheffler5249]

+Meredith Arbon - just bring it with you, here and now.

[@anythingbootneck]

We were truly a blessed generation, and grateful for being so.

[@denisesiddon7241]

You definitely were. Was born in next generation to this and feel I've missed out a lot not being around in 60s

[@lindapearce5699]

Yes

[@lunicola]

music such as this will NEVER come again and NEVER be made again.. it was OF its time and FOR its time... and for the generation that loved and appreciated such music .. of which i was a member of that generation.. and remember the first time in heard this classic song.. i was 17.. in Montabello Park in St.Catharines Canada with some friends .. floating on a cloud that LSD formed for me... and heard this come from the radio.. there COULD be words to describe the effect the song ( and the hallucinogen ) had on me...but to this day, i CAN'T find the words... and ONLY recall the moment.. etched in my mind for all time..THATS how deeply i appreciated this song which was and still REMAINS a work of art :)

[@steelyman08]

I wish I'd been around for those times. I was only a toddler at the time, but I've always wished that something similar would happen again. Who cares if the revolution was ultimately defeated & everyone was put back to sleep? It must have felt damn good to be part of a common cause & out and about sharing it in so many different ways. I caught the very end of the LSD/magic mushroom era because my friends had parents who'd been a part of it all. Mushrooms were still legal in the UK, and we listened to Hendrix & all of the sixties bands, etc. It wasn't anything like actually being there, but we could still feel it even in our little groups in the late 70s & early 80s. I'm almost 60 now, but would certainly join in if it were to happen again. That would be so much better than what's going on currently (which is very little of any note). But I agree that it will probably never come again. Look what happened when they tried to repeat Woodstock so many years ago! I'm too old to care about people laughing at hippies & LSD, etc. I think it's fantastic just to read of that era, listen to the music, and watch all of the documentaries about it. It was a hell of a lot more collectively enjoyable & meaningful than what's (not) going on currently.

[@sarahlou0808]

I was born in this year, but remember my late Daddy playing it for sure. He said the 60's and 70's were the best and music was his passion (and mine). My choices are now drifting to the old tunes too. Thanks for sharing and love to you all in these challenging times x

[@lindapearcr3138]

Best songs for sure! ❤

[@hocheekeong2575]

One of the timeless 1960 rock songs ever.

[@heidifredricks8641]

What an amazing song 🎵

[@tomhoffmann6442]

❤ it😂

[@gaborhuszti7247]

Simultaneously subfrequent alive is centenarian acting parts of scout level in talent so encouraged order to audience being about.

[@kevinrombouts3027]

Definitely one of my top 5 favorites of the 60's. Remarkable song.

[@anthonycouldlewissimmons]

O happy memories I. Was. At school. 71 now but age is only a number yeah still rocking yeah 😎 ❤❤❤

[@davidshepard6098]

Yeah! Still rocking at 70! And freaking out the grandkids!

[@anthonycouldlewissimmons]

@davidshepard6098 I am single sorry 😞 I know you ment well thxx I am vvvvvvvvvvvv. Y. At Hart age is a number yeah

[@alanwells4752]

Me, 77, and ditto.

[@baronvg]

This song just randomly played in my head and I looked it up to listen to it again. I haven’t heard this song in like 10 years.

[@jessicacbgcolonel2596]

Anyone here in 2024 ❤

[@cyoung7031]

Yep, sure is.

[@We12301]

Here in the USA waiting for Trump to get locked up .

[@suzannekurtz7093]

I'm here

[@agoago8011]

I am definitely here listening to a Rock classic don’t mean the trash kids hear today

[@robbsaid610]

2021 is coming and we have got to get it together. Actually we MUST get it together!

[@teddyboysdontknit810]

I’m afraid we lost it!

[@jamesfirmin8581]

But the sad thing is we will never get it together humans will never change

[@kristofernewton422]

Its A Damn Shame that Our Tribe is Sooo...Divided.

[@marksink1652]

​@@jamesfirmin8581 Like a big barge, or battleship, floating on a river's current... But that general flow doesn't really invalidate - or have the last word on - the littler counter-eddies / tendencies that spring up, prevailing perhaps a while, pushing in a different direction. Small changes through time, it seems, all we can expect.... the arc of the moral universe.... Clearer in the individual, always - more clearly from the source. Or so I believe.

[@jimsilvey5432]

Some of these songs gave my adolescent self the feeling that the world was going to get a lot better fast. I don't think I was entirely right.

[@albinholder6898]

WOW! I remember when I saw Thunderclap open for "The Who" back in the day. They did this song. Standing ovation. Never will forget it.

[@sludge4125]

Do you remember where?

[@anthonymcdibble9496]

Jealous

[@cerealtiller]

Thunderclap Newman came into being as an Idea from Pete Townshend

[@critter7052]

A great anthem to the end of the 1960's.

[@andrewelliott4436]

That's exactly it. First saw it on a late night TV arts/discussion show - just when the 60s were running down (69?) and turning into something less good. Hunter Thompson described it as the wave breaking.

[@briantrudyleupold4937]

Pure 100% joy. This comes from awesome musicians who knew how to roll up a number and GET IT TOGETHER. WE AS A COUNTRY NEED TO DO LIKEWISE

[@MichaelPaumgardhen]

Dude, you are SO right.

[@lukecollett6746]

We humans on the world gets it together and the evil ones are going , they gonna all go and die out , we humans gonna run this world honestly to our kids . Hope all the good people out there have a great year , stay strong and good and let’s hope it’s not too long before the evil governments around the world and there boss are wiped out or vanish . Can’t wait , yeeeeeharrrrr XXX

[@PlanetEarth3141]

Whoa! I haven't heard this song in over fifty years. I remember it like the year I first heard it on my small portable am /fm radio. So very cool then and I'm so happy to hear it again now. Thanks.

[@bearmanmr]

Such profound lyrics 50 years on

[@bernardrandles8013]

Wow can't believe how old I am these records and spaghetti westerns a great time unfortunately not to be repeated used to buy Ben Sherman shirts and wrangler jeans and jackets , happy days, long since gone, my mate who's long since gone had a lambretta SX200 what a machine that was, awesome RIP my mate

[@raulrodriguez3055]

Rest in peace Kenny love you bro we were suppose to grow old and make fun of how old we look 😢 I guess not..... Cherish the moments you have with your loved ones you never know when its the last time you see them.

[@MrJonube]

Godspeed for Kenny.

[@gehanoates294]

This song is perfect for 2021. I remember this the first time around. Great music.

[@TheMfmccarthy]

The wistful poignance of this music is almost more than I can bear

[@andrewmatthews6861]

STUNNING ❤️❤️❤️

[@Kate1Chopin]

Michael McCarthy The song is a masterpiece of pop, written by John Speedy Keen. Unique in every sense, not derivative. 👏👏

[@mauricetaylor6802]

a masterpiece from the 60s it will never leave me this song.

[@proudmary3553]

One of the best songs added to the Almost Famous soundtrack and The Girl Next Door soundtrack 👌🏻

[@allanrose2964]

OMG This was one of my favorite songs when I was a teen! I had forgotten it until I heard it yesterday on the AM radio! So here I am to hear it again! Great stuff!!

[@davidbellino6998]

Tom Petty has a great version of this song too. The only thing I don't like about Petty's is the third verse is omitted.

[@tomhoffmann6442]

I try to listen 🎶 a bunch of times 😅

[@hoseman10]

I especially love the piano part from this.

[@squirrelbutler2119]

Personal taste, of course, but I thought the song was a piece of pop perfection, APART from the piano solo, which for me breaks the song into a fragmented piece. I think that solo might have been great on another song, like a Jelly Roll Morton type song, but for me it simply interrupts this otherwise great song.

[@jackthebassman1]

The piano solo was iconic, so very different yet it made the record perfect for me.

[@blueprairiedog]

This song gives me hope, taking me back to a more optimistic time. We can get there again. Don't give up.

[@KittyGrizGriz]

☮️♥️♥️

[@stevenudale4797]

Who’s 2024 what a song

[@insertchannelnamehere570]

I have now found definitive proof that the 60s had the greatest soundtrack of any decade.

[@lorendsalazar]

Landmark, Iconic song from 1969 , , , Written for 2020 .

[@robertyoung5061]

Thanks so much for posting this fabulous classic from 1969. 47 years later, it sounds as good now as it did then!

[@doningram5145]

Robert Young. thank you for listening I keep posting music that has a meaning

[@doningram5145]

Robert Young I'll keep on posting thank you

[@doningram5145]

yeah I keep having flashbacks only LSD one time one time too many

[@stevemccart9109]

+Don Ingram bought this record after seeing the magic Christian at the movies...seems like yesterday

[@helencharles416]

Mr. Robert Young.... No truer words ever spoken, my friend.

[@andrewhatez7955]

Back when I possessed so much hope for the future--my athletic career was beginning and, there was nothing I thought I couldn't do. Imitating Joe Namath and loving the Jets, my big sis getting her first car ['70 Maverick] and, my Dad getting remarried. This song inspired me in my youth and I take delight in listening to it in 2022...super 70's magical tune.

[@frankmccarthy1779]

Yes! High school football and roundball and soccer, the soundtrack of our teenaged lives lots of commotion and devotion: our beloved NY Jets were great then! I still am a fan, although it's been hard to be one, you will know this! This year will be their year!

[@alexanderwood3465]

I always loved this one, the electric guitar is like a warm glowing hug for the ears 🥰 my Dad bought this at 15 years old, he said I'd have loved growing up in the 60s ☮️ love you Dad

[@lindapearcr3138]

❤

[@rosco8720]

This song has been in my 45 collection for decades. When I listen to it I start to float, this song is magical.

[@thebestof]

It's a shame none of their other tracks received as much recognition as this one! Great band.

[@missmerrily4830]

If this brings a tear or two of nostalgia for 1969, try Marmalade's Reflections of My Life too.

[@artvallejos1460]

Miss Merrily l agree. Another good one John Stewart '' Phoenix Concerts'' ''Mother Country''

[@stephensmith799]

One of my favourites too...

[@terrymurphy66]

Totaly agree X

[@stevecroft2348]

liked Wilhemina too

[@anythingbootneck]

Miss Merrily Yes, it affects me that way too!👍🏻😀

[@emilywest1302]

This is my favorite pop/rock record, even above the Beatles' best recordings. Particularly great are the honkytonk piano solo with handclaps and soaring horn line in the last verse.

[@mdacostavilmar]

And I lived this all. The sixties were the best years ever.

[@andrewmatthews6861]

ABSOLUTELY ❤️❤️❤️

[@malcolmhaley3569]

Yeh the sixties where great. Bay of pigs. Cold War with Russia oh and don’t forget that Asian war in Vietnam Stop dreaming

[@robertbroatch6919]

Best?! Don't know about that. Most interesting--yeah.

[@amsterdamroad]

AMEN BROTHER...

[@ppumpkin3282]

@@malcolmhaley3569 So what was wrong with trying to free Cubans from a communist dictator, or trying to bring Democracy to viet nam instead of control by the CCP?

[@christopherhann6725]

Every time I hear this track it just makes me feel good it's so timeless

[@cohenterry717]

Possibly the greatest single of all time - amazing track

[@marshsherrif2824]

NOT possibly

[@rossriver75yukon27]

If any song could sum up the hippie revolution - however fleeting it was - this wonderful song is it. I remember it. Will always remember.

[@martinlee5604]

From the glowing guitars at the start through the "frostbite with boxing gloves" piano solo, this epic song captured the imagination of the British public. It spent eight weeks in the Top 20 from June to August 1969: 17, 7, 1, 1, 1, 3, 5, 12.

[@johnburns4017]

This was No. 1 when men first landed on the Moon. It is very advanced to the point it is still fresh today.

[@colettegabbidon13]

John Burns it actually entered the hot 100 a week after the moon landing.

[@sladeippie5841]

@@colettegabbidon13 What f**cking moon landing. You mean that Hollyweird thing directed by Stanley Kubrick 😂🤣 Great song tho

[@JoeDaddy4321]

@@sladeippie5841 would you idiots please stop.

[@sladeippie5841]

@@JoeDaddy4321 🤣🤣🤣 Yeah, you keep believing Nixon spoke to the astronots on the phone 🤣🤣🤣

[@richardnotman787]

Somewhat prophetic, and all these years later we still haven't gotten it together.

[@Sealust50]

I hate to have to say this, but we never will here on this earth

[@Andrea1542]

This song is relevant right at this moment March 2020.

[@nephilimachristus3012]

you ARE SO right

[@lewisbracken5520]

?

[@davidjardine8791]

Still relevant in 2121

[@allanmarwood5887]

Agreed. Except it April 2021

[@JoeDaddy4321]

Can't tell which side you're on.

[@jamesgeiger4795]

I always liked this song. It had such a peaceful sound. I use to think it was about a love revolution. I never listened closely to the lyrics, especially the last verse. I didn't know it as about a violent revolution as implied in the last verse. As John Lennon sang in the Beatles' song, Revolution "But when you talk about destruction Don't you know that you can count me out".

[@mr.evasion]

There is no bloody revolution We've all had enough

[@mieczyslawpytel6481]

John was singing count me out/in

[@pamelag.00]

Agreed. But John wasn't particularly saintly, beating his first wife and pretty much cutting his first son out of his life. And Yoko made sure Sean got everything.

[@marycollins8215]

This song is very impactful, in 1969 and today.

[@saleconomos473]

Has always been one of my "go to" songs when I need my fix from that bygone year.

[@Sealust50]

ONE OF THE BIGGEST MUSIC MEMORIES OF MY CHILDHOOD - ADORED THIS SONG THEN, AND STILL ADORE IT NOW. I'M 65 YEARS OLD. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@krishnamurtiism]

What is it about this song that transports me back to the late 60s? So happy to have been born in 69, though I missed out on a good decade.

[@debbieanne7962]

Haven't heard this since I was a child. Brings back wonderful memories. Simpler times

[@rafaelmadina6430]

One hour ago I have learnt that Mary Quant has passed away today, and this song has automatically come to my head. Thanks, Mary and thanks Thunderclap!!! Long live the 60's!!!!

[@lomiewhitwer489]

I was at Newman Lake N Spokane Wa. Summer Time 1969. On the sand close to the water - Just about to enter the Lake - as we were marching closer the water -this song came drifting into the air and grasp my love 4 it 2 this very day.

[@daviddickey1994]

After all my older siblings were moved out, for a little while we had no radio, TV or record player in the house. That must be why I never heard this lovely song until 50 years later. Better late than never.

[@pappahines2899]

there's alot of great old tunes back there to catch up on david.

[@TG280]

Sad news Andy Newman's passing. Surely one of the most memorable records of the late 60s. 4 minutes of bliss and great piano . Truly great record.

[@clarkerattray6453]

brings back loads of memories, plus 16 year old Jimmy McCulloch on guitar superb.🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@clivefreedman9285]

I was 8 years old. This song mesmerised me then as it does now.

[@williewimmer5102]

The late great Jimmy McCullough on guitar. I think he was only 17 at the time. Fabulous! Gone way too soon...

[@stewartjackson5483]

1953 he was born so he would have been 16, saw him in 1966 when he was playing with 1 in a million, he'd be 13 then.

[@carlcathey7867]

Relevant to 2019! Turn on the news, read Twitter, listen to the preachers...there’s something in the air!

[@brendaquick6598]

Yes, the coronavirus..

[@frederickgreen3665]

My buddies and I loved listening to this song when we were in Vietnam. We wanted to start the revolution right then.

[@bazlebreeze9938]

If you're gonna be a one hit wonder, this is the one hit you wanna have. Acknowledged by the Saints and Shado Stevens too.

[@lc6124]

I might have been born a decade later, in my later years I have come to love this type of music, just classic and brings such good feelings.

[@markdobzuzinsky3017]

This is my favorite it's been since 1969 and I always remember what it was like then and how wonderful I felt at 16 just starting out on my own

[@brianduncan2793]

I lived through this was 18 this year of 1969

[@stewartjackson5483]

Same here

[@karl-heinzvonscharnhorst546]

I was born in 1969 - the year of love. More is less! Who needed AI back then. More genuine fun and decency amongst people in the West!

[@lizdoyle7158]

Song is the same league as Whiter shade of Pale 🌟 Bohemian Rhapsody ⭐ Waterloo Sunset 🌟Good Vibrations 🌟 House of the rising Sun 🌟Satisfaction 🌟Hey Jude ⭐God Only Kows ⭐In My Life 🌟Help 🌟He Aint Heavy hes my Brot 🌟 Eloise ⭐friday on my mind ⭐everlasting love⭐Alone Again Naturally⭐Ruby Tuesday ⭐

[@donaldmccormack7580]

I have always been blasted by this song since I first heard it at the end of the 60s. What an authentically supreme musician.

[@pigurine]

OMG 1969 I would give a year of my life for that summer of 69 I had everything and was to Young and stupid to know It.

[@barbaras3206]

[@michelgrimes5283]

I think about that all the time. It was great. Now I have more memories than dreams.

[@brianambrosemcmahon8531]

The best of times !!

[@Isleofskye]

Me too ! 66 today :)

[@Bungy53]

i was there with you Pig !!

[@Boo-itsmejackieS]

One of my few .go to. sounds ..... nothin quite like it ...... absolutely smashed it X🤍💜💚💛🤍X

[@lloydbebee3693]

Wow ! I woke up this morning (Feb.9 Freedom 2022) with this song playing in my head.Great Song!

[@WOLFMANoct1963]

glad to see this song get the recognition it deserves ,JO JO

[@kimhaggerty4367]

1969 the year I left school and this song takes me straight back there every time I hear it,good times and happy days

[@alisonwood4219]

Love, love, love this song!!! 2024 and it is still rocking!

[@mariosaliba8036]

Pity such a great song was a one hit wonder for Thunderclap Newman. Still a great song after almost 50 years.

[@markdobzuzinsky3017]

This time was such a great time nothing to worry about just listen to great music Such a great recording.

[@rwolffd12]

One of those sounds you never forget. A wonderfully uplifting gem.

[@krishnamurtiism]

Magic - the year I was born. Oh I wish I was there to remember.

[@fvansoldt]

Beautiful piano intermezzo. Allso great to see Scheveningen pier!