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1st RECORDING OF: Shakin’ All Over - Johnny Kidd & the Pirates (1960)

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Alan Caddy: Tribute to … - Ain't No Sunshine (Stereo Plus 3)

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wrt. Bill Withers, 1973.

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You know, The Tornados should be known beyond their epochal single. They could be in the league of bands, such as The Moody Blues and Procol Harum, i.e. they did a really huge song, true, but they didn't suck afterwards, they still did great work that is unfortunately underappreciated, cause the tune was incredibly successful. Moreover, there is also Joe Meek, who could be seen as an unofficial member of the group. His tricks made The Tornados into this supersonic band of your 60's posterity and his contributions to their compositions still sound both of its scene and outside of it. The ditty in the link followed their biggest hit, yet it did not follow its template. O.K., it is an instrumental, although this is where all similarities end. It does feel like a victory lap for them, even though it wouldn't last long.

[mitjalovse]

The Tornadoes still showed us the vision of a better future after that traiblazing hit of theirs. One of the singles they did in the wake of their success was this one with an apt title. As it is already known, Joe Meek really made them sound like a version of a possible posterity where technology benefits the world. Yes, there is a degree of both naivety and optimism prevalent in it that is hardly present in modern times. It is bittersweet to listen to it, not just due to the events that occurred to the producer and the band, but also due to the fact that this version of the outlook never happened. The tune seems to be aware of this, cause it ends quite violently, as if it is sure that none of this certainty will actually appear.

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We are busy travelling across the pathways of a promised future, i.e. the electronic music of the 60's, although this track is, despite its melody, not of that idiom. It is from a rock band, yet their producer, Joe Meek, made them sound like they are out of this world. It is hard for me to state how much this still seems out of place in the scene they were in, but if you hear this song in conjunction with many electronic compositions of the period, you could draw parallels. Actually, you can claim The Tornados were basically the early harbingers of the electronica in the popular music with this song and it is a shame they didn't continue to do so, yet the issues that plagued them and their producer could be an answer for that. Nonetheless, we still have this tune, a distant signal to a great posterity that was never fulfilled.