6409. Jeff Wayne, Richard Burton, Chris Thompson - Thunder Child

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From: Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds; Year: 1978; Genre: Progressive Rock/Hard Rock/Space Rock
Discovered this rock opera double album the other day; it piqued my interest would be an understatement. Hard progressive rock AND H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds? Heck yeah!
I remember reading this one back in grade school, I was fascinated by H.G. Wells' vision of both the Martians and their Tripods. The ship in the novel and this song's namesake, Thunder Child I have come to like even more after Star Trek bestowed that name on one of the Akira class ships that you saw fighting The Dominion and The Borg, so yeah, it is awesome.
Anyway, this track comes at the end of side 2 and is a mix of narration and vocals by Chris Thompson of Manfred Mann fame with some great, fast-paced music.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
My song pick 6 years ago today: Dayton Sidewinders - Something

My song pick 7 years ago today: The Lovin' Spoonful - Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?

My song pick 8 years ago today: Duran Duran - Out of my Mind

My song pick 9 years ago today: Kansas - Journey from Mariabronn

My song pick 10 years ago today: Jimi Hendrix Experience - Hey Joe

My song pick 11 years ago today: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO) - Takin' Care of Business

My song pick 12 years ago today: Return to Forever - Jungle Waterfall

My song pick 13 years ago today: Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds

My song pick 14 years ago today: Northern Kings - Don't Stop Believin'

My song pick 15 years ago today: King Crimson - Thela Hun Ginjeet

My song pick 16 years ago today: Jaco Pastorius - Slang

My song pick 17 years ago today: Falco - Der Kommissar
 
 

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