Albert Hammond - The Free Electric Band (1973)
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- Опубликовано: 31 июл 2011
- Note: Click "Show More" for lyrics. Albert Hammond - OBE (Order of the British Empire) (born 18 May 1944, London, England) is an English-Gibraltarian singer, songwriter and record producer.
Hammond was born in London, where his family had been evacuated from Gibraltar during World War II. His family returned to Gibraltar shortly after his birth, and there he grew up. In 1960, he started in music with Gibraltarian band 'The Diamond Boys', which had no real commercial success, but played a part in Spain's introduction to popular music. The Diamond Boys performed at the first nightclubs in Madrid to stage modern bands alongside Spanish rock and roll pioneers such as Miguel Ríos. In 1966 Hammond co-founded the British vocal group The Family Dogg, scoring a UK Top 10 hit with "A Way of Life" in 1969.
He also wrote songs for others with frequent collaborator Mike Hazlewood. These include "Little Arrows" for Leapy Lee, "Make Me An Island" (1969) (which Hammond himself re-recorded in 1979, in a Spanish disco-style version), and "You're Such a Good Looking Woman" (1970) for Joe Dolan, "Gimme Dat Ding" for The Pipkins in 1970 (itself a cover from the Freddie and the Dreamers album, Oliver in the Overworld), "Good Morning Freedom" for Blue Mink, "Freedom Come, Freedom Go" for The Fortunes in 1971 and "The Air That I Breathe" which was a hit for The Hollies in 1974. In 1971. Hammond also sang on Michael Chapman's fourth album, Wrecked Again, and worked briefly with The Magic Lanterns on recordings of his and Hazlewood's songs and other material.
He then moved to the United States, where he continued his professional career as a musician. He is known for his hits of the 1970s, released on Columbia subsidiary Mums Records, such as:
1."It Never Rains in Southern California"
2."The Free Electric Band" (the only single of his to chart in the UK)
3."I Don't Wanna Die in an Air Disaster"
4."I'm a Train"
5."Down by the River"
Lyrics:
The Free Electric Band (A. Hammond - Mums Records/Columbia/Epic)
My father is a doctor, he's a family man
My mother works for charity whenever she can
They're both good clean Americans who abide by the law
They both stick up for liberty, and they both support the war
My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down
For Summers in a Summer camp, and Winters in the town
My future in the system was talked about and planned
But I gave it up for music and the free electric band...
I went to school in hand-washed shirts with neatly ordered hair
The school was big and newly built and filled with light and air
And the teacher taught us values that we had to learn to keep
And he clipped the ear of many an idle kid who went to sleep
My father organized for me a college in the East
But I went to California, the sunshine and the beach
My parents and my lecturers could never understand
Why I gave it up for music and the free electric band...
Well, they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career
A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer
Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand
'cause all I need is music and the free electric band...
My father sent me money and I spent it very fast
On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class
Yes, and we learned about her body
But her mind we didn't know
Until deep rooted attitudes and morals began to show
She wanted to get married, even though she never said
But I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head
She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land
So I gave her up for music and the free electric band... 
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Who could ever have imagined life would turn out like it is in 2024 😔 Please take me back to the 1970s 😔
One of the greatest singer songwriters of the 70s.
True!
Doesn't get any better than this.
Needn’t get any better. 😊
🔝💯 STILL SOUNDS AMAZING.... TIMELESS CLASSIC 🎸🥁✌🏿🎵😍😍😍
Can you imagine having the ability to write and sing this?
I Had a Honda 250 in 73, this song was my anthem, met a great girl , married her in 75 , been together 48
yrs now , wish I'd kept the bike though. . . . . . . .
48 years, sounds like you hit the jackpot. :).
Great story. With you brother. ❤
Candy Gold coloured K4 by any chance?
Breaks a string at 59 seconds in and carries on with a wry grin, Brilliant!
Don McLean can adapt on the fly like this too. I've seen it twice in concert. I think the better musicians are prepared for that eventuality.
H.S. class of 70 here. I’d go back in a split second if I could. What a beautiful time to be alive!
This is one of the best songs ever made, The time was right and the lyrics are superb. Can't believe it only made 19 in the UK charts.
What a great song rediscovered by accident when looking for something else.
Brilliant.
I actually seek out this song... 😁
Great song by a great song writer ❤love it
One of the greatest hits of yesteryear, thank you ALBERT.
I've loved this song for nearly five decades.
Great song, those were the days even though i was only born early 1960's , values were predominating , JFK, MLK, RFK , legislative progress by LBJ , Beatles, Woodstock, Decolonisation. Not total garden of Eden but significant bridgehead towards equality and fairness and valuing of all.
This was a “ classic “ .... superb!
I totally love Albert Hammond's music. 🎶❤️
Why couldn't we have just stayed the 60s and 70s i miss this music and time ❤😢
I recommend you Harry Styles, by Harry Styles.
Spot on.
deborah vancleave
I’m with you on that one 100%👍
There is good music made now, just give me a year or so and I will get back to you when I find it. : )
Yes! The world was better, and the music.
Who could write a song like that today and if someone did now many would understand the lyrics? An era that will not be reprised anytime soon.
IM GLAD I LIVED IN THE TIMES OF ALBERT HAMMOND.
Wish i had lived back then too.
But at least i can watch these videos at any time now and enjoy this beautiful music when and whereever i want to. ^^
Ich auch....Er strahlt die pure Lebenslust aus ...wow
👍
Also
Ein Riesen-Hit. Klar, aus den guten alten Zeiten :-) Thank you Mr. Hammond!
Yes and we learned about her body but her mind we didn't know..….. 😂 Love that line. So true!
"Until deep-rooted attitudes and morals began show."
"So I gave her up for music and a free electric band."
You gotta do what you gotta do!
He nails it every time.
One of the most uplifting songs of all time!
This song takes me back to good old days.I really loved/love this song.
absolutely love the lyrics to this track, it really brings to life how you should follow your passions in life, while ever so eloquently sticking two fingers up at the system.
our wild dreams of yesteryear.
You don't know that the text contains a message against marriage and education. Frankfurt School. Was therefore included in the curriculum for English at the Realschule in Germany in the seventies. Decomposition. From Jenen.
great statement
Yes, and he leaves absolutely no doubt that he is full of passion for singing!!!
@@detlefschmidt6789 why didn't i, do you think i'm deaf?
I was in my teens during the early 70s. Man this brings back memories and then some. In my late 60s now and yes, I sure miss the music. I remember Albert Hammond very well. 😊 3:22 3:22
Thank you, Albert, that you gave up everything for music!
Er ist wirklich einer der besten
@@Ghreinos Und dazu auch supersympathisch.
No man! he shirked responsibility, didn’t want to become a man, so freed himself from the shackles of a culture that served mankind well for 50,000 years - the family
Culture started to become subverted after World War 2, that is when MK Ultra really got going with the help of Nazi scientists suddenly employed by American government agencies because of their deep knowledge of how the mind could be shattered by drugs and then be subliminally reprogrammed through music, fashion, the media and cultural events such as “love ins” and Woodstock that promoted drugs and the “do as thou will”philosophy
Even Timothy Leary was an agent of change employed by the CIA.
Boomers, Ever get the feeling you’ve been played?
DOUBLE-LIKE ! Good old time - that was still music, a shame that is over .. :-(
Absolutely love this song and fantastic lyrics
I was 13 when this song came out. Reminds me of good times growing up.
1973 was a truly fantastic year for pop music and Albert Hammond's Free Electric Band was certainly one of the great sounds from that year
समय सँगै बित्दै छ जिन्दगी मेरो
जोवन अनि उमेर पनि ढल्दै छ मेरो
रोकिएलान मेरा यी गोडाका डेक हरु
ओइलिएलान मेरा यी जोश जागर हरु
के हुने छौ तिमी मेरो बुढेसकाल को लाठी
के हुने छौ तिमी मेरो साथ जब पुग्छु मा साठ्ठी
same same but different
My father hes a doctor hes a family man etc.. Great songwriting, great lyrics.. FREE ELECTRIC SONG... thanks..
Albert's music played a big part in my formative years.....brilliant. How I miss Bev Henning 😃😃😃😃😃❤
i was born in 1970 and this is still to me or even to me right up to date such a great song
I REMEMBER THIS HIT IN 1973.
Magic ☺️
@@geoffheal7957 It didn't get released until 1975
This was great, thanks, I been tryin to find out about "free electrical training software" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Diyarah Electric Freedomify - (just google it ) ? Ive heard some super things about it and my colleague got cool success with it.
@@peterharrison8756: Nope - released April 1973.....
the girls were exactly as i remember them !!
Just good music, singer having fun. The story makes a song IMO, this is relatable , takes us where we would like to be. Albert did an excellent job of taking us where we could not go ourselves.
All I need is music and the Free Electric Band ❤
A belter from the 70's 🎉
I'm a musician, I perform Albert Hammond's hit It never rains in California to positive reception, I just heard Free electric band for the first time ever and wonder how I never found this on the radio or mentioned to me by a friend or fellow musician, it's a great story telling song that to is a little reminiscent of the work of the late great Harry Chapin.
I am not a musician sadly, I heard this one about 40 years ago. Still listen to it.
I heard this song about 50 years ago. Great song
The song was a hit down under in the 70s
I a bit concerned that his ode to it never rains in southern California is with global warming and climate change nothing to be singing about. There's more drought conditions forecast for Southern California in 2024. It thought in 2023 that drought conditions were being alleviated in SoCal but latest forecast is that pendulum is swinging back towards drought conditions. We should be alert and worried about awful forest fires recurring because of lack of rainfall in Southern California.
Let's hope and pray that it does rain a good deal in Southern California. Climate action now. Act local in Southern California but think global. I respect the light hearted nature of this song but please let's leave this out of date song in the past to be replaced with more environmentally responsible numbers if you want to chill like It’s Raining Zen Hallelujah maybe. Gene Kelly was right in combining singing with environmental responsibility with a bit of exercise thrown in. Rain is rain even if it's Purple Rain, all rain welcome these days. Yes Here Comes the rain again is a great phrase to hear on the street.
I wish it would rain is a great song by The Temptations which is what we need now. Albert was great with his dry little song but his approach was unsustainable and it's time now for our favourite ecologically - correct band Wet! Wet! Wet!
Try listening to Rebecca by him, its one of my favourites
immer wieder gut zu hören!!!
i love the broken string and how they figured to not just re-record it!
can you hear that? it sounds to me just like an enhanced version of the original recording
Just discovers this song and I love it
74 now still love this song.
Love this! I’ve somehow never heard it before!
Remember this from 1973 absolutely awesome song ❤❤
OH, BOY ! His famous charismatic smile. . . !
My parents and my lecturers could never understand why I gave it for music and free electric band
After the song you did Albert, the world finally understood
Very true!
Just awesome! A 70s classic hit! July 2022 ❤❤👍👍😃😃
I love the lyrics to this song! I feel very much the same way about my life!
So you’re a musician too?
@@gereonjanzing3050 No, I'm afraid not, though I do like to sing karaoke and I used to play the keyboard.
Very much in the style of Cat Stevens. Both were prime performers and writers. Although I love the music of Cat Stevens I actually find myself listening to Albert Hammond more! His amazing resume as a songwriter tend to overshadow his solo career and his participation in Harmony Pop band Family Dogg is almost forgotten.
Wonderful ALBERT HAMMOND's song!!!
Albert Hammond - "LEGEND" (new album with Greatest Hits)
Amazing how he can still play with a broken string.
Just CLASS
LOVE it!! One of my favorites back then..
NUESTRO HIMNO JUVENIL EN 1975 UNA CANCION QUE LA BAILABAMOS CON MUCHA ALEGRIA EN ESOS AÑOS JUVENTUD SIN VICIOS,
Great song, on the Radcliffe & Maconie Show on Sunday morning. Great to hear it again !
ERA EL OTOÑO DE 1974 Y RECORDAMOS ESTA CANCION CON MUCHA ALEGRIA RECUERDOS HERMOSOS.
My father is a doctor, he's a familiary man,
My mother works for charity whenever she can,
They're both good clean Americans who abide by the law,
They both stick up for liberty, they both support the law,
My happiness was paid for when they laid their money down,
For Summers in a Summer camp, and Winters in the town,
My future in the system was talked about and planned,
But I gave it up for music and the free electric band
I went to school in hand-washed shirts with neatly oiled hair,
The school was big and newly built and filled with light and air,
And the teacher taught his values that we had to learn to keep,
And he clipped the ear of many idle kid who went to sleep,
My father organized for me a college in the East,
But I went to California, the sun-shine and the beach,
My parents and my lecturers could never understand,
Why I gave it up for music and the free electric band
Well, they used to sit and speculate upon their son's career,
A lawyer or a doctor or a civil engineer,
Just give me bread and water, put a guitar in my hand,
'Cause all I need is music and the free electric band
My father sent me money and I spent it very fast,
On a girl I met in Berkeley in a social science class,
Yes, and we learned about her body, but her mind we didn't know,
Until the brutal attitudes and morals began to show,
She wanted to get married, even thopugh she never said,
But I knew her well enough by now to see inside her head,
She'd settle for suburbia and a little patch of land,
So I gave her up for music and the free electric band
Danke dafür!!!!!
they both support the war
“ brutal “ attitudes? deep routed I think
@@llamamanism ...DEEP ROOTED...
Some wrong parts:
Not "familiary man" but "FAMILY man",
not "they both support the law" but "they both support the WAR" (he was talking about Vietnam),
not "with neatly oiled hair" but "with neatly ORDERED hair",
not "the teacher taught his values", but "the teacher taught US values",
and not "Until the brutal attitudes" but "Until DEEP ROOTED attitudes".
Oh yesss🙂I was only small when I heard this song the first time, I loved it...it was such a happy time, my mums favorite song👍. First time I see this video and him❤️.
Albert Hammonds songwriting credentials are so massive and ecxstensive that it's easy to forget that he actually had a successful solo career as well.
over 20 albums! quite a lot in Spanish
@@peted7985 Why didn't I take Spanish instead of German during my schooldays!? Why!?!?😁 I can of course enjoy the music but it would be nice to actually understand the words he sing in Spanish since I'm a lover of lyrics just as much as the melodies. Do you speak or understand Spanish, Pete?
@@thomasmarthinussen8978 no, i tried to learn but i found it too difficult . i understand some of the words though . but even without knowing exactly what he's singing many of his Spanish songs are still superb
@@peted7985 Are you English or American, perhaps? I'm from Norway. Spanish is a beautiful language and very romantic sounding!
@@thomasmarthinussen8978 i'm English . i'd love to visit Norway sometime ;)
HIS BEST!!!!!
Captured the spirit of the age.
Dam , I just about remember this back in the 70s, I was a 5 year old, 73, but I think I 1st remember this just a few years later in the 70s,, as a kid, just wish we could go back then too the 70s again,,! Born 23rd May 1968 from northern Ireland UK, 🤝
Just love this. Brilliant song.
Reminds me of our Song book days in the 70s,we had to buy Pop magazines to get the lyrics.
*Wonderful this song!*
Absolutely beautiful x
I was 2 yrs old when this song came out
Only a baby then
And a string broke and he just kept on rocking
Reminds me of my late Dad ,he was a music lecturer from Africa,Zambia
This song reminds me of my late dad. ❤
This song reminds me of my late uncle who died in 98. He was a bit of a rebel
Fantastic lyrics ! A plea for an independent spirit in a predestined, planned , corporate societal system.. There is a nice contrast between the rebellious ,acerbic lyrics and the upbeat melody . .
Mein Bruder verstarb vor neun Jahren.
Ein Schulfreund schrieb uns,dass er sich noch sehr gut daran erinnerte,wie sie als Jugendliche Schlauchboot fuhren und mein Bruder Free electric Band sang❤
2023 and I'm here feeling the song still
One of my favorite
His son is as amazing as him. I love both of them!
What a song!!!!
I never left the 60s n 70s. Peace
What a Great song and it grooves like hell! Ich 🎉❤😎🎵
Phantastic song from the best decade of the century. In 1979/80 comes Reagan, Chomeini, Thatcher, Harrisburg, Afghanistan, Aids, they shot John Lennon... the party was over.
Love it each time I listen 🎧
👏 🙏 🤝 👍 AL Hammond for e v e r . . .
1973 was a long hot summer, ..and this was the Hymn. ❤
Yes that's exactly how I remember it.
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William Davies same here had 175 got married in 74 loved to have kept bike
Hope one day I'll be able to relate
I've always liked this song.
its been an Honour to work for you, thank you for your music
Heard this song at the gym and had to listen to it when i was finished ❤
Try also Gordon Lightfoot - Sundown
Artista: Albert Hammond
Álbum: The Free Electric Band
Fecha de lanzamiento: 1973
Stunning
I know it's late.. But Don't care Albert LOOOVVVEEE Your Smile and Voice
👍🏻I listened to this in late 70s now in 2022 still amuses
This was my nuber 1 song of 1973 on my top 100
70's girls were so beautiful. I was born too late (1972).
when i need you songwriter +memories &rebecca anyone with eyes 1974 to 1987
PIU BELLA MUSICA VIENE DAL ANI 70 E 80
Es war als 7 jähriger mein Lieblingslied
Reminds me of the old days
I Love this Song 👍💋
Very catchy song with interesting lyrics. It reminds me of another song "Get Down" by Gilbert O'Sullivan.....also a very catchy song.