REVOLUTION (Tomorrow)
“Revolution” is a song performed by the London psychedelic rock group Tomorrow. It was first released on a single in the U.K. by Parlophone in September 1967 and later on the group’s self-titled album Tomorrow in February 1968. The song is credited to Keith Alan Hopkins (better known as Keith West) and Steve Howe. Though Tomorrow’s song was not a hit, the group was well known to insiders of the London music scene. Tomorrow’s September 1967 single was likely the prime inspiration for the John Lennon song “Revolution” which was released a year later. Tomorrow’s tongue-in-cheek lyric “Have your own little revolution, NOW!” sounds like it prompted Lennon’s response “You say you want a revolution”. (More from Wikipedia)
Don Arden insisted that the Klubs change their name to Revolution – perhaps he got the idea from another single by Tomorrow called “Revolution” that came out the year before the song of that name, “Revolution” by the Beatles. When the band refused to bow to this demand and arrogantly stood their ground, Arden heaped abuse on the young bandmembers. Don Arden, who was once called “the Al Capone of pop” by critic Johnny Rogan, was not used to taking any lip from the bands that he signed; Arden tore up their recording contract in front of the Klubs and vowed that their Decca recordings would never see the light of day.
(July 2013)
