Earth and Fire- Storm And Thunder (First Listen)
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
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Song Link: • Storm And Thunder
I looked up bands that used a lot of Mellotron and these guys came up. I became a massive fan from the first listen. Memories was actually the first song I listened to. This masterpiece was shortly after. I love Earth and Fire!
Cool reaction video.
One of the great bands from my hometown The Hague. Always loved their sound. Remarkable that you found them, Justin. Thanks for reviewing this song.
Ty Erik, im glad I found them too😃
They were from, Voorburg, Leidschendam and Voorschoten actualy, so a little outside The Hague
@@StevenQ74 even better since I live in Leidschendam! Thanks
Greetings from The Hague, the Netherlands!!
Awesome song and band, pure progrock, Dutch treat!
I have seen them playing this song live so many many times !! It was unbelievable good, as well as the title song "Song of the marching children", They were among the best Dutch bands absolutely !!
You really are one of the best reactors,your insight for someone of your age is outstanding.Keep it up
Ty so much for that radio!
@@JustJP Justin you should come back to this group again, waiting for new reactions
A great Dutch band which I liked very much in my teenage years.
Their songs are often quite bombastic combined with the beautiful voice of Jersey Kaagman. And of course we all had a crush on her.
Maybe tomorrow, maybe tonight
Wild and exiting
Thanks for the love
The Dutch band Exeption also did interesting things.
Not just the voice was gorgeous, I can assure you
I was 4 years old when the song came out. But I did not hear it for the first time when I was 12 years old, and I can still remember every note of the song.
Saw them live in 72 and 73. Still has a soft spot in my heart, was 15 and 16 at that time.
Me too
I haven't listened to these guys in 15 years. I bought this album because I was told the lead singer sounded exactly like Annie Haslam. I still don't agree but, still she has a powerful voice and their music is well worth a listen. If you like this, you will like pretty much everything from their prog collection. Enjoy the journey.
This is a band I've never heard before. Very interesting! Multiple keyboards and melotrons. Real 70s prog!
It was a hit in 1971. Jerney Kaagman's magnificent voice is utterly beguiling. And she had the looks to match! After this album they made two more 'proggy' discs, Atlantis and To the World of the Future. Gradually they slipped into poppy and danceable fare - not bad at all, but not in the same league. Six months after this they had a number one hit with 'Memories'.
don.t forget people come people go .a great song:
What?! That was crazy good and thoroughly captivating. The vocals and melatron are great but the drummer elevates the song even higher. Your viewership is constantly feeding terrific recs and are a big part of why I love this channel.
Ty Stephen! Yes, it's so great being introduced to things I'd of never heard otherwise
Oooooh! That was unexpected. Super smooth entrance when the whole band comes in. Really cool to hear some more female voices in prog.
Fantastic number and album, I’m happy to have this album 😊
The Mellotron is superb in this track.
Thats for sure!
Earth and Fire, Shocking Blue and Golden Earring were the big 3 in Dutch rock.
Thanks for listening man...
Happily rmc! Thank you
Man, hearing this again is giving me goose bumps all over. This band was an important part of my musical education. Such a good choice. Thanks for this thorough review. I wonder how you prepare this. Well done! Thank you!. Check out ‘Memories’ if you like more guitar.
Thanks so much! This was a great track!
Also check out Memories if you like more mellotron.
Although an awsome song there is one that tops it by a mile :) Song of the marching children !! The absolute pinnacle !!
listen "People come AND People go" It Is an amazing song
Aah, this was one I recommended many moons ago. And I love it that you liked it so much. And as I said in my original post: they were really trailblazers in progressive rock since this was released in 1971 (!!).
Still love to listen to them.
a great peice of prgrssive rock from the 70's
Wow, thanks for having attention for this band! Got the singles Memories and mabey twomorrow mabey tonight from my parents these days. Together with Focus and Golden Earring my favourite Dutch bands.
A buddy of mine on the Trainwreck is a total Earth And Fire fanatic. He sent me all of their music on two data discs. I gave them all a fair play, but in the end I only kept one song, "Twilight Dreamer". I really like that song. The only other song that I found interesting was "Ruby Is The One".
However, I do LOVE her voice. I just wish the music appealed to me more.
It's cool that you liked it so much. Discovering new music that moves you is wonderful.
There was a German prog rock band in the early '70s called Frumpy that you might find interesting. Inga Rumpf, the vocalist, has a powerful, raspy voice, but there have been too many Janis Joplin comparisons.
This was my favorite group in the 70,s , beautiful progrock !! In that time there were a lot of progrock groups active in Holland ,and internationally !!
Hey Justin thanks for this react, the whole album is entirely brilliant!!
These lyrics describe a PERFECT picture of a Dutch hot summer day leading up to a thunderstorm late in the afternoon.
And this band , E&F, was 1 of the very best bands to ever come from the Netherlands. They have made many more very good songs very much worth listening to. Jerney did not only have a gorgious voice (nudge-nudge, wink-wink)
Hey Justin.😀 I'm very happy and thrilled you got to review this song. I've been the one droning away over here to get anyone to hear it. I stumbled upon this group about a year ago and knew they needed to be heard. So glad you enjoyed it. If you dare to try them again, a couple of songs from 1969 may be of interest. They are "Wild and Exciting" and "Seasons". Not as proggy as this song but both quite good tracks. Jerney's singing certainly gets "under your skin", doesn't it. If you can, they were on Beat Club playing this song so you can see them in action.
Yes, Seasons I like a lot. It's quite simple but I love the harmonies and the voice of Chris Koerts is nice in contrast to Jerney's.
This was a nice surprise. Thanks for reccing it.
I appreciate the recommendation Rob! And ty for waiting for it😄
Wow, prog from my own country.. Definately listen to “memories” and “maybe tomorrow” , you will love the mellotron, guitarwork and pounding drums. This reaction made me very happy ans a great trip down memory lane 😊
Ty so much Alfred!
Love earth and fire, love jerneys voice everyone in the group very talented, love storm and thunder never tire of listening their music. Jerneys voice touches your soul.
I had a real crush on Jerney at the time, brilliant voice.
sexy as hell, but not on the weekend 🤣
@@stevedotwood But the Memories!
@@markspooner1224 lol
huh????? Jesus man thx for paying attention to this band!!! The singer Jerney Kaagman is married to Bert Ruiter the former bassist of Focus, he later joined Earth & Fire. She suffers severe parkinson nowadays.
Great songs from this band.....
Memories
Maybe tomorrow maybe tonight
Fanfare
Love of Life
The last seagull
To the world of the future......and many more!
Awe, we wish her the best.
Ty Ron! Loved this one
Your reaction is the same as mine 50 years ago. Great band
Haha nice! :D
One of the very best prog songs ever . Period !!! Loved them as a teenager, love them still as a 63 old progger !!! Your comment is SPOT ON !!!
I grew up with them in the seventies.They are a Dutch band from the Haque.A lot of great progrock and pop Jerney Kaagman is the powerful singer
Perfect!!!! And I had forgotten about that group......I'm serous......i remember them...and a friend at the time playing them for me.....we thought the same as you...Perfect!!!! Of course...I even forgot about The Classic IV singing the song, "Spooky." Lol hahahaha....And that song was spooky......hahahaha............................
Leaving us with "Stormy"" Traces".
Hey JP, please listen to the song "Fanfare" by Earth and Fire. It is SOOO HAUNTING! It will give you chills that lasts weeks!! Crazy good band!
Absolutely. Fanfare is one of my favorites of the band.
One of their best songs
So great with the famous mellotron sounds after the organ
Beautiful 🎹🎹🎹🎹
Yes yes yes.....
Now how did I miss this one back in the day? It fit right alongside Renaissance in a way. Kudos to those who recommended this. Haha...Justin stuff like this is what makes your channel so unique and why I'm always looking forward to some new discoveries. (But.... I'd be willing to admit that I am not gaga about some of the artists whom you reacted to...)
Sooo..... now you've got to do more from this album!!
This is why I love your channel. At least half of everything you react to I’ve never heard, not that I’m some Prog expert, just the opposite truth be told. This band is phenomenal and yes the lead singer for sure gives us Annie Haslam vibes but is distinctive in her own right. Wow. The subs on this channel really know their stuff and continually come up with gems like this. Just great. 👌
This takes me back. I discovered them age 17 on a school trip to Germany. There were a few interesting Dutch bands back then. Focus were in a league of their own, of course, but Earth & Fire were worth listening to, as were Ekseption -- imagine The Nice with a brass section.
Wow this is progressive work I haven't heard. I want to OWN this album. I'm glad you did this one. I bet the whole album is fantastic.
If you listen to the rest, lmk how it is!
IT is !!!!
Amazing you tried this one out. Already 50 years (!) old of a band that was not well known outside the Netherlands. I'm also amazed that you like the song so much! Thanks!
Ty Peter!
They were well known by Prog Rock fans in Britain.
The best Progressive Rockband from the Netherlands, beautiful songs, lyrics and the singer Jerney Kaagman, still love this band.
Great song made by very talented musicians. love to listen to earth and fire especially the earlies albums. Love your review man. love this.
This is a brilliant review. Very perceptive and eloquently put. A pleasure to watch so appreciative a listener!
Ty so much!
That was very good. Another band I have never listened to, and sorry I missed. Another reason I like your channel is discovering new bands. Generally, I like what people suggest here, because your fan base generally has good taste in music. I may have to buy this album if I can find it.
Or Atlantis or To the world of the future
Such an amazing record, I think I like it better now, after all these years... I love the way you are appreciating it and even pointing that out!! Must say I love the melatron too!!
Love this. Never heard it before. Voice like Annie Haslam. Great keybords. Thanks...
Awesome that you discovered this album. Most in the states don’t know them.
Same in England. They were never played. Luckily I found them on Radio Nordsee.
Thanks for doing this - really awesome - I might have heard this back in the progressive rock radio days - incredible vocals!
Ty Bob! Glad you liked it!
Amazing track and band..
It is so funny to see how you reacted on this masterpiece, with a dry mouth, heartbeats, feeling overheated. I went back to my youth and the effect then. The same. Overwelmed. Since then my all time favourite band. Look for the clip on You Tube. Bye from Amsterdam!
Ty Robert! Its a fantastic song!
I have loved this band since I first heard "Atlantis" in 1974(?) It never wears out!
Pretty good, very Jon Lord purple organ. Nice vocals, good choice. Proceed...
Peace and Music
Can’t believe I’ve never heard them or of them before. Jerney reminds me of Annie Haslam the way she goes after notes. I’ll have to listen to more. This was fantastic.
Read Hubert's comment above and chase down those albums only...
Glad you liked it as well David!
Great to hear him calling out the Mellotron and the keyboards, which I really think are what made Earthy & Fire stand out.
Fantastic song.
was surprised to see a reaction to this very old but great song. You did so well here! Was lovely to see you reacting in detail
Thank you so much Gerlof! I'm glad you enjoyed🙃
Gerard Koerts was the Rick Wakeman of The Netherlands!!
zeg dat wel joh!
I think Rick van der Linden (Ekseption, Trace) was the Dutch Rick Wakeman!
oh yeah! Love this band. Get the first 4 CD's and a 5 disc changer and have a good weekend!
Thank you for your review; you nail it what I feel. I did go, when I was ~9 years old, to a skate ( if I remember correctly ) building, and they where practising their earlier songs. Unfortunate most of the time I was outside. It was amazing back then, they still are amazing listening those songs now. You should listen to the older songs. Jerney has a great voice.
It is time for an revival of this Dutch band with the gorgious voice of Jerney Kaagman, so beautiful this song
Earth and Fire was a great Dutch progband. They changed their sound several times, their debut Earth and Fire (which also was released with a Roger Dean cover) was more akin to the sound of Jefferson Airplane.
The Song of the Matching Children 1971 and Atlantis 1973 was Symphonic prog influenced by Genesis, whilst their later albums would go in a more disco/pop direction.
If you would do more of their songs I would recommend the Song of the Marching Children suite or Atlantis.
Geweldig!!!
Ja ook leuk dat E&F zo toch nog in de picture komt.
One of my favourite bands, and almost all their songs were written by the brothers Koerts. Only their first top 40 single Seasons (1969) was written by George Kooymans, member of the famous Dutch band Golden Earring.
I knew Chris and Gerrard two great musicians and friends, miss them both.
Another great progressive song from 1971 is REO Speedwagon's "Dead At Last" from their first album. It's sort of like early Kansas.
I was 14 tears old and had just started organ lessons. And the first song I tried to play just from hearing was... the intro from Storm and Thunder. Yes, a truly great song.
If you like Dutch progrock you definitely should try Supersister, Kayak and Focus.
Saw them twice, first in 1972 and then in 1973 in Germany when I was in the Dutch army.
I totally forgot about these guys. I look forward to hearing more. The singer is nice also. I’m often disappointed by prog singers. Many are amazing musicians, but then the singer kills it. However, she’s got the voice! I would love to have heard her and Greg Lake sing together!
Yes, they'd sound so good together Bruce! Nice one
They wre from my hometown The Hague. In the weekend I used to drink in club O'16 and saw them coming home from their gig and unloading their van.
As a Dutch of course this is close to home due to the band and the description of the summer weather over here. Hot, humid at times at least. Days starting somewhat damp and may be even cool. Fast rising temperature and the atmosphere just cannot contain all that energy and it just explodes in the evening with a lightning and who knows a tornado too...Unknown to in fact many many Dutch tornadoes are pretty common over here.
Midges are much much smaller than mosquitos and can be very irritating. They love humid weather.
Thank you, memories, maybe tomorrow, weekend... watch rhe clips, JERNEY is the best.
Only with u'r headphone up and max. volume this is great ......
I'm very surprised to see this band on your channel, I thought they were only known in the low countries. They had a couple of hits, like "Memories", "Weekend", and "Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight". Their early music was clearly inspired by Jefferson Airplane, but later their style was more diverse ("Weekend" has some Caribbean elements).
They received a lot of airplay by Alan Freeman on his show in the UK.
nothing compares to now, everything now is so silly and unmysterious.
Great stuff. Will you review more Earth and Fire songs?
Great song. I only knew "Memories" and "Weekend" from radio airplay.
Lots of giggling.... Aha! You love it!
Haha sometimes I give it away😄
@JP.
Great that this song gets a recommendation from you and that it touches you. But really, you should be reviewing the ENTIRE ALBUM, because it's a concept album. Besides, the music is so damn well put together. Especially the B-side with the song "Song of the Marching Children" is worth a review alone. I would also like to draw your attention to the (concept) album 'Atlantis'. This album also tells a story.
Yeah !!! You really have to hear this ( but I asume you already have :)
Earth and Fire, Golden Earring ( radar love), Brainbox(scarborrough of fair) Focus( hocuspocus), shocking blue (US bill oard no 1 song Venus), supersister these are a few of the dutch top bands from the past.
Jerney has an amazing pair of uhh... lungs on her. Their first three albums are all great. They kinda went a bit MOR/disco (yikes!) later on. I'd recommend a playthrough of either of their first two albums, or give Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight or Memories a spin. Jerney's voice on Memories is simply amazing!
I thought JPs going to listen to Earth Wind and Fire! Never heard of Earth and Fire but this was cool.
Never heard of this band!!?? Fantastic!! Like the band Renaissance but darker!!
Listen also to
Wild and exciting
Seasons
Love of live
Memories
Hey, JP, thanks for doing this one. This album is my favourite of this band. Great song and voice. Being Dutch and in my teens at the time I followed them from the start (jersey was hot too!). The Koerts brothers were quite prog-minded. They wrote most of their albums. The first 4 albums are quite good. After that they went more pop and I did not follow them anymore. Another band you might like from the Netherlands is Kayak. Also with this band I prefer their earlier albums. They are a not so much full prog, but a lot of prog lovers like them. Quite some variation in type of songs. Somewhat similar as Queen perhaps (about the variation, all other comparisons fail ;-) ). The Last Encore and Merlin are my favourite albums but they scored hits with songs like Starlight Dancer, Phantom of the Night and Ruthless Queen. Their composer Ton Scherpenzeel used to play with Camel on keyboards in the eighties and nineties.
Kayak - They get to know me (sure JP will like it)
Earth & Fire? Subbed!
there is a life version on german teevee. Very good life.
You ain,t seen nothing yet of Earth and Fire, check out to the world of the future( you will need some time to listen to this masterpiece)
Totally agree. To the world of the future is a masterpiece
Interesting. Didn't think of Annie Haslam at first, untill you said it. Now I can't unhear it. But also, kind of reminds me of THE VIRGIN SUICIDES soundtrack by Air, that French, Pink Floydish sound...
Cool that you talked about this song Justin. Also notice how the mellotron subtle introduce the closing section theme. It's not pop, it's classical music.
I was a huge fan of the band in the seventies until they went into the eighties type of songwriting.
Gerard Koerts (twinbrother of guitarist Chris Koerts) unfortunately died two years ago as did some of their drummers. Gerards' Mellotron was their trademark imho, even in the more commercial successes like Memories, What difference does it make, Love of life (worth a listen, this last one).
Their first hitsingle 'Seasons' was written by George Kooijmans, famous guitarist of Golden Earring (Radar Love).
Van der Kleij is pronounced as van der Clay. :-)
Though Storm and thunder is one of the bands more known and succesful songs, I deeply recommend you to take a listen to the titletrack of the album 'To the world of the future'. Have a nice day!
De gitaarsolo uit Future is weergaloos! Ongeevenaard.
As a Dutchman I know Earth and Fire of course. The city of The Hague was full of good bands, most famous Golden Earring. Their song Vanilla Queen (album Moontan) is not very well know, I just wonder if you ever heard it. Regards from (now) Philippines. Keep the good work going!
Super group. Should also react to Seasons which is another favorite of mine from this group. I also was born in den Haag which spawned the best Dutch groups.
Can I just mention "Melinda More or Less" by Curved Air, a perfect song featuring Sonja Kristina's beautiful voice and, of course, "The Garden of Jane Delawney" by Trees.
Oh blimey, if Earth & Fire had been British they would have been huge (yes i know they were big in the Netherlands but they never made a splash in the UK).
As well as the Renaissance comparison, I also hear a bit of Curved Air in there, but not so gimmicky.
When needed they also were capable of Yes-like harmonies...check out their song Invitation...very Chris Squire type singing on that.
Btw another great Hard-Prog early 70s band fronted by a female singer, was Frumpy from Germany, with the great Inga Rumpf. Worth trying anything from their first two lp’s especially 👍
Second that: Frumpy and Atlantis with Inga Rumpf: gigantic!.
Why are there so few reactions to this group? In my opinion, this is high-quality progressive rock of the early 70s! Talented group from the Netherlands
1 woord GEWELDIG
Maybe try Earth and Fire song “Ebbtide” from the same album. Great reaction
Nice comment...yes they had some spectacular songs...May I give you a suggestion...listen to Nightwish...and start with Ghost Love Score...