Tomorrow (Strawbs song)

Infobox Song
Name = Tomorrow


Caption =
Type =
Artist = Strawbs
alt Artist =
Album = Grave New World
Published =
Released = start date|1972|2
track_no = 8
Recorded = start date|1971|11
Genre = progressive rock
Length = 4:49
Writer = Dave Cousins, Tony Hooper, Blue Weaver, John Ford, Richard Hudson
Composer =
Label = A&M
Producer = Strawbs
Chart position =
Tracks =
prev = "The Flower and the Young Man"
prev_no = 7
next = "On Growing Older"
next_no = 9
Misc =

"Tomorrow" is a song by English band Strawbs credited as a band composition with the main idea by Dave Cousins. The track first appeared on the "Grave New World" album.

Lyrical and musical content

In the sleeve notes to the 1998 CD release of "Grave New World", Dave Cousins revealed that the lyrics referred his feelings of disappointment about Rick Wakeman and the way he had left the band, without a proper farewell. They are sung in a bitter almost vitriolic fashion.

The music is dominated by electric guitar and organ, Cousins recalls that it was the first time he had played electric guitar on an album and felt comfortable with it. The song ends after an instrumental break; this was reproduced and extended as part of the 1972 live act.

Personnel

*Dave Cousins – lead vocals, electric guitar
*Tony Hooper – acoustic guitar
*Blue Weaver – organ, piano
*John Ford – bass guitar
*Richard Hudson – drums

External links

* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/lyrics/alphres.asp#TOMORROW Lyrics to "Tomorrow" at Strawbsweb official site]

References

*Sleeve notes to album CD 540 934-2 "Grave New World" (A&M 1998 Remastered)
* [http://www.strawbsweb.co.uk/albtrack/gnw/gnw30.asp "Grave New World" 30th anniversary article on Strawbsweb]