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Formed in Nottingham, England, as the Jaybirds in 1965, they abandoned their pedestrian title for a name that slotted in with the booming underground progressive music scene. The quartet of Alvin Lee (b. 19 December 1944, Nottingham, England; guitar, vocals), Chick Churchill (b. 2 January 1949, Mold, Flint/Clywd, Wales; keyboards), Ric Lee (b. 20 October 1945, Cannock, Staffordshire, England; drums) and Leo Lyons (b. 30 November 1943, Bedford, England; bass) played a mixture of rock 'n' roll and blues that distinguished them from the mainstream blues cognoscenti of Fleetwood Mac, Chicken Shack and Savoy Brown. Their debut album was largely ignored and it took months of gruelling club work to establish their claim. The superb live Undead, recorded at Klooks Kle More... (Submit New Ten Years After Lyrics) (Submit New Ten Years After Lyrics) Review about Ten Years After Forwarded link to Alvin Lee! | Reviewer: argonne ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After Sadly, as americans, we tend to see things as .. well - americans )save the nationalistic flames - showing no originality, and less intellect) Lee was from Nottinghamshire, and as many English musicians of his time (as well as Liberals everywhere) couldn't fathom America's presence in S.E.Asia. The paradox of a country which (at that time was admired by many)being so seemingly 'good' and being involved in a war, so clearly wrong - led to suspicion of the institutions that would profit from such an ordeal. For a brief while, though, before being 'amalgamated' with similar corporations - the music industry thrived on a transcendant youth movement. Ten Years After and the most of the rest of the bands that made it to Woodstock responded to and enhanced that movement. To suggest that it in anyway responds to anythng facist is absurd (Note: By definition 'right wing' is as linked to facism as 'left-wing is to liberalism. Checking the meanings of each, I remain, quite comfortably - a liberal. (oxymoron,(no reall, it is an oxymoron): conservative intellectual!)). Anyway, the entire album - A Space in Time is well worth listening to, and check out Alvin's home page - he's still a phenomenal musician. alvinlee.com/biography.html amphibian | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After i first heard this song through a cover,well bits of it, and thought the lyric went "i love you changed the world" and the melody turned it from trivial to absolutely beautiful, like "i can see colours from the music" beautiful...then i looked up the lyrics, and wow, how ugly n disillusioned(excuse the spelling)it actually is.. Bah! | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After I'm tired of all the people who survived the 60's who now say that being rich and powerful is okay. It's not okay Your wealth was earned by the exploitation of other humans, various resources or both. This includes me. I guess it's true, "You either die a young hero or live long enough to see yourself become the enemy." phil | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After I first heard this song in the early 70s . It was powerful for me then and still resonates as one of my all time favourite songs despite the depression that washes over me when I hear it ,thanks for posting the lyrics . LOVE THIS SONG! | Reviewer: Braveslover ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After I grew up to songs like this, and the other day, on the radio, they played this one. I instantly googled it, found it on Amazon.com and bought it. Couldn't wait to get it, finally got it, and have no listened to anything else in 2 days! Not sure what draws me to this song, but I LOVE IT!. Not so fast | Reviewer: Skip Cressman ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After I love this song. But I am rich. But I was a hippie, now at 53 I think the lyrics are more cynical. Tax the Rich Feed the Poor Till there is no rich no more. Exactly, the rich pay most of the taxes, employee most of the world Get rid of the rich and you cut off your nose to spite your face. Pete Townsend wrote- I hope I die before I get old Today he says it was a stupid lyric. With age comes wisdom. Still this is a fantastic song and I like the call for peace and social justice. To me however, that is not a liberal's only hope. Politics | Reviewer: Diesel Calhoun ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After This is neither an liberal statement nor a conservative statement. It is a statement of bewilderment over all the voices calling for absolutes. Think of it as an art piece or a poem. The operative emotion is plainly stated in the chorus. " I'd like to change the world, but I don't know what to do,so I'll leave it up to you." If the author was politically active or advocating a position, then he would know just what to do and not leave it up to you. Many have expressed the though that actors should stick to acting and stay out of politics. People do best, what they are best at. I think the writer acknowledges this fact in a slightly frustrated resignation. Songs more frequently work by pegging hard to express emotions, rather than expressing rational thought. Song writers are more sensitive by nature to the world of feeling than the world of economics. Till there are no rich no more | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After "The line about "till there are no rich no more" is not implying that this is a bad thing - it's a radical statement saying they wanted to see an end all the hoarding of wealth and greed by the upper class." So they gave their profits to charity. Maybe they did their concerts for expenses only. Give me a break. great song but have a question about the lyrics.. | Reviewer: Matt ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After At the end of the second verse I've seen on other sites as "Monopoly" instead of "no none for me". Which one is correct? IMO this song should be more popular than it is... I had never heard of this group until a local radio station played it... hooked instantly. 60s Classic! | Reviewer: Beth Isbell ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After First, the lyrics posted here are slightly wrong -- in 2nd stanza of verse three original hit version (also on essential 10 years after) says: " Just black OR white, rich OR poor, them OR us, stop the war." What the band is saying is stop the hate, stop the classification and categorization - it's us OR them mentality. Second, it's sort of funny to read all these comments on this and other sites about how this is supposedly a "very Republican song" etc., ... this song could not be more liberal. The band was very pro - peace and writing to the peaceniks and love children of the 60s revolution. The line about "till there are no rich no more" is not implying that this is a bad thing - it's a radical statement saying they wanted to see an end all the hoarding of wealth and greed by the upper class. The 2nd verse "no none for me" and 3rd verse "rich OR poor" simply confirms this was actually their point of view. It's a very Lennon-esque message if you think about it. Peace. 40 years later and they are still one of my fav.'s | Reviewer: marco ------ About artist/band Ten Years After Positively one of the best bands ever to come out of the sixties but was often overlooked as a main player. I love music with a passion and have heard just about all a man can in a life time and I will always have a spot in my top ten all time favorites for TYA and their two albums Space and Time & Cricklewood Green. Thanks guys. blast-from-past | Reviewer: jasheco ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After thank you -- (like Alma) an effort to identify this song -- now with Net did search -- thought it was Allman Bros._ or Lynyrd Skynyrd; anyway: an inspired work & definitely one of that era's "Anthems" -- to lee: Youngbloods' song was 'Get Together' (one-hit wonder, but a beaut); to We Met Guillemette -- no-thanx, I'm on 12-Step Road, don't wanna drink along to it, I get off on music energy. to this webpage: thanx for clearing up a mystery. (Past is a great place to visit, don't wanna live there...!) Still Love it. | Reviewer: lee ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After I was around when this song came out, we just can't change the world. They wont let us, and you know who they is. Also listen to Jesse Collin Young and the Youngbloods song called Smile On Your Brother. Thats a killer. Just one key unlocks the door and it is at your command. Rachel | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After It is a great song. My Dad introduced it to me when I asked him to let me listen to his favorite records. He picked this one, I had to do a history project about songs of the '60s. No. | Reviewer: Anonymous ------ About the song IN THE YEAR 2525 performed by Ten Years After Nope. It was Zagar and Evans (one hit wonders) that did this. 10 years after did "I'd love to change the world" - their biggest hit. One of the BEST ! | Reviewer: L. M Riley ------ About the song IN THE YEAR 2525 performed by Ten Years After It is a pity that they don't make songs that has a real meaning anymore. Maybe if they did, people just might give a damn about this world we all live in, me you the terrorists and all living things. Stop believing the lying people in DC Peace to all Great song!!! | Reviewer: Alma ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After It took me almost 12 years to find out the name of this song and who sings it. Funny I heard it the first time when I was 19 years old in a show called "Children having children" back when I didn't speak a word of english and now I think they did the right thing on playing this song on the show. More people should listen to it. Thanks for posting the lyrics to the person that did it. great song | Reviewer: Timothy guillemette ------ About the song I'D LOVE TO CHANGE THE WORLD performed by Ten Years After SOoooooooooooooooo true . dam good song to drink or due any drugs great fuken song so good ahh listen if possible right now . This song needs to be more heard by others . very great song awesomeness | Reviewer: haley ------ About the song IN THE YEAR 2525 performed by Ten Years After I didnt find anything wrong with the lyrics or the song actually I think it was a wonderful song and think that it should go more public it has a good lesson for people to think about in the future. Thank you, Haley Carlson Thumbs up! | Reviewer: nate ------ About the song BABY WON'T YOU LET ME ROCK'N ROLL YOU performed by Ten Years After I first heard "Baby won't you let me rock and roll you " as a teen on some obscure compilation album back in the 70's. When I heard the opening lick, I was hooked. This song is balls to the wall from beginning to end. No dynamics here! A perfect mixture of hard rock and rockabilly. Goes to show just how effective 3 chords can be! You could review the artist/band Ten Years After in Biography page You could review Ten Years After album by visiting Albums page and selecting an album You could review Ten Years After song by clicking the song which you like  Download "Ten Years After" Music | |
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