Hawkwind

Hi Toaster, you may find that the book is more about Siouxsie creating a market for herself than it is about reality. ;-) 

Nick Turner released Sphinx in 78' which was the readings/excerpts from the "Egyptian Book Of The Dead". I bought an import copy of the album in "Third Street Jazz and Rock" , Philadelphia P.A. and I noticed immediately that Steve Hillage appeared on it, so it was an exciting experience to hear it. I remember entering all those "New Age" shops in the 80's that insisted on playing cassette tapes of music that was very much "Sugar Art". To place less value in that means the same as placing lesser value in your car because it was more about product  than art. Some ridiculous sugar contrived version of the Egyptian Book Of The Dead backed by cheesy "New Age" drone tone keyboard settings instead of a sound that is sincerely creative from Brian Eno's Music For Films. You'd  think they would have enough sense to play Nick Turner's Sphinx, but no...that is not the point in question after all. 

Edited by TODDLER - December 09 2014 at 13:03

Yeah, great DVD that one all the same, I think it was the `Classic Rock Legends' release with the blue cover, Toddler?

Wish she'd appeared on more than one studio album as the lead.

We're friends on Facebook. She asked if I'd like to buy her wind synth. I said thankyouno. ;-)

Hell yeah !! Ms. Wishart.......
Have Bandits & PS as LP - Brainstorm on CD     (though I don't believe it made it to vinyl).

Tom, if you never noticed the changes, perhaps you need a little more of a critical ear and less hero worship. 

Edited by Davesax1965 - December 07 2014 at 08:02

Tom, I'm a multi-instrumentalist who's been playing 40 years. I completely appreciate, ie. understand, what Hawkwind are doing on LSD. 

Edited by Davesax1965 - December 07 2014 at 04:23

I'd honestly start with Space Ritual, as that was what defined Hawkwind - the high water mark. 

Edited by Davesax1965 - December 07 2014 at 03:24

Rihanna wrote: I have never herd of the band, can you recommend a song or two?

Best not to!

I like to suggest their material in order ... starting with "In Search of Space", and go in order. There is an incredible bunch of changes and improvement in the material that is magnificent, specially how they developed the instrumental pieces, that at first were minor, but by the time you hear "Electric Tepee", they are major ... absolutely major.

I like "Space Ritual" and not just because I was there and saw it! But I like the later Hawkwind even better. I find "Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music", fantastic and the two main cuts are amazingly outstanding and totally WITH IT! "Reefer Madness" and "Steppenwolf" are not even found on many of their live albums, which ought to tell you that there was something so special here that it could not be done anywhere by anyone else.

After this, I can not get off my drives, "Electric Tepee". This was the time when Hawkwind started mixing in what might be considered ambient music, and it is a total sonic attack and then some of the hardest rock and asault imaginable, and I do not think that most people can handle it, and enjoy it as such. I happen to love it, and if they do not play one cut at my funeral, all the folks there will be cursed forever! And I will blame Dean for not bringing in the incense and peppermint!

I have not quite listened to the later stuff as much, mostly because it is really hard to tell what is new stuff or old stuff re-hashed, and I'm not interested in another version of "Master of the Universe". But I can blast out "Electric Tepee" like crazy ... it's also very with it ... folks don't like the ending bit ... and guess what we do here? ... we have an old fashioned rock music pow wow!!!!!

That, in essence, really is what Hawkwind is about.

Davesax1965 wrote: <span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">PS Space rock sax track - me playing all instruments apart from slide guitar.</span><div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">http://brotherhoodofthemachine.bandcamp.com/track/meditation-of-the-blue-serpent-4<div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">This one, to be precise. 1956 Conn 16M "Director" tenor. ;-)<div style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">

pretty cool Space Drones with Turner-esque Middle-Eastern sax. Nice job, Davesax