Hawkwind vs Pink Floyd

Trianium wrote: Ok mate, let's talk in Castilian ... I totally agree with you that the fanboys of Pink Floyd does not know sh*t (excuse) of Progressive Rock. But do not misunderstand me, I'm a fan of Pink Floyd (not noticeable ...) but I love progressive rock and I think that 'control' of this music in terms of age but is a rookie. Greetings

see above.

I believe I'm a bit more than just a casual Prog listener, and I believe at least DSOTM, WYWH and Animals are outstanding releases.

el dingo wrote: SergiUriah wrote: It was just a "kit kat" moment. Please don´t get annoyed.   I understand you very well. In Spain, when foreigners arrive the beaches,specially english and north american people, everybody there must do special efforts to try to have a conversation when they ask for help or another request. Even some of them don´t know how to say "How much is it?" in spanish after spending their summer in the same place for 5 years.   Hey Sergi - see my post about six up (better not use any more Spanish except Quanto es?) BTW I quite agree with you - I go to Spain lots and my Spanish is pretty feeble really - but at least I try and it's getting a little bit better all the time

BaldFriede wrote: TODDLER wrote: BaldFriede wrote: All I have to say is: Is this an import fold-out album cover designed in 1975? Or is this from an import cd? it is the original fold-up cover from 1975. From the other side it looks like a shield. The black parts down below do not belong to the cover, so the whole cover is shield-shaped when unfolded.

Some additional anecdotes on what is arguably Hawkwind's tour de force.

Anybody know something about good music covers-books? If they are related to Prog, it should be better.

Ok let´s follow with the topic. I do prefer HAWKWIND rather than PF. They made prog ROCK, not only chillout prog.

Vibrationbaby wrote: One thingabout the Hawks is they touched on way more subject matter in th than Floyd. Science fiction, fantasy, the environment, aliens, robotics, terrorism, space exploration, great poets I could go on. In that sense they were( and still are ) far more interesting.

Floyd have covered most of those subjects and then some... the only subject I can't think of a specific example for is terrorism (unless you count Water's solo), though they've dealt with war on all levels several times.

Dean wrote: Vibrationbaby wrote: One thingabout the Hawks is they touched on way more subject matter in th than Floyd. Science fiction, fantasy, the environment, aliens, robotics, terrorism, space exploration, great poets I could go on. In that sense they were( and still are ) far more interesting.   Floyd have covered most of those subjects and then some... the only subject I can't think of a specific example for is terrorism (unless you count Water's solo), though they've dealt with war on all levels several times.

OK let`s have some specific examples. They may have used a lot of metaphors but Hawkwind were more direct and to the point. You know exactly what they`re talking about. I like the point the guy from Holland makes. Floyd is just wallpaper. I`m not saying I don`t like them but they`re just too, well, "overated" The only Floyd album I really bother with is Meddle and Atom Heart Mother.

There are so many people that have never heard of Hawkwind. And the people I`ve introduced them too have become hooked. I think it`s unfortunate that Floyd get so much attention on these classic rock statios. I mean as I said before the local station here in Montréal refere to albums like DSOTM and WYWH as lost classics. I `ve never even heard them mention Atom Heart Mother or Meddle. I might have hear them plat One Of These Days once and that was at about 2 in the morning.


Edited by Vibrationbaby - October 26 2009 at 12:31

Not even close, I like Hawkwind, but against the Floyd?

The Block wrote: A Person wrote: I think PF are to popular for their own good, and they are popular for the wrong reasons. They should have stuck to 20 minute improvised jams and kept away from shorter, catchier songs.  Much argeed with.