Cymbaline

I was recently enjoying Pink Floyd's song, Cymbaline, and realized that there was a version by Hawkwind on their debut album. I believed both of these interpretations were very good and decided to make a poll.

Is a bonus track, on the original there was inexistent (back in 1970).

Alberto Muñoz wrote: Is a bonus track, on the original there was inexistent (back in 1970).

When I investigated Hawkwind a long time ago, I remember being astonished that they covered PF's soundtrack standout. At the time, I was ignorant of the fact that PF was pretty popular [EDIT note: obviously I mean in their experimental period 69-71] and well known, despite offering very little that would seem popular these days at the time, in the UK, if not America. So I thought "these Hawkwind guys are covering an underground band, how far under must they be?"

But I guess I was wrong and the Floyd continued to sell to the top even after Syd, during that experimental era.

But anyway, the Floyd version is the version. Hawkwind's one is good and even made me recheck if PF had the writing credits on the song and it wasn't a Hawkwind song. That says it all. Can't say I was much impressed with Hawkwind and the only things I've kept on my WMP from them are the amusing Silver Machine and Urban Guerrilla + Cymbaline.


Edited by RoyFairbank - January 07 2010 at 20:23

Figured I'd start off the "other" category with the nice version RPWL did on their live album.

Edited by Nipsey88 - January 08 2010 at 09:52

I doesn't happen often that Mason's drumming is better than somebody's else....but this is the case. Also the vocals are not so excellent in hawkwind's version. A good cover, but I've heard a better version in a live exhibition from "Fluido Rosa", an Italian PF cover band featuring and founded by Derek Wilson (former Goblin) that has done some studio works with Keith Emerson, Vangelis and Vollenweider.