HW: OVER CALVERT's DEAD BODY!!!!!

[Christian Mumford]

Maybe I was too subtle, maybe people are in denial of this - I don't know...
I'm surprised nobody really picked up on my 'Biz Quiz' post! So - I'll just fire
my guns here with my claims, hoping that somebody proves me wrong!!:

Why is Dave Brock taking Bob Calvert songs in particular and slapping his own
name on their credits? I'm referring to the aptly named Business Trip album.
I presume Calvert's estate sees nothing of these royalties since the song
credits have been altered to Brock and sometimes Davey & Chadwick as well. This
disturbs me.  Sorry, Paul, I don't buy the 'blues tradition' argument here.
What Brock (& co.) are doing smacks of greed and capitalism, and I'd go as far
as saying grave robbing in Calvert's case! How the FUCK can one justify
taking "Welcome to the Future" by Calvert, rename it to "This Future" and credit
it to Brock/Davey/Chadwick? This really disturbs me. Several song-credits have
been altered to Brock's favor on this album. Now, I do admire Brock both as an
artist and for keeping Hawkwind going as long as he has, but this is wrong.
Below is my original 'quiz' post - feel free to set me straight with a logical
explanation - "The Business Trip" - indeed:


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Allright folks! We all know those wacky old Hawks have a funny
habit of reworking old songs, changing their titles and
goofing around! When I posted the question to Brock about this on
the Official Hawkwind website, he replied that it was 'for copyright
reasons'. So... here's a little quiz I worked out for
you all! It's simple - just guess who wrote these songs and where
they first appeared - The songs are listed first, and the answers appear
below - let's go!:

1. The Dream Goes On
2. This Future
3. Green Finned Demon
4. Do That
5. The Right Stuff


Hey, pretty easy, eh?

(The Dream Goes On)
1. If you guessed "The Business Trip" from 1993 and credit the song
Brock, you are apparantly right! However, it's really called "The
Iron Dream" and was written by Simon King and appeared on "Quark,
Strangeness & Charm" in 1977 - strange huh? Just slap some lyrics
about silicon chips in your head onto it, and it's a new song!

(This Future)
2. Again, if you guessed "The Business Trip", and credit it to
Brock/Davey/Chadwick, you appear to be right. Quite a mind-boggling
co-incidence that Bob Calvert actually wrote a piece that bears an
uncanny resemblence to this track on "Space Ritual" back in '73! Boy,
if only he'd been around to see *this* future!

(Green Finned Demon)
3. Okay, this one ain't hard. Of course it first appeared on the "Earth
Ritual Preview" EP back in the early 80's, and later on the "Mighty Hawkwind
Classics" CD. And, it was written by Brock/Calvert. But, take a look at "The
Business Trip" album again, and you'll find that it's only credited to Brock -
boy, it must have slipped his mind completely! Hey, lay off the weed, your
memory's going!

(Do That)
4. Now, isn't it funny, it seems something is going on here that shouldn't be
going on - because not only is this song called "You Shouldn't Do That" on
"X In Search of Space" back in '71, it's also written by Brock/Turner. Slip
sideways thru time to the future again, and you'll find out that apparantly
Brock/Davey/Chadwick wrote this song especially for us on "The Business Trip"!

(The Right Stuff)
5. Ah, this one's easy! Bob Calvert again, obviously, on his solo album from
1974, "Captain Lockheed & the Starfighters". But, unbeknownst to us until
1993's "The Business Trip", Brock had a hand in its creation along with
Calvert as well!

It moves me that Hawkwind dedicated "Future Reconstructions" to the late,
great, Bob Calvert.

Christian