Hawkwind '97 in '99

[Kevin Sommers]

 > Got my HW '97 CD in the mail yesterday!  I like it...every bit as
> good live
> material as on IYA or LIS IMHO.
Most definitely!  Bring on more (like one CD from each tour ever)!!!


> Couple comments on the album...
>
> With the appearance of Gremlin, that pretty much means that HW have
> 'covered' nearly all of the Cap'n Lockheed album in the last
> decade.  Seems
> odd, doesn't it??  Though I don't mind, as the music on that
> album was first
> rate.  And this '97 Gremlin bit is pretty cool...I say leave it in the set
> for the next year or two.

There is still one notable exception: I'm still waiting for "The Widow
Maker," especially since Dave co-wrote it.  Great, heavy riff which fits in
nicely with Hawkwind '99.


> Wheels is a really cool blanga riff....in fact, it sounds quite a bit like
> 'I am the Eye that Looks Within' the previous opener that it has replaced.
> The difference being Richards' guitar sound, as opposed to Brock's.

It seems very much in the spirit of "You Shouldn't Do That" to my ears.


> Brainstorm (I'm just simply tired of it...maybe that's why I enjoyed Capt.
> Rizz's bit...it broke up the 'chore' of going through it once more.
> Is that sacrilege?)

Absolute blasphemy! That kind of heretical talk could risk excommunication
from the Church of Hawkwind....


> Songs to keep
>
> A&B/tGV (Every time, please!)

Oh yeah baybee...


> Songs to revive
>
> The Age of the Micro Man (they did this twice in Canada 1995, with Brock
> vocals. It was excellent!! And I want to hear it on disc...I've got
> only a muddy tape of Toronto.)
> Seven by Seven (one of my favourites...who would do the 'poetry' part
> though?)  (Not Rizz, I hope.)  :)
> Psychedelic Warlords (more like the original, not the HLL-altered version,
> which I didn't like)
> Nuclear Toy (why not??  With Chadwick coming up with his own drumming, I
> think the base tune has a lot of potential for a new live
> version.         I
> never have heard the Weird tape version...I gather this one is
> quite different than the Levitation outtake?)

And: Upside Down (perfect for Ron's vocals)
Brainbox Pollution
PXR5 (a personal favorite)
Transdimensional Man
Assassins Of Allah (oops, just kidding)


> Keith H. (FAA)
>

Kevin Sommers

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