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In a message dated 5/15/99 10:22:18 AM, cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK writes:

<<    Hawkwind are best when walking that fine line between the
tacky and the sublime :)  I mean, _Space Ritual_ is *way* tacky
if you take it apart.  But it's played with a 'tude about 9
astronomical units long, which is what makes it possible to
pull off!
>>

it was so long ago...sigh...i dont think hawkwind's anti-establishment or
confrontational aspects are well-remembered here, "urban guerrilla"
notwithstanding...

if all hawkwind had been conveying to me in the early '70s was the science
fiction/outer space stuff, they would not have been the "inspiration" to me
that they were...nor would they have stayed with me to this day as they have.

a certain audacity was required to pull off albums 2 through 4 (in
particular) and as carl is saying above, indeed they pulled it off...and
while they couldnt have perpetuated this indefinitely, for awhile they truly
did...and what a fookin' rush it is to walk that line...

but from my own oft-turbulent band xperiences (inspired in no small way by
what we're discussing here) i know that one gets weary...it's hard to sustain
that 'tude...and ultimately safer to not do so, unless you sincerely intend
to go down in flames (cue: neil young's "out of the blue" etc)

more's the pity
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