HW: Recent v Old / Poll

[Kevin Perry]

I've been hanging around not getting involved in this, but here's my ideal
line-up/fave time.

Dave (of course), Alan, Richard (not just the best drummer HW have ever had,
but possibly one of the best drummers around - period), Huw, Harvey -
special guests Bridget, Simon - they seem to work well on the same songs
(remembering the Space Bandits tour).  If someone would shoot Ron and Nik,
that would also make my line-up feel better.  Jerry's a good guitarist (when
you can hear him!), but his style isn't really HW - although Alchemy is
still one of my favourite recent tracks, so maybe have him guest for just
that track.

Notwithstanding the above, favourite era has to be Electric Teepee - I
caught the trio in Brighton on the second day of the tour and my friend and
I looked at one another and said 'oh no - only 3 of them' - thinking it
wasn't going to be too good.  They opened with Right to Decide and within
about 30 seconds, we were blown away - on the album, that, LSD, Secret
Agent, Mask of the Morning and Sadness Runs Deep were just so good.

Space Bandits is another under-rated album: the tour was very good too (saw
that one in Croydon almost 9 years to the day before the recent gig) - I
liked Bridget and Images is still one of my favourite tracks.  The version
of Damnation Alley on that tour was brilliant - I love the way Alan sings
it.

Alien 4 would have been better had it not been for Ron: Sputnik Stan is a
great song, and the bass solo Alan plays just shows how good a bassist he
actually is.  On the album, Ron isn't too bad, but live he just amateur-ises
the whole thing - if I've paid good money to see them, I want to see a
professional show!

Oh, and I don't dislike Riz - for the odd song (eg. Brainstorm), I like what
he does - it's just his lyrics that seem childish.



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Kevin Perry
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