HW: IN YOU AREA!

[flossbac]

Well I actually rather liked In Your Area....  I agree that Captain Rizz is
pretty execrable, but the "Rat Race" rant in the bridge of Love In Space is
cool, I think!  It's actually one of my favorite things on the record.  I
like very much that whole studio-edited sequence where they splice together
Love In Space with Rat Race and Aerospaceage Inferno.... very rocking
psychedelic stuff.  Speaking of psychedelia--that live snippet called "I am
the Reptoid" is one of the most freaked-out sounding things I've heard in
ages.  Sadly though, much as I like this record, I can't help but feel that
HW are drying up... I mean this is the new "studio" record and we wind up
getting mostly live retread material, and the new studio tracks are mainly
just instrumental doodlings.  I'm not surprised that the fans are
enthusiastic about "Hippy"-- it's the only formal new song on the record!
Maybe Hawkwind will surprise us and put out a studio album of all new songs
some time in the near future.
John Majka
flossbac at nlci.com

> A couple of weeks ago I purchased "HW In Your Area",released by
voiceprint.
> The last HW album I purchased with 'New' material on it,was Distant
> Horizons a while ago,which was a major disappointment.
> I much prefer 'In your Area' overall, even though it's not all new
> material. However I do have a few major moans about some of the tracks.
> The 1st track.......Brainstorm!!!!!????? Now come on Dave Brock, this is
> really takeing the piss!
> This once great track has been well and truly flogged to death now,and
this
> has to be the worst version yet. The 'reggaed' middle bit with Captain
Rizz
> on the vocals is like something out of 'Playschool', with the
> chorus....."jump up and down.....swing yourselves around......Hawkwind in
> your area.........Hawkwind on your land"!!!!!! (sounds like a nursery
> rhyme!!!) Whats next?????
> "Out of the Shadows.........and here we go round the mulberry bush....on a
> spaced out sunday morning????"
> Track 3.....Another version of 'Love in Space'......much,much better
> instrumentals with DB on vocals which goes on to be totally ruined with a
> middle section with terrible lyrics by Captain Rizz that seems to
> constantly repeat rhymes with 'ace'
> eg....."open up your eyes,its time to realise,you're not the rat
> race.you're the human race,so leave the rat race and join the human
race,if
> you want love in space,then join the human race and leave the rat race"
> I've not been a great fan of Ron Tree, but this Cap'n Rizz stuff is the
pits.
> The nice surprise is Track 8 , "hippy"............brilliant ( and I even
> like Rons vocals on this one!)
>
> Anyone with any opinions out there?
>
> Mel.
>