FW: RFH...a short review

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Fri, Oct 26, 2001 at 06:03:37PM +0100, Nick Medford typed out:
> In message <B24F5C4EDA48D511B6CB00508BDFC194B0C875 at NYEXCH
> CLSTR>, Jobson, Eddie <EJobson at THRUPOINT.NET> writes
> >I thought The Watcher was excellent and in my opinion only the second live
> >song I've heard Alan sing that I thought he did well. (The other being Gimme
> >Shelter.) Also liked Lighthouse, Motorway City, Hurry on, A&B and Golden
> >Void. Was a bit dissapointed with New Jeruselem and thought Alan singing
> >lead on Ejection was a definate no no. I liked it better with Dave.
>
> I seem to be in a minority, judging by this and other comments, but I think
> Alan does a pretty passable job of singing Ejection, in fact at Canterbury I
> thought his vocals on this track were outstanding. Think he makes a decent
> fist of Damnation Alley (e.g. Palace Springs version) too.

        I think he does a lousy `Damnation Alley' actually but then I am
comparing it to Calvert due to the current line-up's persistent failure to
give me any other version to compare :-) I don't know, Ali's voice seems
very variable these days. I think the Motorhead-esque singing isn't doing
him any good; at the RFH he sounded all shot but for the actual tour he
was OK to good. `Ejection' however is just pitched too high for him, and
they still miss out the interlines in the chorus which are, you know,
quite good in their way even if no-one can ever remember them right. There
are a number of Hawkwind songs Alan can sing perfectly well, and certainly
Bedouin needs no other vocalist; but there are some things he can't do
and I personally think `Ejection' is one of them.

        Reviews on the way, not that I can add that much to
Nick's... Yours,
                 Jon

ObCD: Pink Fairies - _Mandies and Mescalins round at Uncle Harry's_
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