HW: needle gun & headlong

[Doug Pearson]

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 10:06:05 EDT, DASLUD at AOL.COM wrote:
>In a message dated 7/3/01 8:18:09 AM, blackblade at BHALLIGAN.COM writes:
>
><< Alice wrote:
>> Listening to the Queen's song "Headlong" and hear a lot of similarities
>> with the HW song Needle Gun. Long ago I wanted to ask is it only me who
>> hear that Queen stole music from Hawkwind?
> >>
>[=========
>dunno whether if it's 'only you' but
>it aint me babe.
>
>any number of bands could have done something
>as outrageously SIMPLE
>as 'needle gun'
>
>which, as it is, isnt too terribly far from
>'kings of speed'

... or any of Hawkwind's numerous other songs that are re-writes of "Silver
Machine" ...

However, as for a Hawkwind/Queen connection ... producer Roy Thomas Baker,
who worked on 'Captain Lockheed' as well as several Queen albums ...
(suddenly I'm struck with the horrible thought of trying to
create "Bohemian Rhapsody"-style massive harmony vocal overdubs using only
Bob Calvert's voice!)

    -Doug
     jasret at mindspring.com