HW: needle gun & headlong

[ANDREW GARIBALDI]

.............or AC/DC, one of the few bands on the planet whose tribute
albums by other artists are actually better than the real thing!!!
Andy Garibaldi
----- Original Message -----
From: "William Duffy" <xl5 at IINET.NET.AU>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: HW: needle gun & headlong


> > 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.
> >
> > i would say
> > no, Queen didnt steal from hawkwind.
> >
> > 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'
>
> Which is also similar to 99% of Status Quo's material.