HW: Swindon

[John Majka]

Yeah I've always disliked Tim's vocals as well.  I agree that his lyrics are
awfully cliched... truthfully, "Lighthouse" has always made me cringe in
embarrassment both because of the lyrics and Tim's voice.  I never even
really enjoyed his synth playing, despite the praise heaped on it from all
corners.  It never seemed above average for me.  Give me Harvey or give me
death! :-)

Incidentally, after listening a couple of times to "Yule Ritual" I feel
compelled to say a few things.
1)  Isn't Dave's voice unspeakably great?  His vocals on this release are
fantastic!  Dave will always be the best HW vocalist....
2)  "Hurry on Sundown" works extremely well live!  It's amazing it was never
included in the set until now!
3)  It's startling how HW always manage to revamp themselves with new sounds
and treatments... truly this is one of the most innovative rock bands out
there.  "Yule Ritual" is psychedelic as hell and it includes all those
rarely heard numbers.  *sigh of ecstasy*
4)  Great as "Yule Ritual" is, HW sound even better now with Huw!  I hope to
hear a live release from the current tour.  The Canterbury boot I have is
just amazing (aside from the fact that Huw is mostly inaudible and I often
wonder if he's playing at all, but such is the nature of audience tapes).

John Majka
jmajka2 at home.com


John Majka
jmajka2 at home.com



> <bishop.garden at FALKOPING.MAIL.TELIA.COM> writes
> >Well, I'm not certain but that was the impression I got on Tim's
> >homepage, I don't remember his adress
>
> http://moonweed.free.fr/
>
> It does indeed say that HW have cancelled all his appearances. Wonder
> what the story is.
>
> I don't like Tim Blake's singing, although I can never quite work out why,
as
> he *can* actually hit all the notes, there's just something about the
timbre
> of his voice that makes it sound unconvincing. But his awful cliched
lyrics
> are the biggest turn-off. If he made purely instrumental music, I suspect
he
> would get a lot more of the recognition his synth skills deserve.
>
> Good version of Lighthouse on Yule Ritual though.
>
> (cue for someone to jump in with "Ah, but have you heard the version on
> The Highly Improbable Saga Of The Vanishingly Obscure? It's amazing! Or
> what about the one on The Incomplete and Unsubstantiated Myths and
> Apocrypha of Hawkdom? 'Cos that one's a killer!! Although... it's only on
> the Albanian import version, obviously")
>
> ;)
> --
> Nick Medford
>