HW Changing song titles

Bernhard Pospiech bernhard.pospiech at T-ONLINE.DE
Fri Nov 16 17:40:02 EST 2001


Hi

At 17:32 16.11.2001 -0500, you wrote:
>On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 14:57:45 -0700, KevinSommers <novadrive at HOME.COM> wrote:
>>Yep, I agree with Bernhard.  Larry, have you heard the very early version
>>on either "Atomhenge 76" or "Thrilling Hawkwind Adventures"?
>
>... especially if you compare that to the live version of "Opa-Loka"
>performed during 1975 (Reading Festival et. al.).  "Opa-Loka" '75
>and "Uncle Sam" '76 are nearly identical; it really *does* sound like the
>same song, only with the addition of Bob's rant on top.  However, I'd
>wholeheartedly agree that the 'P.X.R.5' and 'Weird 104' versions of "Uncle
>Sam" sound little-to-nothing like the original studio version of "Opa-
>Loka", so it really was (IMO) a process of the song mutating considerably
>from '75 to '78 (and, of course, in the songwriting credits, Al got dropped
>in favor of Dave & Simon by the time 1977 rolled around).
>
>    -Doug


I absolutely agree with Doug !



Bernhard



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