HW: Mr Beardy's Quim

[Richard Lockwood]

Hang on a minute...  This is a reply to my original post, which was back in
January...  :-)  I' m not trying to bring the subject up again!

And no, I haven't sat down and listened to any MQB albums - as I said in the
original post, just some stuff I downloaded from Morpheus (or somewhere).
That's what I mainly use it for.  Someone tells me about a band I might
like, I'll download a few traks - if I like them then I'll go  out and buy
the albums.  Nothing I've heard from MQB has made me want to do that yet.

Cheers,

Rich.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Wilson" <twilson at GMX.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 6:15 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Mr Beardy's Quim


> > On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 03:38:15AM -0000, Richard Lockwood typed out:
> > > (I'm going to get a kicking for this one...)
> > >
> > > After hearing so many good things about Mr Quimby's beard, I've
finally
> sat
> > > down and downloaded some tracks. Hmm.  Splendid.  If I'd never heard
> > > Hawkwind, or Alien Planetscapes, I'd think it was fantastic.
> > >
> > > Maybe I need to get back to smoking those funny big herbal cigarettes
> > > (Something I've not done for many a year now) but to me it sounds like
a
> > > bunch of blokes doing a very good Hawkwind impersonation.
> > >
> > > Emporer's new clothes, or have I missed the point?
> >
> >         That was more or less the impression they gave at the Forum gig,
> > but I think there's a shortage of such stuff around so I didn't really
> > mind. The vocal styles are different, I don't think Hawkwind ever had a
> > singer that sounded like that, but I'm yet to be sure whether or not I
> > like it... (And I still haven't got any AP so don't know how that
> > compares) What it lacks, to me, is the edge that HW seem to have got
from
> > not really knowing what it was they were doing. So it's as smooth as the
> > later stuff, _Electric Tepee_ onwards, but has a feel more like _Live
'79_
> > in terms of togetherness and structure. Not the ideal combination then,
> > but still very good. Depends whether you're searching for something new
or
> > you don't mind getting the same trip recycled. I had given up expecting
> > new things of the British side of the genre until I happened on _Return
to
> > Earth_ by Starfield which is certainly getting there. (I owe Captain
Black
> > a review still... ) Yours,
> >
>
> Not again............
> Is there some kind of competition going on that I've never been told
about??
> "Hawkwind VS. Every other band....."
> Can't you accept that spacerock is a genre of music and not something that
> belongs solely to Hawkwind, Richard ???
>
> I know this will win me no friends but AP !!! come on, they've had a
couple
> of ok'ish albums and the rest of their stuff is just self indulgent
dribble
> with poorly played synths over the top. And if you're looking for
something
> new you'll not find it on the Starfield album (which btw I really like). I
> don't think I've ever heard a band sound as close to HW as they do Jon.
>
> As for Mr Quimby's Beard, have either of you heard any of their albums ???
I
> can't imagine you have or you'd know that they draw from many other
musical
> influences as well as HW.
> I'll put my neck on the line and say.... I think Mr Quimby's Beard are
> currently offering more to my favourite genre of music (Spacerock) than
any
> other band including Hawkwind (who I've loved for many years), and that
> their album "The Definitive Unsolved Mysteries Of." is the best and most
> complete album I've heard since long before Electric Tepee.
> When you see them live as at the forum, supporting someone like Hawkwind,
it
> is unfair to even try to compare the 2 acts, as, the headliner (HW) will
> have all afternoon to sound check (and rehearse) the opener (MQB) will be
> given (max) 20 mins if any time at all. The headliner is drawing from a
> catalogue of songs which some of us grew up listening to, the opener is
> playing you songs you're hearing for the first time. The headliner has 2
> hours to impress, the opener 40 mins. The headliner is performing to a
> stoned or drunk audience, the opener to people still arriving and sober.
The
> headliner has a full light show to add to the atmosphere and draw you in,
> the opener has a couple of spot lights (if they are lucky). The headliner
> has a truck load of  expensive equipment and back ground personnel to
ensure
> they sound great, the opener has so little room on stage that they are
> forced to down scale and use the minimum of equipment......I could
> continue.... and they still left a BIG impression on me..
> Did anyone here see them Headlining in the states last year ??? If so did
> they impress or depress ??? :-}
> Tony Wilson
>