HW @ Cambridge (was Re: Northampton gig)

[Carl Edlund Anderson]

On 26/10/2006 11:24, Steve Bishop wrote:
> Errrr, they did play Out Here We Are ?!!!
> That was the track described as ;
>> Instrumental with Jez Hugget sax in it !!!
> and Brocky even said afterwards 'That was Out Here We Are' ............!

Oh, well, damn, shows what I know! :) I thought there were some 
additional words in OHWA that I didn't hear last night .....

Well, then, that's at least two tracks from the new album -- OK, not 
exactly on par with Iron Maiden opening their current shows with the 
whole of their new album ;) but, by Hawkwind standards ....

That said, to be fair, few bands that have been going as long as HW in 
any incarnation trot out lots of new material on a regular basis. 
Hawkwind do have a strong back catalog -- there's an argument that they 
should just come out and play the track-listing of _Epoch Eclipse_ + 
whatever's new since then :)  It'd be a long show, but what band 
wouldn't kill to have that much good stuff to pick and choose from?

But perhaps HW just need to write more songs! :)

Now that Dave's seeming happy to be back out front with his guitar 
(where he _belongs_! :) maybe they should rush right back to the farm 
after the tour, lock themselves in the studio, and just jam like 
bastards for a week or so.  Nothing pre-programmed, just let it all hang 
out.  Oughta be able to get enough riffs and basic bits of songs down 
that they can spend the next week re-recording the good stuff and weave 
some floaty ambient stuff around it to call it an album.

I think it took just too long to get TMTYL sorted out.  I mean, Arthur 
Brown had been out of the band for ages before ever the studio 
recordings with him saw the light!  But I really like the current band 
of "core trio" plus Jason.  They're playing with enjoyment, energy, and 
confidence and they should, IMO, transform this into some new 
riff-centric recordings ASAP without trying to polish it into oblivion.

Cheers,
Carl

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Carl Edlund Anderson
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