Hawkwind Exeter - the foyer review

[Alan Taylor]

Hi Bernhard, I wasn't at Exeter but yes, if it's the same as they did at 
Glasgow, then it is Fahrenheit 451 spoken by Dibs.  I can't vouch for it 
being the whole thing because after I caught the opening line - "In 
Lexington they are going to burn..." I kinda drifted off...

Alan


bernhard.pospiech wrote:
> Thanks very much for this interesting review Jill
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> Are you sure that they did FAHRENHEIT 451 ???
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> Cheers
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> ohmigod Exeter was a strange venue - it took an hour to find the place
> (Tim's comment that someone was trying to keep it a secret seemed all too
> true) and once through the door you came into a hall with a large bar and
> seating on one side while the other side comprised a sort of hotel reception
> area with a stage tucked away at the back - indeed as was pointed out to me
> - the bar area was larger than the stage area!   It is therefore a huge
> tribute to the band and a credit to their professionalism, as well as the
> quality of their playing and the strength of the set that despite this they
> not only managed to fit everyone on stage, but had a full lightshow and
> played a very creditable set - though it can't have been easy - the dancers
> even had to perform on boxes laid out across the front of the stage! 
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> Set list was as Glasgow: Intro, Master of the Universe, Time We Left,
> Lighthouse (I'm entirely in favour of someone helping Tim with the vocals on
> this - it's a lovely track and works well with two vocalists), then an Alien
> intro - <errm didn't identify this>, then Orgone Acumulator / Only Dreaming,
> <then a gentle pensive piano intro> Whose Gonna Win The War (this is awesome
> and has been given a strong contemporary relevance with the dancers
> portraying soldiers - not dancing - just standing there with guns.  The last
> time I saw something similar was Marrillion doing "Forgotten Heroes" but let
> us pass swiftly onwards!  The audience reaction to this track is
> interestingly varied - there was silence at Newcastle, I'm not sure people
> quite knew what to make of it), swiftly followed by (and it's a very neatly
> crafted seque) Angels of Death/Life (with firey images of skull heads and a
> truly wonderful extended drum/choppy guitar/drum rhythm sequence - a
> glorious sound) then Wraith, Utopia (excellent version - clear vocals -
> images of the mindless masses on their way to work -
> as-indeed-I-should-be-tomorrow-don't-want-to-think-about-it), Damnation
> Alley, Sentinel - I like this, lyrical, calm and has the dancers/performers
> as strangely stooped giant stilted creatures stalking among the band on
> stage (though sadly they couldn't get on stage in Exeter) then Right to
> Decide (with a 3rd verse I haven't sussed yet), Fahrenheit 451 (Dibs doing
> an excellent job with the spoken verse), and Damnation Alley to end the set.
> In Exeter the encore was limited (unsurprisingly) to Silver Machine but in
> Newcastle the band started early so did an extended encore which included
> (hooray - I don't care what anyone says about repetitiveness I just love
> this!) Assault and Battery / Golden Void and Where Are They Now).  Dave's
> guitar really makes these tracks come alive and "sing" <that's not the word
> I want - perhaps "resonate" is better> but truly I could not have been
> happier.  Overall I strongly feel the strength/quality of the overall sound
> is so much better with Tim and Niall contributing as well - you may not
> always be aware of them individually but the extra dimension makes a
> tremendous difference - at least it does when the sound mix doesn't deafen
> you.   
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> Anyhow - that's it for my tour this winter.   Thank you and congratulations
> to everyone.   Enjoy the rest of the tour!
> jill   
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