[Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield - Manchester et al

Fri Dec 9 22:32:31 EST 2011

thanks Jill, excellent review, amazing to hear they're playin gnew songs
aho was doing the spoken word bits  ? Dibs ?
Was Tim Blake there ?  oh and the violinist was playing ?

sorry you hate my hometownthough, 
yep, don't order Italian food in Manchester, sorry could have told you that ......

> Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:49:40 +0000
> From: jill.strobridge at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK
> Subject: Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield - Manchester et al
> To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.ISPNETINC.NET
> 
> Sheesh - I've decided I hate Manchester. The Hotel room window didn't
> close (though in fairness they changed it and I now have a room with a
> 4-poster bed) I had the worst Italian meal (how much wrong can you do to a
> lasagne and green salad - let me tell you.....) I've ever eaten. It took 3
> attempts to find the pub. It poured torrents of wet sleet while walking
> down there and the small venue was heavily crowded! But apart from that
> the band were excellent and as others have said seem to be playing really
> well together.
> 
> Here's a partial set list - I'm sure I'm missing stuff and have got some
> wrong but others can fill in the gaps or amend:
> 
> Sonic Attack
> Better Believe It / a Space Time song segue / Better Believe It
> <lots of skeleton dancing images in this section - excellent start>
> A ?new spoken/song about War Dreams and Revolution <quite powerful with
> word sequences flashed on the screen "fnord" type words for those
> who recognise that concept(!) >
> An Industrial sounding intro leading into another new spoken/song - the
> images were from the video on the Mission Control page so I wonder if it
> was perhaps Footsteps of the Great One? <needs a recording to confirm this>
> Another new one which, I think, might be called something like Hill of
> ?Years
> Warriors
> Angels of Life/Death - enjoyed this one with plenty of drive and energy and
> a really nice conclusion
> Prometheus
> Magnu
> Tide of the Century - which I thought was absolutely beautiful - nice
> instrumental intro and a good strong clear vocal (couldn't see who) - in
> all a well presented track
> Assassins - with a long, long indy disco drum set <a bit too long for my
> liking but others enjoyed it - and done by some electronic drum kit thingy
> rather than by Richard> in the middle section
> Sentinal
> Silver Machine finshed the set
> Encores: Psycadelic Warlords <the only one in Sheffield>
> Spirit of the the Age <greeted with huge enthusiasm by the Manchester
> audience>
> 
> So (apart from the dreadful DJ in the pub afterwards) I'm in a much
> improved mood.
> 
> cheers
> Jill
> 
> 
> 
> On 9 December 2011 14:53, <briantawn at aol.com> wrote:
> 
> > **
> >
> >
> > Not a particularly big stage there and low ceiling, so not so much scope
> > for the lighting as in many venues, but I enjoyed the lights. Watching from
> > the back of the hall made it easy to see the show as a whole and the
> > lightshow gave a mixture of scenes of beauty, some comical bits, bits to
> > make your eyes spin and occasional lights on the crowd to make you close
> > your eyes. For me, every aspect of the show was good.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pete ellis <magnu500 at yahoo.co.uk>
> > To: Hawkwind <Hawkwind at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Fri, 9 Dec 2011 9:53
> > Subject: Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
> >
> >
> > Good to see you made it to one of the gigs Brian, you seem to have
> > missed out a lot in recent years. I cant make it to any this year, but
> > hoping that the rumours of a lengthy spring tour are true.
> > Just one question..........what was the lightshow like? the last few times
> > ive seen them its been a bit tame, its an important part of any HW show,
> > that seems to be getting a bit overlooked recently, IMO anyway.
> > Pete
> >
> > *From:* "briantawn at aol.com" <briantawn at aol.com>
> > *To:* Hawkwind at yahoogroups.com
> > *Sent:* Thursday, 8 December 2011, 19:56
> > *Subject:* Re: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
> >
> >
> > Quite so...I loved it to bits...good to see Huw too.
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Vin <vin30 at talktalk.net>
> > To: Hawkwind@ Yahoo <hawkwind at yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:53
> > Subject: [Hawkwind] Hawkwind Sheffield
> >
> >
> > This was the best Hawkwind gig I've seen for many years. They were
> > really firing on all cylinders at the Plug last night. Really excellent.
> >
> > Two songs that were new (to me, I've not been able to get to gig for one
> > reason or another for the last couple of years) were the highlights of a
> > brilliant show. The first was an ambientish piece with a beautiful dub
> > bass line from Nial, and the second was a strong driving tune with a
> > political message. If these are from the new album then it looks like it's
> > going to be one of their strongest for many years!!
> >
> > Also must say how much better Dibbs was last night then when I've seen him
> > before. Letting NH play the more taxing bass parts leaving himself to
> > concentrate more on singing has been a brilliant move. He's turning
> > himself into a great front man.
> >
> > 'Assassins' was brilliant. I loved the tribal drums and breakbeats that
> > got everyone around me dancing away!
> >
> > Vin.
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