(HW) BOTE (my review)

[mary ann sullivan]

I hear the resemblance to Distant Horizons, which I love, so that's cool
with me. 

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On 3/15/11, SUBSCRIBE BOC-L Jamun <jason_gregory at talk21.com> wrote:
> BOTE cannot be taken out of context. It is a Hawkwind album and as 
> such, has to be compared with other Hawkwind albums. If we do such a 
> comparison we can see that compared with the Golden age of Hawkwind 
> albums: "Hawkwind", "Doremi Fasol Latido", "Hall of the Mountain 
> Grill",  "Space Ritual", "X In Search Of Space", "Warrior on the Edge 
> of Time", "Astounding Sounds, Amazing Music", "Quark, Strangeness and 
> Charm" BOTE doesnt hold up. Then compared with the Silver age: "25 
> Years On", "PXR5", "Levitation", "Sonic Attack", "Church of Hawkwind", 
> "Choose Your Masques", "The Chronicle of the Black Sword" it also 
> doesnt hold up. In the bronze age its beaten by "Electric Tepee". 
> Infact I would go as far as to say its only better than "Distant
Horizons".

Interesting comparisons-  My own input is that:  "it is like the insert card
that came in some or all of the first batch of Starfield:
"Return To Earth"  CDs. ....what age was Keith's era??
The Yule Ritual tried to give me whiplash when I played it last time I have
a different opinion about "Distant Horizons" myself but I am OK to keep this
to myself.
My own answer to the BIG question is
"Yes, it's really always been Dave's band at the root, nevermind we might
all like life to be less severe and more harmonious"
I would say, representing myself as a voice for other fans on a
whim,..."ohhh, we donlt go THERE anymore...not much anyway".....we don't
want our litle sumpin' sumpin' special messed with (but as you know I'd be
cool with Nik having one last shot as a guest on flute and whatever) and
with that I go back to my nicotine withdrawl that isnlt so bad with patch


> Like the works of any artist, Hawkwind wont be remembered for BOTE.
>
> It is off course nice for fans that we have another Hawkwind album, 
> but I would like to remember everyone that since Dave Brock 
> trademarked the name Hawkwind he can basically release anything under 
> that name. But is it really Hawkwind, that is the question?
>