What You Listening To? Part XXIV - The Conventional Road to Cropredy

[foolsgold]

this is where hawkwind shine with tunes like this warrior instrumentals always bring a tear to my eye love that feeling

https://youtu.be/hh_vSzcHFu0 Hawkwind - Fable of a Failed Race (Extended Version)

and this band are a must while rushing you tits off on one https://youtu.be/d66rCCoAJB0 The Damned -- Curtain Call the release i could get while listening to this was amazing i miss the old days at times

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Warrior, Guess which camp I fall into

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

Warrior, Guess which camp I fall into

Well going off your DOC, let me guess that you are fond of the arms of Morpheus?

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Well going off your DOC, let me guess that you are fond of the arms of Morpheus?

Hey, my DOC is no more matey. I now feel like I've emerged from a long, long dark tunnel... (Albeit substituted with booze, benzos and stims)....

FG, even when Calvert was running the show, you could always count on Brock to come out with a melodic masterpiece like 'Fable of a failed race'... Sheer poetry

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

Hey, my DOC is no more matey. I now feel like I've emerged from a long, long dark tunnel... (Albeit substituted with booze, benzos and stims)....

FG, even when Calvert was running the show, you could always count on Brock to come out with a melodic masterpiece like 'Fable of a failed race'... Sheer poetry

Yeah, sorry about the DOC thing, I was thinking more about back in the day, but again, apologies, no inference intended.

Soundscapes to my wasted (in the best sense) years of my life.

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Yeah, sorry about the DOC thing, I was thinking more about back in the day, but again, apologies, no inference intended.

Soundscapes to my wasted (in the best sense) years of my life.

Fuckin hell Warrior, no apologies necessary, no offence taken or owt - how could I possibly take a fellow hippy/biker at anything other than face value? You is my eternal bro as far as im concerned...

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

Fuckin hell Warrior, no apologies necessary, no offence taken or owt - how could I possibly take a fellow hippy/biker at anything other than face value? You is my eternal bro as far as im concerned...

Righteous%)

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Righteous%)

Yup

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPd_awQuH4o

 

[foolsgold]

love some of the stories about Calvert like the whole band doing a run on him when he had one of his episodes because he was waving a samurai sword around even brock did one which was unusual

change of bands here

https://youtu.be/UhnTHO6eiOQ King Crimson - In the Wake of Poseidon 1970 (Full Album) Vinyl how it should be listened to on vinyl

Lado 1
"Peace – A Beginning" (Fripp/Sinfield) - 00:00
"Pictures of a City" (Fripp/Sinfield) incluindo "42nd at treadmill" - 00:57
"Cadence and Cascade" (Fripp/Sinfield) - 08:44
"In the Wake of Poseidon" (Fripp/Sinfield) - 13:10
incluindo "Libra's Theme"
"Paradise City"
Lado 2
"Peace – A Theme" (Fripp) - 21:15
"Cat Food" (Fripp/Sinfield/McDonald) - 22:29
"The Devil's Triangle" - 27:20
incluindo "Merday Morn"
"Hand of Sceiron"
"Garden of Worm"
"Peace – An End" (Fripp/Sinfield) - 38:12

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

I do hope you have both watched Beware of Mr Baker, yes?

 

[foolsgold]

this http://bewareofmrbaker.com/ no not really in to watching bio docs

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

I do hope you have both watched Beware of Mr Baker, yes?

Actually, no I haven't - though I shall seek it out. Funnily enough, my best mate's name was Baker, and he was a fuckin shark, so I understand the implied sentiments...

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

this http://bewareofmrbaker.com/ no not really in to watching bio docs

Watch it mate, he's totally out there but I love him for it, he also played drums for Hawkwind, briefly.

 

[foolsgold]

might check it out later tonight then

here is the old fart his self brock in an interview https://youtu.be/pbsfo33FSYg Dave Brock Interview

 

[F.U.B.A.R.]

Ah, its Ginger Baker.. The first time I saw Hawkwind was on the Levitation tour with Ginger on drums - fuckin amazing - but he was a cunt.... I read that when Hawkwind had finally had enough of him, they gave Harvey Bainbridge the job of sacking him. His response was "so the worst bass player in the world is sacking the best drummer in the world..." Or summat like that...

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

Yup he is a total cunt, still!

Another docu that I found brilliant was Supermensch- The Shep Gordon story.

 

[foolsgold]

Ah, its Ginger Baker.. The first time I saw Hawkwind was on the Levitation tour with Ginger on drums - fuckin amazing - but he was a cunt.... I read that when Hawkwind had finally had enough of him, they gave Harvey Bainbridge the job of sacking him. His response was "so the worst bass player in the world is sacking the best drummer in the world..." Or summat like that...

lol i got hawklords new album Censored at Christmas still not listened to it as yet

1
State of Emergency
7:27
2
Damned
3:46
3
Forever
4:29
4
Induction
6:33
5
Sonic Seven Kiss
3:13
6
Starstruck
3:58
7
It’s What You Wanted
5:15
8
Soma
3:03
9
Catwalk Chic
4:13
10
Upside Down Man
3:29
11
The Well of Forever
5:35
12
You What
5:24 its a bit dark the little bit i did listen to

this is from another album https://youtu.be/nXenvS7cj6U Hawklords - Dream a Dream

NSFW:

The excellent 'We Are One' was always going to be a hard act to follow, and a lot of people in with the band
had told me that 'Dream' was better, which always worries me, recalling similar things said about 'Onward'
and 'Blood of the Earth', neither of which I like much in comparison to other Hawkwind albums. I saw four
of the new tracks performed live at On Board The Craft on 7 September and like a lot of the audience I was
left wondering whether I liked them or not. The album is different from other Hawklords stuff and not like
Hawkwind at all, in fact I would hestitate to call it Space Rock. But it is good!

The opening track Dream a Dream starts with melodic riffs and swooshing synths before the vocals
eventually kick in, at which point the music changes drastically. It's a strong track, lyrics powerful but
repetitive. There was a taster on YouTube which was the intro from another track (White Rag) and the first
part of this song. In a way it works better as a shorter song as the vocals tend to meander off, however it
could have worked equally well with another verse. The ending is weak for an otherwise great song.

D.N.A. is a short strong track, harking on familiar themes for Ron Tree (all the tracks are jointly credited to
Hawklords but this has Ron's hallmarks all over it), 'the suits have took our dreams away', urban chaos and
mentions of tattooed skin.

Elemental Mind is a beautiful tune, melodic and with wonderful vocals. Still haven't worked out the
backwards vocals at the beginning though!

The fourth track Nowhere Everywhere is a true ballad, again with many of Ron's hallmarks, a post-punk
poem if you like. Jerry's guitar towards the end is almost country and western. Paul Hayles guests on this
one. Slow and melodic, a great album track but not a crowd pleaser for a live show.

After that we suddenly jump into a rocky dance number, I.D. Man. Funny how this, Secret Agent and Cold
War Kid can treat the same theme so differently. This fairly bounces along, no shortage of blanga on this
track, but in a way it is trying too hard to be boppy, with the sing along lyrics, especially the ending - all
together now I-D-E-N-T-I-T-Y! The raunchy guitar solo in the middle is good, although too short. Thereâ
€™s some social commentary in there too, if you look, but I like this track least on the album.

On the sleeve notes John Constable aka John Crow is co-credited with the next track, Nature's Dance,
although in the booklet he is credited with White Rag. It starts with jungle noises, swirling synths and
oscilators, then lead and bass guitars come in. The lyrics are deep and powerfully sung, with some beautiful
guitar work by Jerry and a powerful drum beat. Nature's Dance Coda, the next track, is really part two of
the same song though musically it is totally different. I wanted to dance to it straight away but it's less than
two minutes long. Great lyrics, like the previous track, on an ecological theme, with a bit of urban decay
thrown in for good measure. IMHO this is the track that reminds me most of Hawkwind and also the best
track.

White Rag is an odd one, it starts with tinkley synths and drums before turning into musings of all the
possible symbolisms of a white rag to a heavy, punky back beat. After the first verse it suddenly goes a bit
jazz-funky. The next version pure spoken verse, with lots of mentions of trees (and a little giggle) - Ron or
John Crow's lyrics I can't tell, but it keeps haunting me. The last part, a repeated lyric, is sung with echoed
refrain from the rest of the band. They need to find a better ending to some of their songs instead of
repetition.

Dead Air is a work of genius. It starts with backwards noises and the vocals are mutated and weird - I
can't work out who is singing but can only conclude it is Ade (or possibly Dave) because it isn't Ron, Jerry
or Harvey. The first time I heard it I thought it was horrible, the second time it had me in fits of giggles. I
will say no more except there's no danger of Hawklords getting pretentious.

The final track is the only live one but it's an amalgam of the intro from a gig in Berlin and the vocals from
Sonic Rock Solstice in 2012. If you haven't seen Hawklords live you need to know Jerry and Ron do an
impromptu dialogue which is never the same twice, the pair of them bouncing off each other. This one was
a classic, having been at the gig I can testify to how funny and good it was at the time. The sort of thing
that you afterwards wish you could remember properly - and here it is! The music starts properly and Ron
does an 'ignition check' bit so you could be mistaken for thinking it's going to be Ejection or Right Stuff but
it quickly becomes the very spooky number Psychic Eyes. Brilliant lyrics although I do find the line 'I stood
naked in a trance' a little distracting (calm down, Jane!), and a brilliant end to the album.

Overall, 'kin ace! 9/10

https://youtu.be/OytZekcZst4 Nik Turner - Fallen Angel STS-51-L (New Single) [Ex Hawkwind] New Album coming this Fall

 

[warriorOnTheEdge]

FG I owe you mucho, didn't even know the Hawklords were still a going concern, thank you!

 

[foolsgold]

yeah i wasn't to sure but looks like they are as bad as brock for banging out an album a year

https://youtu.be/cOC9gB-FPfQ Hawklords - Sun Child (We Are One LP, 2012) this has a indie esc sound to it

that nik turner one is good as well

https://youtu.be/qVSkIfaxBsM Nik Turner - 1978 - Xitintoday [Full Album] HQ

1. The Awakening (Life on Venus) 00:00:00
2. The Pyramid Spell 00:04:20
3. The Hall of Double Truth 00:08:38
4. Anubis 00:14:38
5. Thoth 00:19:17
6. Horus 00:22:57
7. Isis and Nephthys 00:28:15
8. Osiris 00:34:01
9. God Rock (The Awakening) 00:39:11
10. Pyramidaflutenik (Bonus) 00:47:24

https://youtu.be/ERmxjBHNWkU Hawkwind - Text Of The Festival FULL ALBUM

Master Of The Universe (Nik Turner, Dave Brock) -- 6:00
You Know You're Only Dreaming (Brock) -- 4:15
You Shouldn't Do That (Turner, Brock) -- 5:52
Hurry on Sundown (Brock) -- 6:20
Paranoia/Seeing It As You Really Are (Hawkwind) -- 11:50
We Do It (Hawkwind) -- 13:45
You Shouldn't Do That (Hawkwind) -- 21:35 (listed as Sound, Shouldn't, Improvise)
The Reason Is? (Hawkwind) -- 11:35
Be Yourself (Hawkwind) -- 5:51 (listed as Improvise, Compromise, Reprise)

https://youtu.be/WO4zXRoC3xE Nik Turner - We Ride The Timewinds (Space Gypsy)