Karn Evil

[Stephen Swann]

> From: "Carl E. Anderson" <cea20 at CUS.CAM.AC.UK>
>
> > >        And "Sleep of a Thousand Tears" is a better song than "Feel
> > >the Thunder".
> >
> > Confused.  Is Feel The Thunder, Sleep of A 1,000 Years redone or is Sleep a
> > separate song not included on the album?
>
>         "Feel the Thunder" in its earliest incarnation had Moorcock
> lyrics.  BOC ditched them for different lyrics, and Moorcock took the
> lyrics off to Hawkwind, whereupon Hawkwind recorded "Sleep of 1000 Years"
> with their own music.
>         Which is more or less to say that Hawkwind wrote a better tune
> than the Oyster Boys on this one, or perhaps that "Feel the Thunder"
> wouldn't be so hideous if they'd used the Moorcock lyrics (doubtful ;)

I think _Feel the Thunder_ has great music, and it's only because
of those screamingly awful lyrics that the song seems like such
a botch.  The tune tears, but it's hard to avoid the "Horsemen
Arrive" effect of the lyrics.  ;-)

Steve