Covers Tapes: Thanks!!

Rob etlrbsy at ETLXDMX.ERICSSON.SE
Thu Jul 18 11:13:15 EDT 1996


>
> The Spacemen 3 song "Revolution" - is it actually a HW song, or does it
> just sound like one?? I have the very same song on an early Mudhoney EP
> from about '88 or so called "Hate The Police" - same lyrics, same tune,
> but no credits. Who actually wrote this song - was it Hawkwind (there
> appears some non-HW stuff on the covers tapes)...or Mudhoney....or
> Spacemen 3??? I believe Spacemen 3's "Playing with Fire" came out in '88
> as well.
>

    It is originally a Spaceman 3 song which Mudhoney covered and
   added thier own lyrics to.
    I beleive the Mudhoney EP it was on was an Australian 12", or
   so it says on my copy. IMHO, the Mudhoney version is better and
   a lot heavier.

     bye - Rob



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