HW: Edinburgh Concert and Kris remembers Olga

Jon Browne jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK
Fri Jun 18 19:56:15 EDT 1999


In message <3.0.6.32.19990618170924.008a3980 at pop.sirius.com>, Doug
Pearson <ceres at SIRIUS.COM> writes
>On Sat, 19 Jun 1999 00:29:09 +0100, Jon Browne <jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK> wrote:
>>>>Revolution (Spacemen 3)
>>
>>So, is this off "Caution" or what?
>
>No, it's another one of those sounds-like-a-Hawkwind-song tracks, although
>given the opinions that Sonic and Jason expressed about Hawkwind in
>mid/late-80s interviews, you can be pretty certain that this time it WASN'T
>intentional (unlike the previous examples I gave), although Spacemen 3 WERE
>very talented at "borrowing" other peoples' songs (such as "O.D.
>Catastrophe" off their first album, which is a
>note-for-note,fuzz/wah-solo-for-fuzz/wah-solo rewrite of "T.V. Eye").  But
>the first time I heard "Revolution" on the radio, my immediate thought was
>"either this is the new Spacemen 3 single, or someone has just released a
>really great cover of 'You Shouldn't Do That'!" (and then the vocals came
>in, which answered my question).
>
>        -Doug
>         ceres at sirius.com

You type like a demon, Doug!!

I couldn't have dictated a reply that quick, let alone posted one.

have a good evening!
--
Jon



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