HW: 80s and beyond (was Re: Croydon)

[Eric Siegerman]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 04:18:58PM -0500, Douglas Pearson wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:00:53 +0100, bedroom trancer
> <bedroom at TRANCER28.FSNET.CO.UK> wrote:
> >in my honest opinion alot of hawkwinds's post 79's output is pretty good,
> >but when u start comparing it to anything they did prior to 1980 it just
> >pales in comparrison.
>
> I think that sums it up pretty well (along with the other messages that
> said it's good that they reinvent older songs on a frequent basis and that
> they're not a middle-aged self-parody the way too many other bands that
> have stuck around are).

The two points aren't completely unrelated.  The problem with the
MASP bands is that they keep doing the same sh*t over and over.
Avoiding that trap requires that one keep experimenting.
Sometimes experiments fail -- perhaps most of the time.  But if
you stop trying, guess what?  You're stagnating.

I mean really; if HW's next studio album contained 10 "new" songs
that all sounded like Space-Ritual outtakes, wouldn't we all be
wondering if they'd finally lost it?

Live's another story of course -- we all want to hear the hits
(well, you know what I mean :-) ... but even there, a lot of what
*made* the Astoria gig for me was the stuff they don't usually
play live.  A lot of those songs aren't my favourites; some of
them I didn't even recognize (shame on me!)  Despite that, it was
still bloody refreshing not to be hearing just the same old
"standards" yet again.

I do have to admit, though: I'm glad to see some seldom-played
70s things like Space is Deep, Hurry on Sundown, and SG28948
(when SR isn't opening) slipping onto the regular set list.

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