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

[mark cotton]

70's and earlier good, eh? What about that pop song 'Jack of Shadows' - with
a boppy chorus for Christ's sake!

Mr C.

>From: Douglas Pearson <ceres at SIRIUS.COM>
>Reply-To: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
>To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
>Subject: HW: 80s and beyond (was Re: Croydon)
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:18:58 -0500
>
>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).
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: John Rennie <john at JMAIL.FSBUSINESS.CO.UK>
> >To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> >Sent: 26 March 2001 19:08
> >Subject: Croydon
> >
> >
> >> ... I have to say that the set seems to owe a lot to
> >> the pre 1980 albums.  Fair enough, since that's my favourite Hawkwind
> >> era too, but apart from a few exceptions there just don't seem to be
> >> that many classic tracks from the post 1980 stuff.  I'd be interested
> >> to hear what others regard as post-1980 classic tracks, or even post
> >> 1980 classic albums.
>
>Some of my post-'Levitation' favorites (including ones that have been
>included in the live set over the last couple of years):
>
>Angels of Death
>Living on a Knife Edge
>(I don't think 'Church of Hawkwind' is a classic Hawkwind album; anyway,
>it's really a Dave Brock solo album)
>Arrival In Utopia
>Dream Worker
>Night of the Hawk
>Green-Finned Demon
>Watching the Grass Grow (I say that this one counts!)
>Needle Gun
>(I don't think 'Xenon Codex' is a classic album)
>Back in the Box
>Images
>TV Suicide
>Out of the Shadows
>(I seem to like 'Space Bandits' more than many people here)
>Right to Decide
>L.S.D.
>(I don't think 'IitBotFtbD' is a classic Hawkwind album; anyway, it's
>really a "Richard Chadwick solo album" ;^)
>Alien I Am
>Sputnik Stan
>Wheels
>Reptoid Vision
>Hippy
>
>Hmmm ... couldn't fit that "greatest hits" package on a single CD ...
>
>     -Doug
>      ceres at sirius.com

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