HW: Shouldn't Do That & another question??

Michael W Blackman michaelangelo68 at OZEMAIL.COM.AU
Wed Mar 28 13:31:29 EST 2001


Praise the keeper of the multiverse that I made it to the Hawkestra

Words seem rather limp & vague when trying to impart the experience of
seeing
Hawkwind perform live - A few more experiences - please!!!
You really have to be there to get it...... me thinks

Limp - Now theres a word many occasions

----- Original Message -----
From: iain ferguson <iainferguson at AOL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Shouldn't Do That & another question??


> GO as soon as you get a chance, Hawkwind live is the REAL experience. All
other
> bands are pants in comparison..... Just let the Blagha take over and the
strobes
> kick in...
>
> Nothing... but nothing comes even close.
>
> regards
>
> Iain
>
> Layla Thompson wrote:
>
> > i haven't been to a Hawkwind concert in 18 years!!!!
> >
> > (IE: I've never been to one!!)
> >
> > poor ol' me.
> >
> > Layla
> >
> > >>> nick at HERMIT0.DEMON.CO.UK 03/28/01 01:58pm >>>
> > On Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:13:58 +0100, Sam Kirwan <samantha.kirwan at NTL.COM>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >What's the longest time anyone's
> > >gone between HW gigs I wonder.
> >
> > Errrmmm... 10 years in my case.
> >
> > Terrible but true. Used to see them regularly in the '80s, Hammersmith
> > Odeon '89 being the last time... then didn't see 'em again until Croydon
> > '99.
> >
> > Why? Thought they were washed up- didn't rate Xenon Codex or Space
Bandits,
> > in fact I was greatly saddened by Space Bandits- I just thought, well,
the
> > best band in the world have finally lost it, and I preferred to let my
Hawk-
> > appreciation rest in peace.
> >
> > It was years before I finally heard some of the 90's material and
realised
> > they were still doing the business.
> >
> > I still don't particularly like either of the above albums although they
> > don't upset me as much as they once did! Other people love them, I know,
> > but there you go.
> >
> > Three gigs in the last 5 months have gone some way to making up for this
> > appalling lapse.
>



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