HW: Letter to Robert

[John Majka]

I too greatly enjoyed the "Letter to Robert" track.  It has a real psychotic
strangeness (and charm!) about it that really drew me in and I can't wait to
hear more!  When I initially heard that "Spirit of the Age" was being
rehashed, I was very disappointed with the idea of treading over old ground,
but I have to admit the results are much better than what I had anticipated
and the new version doesn't make me cringe at all, but instead fills my
psyche with the warm glow of Hawkwind!
John Majka


> On Thu, 14 Oct 2004 18:31:02 +0100, HawkFan <hawkfan at RATSAUCE.CO.UK>
wrote:
>
> >Is the letter to Bob Calvert? It sounds not unlike his spoken pieces from
> >the late 70s Hawkwind, though some of the opinions expressed don't sound
> >like anything I've heard in his stuff.
>
> Some of the opinions do seem a bit bizarre, yes.  But remember that Bob
> was very much about "getting into" the characters he wrote about,
> sometimes going a bit too far.  So I'd find it entirely plausible that
> these are things he might have discussed, even if they weren't necessarily
> what he believed.
>
> The song will definitely make the perfect soundtrack for the next time I
> put on my tinfoil hat and start checking my apartment for the microwave
> transmitter that's beaming mind-control signals from Alpha Centauri (or
> the republicans?) into my head ;^).
>
> >In the clip supplied on the web site the track only starts getting
> >interesting right at the end of the clip. Just have to wait for the album
> >I suppose :-)
>
> Can't wait!  This sounds like a particularly fun one ... I always greatly
> enjoy manifestations of Hawkwind's sense of humor ...
>
>     -Doug
>      jasret at mindspring.com