Hawkwind political messages

Hawkfan hawkfan at RATSAUCE.CO.UK
Mon Dec 11 13:23:25 EST 2006


On the whole politicians and philosophers don't make good musicians. I would
be cautious about reading the Hawkwind lyrics too seriously since they're
songs first and political diatribes a distant second. That's not to belittle
the political views of the various band members, but they're political
musicians not musical politicians.

JR 

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Subject: Hawkwind political messages

I have tried over the years to condense or catagorise the political message
projected by Hawkwind. They certainly have anarchist/libertarian principles,
but there is so much more. I was reading the lyrics to their recent "The
reality of Poverty", which has striking
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