HW @ Cambridge (was Re: Northampton gig)

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 11:45:37AM +0100, Carl Edlund Anderson typed out:
> Well, then, that's at least two tracks from the new album -- OK, not 
> exactly on par with Iron Maiden opening their current shows with the 
> whole of their new album ;) but, by Hawkwind standards ....

	Some comparison to Motorhead here to be fair (this is occurring 
to both Carl and myself a lot as our tickets for their gigs here came 
out on the same string of card when we bought them...). The last 
Motorhead shows I've seen have had three or four songs from the current 
new album, and then nothing later than 1986 except for `R.A.M.O.N.E.S.' 
and `Going to Brazil'. Anything from the last fifteen years apart from 
actually new stuff seems to be right out. And yet there's been some 
excellent songs there. So also with Hawkwind; `Sputnik Stan' lasted 
longer than several, and `LSD' has turned up now and again, but 
basically at the moment they're playing a Motorhead-style set (right 
down to the closer :-) ).

> But perhaps HW just need to write more songs! :)

	This is the difference of course, that in the last fifteen years 
Motorhead have generated *significantly* more new material than have 
Hawkwind.

> Now that Dave's seeming happy to be back out front with his guitar 
> (where he _belongs_! :) maybe they should rush right back to the farm 
> after the tour, lock themselves in the studio, and just jam like 
> bastards for a week or so.  Nothing pre-programmed, just let it all hang 
> out.  Oughta be able to get enough riffs and basic bits of songs down 
> that they can spend the next week re-recording the good stuff and weave 
> some floaty ambient stuff around it to call it an album.

	I've been saying this since 2001 man... So I still agree 
obviously :-) Yours,
		     Jon

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