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Jimski
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Post subject: A music reviewer with no taste?  Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:07 pm |
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Now there's a suprise.
(alright, it's not totally Hawkwind but you'll see the relevance)
The Independent 25 May 2008
Album: Vetiver, Things of the Past (Fat Cat)
Reviewed by Simmy Richman
The problem with covers albums is that you can't help comparing the new versions to the originals. Happily, that's not going to trouble too many people with Vetiver's third record, which resurrects little-known gems by little-known artists from the 1960s and 1970s (Garland Jeffreys, anyone?).
Band leader Andy Cabic takes his musicians through a feel-good country-folk jam that calls to mind Grateful Dead's 'American Beauty' and 'Workingman's Dead'. That mood is only disturbed by a cover of Hawkwind's "Hurry on Sundown" that's every bit as horrible as the original – a rare duff note in an otherwise excellent collection.
Mr. Richman, you have .....
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Isleofwight
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:20 pm |
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BAD TASTE
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graham
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:33 pm |
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Encountering a remark like that in a review is about the same as encountering a turd in a swimming-pool - a general 'eeek' alert!
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barnetquark
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:43 pm |
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No doubt the tuneful folksiness of Hurry On makes it a bit simple and cringy in the eyes of a 'real music' fan who likes the traditional country-blues rock of the Greatful Dead.
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Etherealise
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 7:23 am |
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I have to (somewhat sheepishly) admit I'm not really too keen on Hurry On Sundown, to me it doesn't sound much like the rest of Hawkwind's stuff (then again maybe this is the appeal for some fans?). Saying it's horrible is going a bit far though.
Have to say the Grateful Dead don't do it for me either (ducks for cover!)
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Jimski
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 3:35 pm |
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I had a thought last night whilst fighting off the boredom of a late night at work - at least he knew the track!
Reminds me of the party episode of The Young Ones when the Jehovah's Witness turned up.
"We don't believe in God here"
"Then how do you know his name, smartarse?"
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darksinger
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:18 am |
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i don't fret over such people. they often say such things to evole a reaction. i like hawkwind and that's all that matters as far as i'm concerned.
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barnetquark
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 1:31 am |
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I never got the comparison with Greatful Dead either. Lazy journalism?
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darksinger
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 2:05 am |
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barnetquark wrote: I never got the comparison with Greatful Dead either. Lazy journalism?
the sort of travellers cult thing, i think...and the tie dye. the bands have similar followings, hence comparisons
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fred the wonder dog
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:10 am |
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darksinger wrote: barnetquark wrote: I never got the comparison with Greatful Dead either. Lazy journalism? the sort of travellers cult thing, i think...and the tie dye. the bands have similar followings, hence comparisons Yes - it was all tied up with the hippy/acid/long jams sort of stuff. They'd get compared to Pink Floyd in England and the Grateful Dead in the U.S.
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