zphage
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Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 17:36
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Two iconic long voyaging space travelling bands
both with many offshoots (and post punk spinoffs) and many eras
both on and off ongoing, only one is still waiting for Ginger Baker
synthesist Tim Blake connects both bands
both attract huge tribes of followers,
both with mercurial (band) leaders
Who do you love?
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The Sea Cat
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 17:39
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zphage wrote: Two iconic long voyaging space travelling bands
both with many offshoots (and post punk spinoffs) and many eras
both on and off ongoing, only one is still waiting for Ginger Baker
synthesist Tim Blake connects both bands
both attract huge tribes of followers,
both with mercurial (band) leaders
Who do you love?
AAAHHH!!! Do you seek to eviscerate the very weft and weave of time ?
Push comes to a diificult shove - Gong.
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Robot Emperor
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 17:52
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No contest as I only really like Camembert Electrique by Gong, and Hawkwind ... are just Hawkwind. Space Ritual alone crushes entire back catalogues of bands I love.
Always thought of Dave Brock as more Leaden than Mercurial.
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Carlos
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 17:53
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It's not really LOVE, but I'll go for Gong for sure.
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Kid Calamity
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 17:55
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A draw until extra-time, whereupon Hawkwind get a late header in.
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The Sea Cat
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 18:05
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If you're ever single, Sun Ra Gong Head, give us a call. No funny business though.
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Hunter T Wolfe
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 19:17
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Robot Emperor wrote: No contest as I only really like Camembert Electrique by Gong, and Hawkwind ... are just Hawkwind. Space Ritual alone crushes entire back catalogues of bands I love.
Always thought of Dave Brock as more Leaden than Mercurial.
Pretty much my thoughts exactly. And Daevid Allen often comes over as a bit of a knob. Although so do Brock and Turner...
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Popel Vooje
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 19:17
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Assessed clinically in terms of the numbers of LPs they've made that I enjoy?
Hawkwind - 6
Gong - 1.5
so Brock's mob it is.
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IanB
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 19:41
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zphage wrote: Two iconic long voyaging space travelling bands
both with many offshoots (and post punk spinoffs) and many eras
both on and off ongoing, only one is still waiting for Ginger Baker
synthesist Tim Blake connects both bands
both attract huge tribes of followers,
both with mercurial (band) leaders
Who do you love?
Hawkwind. Though "love" might be a stretch. Space Ritual to Quark inclusive are all pretty great. Calvert was the main man for me. Seemed a bit monchrome without him. Some excellent teenage memories but I could probably live quite happily without hearing either band again tbh.
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deee
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Re: Gong vs. Hawkwind
May 05, 2011, 20:09
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EARLY Hawkwind for me !!
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