Hawkwind Tribute.....but what songs?

[The fasting showman]

You've got to do a few off Captain Lockheed too; Widow maker, Right stuff, Ejection.
Some bass strangling potential there.

[Pinball]

Kings od speed?

Ejection, is a great choice or what about Urban Gorilla?

[chriswareham]

Assault and Battery - must include the massive keyboard sound though, and I could live without the annoying flute, but it's still my favourite Hawkwind song. Another vote for Hassan I Sahba as well.

[sprocketflup]

get a sax player in and do Steppenwolf. And another vote for the HLL version of quark strangeness and Charm,

My favourite album tho is Chronicles of the Black sword, so do that. All of it please.

[keeponehandloose]

Robot from PXR5( I think). remember seeing them do that with strobe lights going crazy,

[JapanAxe]

Those song titles have awakened memories of the late 70s when I used to listen to Hawkwind. I saw them at Sheffield City Hall about the time Quark... came out. I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy them now, but a decent tribute would surely do well around the festivals.

[spike]

Space Is Deep and Time We Left

[Number6]

Loads of food for thought there guys.....the back catalogue is massive so loads to choose from.....tempted to get a Saxophone player in too.....love the early Nik Turner stuff!

Thanks for the input :-)

[bottomfeed]

....another vote for any/all off of SPACE RITUAL! That album was one of the reasons I took up the bass!.... & still gets my space rock bone up!

[RAY AGAINST THE MACHINE]

Magnu,spirit of the age, or gone accumulator , brainstorm, lord of light, paradox, choose your masks,angel of death, who's gonna win the war,psi power..

[Mark Dyer]

Something from Levitation and Warriors… for sure, and maybe Choose Your Masks?

[EliasMooseblaster]

For a band that's got such a massive back catalogue, would you do better to focus on a particular era of Hawkwind? Personally I've never really got into most of the Calvert-era stuff (well, maybe throw in [i]High Rise [/i]and [i]Spirit of the Age[/i]) but then I've always thought their best stuff was from the début album through to [i]Warriors at the Edge of Time.[/i] If you could recreate some of the wonderful soundscapes off the first album I'd really be impressed - though that may not be a particularly crowd-pleasing set!

[el borracho]

Most of my favourites already mentioned - but how about Fahrenheit 451??

[discreet]

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...that may not be a particularly crowd-pleasing set!
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Depends on the crowd!

[Lasermonkey]

So many! Born To Go (probably the first song I learnt to play), Lord Of Light, Brainstorm, Down Throigh The Night, Space Is Deep, Orgone Accumulator, It's So Easy (though you'd need the Mellotron!), Assault And Battery/Golden Void, High Rise (lovely bassline on that), Robot, 25 Years, I could go on!
And a shout-out for Spiral Galaxy 28948.

[verb]

If you get a sax player,you could include some Inner City Unit,Gas Money is a top tune.

Edited March 23, 2014 by verb

[mep]

Plenty of great songs already mentioned. What about PSI Power.

[spongebob]

No love for 'Kings Of Speed'? That would be a great one to do.

[Number6]

Waves Triangle Circle Square.....I'd get them crystal clear by the hour

[the_skezz]

Add another vote in for Magnu and Robot - both great songs and been brilliant when I've seen them play them live.

[Stu-khag]

Opa loka. I'd be happy watching just this song being played for an hour

[alyctes]

You Shouldn't Do That needs to go on my list, and It's So Easy. Magnu works too but I think it's too long (but I love the mellotron/fiddle parts .

[grahamd]

You should open with Sonic Attack, really loud, that would get em going!

[lojo]

Last 5th second forever ,hash cake 77 and who's gonna win the war

[vsmith1]

+1 for everything! For me the key albums are Doremi and Space Ritual. But also Hassan I Shaba is very neat. Don't forget to get a Liquid-Len class light show!