The lady you ask about is Stacia. She basically got up on stage one day, took her clothes off, and danced naked for the rest of the festival performance. After that she was hired by the band. She has her "clothes" on in this video because it was recorded for television. Her generous "attributes" were the stuff of many a young man's fantasies and contributed to their unique and compelling live show back in the 70's
@@fredarsenault8987I saw Hawkwind and Stacia many times as I used to travel all over to see them. I never sat the band naked. Pink Fairies...that was a different matter.
@@playitagainsue had a autograph from Stacia on a hawkwind poster after the Liverpool stadium gig space ritual concert amazing was by the stage looking at all the equipment
Oh my This is a real blast from the past me and Dan are chair bopping saw them in Worthing way back late 70's or early eighties cant recall it this was our courting music my oh my. The dancers were a real feature and it was a trippy time.
@chriscaspian2280 Excellent I am so glad I got you 2 bopping in your chairs....I am picturing it in my head and it is bringing a smile to my face 🤩🙃 It is a cool song. Definitely bop worthy 🤗🧡
Thanks Simon, I bet the Stonehenge festival must be a blast. I reacted to another Hawkwind song if you are interested in checking it out. They are a cool band 🤩
They released an album called the Space Ritual. Some consider it one of the best live rock albums ever. That may be some claim, but listen to it if you have have not before. It is up there for sure.
Hawkwind have been one of my favourite bands since the 1970s. I first discovered them through science fiction fandom, since science fiction writer Michael Moorcock had a close association with them. They based a lot of their material on Moorcock's novels and short stories, Moorcock actually wrote some of their songs and even performed with them on occasion. Perhaps most notably he wrote and many times performed the spoken word piece "Sonic Attack" (backed by Hawkwind's music) which is featured on their live "Space Ritual" album, although on the album it's performed by Bob Calvert. Also the band's album "Warrior on the Edge of time" is based on Moorcock's novel "The Eternal Champion" and Moorcock wrote many of the lyrics for it. "Space Ritual" is probably Hawkwind's most iconic and representative album of the early 1970s and is well worth a listen. When Ian (Lemmy) Kilminster left Hawkwind to form his own band, he named his band after a certain song he had written for Hawkwind - "Motorhead". Honestly I still prefer Hawkwind's version of the song over Motorhead's version. Honestly Hawkwind's back catalogue is a bit of a rabbit hole, but it's a rabbit hole well worth going down imo. A couple of my personal favourites are from their "Hall of the Mountain Grill" album. "You'd Better Believe It" and "Psychedelic Warlords". Although I actually like the version of "Psychedelic Warlords" from their "Choose Your Masques" album even more than the original. Also FYI: I think the high pitched vocals near the end of "Silver Machine" are by both Dave Brock (guitarist) and Nik Turner (who played the flute on this one).
Stacia was an Irish performance artist who became an impromptu member of the band for their live performances. At around six feet tall (6’2” with 52” bust according to Lemmy) she often added to the visual impact by appearing topless or nude, covered in iridescent or luminous paint. Nik Turner claims her audition consisted of her asking if she could perform on stage with them, to which he agreed if she stripped naked & covered her body with paint. The story goes that she took off all her clothes, and then he told her he didn’t have any paint.
The best album that Hawkwind made was "Space Ritual". It was a double live and "Organ Accumulator" is just amazing. I was supposed to visit them at the Portsmouth Guildhall in England in 1972 (where some of the album was recorded, but I heard it didn't make it to the final cut of the album), with my friends, but we moved from the South to Northern England that weekend and I had to give my ticket to a school friend.
I have an original 7" vinyl sleeve of Silver Machine signed by founder guitarist and vocalist Dave Brock and co - founder and flute player Nik Turner! C
Everyone assumed at the time that the Silver Machine referred to a spaceship. The words were written by Bob Calvert who was mentally unstable and actually referred to his silver bicycle.
A friend turned me on to hawkwind in the early 1970s while in high school. They are without a doubt my favorite group. I would suggest you listen to " Hall of the Mountain Grill ", which I believe best displays the groups versitility and talent and also happens to be my favorite LP. There's a lot of Hawkwind's music and history available on UA-cam.
I loved this tune from the early 70's a classic, then we got shaffted with punk rock and disco, followed by rap, and rave. we were screwed. and now we have crap crap crap
I've seen these guys 18 times from 73 onwards, so it goes without saying they are my favourite band, and they are still recording new stuff and it's dam bloody good. Any other band in that "space rock" genre you ask? Well no, not really, they truly are unique. Let's jump forward 10 years and listen to the track Nuclear Drive 👌
Wow, Steve. That is awesome. You are clearly an amazing fan. I bet they were incredible to see in concert. Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out 🤩
@@playitagainsue Oh Sue, they were amazing, I was only 15 the first time I saw them and I was blown over, some say they were the first band to use lazer lights and they were voted the best live band for several years, and that's not a bad shout when your up against the likes of Zeppelin Purple Floyd and Sabbath when they were at their best. Wish you could have been there ! Stay cool 🚀
@hognaut I would say that is pretty darn good to be voted over them! They are all amazing bands. Interesting fun fact that they were the first to use laser lights...very cool 🤩
I'm pretty sure '82 was the first year I saw them, I would have been almost 18. I've probably seen them as often but wish I could have seen the classic sets from the 70s and of course in the Bob Calvert years.
@@SPKdesign1 i first saw them at the moon festivals in cumbria , 83/84 , inglestone common , stonehenge 83/84 first time i paid to see them was 85 chronicle tour happy daze !
Lemmy wasn’t the usual lead vocalist, but it is obvious he could rock and belt out the vocals even then. He would be fired from the band three years later and start Motörhead
Hey Ben, interesting turn around. I wonder why they fired Lemmy. I mean it turned out ok for him in the end though starting Motorhead but wonder why they gave him the boot 🤩
@@playitagainsue The story I heard was Hawkwind were doing an American/Canadian tour and when they went over the border to Canada, customs found a bag of Speed on Lemmy. They thought it was Heroine and held him in jail forcing Hawkwind to continue the tour without him and he left.
@@SPKdesign1 oh that sucks for him. Glad he didn't end up in jail. Thanks for the clarification because I wondered why they would have gotten rid of him 🤩
Hawkwind started in the late 60s as a British prog rock band - like many others - but they started doing some collaborations with Michael Moorcock, a British new age sci-fi author (best known for his Elric character) and they liked the sci-fi / fantasy elements (as many prog rock groups did) but they moved more in the sci-fi direction than the fantasy direction that most other prog rock bands did - hence space rock. There aren't really any other bands that sound like Hawkwind, they are pretty much unique. They have had a lot of line up changes, with Dave Brock (who formed the band) being the only one to have been there since the start I think. I saw them on their last tour of Australia - 2018 I think - and they are loud!! The gig was in an indoor venue (and not a huge one) but their amps were set as though they were playing an outdoor festival. I think I got more damage to my hearing in that one night than I did in my 25 years of being a DJ 😄
Haha that is funny, Hawkwindaus! Sorry to hear about your hearing but sounds like a great show 😎💙. I appreciate the backstory on the band. I can't wait to hear more 😃🧡
I think it got to no 2 in the charts (UK charts) in 1972. Loved it. Epitomises that year for me (was very young 17) No Stacia used to dance often naked English born Irish girl happily married with 3 kids now I believe. Album at the time had the line on inside cover "This is your captain speaking your captain is dead" - Hawkwind were partnered with Michael Moorcock
This is your captain speaking your captain is dead" I thought that quote was written in the album ' In search of space' Moorcock is what women think when shopping for cucumbers🙃
Hawkwind recorded the original version of "Motorhead" shortly before Lemmy formed the band of the same name. Their live lp from 1972 (released in 1973), Space Ritual, is still one of the best live lps ever recorded. They are still playing and have just announced a small American tour. Their line up is completely different now with Dave Brock being the only original member still with them. Songs you may like are "Motorhead", "Urban Guerilla", "Reefer Madness", "Motorway City" & "Damnation Alley".
I went to watch Hawkwind for their 2 gigs in late December 1979 at the Camden Electic Ballroom gigs for the into the 80; gigs.. For the secnde gig I went alone ( aged 18 ) and saw Lemmy in the bar. I recognised him anf had a chat, he bought me a beer, we had a chat and Lemmy joined Hawkwind for their encore which was silver machine and Levitation..
The singer is Lemmy Kilmister, he was sacked when the customs at the Canadian border found white powder in his luggage, he later formed his own group called Motorhead.
Loads of great members and spin-off bands... notably Nik Turner and Robert Calvert. Simon House was a Hawkwind member from just after this. Then House did a spell in David Bowies band, eg violin on Heroes and into the Berlin period, really should get greater recognition. "Krautrock" or "Cosmische music" from Germany is also close to "Spacerock" check out Can, Neu, Amon Duul II. A lot of Hawkwind music is like a Science Fiction movie exploring both outer and inner space.
@@playitagainsue Can- start with Mother Sky? Neu- Hallo Gallo. Robert Calvert- Captain Locheed and the Starfighters (Ejection etc Lemmy on base). Nik Turner- Brainstorm and Master of the Universe were his major Hawkwind songs, Contrast his albums Inner City Unit, Pass Out and his Xitintoday... how more different could you be?
Interesting fact: The lyrics to Silver Machine were written by Robert Calvert and he did the original lead vocals on the live recording of Silver Machine before he was replaced by Lemmy! the reason? Calvert's vocal was considered too weak, he also had bi-polar disorder and was sectioned at the time and was unavailable, the lead vocals were eventually recorded by Lemmy. Calvert stated the song lyrics were NOT about a time machine, but about a silver bicycle and nobody got it! C
Hawkwind is unique. They don’t sound like anyone else and no one sounds like Hawkwind. From the album Doremi Fasol Latido play Brainstorm. I think space rock is a term describing music enjoyed while tripping.
Sue , space rock was a thing for a moment in the 70s.. It kinda died off (cocaine) but he newer bands are amazing, check out anything by Sleep, Orange Goblin and Neurosis if you really want to get cosmic
My favourite group Sue. Space rock yes, but Hawkwind covered a lot of styles and genres over the years and mostly in song form. They did a lot of poppy stuff from about the time of this single onwards, especially the late 70's - I think their best era (Alan's top albums are also mine), where they went quite New Wave with a cleaner sound than their earlier full punky sound. They have massive back catalogue and did a lot of good stuff in the 80's and 90's, were a massive influence of lots of rock and alternative groups and a big live draw yet somehow remained cult status. The girl was called Miss Stacia and was about 6 ft 2, I think she married one of the guys in New York Dolls. Lemmy was actually a guitarist but when he joined Hawkwind they handed him a bass as the bassist had left and the rest is history. He only wrote a handful of songs and only sang on those - this one was an exception, his vocals were overdubbed on the original live performance used for the single. The high pitched 'Silver Machine!' was by Dave Brock who often sung and played guitar, and was the founder member of the group - and the only one of the 20,000 musicians who passed through the group who was ever present! None of this is from memory Sue as I was far too young for any of this first time round! I was lucky to get into grunge and Britpop late 80's/early 90's seeing groups like Nirvana and Oasis playing small gigs but would have loved to have been around in the 60's/70's. Dunno where to start on a Hawkwind song recommendation but maybe Psi Power from 1978 when they were briefly called Hawklords. A recommendation for a group/artist to check out is Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel from the early 70's, their biggest hit was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See me) - a number 1 in the UK but they didn't make it in America, that song's a good place to start.
Wow, thank you Quarkwrok, you are obviously a very big fan. I appreciate the back story and suggestion for the other band. I will check it out. Also I will have to dive a lot more deeply into Hawkwind. I had no idea how much stuff they put out or how long they were around and how very cool that you got to see Nirvana...amazing Thank you so much 🤩
Great Hawkwind info, Quarkwrok ! .. And I also totally agree with your suggestion for Sue to react to "Make Me Smile" by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel .. I really don't know much about their other work, but that particular song is an absolute classic !
@@playitagainsue Hawkwind appeared on the official Nirvana tribute album back in the day, with Iggy Pop and newer groups. Yeh I'm a massive fan, I know everything the group has done and where they live (only joking!). You can go from very heavy (Brainstorm) to very light (Wind Of Change) to very electronic (Void City) to very acoustic (We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago) to very poppy (Right To Decide) to very ambient (Out Here We Are). I hope you like what you here if or when you fall down that rabbit hole Sue. Happy hunting.
I think this was pretty much their only chart hit, possibly their only single. If you ever see their 'family tree' Hawkwind is not so much a band as a music academy. Last time I looked (possibly the late 70s) it was several dozen musicians coming and going. My own favourite album of theirs is the later 'Quark, Strangeness and Charm' of which the title track, Damnation Alley, Spirit of the Age and Hassan/Sabha are my stand outs, but the whole album is brilliant. PXR5 is also very good, but any of their 70s albums is worth a listen. Bearing in mind I was 14 at the time and have no personal experience of this, the girl is a dancer who followed them about and her performance here is unusual in that she is wearing clothes. I've forgotten her name, but no doubt someone remembers (or possibly not, it was the 70s after all).
Haha loved the last line, Alan! Is it like that old saying if you remember then you weren't there haha. Thanks so much for the suggestions. So the young woman just would hop up on stage at all their shows and dance and not usually wear clothes?? Stuff that just doesn't happen anymore haha 🤩💜
This was the only single to hit the charts other than "Urban Guerilla" which was later withdrawn as there was a mainland bombing campaign by the I.R.A. at the time. There have been a few singles though over the years.
Dave (the Captain) Brock is still touring today. 8 studio albums that have charted in the last 11 years. For the full experience listen to the concept album 'Live Chronicles' about 'Eldric the Enchanter' by Michael Morcock a fantasy writer.
There's a story that Stacia tells that she was dancing naked on stage at a gig and she couldn't work out why so many guys in the audience were basically ignoring her. At the end of their set she had a little tent thing where she changed and she found dozens of guys were peeping into the tent watching her put her clothes on! Saw Stacia twice with the band and she added a whole new dimension to their shows 😂
I remember hearing this as a kid in 1972 and thinking "What the hell is this rubbish, and why is it right up at the top of the charts ?" .. But gradually the hypnotic feel of the song ( apparently that's a feature of a lot of "Space Rock" ) seeped into my brain and I eventually grew to like it .. I've never heard any of their other songs, so don't know how typical this is of their work .. Nice blast from the past !
Haha funny how are tastes can change as we get older. Ok so space rock has a hypnotic feel that makes complete sense. Wayne, do you know of any other space rock groups? I had never heard that term 🤩💜
@@playitagainsue I wasn't exactly sure myself what "Space Rock" was Sue .. So after watching your reaction to this song I looked it up and have pasted Wiki's description below .. You will notice that Pink Floyd and Hawkwind are listed as some of the main examples :- "Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound.[1] It may feature distorted and reverberation-laden guitars, minimal drumming, languid vocals, synthesizers and lyrical themes of outer space and science fiction. The genre emerged in late 1960s psychedelia and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Hawkwind,[1] and Gong[2] who explored a "cosmic" sound. Similar sounds were pursued in the early 1970s West German kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") scene. Later, the style was taken up in the mid-1980s by Spacemen 3, whose "drone-heavy" sound was avowedly inspired by and intended to accommodate drug use. By the 1990s, space rock developed into shoegazing, stoner rock and post-rock[1] with bands such as the Verve, Flying Saucer Attack, and Orange Goblin."
Funny-This is the second USA Reaction to Hawkwind I heard today and both are like Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Theater balcony. Laughinging they say 'LOL;, 'Spacerock, They never heard of Space'. So Waldorf turns to Statler and asks what is 'Spacerock' and Staler replies' Uhr, It's rock, you know rock as in rocks in space, something the moon men probally blasted off from. But Spacerock music. I have no idea-probably something like spacedust which crackles and pops in the mouth but done to music'. Waldorf looks gruntled but laughs anyway. Well how did it all happen that a new post punk generation would be born who are just recently discovering the existence of cosmic rythums as recorded form decades before. Well the story goes all the way back to the early sixties when President Kennedy was still alive but Marilyn Monroe had Just passed away. A time before The Beatles invasion. December 1962 to be precise and the release of the Joe Meek Hit Single 'Telstar'. ua-cam.com/video/ryrEPzsx1gQ/v-deo.html Then by 1963 the iconic Dr.Who came along and the audiance became mesmerised at sonic wave patterns the likes never heard before by man, woman or Roddy McDowel from his family of Apes which inhabited the post appocallytic USA. ua-cam.com/video/75V4ClJZME4/v-deo.html So 1962 and the beginning of studio electronic sound mixing and telstar was where it came about to begin with. Telstar was the first transatlantic live link with the USA and suddendly the UK audiance could sit and watch live transmissions of the First USA Moon Landings. So those small steps in space were big steps for mankind as well as for growing space enthusiasts. Science Fiction had always been a favorite for some and non fiction was becoming reality. Later in the the decade more Space era musicians would hit the stardom levels such as David Bowie with the sixties classic 'Space Odessy' and later also the space theme continued with Ziggy Stardust. Kingdom Come were also doing so called space rock. ua-cam.com/video/Y8UqOIROpo8/v-deo.html Fuse that all together with Rock & Roll of the Fifties such as Great balls of Fire and Be Bob da Lula mixed with pyschedelic interstella cosmological Science Fiction and you have the background of the emerging Spacemanauts with instruments. Remember the Rolling Stones 2000 Light Years from Home. ua-cam.com/video/umzkNR1qFhc/v-deo.html Then The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (1968) ua-cam.com/video/olGXtohOs7c/v-deo.html and the later arrivals such as Pink Flloyd's Interstella over drive and Ummagumma. These were just a few of the many rising stars using electronics. Not to mention the Space Drugs.
Hey Michael, thanks for that and for all the links. That is amazing! I will take a look at them all. Thanks so much for tuning in and for you great comment....and greeting back from me here in Canada. 🤩💜
Its not live and the origin of the song was a member of the band finding a bell and running around while peaking on acid screaming about his silver machine
If you want to hear classic Hawkwind. I would recommend ‘Shouldn’t do that’ from their album ‘In Search of Space’. Mesmeric driving rhythm backed by synth sounds was their signature sound… ua-cam.com/video/GQV6KgmekXA/v-deo.html Not sure ‘Space Rock’ applied to anyone else, I might be wrong but Hawkwind were pretty unique in their sound.
I remember you doing a Rockaway Beach reaction and wanted to point out (since you're a Ramones fan): Craig Leon (producer of the first Ramones album) said that this single (Silver Machine) and Beatles "Hard Days Night" were apparently the two biggest influences on the sound of the first Ramones record. Their live album "Space Ritual" is one of the coolest live records I've ever heard. Super underrated band and a huge influence on punk. "Brainstorm" is one of Johnny Rottens' favourite songs of all time; he was a massive Hawkwind fan (Pistols even occasionally covered "Silver Machine" in their 90s reunion sets). In terms of singles like this, I'd try "Urban Guerilla", "Ejection" and "Born to Go". Bob Calvert sings those three and does a way better job on those than he did with "Silver Machine" Great reaction! PS: Stacia rules! She's still alive and there's lots of great interviews with her.
Hey Richard, nice to hear from you again. I love the connection between the Ramones producer snd his love for Hawkwind. Also, very cool fun fact about the Sex Postols/Johnny Rotten's appreciation of Hawkwind. I had no idea but it makes such great sense he would be influemced by Hawkwind. They had a cool raw sound. Thanks so much for the suggestions. I will gladly to more of them. This song was great. I will have to look and see if I can find any interviews with Stasia. I think that would be fun to see 😎💜
@@playitagainsue Yeah it's really cool how it's all connected. Stooges, MC5 and Velvet Underground seem to be the most common names when it comes bands who had an influence on punk, but groups like Hawkwind did too in their own unique way. Cheers! ua-cam.com/video/WumC7iYOddI/v-deo.html
The lady you ask about is Stacia. She basically got up on stage one day, took her clothes off, and danced naked for the rest of the festival performance. After that she was hired by the band. She has her "clothes" on in this video because it was recorded for television. Her generous "attributes" were the stuff of many a young man's fantasies and contributed to their unique and compelling live show back in the 70's
Thanks for that, Martin. I bet she was. Their shows must have been very interesting to say the least haha 🤩
Wasnt just Stacia several band members would rock out naked
@@fredarsenault8987I saw Hawkwind and Stacia many times as I used to travel all over to see them. I never sat the band naked. Pink Fairies...that was a different matter.
@@playitagainsue had a autograph from Stacia on a hawkwind poster after the Liverpool stadium gig space ritual concert amazing was by the stage looking at all the equipment
@@paultraynorbsc627 hey Paul, that is a forever keep sake. Did you frame it?...very special 🤩
Oh my This is a real blast from the past me and Dan are chair bopping saw them in Worthing way back late 70's or early eighties cant recall it this was our courting music my oh my. The dancers were a real feature and it was a trippy time.
@chriscaspian2280 Excellent I am so glad I got you 2 bopping in your chairs....I am picturing it in my head and it is bringing a smile to my face 🤩🙃
It is a cool song. Definitely bop worthy 🤗🧡
Hawkwind were big on the free festival scene. Played every Stonehenge festival.
One of the most influential bands ever in the British music scene.
Thanks Simon, I bet the Stonehenge festival must be a blast. I reacted to another Hawkwind song if you are interested in checking it out. They are a cool band 🤩
They released an album called the Space Ritual. Some consider it one of the best live rock albums ever.
That may be some claim, but listen to it if you have have not before. It is up there for sure.
@alanball5750 Excellent, thanks Alan 🤩
Hawkwind have been one of my favourite bands since the 1970s. I first discovered them through science fiction fandom, since science fiction writer Michael Moorcock had a close association with them. They based a lot of their material on Moorcock's novels and short stories, Moorcock actually wrote some of their songs and even performed with them on occasion. Perhaps most notably he wrote and many times performed the spoken word piece "Sonic Attack" (backed by Hawkwind's music) which is featured on their live "Space Ritual" album, although on the album it's performed by Bob Calvert. Also the band's album "Warrior on the Edge of time" is based on Moorcock's novel "The Eternal Champion" and Moorcock wrote many of the lyrics for it.
"Space Ritual" is probably Hawkwind's most iconic and representative album of the early 1970s and is well worth a listen. When Ian (Lemmy) Kilminster left Hawkwind to form his own band, he named his band after a certain song he had written for Hawkwind - "Motorhead". Honestly I still prefer Hawkwind's version of the song over Motorhead's version. Honestly Hawkwind's back catalogue is a bit of a rabbit hole, but it's a rabbit hole well worth going down imo. A couple of my personal favourites are from their "Hall of the Mountain Grill" album. "You'd Better Believe It" and "Psychedelic Warlords". Although I actually like the version of "Psychedelic Warlords" from their "Choose Your Masques" album even more than the original.
Also FYI: I think the high pitched vocals near the end of "Silver Machine" are by both Dave Brock (guitarist) and Nik Turner (who played the flute on this one).
@@bobsteele9581 Wow, great info, Bob. Thanks so very much. I appreciate the suggestions as well. These guys are awesome 🤩💙
Stacia was an Irish performance artist who became an impromptu member of the band for their live performances. At around six feet tall (6’2” with 52” bust according to Lemmy) she often added to the visual impact by appearing topless or nude, covered in iridescent or luminous paint. Nik Turner claims her audition consisted of her asking if she could perform on stage with them, to which he agreed if she stripped naked & covered her body with paint. The story goes that she took off all her clothes, and then he told her he didn’t have any paint.
@justinneill5003 haha I love that story. Thanks Justin 🤗🤣💜
If we are honest here.. Silver Machine is basically rock and roll made with a harder edge.. early heavy metal progress here. Great song.
It sure is! It is a fantastic song 🎵 🤩
The best album that Hawkwind made was "Space Ritual". It was a double live and "Organ Accumulator" is just amazing.
I was supposed to visit them at the Portsmouth Guildhall in England in 1972 (where some of the album was recorded, but I heard it didn't make it to the final cut of the album), with my friends, but we moved from the South to Northern England that weekend and I had to give my ticket to a school friend.
Hey Jack, what a shame you missed the show. I bet they would have been incredible live. I will give songs iff the album a listen. Thanks a bunch 😎💙
Hawklords Live '78 is amazingly good. It is the Bob Calvert era though.
the woman is Stacia and she used to dance bare on stage
@martin-vg7hf Hey Martin, she must have been quite attraction back then 🤩
I have an original 7" vinyl sleeve of Silver Machine signed by founder guitarist and vocalist Dave Brock and co - founder and flute player Nik Turner!
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Hey The Sound Like, how cool is that! What a collector's item. Don't ever part with it 🤩
@playitagainsue I collect musicians autographs. It's rare music history. Nik also sent me a personal note along with my signed vinyl.
@@thesoundlikechameleons2082 That is awesome! Sounds like you have quite the collection 😃
damnation alley from the quark strangeness and charm album is a great track with bob calvert on vocals
Thanks Gareth, I will gladly check that out 🤩
Alice Cooper Schools Out was #1 whilst the Hawks were #2 in the summer charts of 1972. My Fav Band............
Very cool, Martin. The 70s had so much great music 🤩
Everyone assumed at the time that the Silver Machine referred to a spaceship. The words were written by Bob Calvert who was mentally unstable and actually referred to his silver bicycle.
That is quite funny. I would not have guessed a bicycle at all. Thanks for that, William 😀💜
A friend turned me on to hawkwind in the early 1970s while in high school. They are without a doubt my favorite group. I would suggest you listen to " Hall of the Mountain Grill ", which I believe best displays the groups versitility and talent and also happens to be my favorite LP. There's a lot of Hawkwind's music and history available on UA-cam.
Awesome, thanks Kevin. I will check it out. I have done 2 of their songs now and I have loved them both. I look forward to hearing more 🤩
I loved this tune from the early 70's a classic, then we got shaffted with punk rock and disco, followed by rap, and rave. we were screwed. and now we have crap crap crap
@SteveStevens-sp7ly Hey Steve, yeah music is not like it used to be. Most of today's stuff us completely disposable
I've seen these guys 18 times from 73 onwards, so it goes without saying they are my favourite band, and they are still recording new stuff and it's dam bloody good. Any other band in that "space rock" genre you ask? Well no, not really, they truly are unique. Let's jump forward 10 years and listen to the track Nuclear Drive 👌
Wow, Steve. That is awesome. You are clearly an amazing fan. I bet they were incredible to see in concert. Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out 🤩
@@playitagainsue Oh Sue, they were amazing, I was only 15 the first time I saw them and I was blown over, some say they were the first band to use lazer lights and they were voted the best live band for several years, and that's not a bad shout when your up against the likes of Zeppelin Purple Floyd and Sabbath when they were at their best. Wish you could have been there ! Stay cool 🚀
@hognaut I would say that is pretty darn good to be voted over them! They are all amazing bands. Interesting fun fact that they were the first to use laser lights...very cool 🤩
I'm pretty sure '82 was the first year I saw them, I would have been almost 18. I've probably seen them as often but wish I could have seen the classic sets from the 70s and of course in the Bob Calvert years.
@@SPKdesign1 i first saw them at the moon festivals in cumbria , 83/84 , inglestone common , stonehenge 83/84 first time i paid to see them was 85 chronicle tour happy daze !
What a band!!!! Still going strong today with a new album due
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Lemmy wasn’t the usual lead vocalist, but it is obvious he could rock and belt out the vocals even then. He would be fired from the band three years later and start Motörhead
Hey Ben, interesting turn around. I wonder why they fired Lemmy. I mean it turned out ok for him in the end though starting Motorhead but wonder why they gave him the boot 🤩
@@playitagainsue The story I heard was Hawkwind were doing an American/Canadian tour and when they went over the border to Canada, customs found a bag of Speed on Lemmy. They thought it was Heroine and held him in jail forcing Hawkwind to continue the tour without him and he left.
@@SPKdesign1 oh that sucks for him. Glad he didn't end up in jail. Thanks for the clarification because I wondered why they would have gotten rid of him 🤩
Hawkwind started in the late 60s as a British prog rock band - like many others - but they started doing some collaborations with Michael Moorcock, a British new age sci-fi author (best known for his Elric character) and they liked the sci-fi / fantasy elements (as many prog rock groups did) but they moved more in the sci-fi direction than the fantasy direction that most other prog rock bands did - hence space rock. There aren't really any other bands that sound like Hawkwind, they are pretty much unique. They have had a lot of line up changes, with Dave Brock (who formed the band) being the only one to have been there since the start I think. I saw them on their last tour of Australia - 2018 I think - and they are loud!! The gig was in an indoor venue (and not a huge one) but their amps were set as though they were playing an outdoor festival. I think I got more damage to my hearing in that one night than I did in my 25 years of being a DJ 😄
Haha that is funny, Hawkwindaus! Sorry to hear about your hearing but sounds like a great show 😎💙.
I appreciate the backstory on the band. I can't wait to hear more 😃🧡
I think it got to no 2 in the charts (UK charts) in 1972. Loved it. Epitomises that year for me (was very young 17) No Stacia used to dance often naked English born Irish girl happily married with 3 kids now I believe. Album at the time had the line on inside cover "This is your captain speaking your captain is dead" - Hawkwind were partnered with Michael Moorcock
Hey Phil, thank you for tuning in. I appreciate the backstory 🤩
This is your captain speaking your captain is dead" I thought that quote was written in the album ' In search of space' Moorcock is what women think when shopping for cucumbers🙃
Hawkwind recorded the original version of "Motorhead" shortly before Lemmy formed the band of the same name.
Their live lp from 1972 (released in 1973), Space Ritual, is still one of the best live lps ever recorded.
They are still playing and have just announced a small American tour. Their line up is completely different now with Dave Brock being the only original member still with them.
Songs you may like are "Motorhead", "Urban Guerilla", "Reefer Madness", "Motorway City" & "Damnation Alley".
Hi SPK, thanks a bunch. I will totally check those songs out 😊
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@@fredarsenault8987 Yes.
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I went to watch Hawkwind for their 2 gigs in late December 1979 at the Camden Electic Ballroom gigs for the into the 80; gigs.. For the secnde gig I went alone ( aged 18 ) and saw Lemmy in the bar. I recognised him anf had a chat, he bought me a beer, we had a chat and Lemmy joined Hawkwind for their encore which was silver machine and Levitation..
Wow, how cool is that Robin! I bet that is something you will remember forever. Sounds like Lemmy was a really cool guy 😎
The singer is Lemmy Kilmister, he was sacked when the customs at the Canadian border found white powder in his luggage, he later formed his own group called Motorhead.
Thanks for the info, JJ. That is too bad he got sacked but I do know Motorhead so I guess it had a good ending for Lemmy 🤩
Funny thing about this song is, it’s about a bicycle. They had a ‘silver’ bike they used to do errands, get milk from the supermarket or whatever.
Really! That is adorable. I would never have guessed that. Thanks Mike 🤩
Loads of great members and spin-off bands... notably Nik Turner and Robert Calvert. Simon House was a Hawkwind member from just after this. Then House did a spell in David Bowies band, eg violin on Heroes and into the Berlin period, really should get greater recognition. "Krautrock" or "Cosmische music" from Germany is also close to "Spacerock" check out Can, Neu, Amon Duul II. A lot of Hawkwind music is like a Science Fiction movie exploring both outer and inner space.
Awesome Keith, thanks so much for all the info. I appreciate it. I will check out the spin off bands you mentioned 😍
@@playitagainsue Can- start with Mother Sky? Neu- Hallo Gallo. Robert Calvert- Captain Locheed and the Starfighters (Ejection etc Lemmy on base). Nik Turner- Brainstorm and Master of the Universe were his major Hawkwind songs, Contrast his albums Inner City Unit, Pass Out and his Xitintoday... how more different could you be?
@@keithreynolds Amazing! Thanks a bunch! 😎
Early Monster Magnet could be called space rock, and were influenced by Hawkwind
Hey Jonibz, I don't know them. I will give them a listen. Thanks a bunch 😎
Hey Jonibz, I don't know them. I will give them a listen. Thanks a bunch 😎
Stacia is a huge steam train enthusiast.She is a super cool lady.
Very cool, Neil 🤩
Live version is the only version, but it was overdubbed in the studio with lemmys voice. Bob calvert originally sang it
Thanks for the info, Joseph. This is a very cool song 🤩
@@playitagainsue no problem 👍😊
Hawkwind recorded a studio version of Silver Machine for their 1981 album Sonic Attack on RCA. That version was also released as a single.
@@andrewcresswell1712 cool Andrew. I will check that out 🤩
@@playitagainsue sorry Sue, it was on 1982's Choose Your Masques: ua-cam.com/video/3kvinpDyi7g/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Interesting fact:
The lyrics to Silver Machine were written by Robert Calvert and he did the original lead vocals on the live recording of Silver Machine before he was replaced by Lemmy! the reason? Calvert's vocal was considered too weak, he also had bi-polar disorder and was sectioned at the time and was unavailable, the lead vocals were eventually recorded by Lemmy. Calvert stated the song lyrics were NOT about a time machine, but about a silver bicycle and nobody got it!
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Hey Soundlikechameleons, thanks for the back story. I really appreciate it. It is a cool song :)
Interesting fun facts.
Thanks hon 🤩
6:26 Brock should stick to guitar 🎸 🤣
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Hawkwind is unique. They don’t sound like anyone else and no one sounds like Hawkwind. From the album Doremi Fasol Latido play Brainstorm. I think space rock is a term describing music enjoyed while tripping.
Hey Al, they are really unique for sure. I look forward to hearing more of their stuff. Thanks for tuning in 🤩
@@playitagainsue thank you. Hawkwind is great, saw them twice.
@albaker1309 lucky you! 😎
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Dave Brock at the end Silver Machine!!! 🤣
Sue , space rock was a thing for a moment in the 70s.. It kinda died off (cocaine) but he newer bands are amazing, check out anything by Sleep, Orange Goblin and Neurosis if you really want to get cosmic
Awesome, thanks Fred :)
My favourite group Sue. Space rock yes, but Hawkwind covered a lot of styles and genres over the years and mostly in song form. They did a lot of poppy stuff from about the time of this single onwards, especially the late 70's - I think their best era (Alan's top albums are also mine), where they went quite New Wave with a cleaner sound than their earlier full punky sound. They have massive back catalogue and did a lot of good stuff in the 80's and 90's, were a massive influence of lots of rock and alternative groups and a big live draw yet somehow remained cult status.
The girl was called Miss Stacia and was about 6 ft 2, I think she married one of the guys in New York Dolls. Lemmy was actually a guitarist but when he joined Hawkwind they handed him a bass as the bassist had left and the rest is history. He only wrote a handful of songs and only sang on those - this one was an exception, his vocals were overdubbed on the original live performance used for the single. The high pitched 'Silver Machine!' was by Dave Brock who often sung and played guitar, and was the founder member of the group - and the only one of the 20,000 musicians who passed through the group who was ever present!
None of this is from memory Sue as I was far too young for any of this first time round! I was lucky to get into grunge and Britpop late 80's/early 90's seeing groups like Nirvana and Oasis playing small gigs but would have loved to have been around in the 60's/70's. Dunno where to start on a Hawkwind song recommendation but maybe Psi Power from 1978 when they were briefly called Hawklords. A recommendation for a group/artist to check out is Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel from the early 70's, their biggest hit was Make Me Smile (Come Up and See me) - a number 1 in the UK but they didn't make it in America, that song's a good place to start.
Wow, thank you Quarkwrok, you are obviously a very big fan. I appreciate the back story and suggestion for the other band. I will check it out. Also I will have to dive a lot more deeply into Hawkwind. I had no idea how much stuff they put out or how long they were around and how very cool that you got to see Nirvana...amazing Thank you so much 🤩
Great Hawkwind info, Quarkwrok ! .. And I also totally agree with your suggestion for Sue to react to "Make Me Smile" by Steve Harley and Cockney Rebel .. I really don't know much about their other work, but that particular song is an absolute classic !
@@wayne_twentyfive Yeh, used for all sorts of ads in the UK, including one for Viagra!
@@playitagainsue Hawkwind appeared on the official Nirvana tribute album back in the day, with Iggy Pop and newer groups. Yeh I'm a massive fan, I know everything the group has done and where they live (only joking!). You can go from very heavy (Brainstorm) to very light (Wind Of Change) to very electronic (Void City) to very acoustic (We Took the Wrong Step Years Ago) to very poppy (Right To Decide) to very ambient (Out Here We Are). I hope you like what you here if or when you fall down that rabbit hole Sue. Happy hunting.
@@quarkwrok thanks so much. I look forward to this rabbit hole 😎💜
Try listening to “You shouldn’t do that” from In Search of Space.
Ok I will. Thanks Michael 😊
For other Hawkwind tunes, try "Lord of Light", "Orgone Accumulator" or "The Golden Void" for something more laid back.
Hi SKP, thanks for the suggestions. I will check them out 🤩
I think this was pretty much their only chart hit, possibly their only single. If you ever see their 'family tree' Hawkwind is not so much a band as a music academy. Last time I looked (possibly the late 70s) it was several dozen musicians coming and going.
My own favourite album of theirs is the later 'Quark, Strangeness and Charm' of which the title track, Damnation Alley, Spirit of the Age and Hassan/Sabha are my stand outs, but the whole album is brilliant. PXR5 is also very good, but any of their 70s albums is worth a listen.
Bearing in mind I was 14 at the time and have no personal experience of this, the girl is a dancer who followed them about and her performance here is unusual in that she is wearing clothes. I've forgotten her name, but no doubt someone remembers (or possibly not, it was the 70s after all).
Haha loved the last line, Alan! Is it like that old saying if you remember then you weren't there haha. Thanks so much for the suggestions. So the young woman just would hop up on stage at all their shows and dance and not usually wear clothes?? Stuff that just doesn't happen anymore haha 🤩💜
This was the only single to hit the charts other than "Urban Guerilla" which was later withdrawn as there was a mainland bombing campaign by the I.R.A. at the time. There have been a few singles though over the years.
Stacia!
@@SPKdesign1 Urban Guerrillareached 39 (UK chart) before being withdrawn after 3 weeks
@@joolz4848 Ta, I couldn't remember the exact position it reached.
Dave (the Captain) Brock is still touring today. 8 studio albums that have charted in the last 11 years.
For the full experience listen to the concept album 'Live Chronicles' about
'Eldric the Enchanter' by Michael Morcock a fantasy writer.
Really! How cool is that. Thanks Ken. I will check it out 🤩
There's a story that Stacia tells that she was dancing naked on stage at a gig and she couldn't work out why so many guys in the audience were basically ignoring her. At the end of their set she had a little tent thing where she changed and she found dozens of guys were peeping into the tent watching her put her clothes on! Saw Stacia twice with the band and she added a whole new dimension to their shows 😂
Haha I love it, Ian. I bet they were great shows to see. 🤩
Maybe give the whole of Space Ritual a listen as well.
Hawkwind - Magnu is also VERY GOOD
Thanks Fred. I really enjoyed Hawkwind 😀
I remember hearing this as a kid in 1972 and thinking "What the hell is this rubbish, and why is it right up at the top of the charts ?" .. But gradually the hypnotic feel of the song ( apparently that's a feature of a lot of "Space Rock" ) seeped into my brain and I eventually grew to like it .. I've never heard any of their other songs, so don't know how typical this is of their work .. Nice blast from the past !
Haha funny how are tastes can change as we get older. Ok so space rock has a hypnotic feel that makes complete sense. Wayne, do you know of any other space rock groups? I had never heard that term 🤩💜
@@playitagainsue I wasn't exactly sure myself what "Space Rock" was Sue .. So after watching your reaction to this song I looked it up and have pasted Wiki's description below .. You will notice that Pink Floyd and Hawkwind are listed as some of the main examples :-
"Space rock is a music genre characterized by loose and lengthy song structures centered on instrumental textures that typically produce a hypnotic, otherworldly sound.[1] It may feature distorted and reverberation-laden guitars, minimal drumming, languid vocals, synthesizers and lyrical themes of outer space and science fiction.
The genre emerged in late 1960s psychedelia and progressive rock bands such as Pink Floyd, Hawkwind,[1] and Gong[2] who explored a "cosmic" sound. Similar sounds were pursued in the early 1970s West German kosmische Musik ("cosmic music") scene. Later, the style was taken up in the mid-1980s by Spacemen 3, whose "drone-heavy" sound was avowedly inspired by and intended to accommodate drug use. By the 1990s, space rock developed into shoegazing, stoner rock and post-rock[1] with bands such as the Verve, Flying Saucer Attack, and Orange Goblin."
@@wayne_twentyfive awesome, thanks for that Wayne. In the list were more bands I have never heard of so more music to learn about 🤩💙
two really good modern space rock bands are the spacelords from germany and yuri gagarin from sweden
Funny-This is the second USA Reaction to Hawkwind I heard today and both are like Statler and Waldorf from the Muppet Theater balcony. Laughinging they say 'LOL;, 'Spacerock, They never heard of Space'. So Waldorf turns to Statler and asks what is 'Spacerock' and Staler replies' Uhr, It's rock, you know rock as in rocks in space, something the moon men probally blasted off from. But Spacerock music. I have no idea-probably something like spacedust which crackles and pops in the mouth but done to music'. Waldorf looks gruntled but laughs anyway.
Well how did it all happen that a new post punk generation would be born who are just recently discovering the existence of cosmic rythums as recorded form decades before. Well the story goes all the way back to the early sixties when President Kennedy was still alive but Marilyn Monroe had Just passed away. A time before The Beatles invasion. December 1962 to be precise and the release of the Joe Meek Hit Single 'Telstar'. ua-cam.com/video/ryrEPzsx1gQ/v-deo.html
Then by 1963 the iconic Dr.Who came along and the audiance became mesmerised at sonic wave patterns the likes never heard before by man, woman or Roddy McDowel from his family of Apes which inhabited the post appocallytic USA. ua-cam.com/video/75V4ClJZME4/v-deo.html
So 1962 and the beginning of studio electronic sound mixing and telstar was where it came about to begin with. Telstar was the first transatlantic live link with the USA and suddendly the UK audiance could sit and watch live transmissions of the First USA Moon Landings. So those small steps in space were big steps for mankind as well as for growing space enthusiasts. Science Fiction had always been a favorite for some and non fiction was becoming reality. Later in the the decade more Space era musicians would hit the stardom levels such as David Bowie with the sixties classic 'Space Odessy' and later also the space theme continued with Ziggy Stardust.
Kingdom Come were also doing so called space rock. ua-cam.com/video/Y8UqOIROpo8/v-deo.html
Fuse that all together with Rock & Roll of the Fifties such as Great balls of Fire and Be Bob da Lula mixed with pyschedelic interstella cosmological Science Fiction and you have the background of the emerging Spacemanauts with instruments. Remember the Rolling Stones 2000 Light Years from Home. ua-cam.com/video/umzkNR1qFhc/v-deo.html Then The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band - I'm The Urban Spaceman (1968) ua-cam.com/video/olGXtohOs7c/v-deo.html and the later arrivals such as Pink Flloyd's Interstella over drive and Ummagumma. These were just a few of the many rising stars using electronics. Not to mention the Space Drugs.
Hey Michael, thanks for that and for all the links. That is amazing! I will take a look at them all. Thanks so much for tuning in and for you great comment....and greeting back from me here in Canada. 🤩💜
Its not live and the origin of the song was a member of the band finding a bell and running around while peaking on acid screaming about his silver machine
Haha really! That is hilarious, Fred. Thanks for that laugh. I am picturing this in my mind...running around all hopped up 🤣😎
@@playitagainsue yep things where not the same back then
@@playitagainsue you should also check their song Magnu for a peak spacerock experience
If you want to hear classic Hawkwind. I would recommend ‘Shouldn’t do that’ from their album ‘In Search of Space’. Mesmeric driving rhythm backed by synth sounds was their signature sound… ua-cam.com/video/GQV6KgmekXA/v-deo.html
Not sure ‘Space Rock’ applied to anyone else, I might be wrong but Hawkwind were pretty unique in their sound.
Awesome, thanks Mike. I will check it out 🤗
I remember you doing a Rockaway Beach reaction and wanted to point out (since you're a Ramones fan):
Craig Leon (producer of the first Ramones album) said that this single (Silver Machine) and Beatles "Hard Days Night" were apparently the two biggest influences on the sound of the first Ramones record.
Their live album "Space Ritual" is one of the coolest live records I've ever heard. Super underrated band and a huge influence on punk. "Brainstorm" is one of Johnny Rottens' favourite songs of all time; he was a massive Hawkwind fan (Pistols even occasionally covered "Silver Machine" in their 90s reunion sets).
In terms of singles like this, I'd try "Urban Guerilla", "Ejection" and "Born to Go". Bob Calvert sings those three and does a way better job on those than he did with "Silver Machine"
Great reaction!
PS: Stacia rules! She's still alive and there's lots of great interviews with her.
Hey Richard, nice to hear from you again. I love the connection between the Ramones producer snd his love for Hawkwind. Also, very cool fun fact about the Sex Postols/Johnny Rotten's appreciation of Hawkwind. I had no idea but it makes such great sense he would be influemced by Hawkwind. They had a cool raw sound. Thanks so much for the suggestions. I will gladly to more of them. This song was great. I will have to look and see if I can find any interviews with Stasia. I think that would be fun to see 😎💜
@@playitagainsue Yeah it's really cool how it's all connected. Stooges, MC5 and Velvet Underground seem to be the most common names when it comes bands who had an influence on punk, but groups like Hawkwind did too in their own unique way. Cheers!
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@@LongGone77 that was a cool little vid about the 2 of them. Thanks Richard 😀