Hawkwind - Master Of The Universe

[mk3nog]

i was there....all them years ago...fantastic gig ..seeing michael moorcock as well

[WeHaveExplosive]

@mk3nog lucky so and so! Wish I could've seen the Hawks in their prime.

[mk3nog]

@WeHaveExplosive yes m8....wish i could go back and see all again....as we all do....they just done a gig at shepherds push empire..wish i had gone..but sometime things are best left as memories...to a point with certain bands if members have changed keep the memory the same.... lemmy days were fantastic..silver machine etc...tho i was only 12 then..lol... my best album got to be worrier on the edge of time..

[wiggon]

@mk3nog nogi i was there too with you. Michael Moorcock threw some books into the crowd and there was a massive scramble for 'em and guess what? I got one!!!! only problem was, it was in german!!! it's now in the loft somewhere gathering dust.

[mk3nog]

@wiggon lololol......so your not learning german anymore...wigling smit....lol

[Glaurung000]

Sounds like paranoid.

[WeHaveExplosive]

@Glaurung000 I suppose if you were to clog your ears with cake, hang yourself upside-down and drop a tab then it might sound a bit like Paranoid.

[kkostas21925]

what does hawkwind mean?can anyone please tell me?is the wind of spreading things,like news for example?

[WeHaveExplosive]

@kkostas21925 Believe it or not the name was actually a nickname of former vocalist and Sax player Nik Turner, who had a habit of 'hawking' (English slang - raising phlegm in the throat) and farting (breaking wind), later on Dave Brock offered a more sensible explanation to the name; the hawk being an important historical symbol in both Egyptian and Pagan mythology, and the Japanese proverb "Better to be the hawk that flies over the forest than the eagle that flies over the mountain".

[kkostas21925]

@WeHaveExplosive ok,man thank you

[vladimir613s]

Alright I suppose, not thier best for sure!

[jason69332]

elric lol used to read the books hehe. my mate love hawkwind

[xinfeQionx]

This was so shitty, sounded nothing like the Hawkwind i love.

[TheIceDragonlady]

this is brilliant I have this all on one album - The Chronicle of The Black Sword live at Stonehenge & it is without doubt the most brilliant album I possess hence I have worn both the main & bonus CD to shreds (cant get another copy either). For anyone who doesnt know the connection between Michael Moorcock & Hawkwind try finding/borrowing a copy of Elric of Melniboné by M.M. first published in GB in 1972, that should lead you to Arioch, Cymoril, Yyrkoon, Rackhir & to the battle for Law & Chaos

[Godefroy1060]

One of the best songs in the Universe. They're actually the center of this Universe.

[SovietTelevision]

I have the whole show on DVD, it's really fantastic.

[markbels]

i wanted to comment but the words fail me......brilliant, it brings me back

[caioenzo]

what the fuck? this is WAY better than the album version hahahahaha

[LMTR14]

@caioenzo I prefer the album version by far

[Fifthmuskateer]

Plymouth here they come!

[carbonlifeform666]

Cant do this song without Nik Turner, just isnt right

[ElCastigador002]

I Love this song!

[Ludders1963]

Love it.

People say 70's Hawkwind is the best, but i followed them throughout the 80's, so this is "my" era.

[WeHaveExplosive]

@Ludders1963 I love the 80s stuff, especially Harvey's synths, Chronicle Of The Black Sword was my first Hawks LP :)

[jamesrenforth]

not to put to finer point on it. its effing brilliant

[TheIceDragonlady]

I love watching Tony swinging the sword around - he was well in for the part of Elric

[SPMonkeywarrior9]

Love this track........ 

[bingsy100]

this can only be classed as ultimate fucking rock

[SKYLINEAZ]

Dave brock

[TokeBoat]

my favourite hawkwind era ,they are a banned band in our home but i still get to see them every year ,no fucker seems to understand them or has even heard of them in the present day but some of the best gigs ever lol

[CoryZane]

I had the great privledge of seeing these guys in 72 I think it was in Atlanta. They were scheduled to play the Fox but blew the power generator and were moved aross the street to Alex Coolies Electric Ballroom. A smllaer and fine venue that they simply rocked to the ground. One of my finest memories! Thanks for posting this for us!

[PocusUK]

lol not a song for the epileptics, then again nor is any Hawkwind gig.

The guy dressed up as Elric cracks me up.

"so what do you do in the band then?"

"I put on a white wig and makeup and walk around a bit"

[LiteracyLabyrinth]

If the strobes would stop we could see something, still a great track

[cleptskull666]

Damn brilliant track

[rebelpowerz]

saw this Live at Leeds & didn't really appreciate it at the time!

Acid Daze later the same year had The Hawks, Calvert, Suicide & Spacemen 3 on the same bill..

[Astromenon1]

is not Lemmy here..sy

[grimjer]

ELRIC RULES! GO LEMMY! GO MICHAEL! \m/

[Rensakuken]

This is the most powerful song ive ever heard.

SO fucking beautiful.

[mart7887]

@Rensakuken if u like this go lissen to '' TOOL - VICARIOUS '' and watch the video .... not as oldschool as these guys but its defently powerfull

[VaughanTant]

@Rensakuken I used to listen to this in the 70's on mushrooms. It all made so much sense. Empowering

[mk3nog]

@Rensakuken worrier on the edge of time was cool four me

[42warhorse]

love it . classic hawkwind . lords of space and time

[ps3matty]

i could never understand what the fella that looks like Brian Blessed is on about. Class tune vo.

[greghell]

I believe that fella is Michael Moorcock! MIght be wrong though.

[WeHaveExplosive]

Yep, it is - there's more of him on the DVD too.

[konman001]

LOL... I thought it is him too

[MrVl1500]

@greghell , you're right...michael moorcock

[timepoet77]

@greghell No, you're not wrong. That is indeed Michael Moorcock reading Dead God's Homecoming.

[demonedge666]

Man I've been looking for this DVD forever. I love Hawkwind.

[uncleambient]

Reminds me of Spinal Tap's Stonehenge!!  :)

[WeHaveExplosive]

Haha, well I'm glad you said it before I did... but yeah, the whole concert is very 'Tap. Excellent music all the same.

[marumaru54]

Yeah great song. Difference is that hawkwind seem dead serious about the theatrics though.

It's funny how that one guy's sole function is to swing that broadsword around the whole song...

[gordthelord12]

I'd love that job though

[MazingerZoo]

@uncleambient I mean, who did you think they were riffing on?