Hawkwind - Opa Loka

[nix4pool]

Only just heard this again on here, after nearly 30 years, sold the album around 1980 to get some much needed dosh, still a great tune.

Used to bounce off the walls to these guys in the 70's, great memories.

[Roysterdoyster98]

@nix4pool shame you had to sell your HAWKWIND Albums,,, i still got 11 early Albums on Vinyl, not gonna part with em,

[brenfen]

@greeceed This track is from 1975 and a direct homage to Hallogallo by Neu, which was the opening track on their first album. Good shit.

[Merkataratapusatat]

I keep envisioning this song played while a planet goes through evolution over thousands of years real fast.

[maximumscrunch]

Shamanistic head trip! Cool!

[DOKTURX]

I've got it all on vynil....so there!

[DOKTURX]

no modern band could do this as per... invention

[PeregrineTrousers]

This is a trancy mantra. The originators of Acid rock or space Rock? That's the spirit of the age he he...

[DeepIsSpace]

Well, I see it like this. Everybody influenced everybody. Early Hawkwind played a Roger Waters track for example, but I agree they developed a a completely new style in music history......

[Astromenon1]

Hawkwind band is the father of new psychedelic rock and the one of the best in 70s that made other bands to adore them.. i love and respect kraut but...Hawkwind made a new genre the "space rock"...i belive pink floyd influenced most of the kraut bands and not Hawks

[tatunkha]

early techno? with real drummers always loved it always will thanks for the upload

[pandrol7]

yeah!!......... loving it,... mega cool

[nix4pool]

Remember sitting in my middle room at home in the mid 70's with my headphones blasting my head off playing this, great memories of a time sadly lost.

[poolegrassrootsresis]

This track sums up whats so special about this band. Irrespective of what other music appeals at the time , my roots come back to this. Dave Brock is a legend. I recently have had the pleasure of meeting Dave and Kris. Keep writing keep rocking. J

[Astromenon1]

thi is pure space rock from Hawk's take it easy..kraut is kraut and hawk are masters of the universe

[Smillsoid]

This track owes A LOT to Krautrock band "Neu!" - check 'em out.

[cheeezdooodle]

That is exactly why I am here! I saw on Wikipedia (looking at NEU! 's history) Hawkwind was inspired by them. Being a Hawkwind fan I had to check this out- pretty cool :)

[monovenaros]

it is the other way round, mate...

[Freqzine]

@monovenaros It was a two-way street. Brock wrote the sleeve notes to NEU! 2 when it was first released in the UK, mentioning how much NEU! had influenced Hawkwind.

[BohemianConspiracy]

@Freqzine yes this song as clear NEU tendancies ... i don't think that Hawkwind is that often so clearly influenced by Krautrock bands... i think at the contrary that there's more Krautrock bands influenced by Hawkwind

[DCioccoloni]

@BohemianConspiracy you don't think they were very obviously influenced by krautrock? they had an ex-memeber of Amon Duul II on In Search of Space, can it get any more obvious than that? and what do you mean exactly by the term of comparison "more" exactly? do you mean there's more krautrock bands influenced by hawkwind than hawkwinds influenced by krautrock bands? you must be aware that such a comparison makes no logical sense.

[BohemianConspiracy]

@DCioccoloni i've said... not that much... it does not means not at all... but Hawkwind recorded before most Krautbands... ok except Amon Duull II and some rare others... but Amon Duul II became known in the UK with their '70 lp... Hawkwind were already on their way...i think that it's an exchange... i really love both bands... but Hawkwind remains at the top much longer... for me Amon Duull last exellent lp was in 1973 ...

[tom71483]

@Smillsoid JUST DID, NOT THAT IMPRESSED

[mrosenber96]

Nice!

[lordconnaught]

Thanks for posting this. A great track from a great album, and the video images work very well with the music.