Rikki Nadir - Nadir's Big Chance

Peter Hammill wearing his punk guise! If the guitar don't get ya, the drums will...

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• Peter Hammill
• Rikki Nadir
• Nadir's Big Chance
• prodressive
• punk
• rock
• 70's

[ignaciomasllorens]

Best punk song ever.

[macseinchin]

great stuff.

reminds me of a cross between bob calvert-era hawkwind and early bowie.

but i am gradually becoming accustomed to the greatness of hammill....

[bebopmaxim]

Who cares whether Johnny liked it or not? It's bloody amazing - even if the version on 'Vital' is more amazingly amazing.

[lastrada52]

No one sounded like Peter Hammill during this period. He was overwhelming. The punks that followed took note. Hammill gave "punk" in this song an identity: Rikki Nadir. All the songs that hinted to punk earlier were really just garage songs & drug songs. But this is the real deal. This is the song that pre-dates the Clash, Sex Pistols, Richard Hell, Patti Smith & everyone. Hammill's voice is perfect. Afterall, Hammill was supposed to be a progressive rock musician. Guess again.

[JerzuRF]

@starlight2009xxx I don't really think that Lydon ever claimed this one to be his all-time favourite. He played two songs from this album during the radio interview but neither of them was title track.

[starlight2009xxx]

John Lydon's favourite tune, that say's it all really..

[tapper1477]

incendiary.

[AnjiSpangle]

@kolibet - 'bahookie' is Scottish for arse/ass :)

[kolibet]

@AnjiSpangle hm, is "bahookie" punk-writing ? it's not in my dictionary ! (i'm french...) :-]

(but i's ok - urbandictionary gives me the meaning...)

of course, hammill has these different sides - and i can see that the "punk-rock" side matters much to him - so i have to respect it - it just makes me feel uneasy - he's very good at it (on his prog side too...)

anyway, glad to discuss this point with you, spangle (though briefly)

[AnjiSpangle]

@kolibet

But the great, brilliant, grin-inducing thing is that he has these different sides to him - and we don't *have* to like 'em all....for me, I cherish the delicate and the deep, as much as I love the punk/rock-god stuff, to which I have been known to dance my bahookie completely off......

[quarkwrok]

Lydon, Idol, Almond, you owe a lot to Rikki. This and Birthday Girl top punk and the whole album is original new wave.