Earth Is Not Room Enough - Groundhogs

~ "When danger arises, up from inner space come the MIGHTY GROUNDHOGS" ~

Track 1. 'Earth Is Not Room Enough'. From the album 'Who Will Save The World?'

Written, Arranged & Produced by Tony McPhee

Pete Cruickshank: Bass Guitar
Tony McPhee: Guitar, Mellotron, Harmonium, Vocals
Ken Pustelnik: Drums

Engineers: Martin Birch, Louie Austin

Original Artwork: the nefarious Neal Adams


♪♫ Locked in a room, strapped to a hollow chair,
Faint musty smell, odour of stale air,
Sealed from the outside in a cage that is six-foot square,
Eyes that are fixed in a glazed, disbelieving stare.

Cyanide pills dropped in an acid bath,
Froth forms a cloud as deadly as death's own staff,
Lungs start to burst trying to hold your breath,
But have the last laugh 'cos Earth is just a cage seven thousand miles wide! ♪♫

http://www.thegroundhogs.co.uk/
The Official Site of Tony 'TS' McPhee & The Groundhogs

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Blues
• Earth
• Is
• Not
• Room
• Enough
• Groundhogs
• Neal
• Adams
• Progressive
• Rock
• Who
• Will
• Save
• The
• World?
• 1972

[klockan23och09]

Groundhogs are still my absolute favorite band and memories stretching to my very early teens bumps like bombs upon me finding this on YouTube. Thank you very much ELGROVER from Gomer

[ELGROOVER]

You're welcome ☺ enjoy! ;-j

[ramtha9]

Reminicent of Captain Beefheart, to me. One of my hippie friends turned me on to this a while ago. Glad to see that it made it to the 'Tube. This is my favorite track from the album. Thanks to ELGROOVER for posting this tasty little dish. Rock on, my Brother!!!

[ELGROOVER]

Cheers, you're welcome ☺ keep on keeping on...

[groundhog713]

That's perhaps my favorite song on that album. It's spacey, yet it jumps at you demanding full attention!

[ELGROOVER]

Such is the might of the Groundhogs!! ☺ !!

[Broeseler]

I agree with the last 2 comments and shure with most of all others:

A BIGBANG ALBUM!

I bought this first in 1974, lost it in 1982, and bought it again in February 2009 on ebay. Shurely on Vinyl! Thats life and a long story.

Thats Music at its BEST!

[yesand2004]

An absolute stunner of a song, the Groundhogs at their best. The guitar-Mellotron duel is unparalleled.

[GodfreyTempleton]

It's the chink chink rhythm guitar sound I love of this tune. Fantastic.

[alanamay100]

saw this live concert stray gentlegiannt groundhogs greensplayhouse glasgow

still have the ticket £6.50 tony still regrets the moog

[SABEUSH]

I was first introduced to TS Mc Phee back in 1972. The two sides album. TS was way ahead of his time. The Groundhogs have always been at the top of my list. Really like Earth Shanty from Hogwash. I have almost all of their albums on vinyl. Would love to see them come over to the US again. I thought I heard that they used to open for Humble Pie in the 70s.

[tim0sp]

@ray123ification Exactly!

[ray123ification]

@tim0sp At first I thought you were talking rubbish but I think I know what you mean, about 2.30 into the BS song. Well spotted!

[tim0sp]

The riff in this song sounds like 'Electric Funeral' by 'Black Sabbath'.

[bookofkils]

Ashamed to admit I'd never heard the Groundhogs. These guys are freaking awesome. Somehow familiar and yet somehow off in a world of their own.

[420biscuit]

my dad turned me onto the groundhogs when i was a child. if he was still alive to see them on here, or anywhere besides his own record collection, he would have been amazed. still have the vynal that was once his, but seeing them on here blows me away. check out also "bang" "sir lord baltimore" "blue cheer" and "Dust"

[ray123ification]

@Spambladders I know what you mean but it is so difficult to choose a favorite, I suppose, for me it's what ever one I am listening too... I think Earth Shanty takes some beating, then again so does Eccentric Man.

[Spambladders]

I Love You Miss Ogyny is still THE BEST! I think, anyway.