Fun Music Information -> Hawkwind
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Band Name Origins:
- The name came from sax player Nik Turner's ability to clear his throat and break wind simultaneously Submitted by: Jim Annison
Better Off Solo:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Lemmy Kilminster" | "Lemmy went on to start "Motorhead". A quintessential heavy metal band. Lemmy said after being fired, "I was happy to be sacked from Hawkwind, they didn't have any bollocks anyhow."" | - Wade Brock |
| "Lemmy" | "After getting sacked from Hawkwind, this dude only went-on to fame and well deserved fortune, as he carved his way through Middle America's keg parties as the phenom known as Motorhead. Although I'm not a fan, you must acknowledge the man's insight into what makes "Testosterone U.S.A." tick" | - princejellyfish |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "The Watcher" | "A great cut (written by Lemmy), that finishes a very trippy album, it somehow dont mesh with the theme. Perhaps, the rest of the band was "watching" Lemmy's razor-wire beak slashing through the acid-eggshell that was Hawkwind." - princejellyfish |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Earth Calling," | I'd like to know what it has to say | princejellyfish |
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Eartha Calling" originally "Earth Calling"
April Fleming
"Hearth Calling" originally "Earth Calling"
April Fleming
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Garth Calling" originally "Earth Calling"
April Fleming
"Earth Falling" originally "Earth Calling"
April Fleming
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Master of the Universe" | "Former Mr Universe" | Phil Alexander |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Uncle Sam's On Mars | N.A.S.A. | princejellyfish |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| You Shouldn't Do That Hawkwind | That Smell Lynyrd Skynyrd | You Shouldn't Do That Smell ...Well at least not on the first date. | princejellyfish |
Misheard Lyrics:
"It's So Easy"
Misheard Lyrics: Revolutions's coming
Chaos will soon end Appreciate your body See it in the end. Original Lyrics: Revolutions's coming
Chaos will soon end We've reached the age of learning See it in the end. | "Lord Of Light"
Misheard Lyrics: Yellow man with orange hair
Original Lyrics: Elements that gather here
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"Damnation Alley"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a plated angel motor, pony express
Original Lyrics: Armor plated, angel motor, Pony Express
| "Spirit of the Age"
Misheard Lyrics: When she comes, she moans her mother's name.
Original Lyrics: When she comes, she moans another's name.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Damnation Alley"
Misheard Lyrics: I'm a plated angel motor, pony express
Original Lyrics: Armor plated, angel motor, Pony Express
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Story about this misheard lyric by: princejellyfish With a head full of lysergia, it's amazing I got even this much right! |
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"Days of the Underground"
The Lyrics: ..."We belived in Guevera...."
Who They Mention: Che Guevera was just a T-shirt for me in '77. The only thing I believed in was Horseshack and Fonzie. (youth is a waste of time).
Submitted by: princejellyfish
| "Quark, Strangeness and Charm"
The Lyrics: Einstein was not a handsome fellow
Nobody ever called him Al He had a long moustache to pull on It was yellow I don't believe he ever had a girl One thing he missed out in his theory of time, space and relativity Is something that makes it very clear He was never gonna score like you'n'me He didn't know about Quark, Strangeness and Charm Who They Mention: Albert Einstein
Submitted by: Nolan Voyd
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Damnation Alley"
The Lyrics: ..."No more Chattinooga,Cherokee,Lexington!"
Why: Boo freak'in Hoo. I guess NASCAR will just have to go on without you.
Submitted by: princejellyfish
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Urban Guerilla"
This song by Hawkwind was banned in the mid-seventies because of the rash of violence in Ireland. The song speaks of making bombs in your cellar.
Submitted by: Eric Brock
"Urban Guerilla"
B.B.C. banned this song as they thought it would give creedance and approval to the I.R.A.
Submitted by: Royal Pfizbin
Super Long Pop Songs:
"You Shouldn't Do That" Length: 21 Minutes
This song is off of the "Master's Of The Universe" album. It is a psychedelic jam. Most of the album is just like that, with the exceptions of two acoustic songs written and performed by Dave Brock
Submitted by: Wade Brock
Super Short Pop Songs:
"Dissentigration" Length: About 10 Seconds
The song says "You Have to Get Into It, If you Want to Get Out of It (3 Times).
Submitted by: Wade Brock
Song Lawsuits:
"Hawkwind"
Founding members David Brock and Nik Turner had a court battle over the band's name Hawkwind. Dave Brock stated that he came up with the name deriving it from mythology. Nik Turner stated that it was a nickname given to him because his nose was like that of a beak, and he had tremendous flatulence, causing someone to call him Hawkwind, and he therefore name the band. I go with Dave Brock in every way. He is Hawkwind.
Submitted by: Wade Brock
Crime Records:
"Possesion "
It was told to me about a concert played by Hawkwind in the UK in the seventies that because the band being constantly harrased by the police for suspsion of drug possesion, that Nik Turner (saxaphonist) hid a good quantity of Heroin in his saxaphone, and pretended to play throughout the show in order to avoid being busted.
Submitted by: Wade Brock
Backwards Messages:
"Assult & Battery (The Golden Void)"
In the song "Assult & Battery" by Hawkwind the first stanza of lyrics is actually a Longfellow poem. It is a beautiful song.
Submitted by: Wade Brock
What A Band is Best Known For (aside from their music):
"Free/Benefit Concerts in the UK and Europe."
The band Hawkwind has and continues to perform gigs for free, never forgetting their fans and supporters and benefit concerts (recently for the school where his son attended). Their gigs are often a crowd of glassy eyed space cadets, but they are always child friendly and family oriented. They also do a lot of benefits for the good of the planet. Good Job.
Submitted by: Wade Brock
"P.X.R.5"
"On the back side of the album (import copies anyway), there are actually two warning labels. A red sticker the size of a baseball card carries the message that the sticker NOT be removed (and covers most of the artwork). Below that, is the warning "This wiring can seriously damage your health"
Submitted by: princejellyfish
