When did the guys in all the bands I liked get so old?
Update: Lyrics added by ghostsniper via Comments
We sail through endless skies Stars shine like eyes The black night sighs The moon in silver trees Falls down in tears Light of the night The Earth, a purple blaze Of sapphire haze In orbit always
While down below the trees Bathed in cool breeze Silver starlight breaks Down from night And so, we pass on by The crimson eye Of great god Mars As we travel the universe
it's been days and days. many many more than one day. so many days that memory did forget any other days that were not as this day. gray dull listless, lifeless, soundless swirl. blending endlessly each day into every day. some day begins. no day ends.
A sample of some obscure – and some maybe not obscure – tunes from my strange and off-the-wall collection.
Today’s selection: Hawkwind - Orgone Accumulator
Seems last week's selection was substandard so I'll try something a bit different this week.
Orgone: "a pseudoscientific concept variously described as an esoteric energy or hypothetical universal life force" Orgone Accumulator: a device invented by Wilhelm Reich in the 1930s to collect and concentrate life energy.
Off Hawkwind's 1973 live album "Space Ritual"
Called "cosmic rock"; a bit harder in nature than psychedelia. Well - maybe a lot harder. Crank it up and dance like nobody's sober ...
Some comments: - They're not THAT bad, but definitely an acquired taste kind of band. - Weird and not on my playlist, but if you're driving down the road and it comes on, you can change the station. - It's not exactly "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" - They were an acid biker thing back in the day, and you can see why. I like a blast of it now and again. - OK - it's just me, but both "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Orgone Accumulater" are among my favorites.
And I have to agree with the last comment ... and I have more Hawkwind selections for the future playlist :)
