The Red Krayola - "Hurricane Fighter Plane" vs. Hawkwind - "Silver Machine"

both of these songs send me into the stratosphere

gonna play against type and go for hurricane fighter plane but yeah, both great songs

They're both awesome, but Silver Machine is just kind of a whole nother next level of awesome.

I was in a branch of Maplins at the weekend and "Silver Machine" was playing! "Silver Machine" was a hit single, so it deserves my vote.

red krayola

hard one to call. 'silver machine' more euphoric. 'hurricane fighter' more creepy.

Red Krayola are one of those bands that I wish I liked. If only they could've came up with something as catchy to my ears as "Silver Machine"...but it's been years since I've heard "Hurricane Fighter Plane" so I'll wait till I've seen the youtube link to make a decision.

Silver Machine! "Hurricane Fighter Plane" is a good weird tune, but the way RK play it, it's just too untogether! ICU used to do a kickass live version of it.

The Cramps used to do "Hurricane Fighter Plane", but even they couldn't take it higher than "Silver Machine".

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silver machine

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those 9 votes are important to me. thanks guys

you're welcome! (i like "silver machine" but compared to so many of the other brainmelters hawkwind was churning out around the time it seems kinda dinky)

That version of Hurricane up there sounds weird no? Silver Machine is a heavy trip, man, but Hurricane Fighter Plane is a whole other universe.

Roky Erickson:Don Van Vliet::Mayo Thompson:Arthur Lee

I think you made the mistake of including Mayo Thompson there

what? it's an analogy...

Just a bit thrown by the idea of Mayo Thompson being in that company

And anyway don't see the analogy

it's about the dudes' voices/singing styles...Roky Erickson's singing style resembles Beefheart's in much the same way that Mayo's resembles Arthur Lee's...

You mean in no way whatsoever?

plus the whole Erickson/Mayo from Texas, Beefheart/Arthur Lee from LA thing

pointless revive it's true, but Red Krayola is rad, dude...

They're all right, nothing great

xpost all i can say is that your denial is as baseless as my comparison...?

They kind of invented indie rock with (I think) their 2nd album... but is that anything to be proud of?

I suppose Mayo has a kind of Arthur Lee thing going on sometimes. But Roky + the Captain? Can't hear that.

you don't think that Roky's singing style sounds at all like Beefheart's?

I mean they both howl...Beefheart has more range (and is a more articulate lyricist) but I thought the similarities were pretty clear...

Honestly, uh, no

They kind of invented indie rock with (I think) their 2nd album... but is that anything to be proud of?

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caught me; only know Parable, but M. Thompson helped produce lots of great proto-indie artpunk albums in the 70s, and was co-producer on what are two of my favorite songs of all time (and two tracks that are going to receive huge points on my century ballot): How I Wrote Elastic Man and New Face in Hell by The Fall...

(I'm laying it on a bit thick but I think that dismissing Mayo as 'indie' is a lot like dismissing Suicide)

No, you should hear the album, it's a bit hard to believe it was recorded in 1967

I'm not the only person to comment on the affinities between Erickson & Van Vliet; in fact it was another thread that got me to notice it...

you're talking about God Bless? xpost

Yes, or is it "Coconut Hotel"... or is that the same album?

dwarves hurricane fighter plane is so great

no you tubes of it, though alien sex fiend's version is well represented boo

wish i could hear the roky:captain thing, but no

There's certainly some truth in that description of "God Bless...". I remember hearing it the mid-90's and imagining it could be almost be a brand new 1995 release by some young, wilfully obscure Drag City band.

Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band- Safe As Milk C/D?

maybe I read it wrong; it does seem that like the howling at the beginning of You're Gonna Miss Me seemed kind of comparable to some of the more vocally unhinged moments of Trout Mask...