1201 Hawkwind - Sleep of a Thousand Tears

1201 Hawkwind - Sleep of a Thousand Tears

I felt like listening to some Hawkwind this morning, so I put on their The Chronicle of the Black Sword album. This album is, of course, based on the Michael Moorcock book series: Elric of Melniboné with black sword being a reference to Elric's sword: Stormbringer. Actually the band collaborated with Moorcock himself in the creation of the album, which wasn't their first time they worked with the author; I believe that he actually penned the lyrics for this track in particular. He also worked with them on their Sonic Attack and Warrior on the Edge of Time albums; there are probably other instances out there as well. Suffice it to say both Moorcock and Hawkwind were well acquainted.
Anyway, I have always loved bands like Hawkwind that push the definition of music to its limits and how they sing about different subjects that no one else would even think of covering. A lot of the times Hawkwind's music can be somewhat inaccessible to the majority of listeners due to the strangeness therein. Probably most of their material is best suited for the ones of us in the nerdy sci-fi/fantasy crowd and progressive musicians, however they have quite a few songs that are a bit less progressive and more suited to the casual music crowd; this is one of them. While the music and arrangement is fairly straight-forward the song is still rife with all the science fiction/fantasy trimmings you would expect from Hawkwind.

Hear The Demise and Sleep of a Thousand Tears on YouTube. Sleep of a Thousand Tears starts at about the 1:02 mark.



My song pick a year ago today: The Who - Squeeze Box

My song pick a years ago today: Steely Dan - FM (No Static At All)

My song pick two years ago today: The Beatles - A Hard Day's Night

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