Hawkwind - Spirit Of The Age (Full Extended Version)

[@carlitofalcon9181]

Thanks HAWKWIND .... Mr. Robert Calvert ; Nik Turner ; Dave Brock ; Michael Moorcock ... and All the other's ... Past , Present , and Future !!! Your sheer Genius made for alot of Fantastic" Ear - Candy " and Great Compositions !!! Again Bravo and Thank You so very Much ! ♦️

[@stevendphoto]

The only time I ever saw Hawkwind was back in Dec 1973 during the Space Ritual Tour...

[@GaryPhillips-bc2pc]

The only time I saw them was at Lewisham Odeon London in 1980

[@gregovcov-px6ej]

​@GaryPhillips-bc2pc the only time I saw them was the Levitation tour. Ginger Baker didn't stop my virtually total abandonment of them.

[@gregovcov-px6ej]

​@@GaryPhillips-bc2pcnot really. Saw them loads and they were fucking ace. Just Levitation onwards....NOPE

[@steevedaw566]

My Android replica has a bad cough now and we have to stay 2 metres apart.. That's the spirit of THIS age!

[@simarynunez949]

El Espíritu de la Edad es el Libertinaje.

[@simarynunez949]

Y también el del olvido de todo lo que habitualmente es humano.Somos maquinas no Hombres. J.Ortiz.

[@Headwind-1]

be rebel . .. . . .

[@kolloduke3341]

BRILLIANT ..lol

[@muddysoul5544]

My clone says I'm not alone, I'm contagious.

[@steveg7368]

Takes me back to fuck knows when, Hawkwind are timeless.

[@spikesworth]

That's because you time travel with Hawkwind :)

[@Fortwentt]

yee hah i started listening to them in like 78 or 9 i think up in berkeley alameda found them in a record store ameoba maybe. had a bunch of lps by them burned in a fire on easter day 1980 lost all my recordings. nobody died but what a loss my friends house burned down i lost everything but the backpack on my back.

[@vivemaker]

If this tune was released in the year 3801, it would have been a huge hit.

[@kolloduke3341]

AS long as some bastard dosent turn it into a disco hit !!!!..

[@ohsomiso]

iT was and we chose to come back and change the covid bull shit forever to beauty and health

[@morriganravenchild6613]

Without doubt one of the best tracks they've ever produced.

[@heimlichvonbladderburst8348]

Never heard this version before. What an incredble track from a near perfect album. So many great lines with Brock's chugging riff. Oh for the wings of any bird, other than a factory hen! And then it leads into the brilliant trippy Damnation Alley riff. Awesome.

[@JackDaniels267]

One word: PHENOMENAL. ❤️

[@bobthebuilder6442]

always loved this song from my school days as a kid in the 70s, long live Hawkwind, the hawks and everyone associated with them from the very beginning to present fans and all , great times great people great memories :-) and thank you for posting this track.

[@pagancidergod8840]

Same with me. As a 15 year old I was tuning through the radio dial in the middle of 1977 trying to find something that wasn't pap muzak. Maybe I'd find an obscure station playing some punk or prog (I always liked both) and if not, well the radio atmospherics were better than Radio 1. Then I came across this on Radio Birmingham (now Radio WM). I haven't looked back since.

[@matthewwestwood9366]

@@pagancidergod8840 Similar. Nicky Horne played this track on his Your Mother Wouldn't Like It show on Capital Radio when the album came out. I nearly pissed myself laughing and rejoiced that Hawkwind were back on track once more. It was a symbol of cool at school to be able to recite the words verbatim.

[@davidforshaw4810]

Agreed! 👍🍄🔑🧩

[@Fortwentt]

found their hall of the album in some record store in Berkeley in 78-9 that started me. never heard them on the radio.

[@allanfmarsden]

I write a bit of poetry and am in awe of Bob Calvert's work. Particularly the second stanza here is God-like.

[@bonnierobinson1355]

Hey peeps, noone can say this isn't a fantastic piece of music this tune still breaks my heart after 35 plus years however I love gong but really can't see any similarity? I am you are we are crazy ! 😀

[@blatherskite3009]

If you haven't done so already, you should treat yourself to Calvert's poetry collection "Centigrade 232" either as an actual words-on-paper book or it's also available in spoken word form, recited by Calvert. The lyrics of "Spirit of the Age" are basically two poems from his 12-part "First Landing on Medusa" cycle of poems mashed together, specifically "The Starfarer's Despatch" and "The Clone's Poem." Ah, looks like the whole thing's on KZbin. Isn't everything? :) kzbin.info/aero/OLAK5uy_kgvmXXOVbqQ8cGyeb3GuRKVXsf7l2f9oo

[@tygarnerblues]

Just a bit! Met him once after one of his shows backstage. He spent ages with us and I will never forget just how genuine he was with us with his time. Bless you Bob Calvert.

[@chrisgibbs612]

Gong is like a Euro Hawkwind, the similarity was always lsd, hash and mushrooms, nuf said;-)

[@chrisgibbs612]

For me, Robert was greatest user of English language ever. Greater even than 'the gentleman from Stratford'

[@nepaleseman1010]

Just discovered this version, its great. I was brought up on Hawkwind. Hawkwind were out of this world, then I started listening to Gong who were from a different solar system.. Great memories.

[@kolloduke3341]

OH! ME TOO I STARTED ON GONG 3 YEARS AGO WAS BROUGHT UP ON HAWKWIND SINCE I WAS 13 NOW 56 ..LOL

[@nepaleseman1010]

@@kolloduke3341 Once you listen to Gong, you cannot listen to commercial music again.

[@laredolenny682]

@@nepaleseman1010 - GONG Est Mort was my introduction to GONG. They came to me as a splinter group off of the Soft Machine Family tree. Any thing Canterbury is a-Okay with me.

[@nepaleseman1010]

@@laredolenny682 My first ever song from Gong was Allez Ali Baba have you any bullshit, this track blew my mind at the time, I was only 20 years old.

[@domgould5113]

Gong are very close to Hawkwind,,the tecnology they shared made their sound,,,Tim Blake Del Detmar etc etc..

[@gregraines1599]

"If you had ever seen us you'd rejoice in your uniqueness and consider every weakness something special of your own". One of the best lines ever and something you can really think about. These weaknesses and flaws partially, at least, define our identity and therefore are also our strengths. We may not like them but they are intrinsic parts of us.and we need them. Perfection is overated anyway.

[@permaveg]

Good comment there greg.

[@spikesworth]

I don't know; I'm quite comfortable with my perfection ;)

[@greypilgrim2028]

@@spikesworth You tell 'im bro.

[@BruceMardle]

Funnily enough, the 1st line of the album version is my all-time favourite 1st line of a song: # I would have liked you to have been deep-frozen too. # We'll skip over the fact that the character of the singer seems to be a paedophile!

[@namelessjedi2242]

Maybe he is also underage.

[@franciscocolon7274]

My fave time across the pond 1974-1976... Music had broken the barrier....Hawkwind awaken this soul and mind...

[@garywebster6079]

Awesome song. Takes me way back in time

[@draconisdracon]

Wow , oh wow ! I've never heard this extended version, one of my top Hawkwind tunes, its amazing and the vid is perfection !

[@robertdavis6086]

EXCELLENT AND SUPERB SONG. I LOVE THIS BAND!!! I have been a fan of Hawkwind for over 45 years now.

[@robertdavis6086]

SPACE ROCK GENIUS, Dave Brock and Hawkwind.

[@innisfree123]

Was fifteen the first time I ever heard Hawkwind listening to space ritual on my first mushroom trip 1979 Have been a life long fan ever since the trip never ends

[@northernspur61]

I was 20 but yes same thing..

[@lubbertwestra7452]

What an awesome track Love it brilliant

[@Dolores5000]

Fantastic since forever

[@harleyosborne45]

Saw them play this live the other night, the lights and sounds were just an out of this world sensory overload! :D

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Saw this on the original tour Liverpool empire UK

[@glynperrisgp]

This was the best album of the short lived Bob Calvert era of Hawkwind and Hawklords...IMHO creatively musically and lyrically it is an absolute masterclass. I've never heard this version thanks for posting. Have so many fond memories listening to Hawkwind in the late 70's and early 80's on headphones when this stuff was new brings it all back.

[@glynperrisgp]

Oh and meant to say rest in peace Bob Calvert..... what a talented poet lyricist and performer he was....

[@gdutfulkbhh7537]

@@glynperrisgp Yes! To my mind, Hawkwind without Bob Calvert is basically a tribute band.

[@cruella180]

the greatest song ever " Oh for wings of any bird other then a battery hen" more true now then ever

[@willywonka7812]

Capitalism gonna capitalize

[@neonskyline1]

Such a magical piece of music

[@garyschonscheck1332]

Definitely left footprints in the sands of time with this track!

[@sodthong]

The Calvert days were by far the best years...

[@neonskyline1]

No Calvert no Hawkwind as such, no Motorhead and hundreds of other bands

[@dimethaltryptamine1]

@@neonskyline1 No no no...Lemmy formed Motorhead & he was in Hawkwind many years before Robert Calvert! It's Nik Turner who was the Spirit of the Age of Hawkwind & Dave Brock was the machine running the machinery of the Age. Hawkwinds best were before Calvert was even in the Dead Captain's Spaceship album's like the self-titled 1st album Hawkwind, 'In Search Of Space', 'DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo', Space Ritual, Hall Of The Mountain Grill, Warrior At The Edge Of Time' all long before Calvert!

[@dimethaltryptamine1]

Hawkwinds best were before Calvert was even in the Dead Captain's Spaceship album's like the self-titled 1st album Hawkwind, 'In Search Of Space', 'DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo', Space Ritual, Hall Of The Mountain Grill, Warrior At The Edge Of Time' all long before Calvert! imo

[@neonskyline1]

@@dimethaltryptamine1 what you on about, Calvert wrote Silver machine with Brock, and created space Ritual long before hawkwind, he wrote the Hawkwind log inside in search of space, before that the Band wasn't really going anywhere apart from doing free gigs

[@glennforsyth7581]

@@dimethaltryptamine1 Calvert wrote the Space log for In Search of Space that sent the band into space rock territory in 1971. He wrote their big hit Silver Machine in 1972, he invented the Space Ritual concept and tour. He left for two years from mid 73 until late 75 while recording his Captain Lockheed album with all members of Hawkwind participating...His return to Hawkwind was by far the most interesting. Brock owes him the Hawkwind legacy and its very existence today. You think of Space Rock and you think Robert Calvert.

[@richardmcsherry3505]

this is the beauty of Hawkwind and computer art at its finest!

[@brybish]

Love this song old school hawkwind.

[@Fortwentt]

Wow one of the best things I ever heard on this web

[@musicplateau1]

I think of Bob with the same astonishment as I did when I heard about those 100% valve-powered Russian surveillance planes that were discovered after the cold war. Bob was a pure analogue poet, who had the tenacity to fly under the wire of current affairs of the time, yet 'code' his writings in such a way as to make you think he was providing us with top secret information.

[@patkelly8309]

musicplateau awesome observation sir!

[@paultraynorbsc627]

He was a Genius one of us

[@Epsillion70]

WOW so FUCKEN 30 YEARS ahead of its time ???

[@philipsmalley257]

First time I heard this full version.. absolutely awesome

[@paultraynorbsc627]

Mind blowing

[@MartinDingley]

What a body of work these guys have,unique,cosmic and quite simply brilliant.

[@lionceau1521]

Cela reste un fabuleux voyage tant d’année après ❤

[@MarcT7761]

A version I'd never heard before. Sounds like out takes from the original recording session before it was shortened to fit the album. Loved it, especially Bob's improv

[@neonskyline1]

He says words differently

[@pagancidergod8840]

That, apparently, is what it is. Not sure why it had to be shortened as Q,S&C is only about 35 mins long anyway. Short and sweet.

[@hesmanification]

Just brilliant. As fresh today as 30 years ago when I first discovered

[@EchoSoundsystem]

The best version of a truly visionary and timeless peace of art.

[@raymonddobos8896]

A mesmerizing Diaspora of Windish charm..

[@lionceau1521]

Je ne connais Hawkwind que depuis 17 ans et ils me font toujours autant voyager 💛

[@everythingstaken63]

I had this on my playlist..but uploader was shut down,so pleased to see you have it,superb version of this all time classic...cheers!

[@garyhorne56]

Seen them a few times from a small venue in Oxford to Cardiff castle in Wales where they blew up a shed on stage. Just brilliant !

[@jayroland9481]

This is the best version of this classic.

[@danceswithcritters]

what a great fkn piece of music!!!

[@bloksaspew]

Indeed.

[@bloksaspew]

@scratch 1111

[@Lemmiboy]

Der Song ist so mega geil ❤️ Zack, bin ich wieder in den 70ern...... meine geilste Zeit...... man reiche mir einen Joint dazu 😜

[@sobeknefru100]

takes me every time to places beyond space and time...

[@Dezmo59]

wonderfuly mind warping sound of the earth.........

[@montsemasgrau1571]

it´s absolutely wonderful and incredible, too good to be real.!!!

[@AmeliaCallula]

what an excellent tune....

[@TylerVanner]

How have I never hard this version ??? Thanks for sharing

[@johnmyers1926]

In 10.000 years the only thing they will find is a complete Hawkwind discography.

[@mysticlawlotus]

Even this doggerel that pours from my pen Has just been written by another twenty telepathic men Word for word it says "Oh, for the wings of any bird other than a battery hen".

[@kolloduke3341]

How can he be using her android replica when he left she was underage? so what did they do ? create a copy of the older girl that they havent seen as she hasnt grown up ?my head hurts ...and shes going to be sixty by the time he returns to earth ..

[@mysticlawlotus]

@@kolloduke3341 The Android replica is a replica of his underage GF. She was underage to give consent to joining him on his ship wHere time passes more slowly as it is travelling near the speed of light. SIMPLE!

[@alboystewart2212]

best version ive heard nice and long ......great for a jam

[@waynemead9392]

quark strangness and charm

[@twombley]

Really, listening to this could be the last thing I ever do. I must remember when the time comes...

[@edwardgatey8301]

Going to write it into my will.

[@bonnierobinson1355]

Me too x

[@karlmoles6530]

I love this song so goddamn much

[@roberthewson5558]

It's an extended version of the original track with Bob Calvert on vocals.

[@edgeeffect]

Best version of Spirit of The Age ever.... fabulouso!

[@DavidTilford-fu6il]

One night sitting around my friend asked if I wanted to hear something mind expanding music. He puts this on .....We haven't stopped once

[@curtc2194]

True pioneers of space rock...distorted guitar reverb on this one is priceless!

[@milkminotaur]

Bring a lump to the throat. Going to get the vinyl out, stick it on and skin up on the cover. You can't do that on these new fangled 'streamed' things! Right, where are my Rizlas?...

[@mikee8244]

Sir, I like the way you think, hope you found the rizlas,

[@paultaylor4951]

In your pocket..

[@darrenbaker8144]

milkminotaur go on !!

[@kolloduke3341]

SPIRIT OF THE AGE " BUCKFAST"!...lol

[@Swallabat]

Have you got a nice lebanese (Blonde for daytime, Red for the evening) hash to go with them Rizlas. The dope was better then! You young folk don't know that. Wasn't stronger always, but deffo was better.. Good traditional hashish was the first casualty of the drug war.

[@HaraldEngels]

Great version :-)

[@MichaelCleaves]

Lyrics and music combine to produce a masterpiece.

[@davidwilkinson7746]

Love this song frickin ace

[@OT4U2]

I'll learn about Hawkwind in 1971 from a schoolfriend. At that time I take my first joint!

[@stephenpogen1035]

Hawkwind - a National Treasure

[@robertrumbelow5977]

Thanks for putting this up. My favourite track on Quark Strangeness and Charm 😀 who did the graphics? Hats off to them is what I say ✌️

[@MG-chaotic]

When I bought this vinyl when it came years ago. I didn't know what quark strangeness and charm was 😂

[@marcdoyle6297]

One of my all time favourites

[@asphaalanx]

It's an unreleased version taken from the 2CD reissue of Quark, Strangeness, and Charm.

[@stevewilson9479]

what a great band..long before my time but im converted!

[@dio2385]

Great. Best of space psychedelic rock

[@jacksmith3229]

Dude!!, Awesome visuals 😎👍👍👍.

[@thebobfella9762]

Yess lad ,this is legendary , absolute quality lad👌💜👍

[@DemonicaPandemonia]

Awesome. It sounds like a more natural progression to me.

[@carlitofalcon5828]

HAWKWIND ARE THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE !!! ♦️

[@douglaswaggoner7487]

I once came to the conclusion that they’re The Godfather’s of ambient music. Mind you, I’m not an expert, I just like what I like.

[@auto4union2]

Been listening to a lot of Robert era Hawkwind lately! Way too good for that lot!

[@liladas2002]

sempre cosi i giorni mi cambiano con questa buona musica

[@johnkasawan2193]

Great song!

[@neonskyline1]

Spunky version, great hearing Bob's natural voice

[@TheOmanJam]

Bob was ahead of his time. He uses test tube baby as a phrase before the first one was born. Wikipedia says: Louise Joy Brown orn July 25, 1978, in Oldham, England. Louise Joy Brown is best known as the world's first "test-tube baby."

[@TheManFrayBentos]

Oh, bullshit. The phrase 'test tube baby' was around for years before he used it.

[@dreadylox7341]

Fred Yellowsnow you'd know you old got lol 😂

[@safeashouses211]

Check out his song "On Line" from 1986!

[@leannew6172]

Think it may of been from brave new world by Huxley

[@donnarawlinsfrench220]

It was such a blast to hear the boys perform this at a gig in Sydney some 15 years ago...the audience energy was beyond profound, and I think Dave B was quite moved at the response. An adolescent fave of mine, it was very moving to hear/see it performed, especially with Simon House weaving gorgeous violin tendons throughout the music. A wonderful memory.

[@antyeardsley]

Gosh I love this vid n song fkn heaven to me..

[@SyonNathanAaronAstinHewson]

Ed has all his wiring in place now he has to be turned on

[@HAWKWIND8967]

Who wrote and sang this track ? Bob Calvert ? Outstandingly hawkwind. 🤗

[@nikolaosmosxakis3395]

very good.........................

[@tarronspencer5483]

I was at Stonehenge festival summer 1976 I think I was 4 years old and my sister was 1

[@djacobs47]

I saw them at Stonehenge in one of the last years - 1984 by my count, but may have been 83 (The Enid were also there?). Things are hazy as I was totally out of my box when they were on stage: Nik was there in his body-stocking, some dancers; lots of acid; and they played a set in the evening and then came back on stage for sunrise and basically played this song for about one hour. I think. I'm not too sure though as I wasn't in the best state to remember everything. But - I remember enough.... stunning.

[@YansaMusic]

Think it was '83 David as i didn't go in '84. I remember being in a "hot knives" tent , when i stepped outside Hawkwind were on and seemed to play forever. Brilliant :-)

[@paultaylor4951]

If I could time travel.... wait, I ca ... !

[@leavemealone4904]

Nice version

[@draconisdracon]

Wow ! I have this on vinyl, but have never heard this extended version before, was this from a live set ? Thanks for posting this takes me back to my psychedelic days.

[@louisemorgan3237]

Marley s ghost °=spirit of this age

[@rabindradas6686]

There's just something surreal about Bob

[@blackstarencoded]

A Spacefarers last letter home

[@marklangton2179]

It is, listen my friends x

[@ackerjawaka1966]

Saw them a few times in the early 80s then once again 30 years later, still amazing but very quiet

[@douglashensman935]

Awesome

[@darrenbaker2171]

My first taste of Mother Nature , awsome

[@sonnycummins]

Song of Songs, Bob I Bow to thee.

[@permaveg]

A tortured genius for sure.

[@viakosmische]

Perfect.

[@vargaszilard13]

Köszönöm

[@richardjones7984]

I just found that you can change the definition to 720, much nicer.

[@ralphchunksoup4234]

weirdest moments ...this band saved my brain

[@sebastianoc501]

Video spaziale molto coinvolgente grande musica ❤😂🎉

[@rogerwilliams9853]

this is simply mind blowing and beyond required for anyone who happens to land here. If Simon's doing the synths as the cover indicated, this was his finest hour. Everything just moves into another dimension on this track. The bass n'drum are perfectly in step, the guitars, and then there's Bob. I mean, who else writes like this? No one, no one. There's humor, there's insight, and just so much in this track. Then Dave shows us his solo skills. Never seen 'em live even though I've had this LP in the USA for 40 years. CANNOT WAIT to get to the RAH in November.

[@johnbyrne2756]

Bravo the mighty mighty Hawks...