Quark Strangeness and Charm - HAWKWIND

[@blazeandcyrus]

"That doesn't really antimatter now" what a great verse!

[@kerrymould1698]

Bobsl lyrics have never been bettered

[@jasondalton-earls9972]

Hawkwinds been with me from 14 to 66 & I just love them more & more & more. I never get sick of Hawkwind in it's never ending changing lineups but the calvert & Turner inclusive with Huw lloyd Langton the lost guitar hero are my favorites. The intricacy & textural brilliance of Calvert lyrics never cease to blow me away. Marc Bolan introduced them!~

[@harrybarton2598]

Bob Calvert a truly unique talent

[@kerrymould1698]

Whenever I see one of those tributealbums where different bands cover one artiste I think of bob I would love to curate it before everyone's gone

[@timflatus]

I love this so much, partly because it is the total antithesis of Brock's vision for the band and all about Calvert's desire to become a pop idol. It marks the beginning of their flirtation with New Wave, which lasted through to Hawklords and then continued through ICU and Krankshaft. I'm glad the birthplace of space rock in Margate now has a blue plaque, even if it is too high for anyone to read. I think Bob would have appreciated the poetic irony ...

[@marcbolan1818]

Silver Machine brought the pop hit

[@paulbrocklehurst2346]

Who were Krankshaft?

[@timflatus]

@@paulbrocklehurst2346 it would help if I spelled it right. Krankschaft is Steve Pond and friends there is some footage here on youtube

[@AlienNationLiveEvents]

Bob Calvert's stunning stage performance at Cardiff Castle festival with Hawkwind is perhaps the most memorable I have ever seen, and I'm still gigging and promoting today. Legend.

[@MarkChasteen-c7n]

Intriguing much.

[@mr.magister5531]

Calvert saved the band after Lemmy's unfortunate departure, he took them in a new direction maintaining musical appeal at a time when early 70's bands were being derided and cast aside. Lemmy was a huge loss , Calvert knew this and restarted the engines for Hawkwind, Brock was no more than a sideman in this period leaving the creativity to Calvert. It was an amazing 4 year period and ultimately saved Hawkwind from falling away into obscurity.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Bolan, Lemmy, Calvert, Nik Turner, the Pink Fairies, Tookie and a few other people like DJ John Peel and Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott were a select few Old Wavers who had carte blanche with the new Punk Generation and in return championed and cheered them on. Dave Brock did NOT have that status, he was just another prog rock dinosaur.

[@gazzertrn]

Yeah then they shit on him .

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

@@gazzertrn who shit on whom?

[@beecee2205]

@@kurtvanderbogarde8402 Brock shat on Calvert according to some accounts. I'm guessing it was a bit like Syd and the rest of Floyd. How to deal with a flawed genius. Mind you, for Brock to be huffy about anyone a bit strung out esp as Bob suffered from bi polar issues is a bit rich.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

@@beecee2205 Brock shat on everyone else in Hawkwind and is probably still at it even now. Having said that Calvert was a type 1 bipolar just like Adam Ant - they can be hard work and cause CHAOS if they go on the rampage during a manic episode.

[@robbaker1841]

Marc stretched and connected Punk to Hawkwind - This was a BRILLIANT kids TV show, introducing kids to diverse and relatively underground bands.

[@kurtvanderbogarde8402]

Marc's rejection of hippy values in March 1971 was the start of the Glam/Punk rejection of the established Hippy Underground.

[@sim2lew]

They are probably one of the most iconic bands ever...

[@kerrymould1698]

The most relevant band in popular music ever

[@GhibliFan1]

Robert Calvert... let me count the ways I love you. Taken far too soon from us. RIP, brother. X

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

I love all hawkwind, when I first got into them my favorite material was their early stuff with Lemmy. But for some reason over the years I found I connect more with their stuff with Robert Calvert. I love every song with him on it, hes got a real good way of writting lyrics and an awesome stage presence.

[@valley_robot]

DRGONZOOBOOGIE the Calvert years are my favourite as well

[@Stryder46]

You probably got used to the Motorhead Lemmy. He was tame with these guys. 8)

[@alisonhilll4317]

To right shame he went , just like Lemmy .

[@bannor216]

Same

[@mickdevlin]

The correspondents on this post have just reminded me of one Calvert's greatest lyrics from Q,S and C. He has an android female lover and when she comes she screams another's name......it made me laugh in 1976 and makes me laugh now.

[@Kevynuk]

A classic from an under-rated period of Hawkwind.

[@elfenlied1998]

I've just got goose bumps!!! This was the 1st time I ever saw Hawkwind. Astounding Sounds, amazing music!! Calvert was a genius.

[@clangersspace2679]

Well it's a shame no one's put a good quality version up. You can't really tell, but Bob has a Hawk attached to his wrist. I knew he was a genius before I saw that but man, you know........too much, what a guy

[@kerrymould1698]

Bob appears to be a tortured genius who made 5 great albums with hawkwind and 5 of his own

[@gorgalwindsor]

Roysterdoyster thou art speaking via forked tongue through thy rectum.1979 was the Live 79/Levitation tour.The Hawklords 78 Psi Power tour was the last full one to feature Calvert,one of my all time Rock'n'Roll heroes. Saw it at Leicester,one of the best rock'n'roll shows I've seen,and trust me I've seen a few!

[@mickdevlin]

Saw Hawkwind at the Liverpool Empire with (I think) the Lighthenge Show. Paul Rudolph on guitar. It still remains as one of the strangest nights out I've ever had. Calvert came on dressed in a trenchcoat, a top hat and a torch that he flashed all over the auditorium and sang "Steppenwolf". Nuts? It doesn't even start. And now ladies and gentlemen......Ed Sheerhan! I am a wolfman I am a manwolf I am only of one kind.....

[@dandykhune6921]

Iconically up to date

[@joesanatomy]

Excellent! I thought i would never see Robert in the early daze rockin this jam.What a suprise!

[@DrGonzoOBoogie]

Hawkwinds best material was made with Rob Calvert, I love all four albums from the late 70's they made with him.

[@kerrymould1698]

In order 1. Quark 2.Astounding 3.25 years on 4.PXR5 . 5 Captain.6 Leif 7 Ritual

[@stephendawe5768]

Marc Bolan,I remember his show.He was to cool for this plane.

[@princesspiper2595]

I feel so blessed to have been exposed to the originality, humour and beauty we know as Hawkwind! Living proof that LSD does indeed expand the mind, lol 😂

[@alesypalsy]

so happy to see this is still "alive" video grreat !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@prokesuk]

@makourass The story I read was that Dave Brock did not want to mime the song and so he said that he had car trouble and couldn't make it to the show.

[@vincentrathbone26]

It almost sounds like something the Stranglers would do.

[@edwardmccormack9079]

I believe JJ Burnel from the band does a sit down accoustic version at Stranglers Fan events Vincent.

[@vincentrathbone26]

@@edwardmccormack9079 is that true ?

[@edwardmccormack9079]

Sure is :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/oWeWfYVqjrZ5ntk

[@edwardmccormack9079]

and kzbin.info/www/bejne/l3S3gptngbqAo5I

[@vincentrathbone26]

@@edwardmccormack9079 OMG what a coincidence, that's absolutely awesome !

[@Roysterdoyster98]

@elfenlied1998 the Quark Strangeness Tour 1979,,, was the first time i saw HAWKWIND live. Sheffield City Hall.. i had been buying their albums for many years before then,, but never had the chance to see them

[@konman001]

The song is a clever play on words and their meanings. As STEVIOESUPERSTAR says quark strangeness and charm are some of the elementary particles from which atom nuclei are made, but the song lyrics at the end are: "Did none of those astronomers discover While they were staring out into the dark That what a lady looks for in her lover is Charm, Strangeness and Quark" . . . meaning that that with these words they also refer to personality characteristics which women admire.

[@jamesschulziii9098]

💯❤️ he wasnever gonna score like you and me.

[@alex-E7WHU]

Thanks for uploading this. 👍

[@HeidiLandRover]

Brock: I'm not going to appear on that show! Calvert: OK, we'll replace you with... a plastic bird. :-D

[@kerrymould1698]

Genius

[@HeidiLandRover]

@@kerrymould1698 Robert was certainly that.

[@newworldordersmasher]

Hassan I sabha great song, great album.

[@mrmez1170]

Saw Bob Calvert at the Mardi Gras Nottingham 1988, not long before he died. He and the band was ace!

[@thebabysitars]

Love the phaser on the keys...... Pricelessssssss

[@domokos]

this era reigns - as it were - on point - all phasers phase - we love you all - from houston to san francisco to the reagan youth - you are all daughters of tha quark - and marc! xo! chemical mange. 2011

[@diskochimp]

I bloody LOVE this version! I have very happy memories of being parked in front of Marc's show as a kid - much more fun than Cheggars Plays Pop & Get It Together (!) , no wonder I turned out so weird...

[@bobmiller7502]

u old get! cheggers plays pop lol,,fek im old, lucky its just on the outside ay,,

[@ralfhenke8148]

Just to add some modern names to all those Roxy Music, Kinks, Devo, Bowie comparisons. It also fuckin' ver´y much sounds like a damn good Blur track, even Pulp comes into mind. I must admit I friggin' love this!

[@MontgomeryWinchester]

@beginization He didn't. Dave Brock didn't want to lip-sync. Exactly what they did on this show. Dave Brock and Bob Calvert wrote many of the songs together. Dave Brock never left and is the only remaining original member to this day.

[@TylerVanner]

Spirit of the Age is a classic

[@cwoper]

WOW !!! This is off the hook !!! Bob kills me ... God bless KZbin and Hawkwind !!! Excellent ...

[@prairiehawker]

THANKS FOR POSTING THIS!!!

[@musicplateau1]

Hawkwind, still in space and long before the ISS was ever invented. Great songs from so many of their albums; the star track for me is "Opa loka".

[@neonskyline1]

Did you know that is where Uncle Sam's on Mars came from ?

[@perudahudson7481]

orgone accumulator for me

[@musicplateau1]

@@neonskyline1 I did not know that, cool track too!

[@ivarhansen8715]

Calvert, wow. The best of the best.

[@nasskhan4543]

I feel so lucky to even know about this piece of music. In 1977 Hawkwind were overlooked cos of Punk but this is a classic.

[@royferguson3909]

I found this clip of Hawkwind ( 10 minutes ago) , it feels like a " gift from the Gods" , I agree with you Sir. it is total magic and 5am in the morning and I sporting the beginning of a huge HANGOVER. I I enjoying this sound and the video. it is great ( better than great ) God thank the downloader. X.

[@robbaker1841]

This was more of a poppy phase for Hawkwind. Maybe missing that punk edge of Lemmy as Motorhead were on the verges of Punk.

[@kerrymould1698]

Hawkwind were punk as in outsiders of the music buzz creating and doing there own trip

[@mickdevlin]

@@kerrymould1698 I ave to agree Kerry. Along with the early Who, this was punk before punk was even thought of.

[@SandraMcCalip]

Hawkwind The name alone tells the story. These bands are Phenomenal Thank you Marc for your vision

[@Featinwe]

@dual506 I don't mind that actually... it simply proves Hawkwind to be amazing band playing so diverse music. And the only one(?) playing space-punk :D

[@joethelionjoethelion]

Pop for hawkwind is just so fab!

[@TheAlienFan]

Thank you very much.That has puzzled over that for years.I find it a bit unnerving to sing along to a song and not know what I'm singing about. Cheers : D

[@IzzabellaFlynn]

A quark a fundamental constituent of matter...

[@uncleambient]

Great clip of Calvert era Hawkwind here, shame no Dave Brock, but he had a long running feud with Marc Bolan, that's why he's not on this clip (you can readabout it in the Hawkwind book)

[@alex-E7WHU]

Rest in peace Bobby.

[@TheAlienFan]

I remember years ago I looked up orgone and quark in the dictionary and neither were in it. That was years ago though

[@jovike2]

ha ha - I've got this on audio - off-air. I couldn't afford a VCR until two years later!

[@scottzweber783]

music increadilbul calvert what a entertainer

[@Roysterdoyster98]

i saw quark at sheffield city hall. amazing

[@plisplis00]

ALWAYS AND FOREVER HAWKWIND!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@AcmePotatoPackingPocatello]

An interesting album,I bought on cassette in 78. Damnation Alley another good cut, but my favorite was Hashish hashish ...hashis

[@Weirdbald]

This is the only footage of Calvert performing (apart from the Urban Guerilla mash-up video) that seems to be available....would like to see more...

[@Benderdonethat]

The band appeared as a 4-piece (minus Dave Brock) to mime along to Quark, Strangeness & Charm. Dave Brock apparently didn't turn up because Marc had had him thrown out of a party years before because Dave had shown up his guitar playing skills.

[@dzonbrodi514]

lol nobody holds a grudge like Dave Brock

[@ggkitchener1122]

İ thought one still had to do another backing track @ then

[@swinetrek]

Brock wouldn't do it because he wants to play live not play to backing tapes. This happened on other shows as well. Simples.

[@MultiMickyblue]

Not true , Brock couldn’t get into the TV studio due to security not believing he was with the band a row broke out then

[@slacknhash]

@jasonjarvis1988 Michael Moorcock did say the only difference between Hawkwind and punk was the haircuts...

[@LouiseBrooksBob]

Hawkwind on children's television.

[@jindre7547]

And singing a song about particle physics no less, completely bonkers TV

[@rafaelesparza]

Awesome video! Thanks!!

[@TheJetfighter666]

Miss both of you.

[@gibasaurousrex]

steampunk on the Calvert show.very cool.very hawkwind.

[@MacStoker]

GREAT GREAT GREAT and more GREAT

[@alanlevy9193]

Adrian Shaw, Simon King, Simon House and Bob...

[@Roysterdoyster98]

the late Robert Calvert, Hawkwind vocals writer and poet,,, r i p Bob Calvert

[@videotowatch2000]

It sure does, but then this is the 70's . glam rock rules and it's the marc bolan show. Era oriented genres all sound the same. I love it all though!

[@craigdavidson3830]

❤ Absolutely, phenomenon,count down late 70s

[@bluedivide1]

Quark Strangeness Charm and the Hawkwind Collider.

[@Weirdbald]

@quigglesquaggs Calvert was miming, pretending to play Brock's guitar parts to the song. Brock refused to appear mainly because he thought going on T.V. (especially the Marc show) was too much of a pop star thing to do. And the Hawk was one of Calvert's endless props.

[@swinetrek]

Brock wanted to play live not to backing tapes.

[@richalcat66]

I'm here because I'm doing some questions on particle physics! I was checking whether a charmed quark has a strangeness quantum number!

[@steviesuperstar]

lol this track is awesome the lyrics are brilliant ,most people dont even know what quark strangness and charm are .

[@heathstjohn6775]

...Hello from 13 years in the future. That's true of me. After all these years of occasionally watching this performance, from a child, I've only just learned about quark's six flavours. There's a very long interview with Robert Calvert to listen to, on You Tube. That drummer's appearance, aside from Animal, in The Muppets, (also made in England !), is the epitome of a Rock drummer. I can imagine the sunken dread in any father's heart, when it appears around the corner, as his own, dear-heart daughter introduces her escort for the evening. One further thing: it's the best guitar break ever played by a gloved hand, separated by Calvert missing, (not 'singing') the next two 'Quarks', finished off with, unintentionally, a very fine impersonation of Michael Crawford's Frank Spencer's 'cautious guess' look, just before he says 'Copernicus'; followed by his sinking back, momentarily, on the sound of the piano keys.

[@wardka]

This is the same person who sang "Highrise?" Totally different vibe somehow. "Highrise" gives me chills, whereas this is -- ? Sort of a proto-Buggles maybe. I suppose in that respect it's way ahead of its time.

[@krisscanlon4051]

somehow I also hear Lou Reed Velvet Underground channeled thru Bowie waiting for the man or Sweet Jane

[@quarkwrok6253]

Calvert mentioned the Velvets a few times. It's all art school rock being referenced. People talk about how different it is from Space Ritual but that's where the Brock-Calvert pop element comes from. Hawkwind were always more than just one thing and them and Roxy influenced each other at that time. Hawkwind is more punk around 72-3 and New Wave in the late 70's. While they were doing this stuff, Ultravox and Magazine were taking notes. Later on its Electro and Acid House. Early Hawkwind also follows on from the Stones, Beatles, Who, the Pretty Things, Cream, Zep and Black Sabbath.

[@safeashouses211]

Hawkwind covered "Waiting for the Man" when they played live around this time. Check out the bootleg recording, it's on youtube.

[@kerrymould1698]

Bob was a big fan of Bowie and lou in his novel hype' the main character listens to transformer over and over.

[@Spirit-Of-The-Age]

Contrast to this live version from 77 ......kzbin.info/www/bejne/aaCTdXmIi7-Iaac......it proves how diverse they were....and Calvert could be......remember this is the only man that Lemmy was ever scared of ;) ...the only man ever to fire an 'Uzi' over the heads of the audience at gigs............yes he did this with Hawkwind in the 77 to 79 period......the only saving grace was at least the bullets were blanks.....lol

[@RichardSmith-ew3xz]

I listened to this for years before knowing what Quark, strangeness and Charm are. Found out at University that Quark, Strangeness and Charm are actually sub-atomic particles. First discovered in the early seventies (I think). So Einstein really did not know about Quark, Strangeness and Charm. I bet Bob Calvert studied Chemistry at University.

[@vorlons100]

well done soon as i heard this i looked it up many years ago

[@Studio-62]

Yes but Einstein WAS married, so yes he did have a girl…

[@RichardSmith-ew3xz]

Where did you look it up? Google and the Internet were still a distant future dream when I first heard this.

[@666UFO666]

WoW This is Great!!!

[@MacStoker]

the great bolan introducing the great hawkwind now compare that with tv today

[@Tinker2060]

Its all about science? Love it:)

[@prokesuk]

@OrpheusIsThe1 It was an amusing story that I read. Amazing that it has aroused such hostility in you. As for this performance, the quality is not the best so it is hard to tell what is going on. However, it is obvious that it is live. I mean, the mitt and bird prop on his right hand that does not seem to affect his guitar playing are proof that they are actually playing. You did notice that, right? Yeah. ok. :)

[@TheAlienFan]

Wow,I'll have to read that one over and over until it sinks in.You certainly know your stuff.Thank you.Physics aren't my strongest of points.I don't know what an orgone is either,as in Orgone Accumulator. : )

[@beginization]

Have you seen Wishbone Ash they were another like Hawkwind during that period

[@carmiertree5213]

God bless u rubber,,, hawks family yeah

[@neonskyline1]

I've wrote a different guitar and melody line to this song, not sure why, just thought i should, tribute to the magical missed Calvert

[@Spaceshiptechnician]

Dave feigned a flat tyre and said he was held up on the motorway!

[@ricko3k]

I think he's a bit of a legend.

[@royferguson3909]

total amazing . I been with Hawkwind since Levitation ( 1977) and just discovered this brilliant film ,5 minutes ago I want every Hawkfan to know about this .It is better than anything .. Hawkwind..I ha e ever seen ..in a wee video clip .It excited me 110%, totally great/ fantastic. X.

[@TheFokker03]

you need to hear some of their early stuff,like 'Hall of the Mountain Grill',Astounding Sounds,Amazing music.the list is endless.

[@paultasker7092]

Levitation was 1980

[@JohnSmith-oe4ci]

@@paultasker7092 not if you've got a silver machine

[@steviesuperstar]

yeah i got it off wikipedia , thats the short version as we have 500 characters as you know, im no expert id only heard of quark strange and charm didnt know a great deal about it, but it sounds deep babe

[@plopnod]

My favorite morph of Hawkwind.Bob Calvert was really something else with them...but I can't say he was as good with Starfighters.

[@nasskhan4543]

excellent

[@safeashouses211]

@FrogsOnWeed, Apparently, Dave Brock’s car accidentally on purpose broke down!

[@deepindercheema]

is this the best film of Quark which exists?

[@SimonFrench-v5d]

Dave Brock's car broke down! Hence his non-appearence and Robert Calvert carrying the psycedelic lantern.

[@Weirdbald]

@crannogdolmen There is a lot of audio stuff featuring Calvert (on the Space Ritual, for example) but very little video. I also can't find a photo of Calvert with the other members of the band anywhere....

[@steveamaya7492]

Awesome

[@alm5966]

Bob Calvert made Bowie look rather normal. Definitely walking that tighrope of madness and genius but his lyrics were fantastic.

[@simonzai7386]

I came here reminded of the song by the infinite monkey cage.Now I’m gonna have to listen to Spirit of the age Live 79

[@frequencyfluxfandango8504]

Get with the Quark, Marc.

[@plisplis00]

@makourass Hawkwinf had/have many differnet singers mate not just Captain Brock., this is the legend the was Robert (Bob) Calvert Rip Bob see u on the cosmic highway someday ;D

[@beginization]

hi Can you upload any songs from there first album Age of reason I think it was called, it had weid little snakes with 2 legs and leaves on cover, it was made for trippers.

[@astrophonix]

Marc's a quark!

[@neonskyline1]

Had the pissed pulled out of me at school about this, being the only person in the whole school who like Hawkwind, my hero Robert Calvert. Is this the only video of Simon King ?

[@stevendane8954]

i was hopping to see the last bit. not sure but didn't marc duet with them on a second song? some reason iv'e got robot floating through the time spirels of my bambleweeny sub 42 megabrain????? Mmmmm,,,,nice!!!

[@heathstjohn6775]

No, he played with Bowie, on ' Heroes ', on the last show; the one where you see Bolan move out of camera just before falling off the stage. The ' Marc ' shows are on dvd. Thanks.

[@underwwraps2]

It dosn't quite sound the same as the record. EX upload. Thanks so much! UW2

[@sct353]

Agree. Definitely not the studio cut. Great to see this finally. Thanks for loading DroneDetective.

[@TheAlienFan]

Love the song but I admit it........I don't know what quark strangness and charm are..would you please tell me :: D