Have You Heard of Reefer Madness by British Rock Band Hawkwind?

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  • @quarkwrok
    @quarkwrok Год назад +14

    The singer Robert Calvert was a great lyricist. This is about a film called 'Reefer Madness' in America in the 30's warning the youth not to touch the herb. Reefer is such an old timey word but there's a great UK garage track from the early 90's called 'Do you smoke Paul?' or something like that where it talks about the reefer. The second half of this song is like 80's dance music, especially stuff like Lil' Louis 'French Kiss', acid house stuff, which was psychedelic. The Aubergine That Ate Rangoon from the same album is even more of a dance track , almost hip hop IMO.

  • @ianwilkinson4602
    @ianwilkinson4602 Год назад +8

    Hypnotic space rock, you cannot beat it.

  • @declanmagee58
    @declanmagee58 10 месяцев назад +5

    oh Mr Mug. the Hawkwind were our band. We were the filthy hippies of the 70s/80s in manky broken Britain. They went everywhere we went. Physically, psychically, and psychologically. Hard strong acid when that was exactly what we needed.

    • @simonrangeley
      @simonrangeley 9 месяцев назад +2

      The family band. Ali Ali Ali.

    • @alex-E7WHU
      @alex-E7WHU 9 месяцев назад +2

      Yep.. scrabbling about in the dirt at Stonehenge desperately searching for your misplaced sanity 😉👍

  • @428chase
    @428chase Год назад +12

    Formed in 1969, Hawkwind are a prolific and pioneering space-rock group from the UK.

  • @tednindo6761
    @tednindo6761 Год назад +10

    whole album is brilliant.. calvert era hawkwind is essential

  • @ZalMoxis
    @ZalMoxis Год назад +8

    Hawkwind were an awesome band right from 1970 well into the 80's..... they were space rock, punk before punk and proto stoner rock before stoner rock.... and techno before techno....

  • @jobryan191
    @jobryan191 Год назад +10

    I went to a new school in '79 and met Jeff Perkins, who ONLY listened to music either by Hawkwind or by people who'd been in Hawkwind. Most of my favourite tracks have Calvert vocals and lyrics.

    • @jeffperkins2225
      @jeffperkins2225 11 месяцев назад +2

      Hi Joe - my brother noticed your comment and mentioned it to me - hope you are doing well!

  • @Bretthall8
    @Bretthall8 Год назад +6

    I have a feeling that you'll enjoy your journey travelling through Hawkwind's vast discography (35 studio albums + 2 forthcoming and solo/live) and sonic soundscapes.
    "Punk Rock started because in every small town there was somebody who liked Hawkwind" - Stephen Morris, Joy Divison/New Order

  • @garmit61
    @garmit61 Год назад +12

    The quality of the lyrics on two of the songs on this much underestimated albums was Astounding. Steppenwolf and Reefer Madness refer to great works of art. The much maligned Robert Calvert was a poet and a word Smith. This was the end of the great era of Hawkwind.

    • @ian_b
      @ian_b Год назад

      IMV Steppenwolf is a musical triumph, but musically this one's rather meh.

  • @peyote4126
    @peyote4126 6 месяцев назад +2

    Before rave music, there was hawkwind.
    awesome😮

  • @scottyscot8
    @scottyscot8 8 месяцев назад +2

    Hawkwind are the best band of all time,imo🎼🎵🎵🎶🎶❤️

  • @darrenbutler4466
    @darrenbutler4466 10 месяцев назад +1

    Classic album . You more you delve in ,the more you hear the better it gets . Seen Hawkwind 150 plus times . Still at it . Great vid X

  • @KillDozer44
    @KillDozer44 Год назад +4

    thank you! these guys are dope

  • @rickmcmillan3270
    @rickmcmillan3270 Год назад +7

    Lemmy of Motorhead played in Hawkwind. Lemmy said Hawkwind was like star trek but with long hair and drugs.

  • @shorelineboy
    @shorelineboy 5 месяцев назад +1

    Saw Hawkwind a few times in the 70’s absolutely brilliant, they took you way out Into the universe 😎

  • @kumarapatch1234
    @kumarapatch1234 Год назад +1

    Bought this album back in 76 when I was still in high school still got the vinyl and alot of their albums in the 70s

  • @mkelly1004
    @mkelly1004 Год назад +3

    I like your take on music, relaxed and impulsive. For some real trippy stuff, both sonically and lyrically, Hawkwind have lots of material. You could try Steppenwolf off of this album for a Halloween vibe.

  • @janekwiatkowski5923
    @janekwiatkowski5923 Год назад +2

    great with liberty caps

  • @davidberesford7009
    @davidberesford7009 9 месяцев назад +1

    Hawkwind the kind of band that your mother wouldn't like. The band that kicked Lemmy out for doing (the wrong) drugs. I have not heard this one before. Hawkwind are a source of great music to unwind to. Many pieces have a driving hypnotic beat. Wonderful stuff.

  • @emmacjw
    @emmacjw Год назад +3

    Saw the band on the tour after this and they are/were unique even within the arena they existed.
    The propaganda movie of the same name used as inspiration.
    Calvert and Brock worked some amazing magic. The freeform talking poetry recitation added to the whole vibe,
    They started as a band wanting to scare the tripping fans to making tripping music for the masses.
    The 70s were such a different time

  • @s39495
    @s39495 Год назад +3

    “That’s a long breakdown”! Welcome to spaceship Hawkwind! 😂 well worth watching the BBC Hawkwind documentary that is up on this app.

  • @garmit61
    @garmit61 Год назад +2

    This album was a change in direction for Hawkwind. Rob Calverts writing encapsulating the movie Reefer Madness and imo his even more creative penning of Steppenwolf were majestic and poetic. Astounding soundsis the first album by Hawkwind that I shelled out my hard earned pennies on and it's still on my playlist. Once you've suggested this fine album you should head out into space with Quark Strangeness and Charm...another Hawkwind gem from the 70s in my vinyl collection. 1976 was the dawn of punk rock over here

    • @legacyofpop
      @legacyofpop 7 месяцев назад

      My best friend arranged a birthday surprise for me for my 16th birthday.... He got his Dad to drive us around on a mystery tour... and we ended up outside the Bournmouth Winter Gardens with the venue emblazoned with APPEARING LIVE TONIGHT... HAWKWIND PLUS SUPPORT ! We are still the best of friends in our sixties now... This was the Astounding tour with Bob Calvert fronting... and the Atomhenge stage show. Best night of my young life.

  • @cave1970
    @cave1970 Год назад +1

    been a massive hawkwind fan since the late 70s

  • @Roman.A.
    @Roman.A. 10 месяцев назад +3

    John Lydon said "everything is rubbish,except Hawkwind"

  • @malekmo64
    @malekmo64 Год назад +2

    Actually Hawkwind has been around for 54 years, still going!!!

  • @carlfallone1223
    @carlfallone1223 Год назад +1

    Acid days 😍

  • @bmmaaate
    @bmmaaate 8 месяцев назад

    Hawkwind and their fans never left the psychedelic era! It's nice to see younger people discovering them, they won't be around much longer as the surviving members are on their last legs.

  • @c0l57v49
    @c0l57v49 Год назад +4

    I doubt the mighty Hawkwind and Billy Joel have ever been likened to each other 😂

  • @mukhumor
    @mukhumor 6 месяцев назад +1

    Hawkwind: Simply add Acid and shake well. 😄

  • @428chase
    @428chase Год назад +3

    was a crazy movie of the same name made it look like weed would make you go crazy and kill

  • @TerenceShortman
    @TerenceShortman Год назад +3

    Hawkwind are classified as Space Rock Because their music had science fiction or fantasy themes but also because they were spaced out on stage and so was most of the audience. This song is taking the piss (Uk slang for making fun off) The 1936 film Reefer Madness which was the film was intended to be shown to parents as a morality tale attempting to teach them about the dangers of cannabis use the film was "rediscovered" in the early 1970s and gained new life as an unintentional satire among advocates of cannabis policy reform.
    If you want to listen to more from Hawkwind I would also suggest Master of the Universe not to be confused with the film.
    ruclips.net/video/X3W7ch0oLeA/видео.html

  • @joeking5310
    @joeking5310 11 месяцев назад +2

    If you think the lyrics on this are good listen to "Spirit of the age" from their album "Quark, strangeness and charm". Some of the greatest lyrics ever written.

  • @PollitoBoyJr
    @PollitoBoyJr Год назад +1

    I have heard of this band! I think there's a story they they played a show somewhere and locked the doors and spiked everyone's drinks with LSD forcing them to listen to their trippy ass music high as balls! dunno if it's true or not :P Great video as always my man, check out the band RIVERSIDE!! (the song Driven To Destruction)

  • @europainvicta3907
    @europainvicta3907 5 месяцев назад

    The best two Hawkwind albums are this one and Quark, Strangeness and Charm.

  • @danhollifield
    @danhollifield 11 месяцев назад

    Hawkwind has a long history of using literary and historical pop culture references to make something exciting and new. --Dan

  • @jameswest8181
    @jameswest8181 Год назад +2

    It's about the government propaganda movie made in the fifties, {REEFER MADNESS) this can be found on youtube, also if you have not heard the song Hassan i Sabbha by hawkwind ,about the hashishin this is a groovy tune

  • @rizzjames7338
    @rizzjames7338 8 месяцев назад +2

    The lyrics are satirical.

  • @volpeverde6441
    @volpeverde6441 Год назад +1

    BRIDGET WISHART sang the best version of this on CALIFORNIA BRAINSTORM....

  • @dutch1800
    @dutch1800 Год назад

    Lemmy Kilmister of Motorhead played in Hawkwind from 1971-1975

  • @michaelfarrant5148
    @michaelfarrant5148 Год назад +2

    The song is about the various anti drug campaigns from America in the 50's.

  • @myboythom
    @myboythom 6 месяцев назад +1

    billy joel my man all of us british hawkfans just chocked on our breakfast its like saying john gotti reminds one of the duke of wellington.........no bad intent but do some research on who hawkwind are and what they represent

  • @jerrygomezjr601
    @jerrygomezjr601 Год назад

    You should do motorhead 1916 it will hit your soul

  • @SOUNDGARDEN69
    @SOUNDGARDEN69 Год назад +3

    no one can compare to hawkwind''''if you dont like them thats your problem

  • @428chase
    @428chase Год назад +2

    Glad to see you do this one talk about lyrics
    Hawkwind - Steppenwolf ruclips.net/video/TlRKOF_iZzA/видео.html not to be mistaken for the band Steppenwolf
    this song is about a wolf man / man wolf and the lyrics and music are great from the same album

    • @ianwilkinson4602
      @ianwilkinson4602 Год назад

      Great choice................

    • @Bretthall8
      @Bretthall8 Год назад +1

      Based on the Herman Hesse novel of the same name

  • @robwatson3027
    @robwatson3027 Год назад

    If you want a good song by Hawkwind, try Should Do That.

  • @christianmumford300
    @christianmumford300 Год назад

    The Devil's Weed... Robert Johnson 1926

  • @janekwiatkowski5923
    @janekwiatkowski5923 Год назад

    great film great band making fun of film

  • @stevemurrell6167
    @stevemurrell6167 11 месяцев назад

    Love Hawkwind.....have since my early 'stoner' days. They were the pioneers of 'space rock'. The lyrics of this were reflective of what the christian conservative idiots in authority back in the pre-50's were saying about dope....fearful that it was corrupting the youth of the day. They didn't want people with open minds that's for sure. "Get in line people....."

  • @jezblades9913
    @jezblades9913 2 месяца назад

    It's taking the p out of 1950/60's social panic about dope

  • @myboythom
    @myboythom 6 месяцев назад

    and no hawks were very pro ganja ....its british irony its what we do yeah

  • @robford637
    @robford637 2 месяца назад

    It's ironic, that can be challenging for Americans lol