Peter Hammill perforning Flight

Studio version appeared on album A Black Box. Live Rockpalast 1981

Another Clasic album Nadir's Big Chance by Peter Hammill )part 3)

The People You Were Going To


Birthday Special


Two or Three Spectres (bonus track on the 2008 remaster CD)

Classi Albums: Nadir's Big Chance by Peter Hammill Part 2

Been Alone So Long


Pompeii


Shingle


Airport

Another Classic Album. Nadir's Big Chance by Peter Hammill part 1

Nadir's Big Chance


Institute of Mental Health


Open Your Eyes


Nobody's Business

Peter Hammill - Traintime

Peter Hammill & the Stranglers

Peter Hammill providing the vocals for Tank at a Stranglers & Friends concert.

Hammill is one of the greats of modern British music. I would strongly recommend delving into his work with Van der Graaf Generator and his massive solo back catalogue

Van der Graaf Venerator - Still Life

Peter Hammill - The Spirit

Seven songs for spring

Last month Roland at But I am a Liberal tagged me for a meme that I did last year. I haven’t had a chance to sort out this post until now but here goes.

"List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they’re not any good, but they must be songs you’re really enjoying now, shaping your spring. Post these instructions in your blog along with your 7 songs. Then tag 7 other people to see what they’re listening to."

A lot of spring so far has involved me sitting or lying around in a big, heavy cast and suffering from a huge dose of cabin fever. The only thing stopping me climbing the walls was the bloody huge cast!

Ennui (or should that be downright boredom?) caused me to return to my first loves of music, the punk, new wave and heavy metal of my teens in the late 70s and early 80s (plus a bit of earlier stuff). I suppose it was a bit like comfort listening. Anyway, here goes:

1 Teenage Lobotomy – The Ramones

2. Motorhead - Bomber

3. Stranglers – Tank (plus Curfew)

From Revolver (remember that show?)

4. Iron Maiden – Sanctuary

Featuring original vocalist Paul Di’Annio

5. The Clash – Straight to Hell

6. David Bowie – Heroes

7. Peter Hammill – Nadir’s Big Chance

So there you have it. Nothing too out of the ordinary but I still love these artists. Rather than nominate seven more people I will leave it open to anyone who wants to give it a go.