Hurricane Fighter Plane is the Red Crayola song that opened their debut alb… Read Full Bio ↴Hurricane Fighter Plane is the Red Crayola song that opened their debut album, it was their introduction to the world – a psychedelic rock track that follows a British RAF WW2 Hawker Hurricane with a bassline that thumps like a pulsating heartbeat and drums that cycle like a hypnotic trance. The song serves as a psychedelic trip as well as an off-kilter love song containing sensual undertones and double-entendres with lines widely interpreted as subtle drug references due to the track’s lysergic atmosphere and mechanical groove. “The Familiar Ugly” fade in-and-out through beginning and end whilst the repetitive bassline and reverb drenched rhythm guitar stand out as precursors to the “post-punk” movement.
There are a few different versions of this song; the 1967 mono and stereo mixes (which might as well be completely different songs), the mix that excludes the Familiar Ugly, the 2011 Alternative Sonic Boom Stereo Mix and the re-recordings from 1978 and 1996. As well as live recordings from 1978 up until 2006.
Since its debut in 1967, Hurricane Fighter Plane has been covered over a hundred times by an array of different artists submerged in the sounds of punk, post-punk, indie, noise rock, goth rock, industrial rock, alternative rock… etc but most notably by the Cramps, the Pastels and Alien Sex Fiend.
There are a few different versions of this song; the 1967 mono and stereo mixes (which might as well be completely different songs), the mix that excludes the Familiar Ugly, the 2011 Alternative Sonic Boom Stereo Mix and the re-recordings from 1978 and 1996. As well as live recordings from 1978 up until 2006.
Since its debut in 1967, Hurricane Fighter Plane has been covered over a hundred times by an array of different artists submerged in the sounds of punk, post-punk, indie, noise rock, goth rock, industrial rock, alternative rock… etc but most notably by the Cramps, the Pastels and Alien Sex Fiend.
Hurricane Fighter Plane
The Red Krayola Lyrics
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Alien Sex Fiend Well I have in my pocket A hurricane fighter plane And it…
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@ghostlymo
A psychedelic, avant-garde rock band from Texas formed by art students in 1966, they made noise rock, psychedelia and occasionally folk/country songs and instrumentals in a DIY fashion.
@Admiralex91
The were 40 years ahead
@runningwolf1552
it was covered by a great band called The Cramps , a psychobilly rock band
@mrjmart06
Awesome my friends and I were in a band back in the day called hurricane fighter planes... My friend came up with the name I never asked him how or where he got it. we're from Houston so hurricanes make sense to us... Freaking awesome.
@econoroller
the bass line from hell.....BEFORE Devo and new wave music were even words yet
@lencolby4605
Proto-post-punk, proto-no wave. RIP Roky Erickson who played organ on this.
@econoroller
@@lencolby4605 Yes, well said! Roky was one of a kind, multitalented, multifaceted, and never could be adequately replaced or imitated. The Elevators as a band in their entirety were a very special chemistry, something akin to order out of chaos.
That only seldom happens when the conditions are just right...or perhaps, they are random enough. Peace
@lencolby4605
@@econoroller - my friends and I went over to his house in 1992. it distressing, his brain was pretty fried. His mom wouldn't let him take the meds or get the therapy he needed. He started performing again after his brother became his guardian and allowed to get the help he needed. I "spoke" to a guy on FB who said he was in a band that opened for him. It sounds like his mental state only improved marginally. So sad.
@dj-um7el
@@lencolby4605 no wonder it's great, Roky is cool!
@mrrubbish
I think that this is the 1978 re-recording, it appeared on a flexi-disc that came with the reissue of Parable on the UK Edsel label. Love it!