Sunday 29 November 2009

Lemmy - a hero?

Lemmy from Motorhead once said "I know I'm gonna lose and gamblings for fools". Never a truer word said.
In my late teens a gang of us used to go to concerts at least once a week. Motorhead, AC/DC, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, all the usual heavy metal suspects. I remember reading once that Motorheads back stage rider was 10 bottles of Jack Daniels, assorted sandwiches and a Brunette. Good forward planning I suppose. If there was a quiet night on the groupie front there was always the Brunette to fall back on, literally. Bet she earned her money the hard way.
I saw the Blue Oyster Cult at Sophia Gardens. We'd travelled down on a mini bus and one of the boys had got his hands on some Morrocan Black that was floating around. Ten of us smoked and drank a couple of bottles of Jack and some cans of Red Stripe. I remember sitting at the back of the hall and the opening chords of Don't fear the reaper starting up. I turn to my mate Dave, "Fucking hell, they're opening with this?"
He slowly shakes his head "This is the third encore Rubbish, you've been out for the count since we got here". Good shit that Morrocan.
After a while we started going to see loads of different bands like Sister Sledge and stuff like that. A couple of us even went to see a few Operas. Nothing wierder than watching an Opera jacked up on hard booze and cheap drugs.
One of my favourite bands in the 80's were the Stones when Keef was alive and Mick didn't need a hip replacement after he sang Jumping Jack Flash. Looks like Wild Horses could now be the biggest seller of 2009, sang by that ageing rocker Susan Boyle. How did the World become so fucked up?
Anyway, back to the great man and that immortal line, "I know I'm gonna lose and gamblings for fools".
A couple from Newport in South Wales won £45 million on the Euro Lottery about a month ago. The guy's birthday was a couple of weeks ago and he booked a floor in the St Davids Hotel for family and friends. Who was staying there but Motorhead so he invited Lemmy and the guys to the party because, like me, he was an aging metal head. Not sure if he had to supply a brunette for the boys to agree to turn up but I'd like to think that was one of their stipulations.
I've knocked up a poll alongside this post. I have 400-500 people a week read this crap and about a dozen people who leave comments. If you read this, click a button to let me know what you really think. Cheers.

10 comments:

  1. I read ; -)

    My daughter is a music major (voice) at the University here...I'm thinking next time I go to one of her opera type recitals I might try it buzzed. I'm getting too old for hard booze and cheap drugs... well, maybe expensive drugs would be Ok at my age.

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  2. "He slowly shakes his head "This is the third encore Rubbish, you've been out for the count since we got here".

    I went to see jean michelle jarre at docklands... bought 2 trips for me and a m8. he bottled it so I had em both. At the end of the show I remember him saying "c'mon time to go". It was not as easy tho as I was convinced Jarre was still playing. apparently it took him nearly an hour to get me out of the park.

    I've also seen motorhead, well i say seen I was lying down inbetween the seats throwing up for most of it.

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  3. I voted and I always comment when I visit. Guess which one I went for?

    ;)

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  4. Ahhh, dont fear the reaper...one of the first records I ever bought!!

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  5. You and I had similar tastes in music growing up - I saw Thin Lizzy open for Queen at my very first concert when I was 14. I've seen the Stones and Aerosmith and Rush and Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull and, and, and... But it's been a long time since I've been to a concert (I don't count seeing B.B. King at the Cleveland House of Blues as a "concert"), though, and like Pseudo the days of cheap drugs are long behind me, and the hard liquor tends to kick my ass if I indulge in it more than once a week (I love me some wine, though).

    Honey, you KNOW what I think of ya. You lovable degenerate, you. ;)

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  6. I read and I comment, but you're still a twat.

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  7. Omg Rubbish.....you old fart,Motorhead eh??
    Oh hold on........I've seen them, at Maidstone Art College when i was at school,and 9 Below Zero,and The Stranglers when they wern't so big,and loads of other bands that all the young scrotes have never heard of!!!!!
    Jeeeeeeez,wheres my pipe & slippers!!!!

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  8. He slowly shakes his head "This is the third encore Rubbish, you've been out for the count since we got here". Good shit that Morrocan.

    fucking brilliant

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  9. If you want more comments say something racial, I once referred to Spurs as the Yid’s and got 31 comments in a day!

    Good work keep it up, can I get a link please?

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  10. " Nothing wierder than watching an Opera jacked up on hard booze and cheap drugs." ~ I believe you are right on that, for whatever reasons I find myself interested in figuring that one out first hand though...odd.

    I voted that I was a lazy twat and offended myself so badly that I ended up commenting. What HAS the world come to?

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