Lemmy on the 'Bay!

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:23 pm

I bought a double live tape of Motorhead ... I found it difficult to listen to ... I liked 1 or 2 songs ... they seem kind of one dimensional everything was fast and loud ...

phlemmy · Post by **phlemmy** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:21 pm

"we may not be the best band in the world, but we're certainly the fastest." - lemmy 1977

jwr2 · Post by **jwr2** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:25 pm

I appreciate their skill ... but not always their songwriting ...

j_gary · Post by **j_gary** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:46 pm

Perhaps it's because LK always looked 100 years old, but he seems to still be able to work out on the old four banger without a lot of drool, or the "oh,oh I think I just loaded my drawers" look of many of our vintage hero's.

Don't get all his stuff, but love the raw, no lip syncing, non PC, I'm just a road whore, KMA attitude toward the hand wringers. He is just what Ms. Spears needs to save her career. DOH!

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 10:40 pm

Quote - " I liked Lemmy in Hawkwind, but I just can't enjoy Motorhead - not my cup of tea, but that's okay. Hey Brian, maybe Yes and Motorhead are mutually exclusive?! At least for us two."

I love 'em both. Always have. And Lem and Chris Squire are 2 of my absolute favourite bassists and biggest influences.

I also love Aston Barrett and James Jamerson (although maybe not as much as Chris & Lem), but I don't see why it's not possible to like all sorts of bass sounds. It's all about context. If I only liked one type of bass sound it would rather limit the type of music I could listen too, and that can only be a bad thing. I also love JPJs early Zep sound, Jah Wobble's sound, JJ Burnel's sound, Stanley Clarke's etc etc. Hardly alike.

jps · Post by **jps** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:12 am

Aston Barrett is the feature artist in this month's Bass Player magazine.

johnallg · Post by **johnallg** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 3:41 pm

Shaun, it was a semi-tease, aimed at both Brian and myself, considering our difference in our preferences of those two groups.

I have a lot of other bass influences - Macca, Rutherford, Tom Kriss, Gary Strater, and a few others.

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:25 am

I realised that John, I was just using it as an illustration.....I think you both need to take a leaf out of Forumite Pete Davies' ("Motoryeshead") book though!

henry5 · Post by **henry5** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:30 am

My bass influences are from all over the place; the list is to long to include here but runs from Phil Lynott, Lem, Chris and the Ox through Leigh Gorman and JJ Burnel through John McVie through Stanley Clarke and more recently Stuart Zender & Matt Garrison. In the words of Rick Wakeman, "the end is listless".

heptagram · Post by **heptagram** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 1:00 am

I like Motorhead a lot

Classic metal band! They are touring here soon, but $145 is a bit steep!

zoomduck · Post by **zoomduck** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 8:40 am

Must be my lucky month....I buy a V63 built on my birthday and "Family Man" is the featured artist in Bass Player magazine !

thinneckrick · Post by **thinneckrick** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 5:05 am

I recommend Motorhead's live LP " No sleep till Hammersmith" Very cool album . True Lemmy is a frustrated guitarist But that is also what makes him cool and unique among bass players.Had a few Ales with the man at one time and he's alot of fun to hang out with as well.