Lemmy Page #9

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I guess it's the same for the fans.

I asked him for his autograph

when I was 12.

He came to my home town,

when he was with Hawkwind

and he was the only one

to sign autographs.

If somebody had said,

"You're gonna be in a big rock band

with this guy for a quarter of a century,"

I would have said, "Come on."

But it's a good story. It's quite inspiring.

Anything can happen.

F***ing microphone!

What's the point? Listen to it!

Didn't you know

it was doing that all afternoon?

Has nobody tested the mic before?

I've done gigs with Motrhead

and gone to sound check.

It's so f***ing loud,

you really can't do much.

There's a lot of yelling going on.

One, two, three!

That's perfect. Just a bit more.

An ear doctor would be amazed

at just how well Lemmy can hear,

considering the abuse

he gives his ears.

There's one thing about Lemmy,

he'll always hear you

if you offer him a drink,

even if you walk up behind him!

We're the loudest band in the world,

in the Guinness Book of Records.

That's what people want.

They want it loud, they want it fast,

they want it Lemmy.

Is it loud enough?

No!

You want it louder?

Are you sure about that?

This is from "Inferno."

It's called "Killers."

We went in to record

"Power, Corruption and Lies"

in Britannia Row

in Islington in London

and the people

that had been in before us hadn't...

You're supposed to level the desk.

When you leave, you take

the strip off and you level the desk,

put it back to how it was,

and they hadn't done it,

presumably because it was late

when they finished.

And I said,

"Rotten f***ers. Who was it?"

He went, "Oh, it was Motrhead."

I'm like, "F***ing great!"

So we put my bass

through his channels on the desk.

And it sounded sh*t!

When I think of Motrhead,

I don't think subtlety.

I think of a door blown open.

His voice, it's rasp, you know.

It's like eating f***ing nails.

It's more like a wind coming at you.

I have the impression

that someone's spanking my ears!

Everything starts going grainy.

That's it - it's like being in a sandstorm.

That's it. That's it.

It's the oral equivalent of being

in a sandstorm, I would say.

When the lights go down

and that motherf***er hits the stage

and blows that cigarette out

and winds into the bass,

it's game over, man.

Drag anybody to a Motrhead show

and they're gonna go...

d If you like to gamble, I'm your man

d You win some, you lose some,

it's all the same to me

d The pleasure is to play,

it makes no difference what you say

d I don't share your greed,

the only card I need

d The ace of spades,

the ace of spades, all right

d Playing for the high one,

dancing with the devil

d Going with the flow,

it's all a game to me

d Seven or eleven,

snake eyes watching you

d Double up or quit,

double stakes or split

d The ace of spades,

the ace of spades, all right

d You know I'm born to lose,

and gambling's for fools

d But that's the way I like it baby

I don't wanna live for ever

d That's right, baby

d I'm gonna burn everything I have

d Pushing up the ante

I know you've got to see me

d Read 'em and weep,

the dead man's hand again

d I see it in your eyes,

take one look and die

d The only thing you see,

you know it's gonna be

d The ace of spades,

the ace of spades, all right d

Thank you kindly.

'Next election,

I'm gonna run against you and win.'

'You wanna take me on? Fine.

'But if you plan to beat me,

you'll have to... '

- 'What is it? '

- 'A bee just flew in through that door.

'Don't move.'

'Now look who's made it.

'First order of business,

free honey for everyone!

'Yeah! Made of bee! Made of bee!

'Ow! Oh, done stung myself.'

'D He's a family guy

'd Lucky there's a man

who positively can do

'd All the things that make us

laugh and cry

'd He's a family guy d'

d My ma told me lots of things

d About the life we lead d

Everything about Lemmy's playing

sets him apart

from other bass players.

For that matter, any other musician.

I think the biggest thing is

the Rickenbacker and the Marshalls.

That's a sound I don't think

I've ever heard anybody create on bass.

And he plays it a lot like

some heavy metal guitar players play.

He doesn't play guitar on bass,

but it almost sounds like guitar.

The basic difference is that

most bass players sounds like this...

Whereas I...

...sound quite different.

Like that.

I always wanted that sound.

I didn't necessarily know it then.

It evolves, you know.

- What would you say, Tim?

- What's that?

How would you say my bass playing

encompasses my personality

and my outlook on life, generally,

in the modern 21st century already?

I think the phrase

"hammer and tongs" comes to mind.

Really? Not a hammer and anvil?

- An anvil and tongs.

- An anvil and tongs and hammer.

- And stuff like that.

- Very hard.

Actually, he's never heard us...

Nobody f***ing understands

a thing we say.

We're just two geezers trying

to get along backstage, you know.

- And everything like that.

- And things like that.

Americans usually have

a nervous breakdown around now!

He's dead, isn't he?

How do you sell a deaf guy a frog?

Do you want to buy a frog?

How do you make a dead baby float?

Two scoops of ice cream,

two scoops of dead baby!

Is it still as fun as it used to be

to go around the world

and play concerts?

Yeah, it's great. It's a great job.

I recommend it.

It's almost as good

as being a TV interviewer!

You see any?

What makes you the proudest

in your career?

Survival, I think.

Every year that goes by,

I get a bit prouder.

Cos we proved

that we weren't the trash band

that they said we were originally.

And every year we survive

proves it a little bit more.

You know, like that, right?

What keeps you going?

What keeps you going and going?

Well, see, you have a dream

when you're a kid,

and my dream came true,

so why stop it?

Oh, until 2047.

Then I might slow down a bit.

Might be 2048. I don't know.

I love everything about Lemmy.

The music. F***ing everything.

There's nothing

not to like about Motrhead.

It's the band that's got it all.

They're hardcore.

A proper hardcore band.

They're not like Saxon and all that sh*t.

They're excellent.

They've always been full-on.

Motrhead set a standard

for all the others to follow.

Every time you see them live,

they make you deaf.

I don't have to listen to my wife.

For about five days out of every year,

my wife is totally ignored because...

"Sorry, darling, I can't hear you.

I just can't hear you!"

They've made me stone deaf for ever!

D Rock and roll to save your soul

d And I got it

d Give it to me loud and free

d Don't knock it

d Let me hear it till the end of time,

it's the only way

d Send shivers up and down your spine,

you can't stop it

d I'm telling you one more time

d It ain't no crime

d Rock it

d It's the only way to fly,

I gotta have it

d Break through,

gonna break you too

d You better grab it

d Let me hear it till the end of time,

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