Off: Swastika Lemmy HW
Ted Jackson jr. 6L6
tojackso at LIBRARY.SYR.EDU
Wed Dec 3 12:15:18 EST 1997
>> From: Hoarse Whisperer <beautiful_foot at HOTMAIL.COM>
>> I mean, Lemmy is an intelligent dude, but I think he's showing a
> curious
> >> anomaly of thought here.
> >
> > Not really, IMO. He's fascinated by Man's inhumanity to Man, and
> so
> >collects various memoribilia of the two world wars--especially Nazi
> >memoribilia. Not what I would do, but I understand his logic. I don't
> >think anyone would call him a Nazi within his hearing though!
> Certainly
> >not more than once :)
> > Motorhead's lyrics are certainly not in keeping with facist
> ideology.
>
> I did not know any of this stuff! Who tells you these things?? Do you
> have any Lemmy interviews you could share with us, he's seems to be an
> interesting person, but I never see very much of what he says in print.
> You have to respect a down'n'dirty rock star who appears as the hero of
> a life insurance tv commercial.
>
> Chris.
>
I'd love to see that one! I have read interviews with Lemmy, and
he's definitely a history buff, and a knowledgeable one at that. And
many Motorhead songs are certainly anti-militarist, and satirize
humanity's inhumanity toward itself...
theo
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