HW: What The...

[Beautiful Foot]

oh fer flip sake, 'course it's Lemmy - what would be the point of the ad
otherwise?  Lemmy's advertising career is well known, insurance ads, etc..

Hell if Spinal Tap can sell laptops, Lemmy can mime (badly - his fingers are
stationary) on a violin.

----- Original Message -----
From: "fatrat" <hawkfan at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 7:19 PM
Subject: Re: HW: What The...


> Sorry to be a party-pooper, but I'm still not 100% convinced. Although I
can
> believe the warts and the hat (does he weigh the same as a duck?) the jaw
still
> looks wrong.
>
> Having gone to Bill Bradley's site and nicked the vid from it, I have
> freeze-framed and am not sure. There is a remarkable resemblance, but
that's
> what people told me 20 years ago about the roadie I mentioned (though I've
never
> seen him in the flesh).
>
> Ah well, perhaps we'll never know.
>
> "Guido N. Vacano" wrote:
>
> > Yeah, that'd cover up the warts (cocoa puffs), but what about his TEETH?
:-)
> >
> > Guido
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BOC/Hawkwind Discussion List [mailto:BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU]On
> > Behalf Of BL Young
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:02 PM
> > To: BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
> > Subject: Re: HW: What The...
> >
> > There are plenty of pictures with Lemmy wearing that type of hat.  I
think
> > it's from his collection -- doesn't it look like an army type hat from
some
> > era?
> >
> > And his warts are on the side of his face that the violin would obscure.
> > Actually, if he wanted to hide those warts and be a true teen idol, he
> > should have picked up the violin instead of the guitar.
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: fatrat <hawkfan at BLUEYONDER.CO.UK>
> > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 1:57 PM
> > Subject: Re: HW: What The...
> >
> > > I have a feeling we are all misinformed: after seeing Mr Kilmister on
a
> > recent
> > > late night show, the violin-wielding "Lemmy" in question looks a) too
> > clean b)
> > > too small-jawed c) not warty enough and d) I don't think the real
Lemme
> > > Kilmister is the line-dancing type! (see cowboy hat). Bernard Manning
> > doing the
> > > dishes and nice Daleks I can believe but that is NOT the real Lemmy. I
> > believe
> > > it is a cunning body-double. Some years ago I heard of a roady
> > (co-incidentally
> > > known as "Fast Eddy") who looks so much like Lemmy that after repeated
> > requests
> > > he started signing Lemmy's autograph when asked, in order to get
> > > over-enthusiastic fans off of his back. I think it is he and not the
> > > diesel-drinking steel-throated fish-looking singing bass murderer (ie
> > killing
> > > with his four-stringed Rickenbacker, not murdering bass lines!). If
anyone
> > has
> > > any further info, I would be interested.
> > >
> > > Neil Ward wrote:
> > >
> > > > So, Keith, you admit to watching 'Coronation Street' then do you???
> > > >
> > > > I presume this is simply to worship the spirits of the one known as
> > > > Khenbaaarloooooo, and not because you are an incurable soap fan.
> > > >
> > > > Neil.
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Captain Bl at ck" <starfield at SUPANET.COM>
> > > > To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
> > > > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 8:16 PM
> > > > Subject: HW: What The...
> > > >
> > > > There I was, sipping a 'bina and watching the adbreak in between
> > Coronation
> > > > Street, and there's this Kit Kat advert on, featuring folks like
> > Lawrence
> > > > Llewelyn Bowen having a haircut, Bernard Manning talking
romantically
> > about
> > > > his mother-in-law, and all the way through there's a string section
> > playing
> > > > on the soundtrack.
> > > >
> > > > Then right at the end, there's Lemmy playing the violin.
> > > >
> > > > No joke.
>