HW/MOTORHEAD

[Ductor, Dan [NEUUS]]

Excellent commentary Doug!

I just found one of my earlier attempts at playing bass.   At the
time I had an old Fostex 4 Track and I did my own version of
Motorhead; an instrumental version thank God!!   Bass playing,
C-; Guitar playing...B.

Anyone else ever do their own version?

Dr. Dan



        -----Original Message-----
        From:   Doug Pearson [SMTP:jasret at MINDSPRING.COM]
        Sent:   Tuesday, June 12, 2001 12:40 PM
        To:     BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU
        Subject:        Re: HW/MOTORHEAD

        On Tue, 12 Jun 2001 14:27:08 -0400, Ductor, Dan [NEUUS]
        <DDUCTOR at NEUUS.JNJ.COM> wrote:
        >OK.  Back to Hawkwind related talk.

        Yes, PLEASE!

        >Just curious to see which version of the song "Motorhead" people
like.
        >The HW version w/Dave singing, with Lemmy, the original
        >Lemmy/Larry Wallis version etc.  And why?

        Oh man, that's a tough one!  EVERY version of that song that Lemmy's
on has
        some redeeming factor that other versions don't have ...

        * The original "Kings of Speed" B-side (that was also on the US
        Griffin 'Warrior' CD) has the original Lemmy vocals, and great
swirling
        sax/violin lines that would seem to be out-of-place on the song that
was
        sort of the "blueprint" for Motorhead (the band), but still sound
amazingly
        cool, and unmistkably Hawkwind.

        * The Flicknife/Dave-sung version has the fantastic tweeter-popping
synth
        noises (Korg MS-20?) that none of the other versions benefit from
(and a
        synth solo that sounds almost like a direct transcription of the
guitar
        solo Eddie Clarke would play on the song).  Also undeniably
Hawkwind-
        sounding.

        * The 'On Parole' (Wallis) version has the best beginning (the
revving
        motorcycle engine leading into the band breaking loose), and Larry
        contributes the best backing/co-vocals of any of Lemmy's
collaborators.

        * And finally, the live 'No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith' (Clarke) version
shreds
        more than any previous version, and really shows off the song's
potential
        as one of the great HEAVY METAL anthems.

        So count me as "undecided".  But I think I have even more versions
of "City
        Kids" in my music library ...

            -Doug
             jasret at mindspring.com