HW: Hawkwind's Lemmy, Nik and...

[Steven Skane]

Kings of Lemmy
Kings of Lemmy
Gonna make you kings of Lemmy....

----- Original Message -----
From: "Eli Friedman" <EliPXR5 at AOL.COM>
To: <BOC-L at LISTSERV.SPC.EDU>
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: HW: Hawkwind's Lemmy, Nik and...


> In a message dated 1/28/02 5:57:47 AM, sskane at BIGPOND.NET.AU writes:
>
> << "Lemme a fiver" is where the name comes from. As far as I know speed
has
>
> never been called lemmy.
>
>  >>
>
> This is correct. I was getting worried by the end of the morning you guys
> would be buying this "lemmy means speed" nonsense. Sheesh. Also Moorcock
and
> Calvert both never played bass in Hawkwind. Also amphetamine sulphate was
the
> cause of the bust, misidentified at that moment by cocaine by the
authorities.
>