Yeah, I saw that. I hope the old dude is alright.
I told a bunch of cats before the gig in LA that we were discussing the setlist with . . . . I’ll take whatever Lemmy’s got in him. He owes me nothing and just getting up on stage and showing me he’s still alive is show enough.
That being said . . . Motorhead’s set last week in LA was nothing short of PERFECTION!!!
We all know Lemmy is the ultimate road dog and will most definitely die on the road…it seems to just be a question of when…
They always have super overdone hair and wear silly blazers, while trying to look rock and roll, most of them look way too much like Rod Stewart.
You forgot dress shoes. They all wear their dress shoes to these concerts too.[;)]
Yeah, you’re right. The shoes always gotta be silly. Either super shiny patent leather dress shoes (very often blue) or some very flamboyant cowboy boots.
Sad seeing Lemmy in the shape he has been in…just saw the video of him having to stop mid-song in Austin last night to cut another set short…what are the chances this tour gets cancelled?
also,for those interested Stereogum’s latest “worst to first” is an assessment of Motorhead albums…they do one of these every 2 weeks or so…
I was just listening to “Another Perfect Day” the other night. I still don’t get why people didn’t like the album. It still sounds like excellent Motörhead to me.
I’ll have to find my comments about Lemmy I made from earlier in the day . . . .
I figured this would be my last chance to see Lemmy and wouldn’t have missed it for the world. We were blessed to get a full set (Los Angeles) and to have Lemmy and the band all in top form. I would have also had not a single regret or bad feeling if he’d just come out to sit on a stool and tell us all he appreciated us coming out but couldn’t do the show.
The man owes us NOTHING. He’s a true rock legend and a god among men . . . but sadly, as much as I want (and sort of believed) him to be indestructible and to live forever, he’s human. We get old and we fall apart. He’s lived a life that would have killed ANY other man on Earth 100 times over. He’s given me a soundtrack for my life and hope for the future and I am grateful to have looked up to him and blessed to have met him.
I hope people keep going to the shows as long as the dates are still valid. If Lemmy can’t play, so be it. Enjoy Saxon or Anthrax (or whomever), and enjoy the parking lot before and after the gig, and take a moment to share some beers and some memories with some other fans for whom this man and this band mean more than we can explain. And if that ain’t enough . . . then they can just FUCK OFF.
Well put…sums up the way I feel to a tee…
and the flip side to that is let’s not count Lemmy out yet(not saying you were)…he has bounced back before…I am happy to have seen Motorhead the 6 times I have…I hope to get one more at the end of this month…we will see…
and yes Another Perfect Day rules…top 5 Motorhead for me…
They just cancelled San Antonio tonight…
They just cancelled San Antonio tonight…
Yeah, totally. And following on what you noted before . . . Nope. I ain’t counting him out . . . just savoring every moment . . . whether for another 10 minutes or 30 more years.
[reply]They just cancelled San Antonio tonight…
Yeah, totally. And following on what you noted before . . . Nope. I ain’t counting him out . . . just savoring every moment . . . whether for another 10 minutes or 30 more years.[/reply]
Indeed…
They just cancelled San Antonio tonight…
I’ve got tix for Friday in Dallas. But, not really hopeful. Sounds like the guy needs a break.
When the headliner cancels do they just cancel the event completely and refund tickets or do they continue with the other acts?
SAXON was seriously great.
I read that the show will go on with Saxon as headliners…
I read that the show will go on with Saxon as headliners…
GOOD!!! I hope people still go out for it and have a blast. Phil Campbell joined Saxon on stage for a song, so maybe they could even expand on that and do a couple Motorhead songs as a tribute/ rally cry.
I haven’t even watched it.
Everyone and their mother was sharing it and had something to say about it yesterday and I’m already sick of hearing about it.
I haven’t even watched it.
Everyone and their mother was sharing it and had something to say about it yesterday and I’m already sick of hearing about it.[/reply]
If it’s that “I can’t do it” video, yes it’s worn out its welcome. Damned thing even made its way to the Guardian in the UK. Showing genuine concern for a fellow decked out in iron crosses is probably a historical first for that reliably lefty paper.
the Guardian in the UK… that reliably lefty paper.
not shocking you think common sense and logic lean left. [rolleyes]
[reply]the Guardian in the UK… that reliably lefty paper.
not shocking you think common sense and logic lean left. [rolleyes][/reply]
Well - sometimes. It depends on the issue under discussion. As we’ve bickered about before, I have some positions that align with the left, and some that don’t.
The Guardian, on the other hand, I’ve always found to be one of those doctrinaire rags that never offers any dissenting or contrasting opinion to left orthodoxy. And so I find it very enjoyable that Lemmy is so beyond criticism by anybody, that he can even earn the praise / concern of Guardian writers who would probably despise him if he hadn’t already achieved a kind of ‘legend’ status.