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Anyone else on a Motörhead kick thanks to the ad on tv?

Discussion in 'Miscellaneous [BG]' started by Sub-hoo-fer, Sep 13, 2018.


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  1. Sep 13, 2018 #1
    Sub-hoo-fer

    Sub-hoo-fer

    Nov 27, 2015
    Virginia
    There is a joke in my house that Acura spent a lot of money just to sell me another MDX by using Motörhead’s version of Sympathy for the Devil in their commercial. My response is that I know at least one other person - meaning @Killed_by_Death - who might be inspired by that ad.

    Well, Talkbass, who else is (re)discovering Lemmy recently? I actually like the version of the song in the ad better than the original (woo woos WAY less shrill). Somehow that has led me to have a better appreciation for Lemmy and his playing now than I ever did in my Ill-advised 80s metalhead phase.
     
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  5. Sep 13, 2018 #2
    Killed_by_Death

    Killed_by_Death Snaggletooth Inactive

    Jan 2, 2015
    14 Megameters from Groong Tehp
     
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  9. Sep 13, 2018 #3
    Sub-hoo-fer

    Sub-hoo-fer

    Nov 27, 2015
    Virginia
    That is so much cooler than the TV spot!
     
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  13. Sep 13, 2018 #4
    Signalsdrone

    Signalsdrone

    Feb 6, 2017
    SW Ontario
    Lemmy did a number of very cool cover tunes over the span of his career.
     
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  18. Sep 13, 2018 #5
    grimjim

    grimjim

    Jan 26, 2014
    Chicago, Illinois
    Endorsing artist;DNA Amplification, GHS strings
    I've been on a motorhead kick since the early eighties.
     
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  22. Sep 13, 2018 #6
    grimjim

    grimjim

    Jan 26, 2014
    Chicago, Illinois
    Endorsing artist;DNA Amplification, GHS strings
    My best friend in high school was a huge fan. He was murdered at the young age of 19 and I cranked Killed by Death as the funeral procession was pulling into the cemetery. I don't think his family appreciated it like he would have.
     
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  26. Sep 13, 2018 #7
    Spectre1966

    Spectre1966 Striving For Mediocrity Supporting Member

    Jul 4, 2014
    Wallingford, CT
    Ace of Spades in the Kia commercials last year

     
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  30. Sep 13, 2018 #8
    Sub-hoo-fer

    Sub-hoo-fer

    Nov 27, 2015
    Virginia
    I totally missed that!
     
  34. Sep 13, 2018 #9
    Killed_by_Death

    Killed_by_Death Snaggletooth Inactive

    Jan 2, 2015
    14 Megameters from Groong Tehp
    That ad didn't do it. I saw a photo of the original MH last night & it inspired me to play MH songs today:

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    Not too happy with my new strings, though.
    The E string buzzes like mad with a pick played with any real force.
    It's one of those with the exposed core at the ball-end.
     
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  38. Sep 13, 2018 #10
    mr-humann

    mr-humann

    Jun 8, 2018
    A dear friend who recently died, his wife works for the promo company Motörhead was using so she got us (gf and 17-year-old daughter) in to see them at the Nokia (Los Angeles) Theater late last year. I hadn’t seen them in decades so it was ear-bleeding great. And my kiddo will always be able to say she saw them. The swag she was in charge of was hilarious: I took a BBQ apron and two vibrators to add to my old t-shirt from the 80s (with the little swastika not bowdlerized out like on all the new stuff). I’ll still never understand how Lemmy got away with all that nazi fetish stuff he was into. I suppose surviving the blitz gave him some leeway.
     
  42. Sep 13, 2018 #11
    jhb138

    jhb138

    Sep 14, 2016
    Massachusetts
    I'm always on a Motorhead kick.
     
  47. Sep 13, 2018 #12
    juancaminos

    juancaminos Supporting Member

    May 30, 2003
    USA, Heber-Overgaard, AZ
    Never really cared,, couldn't name one of their songs. But I really do like the SFTD cover.
     
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  51. Sep 13, 2018 #13
    vvvmmm

    vvvmmm

    Dec 6, 2016
    Chi
    Eh ... "last year"?
     
  55. Sep 14, 2018 #14
    Gavin220168

    Gavin220168

    Apr 24, 2018
    Adelaide, Australia
    There's even Motorhead beer!
     
  59. Sep 14, 2018 #15
    Peke

    Peke

    Jun 7, 2008
    Pargas, Finland
    Lemmy was no stranger to advertising business. This remake of an iconic Finnish milk ad was filmed just weeks before his death on 6th of December.

     
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  63. Sep 14, 2018 #16
    grillman

    grillman

    Dec 15, 2014
    Like many others, I never left that kick.
     
  67. Sep 14, 2018 #17
    NKBassman

    NKBassman Lvl 10 Nerd

    Jun 16, 2009
    Winnipeg, MB, Canada
    Yep, just saw that ad last night. Had no idea about the post-humus covers album. Gonna listen to it today!
     
  71. Jul 20, 2020 #18
    Killed_by_Death

    Killed_by_Death Snaggletooth Inactive

    Jan 2, 2015
    14 Megameters from Groong Tehp
    20-Jul-75
    Motörhead have their first gig at Roundhouse in London

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  76. Jul 20, 2020 #19
    vvvmmm

    vvvmmm

    Dec 6, 2016
    Chi
    FWIW, I was just listening to Blitz (circa 1980), and the singer has a Lemmy sound and vibe; the band is punk with hardcore edges.
     

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