Hello Everyone!
I guess by now if you've seen my mixpod then you know that I am obsessed with Motorhead.
My fan love affair with Motorhead began in the mid to late 80's when I was coming up in the world.
The 80's were a great time for music and it was then I was finding my truer identity.
It did not seem that anyone really thought or believed what I did or even like I did at that time.
After going to some skate shops and meeting probably some not so great people, I was introduced to this raw, gritty, sermon type style of singing and music and that is when I found someone who thought like me for the first time ever.
Motorhead's musical styling was raw, gritty, unyielding, and relentless beyond belief.
It rips out your jugular, spits it back at you, chews it up one more time and shoves it down your throat.
It's a runaway truck that will deliver a dose of reality to you in hell-fury sermon form!!!
All the way from the thunderous bass that Lemmy Kilmister plays like the god of thunder "Thor" all the way down to the lyrics that are delivered to you from a man who is 6'5+ like an angry sermon.
His lyrics are real and will cut you to the bone. Shedding the comfort of belief and forcing you to finally accept the atrocities of everyday real life!!!
Within those lyrics however beyond the ripping and shredding of your heart and soul, is the ultimate truth that life is not always full of. It will take your deepest most horrible pain, extenuate it, and provide some comfort that there are others who feel like you and have given a voice to all the pain so loud that it will even force the gods above to take notice of you and listen to your screams!!!
Motorhead are nothing spectacular to the world, however they are to me.
Take one listen and you will see, that there is a truth, the world forgot about long long ago.
Long live Motorhead!!!
- JB
Hi Jody
ReplyDeleteyes I've seen and heard you obsession with Motorhead. I like Whorehouse blues. Not just for the title, but the finger work on the acoustic guitar. I see you found the group that laid their foundation in your formative years when you were finding yourself. The group that did a similar effect for me was a band call "Charlie's Roots," they were based in Trinidad and their style was Soca. Another band that made an impression was The Wailers hailing from Jamaica.
Thanks for sharing the Motorhead experience and I'll certainly check out some of their titles.
best
Sam