#Ace of Spades 1980

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

"BABY, YOU'RE A RATTLESNAKE, YOU KNOW THE WAY I FEEL..."

PIC(S) INFO: Mega spotlight on a fantastic unnamed female model rocking an officially licensed MOTÖRHEAD tee, inspired by the second track off of the band's landmark "Ace of Spades" album. Tee design by Barcelona's Branca Studio.

"Baby, you're a rattlesnake, you know the way I feel, Feel you crawling up my back, you've got no love to steal, You know I've got my eyes on you, You're petrified, gonna stick like glue, Love Me Like a Reptile, shock you like an electric eel!"

-- "Love Me Like a Reptile" (1980) by MOTÖRHEAD

Sources: www.picuki.com/media/3457885878505106059 (all found on Picuki).

[svntanas]

♱𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒊𝒌𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒔 ♱

[big-low-t]

On this day, November 8th, in 1980, Motorhead released the album Ace of Spades.

[str1xaluco]

Ace of spades - Motörhead

1980

[rolandrockover]

Frankenstein's Party

Love's a Deadly Weapon is one of Gene's inferior creations that somehow always manages to get back to the surface, no matter how many times you push it under water and then hope it will remain submerged forever in the eternal depths of the dark abyss of instant songwriting.

But since it's floating so beautifully on the surface right now, you can just as well pull it mercifully to shore, at least with a stick, that much respect should be a matter of course, and take a quick look at it. But not for too long, otherwise it could suddenly grab hold and pull you under the water with it, only to disappear again for an indefinite period of time. I think a few hardcore 80s Gene supporters can guess what I mean by that.

If you poke it a bit with a stick, unpleasant smelling air hisses out, but don't worry, those are just Gene's lyrics. And what else would we have?

The song intro is stolen from Exciter's outro, but we already talked about that. The verses are sto… taken from Wendy O. Williams' Party, which was written and recorded back in '84 in the Plasmatics circle, and conveniently wasn't released until '86 on Kommander of Kaos. Amazingly enough they even got credited.

Gene also somehow managed to include the riff from Motörhead's Ace of Spades there, which comes across like a second pair of six-packs on this monstrosity of a song. I'd like to see someone beat that. And, oh yes, of course, I almost forgot, Paul's demo from 1980/81, Deadly Weapon (1), somehow forms the chorus, but unfortunately its pretty melody and Paul's song-bearing feeling are completely lost.

What should you expect when you try to revive dead matter?

But it wasn't actually that bad for that, was it? Apart from the nasty gases, and these come from Gene alone.

Side Note:

(1) Someone needs to explain to me in detail why this song didn't make it onto Killers (1982). Not that I'm the biggest Killers enthusiast, but that's exactly where Deadly Weapons would have fit like a glove. I'll save the fact that its riff was probably more or less recycled on Creatures of the Night (1982) for another time, and that its rhythm section was inspired in places by a certain song from the debut album.

Love' s a Deadly Weapon (1985)

Deadly Weapon (1980/81)

Party (1986)

[juhnkit]

Motorhead Flier feat. Girlschool Ace of Spades World Tour 1980

[rockandrollpicsandthings]

Motörhead, poker game in Newcastle got outta hand… Ace Of Spades tour, 1980

Eddie Clarke, Lemmy Kilmister and Phil Taylor

[yvieluvs]

Motörhead, Photoshoot for Ace of Spades, 1980

[chrisgoesrock]

Motörhead - Ace Of Spades Advertise Poster - Bronce Records UK 1980

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

UNDEAD MOTÖRMASTERS -- THE RETURN!!

NOTE: Yes, I've posted these before, but now I'm doing so in reverse order. Enjoy or die!!

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on English rock and roll band MOTÖRHEAD posing for shots now titled "Out of the Fog" and "Zombie Motörhead" respectively, London, UK, c. December 1980, during the band's "Ace of Spades" era. 📸: Fin Costello.

Source: www.pinterest.es/pin/764134261759389018 & PressReader.

[metalcultbrigade]

In tribute to the memory of the birthday for Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy, was an English singer, songwriter, and musician.

He is best known as the founder, lead singer, bassist, primary songwriter and only continuous member of the British rock band Motörhead.

Lemmy Born Ian Fraser Kilmister on the 24th of December 1945

Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England

Diedon the 28th of December 2015 (aged 70)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Resting place:

Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Hollywood Hills, California, U.S.

Other names: Lemmy KilmisterIan Fraser Willis

Occupation: Singer, musician, songwriter

Years active: 1965–2015

Musical career:

Genres: Heavy metal speed metal rock and roll hard rock space rock

Instruments: Vocals & bass

Associated acts: Motörhead, Hawkwind, The Rockin' Vickers, Opal Butterfly, The Damned, The Head Cat, Girlschool, Sam Gopal

Website: www.imotorhead.com

Lemmy's music was one of the foundations of the heavy metal genre.

He was known for his appearance, which included his signature friendly mutton chops, his military-influenced fashion sense, and his gravelly rasp of a voice that was once declared "one of the most recognisable voices in rock".

He was also noted for his unique way of singing, which was once described as "looking up towards a towering microphone tilted down into his weather-beaten face".

He was also known for his bass playing style and using his Rickenbacker bass to create an "overpowered, distorted rhythmic rumble", while another notable aspect of his bass sound was that he often played power chords using heavily overdriven tube stacks by Marshall.

Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up between there, the nearby towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Madeley, and later the Welsh village of Benllech.

He was influenced by rock and roll and the early works of the Beatles, which led to him playing in several rock groups in the 1960s such as the Rockin' Vickers.

He worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and The Nice before joining the space rock band Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead vocals on their hit "Silver Machine".

In 1975, he was fired from Hawkwind after an arrest for drug possession; that same year, he became the founder, lead singer, bassist, and songwriter of Motörhead.

The band's success peaked around 1980 and 1981, including the hit single "Ace of Spades" and the chart-topping live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.

Lemmy continued to record and tour regularly with Motörhead until his death on 28 December 2015 in Los Angeles, where he had lived since 1990.

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer two days before his death. Alongside his music career, he had minor roles and cameos in film and television.

He was known for his hard-living lifestyle, which included chain-smoking and daily consumption of high amounts of alcohol and amphetamines.

[big-low-t]

[xabiramone]

Lemmy was born in Stoke-on-Trent and grew up between there, the nearby towns of Newcastle-under-Lyme and Madeley, and later the Welsh village of Benllech. He was influenced by rock and roll and the early works of the Beatles, which led to him playing in several rock groups in the 1960s such as the Rockin' Vickers. He worked as a roadie for Jimi Hendrix and The Nice before joining the space rock band Hawkwind in 1971, singing lead vocals on their hit "Silver Machine". In 1975, he was fired from Hawkwind after an arrest for drug possession; that same year, he became the founder, lead singer, bassist, and songwriter of Motörhead. The band's success peaked around 1980 and 1981, including the hit single "Ace of Spades" and the chart-topping live album No Sleep 'til Hammersmith.🎂💖#LovingMemory

[compacflt]

I was wondering if you had thoughts about how Ice and Mav's politics don't fully align with their actions? There was a post where you said Ice's politics are more socially liberal than Mav's but Mav is also the one who goes out to La Jolla to hit on guys before Ice, and later again when he's broken up with Ice, but Ice only goes out with women out of fear for his honor or whatever. Same with their respective thoughts on feminism, with Mav's mild respect for Charlie (telling Ice not all women fit the stereotype) but later Ice is the one who sends Juno to Mav's Top Gun class without telling him she's a woman and Ice has a respectful friendship with Juno. I think you said Ice is vaguely on the ace-aro spectrum (demi-homoromantic) which is a sort of fascinating irony that he doesn't have the words for it whereas Mav is the one with the theories about Ice's sexuality. Though with their hypocrisies and inconsistencies this all just feeds into their characterizations of the fact that they keep divorcing their actions from their spoken words from their identities.

okay going to take this point by point

1. yes i have addressed their politics in relation to their actions before, so maybe read this post and this post before you read this one, just to see where my other thoughts line up

2. gay republicans and conservatives do exist (at the very least certainly republicans and conservatives who have gay sex in secret)

3. before maverick is a political actor he is a human being, and the characterization that we are primarily given for him is that he is impulsive and reckless and doesn’t think through his actions. As ive written about many times before—from a story construction standpoint, his thoughtlessness is his number one most important character trait. He is both thoughtlessly dangerous (his hero’s “fatal flaw;” he can’t stop himself from making bad decisions) and thoughtlessly brilliant (the navy’s best and most daring and heroic pilot). He does what he wants without thinking about it; and he makes excuses and hollow promises whenever that plan doesn’t work out (“I know better than that. It will never ever happen again;” [it happens again] “I’m not gonna let you down. I promise.” [goose dies shortly thereafter]). His thoughtless impulsiveness overrides everything else. Maybe the act of having gay sex (to address your “he gets fucked in La Jolla before ice” point) is politically subversive, but for Maverick’s thoughtless character that we are shown in Top Gun, the most subversive possible thing would be to LABEL the gay sex and think through the consequences of it. To call a spade a spade and call himself gay or bi or queer or whatever. That would be the most subversive (and with mav, entirely unbelievable imo) possible thing. That takes conscious effort of thought, something maverick is near-incapable of doing. As long as he can get away with it without thinking about it, he’s politically in the clear, with regards to his character & character arc. If that makes sense. “Don’t think. Just do.” That’s literally his motto lmfao. He represents thoughtless action as an archetype; his politics come secondary to his desires

4. Their “respective thoughts on feminism” are divided into two camps: 1. “Professional as required by the law” and 2. “Sex pest mode.” They’re naval officers in the 1980s. Whether republican or democrat, that’s kind of par for the course. How men treat women can be a performance to other men. Any respect i made them show towards women had broader, more metatextual “need to move the conversation/story from A to B” reasoning behind it. See the first post I linked for much more on that.

5. i never said ice was on the ace/aro spectrum, or if i did i DEFINITELY meant it sarcastically. That could not be further from what i believe. This isn’t something I’ve ever discussed on this blog before, but a MASSIVE part of the philosophical discussion I’ve been trying to moderate within this project over the last year is the question— “do labels even work with characters under these very specific and extraordinarily extreme conditions and societal pressures?” It’s a question I took from my time studying early American history—the contexts of certain environments, and I would definitely count the elite officer ranks of the navy in the 90s and 2000s as one of these certain environments, simply Are Not Conducive to the easier (path of least resistance maybe) ways we civilians handle sexuality and friendship and trauma. There are so many variables and external and internal pressures within an environment like the upper ranks of career navy officers that sexual orientation labels lose all nuance and accuracy. I don’t think Ice (as i have written him) is gay. I don’t think he’s straight. I don’t think he’s bi. I think he’s an unlabelable product of too many variables for labels to have any effect on how he is perceived. Which, in our society built around labels and categories, is admittedly difficult to wrestle with. But doesn’t make it any less worth wrestling with.

6. Yes, ice and mav’s hypocrisy is the linchpin of the entire story.

They’re both trying to have their cake (“honor” and moral superiority based on the harmful traditional subjective morals arbitrated by elite navy officership) and eat it too (a fulfilling relationship with the love of their lives). & the point is that they cant. they have to settle for one.

[rolandrockover]

Ace of Spades - Part Deux

Did Ragnar… I mean, did Gene (1) ever do one on Lemmy? Apart from this one I mean.

Side Note:

(1) Paul did.

Ace of Spades (1980)

Love's a Deadly Weapon (1985)