Five years since Lemmy died

 

Well it has been five years since Lemmy Kilmister died and you might have expected me to write some depressing stuff.  No!  You're wrong!  Since it has been five years since he passed away, I will post my top five favorite songs with Lemmy.

5. The Rockin' Vickers - Dandy

 

Here's a song from Lemmy's early days as a musician.  He played guitar for The Rockin' Vickers.  He was a damn good guitarist.  I consider this song to be a gem of the 1960's.  He rocks on this song.  Check it out!  EDIT: I originally had I Go Ape and then found out Lemmy is not on that song.  I Go Ape is awesome, but he wasn't in The Rockin' Vickers at the time that song was recorded & released.

4. Motörhead - Ace of Spades

I know, I know, you must be thinking why would I have this at number 4?  Well it is one of his most famous songs, yet I feel it deserves to be in my top 5.  It's got fantastic bass work and Lemmy sounds absolutely awesome on vocals.  It's a great song period.  Don't know this one?  You must have been living under a rock for years or you simply have bad taste in music.  Or you most likely suck!  And ya probably do!  Whatever!  Listen to it now if you haven't and I won't think you suck.  :)

3. Motörhead - R.A.M.O.N.E.S.

Fast, wild and fun!  It's about the legendary band the Ramones.  Ramones even covered this one.  Excellent stuff!  Listen to this if you haven't!  This song almost didn't make it to my top 5 Lemmy songs.   I almost went with Jack the Ripper or Going to Brazil!

2.  Hawkwind - Motorhead

I'll be honest here, this is 10 times better than the one by Motörhead.  Oh I like the one by Motörhead, it doesn't suck by any means.  This one has better vocals and bass by Lemmy.  It's a wee bit underrated nowadays.  I'm sure people still listen to this version.

1. Motörhead - Built for Speed

It was a bit difficult for me to choose number one.  Other candidates were Motörhead - Jack the Ripper, Motörhead - Stone Dead Forever, Motörhead - Too Late Too Late, Motörhead - Victory and surprisingly Hawkwind - Silver Machine!  Well this is it, Motörhead - Built for Speed.  A bit of a deep track by Motörhead.  This is one amazing heavy metal song!  I'm sure you'll enjoy it if you never listened to this one.  I'll cut ya some slack with this one!  However, no excuse for you not knowing Motörhead - Ace of Spades!  I mean, c'mon!

There you have it!  My top 5 songs by Lemmy!  What an awesome dude and his music will live on forever!   Rock on, Lemmy!

Today Lemmy would have been 75 years old

 

Today Lemmy Kilmister would have been 75 years old.  Happy birthday God!  People still listen to your music to this day.  It's unfortunate that he died 4 days after his 70th birthday.  I remember my partner from the late 2000's saying Lemmy was going to be rocking in his 70's.  We thought he would live a long time.  If Lemmy never got ultra sick, he would be still alive today.

Four Years Ago... Lemmy Died

It has been four years since Lemmy Kilmster of Motörhead died.  I was saddened by his passing.  He lived to 70 and he was only 70 for four days.  Unfortunately, I never got to see Motörhead live.  I know I had plenty of opportunities.  He was a real awesome musician.  I like his work in Hawkwind too.  He even was cool in The Rockin' Vickers.  He had a supergroup called The Head Cat.  I haven't checked them out.

Lemmy's passing was not too surprising.  He had lived quite a wild lifestyle and he had cancer.  I knew he'd live to 70 for some reason.  I'm glad he did.  I wonder what he would think of the state of rock music nowadays.

Believe it or not, that's actually a picture of me taken on my 21st birthday (05/27/2005).  Sadly, I do not own that Motörhead shirt anymore.  Those shirts are easy to find and I'll probably get another at some point in the near future.  I've been a fan of Lemmy and Motörhead for over 14 years.  He was not an influence as a musician, but I thought he was excellent.

R.I.P. Ian Fraser "Lemmy" Kilmister.  It is too bad that I never got to see him live.  He left plenty of music behind and people still listen to his music today.