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CONCERT
REVIEW
by Nick
Morgan
MOTÖRHEAD
Hammersmith Apollo, London,
November 22nd 2008
We
shouldn’t be here. No disrespect to National
Treasure Lemmy (“Good evening. We are Motörhead
and we’re gonna play some rock and roll”),
but we shouldn’t be here. As Lars and Klars,
two heavy metal hounds from Helgeland, high five
in front of us at the start of every song, turning
in an impressive imitation of comedian Harry Enfield’s
Kevin and Perry, the Photographer slumps further
into her seat, ear-plugs firmly in place. |
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| I’m
getting a bit worried about the extra-large lairy
largered-up leather-jacketed market traders behind
us, who are beginning to act as though this might
be a BNP rally rather than a rock concert. And there’s
a recession on. People of our age should be at home
enjoying a special-offer Marks and Spencer meal
for two (free bottle of wine) and watching television,
apparently a programme called Strictly Come Dancing,
rather than enduring ear-splitting nut-grinding
nostalgia. |
| Maybe
Goethe was right – “See Motörhead
and die”. Because it certainly seems that
whilst once
was a pleasurable novelty, twice (unless you’re
down in the mosh, stripped to the waist, dripping
with perspiration and beer, and lurching, shoving
and pushing like a mad thing, clearly intent on
not living forever) is an unfortunate surfeit. So
I’m going to erase this one from my memory,
and simply keep happier impressions of the gig at
Brixton a few years ago. Although I should add that
we were hugely entertained (‘though I’m
not sure we were supposed to be) by support act
Saxon,
led by gnarled veteran Biff Byford. With their equally
unreformed take on Sheffield Metal with songs like
‘Wheels of steel’, ‘Witchfinder
General’ and ‘Denim and leather’
they were very, very, Spinal Tap. |
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| So
that’s it. ‘You win some, lose some,
it's all the same to me’, as they say. An
early finish for us and back home in time for shortbread
and cocoa. And a special Motörhead Christmas
gift? Some earplugs
of course! - Nick Morgan (poloroids by Kate) |
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