Your top 5 favourite late-era Motorhead songs

I guess late-era is subjective. I'd consider it to be post-1916, or, at the very least, B*stards.

(1.) Keys to the Kingdom (wicked boogie riff)
(2.) Joy of Labour (another disgustingly sick riff)
(3.) Burner
(4.) Killers
(5.) Sucker

Inferno is by far the best late-era album.

What do you think?

i actually prefer later Motorhead (although i love it all).

1.) Over Your Shoulder
2.) Sacrifice
3.) Don't Waste Your Time
4.) In The Name Of Tragedy
5.) Be My Baby

Sacrifice is my favorite Motorhead album, so the first 3 come from that.

Anything off the last two

mc666 wrote:

i actually prefer later Motorhead (although i love it all).

1.) Over Your Shoulder
2.) Sacrifice
3.) Don't Waste Your Time
4.) In The Name Of Tragedy
5.) Be My Baby

Sacrifice is my favorite Motorhead album, so the first 3 come from that.

Good call. Sacrifice is pretty stinkin' heavy. I'd say their heaviest.

In no particular order:

In The Name Of Tragedy
Sucker
Walk A Crooked Mile
Trigger
Sacrifice

get_the_firehouse wrote:

mc666 wrote:

i actually prefer later Motorhead (although i love it all).

1.) Over Your Shoulder
2.) Sacrifice
3.) Don't Waste Your Time
4.) In The Name Of Tragedy
5.) Be My Baby

Sacrifice is my favorite Motorhead album, so the first 3 come from that.

Good call. Sacrifice is pretty stinkin' heavy. I'd say their heaviest.

yeah i agree, that's probably why i love it so. i had to dig it out & jam again. it's like i'm still 17. brings back alot of memories for me.

My alltime favorite Motorhead track is R.A.M.O.N.E.S. from 1916.

Besides that and "Ice Of Spides", I'm really not a Motorhead fan.

tohostudios wrote:

Besides that and "Ice Of Spides", I'm really not a Motorhead fan.

:defleppard:

Say what you will, I think Lemmy's "vocals" (if you can call them that) suck.

not really substantial, no. there are slight differences in some albums, mostly due to changes in members & increasingly better production. overall though, their sound & style has not changed much at all.

There have been 2 big changes in Motorhead's history that have affected their sound, in my opinion.

1. the elimination of Fast Eddie Clarke
2. the induction of Mickey Dee

other than that, they have been consistent, I think.

I think there has been a definite change in their sound over the years. Granted, it's not that obvious, but it's there.

Beginning with Bastards, and really taking off with the wicked-heavy Sacrifice, their sound became heavier, thicker, meaner, more dynamic, grugier, dirtier....you get the idea. They started writing songs that were about things like political and social issues (in addition to the usual songs). The tempos varied much more. Either songs were really slow and doomy (their ballads), mid- to up-tempo punky songs (similar to 1916-era stuff), or super fast double-bass tunes. The guitar tones became flatter; almost death metal tone on some songs (listen to "Be My Baby" or "Over Your Shoulder"). Lemmy's vocals went from his higher pitched rasp to a lower-pitch gruffy growly.

Basically it's just heavier and a bit more dynamic.