Rocktober 18, 2023

Rocktober 18th! 


Today our song is: Ace of Spades by Motorhead


Wikipedia tells us this about the song:


Initially issued as a 7" vinyl single in October 1980 as a preview to the album Ace of Spades and autumn tour, the song was also released by Bronze Records as a 12" vinyl pressing in special Christmas picture sleeves, limited to 50,000 copies. The picture of the band in Santa outfits used on the cover was taken at the Aylesbury Fair, while the band were on tour.

Bronze also issued German and Spanish 7" vinyl versions which had a different sleeves, as well as a Japanese release, with a colour picture insert with song lyrics in English and Japanese. One sided test pressings (not mis-presses, but used in the trade) escaped the pressing plant and are on the market.

The song opens with an overdriven bass intro played by Lemmy. For the lyrics, he said he "used gambling metaphors, mostly cards and dice—when it comes to that sort of thing, I'm more into the one-arm bandits actually, but you can't really sing about spinning fruit, and the wheels coming down"






Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see what is next on the list! Feel free to join in the fun. The more the merrier, I say! 




Comments

  1. I picture a lot of kids banging their heads up and down. Not my cup of tea

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