Motörhead - Ace Of Spades [German TV appearance 1981]

[@M1tjakaramazov]

It's largely thanks to motörhead that I categorically stopped buttoning the three top buttons of any shirt I ever wore since the age of 15...

[@juriaan13]

Why button them at all? Leave them open and tuck the shirt in ..got to have chest hair though to pull this off

[@elmoblatch9787]

And all of are not happy about it.

[@razmatazz9310]

Weird.

[@jh6025]

@@juriaan13 is chest hair considered popular again?

[@fiucik1]

It's actually four buttons :P

[@MartinMaat]

Proof that one can play the drums and chew gum at the same time.

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Nobody did it better than Phil . . .

[@Neonleeroy]

@@erniebuchinski3614 yeah he chewed the shit out of that gum😉

[@endtyme]

He was one of a kind!

[@jackbrown6788]

It was trickery. He chewed the gum separately and they super imposed his head over the drumming take. Sorry.

[@mennobults6464]

I can, but it will sound like shit. 👍👌😊

[@AlistairMulhearn]

This song will never go out of fashion coz it still sounds awesome

[@vladchetvertak3394]

People in the crowd aren't even realising what a legends they're lucky to see.

[@johnglow7845]

It's not actually live

[@vladchetvertak3394]

@@johnglow7845 who cares? I'm on their place would be jumping to the ceiling.

[@johnglow7845]

@@vladchetvertak3394 i hear you lml

[@eduardobinotto4818]

playback.

[@Gurnu]

@@vladchetvertak3394 with a name like that I'm not surprised you're that simple. playback is for posers

[@P.h.i.l.65]

Best Song best Band forever🎸🥁🤘👌R.I.P.PHILTY,EDDIE AND LEMMY

[@hiddenintheshadows1469]

It was afer reading your post that I realize they're all dead 😒

[@newsnowadirondacksredux360]

Yup

[@terryrack2534]

best thing i ever saw live but didn't know it at the time. but i do now.

[@maurom9654]

They will never be forgotten

[@StudioseMeF]

The originals 🤟🏻🔥 rest in peace to these rock gods

[@felixquirindongo9173]

Eddie, Animal, and Lemmy. LEGENDS

[@paulhard7726]

Vor fast 40 Jahren habe ich diesen Haufen genau mit diesem Video im deutschen TV gesehen........unglaublich diese Energie........seit 1980 ziehe ich mir diese Muck rein...........Motörhead forever

[@bolek3237]

Die Punk Szene damals hat Motorhead akzeptiert.

[@KarEllen]

Hätte nie gedacht das sowas zu der Zeit im deutschen Fernsehen überhaupt gelaufen ist. Ich war damals noch ein Kleinkind ^^

[@franckherrmannsen7903]

@@KarEllen die haben damals sogar ´mal ´n Konzert von Dead Kennedys gezeigt, auf N3 auch so um ´80 ´rum, WDR gab´s Rockpalast

[@RalfPetersen-h7d]

Die hatten ein Konzert bei uns in Neumünster gegeben, ungefähr 3 Kilometer von unserem Haus entfernt, aber man konnte sehr gut bei offenem Fenster zuhören.

[@CarsofMetal77]

This is just THREE dudes making all this glorious racket. THREE.

[@eyellgeteven9928]

I remember seeing Lemmy talk about how with only three players, you can hear the "holes." As much as I've tried, I haven't found a lot of holes in Motörhead's music...just a wall of bone crushing music.

[@cymro6537]

RIP Phil, Eddie and Lemmy 🤘

[@u.s.m.c.fewproudthemarines2987]

All pass on in 3years of each other

[@yourmom9951]

And dirtbag Daryl

[@endtyme]

Unbelievable that they are all gone now

[@МишаняМишаня-ы1э]

покойся с миром Лемми...твои песни будут звучать в наших сердцах до конца наших дней! спасибо!

[@ВалерийДобрынин-к1э]

Тоже самое, привет из Сибири!

[@marshalltravis3217]

Love me some Motörhead!!! And I’m a black man. But great music is great music!!

[@eyellgeteven9928]

You have great taste sir! Our love of Lemmy and Motörhead makes us some kind of brothers in my book, and I'm a white dude. I do know you love them too, because you spelled it right, most people don't, lol.

[@pernormann4869]

The crowd is really getting into it, German style. Love it!

[@coldskoolbeatz]

😂😂😂

[@malthusXIII-fo3ep]

😅😅😂😂

[@gl3605]

Saw them that same year open for The Blizzard of Ozz at The Orpheum Boston, MA. It was Motorhead's first time touring America. Best concert I ever attended.

[@dhalgrentv7157]

Me too, in San Diego. Front row!

[@tomservo5347]

Nothing tops the sound of those power chords Fast Eddie hits with his brass pick guard Fender.

[@diegozelarayan5420]

La mejor formacion de motorhead para mi gusto!!! Una bestialidad.

[@carlancos2010]

es playback igual

[@Luckysevenization]

@@carlancos2010 No importa vieja... debe haber sido para la TV... porque yo he visto presentaciones de Lemmy en vivo que te dejaban anonadado.

[@matthewpaluch777]

😎👍Freakin' original lineup!!! Lemmy was & will always be 1 of a kind! 'Fast' Eddie Clark was totally underrated, love his work in Fastway! 'Philthy' Phil played with a fast take no prisoners style that still holds up to this day!

[@matthewpaluch777]

".......AND DON'T FORGET THE JOKER!"

[@stevenfleming7769]

Fast Eddie plugged into a peavey. That was the studio edition. Still loved it. THANKYOU.

[@derekdykeman9160]

Not the original line up.

[@matthewpaluch777]

@@derekdykeman9160 True - I meant the Original Classic line-up!

[@crazymasterblaster]

A masterpiece, i was 16 back then and loved it and still do.

[@blagovestkrumov840]

Mit diesem Lied hat sich Lemmy verewigt, Danke schön Motörhead🤟

[@ТехноДом-я1у]

Память на века всем ушедшим рокерам рок 🎸 рольщикам рокершам рок 🎸 навсегда

[@coolhand1964]

I have The Young Ones to thank for introducing me to this song before the existence of the interweb. Like it as much now as I did 35 yrs ago 👍

[@Charlie220966]

this drummer is just awesome

[@jimmynolan5291]

It’s his Sunday walk

[@scottsears4996]

I used to pour Lemmy jack and cokes most nights that they weren't on tour, always a gent and always one for me, he put me on the 10th birthday guest list. Me ears bled. R.i.p. Matey

[@aaof-d-mio-fv2fb]

At the Alexandra ? If so, was fast eddy there too ? And a London Scot called Len ?

[@BammyQ]

Glad to see them perform in Madame Tussauds

[@Chief_Brody]

That audience is wild man

[@vladchetvertak3394]

Yup, especially a moshpit before the stage.

[@pult1836]

If you like to gamble I tell you, I'm your man You win some, lose some It's all the same to me The pleasure is to play Makes no difference what you say I don't share your greed The only card I need Is the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades Playing for the high one Dancing with the devil Going with the flow It's all a game to me Seven or eleven Snake eyes watching you Double up or quit Double stake or split The Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades You know I'm born to lose And gambling's for fools But that's the way I like it, baby I don't want to live forever And don't forget the joker Pushing up the ante I know you got to see me Read 'em and weep The dead man's hand again I see it in your eyes Take one look and die The only thing you see You know it's gonna be The Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades, uh ...NoWar...

[@miguelinkm]

fuck yeah! great tune AND RESPECT YOUR MESSAGE, NO WAR!

[@Tony-g7q4n]

I saw Motörhead one week after iron maiden at the Hammersmith odeon in the early eighties. My hearing has been screwed ever since. Wouldn’t change it though.

[@Oiak1086]

The absolute ephitome of a rock band, we will never EVER been whitness of something like this, EVER

[@SiBiChris]

Mehrfach Live gesehen, und nie enttäuscht worden 🤙💪

[@phillipross8986]

Way head of there time with this song

[@baazmorrison]

Best line up for this great band

[@cosmokramer179]

One of the best rock n’ roll bands of all time!

[@trygvelie573]

The best, man.

[@canaldoaxl]

If you like to gamble, I tell you I'm your man You win some, lose some, all the same to me The pleasure is to play, makes no difference what you say I don't share your greed, the only card I need is the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades Playing for the high one, dancing with the devil Going with the flow, it's all a game to me Seven or eleven, snake eyes watching you Double up or quit, double stake or split, the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades You know I'm born to lose, and gambling's for fools But that's the way I like it baby I don't wanna live for ever And don't forget the joker! Pushing up the ante, I know you gotta see me Read 'em and weep, the dead man's hand again I see it in your eyes, take one look and die The only thing you see, you know it's gonna be the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades

[@richalfres3727]

The dead man’s hand again….

[@urareknaw]

Lemmy looks so young. Can’t believe it’s 40 years since I bought this album

[@mazen2488]

Making me feel young at 22

[@aaof-d-mio-fv2fb]

Video making me feel like a child

[@HumanBill67]

Saw this line up several times in the early 80s. My ears are still ringing. Always saw Motorhead as proto punk, like MC5 and Pink Fairies, rather than metal. Anarchist tendency. Lemmy said he wanted Motorhead to sound like MC5. First half dozen albums were great.

[@TomTremayne]

I went to see Motorhead at the Cambridge Corn Exchange in 1979. I love local history & went to explore some dusty rooms above the front lobby before the gig. In one, I found a canister of wheat, a left-over from the days when the building was used, pre-1940, for the trading of grains & seeds. I took a small handful as a souvenir & when Motorhead came on later that evening I put the wheat on the enclosure in front of the main speaker stack at one side of the stage. When I went to get it during the second encore, it had been milled in a fine, white flour. That's how loud they were....

[@AmericanBulldogRocky]

Dont lie. 😂

[@TomTremayne]

@@AmericanBulldogRocky Rock 'n' Roll is all about lies.....

[@Doctor1Livsi]

Леми играет на басе как на гитаре, извлекая необычный неповторимый звук.

[@OdysseasEvgeniou]

I was blown away in my 12 years with this song. And it still blow my mind at my 60's. love for Lemmy was a great real hardcore blues man.

[@anthonyfuentes1417]

I can't believe some people think this is live.

[@Gurnu]

well 90% of people are dumb as fuck so there's no surprise there

[@bigshambowski]

Most musical performances on TV are lip synched. Musicians typically save all their energy for the tour.

[@mikemurray3962]

Saw them in 87/88 with alice cooper. I was in grade 8 lol. Amazing memories. Loudest shit ever. Ears were ringing the whole day after when back at school. Bought a motorhead shirt for $20 which was really expensive for a t shirt lol. Wore that till it fell off me

[@annettefaist109]

Motörhead ist einfach klasse. Höre die Musik immer noch hoch und runter wie Metallica auch. Schade das es Lemmy nicht mehr gibt. Er war ein wahnsinnig guter Musiker .

[@HANSCHTV]

eher wundervoller mensch. Musiklaisch hielt sich das in Grenzen. Aber ein Supertexter.

[@leo57903]

Super . I absolutely love this band

[@маратсемичастнов]

Дааааааа. Великий Леми очень круто!!! 🇷🇺

[@Gurnu]

cool as russian bodies on ukrainian soil

[@grahamclark7483]

Philthy Animal Taylor,Steve Clarke,R.I.P. Lemmy Kilmister

[@roaming740]

Steve?? It's Fast Eddie Clarke

[@АндрейПотапов-ч7с]

Легендарный состав.

[@glennogden6613]

Brilliant! This song had my Irish mother fearful that I would join league with the devil.

[@mathiasjonsson8222]

The guitar tone...awesome 👌

[@urosmarjanovic663]

Yeah, cause it is dubbed. :D

[@MrCrrispy]

Sure, it's from the studio track 😁

[@user-wj9xq7ig2v]

Sounds just like the album 😉

[@anthonyfuentes1417]

Your being coy right?

[@user-wj9xq7ig2v]

Winky face indeed

[@Ontariosound]

Roll that tape….

[@user-wj9xq7ig2v]

@@Ontariosound I think I can hear the needle drop at the beginning

[@Chriswasreigns]

because its from the album. All german music shows had playback those times. Very rarely that a band played really live.

[@GeneFraxby]

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you do rock and roll.

[@aaof-d-mio-fv2fb]

born into it Beyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatch !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@codypothier3744]

I've seen countless videos of live motörhead and bon Scott AC/DC and in so many of them the audience is just standing there like a bunch of statues. Inexcusable

[@DaveAnchovies]

wel, its not like theyre actually playing

[@burntwelkin6570]

They were a pop-show audience paralysed by the fear for their live.,

[@carlosmarques5941]

They were just not ready for it

[@theyrekrnations8990]

Cuz they are totally blown away

[@GoTorino]

When I saw Motorhead live, all I could do was stand there with my jaw on the floor, holding back tears of joy. I was ten feet away from Lemmy, one of the greatest moments of my life. I can't imagine slurring that memory with moshing. I can mosh anywhere.

[@BuzzKirill3D]

This isn't live is it? They're playing to a playback? cause it sounds exactly like the studio version

[@danieldoyle705]

Dead or alive the song lives forever 👊

[@chrismp7498]

We play ROCK AND ROLL, we are Motorhead !

[@Салават-р4ш]

Это рок-н-ролл Кларк неплохо играет они втроём потому что таких талантов собрать не просто.филиппу,Стиву, цену н зкий поклон.йену Миллеру низкий поклон.жаль, что вас уже нет с намипомним,любим

[@heikotheubert4452]

Best motörhead line up Eve R i p folks

[@wokenessiscancer2176]

lemmy a fuxxxing legend and the drummer is a beast

[@volf8433]

Крутой дядька был🤘

[@peternemes6770]

"That's the way I like it baby I don't wanna live forever!" You have succesfully managed it Great One! By the way, all three are sadly dead. R. I. P. 😇🙏🤟🏻

[@hubert12125]

Drummer reminded me of 80`s fashion.People really looked like that

[@eyellgeteven9928]

Philthy was ahead of his time.

[@geekpie100]

First band I ever saw live, at Leeds University, on the Overkill tour. I couldn't believe anything could be that loud.

[@barsixful]

Check his NATURAL COOLNESS….and THAT SONG!! Omg

[@jesuscampos8136]

When Motorhead was mighty💪💥🎸🍺

[@sergiopaim7884]

Sintonia Total. Muito bom 👍👏👏👏👏 praia grande sp

[@kdkdkfkkdkfl2607]

Gracias por compartir. Saludos desde Venezuela.

[@rob-k4g9y]

Missed out seeing them live back 1985 when i was 15 still not over it `

[@jeanuguet8440]

Yes, Lemmy, you rest in our souls.

[@LaserRanger15]

Great performance...I would think singing with your head at that angle would be harder, but it works for him

[@jodylowe8476]

Phil has the best look of any rocker. Question is, what is he chewing on?

[@odysioussheroody7235]

WATCH LEMMY'S WAKE ...... OMG EVERY BAND IN MY RECORD COLLECTION GOT UP AND TOLD STORY'S ABOUT HIM ..... HE WAS ALWAYS A GOOD MAN .... AND MY MENTOR

[@HeidiLandRover]

He still owes me a quid though...

[@georgejetson1025]

Think I saw you the other day. It Not gonna question your decision , but seeing a 60 year old balding dude with a beer gut hanging over faded Levi’s , wasntb5he best part of my day .

[@julesbyrne304]

Amazing song and band. Superb

[@mgodtime9929]

Einfach cult Motörhead forever 🤘♠️🤘💯💥💥💥

[@pilo5000]

omg we have motorhead on stage this afternoon, let's attach a bunch of flashlights to a ceiling fan

[@Gurnu]

well, a band doing playback doesn't deserve even that

[@T.E.P..]

why did I click on this awesome vid again ... my fuckn keyboard melted ... WHEN WILL I LEARN

[@lstierney]

That intro! 😍

[@carlito24uk]

I fucking love this song

[@prof.addicted3421]

Absoluter Motörhead Kultsong !!! Dieser Song ist einfach nur Motörhead 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@crazymasterblaster]

RIP guys you were awesome with this song

[@onerandombruh]

Holy shit... Imagine hearing this song for the first time back then...

[@inagaddadavida3892]

This is exactly the reason, why I' was searching for this particular recording. I was just turned 12 when it was aired, and to this time I played my holy AC/DC-Highway to hell up and down again, a little bit Kiss and Queen. That was the reason for me to turn on the TV: Queen came up with a new song named "Flash" in this show. When I saw Motörhead, right before Queen, it blew my head. It was one of those moments "Fuck yeah, that's it!!!"

[@j.d.leslie8458]

@@inagaddadavida3892 Interesting. I was in the Air Force in 1981 when somebody in my squadron recommended I buy this album. At the time I was also listening to Highway To Hell religiously and a lot of Judas Priest. I put this on the turntable and was like, Holy Shit!

[@buckeyekarl]

Bad. Ass. I saw them a few years later in Columbus OH, then saw one of his last appearances in Salt Lake, they only got about 3 songs in.. RIP Lemmy

[@tomten243]

They played in Stockholm november 1981 The same tour, i was there, 17years old. I´ts a memory for a lifetime. If you been on a concert with them, you´l never forget it

[@ronocf8290]

Zero chance that that’s live. Great band but NO WAY that’s live!!!!

[@reemclaughlin4260]

Right! Still great, ☮️

[@Yawnpawn1]

That time almost no German TV gig was live. That started YEARS later.

[@Gurnu]

shit ass poser band for doing playback, lemmy is a disgrace

[@buggulugs]

If you don't like this song, then go and seek professional help. RIP Lemmy, Eddie and Philthy. We still love you.💔😥

[@WhiskeySam1]

This song IS professional help

[@eatsleepdrift4494]

they sound exactly like the recording

[@karelvo]

I'm glad I got to see them @ Graspop before Lemmy died. BTW I think they're not really singing/playing here, correct me if I'm wrong.

[@dreamingforward]

This is the thing. People need to rise up and earn their rock and roll. If they're already engineers, they're good.

[@TheMusicmaester]

Was at school when i saw them at Lancaster uni, the day after at school my ears were still ringing, think it was Bomber tour, age thing!

[@eyellgeteven9928]

Man, these are the peak badass years for Lem IMO...he never looked more like a guy you do NOT want to screw with, lol. I know he was badass from start to finish, but in my book, Lemmy at this age at that time was fucking ferocious!

[@andycuthbert2763]

Anyone watching this- A-you’ve got taste B-I’ve seen Motörhead over 100 times n this band were truly the most aggressive, loud in your face experience you could imagine! A full day on the drink playing pool/drinking/smoking n then watching the great man at Newcastle city hall-fuck I felt alive!

[@Gurnu]

were all the shows you saw playback like this one? lemmy was a poser pussy piece of shit for doing playback

[@TV-nm6nl]

Over 100 times-dude how’s the sign language coming a long ?

[@andycuthbert2763]

Ha ok m8-now clocking up as many Saxon gigs as possible now -think about 20 so far. Rock will never die brother🤘

[@eyellgeteven9928]

@@TV-nm6nl Huh???

[@TV-nm6nl]

@@eyellgeteven9928 just a joke…seeing Motorhead as often as you have(lucky bastard) would leave one deaf.

[@chriswalshe499]

Philthy chewing his tongue off cranked off his head.

[@noelmajers6369]

I was lucky enough to see them in this period. Still the best line up IMO. RIP all though 😪

[@אשרטומפסון]

January 1978...even before AoS

[@АлександрСергеев-о7г]

Великие музыканты! Великий Лемми!

[@janpetersen1372]

Spassiba !!!

[@cameron_fairchild]

this too...is LOVE

[@tomtrana3449]

Philthy Animal with his Double Bass Drum. He was amazing. btw He would have been 70 this year (2024).

[@德米特里-g9z]

RIP Motörhead. Вырос на этой музыке.

[@LaurieValdez-zk3dy]

ICONS FOREVER

[@robi-wo9mc]

The best line-up.

[@skinheadyouth66]

This kicks ass big fucking time . Period

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love this music!!

[@markthumann1121]

The ace of spades is a masterpiece 🤟🤟🤟🤟

[@playinguitarful]

Were Motorhead and we play rock-n-roll