The Damned - Ballroom Blitz

[@reecehorner3736]

Got nothing but respect for Lemmy, he was the fifth member of the Damned, love you Ian

[@adda89]

I recognize that bass sound anywhere, Lemmy!

[@clivewillis3971]

CORRECT LOL rip Lemmy

[@wayneshanton3927]

Punkitits. Best

[@wayneshanton3927]

Thits. Good

[@nevergrowingupnevergetting7352]

Yeah it's LK's skank all over it man. Only Lemmy's bass can make you feel dirty just by hearin it lol.

[@douglaswhittaker1991]

Hell yeah, the first note I knew.

[@stephenwivverP]

Got Machine gun etiquette for Christmas off mum and dad when I was 14 (my older sisters advice) . Didn't get to see them live till I was 48 supporting Motorhead at Manchester Apollo. . Well worth the wait. Absolutely brilliant.

[@ASSASSIN07731]

1st a glam rocker then a punk rocker, ... loved the sweet, then went all over to see the damned. they both did perfect versions of ball room blitz

[@psychobilly-king393]

best song to wake up to! saw them a couple of weeks back, they still know how to get a crowd going!

[@68blownpony]

I still have all my old Damned records from the 80s. Sounds great on my vintage sound system.

[@lauralewis673]

They are STILL the shit for sure!

[@LarzGustafsson]

Top band. Lemmy guest playing on the bass.

[@davedenisetigg]

Brilliant! that Ric bass of Lemmy's sounds top!

[@Kelly14UK]

@noworldorderforme It's said to be part of the Motordamn project. The other song's called Over The Top. Both bands are said to have turned up one day and gotten really drunk, and at the end only half of them were left standing. I need to dig out my Light at the End of the Tunnel book.

[@BrucieMagik]

Right, I came to this video knowing nothing about this particular cover version. I didn't even know lemmy played on it, I heard the bass come on, two bars in.... THAT'S LEMMY!!! I think I woke the house up....

[@douglaswhittaker1991]

Same!

[@robertcubinelli4961]

Great cover of the Sweet classic.

[@ChuckHouse420]

Wow, punk fucking rock! Can't believe I never heard their cover before.

[@janemillerick9614]

uh .. they wrote the song. or ..at least according to the record (just looked it up & wanted to see whether this is that same song; yeah, it is.)

[@janemillerick9614]

fuck me! wrong so wrong; here: www.discogs.com/The-Damned-The-School-Bullies/release/2628302

[@douglaswhittaker1991]

I know!

[@MorayEel]

Used to hearing this before the Sweet version. After this, Sweet's one sounds kinda slow.

[@gmantramp404]

Teenage Rampage by Sweet was punk before punk 🤘🤘👍👍😁

[@Kelly14UK]

@@gmantramp404 I've recently been watching a ton of Sweet vids. Addictive band. Everyone puts vocals in.

[@jakepownall1082]

When I found out Lemmy was on this I lost my shit! 🤟🏾

[@fakelegache]

the damned are that good this was only a b-side.

[@Pietro07061993]

The best thing about this cover is that this video doesn't have anyone talking about suicide squad

[@localsportsteam4207]

damnit man now this is the top comment

[@TearsofaGhost]

except you, dumbass

[@armitage9204]

hahahaha... humans...

[@stevepolychronopoulis]

Well, until you did...

[@rockybarrano33]

Brilliant, what an undiscovered gem!!!!!

[@StephenAllcroft]

Dear Kelly, at the time there were only two other members of Motorhead. Of course the Damned and Motorhead shared a management and record company at the time.

[@iltonwhite]

+Stephen Allcroft All three members of Motörhead were present that day, but only Lemmy contributed to the two Motördamn/Doomed tracks! Providing the vocals on 'Over The Top' where he's accompanied by Captain Sensible on Guitar, Algy Ward on Bass & Rat Scabies on Drums, on 'Ballroom Blitz' he's accompanied by Dave Vanian on Vocals, Captain Sensible on Guitar & Rat Scabies on Drums. "Fast" Eddie Clarke and Phil Taylor spent the entire day getting drunk and trying to shag a girl over the upstairs pool table.

[@StephenAllcroft]

+Scharfschütze 131 Glad to hear a reminiscence from somebody who was there at the time _and_ able to remember it... R.I.P Lemmy

[@tinca1tinca]

lemmy!! was great live leading into Smash it up

[@tinca1tinca]

Best I can say live at Hammersmith Odien Live with Lemmy leading into Smash it up and we did still in my mind over 25 years on!!!

[@lynktalz]

when life gives you Lemmy...

[@phillipwalker7610]

2nd favorite cover next to Nuclear Assault

[@lodijosephmcclot5883]

of course !its lemmy,the best!!!!!

[@Dav1dBass]

sweet cover? i did mean this is a cover of the band sweet?

[@supernerd4245]

DavidPunk yup a cover of Sweet (band).

[@julieandgary]

@new70sLover no they didnt spoil it they PUNKed it up

[@ruthdixon7807]

the sweet's version of this was about a fight kicking off in a discotheque. then the damned, featuring the none more tastless stylings of captain sensible and dave vanian, got their dirty punk rocker's hands on it.

[@shannons9lives]

DI did a great cover of this song too !

[@jordolikesmakingaracket...708]

MGE is great fucking album, BTW.

[@noworldorderforme]

@Kelly14UK Other Motorhead guys? I'm intrigued, I always thought only Lemmy played on this track. Having said that, there's a little guitar riff at about 2:23-ish that sounds a little 'interesting', Fast Eddie perhaps?

[@yoootooobful]

I grew up seeing this band... How spot on for teen aggro RnR can you get?

[@Kelly14UK]

Lemmy on bass. And one or two other Motorhead guys too.

[@hyrulehero7834]

It went from ballroom blitz to the ballroom bash

[@sabinesabine7031]

Wow! I love it.

[@skiptrailer7048]

ace,, anyone in Belgium up for some fun?

[@hallnasmaleri1285]

Love it

[@pittiplatsch9635]

Motörsweet...

[@zombienamedbub]

wordson word son

[@clivetaylor6395]

Lemme played on this version

[@wadzie1840]

did i hear someone say coffee

[@Unlimitedbreadstick]

THE BEST VERSION!

[@skiptrailer7048]

yes that's perfectm that's my comment

[@gasutrias9961]

😍

[@henkejohansen4563]

Crazy cover version. Andy Scott like it , Brian Connolly hated it

[@ladyb2423]

Whoooooo!!!

[@Kelly14UK]

The Damned MADE THIS the original.

[@MsMinerva17]

💓

[@jujuanimal1995]

With Lemmy !

[@marSLaZZ66]

the best version!

[@ziiofswe]

Heh. The intro is pretty much a copy of the intro to Holland - Wake up the neighborhood.

[@wi11ydapimp]

why?

[@dagodubsystem108]

RnR!!!!!

[@pavelcastillo4172]

Potente.....Ta weno [iminent=r8PnW8YVffOB]

[@domsnoms]

Better than the original? Yeah, the Damned are that awesome

[@MicheleandMichaelW]

totally wrecked the proper version by Sweet!

[@rogerrobinson1990]

Should be The Damned ft. The Ace of Spades.

[@Penhal38]

słucham dziś różnych wykonawców.Sweet wygrywa sorry takie moje zdanie.

[@Lapaccata]

Hate the covers of this song

[@tankthelord1178]

Oh dear. You should be honoured that The Damned found it fit to cover it .... move on with life SUCKER!

[@TheophilusPWildbeest]

Rezillos version is better

[@arvidbreitenbach1853]

Yes, it is!

[@A2Z83]

Wish damned did the original.

[@jackburrows1071]

love lemmy to death but this cover falls flat

[@cantseeyou6]

Better then original?!hell NO! you just wish.dream on punks.