Bomber (song)
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"Bomber" is a song by the
The single was released in the
On 13 April 2019, Motörhead re-released the original single of Bomber for the first time since 1979, along with the single edit of Overkill on picture disc as a celebration of the albums 40th anniversaries on Record Store Day.[3]
Background
In an interview in 2015 with Rolling Stone Lemmy recalled the origin of the song[4]
"I was reading Len Deighton's book Bomber at the time I wrote it. It's about a bombing raid on Germany when the British hit the wrong town, and it's what goes on the floor in the air from both sides. It's a really good book. You should read it. "Bomber" was the first song I wrote about war. We made a big bomber lighting rig for the tour and we've still got it. It's big; it's about 40 feet down, 25 or 30 feet across and it's got lit-up propellers on it. It gets a truck all by itself."
Other versions
The song became a staple of the band's live set, with live versions being released on the albums
"Over The Top"
The B-side of the single was the non-album track "Over the Top", which has subsequently been included as a bonus track on the re-mastered Bomber album.
The song was also performed as a joint collaboration between Motörhead and The Damned for inclusion on the proposed "Ballroom Blitz" single, but the recording session ended in drunkenness and the results were deemed unsuitable for release.[5] The recording was, however, finally issued in 2003 on the Stone Deaf Forever! boxset. The Damned included the track on their compilation CD "Tales From The Damned" (released 1993, Cleopatra Records - CLEO71392), performed as "MotörDamned" with the following personnel: Rat Scabies, Lemmy, Fast Eddie, Captain Sensible, Philthy Animal Taylor, Dave Vanian, Algy Ward.
Live versions of this song have been released as the B-side to the 1981 single "
Single track listing
- "Bomber" (Phil Taylor) - 3:45
- "Over the Top" (Kilmister, Clarke, Taylor) - 3:12
Personnel
- "Fast" Eddie Clarke – electric guitar
- Phil "Philthy Animal" Taylor – drums
- Lemmy (Ian Kilmister) – bass guitar, vocals
Cover versions
- Girlschool covered the song on the St. Valentine's Day Massacre EP, a joint release between the two bands. This cover is also on the soundtrack to the game Brütal Legend.
- Mudhoney released the cover version as a B-side to their 1992 single "Suck You Dry", and has been included as a bonus track on their Piece of Cake album.
- Phil Taylor and released it on the Sounds of Violencealbum (2011)
- U.K. Subs made their version of the song for their covers album Subversions (2018)
- Saxon recorded a version on their covers album Inspirations (2021)
References
- ^ "Motorhead singles".
- ISBN 0-9695736-2-6.
- ^ "MOTÖRHEAD TO RELEASE 'OVERKILL'/ 'BOMBER' SPECIAL DOUBLE 7-inch single". Metaltalk. Metaltalk. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 2 March 2019.
- ^ Grow, Kory; Stone, Rolling (28 August 2015). "Motorhead's Lemmy: My Life in 15 Snarls". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Band History - Motorhead Forever - the Unofficial Site". Archived from the original on 27 May 2012. Retrieved 20 October 2008.