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"Motorhead" is a song written by Lemmy while he was a band member in Hawkwind; it was his last before leaving the band. The song was written in the Hyatt Hotel (a.k.a. 'Riot House') in West Hollywood, California. Lemmy explains how it was created: I was on tour with Hawkwind in 1974, we were staying at the Riot House and Roy Wood and Wizzard were also in town. I got this urge to write a song in the middle of the night. I ran downstairs to the Wizzard room, got Roy's Ovation acoustic guitar, then hurried back to mine. I went on to the balcony and howled away for four hours. Cars were stopping and the drivers were listening then driving off, and there I was yelling away at the top of my voice." - Lemmy.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Riffs that Changed the World )〕 The title of the song is American slang for a speed freak. The lyrics were explained by Lemmy: The six thousand miles was a reference to Los Angeles, and the rest is self-explanatory. And yes, I am the only person to fit the word 'parallelogram' into a rock'n'roll number! I'm very proud of that.〔 The guitars and bass are tuned down 1/2 step on the album version, effectively making the song's key Eb Major, but are described here as if in standard tuning. The bass follows the root note for all the chords, with a riff on the F♯, based on the A string between the tenth and twelfth frets. The introduction is in E, ending with two bars each in D and E♭. The verse is in E with a D/E 'kick' at the end of each lyric line, a pre-chorus follows, in G with two lines ending in D, the last in F♯. The chorus, like the pre-chorus is in G, but with only two lines, ending in D and F♯. The song consists of three verses in total. The solo break, on the verse/pre-chorus/chorus pattern, is after the second chorus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Motorhead Chords )〕 ==Hawkwind versions== The song first appeared on the B-side of Hawkwind's 1975 single "Kings of Speed" released on United Artists.〔(Hawkwind Timeline ). ''Simon King, Hawkwind and relations''. Retrieved on 2007-03-07.〕 The original backing tracks for "Kings of Speed" were taken by Dave Brock from that Olympic Studio session, and he later added overdubs and released them through independent record companies. In July 1981 "Motorhead" was released as the A-side to a 7" and 12" single on the Flicknife label, this time having a Brock vocal and synthesizer overdubs, the B-side being "Valium Ten". Flicknife re-released the single as a 12" vinyl in October 1982.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Motorhead/Valium Ten )〕 "Motorhead" was also used by Hawkwind on their 1986 single "Motorhead"/"Hurry on Sundown", released on Flicknife Records.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Motorhead/Hurry on Sundown )〕 In 1992 the song was added to the Dojo CD re-issues of Hawkwind's ''Warrior on the Edge of Time'' album, as did Griffin in 1994. The song is used in various compilation albums, such as ''British Tribal Music'', ''The Hawkwind Collection'' and ''The Hawkwind Anthology Vol. II''.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Motorhead (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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