"Lemmy and the Lancaster Bomber" Topic

When Motorhead toured the Bomber album the stage set featured a Lancaster bomber, which hung over the stage.

When they played Dresden in Germany, Lemmy strides out onto the stage, points to the Lancaster and says :

"Good evening Dresden. I bet you haven't seen one of these for a while."

Ouch…. Reminds me of the old and probably apocryphal one:

"Speaking of airports in Germany, the one servicing the Hamburg area is known to be staffed by a rather snooty ground control crew. They expect you to know exactly where to go and what to do, which may lead to frustration on the part of aircraft captains new to the route. This is the account of one such flight in particular, concerning a senior captain …
"Tower, British Airways one-seven, completed rollout, awaiting further instructions."
"British Airways one-seven, this is Hamburg ground, clear to taxi to Gate Seven."
"Roger, Hamburg ground, request directions to Gate Seven."
"British Airways one-seven, have you never been to Hamburg before?"
"Yes, Hamburg ground, a number of times in 1944, but it was dark and we didn't stop."

In the interests of balance, I also enjoyed Rick Wakeman's account of arriving in Germany on tour with Yes, and them all going through customs wearing flying goggles and humming the Dambusters march. The Germans won that round, as they were shown to a side room for a thorough customs inspection, and cleared a mere six hours later, which to be honest strikes me as pretty sporting….

The other side of the coin, we had a German visitor who was ex luftwaffe come to our factory in the 1970's who was explaining what route he was going to use to get to Coventry, When we pointed out it would be easier on the motorway, he commented that they weren't built when he flew over in 1940's so he didn't know them.

Ah, the good old days.

In the interests of balance, I also enjoyed Rick Wakeman's account of arriving in Germany on tour with Yes, and them all going through customs wearing flying goggles and humming the Dambusters march. The Germans won that round, as they were shown to a side room for a thorough customs inspection, and cleared a mere six hours later, which to be honest strikes me as pretty sporting….

Reminds me of the tale of the Englishman going to Australia on holiday; when asked by the immigration officer if he had any criminal convictions he replied "I didn't know I still needed one".

Or the DHS official at Orlando Sanford who thought he was funny. As I was walking through to baggage reclaim, he comes up behind me and clamps a hand on my shoulder. Just as I was resgning myself to the latex glove and vaseline treatment, he lets go and says "hope you have a good stay". Oh, thanks, I don't think.

Oh god, I am about to become that which I despise……… The Motorhead bomber-as-a-lighting-rig, was, in fact, a Heinkel III. There, I did it! Curse me.

John

Yes, I thought it was a Heinkel as well. The art on 'No Sleep til Hammersmith' clearly shows one.

It is hard to imagine loveable panto-Hells Angels Motorhead using a British bomber as a prop.

I saw them at St Albans City Hall in 1978 (maybe 79). Jolly good although not as loud as their reputation made out.

I always remembered it as a Heinkel but this clip shows a 4 engined version with glazed nose (about 1/2 way down the webpage) Maybe it's a B29? link