THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.
577-Hawkwind-Silver Machine.
1972-Number 3 single.
Best Bit-At 2.34.The vocals on this song are provided by the late Ian ‘Lemmy’ Kilmister. The last song he wrote as a member of Hawkwind was called Motorhead.
Silver Machine was written by Hawkwind band members Dave Brock who wrote the lyrics and Bob Calvert who wrote the music.The lyrics were inspired by an Alfred Jarry short story called ‘How To Construct A Time Machine.’However rather than writing about a ‘Cosmic space travel machine,’Brock made it about his new silver racing bike.
‘It flies out of a dream it’s antiseptically clean you’re gonna know where I’ve been.’
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