Damned if you do

[recoop]

NowI don't like this track, of L and W,as it stands but i started to wonder whether I would have liked it if it had been delivered with heavy rock chords and with a gruff voice(and then I started to think Lemmy could make a good vox of this-and his image fits)...I would love to hear someone produce a heavy rock cover-power chord heaven perhaps-what do others think-could this track be given a rock overhaul?(Im sure one or two guitarists on this site could rock it up)-what do you think?

[scotty]

I think you can re-work anything to make it a style you would like. the fact is,alice doesn't always give you the same ol same ol. when I want heavy alice,it's "raise your fist and yell" or "eyes" for me. But,yeah a heavy "damned" would have been cool too!

[dadascot]

I remember when I first heard this song I liked the fact that Alice's voice was different from what we were used to, I liked the country rock twang of this and Ubangi stomp as it showed his versatility. But as Scotty just pointed out you can re-work any song to anyway you like.

[tuneylune]

Interesting post, Recoop-I like LAW more than I did then in 1977 as it just wasn't heavy enough for me then, although I thought Alice's vocal was kind of funny-sounded like he was trying so hard to explain and was running out of breath! Lemmy WOULD do a good cover of this as it does fit him-he is what he is, take it or leave it. Good musician and seems down to earth. Has anyone met him?

[Desperado22]

I love the track myself. But I also think that Lemmy could do a great version of this song. Lyrically, it does sound like something that Motorhead could produce. And Lemmy's voice could give it that rock n' roll aggression.

Would be pretty cool to hear a Motorhead version of DIYD. However, I really love Alice's original song. So catchy.

[Gunner]

Don't like the track but absolutely LOVE 'My God', 'It's hot tonight' and 'No more love..' off that underrated album.