Watch Carrie Underwood cover the hell out of Motörhead’s “Ace of Spades” while opening for Guns N’ Roses.
. At gigs in Moncton, New Brunswick, and Montreal in the past few days, she’s included a raucous rendition of Kilmister’s calling card, “Ace of Spades,” in her set list.
At the Montreal gig, steam rose from the stage as the song’s iconic opening bass line kicked in, and Underwood came out, banging her head of blonde hair. She even summons some rare grit in her voice as she conjures the spirit of the Bewarted One — “If you like to gamble, I’ll tell you I’m your man/You win some, lose some, it’s all the same to me.
In his lifetime, Kilmister felt ambivalent about “Ace of Spades” becoming Motörhead’s most recognizable song. “When we wrote it, we were just doing an album,” he toldgood.” Nevertheless, he embraced its appeal, especially among the musicians who looked up to him. At a 2010 awards show,for a typically rambunctious performance of the song during which you can see the admiration the Guns N’ Roses guitarist had for him.
Underwood has been flexing her rock cred as of late. In addition to “Ace of Spades,” her set lists have included Joan Jett’s “Bad Reputation,” the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses,” Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll,” and Pat Benatar’s “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” among others. She’s also known to perform several GN’R songs live, including “Welcome to the Jungle” and “November Rain.” On her opening dates for the band, she’s joined Guns N’ Roses during “Sweet Child o’ Mine” and “Paradise City.
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