Slade C/D

Weer in agreement--classic.

'They continued releasing new stuff for a long while afterwards, coming up with several great singles.'

I don' know. Have not heard all them but I'll take your word they're pretty gud. Run Runaway and its MTV video are about all we got in the States.

Myopic is OTM re "How Does It Feel?", but you can add a whole string of superb songs like "Everyday", "Thanks for the Memory", "My Friend Stan", "Far Far Away" (how did they get away with those lyrics?), "Look Wot You Done", etc.

After their Reading inspired metal revival they continued the quality with some superb songs exhibiting their own ridiculous tongue in cheek humour - "We'll Bring The House Down", "When I'm Dancin'" and the incredibly silly song concerning an inmate from a mental asylum who escapes to make love to his girlfriend which was, (of course) called "Nut Bolts and Screws"

I was lucky enough to see them live a couple of times in the early 80's and they were simply one of the most enjoyable bands I have ever seen; pedal to the metal entertainment for 2 and a half hours.

If they ever announce a comeback tour I will be first in the queue.

How Brits hear Oasis and Blur (and Slade?) differently than Americans

Origins of Pub Rock

What on earth could they have been singing about?

Fond memories also of earlier pre-hit material: "Pouk Hill", "One Way Hotel", "Wild Winds Are Blowing", "The Shape Of Things To Come".

Obligatory lost classic: "Nobody's Fool" - 1977 single and album title track; total anthem - almost punk, actually - but by then nobody was interested.

Also from 1977, and also kind of punk-esque as I recall: "Be", from Whatever Happened To Slade?.

Mm, finished reading Noddy's autobio a coupla nights back. Well, Keith Emerson's autobio, to my slight surprise, was quite a bit more fascinating, really!

Right. Slade. Punk rock. Nobody's Fool is a fairly good, tuneful hard rock record. About half of it built on boogie licks.

The American best of Get Your Boots One that's common in stores is disappointing. It doesn't draw well from what was representative of Slade's early 70's product marketed in the States when they weren't successful at all, although a good live draw by word of mouth. The better buy from the same company was the DVD of the In Flame movie which is a black laugher.

A double CD import showed up a couple months ago, the title escapes me, and is a better buy.

Slayed Alive, Slayed, In Flame and Nobody's Fool are all worth getting as imports. My copies sound fine. Old New Borrowed & Blue sounds better than the US version, Stomp Your Hands, Clap Your Feet for some reason I can't put my finger on right now.

I would have liked to have seen the second Slade Alive disc, but it never received any proper US release. A third live album, Slade On Stage, had fair moments but sounded poor. And then the band got a revival due to Quiet Riot, made another couple albums actually released in the US, neither of which I'm particularly fond of. First side of Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply is OK.

Which made most people miss the marvellous "In For a Penny" single as well.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sladest

Cheap Trick was influenced by 60's/early 70's Brit hard rock, clown, and they've acknowledged it with some pride. So name 'em. Ouch, ouch.

Consider that!

By rights this ought to be great and yet I must be about a third of the way through it and feel zero enthusiasm to watch the rest. Certainly not helped by the fact that the sound quality is absolute shite - although frankly Noddy, Dave, Don and Jim's acting doesn't help matters.

SLAYED is one of those junkshop impulse purchases which has become a regular and dependable mood-lifter. As perfect in its way as any of the early Ramones LPs.

I just got my hands on the Slade Box that was released last fall and I'm stunned. I'm too young to have lived through their first glory days (which missed the US anyways) but jumped on board when Quiet Riot shat out their covers and "My Oh My" and "Run Runaway" were all over MTV. Even bought Rogue's Gallery when it came out and liked a good deal of it. But though I had the relatively recent Get Your Boots On comp in my collection I just didn't have a clue as to how monumentally awesome these guys were!

And, to my ears, they sound pretty unique. I can hear where some of their stomp and bombast influenced AC/DC and some punk, and the nice booklet that came with the set quotes Gene Simmons on Slade's importance on Kiss (both in sound and career path - kill 'em live and critics be damned, as it were). But none of these artists touch that Slade sound - they are just singular. Slade. Nothing else.

Anyways, the box set really is killer. Sounds much better than Get Your Boots On, and even at 80-odd songs I want more. Time to import Slade Alive!

aww, man... why didn't anyone TELL ME when i was younger how great slade were (other than the fact that no one in the USA seems to have heard of them)? having only recently discovered their early stuff i am in total fucking awe. i've got their songs going through my head 24 hours a day. i feel bad that the majority of my life i just thought of them as the gurning hat freaks from the "run runaway" video.

Doesn't really get any closer Spinal Tap than this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53MuI1VUdwc&feature=related

...and I mean that in a good way. A very good way! I can't stop watching that opening. It's up there with Sweat Loaf and the start of the Von LMO album.

I've always wondered if Husker Du's "Terms of Psychic Warfare" was inspired by Slade's "Run Runaway."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUKze6da7Uo

I remember that video when it first came out :D

God knows why they filmed it at West Brom tho.

skinhead-era slade:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/chazhalo/Slade-1.jpg

I'm trying to think of other bands that both xhuxk and Geir rate so highly. This must be a pretty rare convergence of taste.

Jim Lea was such a great bassist. Goddamn.

is this it the greatest exchange on this site, EVER?

So fucking classic, kinda Uk Cheap Trick
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 5:46 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You clown. Slade preceded Cheap Trick by a great deal re rock 'n' roll time. It would be vice versa if anything. And if you knew anything about Cheap Trick you'd know that on a DVD they put out a year ago one of 'em confessed to seeing a landmark Slade gig in the States, one I was at. "Geez, they use every cheap trick in the book," said the pre-Cheap Trick guy prior to forming Cheap Trick.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:33 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's not far from what I was thinking, fuckwit. Also Rick Nielsen/Bun E. were active from the mid60s or so, much like Slade, etc etc etc, "confessed"? What the fuck's that supposed to mean? Did Lemmy ever CONFESS to going to a Ramones show?
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 6:48 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Nice try, but your mind is tossing upon the ocean. You don't know what DVD I'm talking about, do ya? Was it a comedy? Come up with the title? Faking it is OK. I know you can.
Cheap Trick was influenced by 60's/early 70's Brit hard rock, clown, and they've acknowledged it with some pride. So name 'em. Ouch, ouch.
― Urnst Kouch (Urnst Kouch), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:23 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I dunno, the Move I guess. I don't care about some Dvd
― A Viking of Some Note (Andrew Thames), Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:31 AM (6 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

aww, man... why didn't anyone TELL ME when i was younger how great slade were (other than the fact that no one in the USA seems to have heard of them)? having only recently discovered their early stuff i am in total fucking awe.

this to the power of 100.

this band = everything i ever wanted from 70s rock-n-roll.

so many classics beyond the singles ..

i really loved them in the mid 70s. i had a couple of singles. but i don't remember one song by them.

time to rediscover ..

Their spelling certainly sucked...

totally.

therefore it is time to delete their folder cos ...

i just listened to "cum on feel the noize" and i must say that it is really rubbish. it wasn't one of my singles though. i was about 13 when i was a fan, i also loved the sweet at the time. i think glam rock may have been fun at the time but most of it didn't age particularly well.

6 song set from a 1971 tv appearance. Glorious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVMygJ90UK0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPTk5poAa1c

Been listening a lot to "Slayed?". Love that album. This performance is pretty great, I like how the lead singer has all these buttons stuck to his hat, so they catch the light and leave temporary glowing circles from blowing out the cameras.

Got a nice vinyl copy of the In Flame soundtrack today (American version, with a shuffled tracklist and "The Bangin' Man" added).

these are great

http://www.sladescrapbook.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/9350955_orig.jpg

http://www.sladescrapbook.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/8052402_orig.jpg

http://www.sladescrapbook.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7356909_orig.jpg

http://www.sladescrapbook.com/uploads/7/6/6/0/7660950/7000605_orig.jpg

from Jackie magazine, via this website: http://www.sladescrapbook.com/cuttings-1974.html

Neville = Noddy, who are Ernest and Archibald I wonder?

http://davidsteen.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/dave_hill2_steen.jpg

I would buy a coffee-table book of photographs documenting Dave Hill's various looks throughout the years

http://www.stlbook.com/pages/1960s/images/62_63/8_slade.jpg

http://l7.alamy.com/zooms/c3d57f8bb0864ac5b21b9472b80e3df2/slade-uk-pop-group-with-dave-hill-in-1974-ecrftk.jpg

http://i802.photobucket.com/albums/yy304/MickeyP_666/Slade%20Blog/2DandDlarge.jpg

http://static.muzobzor.ru/images/269/dave-hill-1997196-600X757.jpeg

eyebrows

http://i63.tinypic.com/2qbcaic.jpg

damn i absolutely love the first pic soref posted. killer hat.

Me too, but it made me wonder if he had groupies back in the day.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/9c/9b/0b/9c9b0b87cd56e7561a05e887a7986d0a.jpg

boy that noddy holder sure can belt

Slade drummer Don Powell 'fired by email' after 57-year partnership. Drummer claims guitarist Dave Hill, a friend since 1963, fired him with ‘cold’ email, which Hill disputes.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/feb/05/slade-drummer-don-powell-fired-over-email-after-57-year-partnership

I read that on the Express & Star website tonight, it seems sad to me when people get to that age and still have these stupid fights over presumably very little

Very sad that these old dudes who were basically working as a tribute act can't get along and are now divided into two tribute acts.

https://phildellio.tripod.com/martha.jpg

"I don't know about these Beatles covers--I feel like there's something else we could be doing."

If you ever wanted to see Paul Williams introduce Slade to America, here it is..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIcu8gqV_2c