Rabs Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Gotta love a bit of Slade :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5dO-4jOrg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 In my early teenage years I was dancing on the desks at school while singing Slade songs. Had the right kind of voice for that these days... I still love to hear old Slade songs. Take Me Bak 'Ome is still my favorite: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Gotta love a bit of Slade :) Yup. I was 11 and remember thinking they were great fun then and I still think they're great fun now. I happened to read their wiki entry a few months back. They were the most successful band in the UK, in terms of singles sold, of the whole of the '70s even although they were really only active from '70 - '76. They were the first band to have three successive singles enter the UK charts at #1. Between '71 and '74 alone they had no fewer than twelve top-5 singles. They are second only to The Beatles in terms of numbers of top 20 hits in a decade; 17 between '71 and '76 (The Beatles had 22 in the '60s). Other little bits of trivia; From 1969 they were managed by none other than Chas Chandler - who, more famously, had manged Jimi Hendrix. Some of the acts who (according to wiki) have cited Slade as an influence; Kiss; Cheap Trick; The Ramones; The Sex Pistols; The Clash; Def Leppard; Nirvana; The Smashing Pumpkins; Oasis. Anyone with ten minutes or so to spare might find this interesting; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarryUK Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Did the US get them? I was a TRex fan myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Did the US get them? I was a TRex fan myself. I believe they failed to make any headway in the U.S. In their time, they were one of the best live Rock and Roll band around, very exciting to see. I was lucky enough to see them supported by the Sensational Alex Harvey Band, and the ticket was around £3! That's what I call value for money, two great live bands. Here's another good one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyaByF4MK20 Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I believe they failed to make any headway in the U.S. ... Hello! Quiet Riot did earn them some money, though. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemarie Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Gotta admit, maybe its the era I grew up in, but I prefer the Quiet Riot version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Great band... Deceptively skilled musically and compositionally... :blink: Huge fun as a live act Noddy is one of the all-time great vocalists Have a housemaid on your knee... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Deceptively skilled musically and compositionally... :blink: ... "Lea, who also played the piano and guitar, had been in the Staffordshire Youth Orchestra and had gained first class honours in a London music-school practical exam." P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Searcy Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 Did the US get them? I was a TRex fan myself. They never made it here in the 70's but they did have some success in the 80's after Quiet Riot put them on the map. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 24, 2014 Author Share Posted January 24, 2014 Surely this is their most famous tune? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxNemfdMnOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NHTom Posted January 24, 2014 Share Posted January 24, 2014 I preferred this one......... NHTom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 No one does Quiet Riot covers as well as Slade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosemarie Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Yep and they did not even want to record the song. Could you imagine what QR really could have done with that song if they were into it???? They were just doing it as poorly as they could to try and get out of doing the song! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Valeriy Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I remember I once loved this song Mama Weer All Crazy Now although I was not a fan of Slade. Nice to remember :) . The cover of it is good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I loved Slade's version of "Born To Be Wild". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 I loved Slade's version of "Born To Be Wild". And as if by magic :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrNylon Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 And as if by magic :) Bravo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted January 28, 2014 Share Posted January 28, 2014 In my early teenage years I was dancing on the desks at school while singing Slade songs. Had the right kind of voice for that these days... I still love to hear old Slade songs. Take Me Bak 'Ome is still my favorite: Did anyone notice what a clever piece of staging this performance is? Each bandmember is shadowed by a dancer wearing similar clothes... IMO well cool... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capmaster Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Did anyone notice what a clever piece of staging this performance is? Each bandmember is shadowed by a dancer wearing similar clothes... IMO well cool... V Yes, and the girls look darn pretty. I also think that showing some more skin is a far better idea for the girls than for the Slade members. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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