Man of Constant Sorrow -Soggy Bottom Boys Zomaye -Gigi The Seeker -The Who Big Yellow Taxi -Joni Mitchell yeah its a strange day today
Calvin Richardson - Facts of Life: The Soul of Bobby Womack Michael Jackson - Off The Wall Raheem Devaughn - The Love Experience Mike Posner and The Brain Trust - In A Matter of Time
Awesome! Slade and Cheap Trick are two of my all time favorite bands. Slade influenced more US bands than people realize. KISS and the Ramones probably wouldn't have existed if not for Slade.
"I like black and white (dreaming of black and white) You like black and white Run run away [chorus] See chameleon Lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run run away If you're in the swing (money ain't everything) If you're in the swing Run run away If you gotta crush (don't beat about the bush) When I gotta crush Run run away Oh now can't you wait (love don't come on a plate) Oh now can't you wait Run run away See there chameleon Lying there in the sun All things to everyone Run run away Run run away Run run away Run run away."
Excellent - that was the first song I had ever heard from them. That band was not afraid to stomp, clap and rock the audience into a frenzy with full force, sans apologies. BTW, Manny - have you seen the Prog Rock Brittania doc from BBC? I have a feeling you already have, but if not, the full video in on the web for free: http://www.jerrylentz.com/2009/01/bbc4-rock-britannia-observation-in.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slade "Slade was certainly our greatest influence; not only in the crafting of rock songs but also as performers. Before Slade, no one really knew sh** about how to make an audience riot. We really got off on that. There would probably never have been us without them." - Gene Simmons (Kiss) "And when I look at the greatest hits section by Sweet, or Slade, or any other of my favourite bands, there are TONS of compilation records." - Gene Simmons (Kiss) - Interview, Utopia Records website. "I spent most of the early 70s listening to Slade Alive! thinking to myself, "Wow - this is what I want to do. I want to make that kind of intensity for myself. A couple of years later I was at CBGB's doing my best Noddy Holder." - Joey Ramone (Ramones) "Slade never compromised. We always had the feeling that they were on our side. I don't know but I think we were right." - Steve Jones (Sex Pistols) "They are a good group. I wanted to join them!" - Ritchie Blackmore (Deep Purple, Rainbow, Blackmore's Night) "I couldn't do the heavy rock thing anymore. Noddy Holder was around kicking every singer in the a**. I never wanted to be a pop singer. Christ, how I hated Noddy!" - Tom Jones[citation needed] "Slade was the coolest band in England. They were the kind of guys that would push your car out of a ditch." - Alice Cooper "Slade was never pretentious. It was just music to them. Pop, rock, soul....it was all the same to Slade. They wrote great songs. And, besides, I'd like to raid their wardrobe." - Noel Gallagher (Oasis) "The whole punk rock thing really happened because of bands such as Slade and the like; rock bands that wouldn't back off." - Paul Weller (The Jam/The Style Council) "Absolutely. Slade! A band that would never bend over." - Kurt Cobain (Nirvana) "Slade was pretty much the only thing metal about glam rock in the 70s." - Nikki Sixx (Mötley Crüe) Ironically, Slade would replace Mötley Crüe as the opening act for Ozzy Osbourne. "Whatever happened to bands that rocked liked Slade? Y'know, that no-bull****, f*** you, in your face, we're bad-as-hell-and-we-know-it kind of band?" - David Coverdale (Whitesnake) "All right? You look like Dave Hill from Slade" - Karl Pilkington, referring to his girlfriend's abysmal haircut, on the Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant & Karl Pilkington XFM Radio show, 8 November 2003 (transcript [1]) "This goes out to one of my all-time groups...Slade." - Lowell George (Little Feat) before performing Willin' on 7/19/1973 in Denver, Colorado
Do you have the first 4 from Gabriel? If not, they are all worth getting, believe me. Especially the 3rd one with Games Without Frontiers.
Wow, nice set of quotes. I had no clue Cobain was a fan. He had such a variety of influences. King Crimson's "Red" has been mentioned by him as being the greatest rock record ever. He also loves the movie "Over the Edge", and notes his resemblance to the character Claude Zachary in his adolescence. If I didn't know any better, I would think he was after my own heart.
Bon Jovi claims to be returning to their rock roots with their new album which hits stores in November. Here is their 1st single "We Weren't Born To Follow". For those Bon Jovi fans what do you think? http://bonjovi.com/bonjovi/blog.php?uf_item_id=1-108004&uf_system_id=0
I just wanted to come in here and say that no singer(s) should be allowed to use auto-tune. It's a shame! And a scam! But then again it's also up to the mass to boycott the musicians who are abusing it. Then again I am a hater and do not want to see untalented people succeed (T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Jay Sean, etc.) I deserve money.
I found it interesting that Cobain "lifted" riffs from certain songs including "Living in the Eighties" by Killing Joke (great band that hardly anyone has heard of) for "Come As You Are" (and it is pretty obvious - just do a search on youtube for the Killing Joke song) and even your favorite group, dando, Boston's "More Than a Feeling" for "Smells Like Teen Spirit."
No, I think that Smells Like Teen Spirit is much more like Godzilla from Blue Oyster Cult. That's the first thing I thought of when I heard that song. Listen to both of them. very, very similar. What I like about CT is that they just borrow a line, a quick 2-second sequence of chords, to acknowledge rock's past. Or, to quote Mr. Cobain: ""We sound just like Cheap Trick, only the guitars are louder." Anyways, gotta run. Traffic to the Woodlands Pavilion in Houston sucks this time of day- from FM 1960 to the Woodlands exit, it's gonna be stop-and-go, so I'm leaving freaking early. A full review will follow tomorrow. Thank God we have music.
Nice to see a great band like Slade get some love here. Another band that never got their due in the States (though from San Fran) is the Flamin' Groovies which is what I've been listening to alot recently -Good stuff
