cum on feel the noize by... slade?

[dragon68]

My hey-day was the 1980s (I was between 12 and 22 that decade). I knew Slade for Run Run Away. I also knew that Quiet Riot liked to cover Slade songs (Cum On... and Mama Weer...). I was one of the few people in my area that knew anything about them except, maybe, Run Run Away.

 

[mellowinman]

I better not have to turn this car around.

 

[Son of Wobble]

Don't know about you lot. But I contain all opposites.

 

[2tonic]

Hush......Joe South/Billy Joe Royal/Deep Purple

A cookie for the first person to come up with Billy Joe Royal's big hit...without googling it.
Times a'wastin'!

 

[2F/2F]

The "band history" Spinal Tap scenes are very reminiscent of early Quo, although Harry Shearer is supposed to have been associated with Saxon so who knows...

That's mainly the part I was thinking of.

That part of the movie is very reminiscent of Deep Purple as well (I am a fan of DP's earlier material, myself).

And wasn't the improperly sized Stonehenge bit very similar to something that actually happened to Black Sabbath? Someone read the wrong system of units while building stage props, and ended making something that was supposed to be monolithic comically small instead?

 

[2tonic]

Guest's has a British parent and spent time in the UK, which is probably a factor in Tap being British. Plus accents can help with comedy. Kudos since they can all play their instruments

Christopher Guest is actually British Royalty, the Fifth Baron Haden-Guest (his birth name). He had a seat in the House of Lords until 1999 when the House was reformed.
King of comedy......for real!

 

[Deleted member 165050]

Christopher Guest is actually British Royalty, the Fifth Baron Haden-Guest (his birth name). He had a seat in the House of Lords until 1999 when the House was reformed.
King of comedy......for real!

Yes! And Jamie Lee Curtis sat in his place in the House of Lords on at least one occasion... she would make a good queen I reckon

 

[-Asdfgh-]

That's mainly the part I was thinking of.

That part of the movie is very reminiscent of Deep Purple as well (I am a fan of DP's earlier material, myself).

And wasn't the improperly sized Stonehenge bit very similar to something that actually happened to Black Sabbath? Someone read the wrong system of units while building stage props, and ended making something that was supposed to be monolithic comically small instead?

Either Sabbath or Hawkwind I think. But I think it was Sabbath. I think 'Fire and Ice' was also from Sabbath, wasn't it? And jazz odysseys - lots of heavy bands had members go off and do something like that. And the pod malfunction was based on a real event, although I can't remember which band.

For those that like parodies of prog bands, or specifically Genesis look for mention of Brian Pern. It even features members of Genesis.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Slade was very popular with teenage girls for some reason. They came into a lot of money on the back of their hits so the guitarist bought a big house next to some parkland. And then discovered that was the edge of a girls school, and had to move.

 

[2F/2F]

Either Sabbath or Hawkwind I think. But I think it was Sabbath. I think 'Fire and Ice' was also from Sabbath, wasn't it? And jazz odysseys - lots of heavy bands had members go off and do something like that. And the pod malfunction was based on a real event, although I can't remember which band.

For those that like parodies of prog bands, or specifically Genesis look for mention of Brian Pern. It even features members of Genesis.

Here is an article about it: Invalid Link Removed

It seems I had it backwards. The Sabbath props ended up being made in meters instead of feet, so they were too large to use.

An excerpt from an interview with Geezer:

Jeb Wright: There is also a part of the movie Spinal Tap that concerns Geezer Butler – or so I have been told. The idea of Stonehenge being too small actually came from Black Sabbath's idea to make a Stonehenge stage set for the Born Again tour that was too large. My source gave you the credit for the whole mistake.

Geezer Butler: It had nothing to do with me. In fact, I was the one who thought it was really corny. We had Sharon Osbourne's dad, Don Arden, managing us. He came up with the idea of having the stage set be Stonehenge. He wrote the dimensions down and gave it to our tour manager. He wrote it down in meters but he meant to write it down in feet. The people who made it saw fifteen meters instead of fifteen feet. It was 45 feet high and it wouldn't fit on any stage anywhere so we just had to leave it the storage area. It cost a fortune to make but there was not a building on earth that you could fit it into.

JW: Where is Stonehenge now?

GB: I last saw it on the docks in New York on the same tour.

JW: So somewhere these things are around.

GB: They were probably thrown into the Atlantic Ocean.

JW: One day a futuristic society will find them.

GB: They will think it is Atlantis.

 

[DrayMiles]

There seems to be a difference of opinion on whether Slade was well known in the USA.
If you were a regular watcher of ABC's "In Concert", Don Kirshner's " Rock Concert", or "Midnight Special", as most teens were in the '72~'77 era, and later "Night Flight", then you were very much aware of not only Slade, but a plethora of international acts from many genre's.
Does this mean they were well known?
Well, they were certainly exposed.
They certainly had sales.
Maybe we should say they were known by those who wanted to know.

Somebody please give this guy an award. Thank goodness... Two thumbs (and a hangnail) up!

 

[DrayMiles]

What are you talking about, the 70s was a fashion apex with people like Slade, Alvin Stardust, The Sweet and Abba at the pinnacle.

I saw Slade in the 70s at a very rainy festival where the audience were hiding under plastic sheets from the weather... Slade got everyone out and dancing in the rain. Real rockers and an awesome live act. I can almost forgive them that Christmas song...

As someone who lived in Blighty for 20 years, ignore Americans who underestimate the importance of British bands. Just because they didn't register here doesn't lessen their importance. Gary Glitter (up the ol' ), Gentle Giant, Caravan, Stone the Crows... If you don't know, then get hip and discover the good stuff. I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of these guys (The Hamsters for one, etc.). I'll always cherish playing Foxy lady with Gary Moore... The Brits to this day keep their Rock and Blues influences. We've discarded most of that... IMO.

 

[Michedelic]

A cookie for the first person to come up with Billy Joe Royal's big hit...without googling it.
Times a'wastin'!

"Down In The Boondocks", followed by "Cherryhill Park".

 

[Deleted member 165050]

As someone who lived in Blighty for 20 years, ignore Americans who underestimate the importance of British bands. Just because they didn't register here doesn't lessen their importance. Gary Glitter (up the ol' ), Gentle Giant, Caravan, Stone the Crows... If you don't know, then get hip and discover the good stuff. I've had the pleasure of working with a lot of these guys (The Hamsters for one, etc.). I'll always cherish playing Foxy lady with Gary Moore... The Brits to this day keep their Rock and Blues influences. We've discarded most of that... IMO.

Stone the Crows, now there was a band. Alex Harvey's brother Les, such a tragedy

 

[Michedelic]

A cookie for the first person to come up with Billy Joe Royal's big hit...without googling it.
Times a'wastin'!

I was always fascinated with all those post-Elvis American singers who got marginalized by the British Invasion,
yet were able to keep a career going somewhat. Royal, Tommy Roe, Terry Stafford, Gene Pitney, Bryan Hyland, Lou Christie, and the like(although Pitney hung with the Rolling Stones early on, and actually did the first cover of their material). Even though their stuff didn't rock like the Stones or whoever, most of it was fairly popular for a while. It was all a little before my time, but I heard it all on 'Million Dollar Weekends'. "Down In..." was also a part of an odd little subgenre, similar to teen death songs, that was like "I'm a poor boy who doesn't get a break, and I want your love" in the manner of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", Johnny River's "Poor Side Of Town, The Animals' "It's my Life", and Paul Revere's "Hungry".

 

[Haroldo]

I was always fascinated with all those post-Elvis American singers who got marginalized by the British Invasion,
yet were able to keep a career going somewhat. Royal, Tommy Roe, Terry Stafford, Gene Pitney, Bryan Hyland, Lou Christie, and the like(although Pitney hung with the Rolling Stones early on, and actually did the first cover of their material). Even though their stuff didn't rock like the Stones or whoever, most of it was fairly popular for a while. It was all a little before my time, but I heard it all on 'Million Dollar Weekends'. "Down In..." was also a part of an odd little subgenre, similar to teen death songs, that was like "I'm a poor boy who doesn't get a break, and I want your love" in the manner of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", Johnny River's "Poor Side Of Town, The Animals' "It's my Life", and Paul Revere's "Hungry".

I'm a fool for Gene Pitney. (Tho' I've never sat down and figured out from the context of the song exactly where 24 hours from Tulsa would have been.)

 

[Deleted member 165050]

I was always fascinated with all those post-Elvis American singers who got marginalized by the British Invasion,
yet were able to keep a career going somewhat. Royal, Tommy Roe, Terry Stafford, Gene Pitney, Bryan Hyland, Lou Christie, and the like(although Pitney hung with the Rolling Stones early on, and actually did the first cover of their material). Even though their stuff didn't rock like the Stones or whoever, most of it was fairly popular for a while. It was all a little before my time, but I heard it all on 'Million Dollar Weekends'. "Down In..." was also a part of an odd little subgenre, similar to teen death songs, that was like "I'm a poor boy who doesn't get a break, and I want your love" in the manner of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", Johnny River's "Poor Side Of Town, The Animals' "It's my Life", and Paul Revere's "Hungry".

It's interesting that the artists credited with being the British Invasion of the 60s were mostly playing music influenced by American artists from the 50s or earlier... what goes around comes around

 

[GregC]

Depending on age, I think there were plenty of Slade fans for a number of years in the USA...similar in popularity to The Sweet or Mott the Hoople, I think.

There seems to be a difference of opinion on whether Slade was well known in the USA.
If you were a regular watcher of ABC's "In Concert", Don Kirshner's " Rock Concert", or "Midnight Special", as most teens were in the '72~'77 era, and later "Night Flight", then you were very much aware of not only Slade, but a plethora of international acts from many genre's.
Does this mean they were well known?
Well, they were certainly exposed.
They certainly had sales.
Maybe we should say they were known by those who wanted to know.

I would quibble with the Sweet comparison in the US. Ballroom Blitz, Fox on the Run, and Love Is Like Oxygen were all over US radio in the mid- and late 70s--they topped out at #3, #10, and #8 on the US charts.

Slade, on the other hand, never came close to cracking the top 40 in the US (the highest charting single was Gudbuy T'Jane--still haven't heard this--at #68) until AFTER Quite Riot covered them. I never heard of them until that cover myself.

FWIW, I watched Don Kirshner In Concert at times, but not religiously as I was pretty young at the time.

 

[2tonic]

"Down In The Boondocks", followed by "Cherryhill Park".

Very good. Swear you didn't google it?

Don't forget "I Knew You When".
And he charted with covers of " Tell It Like It Is" and "Til I Can't Take It Anymore".

I was always fascinated with all those post-Elvis American singers who got marginalized by the British Invasion,
yet were able to keep a career going somewhat. Royal, Tommy Roe, Terry Stafford, Gene Pitney, Bryan Hyland, Lou Christie, and the like(although Pitney hung with the Rolling Stones early on, and actually did the first cover of their material). Even though their stuff didn't rock like the Stones or whoever, most of it was fairly popular for a while. It was all a little before my time, but I heard it all on 'Million Dollar Weekends'. "Down In..." was also a part of an odd little subgenre, similar to teen death songs, that was like "I'm a poor boy who doesn't get a break, and I want your love" in the manner of Neil Diamond's "Girl, You'll Be A Woman Soon", Johnny River's "Poor Side Of Town, The Animals' "It's my Life", and Paul Revere's "Hungry".

Great stuff. "Town Without Pity" was stellar.
I really appreciated the salute thrown to it in the Tom Hanks "documentary" That Thing You Do!!

 

[2tonic]

Yes! And Jamie Lee Curtis sat in his place in the House of Lords on at least one occasion... she would make a good queen I reckon

Wouldn't she technically be a Baroness?