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cum on feel the noize by... slade?
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"Twenty Flight Rock" was one of my favorites. Too bad he died so young. He could have gone on to influence rock and roll in a positive way had he survived.
sweet were really big in 70s in the uk aswell
I agree, Slade was tremendous. Such a powerful voice and they threw in some great violins now and again. Sladest, Slayed, Nobody's Fool, Slade Alive- great stuff. I also feel like Lowes or Home Depot stole Slade's opening riff on Raven for their jingle.
Here are two 70's covers that I listened to much more than the original hit recordings.
By the way, that's Tommy Shannon playing bass with Johhny long before he turned up to help Stevie Ray play the blues.
By the way, that's Tommy Shannon playing bass with Johhny long before he turned up to help Stevie Ray play the blues.
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Holy Moly! That clip both made - and ruined - my day! Thanks....I think...
Seriously, gotta find out more about Slade.
Thanks, truly...
Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo was written by Rick Derringer but it is correct that the first version was recorded by Johnny Winter on the album Johnnie Winter And. Still Alive and Well, another kick rump song performed/recorded by both Johnny and Edgar Winter was also written by Rick Derringer.
This is a great Thread! Thanks for making me aware of Slade. I feel like I live under a rock sometimes.
OK kids, Covers Quiz Time !
The Question: What frontman for an English band of this same era as Slade wrote this:
. . . . . and also this:
. . . . . OK, it was THIS guy:
Of course, Ian Hunter with Mott the Hoople (Ariel Bender on lead after Mick Ralph's departure to Bad Company, and the late Overlend Watts (his real name!) manning the white Thunderbird).
The Question: What frontman for an English band of this same era as Slade wrote this:
. . . . . and also this:
. . . . . OK, it was THIS guy:
Of course, Ian Hunter with Mott the Hoople (Ariel Bender on lead after Mick Ralph's departure to Bad Company, and the late Overlend Watts (his real name!) manning the white Thunderbird).
A Priest cover that really smashes the original (even though I actually like the original a lot):
This was recorded to be the one cover on Sin After Sin. Unfortunately, it was decided that the relatively lame cover of "Diamonds and Rust" would be placed on the album instead of this wicked-ass cover of the Gun's already great song. The Priest version was only released with the later CD version of Sin After Sin with bonus tracks, not in the '70's like it should have been. IMO, it's one of the best, most balls to the wall powerful things Priest ever recorded (and I'm a huge Priest fan, of the first seven studio albums). I love to hear them just jam really frickin' hard on a two chord vamp; so unlike most of their stuff.
Here's the original (still great IMO, plus the album had a killer cover):
I was well aware of the Fleetwood Mac's version of "The Green Manalishi..." before I ever got into Priest. I like both versions, but nothing compares to the original. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite white bands.
"Diamonds and Rust," I prefer the Priest version. I'm not a big Joan Baez listener, though I do like her a lot as a writer of lyrics.
I also prefer Priest's version of the Spooky Tooth song (which, ironically, Priest got taken to court for, even though they didn't write it; the issue in question had to do with some background words supposedly added by Priest in the arrangement/production, not something in the Spooky Tooth lyrics).
This was recorded to be the one cover on Sin After Sin. Unfortunately, it was decided that the relatively lame cover of "Diamonds and Rust" would be placed on the album instead of this wicked-ass cover of the Gun's already great song. The Priest version was only released with the later CD version of Sin After Sin with bonus tracks, not in the '70's like it should have been. IMO, it's one of the best, most balls to the wall powerful things Priest ever recorded (and I'm a huge Priest fan, of the first seven studio albums). I love to hear them just jam really frickin' hard on a two chord vamp; so unlike most of their stuff.
Here's the original (still great IMO, plus the album had a killer cover):
I was well aware of the Fleetwood Mac's version of "The Green Manalishi..." before I ever got into Priest. I like both versions, but nothing compares to the original. Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac is one of my favorite white bands.
"Diamonds and Rust," I prefer the Priest version. I'm not a big Joan Baez listener, though I do like her a lot as a writer of lyrics.
I also prefer Priest's version of the Spooky Tooth song (which, ironically, Priest got taken to court for, even though they didn't write it; the issue in question had to do with some background words supposedly added by Priest in the arrangement/production, not something in the Spooky Tooth lyrics).
I figured you for having played the "tucked my hair up under my hat" trick more than a few times!
Two words......Mungo Jerry.
Google him.
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And then they turned the tables and did a superior cover version of Bowie's "All the Young Dudes"!
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Same holds true for her cover of "Crimson and Clover". Tommy James and the Shondelles version was groundbreaking for its time.
Absolutely.
Yes, but please remember the name of the band was "The Sweet".
Of course they were famous for "Ballroom Blitz", but I rather liked their song " Love Is Like Oxygen ".
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I had the Sladest album back in the 70's, one of my favorites. I remember when Quiet Riot came out with Cum On Feel The Noise. I was blown away and wondered who was doing it. Still love Slade to this day.
Speaking of very well known heavy metal songs that had more obscure origins:
I like this better than Metallica's. To me, the tempo is snappier, the guitar, bass, and drum tones are better, the production is better, the vocals are better, and most importantly, the drummer can actually swing (something Lars is constitutionally incapable of doing). The best heavy metal grooves are always played by swinging drummers IMO, not the square metronome type drummers that have become the norm.
I like this better than Sabbath's (and I FRICKIN' LOVE Sabbath's):
I like this better than Metallica's. To me, the tempo is snappier, the guitar, bass, and drum tones are better, the production is better, the vocals are better, and most importantly, the drummer can actually swing (something Lars is constitutionally incapable of doing). The best heavy metal grooves are always played by swinging drummers IMO, not the square metronome type drummers that have become the norm.
I like this better than Sabbath's (and I FRICKIN' LOVE Sabbath's):
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This is a killer one by Slade, a really cool song in my opinion.
Howzabout this killer track from '66, my favorite version of the song:
...a cover of this, released in '64:
...which was actually written by this guy, who finally recorded his own version in '69:
...a cover of this, released in '64:
...which was actually written by this guy, who finally recorded his own version in '69:
