cum on feel the noize by... slade?

[2F/2F]

Rick Derringer playing on one of his compositions done immeasurably better, but far less famously, than he did it himself later:



Mick Ralphs doing his song immeasurably better, but far less famously, than he did it later:



And in a different vein of "covering" a song, here's Mick Ralphs stealing a variant of his own Mott the Hoople riff for use in Bad Company (wait for 0:49 in the video):

M.T.H.:



B.C.:

 

[BurnOut]

This is a killer one by Slade, a really cool song in my opinion.

Hey my brother @Son of Wobble good to see you out and about. And appreciating some fine British Glam Rock. Noddy had a set of pipes on him that's for sure.

 

[JW56789]

Another favorite cover from my mis-spent youth, a Foghat cover of 'Take Me to the River' that works far better than you'd expect. I was always nuts for the late Rod Price's impeccable slide guitar work. Craig MacGregor plays a whole lotta bass under this.



And then, 'It Hurts Me Too', a slide showcase cover of the Elmore James standard:



And finally, a different slide workout, Ronnie Wood with Rod and the Faces, slide thru a Leslie (!), 'Memphis' from A Nod is as Good as A Wink. The late Ian McLagen on keys and Ronnie Lane on bass, miss 'em both !

 

[BobKos]

 

[-Asdfgh-]

i didn't realize that cum on feel the noize from quiet riot was a cover. on the other hand, the stage moves in this video make me cringe with embarrassment...

I only recently became aware that Quiet Riot existed and had covered it!

We'll shortly be entering December, when Merry Christmas by Slade will be ubiquitous.

Slade did a whole slew of toe-tapping glam rock tracks. It's better to listen to the music than watch videos due to the guitarist's series of truly horredous hairstyles.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Ahh, Slade. A bunch of lads that surely didn't take themselves too seriously.

Reeves and Mortimer did a famous series of sketches mocking them. Noddy Holder responded saying that it wasn't really particularly satirical, and they were just simple lads from Wolverhampton and much like the comedy version.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Has Noddy achieved National Treasure status yet?

 

[Thumpin6string]

Oh, there were plenty of cringeworthy bands back then. How about Greenslade, Gentile Giant, Renaissance, Steely Dan

I don't know much about Greenslade or Renaissance, but Gentle Giant were some amazing classically trained musicians who would blow your mind when seeing them live. Steely Dan included some of the finest studio musicians out there including Chuck Rainey and Lee Ritinour and some of the best songwriting that is still timeless. Excellent music and definitely NOT cringe worthy. No accounting for taste

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Slade was from the days when Birmingham and its environs (Wolverhampton, Redditch) was the epicentre of rock : Sabbath, The Move, half of Led Zep and others. And Dave Pegg at the folkier end of things.

 

[hintz]

I was aware that Slade wrote those songs but I never bothered to check them out till now... I gotta say, Kevin Dubrow successfully copied the Slade vocals to a 'T'. I kinda dig the originals better now!!

 

[John Cribbin]

Back in the day Slade and T Rex were probably the two biggest groups in the UK.

You were either Slade or T Rex. Fun times.

 

[Skybone]

More recently, Oasis claimed they were "bigger than the Beatles" by recreating Slade.

Bizarrely enough, one of the best songs I ever saw them play was a Slade cover.

 

[jasper383]

Back in the day Slade and T Rex were probably the two biggest groups in the UK.

You were either Slade or T Rex. Fun times.

Americans mostly don't get how huge Slade was in the UK.

 

[tpaul]

I never realized that Planet Claire used the old Peter Gunn riff, until YouTube brought the two songs together for me.

Go figure.

 

[BazzaBass]

the '70s were my formative years, and i'm unaware of any band as cringe-worthy as slade. i watched some more of their videos - eek! - and this orange jumpsuit stands out because we didn't wear short pants in those days - it was an ultimate fashion sin


and then there's this one

and yes, other bands did the dressing like nuns or priests thing...

It's interesting listening to early

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 ".

Prince's Version of Crimson & Clover is outstanding

 

[eh_train]

Yeah, and here I am explaining, to one punk venue at a time, that there was this guy by the name of Eddy Cochran, yeah he kinda wrote Somethin' Else, not Sid Vicious...

Respectfully, that sounds like nonsense. Next you'll be telling us that Sid didn't write "My Way"!

 

[mellowinman]

I would rather hear Wagon Wheel and Freebird in a loop than hear any version of that song again. It's like a 7th grader's idea of communism.

Worst comment ever.

 

[songwriter21]

i didn't realize that cum on feel the noize from quiet riot was a cover. on the other hand, the stage moves in this video make me cringe with embarrassment...

Is it me, or do the vocals sound almost exactly like QR's vocalist, like an overdub??

 

[cchorney]

i didn't realize that cum on feel the noize from quiet riot was a cover. on the other hand, the stage moves in this video make me cringe with embarrassment...

Wow. Just... wow. The drummer was - oddly enough - the only one not shaking his ass at the camera. How things have changed!1

 

[Fat Freddy]

Back in the day Slade and T Rex were probably the two biggest groups in the UK.

You were either Slade or T Rex. Fun times.

I was both....