Lets be fair, by the time you have to play Merry Xmas, everyone is usually too drunk to care about a tank top, or absence thereoff.
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cum on feel the noize by... slade?
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Tex of the 80's LA punk band "Tex and The Horseheads" charged excitedly to a DJ once who was spinning "Ain't That Peculiar" by Marvin Gaye and asked the DJ, "Where'd you get a tape of our song?!"
Tex's band was currently covering the song, but Tex was unaware that it was a cover and thought her own guys had cooked it up!
Slade knocked the pants off T. REX for energy
I agree that it is superior, but it wasn't actually a "cover," in the sense that most songs are. Bowie wrote and recorded it, but didn't release it. When he heard Mott the Hoople was throwing in the towel after Brain Capers, he intervened, giving them that song to record, since he had decided not to release it himself. Bowie's own recording came out later. So it's more like them using an external songwriter than them actually covering a song.
As for "Crimson and Clover," I think the Tommy James version is far more well known than the Joan Jett version. And I don't think many people out there think the Joan Jett version is better. The Tommy James version is hugely popular, and widely beloved. Tommy James had a lot of really great songs for a pop/rock act. I love "Draggin' the Line." And, of course, "Hanky Panky" is a wonderful song, and a rock-n-roll classic...but guess what? It's a cover of this horrid original:
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Spinal Tap doesn't resemble Slade much. Look at the song titles... Much more of the likes of AC/DC. Plus Hawkwind, Black Sabbath, Uriah Heep, even Soft Machine in there. Plus the back story has elements of The Beatles, Move, Deep Purple, etc.
"Spinal Tap" definitely has a few nods to the Quo IMO. Most notably, the genre jumping/transformations from their early sound and look.
Thank you for reminding me of "Draggin' The Line," great song. Love the brass.
Had no idea "Hanky Panky" was a cover. Always admired the Tommy James version for how utterly sloppy and barebones it is.
Yet it works!
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That's the skinhead movement as it was in the UK, which was primarily based around soul and ska, but Slade hung on at the bluesy end of R&B initially. Skinhead then began to split in three - the soul group heading towards Northern Soul, the ska element surviving into the Two Tone movement in the late 1970s before that picked up Mod and Rude Boy dress elements, and finally the racist grouping.
The football thug association wasn't until the first part of the 70s. Slade changed tack before that as glam emerged, probably because musically they were slightly fringe in skinhead anyway.
The skinhead look was born from the working class, hence short hair because it had to be short for the factory or building site, British work boots, but American shirts and jeans, as they were finally available, to go with the American soul, plus the ska.
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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...
No they just destroyed it (hold on, just gimme a minute to get this darned flame suit on!)
I later discovered my error. According to the guy that wrote the script, it wasn't based on any one band.
LOL, and you are oblivious, too. Go back and read your posts, and leave me alone.
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Since I didn't insult you, you're clearly either hallucinating or drunk. But welcome to my ignore list - I can't be bothered with abusive, irrational people.
