tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post8117677563836974875..comments2023-09-06T02:38:57.320-07:00Comments on Music Sounds Better With Two: The Slam Beginneth: Slade: "Gudbuy T'Jane"Lenahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04912525192415808946noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-89136764145609226872013-01-27T19:23:15.605-08:002013-01-27T19:23:15.605-08:00Slade weren't responsible for the first single...Slade weren't responsible for the first single I ever bought, but they were for the <a href="http://www.riverboatcaptain.com/the-sacred-days-you-gave-me-slade/" rel="nofollow">first album</a>. My fading memory seems to recall Slade as more of a lad's band though their previous Ambrose Slade incarnation attracted some skinhead girls.. girls in my class at school were usually into pop and if they drifted glam-wards, Bolan and Bowie were their heroes.<br /><br />I'm sure it's 'forties trip boots' and Noddy has the story about it somewhere on the net.. boots a la Granny Takes A Trip, I think, and some young lady refusing to go on TV without finding and wearing them first. But don't quote me.<br /><br />And despite the flash, Slade were HRS, which assisted their comeback substituting for Ozzy at the Reading Festival of 1980 and satisfying a horde of metal fans who'd previously dismissed them, no doubt, as too chart oriented. Slade were LOUD, a whiff of which you can get from the most excellent clip in my link above.Keith Shackletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14645949081683873720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-28143255194456909792013-01-01T12:47:50.971-08:002013-01-01T12:47:50.971-08:00The transatlantic bifurcation in taste ( at lea...The transatlantic bifurcation in taste ( at least as reflected in the singles chart ) is a very interesting phenomenon which lasted for a dozen years or so. I remember when I first started listening to Radio One around this time it seemed that many of the jocks (e.g Edmunds, Travis, Walker) or perhaps their producers preferred to play singles from the US charts in preference to the glam stuff so songs like "It Never Rains In Southern California" (Albert Hammond) and "You Got Me Anyway" ( Sutherland Brothers and Quiver ) got much airplay despite never charting here. Conversely in the late 70s/early 80s the post-punk writers in the music press made it a badge of national pride that we'd rejected the likes of Foghat, Grand Funk Railroad and Journey - naff pop like Mud, Pilot and Brotherhood of Man being less odious than naff rock. MikeMCSGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04225624258826057505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-552611225113381497.post-14351400541725548212012-12-31T08:13:58.508-08:002012-12-31T08:13:58.508-08:00Upon encountering "HRS" I tried to figur...Upon encountering "HRS" I tried to figure out what it meant before scrolling down and I came up with "Heterosexual Radio Syndication"!Marielahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10128770651515554779noreply@blogger.com