If there was a true Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame they surely would be along with many other Rock bands that aren't. What they have now should be renamed the political music hall of fame. 👉🤘👈
Slade are the most underrated rock band ever and noddy holder has the best rock voice ever and yes slade should be in the rock and roll 🎸 hall of fame ❤
The story goes when Slade was recording Merry Xmas Everybody in the studio, John Lennon happened to be next door and popped in and said "The singer is good, he sounds like me". Noddy Holder says it´s the best compliment he ever had.
Back in 1974 I was in the military and found myself stationed in Scotland. I was really into music and was suddenly confronted with a band I had never heard of, Slade. The thing was, these guys seemed to be huge. Their music was always on the radio, and you couldn't go into a bar of diner without hearing them. If you bought a newspaper, you saw their faces all over the magazine covers. While I was in Scotland I got sent to Germany for some training and Slade was big there too. These guys were being treated like they were a second Beatles. I couldn't understand how a band could be this big and I had never heard of them before. They were totally unknown in America. I would eventually learn that this is not really all that unusual (Singers and bands being big everywhere but the USA) but it was shocking at the time. I grew to really like Slade and they would eventually have a few hits in America, heck, these guys would eventually sell 50 million records.
Slade was my band as a lad. I was the 2nd youngest of 11 kids so the first music I heard was Rock & Roll , Country, Motown and all the 60s pop and rock bands which I loved but Slade were the first band that I connected to for myself. Great live too.
SLADE..This song so deserved to get to the Number 1 spot..back in 72 I remember it well being a Slade fan for over 50 years 👍good choice fellas on this one Slade.. l just luv em' 👌
I'm Canadian My mother was an immigrant to Canada from Doncaster England she wanted me too know my English family . So I started spending my summers in England at an early age. You guessed the fist band I saw was Slade, huge in England,but in North America it never happened for Slade
The crazy guy who dresses up…that would be Dave Hill, who famously said to Nod/Jim “You write them and I’ll sell them” and he sure got noticed and talked about
Slade were FUN! They also did a few ballads but most of their stuff was LOUD. I suspect Noddy gargled with paint thinner. Music doesn't all have to be serious. I know they were big in the UK but don't think many were aware of them in the Americas. Can't say I ever heard them on the radio in Canada but I had several of their LPs. Thanks Harri. Haven't seen many reactions to Slade.
"don't think many were aware of them in the Americas": mostly, but in 1984 they got a fair amount of airplay in the U.S. with "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My."
I am so happy that you dig Slade, Harri, one of my favorite bands of all time. Saw them a bunch of times in the early '70s, the first being April 10, 1973, at Manhattan's Academy of Music. My friends and I sat in the balcony, and I can still recall how the entire balcony was shaking as a result of that "shuffle" that you mentioned, Noddy's voice, and the voices of everyone in the audience singing along with him. I got my hearing back a few days later and couldn't wait for Slade to come back to my area again soon.
Between the Academy of Music, Capitol Theater, Felt Forum and other smaller venues, it was either SLADE or ZZ TOP as the co stars. Weren't we so lucky back then!?! 😉
@@paulqueripel3493 Wow. I can indentify with that thought, Paul. I sat in the balcony at the 1973 Academy of Music show and I can still recall the balcony shaking. The theater was built in 1927, but I was 18 years old and never considered the possibility of a such a tragedy.
I couldn’t agree more about “the look of a rock star”. I can’t stand going to a concert where the musicians are wearing shorts and sandals. My dad who was a performing musician most of his life once suggested to me that when I play a show I should be better dressed than the best dressed person who has come to see me. I still follow that advice to this day.
Thank you Harri for your great reaction. I wasn't introduced to Slade till the 80s became obsessed with their older songs Noddy's voice is incredible and great front man
My fav band then and still is, 6 No.1s and loads of others….one of best voices in rock according to Ozzy Osbourne and Noel Gallagher and Dee Synder are both on record as saying that without Slade there’d be no Oasis or Twisted Sister Cum on Feel the Noize being one of their best
jim lea is, inmy opinion, the most underrated bassguitar player... he played so many instruments ...he did song writing. composed songts...looks like mary x mas everybody...and many more
When I was quite young I used to love this song. Now I'm not quite young anymore and I still love it. Like running into an old friend. Have you done anything with Foghat?
Foghat would be great anything from their Foghat Live 77' album or maybe a lesser know track like their cover of Take Me To The River made famous later by The Talking Heads. Either way they have a long list of great one's. I have several on my channel and plan on adding more.
Best live band ever, and i have seen them all over the years from the late 60s onwards, Noddy Holder had the greatest voice in rock history, they should have been the biggest band since the Beatles in America, but they were jinxed with bad luck every time they toured over there.
Wooooooh!! What a blast from the past.. 😄 I'm guessing this clip is from a BBC studio performance... but Harri..... it would be really nice if you could let us know where these terrific old clips you are delighting us with come from! Cheers 🤗
Slade where on the top of their game when they released this song. Everything they did turned to gold. Dave Hill was the guy who loved to dress up on TV performances. The entire band embraced the whole glam rock scene and never took what they did too seriously. It was all about having a good time. Something that reflected in their music. If you like the shuffle, you ought to react to some Status Quo from the same era. Down Down would be the obvious choice, but there's always Mystery Song, Caroline or Break The Rules.
Hi Harry, its been a while, still remember your My sweet Lord reaction, think I'll hunt it down, its worth it! But Slade....sheer energy driven on by Noddy, what a voice!
Loved this band big when I was 12-13, still do. Love your take on them and you're spot on about the football chant choruses - brilliant. Now do Dr. Feelgood, "I'm Hog for You" live.
Oh, my. My good high school buddy and I drove my dad to distraction, playing this song and a few others from one of those "best of the year" albums from K-Tel, on the family stereo system that I'd moved into my bedroom. We howled along at about 8 on the volume knob. Harri: Another band that I think you'd like from that era but from Detroit was called Brownsville Station. I think you'll love their energy and their lovable and amusing juvenile delinquent attitude. I'd start with their biggest song; Smokin' In The Boy's Room, or Let Your Yeah Be Yeah, or, if you'd like something to catch a groove and just bop along with, they covered a song called Barefootin' that is really a lot of fun to sing along with.
Or, even better, how about a 2 for 1, a medium-fidelity live recording of Smokin' in the Boys Room followed by Barefootin'. ruclips.net/video/ft-UhEYxk5k/видео.html
It was originally My my but we're all crazee now but people thought Nod was singing mama so that's how it became mama. I understand what you mean about rock stars looking like rock stars, that's why I was never a fan of Rick Astley, because he looked like a bank manager or an estate agent.
Glam rock period gave us tons of amazing hits by Slade, The Sweet, Mott the Hoople, T.Rex but the whole scene was looked down by Americans and music critics just because they brought fun back to rock music.
Noddy was wearing Rupert trousers, so called because they looked like the ones Rupert Bear wore in his stories. Dave Hill (the one in bacofoil) was supposed to have started dressing up because management wanted to get rid of him and he thought that if he became a centre of attention it would be difficult for him to be fired. Slade were one of the hardest working live bands so Noddy Holder should really have destroyed his vocal chords because he abused them so much.
I'm from Canada & I was 11 years old when I first heard these guys & been a fan ever since...and all my favorite bands LOOKED like rock stars...Alice Cooper Band/Nazareth/Van Halen/Aerosmith/Ted Nugent/Led Zeppelin...
many people react the same way you did when they hear that paint peeling voice of Noddy Holder's voice the first time. I thought their songs were as catchy as the flu but I'll bet the voice is why they weren't super big in the States though they were huge in the U.K.
Absolutely the voice of our generation. We were determined to be heard. Unfortunately the next generations don’t realise that we did our bit for them. Oh well. Bless the children.
As an American teenager in the 80s I knew Quiet Riot's version of Slade songs first, but luckily got around to hearing the originals. Slade's originals are far better across the board. (The only Slade song they played on MTV back then was Run Runaway, which rocked.)
Slade is true rock and of them all. KISS copy Slade style to make irresistible rock Anthems with killer hooks. Paul Stanley took Noddy Holders ringmaster style and make audience wild.
Hey, Harri, that was a bit of a restrained reaction!! Can't you get a bit more enthusiastic? Also, I was a bit disappointed you didn't give us your version of "Merry Christmas Everybody" 😉😉 Keep up the good work 👍👍
Great songs, vibe, attitude - but in this early pop era there was almost too much repetition in even the best songs - true of the Beatles 60's classics too. The songs seem to today's audiences to be trapped in a repeating chorus-lyric loop and we desperately want the song to break free from the loop and go wild/get crazy for 15 secs or so... Paul G
A typical UK glam rock single band that is associated with football and enough alcohol. The European singles hits of that time ensured her a longer performing career in different line-ups. To be fair, Slade Alive! 1972 is a good, atmospheric album that many people don't even know because it contains longer, less well-known tracks.✌👍
Could be the most successful underrated band ever. Great songs and a great live band.
Totally agree, very underrated
Absolutely
This band deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of fame. But we know that won't ever happen.
If there was a true Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame they surely would be along with many other Rock bands that aren't. What they have now should be renamed the political music hall of fame. 👉🤘👈
Along with the likes of the Sweet and Geordie with Brian Johnson on lead vocals prior to AC DC
TED NUGENT for the love of god! TED NUGENT
totally agree, this is the first song of theirs I ever heard and I was instantly hooked.
Too right!
Slade are the most underrated rock band ever and noddy holder has the best rock voice ever and yes slade should be in the rock and roll 🎸 hall of fame ❤
The story goes when Slade was recording Merry Xmas Everybody in the studio, John Lennon happened to be next door and popped in and said "The singer is good, he sounds like me". Noddy Holder says it´s the best compliment he ever had.
noddy has a much better singing voice then Lennon ever had!
not true as john lennon never set foot back in england after 1971
@@Mediawatcher2023 Merry Christmas Everybody was recorded in New York.
Back in 1974 I was in the military and found myself stationed in Scotland. I was really into music and was suddenly confronted with a band I had never heard of, Slade. The thing was, these guys seemed to be huge. Their music was always on the radio, and you couldn't go into a bar of diner without hearing them. If you bought a newspaper, you saw their faces all over the magazine covers. While I was in Scotland I got sent to Germany for some training and Slade was big there too. These guys were being treated like they were a second Beatles. I couldn't understand how a band could be this big and I had never heard of them before. They were totally unknown in America. I would eventually learn that this is not really all that unusual (Singers and bands being big everywhere but the USA) but it was shocking at the time. I grew to really like Slade and they would eventually have a few hits in America, heck, these guys would eventually sell 50 million records.
Slade was my band as a lad. I was the 2nd youngest of 11 kids so the first music I heard was Rock & Roll , Country, Motown and all the 60s pop and rock bands which I loved but Slade were the first band that I connected to for myself. Great live too.
Saw Slade live in Leeds around 1973. Ears are still ringing 50 years on. Great
"Come On Feel The Noize," "Gudbuy T'Jane," and this song are classics from Slade. Thanks Miss Blondie and Harri.
Glad you like it John 🎉❤
SLADE..This song so deserved to get to the Number 1 spot..back in 72 I remember it well being a Slade fan for over 50 years 👍good choice fellas on this one Slade.. l just luv em' 👌
Quiet Riot got famous from 2 Slade covers, this song and Come on Feel the Noise
I'm Canadian
My mother was an immigrant to Canada from Doncaster England she wanted me too know my English family .
So I started spending my summers in England at an early age.
You guessed the fist band I saw was Slade, huge in England,but in North America it never happened for Slade
The crazy guy who dresses up…that would be Dave Hill, who famously said to Nod/Jim “You write them and I’ll sell them” and he sure got noticed and talked about
Slade were FUN! They also did a few ballads but most of their stuff was LOUD. I suspect Noddy gargled with paint thinner. Music doesn't all have to be serious. I know they were big in the UK but don't think many were aware of them in the Americas. Can't say I ever heard them on the radio in Canada but I had several of their LPs. Thanks Harri. Haven't seen many reactions to Slade.
"don't think many were aware of them in the Americas": mostly, but in 1984 they got a fair amount of airplay in the U.S. with "Run Runaway" and "My Oh My."
@@Steve_Stowers - Great Big Sea, a Canadian, group did a cover of a couple of "Run Runaway" with a sea shanty twist.
@@Steve_Stowers Radio played Run Runaway a lot don't remember hearing My Oh My near as much at least in my area.
I am so happy that you dig Slade, Harri, one of my favorite bands of all time. Saw them a bunch of times in the early '70s, the first being April 10, 1973, at Manhattan's Academy of Music. My friends and I sat in the balcony, and I can still recall how the entire balcony was shaking as a result of that "shuffle" that you mentioned, Noddy's voice, and the voices of everyone in the audience singing along with him. I got my hearing back a few days later and couldn't wait for Slade to come back to my area again soon.
Between the Academy of Music, Capitol Theater, Felt Forum and other smaller venues, it was either SLADE or ZZ TOP as the co stars. Weren't we so lucky back then!?! 😉
They were banned by the London Palladium as the balcony was bouncing so much they were worried it would collapse.
@@paulqueripel3493 Wow. I can indentify with that thought, Paul. I sat in the balcony at the 1973 Academy of Music show and I can still recall the balcony shaking. The theater was built in 1927, but I was 18 years old and never considered the possibility of a such a tragedy.
I couldn’t agree more about “the look of a rock star”. I can’t stand going to a concert where the musicians are wearing shorts and sandals. My dad who was a performing musician most of his life once suggested to me that when I play a show I should be better dressed than the best dressed person who has come to see me. I still follow that advice to this day.
Back in the 70s, I saw these guys open for Black Sabbath in Chicago. Ozzy had NOTHIN on Noddy!
Noddy is a whole new level of rock god'ness !!
Slademania was the time I was 12 . In 72 . Great guys
Thank you Harri for your great reaction.
I wasn't introduced to Slade till the 80s became obsessed with their older songs
Noddy's voice is incredible and great front man
My fav band then and still is, 6 No.1s and loads of others….one of best voices in rock according to Ozzy Osbourne and Noel Gallagher and Dee Synder are both on record as saying that without Slade there’d be no Oasis or Twisted Sister
Cum on Feel the Noize being one of their best
jim lea is, inmy opinion, the most underrated bassguitar player... he played so many instruments ...he did song writing. composed songts...looks like mary x mas everybody...and many more
Noddy has an epic voice and I love the band. I'm old enough to have enjoyed them at their peak.
That's the stuff!!! Love it. It is party music! The whole album Slayed is great! How D You Ride and Gud Bye T Jane are rompers too.
When I was quite young I used to love this song. Now I'm not quite young anymore and I still love it. Like running into an old friend. Have you done anything with Foghat?
Foghat would be great anything from their Foghat Live 77' album or maybe a lesser know track like their cover of Take Me To The River made famous later by The Talking Heads. Either way they have a long list of great one's. I have several on my channel and plan on adding more.
Best live band ever, and i have seen them all over the years from the late 60s onwards, Noddy Holder had the greatest voice in rock history, they should have been the biggest band since the Beatles in America, but they were jinxed with bad luck every time they toured over there.
those guys really knew how to write a hook
Good to see some Slade being done. Try and find some of their live stuff Harri.
They were renowned for their live gigs…pleased I saw them many times
I followed them from the very beginning. Saw them live a number of times. Great fun. And Noddy's voice! Always awesome
You simply have to love Slade !
Wooooooh!! What a blast from the past.. 😄
I'm guessing this clip is from a BBC studio performance... but Harri..... it would be really nice if you could let us know where these terrific old clips you are delighting us with come from! Cheers 🤗
You're right, Noddy Holder was the ultimate showman. An entertainer of the first order.
Love Noddy Holder's voice.
Slade,brilliant ! Noddy a force of nature 😊😊😊😊
Slade, they get better as time moves on .
One of my favs in high school, everybody thought I was weird I didn’t care…..loved slade.
YES HARRI! Noddy is da MAN! Love this song too. Quiet Riot did a good faithful version of this in the80’s.
Wait till you hear "Get down and get with it " Noddy voice is amazing
ONE MY FAIVORIT BAND WHEN I WAS YOUNG, NOW I SMILE ❤❤❤MEMORIES ❤
Slade where on the top of their game when they released this song. Everything they did turned to gold. Dave Hill was the guy who loved to dress up on TV performances. The entire band embraced the whole glam rock scene and never took what they did too seriously. It was all about having a good time. Something that reflected in their music.
If you like the shuffle, you ought to react to some Status Quo from the same era. Down Down would be the obvious choice, but there's always Mystery Song, Caroline or Break The Rules.
Hi Harry, its been a while, still remember your My sweet Lord reaction, think I'll hunt it down, its worth it! But Slade....sheer energy driven on by Noddy, what a voice!
Loved this band big when I was 12-13, still do. Love your take on them and you're spot on about the football chant choruses - brilliant. Now do Dr. Feelgood, "I'm Hog for You" live.
the best british 3 minute band in the 70's
Thank you for discovering Slade. My favourite band 👍
i bought every single here in germany...in the70's
ive seen them all Noddy has the greatest rock voice ever
Noddy has a great voice for a lead singer. First album I ever bought was Sladest followed by Slade Alive.
listen the riffs from the bass...for me phenomenal...that is the groove
How can you not love Slade? My oh My or Run Runaway next please!!!
Oh, my. My good high school buddy and I drove my dad to distraction, playing this song and a few others from one of those "best of the year" albums from K-Tel, on the family stereo system that I'd moved into my bedroom. We howled along at about 8 on the volume knob. Harri: Another band that I think you'd like from that era but from Detroit was called Brownsville Station. I think you'll love their energy and their lovable and amusing juvenile delinquent attitude. I'd start with their biggest song; Smokin' In The Boy's Room, or Let Your Yeah Be Yeah, or, if you'd like something to catch a groove and just bop along with, they covered a song called Barefootin' that is really a lot of fun to sing along with.
Or, even better, how about a 2 for 1, a medium-fidelity live recording of Smokin' in the Boys Room followed by Barefootin'. ruclips.net/video/ft-UhEYxk5k/видео.html
Let It Roll and Lightnin' Bar Blues are a couple other Brownsville Station's best. I have both on my channel. ✌
They were a good time band, you just couldn't keep your feet still to Slade, and by far the best live band ever.
GLAM rock at its best !
Everybody loves this band!
I can never tire of listening, or watching this band 1 and I guess I never will.
noddys unique voice....forever
Slade?Any questions??!
Noddy got an voice like an iron-grater.
Excellent !!!✌️😂😂🥁🥁
It was originally My my but we're all crazee now but people thought Nod was singing mama so that's how it became mama. I understand what you mean about rock stars looking like rock stars, that's why I was never a fan of Rick Astley, because he looked like a bank manager or an estate agent.
Chas Chandler their manager misheard the title and said Mama what a great title
Great choice Miss Blondie. I love the energy. Thanks Harri 🌺✌️
Glam rock period gave us tons of amazing hits by Slade, The Sweet, Mott the Hoople, T.Rex but the whole scene was looked down by Americans and music critics just because they brought fun back to rock music.
Awesome Band.
Noddy was wearing Rupert trousers, so called because they looked like the ones Rupert Bear wore in his stories.
Dave Hill (the one in bacofoil) was supposed to have started dressing up because management wanted to get rid of him and he thought that if he became a centre of attention it would be difficult for him to be fired.
Slade were one of the hardest working live bands so Noddy Holder should really have destroyed his vocal chords because he abused them so much.
I knew there was a reason I think you're great Harri, SLADE rules. Kings of Glam rock. Check out some New York Dolls Harri.
Slade were the best of the best. The yanks had know idea
This is the first 45 single I bought aged 12 😊
More Slade, they got a lot of hits
best liveband ever
jim lea , the bass guitar and many more intsrumenst player was the still leader by slade....so my mind
I'm from Canada & I was 11 years old when I first heard these guys & been a fan ever since...and all my favorite bands LOOKED like rock stars...Alice Cooper Band/Nazareth/Van Halen/Aerosmith/Ted Nugent/Led Zeppelin...
yaaaaa more slade i have heard all ther tume and there great
Dude is banging away at some minimal junior high drums LMAO!
What's rarely noted is how LOUD Slade live gigs were ! Allegedly bibiblically "bring down the walls of Jericho" loud lol
many people react the same way you did when they hear that paint peeling voice of Noddy Holder's voice the first time. I thought their songs were as catchy as the flu but I'll bet the voice is why they weren't super big in the States though they were huge in the U.K.
The original title was My My Were All Crazy Now but the manager, Chas Chandler, miss heard it.
Absolutely the voice of our generation. We were determined to be heard. Unfortunately the next generations don’t realise that we did our bit for them. Oh well. Bless the children.
the nice thing is not a negative reaction that says a lot about Slade
Haven't heard this in a long time! A great band and song!
Most people don't know that Quiet Riot ripped off many of their songs including this and Come on Feel the Noise.
As an American teenager in the 80s I knew Quiet Riot's version of Slade songs first, but luckily got around to hearing the originals. Slade's originals are far better across the board. (The only Slade song they played on MTV back then was Run Runaway, which rocked.)
One of the best Glam Rock bands ever!!!
Should also check The Sweet, Suzi Quatro, T. Rex (and Marc Bolan)…
Great comment Harri. top man.
Slade is true rock and of them all. KISS copy Slade style to make irresistible rock Anthems with killer hooks. Paul Stanley took Noddy Holders ringmaster style and make audience wild.
Harri, don't forget Noddy's hat!!!!! That hat!!!! I mean, talk about flashes!!! It's like a disco ball made into head ware.
How does someone say they love Slade and Noddy Holder and post a video saying it's their first time hearing this song? Suspicious, very suspicious 🤔
Hey, Harri, that was a bit of a restrained reaction!! Can't you get a bit more enthusiastic?
Also, I was a bit disappointed you didn't give us your version of "Merry Christmas Everybody" 😉😉
Keep up the good work 👍👍
It`s a packed three minutes.
I think he phonetically wanted Naughty for Noddy and holder as in his johnson.
Great songs, vibe, attitude - but in this early pop era there was almost too much repetition in even the best songs - true of the Beatles 60's classics too. The songs seem to today's audiences to be trapped in a repeating chorus-lyric loop and we desperately want the song to break free from the loop and go wild/get crazy for 15 secs or so...
Paul G
A typical UK glam rock single band that is associated with football and enough alcohol. The European singles hits of that time ensured her a longer performing career in different line-ups.
To be fair, Slade Alive! 1972 is a good, atmospheric album that many people don't even know because it contains longer, less well-known tracks.✌👍
Noddy Holder is not well.
And here you have the same song LIVE: ruclips.net/video/HnnXOygbGC0/видео.html
Big voice noddy