Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 This thread is absolutely shocking when you think how ubiquitous Voodoo Ray was. There is mention of people ripping off artists via Spotify and via a friend I know a fairly big Canadian pink band who haven’t seen a penny from Spotify as their royalties are being funnelled to their former label. That is going to court as we speak. Tl;dr Record labels are dicks. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2021 Prompted by the discussion on brands of denim jeans, I just discovered this Spoiler Its a song called Citizen Kane, wrtten by Noddy Holder and Jimmy Lea, released in 1985 as a solo effort by Lea. It's awful and bears a strong resemblance to the Ghostbusters theme but is about the Orson Welles film So far thats a little bit of a musical trivia but the real reason for posting this, is to ask you what record label you think this was on? (no cheating!) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 42 minutes ago, bickster said: Prompted by the discussion on brands of denim jeans, I just discovered this Reveal hidden contents Its a song called Citizen Kane, wrtten by Noddy Holder and Jimmy Lea, released in 1985 as a solo effort by Lea. It's awful and bears a strong resemblance to the Ghostbusters theme but is about the Orson Welles film So far thats a little bit of a musical trivia but the real reason for posting this, is to ask you what record label you think this was on? (no cheating!) I know this as Slade are one of the greatest british bands ever obviously and I always thought, what the ****. I don’t know however how it came to be. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2021 4 minutes ago, Seat68 said: I know this as Slade are one of the greatest british bands ever obviously and I always thought, what the ****. I don’t know however how it came to be. It's just bizarre and wrong. I feel emotionally drained after this discovery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, bickster said: It's just bizarre and wrong. I feel emotionally drained after this discovery I am equally conflicted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 21, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 Despite listening to the above song and making me pause...do we think it’s fair to say Slade are not held in quite high enough regard that they should be? I’m no expert but they’re sort of generally thought of as “Christmas song, Cum on feel the noize, silly hair and silly outfits”. And I know enough to know they are substantially more than that. I’ve seen a quote suggesting Kurt Cobain liked them. Noel G obviously is a big fan (his favourite is “How does it feel”). Not seen the film but I’ve even heard positive things about “Slade in flame” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 2 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Not seen the film but I’ve even heard positive things about “Slade in flame” It's good. One of the very few good 'rock band movies'. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 11 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Despite listening to the above song and making me pause...do we think it’s fair to say Slade are not held in quite high enough regard that they should be? I’m no expert but they’re sort of generally thought of as “Christmas song, Cum on feel the noize, silly hair and silly outfits”. And I know enough to know they are substantially more than that. I’ve seen a quote suggesting Kurt Cobain liked them. Noel G obviously is a big fan (his favourite is “How does it feel”). Not seen the film but I’ve even heard positive things about “Slade in flame” I genuinely love Slade. I think they are forgotten when people talk of the great bands, perhaps due to a Christmas hit. They did however make mistakes in their career lost their way. That said for a few albums, they were magnificent. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted May 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 20 minutes ago, Mark Albrighton said: Despite listening to the above song and making me pause...do we think it’s fair to say Slade are not held in quite high enough regard that they should be? I’m no expert but they’re sort of generally thought of as “Christmas song, Cum on feel the noize, silly hair and silly outfits”. And I know enough to know they are substantially more than that. I’ve seen a quote suggesting Kurt Cobain liked them. Noel G obviously is a big fan (his favourite is “How does it feel”). Not seen the film but I’ve even heard positive things about “Slade in flame” Anyone who created "Cum on Feel the Noize" and, by extension, enabling the band Quiet Riot to pollute the airwaves in the early '80's should not be held in any regard at all, despite anything else they might have done. There is simply no offsetting that offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 6 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Anyone who created "Cum on Feel the Noize" and, by extension, enabling the band Quiet Riot to pollute the airwaves in the early '80's should not be held in any regard at all, despite anything else they might have done. There is simply no offsetting that offense. I have a canadian mate who got into Slade via that cover. Its a **** awful cover. The father shouldn’t be hung for the sins of the child. Cum on feel the noize is a great tune, regardless of the vessel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted May 21, 2021 Moderator Share Posted May 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, il_serpente said: Anyone who created "Cum on Feel the Noize" and, by extension, enabling the band Quiet Riot to pollute the airwaves in the early '80's should not be held in any regard at all, despite anything else they might have done. There is simply no offsetting that offense How can an original artist be blamed for the existence of an act who covered their songs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Until the charts went to shit and people started getting number 1s based on selling 3k records didn't slade have some weird stat on number 1s? Its in wellers book, something like the beatles, slade and the jam had 3 straight in at number 1s or something daft like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
il_serpente Posted May 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 7 minutes ago, bickster said: How can an original artist be blamed for the existence of an act who covered their songs? I don't blame them for their existence, only for providing them with the vehicle to enter my consciousness. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted May 21, 2021 VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 I've never heard the Quiet Riot version of COFTN, and have no wish to. I've heard the Slade version 8,373,421 times, and I still like it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Slade are great. Apparently my mum managed to get in to their dressing room at a gig. I’d like to claim to be Noddy’s love child, but I was already about 5 apparently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 21, 2021 Share Posted May 21, 2021 Just now, chrisp65 said: Slade are great. Apparently my mum managed to get in to their dressing room at a gig. I’d like to claim to be Noddy’s love child, but I was already about 5 apparently. My wife says that Noddy almost dropped her as a baby. I call busllshit and I bet every early 70s baby from The Beechdale tells the same story. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted May 21, 2021 Author VT Supporter Share Posted May 21, 2021 3 minutes ago, mjmooney said: I've never heard the Quiet Riot version of COFTN, and have no wish to. I've heard the Slade version 8,373,421 times, and I still like it. They also did a cover of “Mama weer all crazee now” which you would be wise to not waste a wish on hearing. Side note, Slade really didn’t care about people using predictive text when trying write out these song titles. Deary me that song title was a pain to type out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veloman Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 Remember Slade in the 60's when they were The N'Betweens then Ambrose Slade then just Slade. They were a damn good live band but how they achieved such legendary status is still a bit of a mystery to me. However, as I said , I think they were a good live band who could certainly play a bit. Here is a number which didn't make it but I reckon is pretty good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 21 minutes ago, veloman said: Remember Slade in the 60's when they were The N'Betweens then Ambrose Slade then just Slade. They were a damn good live band but how they achieved such legendary status is still a bit of a mystery to me. However, as I said , I think they were a good live band who could certainly play a bit. Here is a number which didn't make it but I reckon is pretty good. Love that tune. Pops up on an early album, Play it Loud. Pouk Hill is a favourite from that album. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisp65 Posted May 22, 2021 Share Posted May 22, 2021 I’m sure you already know @rjw63 but just in case: …and well done on the house move! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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