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Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby GoogaMooga » 08 Apr 2021, 05:33

Was there ever a better terrrace anthem than "Cum On Feel the Noize" by superyob glamboy rockers Slade? A UK national treasure, the hard rock quartet of Holder, Lea, Hill, and Powell ruled the charts in the crisis-ridden 70s and 80s, racking up 23 UK Top 20 singles, six of which reached no.1. Their gonzo rock terrace anthems reverberated all the way to lads in pubs across the country, all swaying, stomping, and clapping along, pint mugs raised, hollering their hits to such intense levels that it sent all competition packing. At Slade's legendary comeback concert at Reading in 1980, they were unbeatable, as if they had never gone away. Their winning streak lasted until 1986, when Noddy walked, and they were last heard from as late as 1991. Vowing never to reform, they were the greatest UK band of the 70s, with a winning streak that lasted even longer than that of the Beatles. They were the true successors to the Fabs, and John Lennon had only the highest praise for Noddy Holder's shredded larynx vocals. And it all began with a Little Richard cover and a live album that was recorded for a paltry £600.

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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Darkness_Fish » 08 Apr 2021, 08:37

So after all that, it turns out that Googa was a Coan alter-ego all along.
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby GoogaMooga » 08 Apr 2021, 09:31

Darkness_Fish wrote:So after all that, it turns out that Googa was a Coan alter-ego all along.


Not quite - Coan has gone on record stating that Slade only had three or four decent songs. :lol:
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Purgatory Brite » 08 Apr 2021, 10:28

A band that deserves much more recognition and credit for the quality of their music. Their embrace of glam rock and of being a big-selling pop group is held against them.

Their musical ability and song writing skills are over looked. Take for instance, this song of pure Black Country rock which shows that they could been a seriously heavy band had they taken that route instead.


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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby jimboo » 08 Apr 2021, 10:43

Noddy Holder has one of the finest voices in the history of recorded music.
Only a fool would dismiss Slade.
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby naughty boy » 08 Apr 2021, 11:12

GoogaMooga wrote:
Darkness_Fish wrote:So after all that, it turns out that Googa was a Coan alter-ego all along.


Not quite - Coan has gone on record stating that Slade only had three or four decent songs. :lol:


Three or four GREAT songs.

Anyway - whatever I said, it wouldn't be half as daft as this:

GoogaMooga wrote:...a winning streak that lasted even longer than that of the Beatles.


:lol:
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Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 11:33

GoogaMooga wrote:... they were last heard from as late as 1991.


No they weren't. The original line-up broke up in 1992. And versions of the band have been performing since 1993.

Obviously, this makes them even more greaterer than the Beatles...
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Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 11:41

OUTPLAY wrote:
Anyway - whatever I said, it wouldn't be half as daft as this:

GoogaMooga wrote:...a winning streak that lasted even longer than that of the Beatles.


:lol:


To be fair, it's probably technically correct. Though what relevance it has to anything, I really can't imagine.
I guess it puts them in the exclusive category of bands and artists who have had some chart success over more than eight years. I mean, there can't be more than a few hundred of them.
Puts them up in that exalted category with Cliff Richard, Barbra Streisand, The Dave Matthews Band, Nas (me neither), Britney Spears and Cher (25 years between number 1 hits!).
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Postby naughty boy » 08 Apr 2021, 12:03

They only had top ten hits from 1971 to 1975, tho' (and I'm not sure the last year even counts - can you remember 'Thanks For The Memory'?) - and then again in 1983 and 1984.

But yeah, they did well. And it's good to see Googa praising something that isn't absolute pigswill for a change :)
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Postby Minnie the Minx » 08 Apr 2021, 12:23

GoogaMooga wrote:lads in pubs


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Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 12:28

OUTPLAY wrote:They only had top ten hits from 1971 to 1975, tho' (and I'm not sure the last year even counts - can you remember 'Thanks For The Memory'?) - and then again in 1983 and 1984.


I don't even remember ever hearing of 'Thanks for the Memory'!
The point I was trying to make was that Googa's comment about Slade having a longer 'winning streak' than the Beatles strikes me as somewhat pointless, even if you could argue it was true.

OUTPLAY wrote:But yeah, they did well. And it's good to see Googa praising something that isn't absolute pigswill for a change :)


Ahem. I really couldn't comment, John.
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Postby naughty boy » 08 Apr 2021, 12:45

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Matt 'interesting' Wilson wrote:So I went from looking at the "I'm a Man" riff, to showing how the rave up was popular for awhile.

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Postby C » 08 Apr 2021, 13:02

An ex-girlfriend of mine - Mandy [now known as Amanda], who was from Birmingham (near Walsall where Noddy was brought up), used to hang around outside Noddy Holder's parents' house with other fans in hope of seeing Noddy.

Apparently they did a couple of times and he always spoke to them.





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Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 13:07

I saw him and his wife on Mr. and Mrs. once. He seemed like a ver nice, well-balanced and respectable chap.

Then, I read a story about how someone payed him to shit on a sheet of glass while the bloke who was paying him lay underneath the glass.

I've never looked at him quite the same ever since.
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Postby Minnie the Minx » 08 Apr 2021, 13:16

Rorschach wrote:I saw him and his wife on Mr. and Mrs. once. He seemed like a ver nice, well-balanced and respectable chap.

Then, I read a story about how someone payed him to shit on a sheet of glass while the bloke who was paying him lay underneath the glass.

I've never looked at him quite the same ever since.


I heard the same tale about Una Stubbs and wonder if that’s an urban myth with interchangeable ‘famous folks’
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Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 13:21

Nooooooo!
Not Una Stubbs!

Hmmm. This needs investigating.

I'll let you know if I find anything out.
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 13:28

It seems that he made the claim himself in his autobiography but I don't have the book to hand to prove it.
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Darkness_Fish » 08 Apr 2021, 14:38

Minnie the Minx wrote:
Rorschach wrote:I saw him and his wife on Mr. and Mrs. once. He seemed like a ver nice, well-balanced and respectable chap.

Then, I read a story about how someone payed him to shit on a sheet of glass while the bloke who was paying him lay underneath the glass.

I've never looked at him quite the same ever since.


I heard the same tale about Una Stubbs and wonder if that’s an urban myth with interchangeable ‘famous folks’

I've heard the same Una Stubbs story. So you have some corroboration now, it must be true.
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Minnie the Minx » 08 Apr 2021, 15:04

I can’t pretend there isn’t humour
In imagining our Una
Squeezing out a turtle head
(Well, that’s what Cliff Richard said!)
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Re: Cum On Feel the Noize

Postby Rorschach » 08 Apr 2021, 15:29

Minnie the Minx wrote:I can’t pretend there isn’t humour
In imagining our Una
Squeezing out a turtle head
(Well, that’s what Cliff Richard said!)


Una's not that kind of girl!
She wouldn't do that for the world.
This type of humour's very poor
(I've read it was with Roger Moore).
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