Christmas in the U.K. doesn’t start until Slade play on the radio. The oddest looking coolest band in the world 🏴🇬🇧🥳
@wodm2 жыл бұрын
and when i see the coca cola truck :D
@cloverite2 жыл бұрын
@@wodm Holidays are coming. Although I drink Pepsi 🤷♀️
@DaiBowie2 жыл бұрын
It’s a war crime if you haven’t heard this 🏴🇬🇧✌️
@wright4272 жыл бұрын
Amen..
@Bellabob2 жыл бұрын
Coca Cola truck and when I first hear Fairytale of New York!
@alisonrodger33602 жыл бұрын
It's not really xmas in the UK till you've heard Noddy Holder scream 'IT'S CHRISTMAS!!!!'. For a complete contrast listen to their track 'How Does It Feel' - truly beautiful and really show's national treasure Noddy's voice off to perfection.
@philward25382 жыл бұрын
How Does it Feel...best song ever..not just Slades best song..Best song EVER !!!
@sharonwelsh8102 Жыл бұрын
No one ever reacts to How does it feel and it's such a perfect song
@thomascalder829610 ай бұрын
Far far away is possibly my favourite song ever
@Qwertygerty1238 ай бұрын
Nostalgia in my grandparents for the Boxing Day party 🥹🥹💜
@macca85629 ай бұрын
Noddy Holder said that he wrote his best line ever in this song, " Does your granny always tell ya that the old songs are the best, then she's up and rock n rolling with the rest ", if you have ever had a Christmas family party you will have to say how true that line is.
@ElwoodShort2 жыл бұрын
I’ll never get bored of hearing this…. This is literally the sound of Christmas here.
@kJ922-h3j2 жыл бұрын
Yes British Christmas songs, now youve done this if you haven’t heard…. Wizzard- I wish it could be Christmas everyday The Pogues - fairytale of New York Elton John - step into Christmas Band Aid - Do they know it’s Christmas The Darkness - Christmas time Wham - last Christmas Jona Lewie- stop the cavalry John Lennon - happy Xmas (war is over) East 17 - stay another day Mud- lonely this Christmas Paul McCartney- wonderful Christmas time Shakin stevens - Merry Christmas everyone Boney M - Mary’s boy Child Chris Rea - driving home for Christmas
@bobbyboko63172 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Gary Glitter 😉
@fionadutton81492 жыл бұрын
Mud, Lonely This Christmas
@sicr73732 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyboko6317 Another Rock n Roll Christmas......Top tune!
@kevinbrown38532 жыл бұрын
Greg Lake - I believe in Father Christmas
@christinestromberg40572 жыл бұрын
@@bobbyboko6317 I think we probably should.
@home26242 жыл бұрын
When Slade played they really did "blow the bloody doors off". Great band. Merry Christmas everybody 🎅
@andrewlaw2 жыл бұрын
Noddy Holder was every sound engineers nightmare, his voice is so naturally loud he blew speakers & sound boards up on a regular basis. 😂
@lisafernley38102 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas
@lynette.2 жыл бұрын
Good one😂
@lucie41852 жыл бұрын
And mates with the Prince of Darkness back in the day.
@KevinHallSurfing2 жыл бұрын
Big time. Possibly the loudest and most powerful bands I've ever heard live to this day. Maybe Led Zeppelin outdoors ... but indoors ... SLADE.
@Londoneye572 жыл бұрын
Noddy Holder, the lead singer of Slade said in an interview that he doesn't need to work anymore he lives off the royalties of this song. Released in 1973 it is played to death every December. Remember this is the early 70's when Glitter was the order of the day.
@christopherwoolnough21602 жыл бұрын
The only record I have ever worn out!
@Matty_UK2 жыл бұрын
It's said he makes half a million a year from this song and the cheque comes in around June July time.
@nickjacobs17702 жыл бұрын
It was written by Noddy & Jim Lea. So they share the £500,000
@MrsMillwall2 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Lea produced, mostly wrote and could play everything brilliantly, tis not all Noddy. ⭐
@timglennon68142 жыл бұрын
I hope you are referring to actual glitter and not Gary Glitter? 🤣
@StarCannibal2 жыл бұрын
Nearly 50 years later this song is still the most played sing along and dance along Christmas song in the UK every year.
@sevenwatson58542 жыл бұрын
Love this song so much reminds me of the best Christmases in the 70s when we had poverty, three day weeks, power cuts....but you could walk into a pub and everyone was welcoming because we all had nothing!!
@sicr73732 жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@paulwilson26512 жыл бұрын
The rich had plenty we just never got to hear about back then.
@garywilliams83122 жыл бұрын
Fantastic comment 👏 👏👏👏👏👏 and so so true 👍 Great reaction guys!!
@SarahWilson-fv5vo2 жыл бұрын
We had nothing but we were happier than people today I'm sure..
@jonathansteadman79352 жыл бұрын
Don't it just 👍👊S.L.A.D.E
@paulhanson51642 жыл бұрын
This song was so big that later generations seem to have forgotten that Slade were iconic in their heyday and not just for Christmas.
@macca85629 ай бұрын
I agree, they had 6 No1s
@brianpoole43692 жыл бұрын
just for you americans....."SO HERE IT IS, MERRY CHRISTMAS"..by slade... is the second most played and listened to song, in british history..only the national anthem "god save the queen" has been played more....in britain...this song, is still the most loved christmas song of all time, (some 45 years after its premiere)...the band SLADE..were, what we used to call "glam rock bands" back in the early seventies, hence, the dodgy hair and clothes...lol.....this song, is so ingrained into the british national consciousness,...we are amazed here in the uk...that you americans, have never heard of it....in britain....this is the first, and last song, played at every christmas party, across the entire country.... its the very essence of what britain enjoys over the Christmas season.....ps...the royalties, slade must have earned over the years, with this song, must be staggering!!
@starsailor97742 жыл бұрын
Noddy Holder earns around £500k a year from this song.
@wendypowell67952 жыл бұрын
I remember rushing out to buy the 45 single (vinyl) and then dancing to it at the club's.
@Londoneye572 жыл бұрын
I would say Happy Birthday is sung the most :)
@jonathansteadman79352 жыл бұрын
I have to concur with your statement, Fkn luv Slade 👊
@Tcat506 Жыл бұрын
Massively popular here in Australia too , still! after all these years
@2opler2 жыл бұрын
Noddy was in shop buying a new outfit for Top of the Pops. He says to the assistant. "Yav yaouw anythen ter goo with this shirt?" She replies " How about a kipper tie?" Noddy- "Alrooight then, milk an' tew sugass ployz."
@keithrudd80032 жыл бұрын
Really bad Black Country accent there , mush
@brianharris72432 жыл бұрын
Christmas doesn't begin till Noddy says it does!
@kimcutts4242 жыл бұрын
This is one the most played Christmas songs over here in the UK 🇬🇧. I cannot believe you have never heard it! 😱🇬🇧🤶🎅🧑🎄🎤🎹🎸🥁
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
It was recorded in New York, and John Lennon was in the next studio.
@simonwaters23322 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter your age or musical preferences, shove Slade on at a Christmas party and the place will cheer up and rock! From an age when the bands knew pop was supposed to be fun!
@ChrisPhonics842 жыл бұрын
This song is the soundtrack to my childhood Christmas's. When Christmas is at its best. When we're kids!
@catz4m8z2 жыл бұрын
It really captures the essence of christmas when you are kid...especially that yell 'ITS CHRISTMAS!!'. Total nostalgia trip.
@paulgardner62392 жыл бұрын
This is the best Christmas song ever. Lifts the spirits 100% This TOTP was back in 1973 I believe. Always gets repeated Noddy Holder ( Lead singer ) crushes it.
@andyharper15239 ай бұрын
This song is 50 years old and never gets old
@stevenprice93272 жыл бұрын
Officially the most listened to song ever! Fact! Makes Noddy just under 1 million pounds each year.
@galaxycoder2 жыл бұрын
SLADE's Merry Christmas Everybody WAS the best selling Christmas song in the World - EVER. It was an early 70's hit.
@gypsyroadhog2 жыл бұрын
Think Bing Crosby may have something to say about that as according to Guinness World Records White Christmas is best selling single of all time, not just for Christmas
@gypsyroadhog2 жыл бұрын
Ahh , you said was
@leenattrass2 жыл бұрын
Makes them a guaranteed half a million a year now apparently, nice work.
@marcovtjev2 жыл бұрын
@@gypsyroadhog By a single artist. The various versions of "Holy Night" combined were the most sold song iirc.
@martye4622 жыл бұрын
It's a great Christmas song, but it's not even the best selling UK Christmas song which is 'Do They Know it's Christmas' (Band Aid). Slade don't appear in the top 10 best selling Christmas songs of all time either, although Wham are in there at #5 with Last Christmas.
@nickname67472 жыл бұрын
Quite simply the best Christmas song ever! It hasn't dated since the early 70s - and you can dance to it too! Merry Christmas guys and thanks for uploading! 🎅🌲🍻🍗
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
Not just Christmas, it is one of the greatest songs ever written.
@anthonypicknell49142 жыл бұрын
These guys are from my hometown … still one of the greatest Christmas songs ever!!
@Gerrygambone2 жыл бұрын
Up the Wolves
@moononastick86282 жыл бұрын
THIS along with Wizard are THE MOST PLAYED XMAS SONGS in the UK. I guarantee every single person knows the words. Merry Xmas you two 👍🏻
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
Roy wood wrote his xmas song, but before releasing it he asked if Slade were going to release a record before xmas, he was told no, so he released his xmas record, only for Slade to release this song.
@TheSundanceKid712 жыл бұрын
Slade my favorite band as a kid ❤️
@stephwaite27002 жыл бұрын
I know exactly how you feel. I did 20 years in retail, Christmas music can send you crazy.
@primalengland2 жыл бұрын
Slade were one of the greatest live bands ever. At a huge festival. Isle of Wight?… perhaps not. They replaced the headliner act. The crowd bood and began to disperse. They were back a couple of minutes later! I was working in Wolverhampton in the early 70s when a pub band ‘Ambrose Slade’, before they shortened their name. Noddy Holder, the singer shouted. ‘We’re going to play a number for you, now. It’s called ‘Open the Door on me Richard, Don’t Close the Door on me Dick’
@MrsMillwall2 жыл бұрын
They played Reading fest and blew everyone else of the stage ⭐
@primalengland2 жыл бұрын
@@MrsMillwall Thanks, of course it was Reading. No video, but I’ve heard audio of the gig. Can’t remember the first number. If someone mentioned it I would remember, but apparently, the place erupted. Hugely underrated.
@crackerdan80102 жыл бұрын
@@primalengland Thousands of people singing Merry Xmas Everybody in the middle of June for the encore
@lindahalfpenny32582 жыл бұрын
They replaced Ozzy Osborne's Blizzard of Oz at the Reading Festiva! 1980 and blew everyone away.
@kingstumble2 жыл бұрын
I can go even further back. I'm from the same part of the world(The Black Country.) In the 60s the band I was in and Slade, or the 'n Betweens as they were then called, played all the same venues. Countless pubs and of course the renowned "Plaza circuit"
@traherne67262 жыл бұрын
This is played in every shop, on all radio stations in the UK every Xmas. Enjoyed your reaction.
@sharonkay86382 жыл бұрын
The cause of many a festive knees up. Well done you guys - NOW it’s Christmas! 🎅🏼🥂
@lisafernley38102 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas
@simonweaver90002 жыл бұрын
I will always loudly trumpet Slade's other singles outside of this classic christmas song. You should react to 'How does it feel', 'Cum on feel the noize', 'My oh my' and 'Cuz I love you'
@tallthinkev2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget their cover of Martha My Dear and Far, Far Away
@nickhale29002 жыл бұрын
@@tallthinkev My darlin be home soon
@patdavis63832 жыл бұрын
That has been a UK staple for the last 49 years!! You can't escape it! (Not that you want to as it makes you smile!)
@alexfletcher51922 жыл бұрын
It's possible this gets played on UK radio (and in stores) about once every ten minutes during the holiday season; almost as if Christmas hasn't begun until it's played. How much this one tune (the third of 3 No.1 singles Slade had in the year of its release - all of which went straight in at the top - and the first of which was sitting there the night I was born) has netted songwriter and head-screamer Neville 'Noddy' Holder is unknown, but it can't be a small amount.
@mattshaw66742 жыл бұрын
You mean you were born when Cum on feel the noise was number one! I entered my teenage years to cum on feel the noise at no.1 - 24th march 1973. Was already a die hard Slade fan, so it was just such a wonderful occasion for me!
@stuartgibson9755 Жыл бұрын
Noddy gets £500,000 a year in royalties from this one song.
@bobbyshaftowenttosea54102 жыл бұрын
Finally, finally, a reacter who comments on Dave Hill's bloody weird fringe!!!
@W0rdsandMus1c2 жыл бұрын
Dave is from Wolverhampton, correction he moved to Wolverhampton, I just learnt he was born in Devon, and he looks exactly the same if you see him in the street, he never changes, always wore the biggest platform boots you've ever seen because he's not very tall, all 4 are lovely Noddy Holder, Dave Hill, Jimmy Lea and Don Powell
@hrothgar642 жыл бұрын
48 years after it's first release, it's currently back in the UK Top 30. I read somewhere recently, that every February, the two writers, singer/guitarist Noddy Holder and bassist Jim Lea, receive a royalty cheque for nearly a quarter of a million pounds for the amount of times this is played in public in the build up to Christmas. You really need to check out more Slade. They were one of the biggest bands of the early 70's. Only The US didn't seem to 'get' them. They were massive everywhere else in the World. They had 3 singles that entered the charts at number 1. Not even The Beatles managed that. And Slade were one of the greatest live bands ever.
@charleshill9546 Жыл бұрын
Especially when you're at Reading and Ozzie didn't show - so you got some washed up has been band called Slade filling the slot
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
@@charleshill9546 And hold the record for the most encores in Readings history, that is how good they were live, best live band to ever walk on a stage antwhere.
@heliotropezzz3332 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Noddy Holder, the singer, originally comes from the same part of England as Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin and, before Robert Plant was famous, Noddy used to drive him to and from gigs in his father's van. Noddy's father was a window cleaner so the van was full of clanking buckets. That was before Noddy was famous too. Robert really rates Noddy's voice and has tried (unsuccessfully) to persuade him to return to a singing career.
@penname57662 жыл бұрын
And the same place as members of Duran Duran, UB40 and quite a few others. Birmingham has given us a lot of the greats.
@heliotropezzz3332 жыл бұрын
@@penname5766 Yes. Also Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, The Moody Blues, The Move, Wizzard and Electric Light Orchestra.
@jamieforrester28572 жыл бұрын
Walsall,
@Gerrygambone2 жыл бұрын
@@penname5766 Planty and Noddy would not like to be called Brummies.
@christinestromberg40572 жыл бұрын
Have to admit that in that shot he does resemble Michael Cain. Never thought of it before. :) I love Slade, though it does get some peoples' backs up, as it's played so much here.
@nigelpilgrim42322 жыл бұрын
That is the lead singer of Slade "Noddy Holder " not Michael Caine it is early 1970s though !!! 🤔👌
@alangreenley3257 Жыл бұрын
1973 and still sounds great today 2022 slade are not just for christmas, they recorded so many great songs, a top top band
@paulsmith25162 жыл бұрын
This song is basically a Christmas carol in the UK now lol it still charts nearly every year just on airplay. As Christmassy as turkey and tinsel.
@ukdnbmarsh2 жыл бұрын
its quite amazing that you havent heard this before, for us british we have to endure it about 20 times per day on the radio at xmas
@gypsyroadhog2 жыл бұрын
And love every play of it 👍
@daviddixey2 жыл бұрын
Slade. Noddy Holder and Dave Hill still going strong!! Great 1970s anthem.
@geordietoonforlife.11552 жыл бұрын
Brings back memories of my youth Noddy holder is the lead singer absolutely class in its day. 👍👍
@JonTimi2 жыл бұрын
Never forget - he turned down ACDC
@kimmarievan-ever65992 жыл бұрын
You have just experienced the best Christmas song EVER..and our glam rock band Slade..a bunch of very down to earth brummie boys
@alangudgin71452 жыл бұрын
Noddy Holder is from Walsall, and Dave Hill, Jimmy Lea and Don Powell are from Wolverhampton.
@OMH03092 жыл бұрын
Indeed they are, Walsall and Wolverhampton lads, not from Birmingham. This song is a Xmas classic, the fact it's still so popular after nearly fifty years says a lot. And to me it never sounds old either 😉. Slade were a great band 👍
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
@@alangudgin7145 Noddy Walsall, Jim Wolverhampton, Don Bilston, Dave was actually born in Devon, but moved to Wolverhampton when he was young.
@sandraroyce58202 жыл бұрын
My all time favourite Christmas song. So much fun, everybody has to sing along to this one.
@philipbrewer83672 жыл бұрын
The best British Christmas song ever
@skguy72 жыл бұрын
This is the all time classic Christmas song ! Noddy really belts it out !
@BigyetiTechnologies2 жыл бұрын
Ozzy Osbourne said Noddy Holder had the best voice in rock
@iancransonsknees74762 жыл бұрын
Noddy was first choice for ACDC when they had to replace Bon Scott. Noddy turned them down.
@Londoneye572 жыл бұрын
Try Driving home for Christmas by Chris Rea - in fact it wouldn't do you both any harm at all to dive into Chris Reas stuff
@diptastik56512 жыл бұрын
I saw Slade live , near Christmas 1983 at the Hammersmith Odeon in London , amazing gig .
@2e1r3s22 жыл бұрын
I was six when this was released and I loved it and still do now. It is xmas when you hear this song in england. Glad you guys love it and happy xmas.
@Mr.Grimsdale2 жыл бұрын
Loved Slade ever since i was 8 yrs old when me and a mate sneaked in for the last 15 minutes of one of their concerts.
@sentinal23372 жыл бұрын
I was 10 years old when this came out and i remember watching this with my Sisters and Brother, now my Grandchildren listen to it. Life flys by so fast.
@patdavis63832 жыл бұрын
Stop the cavalry - Jona Lewie I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday - Wizzard Both worth a listen
@petertrott24832 жыл бұрын
I bought this when it first came out in 1973 and for me Christmas doesn't start until you hear this song on the radio, merry Christmas to you.
@Jay-qs2oi2 жыл бұрын
Omg he totally looks like Michael Caine. I'm british and this is a revelation
@nelliejames2 жыл бұрын
thats by far the biggest christmas song in the uk , played endlessly over here around this time
@Marc.Vanguard2 жыл бұрын
Just checked, not even in the top 10 of UK Christmas no 1s. The biggest is 'Do they know its Christmas' live aid 1984.
@nelliejames2 жыл бұрын
@@Marc.Vanguard just put the radio on tomorrow
@grrfy2 жыл бұрын
Now you have heard and seen this you really need to see Reeves and Mortimer's Slade at Christmas.
@gypsyroadhog2 жыл бұрын
Cuppa soup🤣
@grrfy2 жыл бұрын
@@gypsyroadhog Bees In MOI Cuppa Soup!! 😄🖖
@johndavid22072 жыл бұрын
Greatest Christmas song to date. Certainly one of the most famous.
@johnfellows28672 жыл бұрын
This song will always remind me of getting legless Christmas Eve, and then the banging head on Christmas Day !! Nearly 50 years ago, bloody hell !!!
@sammason51782 жыл бұрын
And you MUST compare this with WIZARD'S Christmas masterpiece. They are equally fantastic imo
@1954real2 жыл бұрын
Just realised how good this song is Great Review 👍
@jillosler93532 жыл бұрын
1970s 'fashion' was unique in that with hindsight it was so bad! 😆 Slade is still played every Christmas in the UK; along with Wizard 'I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day' and (for a total twist and guaranteed you won't hear it in any USA store!) The Pogues singing 'Fairytale of New York'.
@davidpryle39352 жыл бұрын
Jill Osler. Oh I don’t know was 1970s fashion that bad. I mean the punk fashion from the 70s still very much influences fashion nowadays. Torn jeans, to give just one example.
@billyboy778012 жыл бұрын
I’ve watched this vid every year since 1973 and never ever heard Noddy Holder looks like Michael Caine. He so does! 🤣 Best Xmas song by a mile. 🎅🏻🍺🍺
@dazza93262 жыл бұрын
Never heard this song? Wow fella, this is massive in the UK and around the World. Slade were a big rock band.
@MichaelGGarry2 жыл бұрын
This gets played in the Malls and shops of Singapore, so yeah, really around the world!
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
I am so glad you said rock band, they were by far the best rock band i ever saw live by miles.
@patriciabyrne73918 ай бұрын
Earns them a fortune every year, Slade are a brilliant band and still sound great today💃🏻💃🏻👍
@pauljohnston39742 жыл бұрын
Absolutely loving Daniel's reaction to this. You could tell he was enjoying it by his face 😀
@kalinaphillips97792 жыл бұрын
There was an interview with Noddy Holder (the lead singer)and he said he has never liked this song, but admitted it grown on him as it is played every year multiple time daily everywhere. He said: "it definitely paid for my retirement". This song is from 1973, and you watching them perform on the program "Top of the Pop". You right. I have never noticed that but you are right.
@suejaneuk16812 жыл бұрын
In the UK this is played in every store you go in. Also, "I wish it could be Christmas everyday" by Wizard.
@susanjohnston82672 жыл бұрын
I have to agree, I've skipped Alexa about 6 times playing modern US Xmas slush music, all I got was The Pogues and Johnny Mathis. Thank fook fur Traditional old style 70s British Xmas music to keep us sane. Your going to have to do Wizzard - I wish it could be Christmas everyday.
@Ingleborough1112 жыл бұрын
I think the song was recorded in New York on a hot summer's day. The shout near the end, 'it's Christmas' was shouted up a lift shaft to get the echo effect.
@crowhillian582 жыл бұрын
Yes you are right, recorded in NY in the middle of a heatwave. The tune itself was written in the late 60s and was intended to be a melodic hippyish song.
@fionadutton81492 жыл бұрын
Love Slade, great live band
@LondonLocal2 жыл бұрын
It’s not Xmas day without a bit of Slade 👍🇬🇧
@desmondbuckley5341 Жыл бұрын
Love Slade top Band lucky to have seen them live
@davidcorbett17132 жыл бұрын
Takes me right back to when we were very young, great days kind of brings a tear to your eye remembering better days.
@taylor81992 жыл бұрын
Every Christmas. Seriously. It's not Christmas without hearing this.......for well over 40 years. x
@riacoaster89782 жыл бұрын
Been listening to this forever - It never gets old🎅
@tobytaylor21542 жыл бұрын
Bloody hell! You're right! How have I never seen Michael Caine lol. Every Christmas party in the UK will play this and everyone will be up and singing along
@simonatkinson63892 жыл бұрын
This is 1970's "GLAM" rock at it's finest! The over the top outfits were compulsory! Check out 'T. Rex - Metal Guru'
@davepb57982 жыл бұрын
You should react to more Slade, they are the shizzle.
@garethgriffiths16742 жыл бұрын
Perhaps the best two movies based on rock bands is 'Spinal Tap' and 'Hard Day's Night". Third place for me is Slade's film "Slade in Flame"
@philward25382 жыл бұрын
Slade In Flame is the best...Violent dark and truly shocking
@dianelindsay46952 жыл бұрын
Haha, you've made me look at Noddy Holder in a completely different light, Michael Caine, I really can see it. What a classic Christmas song 😅
@markkilmartin3522 жыл бұрын
Wow I've been listening to this since I was 10 years old and that's the first time the Micheal Caine resemblance was spotted. Zulu would have been a very different film with Noddy Holder
@sagan6662 жыл бұрын
How can you not of heard this song ? Wow... This is prob the best and most played Xmas song over this side of the pond. And yes, Noel Gallagher did an acoustic cover of this years back.
@dannycoventry79272 жыл бұрын
Eventually got to see them live in the early 80s, left the Glasgow Apollo literally drenched in sweat from head to toe, greatest live band ever, bar none.
@darrellpowell60422 жыл бұрын
This song will see many more Christmas plays in future as its a great song and catchy. That's why its lasted nearly 50 years as one of the UK's favourite Christmas song played at parties, pubs and on radio. Its a classic.
@markhoward28112 жыл бұрын
I've met singer Noddy Holder in Wolverhampton and guitarist Dave Hill in Ironbridge. Both were very humble in their conversations as they were once one of the biggest bands in the UK in the 1970's. Many consider Noddy to have one of the most powerful rock voices. They were the original songwriter/singers of 'Cum on feel the Noize' as well that was covered in the USA by Quiet Riot.
@humptydumpty91772 жыл бұрын
Being ancient, wrinkley and stinking of pish, I was brought up with this band and seen them play many times over the years. Brilliant!
@smahier2 жыл бұрын
Great and refreshing to hear your reactions to something new to you, which I have known since its release 48 years ago! Slade were massive in the UK 1971-4. Apart from this, all their best-known hits had misspelt titles: Cum on feel the noize (which you know), Mama, weer all krazee now, Coz I luv u, Take me bak ome and Gudbuy t´Jane, among others. When, with Far, far away in 1974, they started to use standard spellings, their star was on the wane. It´s hard to overstate how huge a part of Christmas this song is in the UK, especially at office parties.
@gabbymcclymont41672 жыл бұрын
I feel so sorry for you guys I in America, not having fantastic Xmas music, this is another uk song everyone knows the words to and sing at full belt together.
@Maccaxxx10 күн бұрын
America missed the boat with Slade big time.
@House0fHoot2 жыл бұрын
50 year old glam rock from 1973 - love it 🎄
@fizzyfish2 жыл бұрын
Can you stop the cavalry…. Driving home for Christmas… the darkness don’t let the bells ring (something like that).. love a bit of Christmas music.
@paulqueripel34932 жыл бұрын
Don't let the bells end, or how how to get the word bell-end on the radio.
@peejay69302 жыл бұрын
I went to see Slade a long time ago, it was in December, The band went off stage and when they came back Noddy had a full Santa suit on and shouts "what do you want to hear?" the crowd roared "Merry Christmas" ....... Noddy looked down at his suit as said "thank f**k for that!" :o)
@alisonwhyte88852 жыл бұрын
Hard to believe this was out nearly fifty years ago. still great to hear at Christmas
@JohnM...2 жыл бұрын
THE Christmas song. Seem to remember they actually recorded this in JULY!
@Lilly8Listens Жыл бұрын
Quite simply the best Christmas song ever recorded.
@Jenjenilou2 жыл бұрын
Me and my schoolfriend went to see Slade at Wembley Arena when we were fourteen. Travelled to London on the train and everything, it was so exciting. We absolutely loved them. One of the best live bands ever.
@Boo.....2 жыл бұрын
Jeez, I honestly couldn't imagine Christmas without hearing this at least 5 times. 😂
@mooncatandberyl53722 жыл бұрын
you mean 5 times a day every day i prersume
@markheslop516711 ай бұрын
Possibly the best UK Christmas pop song ever, 50yrs on & its still enjoyed by any age group.
@ceebee96332 жыл бұрын
Christmas Time (Don’t Let the Bells End) by The Darkness is an excellent British Christmas song, and it’s pretty recent.
@DeidreL92 жыл бұрын
SLAAAAADE!!! LOVE EM!!! Come on feel the fxcking noise!!!😂❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@karenward2672 жыл бұрын
Fond memories of the 1970's. I forgot about this song until I heard it playing on the Christmas episode of the UK version of The Office. Instantly downloaded it and now it is always layed at Christmas. The lead singer is Noddy Holder.
@pb-nl7oh2 жыл бұрын
Yes he does look like him. This is one of the best Xmas songs ever.
@OutofCredits2 жыл бұрын
Slade have done some great songs, worth checking some of their other songs as well