Jim Lea - Talks about Slade, Chas Chandler, Image, Early Bands & more - Radio Broadcast 18/06/2023

[@grwuk]

Brilliant band with brilliant songs.

[@alangreenley3257]

jim lea rock god, a man of so many talents,

[@paulgoddard8133]

SLADE..👊 you guys Always put a Smile on My Face 😊

[@paulgoddard8133]

SLADE..Noddy & Jim were such great writers for Slade.. so many Hits. & Number 1s.. Some great Albums too.. 25 years of Absolute Fabulous Music.. Slade.. Have always luv em' & will always luv em' Best Band..👌 in the land..👍

[@ianhenry4046]

One of the best live Rock'n'Roll bands the UK has ever produced.

[@goliathsmall2911]

Coz I luv you. One of the first singles I bought. Loved the sound of it and Jim's violin

[@trevoraird4156]

SLADE, a true rock n roll band,,, you can't beat the original line up, they absolutely always nailed it live on stage, never missed a beat, always delivered 💙

[@spudbyrne9497]

Slade the most underrated rock band ever and noddy holder has the best rock voice ever

[@redblade8160]

spudbyrne9497 Don't talk rubbish. Slade was never "underrated". You use that word all the time because you have nothing better to say.

[@spudbyrne9497]

@@redblade8160 really if you say so so I can’t say what I think wow it’s what I think of a fantastic band from the 70 I think you have nothing better to do then have a go at people I will always say what I think if you don’t like it don’t bother reading it 🤣🤣🤣

[@ParaBellum2024]

@@spudbyrne9497 Everyone's welcome to their opinion, but it can be annoying seeing the word "underrated" used to describe very successful and popular musicians and bands. What does it really mean? To me, it's someone who's really good at what they do, but never gets the credit for it.

[@bondbug73]

Eleven top 3 singles between 71 and 74, isn't underated.

[@spudbyrne9497]

I am not talking about all the hits it what some people think of them ask most people about and all the can tell you is the Christmas song I would say the are one of the best bands ever I have all there stuff

[@kelvinnoden3057]

Saw Slade at the Monsters of rock in 81 they were absolutely staggeringly good musically, the often hard to please festival crowd loved them so much Noddy and the band found it difficult to get off the stage - MAGNIFICENT! 🥰

[@SurlySteve1]

Yeah I was there also. If I remember right AC/ DC headlined, blue oyster cult can’t really remember them all

[@richardrumble3506]

@@SurlySteve1 AC/DC Whitesnake Blue Öyster Cult Slade Blackfoot More

[@garyfinn325]

I was there & Slade was outstanding even though it pissed it down during the day. Noddy looked at AC/DC bell & announced 'The bell rusting' poper front man

[@petercliff4023]

Slade Alive is still the greatest Rock album of all time.

[@laurencelevene4333]

I agree 100%

[@davidmorrison6175]

The man is a genuine legend of rock music. I've never thought him to be underrated. How would that even be possible with the talent he has

[@alanwhitney3263]

Perhaps more overlooked would be more appropriate, Slade rarely feature apart from December on UK radio

[@johnparton2209]

Jim was the brains behind slade, the ‘proper’ musician, he should have got much more recognition than he did

[@Fidelisjoff]

It was a synergy

[@vernongoodey5096]

Don’t worry he gets the Royalties along with Noddy that’s why Dave Hill still has to work for a living

[@R3RLEE]

Rubbish he wasnt the brains behind slade....as for so called proper musician lol you are joking!! They were all musicians.

[@thegoat11111]

@@R3RLEE At one time Slade were the biggest selling band of the 70s and you had to sell a lot more records to get to number one in those days. Unless you lived though the 70s then you will never know how big Slade were back then. Also one of the best live bands.

[@R3RLEE]

@@thegoat11111 teaching me how to suck eggs pal.....l was one of their biddest fans...l saw them 5 times live..I've still got to this day every record they did...45s and Lps. My bedroom wall was plastered in their photos as a kid. There's nowt you can tell me about slade believe..oh and also the music industry..l was a radio presenter years ago on a well know radio station so l know a bit about what your trying to tell me. And ues l certainly did live through the 70s.

[@marianpower6711]

So good to hear Jimmy,great musician,still got all my Slade records,😍😍.coz i luv you is still my favoutite Slade song.😎😎

[@bazbuncher6948]

saw them twice awesome

[@troopz4683]

Jim is my hero, love ya Jimmy

[@simonprodhan5050]

great interview and nice to hear it via youtube as i boycott the BBC, great talent is jim and undoubtedly slade are one of the greatest bands ever

[@gibsonduvall]

'How does it feel', still one of my favourite songs, thanks Jim.

[@nicmorton280]

What a legend and so modest, thanks to the great JW for the interview too.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

I wish we'd had more exposure to Slade in the early 70s here in the US. I didn't "discover" them until they did Run Runaway, which was an awesome song. Now I can see all their stuff online, and how good they really are.😍😎

[@mjh5437]

They were MASSIVE in England in the 1970s and we all remember them with great fondness and affection here....,American audiences really missed out on a staggeringly great band,its very sad.

[@Mick_Ts_Chick]

@@mjh5437 Yeah I'm not really sure how or why they didn't get promoted more here in the US. I know they played here though. Guess we'll never know🤔

[@macca1146]

They should have been the biggest thing since the Beatles in America.

[@fatbelly27]

Jim was the musical talent. The others all had their place. Great band.

[@ianperry-g3s]

My first live concert were Slade at the Town Hall Birmingham 1973. Support band were The Sensational Alex Harvey Band. At the age of nine i was only a short arse so i got passed around on everyone,s shoulders. What memorie,s and history.

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

In 1973 I was working at Polydor & got sent to Earls Court to erect some displays of Slade record sleeves, posters, stickers and the like for their concert that night. When I’d finished I thought the entrance foyer area looked pretty good, with pics & posters of Slade everywhere. When they finally opened the doors my afternoon’s work was completely undone in a matter of seconds lol… a crowd of Slade fans surged in & stripped everything & anything Slade related, all that was left were the white cardboard stands the stuff was stapled to! I stayed for the gig & Slade were great, they were enormously successful at that time.

[@DuffElmer]

Legend

[@danielthomas8507]

My band was signed to his label in the 80's..thanks Jim.

[@harveycotton5185]

How does it feel was slades greatest song it’s brilliant

[@angusbabb4913]

absolutely love Slade ,

[@jakeet999]

Jim is such a talented person as are the rest of the guys

[@johnmclean9641]

God bless ya Jim and slade !

[@porkypile]

Jim, get it up. Please? We love you

[@mrgrizzlyrides]

Luved Slade since 1973 and Jim’s still doin great stuff now. Thank god for Slade. I always like Pouk Hill

[@chrisst8922]

OK Yesterday Was Yesterday,, Summer Song, Don't Blame Me, Nobody's Fool, Let's Call It Quits, I Won't Let It 'Appen Again. Shape Of Things To Come, Take Me Bak 'Ome, Mama Weer All Crazee Now, Cum On Feel The Noize, Gudbuy T' Jane, How Does It Feel, In For a Penny.

[@martinkasper197]

Merry Christmas everybody, My oh ja,....

[@sveinsigurdgismarvik4445]

Slade, the 70's Happy Rock band. 😂

[@neilfranklin5644]

Hope all goes well with the in-between project.

[@peternunn7104]

brilliant live band used to see them around Bloxwich and the george hotel in Walsall in the sixties when they were the inbetweens, they played some brilliant music,

[@petemayes1940]

Saw them 3 times 73 at wembley no comment required 79 at Baileys Watford chicken in a basket place read their book 79 was when they wre all depressed as they realised it was basically over yet they gave it everything .Then Hammersmith odeon in 82 when their triumph at Reading Festival in 81 gave them a comeback and so amazing to see at that concert all the fans were greasers rockers and bikers and they were incredible

[@skree100]

Wasn’t it reading 1980? I was given a free ticket and backstage pass. We’d gone really as sabbath fans looking forward to seeing ozzys new band. I’d loved Slade as a kid and had a smattering of their records. It was a showcase for all the emerging talent like iron maiden, def leppard anglewitch, tygers of pan tang etc. headliners we’re Gillan and white snake. It’s been pretty crap with rainbows of bottles of piss being thrown from one side of the crowd to the other. I think it was a day and a half in and there hadn’t been a single song anyone really knew to sing along to. When the crowd heard ozzy had cancelled and the replacement was Slade most were hostile or at least moaning . Well Slade absolutely slayed them all. Just blew every one of them away. So good. So potent . So musical and tight they were in a different league to all the other bands there. The crowd were all won over singing along and going mad. The building feeling of frustration and anger that could have led to violence prior to them clearing the air and creating a new unity to the variety of rock fans there. Still today at 57 it was the best gig of my life. We did go back stage and being 14 or 15 we were looking for autographs. Dave was most friendly. Noddy and Jim were in a weird mood no doubt feeling triumphant over bands who would have been dismissing them as uncool. Noddy instead of signing my maté’s jeans drew an ejaculating dick. Despite them being pissed and mocking david Coverdales entourage and hair spray nothing was spoiled. What a memory. Only saw them that once but what a memory.

[@petemayes1940]

@@skree100 You are right Buddy 1980.That tour in 81/82 when I saw at Hammermith ,they had a live album out ,it is brilliant.

[@1000WinstonSmith]

Slade were fabulous

[@СветланаКоренная-з5в]

Джим ты красавчик ❤🔥🎸🎤🤝👏🥰

[@stephencarter8625]

Slade for the legends slot at Glastonbury..!!

[@martinkasper197]

There is only 1 original member left... So better call it Slade Tribute Band.... Same for Rainbow and Yes...

[@margaretjbuckley]

Last time I heard Jim and Nod weren't on the best of terms, don't know about the rest of them.

[@MikePhillips-pl6ov]

Noddy has called for the band to put any differences behind them and get together for a one off, final gig at Glastonbury. Of course Noddy's voice not what is was in the 1970s-1980s. But we can cut him some slack given the decades that have passed!

[@miltonwaxman9718]

@@MikePhillips-pl6ov If they could get together, that would be great, there isn't much time left to get the job done.

[@mjh5437]

@@MikePhillips-pl6ov Has Noddy really said that?...They should do more than just one gig,I`m sure they could still sell outevery single ticket for big venues all over England!!...Two or three night at Hammersmith Odeon for a start please God!!

[@JessicaAdamsAstrologer]

Jim Lea wrote 'How Does It Feel' aged 13 on a dodgy piano in the garden. Incredible.

[@andrewrobinson2565]

Slade were LOUD 📢. Saw them at the Polytechnic of Central London in Bolsover Street in October 1979.

[@markbleay6477]

I was there

[@andrewrobinson2565]

@@markbleay6477 I didn't stay long that night, but got my BA degree in 1983 (Arabic and German). Great place to study 👍👍.

[@markbleay6477]

I followed them all around the small venues and was at Reading for the :"Comeback" I even got my voice on the "Six if the Best" record of the event. My favourite band. I was At Chelsea College Uni of London '79 to '82. Environmental Biology.

[@weejim48]

Wouldn’t it be great to go back in time and see Slade again . We were all young and daft back then . The music was great, the girls were naturally good looking and the beer was cheap . Crappy job, crappy pay, hard work and no car. But I was happy. 👍👍👍👍

[@sargestack5657]

Pity that the interview was so short as there was so much more to be heard

[@fus149hammer5]

Being one of the most beloved bands of the seventies? It does help that they are all currently still alive!😂 Seriously though, Jim is highly respected in the music industry and by the fans that followed the band in the seventies and even now. Unfortunately Nod is still the "face" of Slade and the focal point even though he left the band over thirty years ago. Jim is the quiet maestro who performed magic in the studio. On stage they were pure energy and stagecraft. Any of us lucky to have seen them in their pomp have known that for decades. Rock on James Whild Lea.😊

[@jacute106]

First album I bought as a teen was Slayed and got to see them live, they didn't disappoint.

[@kathybarry2765]

Same.😂👍

[@justinneill5003]

Cum On Feel The Noiz! I was in my early teens, those songs bring back vivid memories 👍

[@woodlanddrive8998]

Oh, fergodsake... this radio interviewer didn't know Jim played violin?? Such a big part of Slade's sound. Painful to listen to know-nothings conducting interviews. Jim, of course, was a perfect gentleman.

[@laurencelevene4333]

Isn't it always the way. Either the interviewer is totally ignorant about the band he's interviewing or the research department are a bunch of *******. Slade were my favourite band of the seventies.

[@heraldeventsandfilms5970]

Johnnie Walker is a twat, roundly hated and he now sounds weak.

[@tynebar]

Where did he say he didn't know Jim played violin??? Johnnie Walker is a titan of broadcasting, he knew.

[@bartonbrown4172]

All these years, I thought Slade were from Canada! One of the greatest largely unsung bands ever…

[@MrMaharg65]

SLADE - one of the few Classic Rock Bands with all members Still Alive!!! If only they’d want to do a Tour they could make a friggin fortune!!!!

[@angusbabb4913]

sadly they never settled their differences and Noddy just isnt interested anymore , i think they did try to get together again about 20 years ago but it didn't happen

[@marcstevens8576]

It's a very interesting interview, as to what I understand, is that Jim joined The N-Betweens While Johnny Howells was still the lead vocalist in 1967. Does anyone know what became of Johnny Howells???

[@Isleofskye]

He became The Chief Executive of a Wall Street Risk Management Company specializing in frameworks that provide organizations with a roadmap to build their TPRM programs based on industry-standard best practices**** ****It's possible that this is a different Johnny Howells...

[@chasleask8533]

@@Isleofskye Belter !!

[@paulweston285]

@@Isleofskye I thought he had a Kebab shop

[@Isleofskye]

@@chasleask8533 lol

[@Isleofskye]

@@paulweston285 I think you thinking of Don A Kebab...I might be wrong...

[@paulredmond8929]

As a mate of mine said " my life is natural" is the best

[@SBAYLISS]

Slade were hugely successful but spud is right to a degree if for instance they were a London band they would have been even bigger and more well known.

[@mjh5437]

The daft clothes held them back too,personally I loved the clothes but it made a lot of psuedo-intellectuals and music snobs who take themselves too seriously just view them as a bit of a novelty act.

[@SBAYLISS]

@@mjh5437 yes hadn’t thought of it that way well said.

[@peternunn7104]

my father was a coal man and we used to serve coal to noddies parents house on beech dale estate.

[@fiction8909]

Cutting Don Powell out of the writing loop was a terrible decision. Listen to the early stuff, Don's lyrics were way the best, he actually read books... it helps.

[@alanwhitney3263]

Agree to a point but even Don admits that Nod and Jim were writing so quickly and successfully that he took a back seat.

[@Isleofskye]

Jim Lea looking like everyone's favourite Aunt Lily..

[@jamesharrison7354]

one and only Chimney....lol

[@nickwillobey2205]

Why does he look like Bilbo Baggins 😮?

[@ajjy1110]

lea is a better lead guitarist than dave hill

[@michaelschmidt9708]

Jim was/is a great all around musician. He and Noddy were one hell of a team.

[@charleigh195]

And Bob Harris interview another music legend