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Post by dennis on Jan 19, 2023 20:54:32 GMT
these rather speculative thoughts could be spot on, for all we know. on the other hand, they could be completely wide of the mark. maybe even pretty much the opposite of the actual situation, again - for all we know. Den, you support Everton so you opinion is worthless until you can produce 2 wins and a draw in the next four games. Sorry Den but life's cruel that way. For what it's worth, there seems to me to be a lot of reading between the lines & transposing what little is known onto personal experiences. The resulting view could be spot on, or completely wide of the mark. There just isn't enough clear info. to say either way.
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 21, 2023 11:57:38 GMT
Great speculative thoughts here but as Dennis says, we don’t really know the truth of the matter. It would have been so great if they could have remained friends after their initial reunion. There must have been genuinely good feelings between them at first, after all Francis had Alan staying at his house for quite a while I believe. He didn’t have to do that. And as cg says, that walk around the old haunts in the dvd showed real affection. But then the sniping and bad mouthing between them started again and it all went to pot. Shame 🙁
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 21, 2023 12:14:24 GMT
Very interesting article. It would be great if Slade could reunite, even if just for a temporary period. Quo did it and it was magical for us fans and obviously helped out with the finances for some of the band. Could Slade do it, but learn from Quo’s reunion mistakes and avoid permanent closure from each other? I’d love it they could….
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Post by freewilly on Jan 21, 2023 14:10:39 GMT
Genuine question...
I never hear Slade's name mentioned in music circles. I never hear much of them on radio except at Christmas.
Would there be demand for a reunion?
I'm not understanding the Quo comparisons either. I wasn't around in the 70s and 80s but, I've been told Quo were one of the biggest bands around. There was a program on Irish TV the other week, about music in Ireland in the 80s. They mentioned Quo playing in Cork, in the same breath as Michael Jackson playing in Cork in the late 80s.(Obviously Michael was in a league of his own but, you get the point) Quo still packed out arenas when Alan and John were gone. Even without Rick, they still play in large venues. (Whether it's Quo or not for people is not a debate at this time)
Are Slade on that level or near it?
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Post by curiousgirl on Jan 21, 2023 14:52:55 GMT
Hey freewilly, I'm of the generation who grew up with Slade, as well as Sweet and Mud, all having chart hits in the Top 20. I don't get the link with Slade either. I've added in Sweet and Mud because to me, they sounded similar and were nothing like Quo. I heard these bands first and then Quo. Down Down was nothing like their songs. And then I heard ROLD. And then I bought a Quo album or 3. Despite the 3 chord label, once I listened to Quo albums, they were far more inventive than the hit songs of Slade, Sweet and Mud. For me, those bands all sounded very similar. But I never bought their albums.
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Post by granny on Jan 21, 2023 15:11:30 GMT
Genuine question... I never hear Slade's name mentioned in music circles. I never hear much of them on radio except at Christmas. Would there be demand for a reunion? I'm not understanding the Quo comparisons either. I wasn't around in the 70s and 80s but, I've been told Quo were one of the biggest bands around. There was a program on Irish TV the other week, about music in Ireland in the 80s. They mentioned Quo playing in Cork, in the same breath as Michael Jackson playing in Cork in the late 80s.(Obviously Michael was in a league of his own but, you get the point) Quo still packed out arenas when Alan and John were gone. Even without Rick, they still play in large venues. (Whether it's Quo or not for people is not a debate at this time) Are Slade on that level or near it? No. I doubt it. In my opinion a local reunion gig in the Wolverhampton Civic Hall ( if it reopens this year) or in the Wolverhampton Grand Theatre would do well but not in major venues further afield. Because Quo managed, by every means it could, to keep their brand in the public eye over the years and a reunion was a major event, for the nostalgic early fans as well as for later comers who were curious about the original magic. The "most appearances on Top of the Pops" was not an idle boast and reruns of it on TV keep the name Quo to the fore. We are living in strange times but the Christmas just past is the first year that I never heard "So here it is Merry Christmas" played in any local supermarket and I live only 7 miles from W/ton and also Walsall.
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Post by mortified on Jan 21, 2023 15:39:04 GMT
Obviously, Slade didn't have the longevity of Quo in terms of maintaining popularity, but they were absolutely massive in the UK for a couple of years. Like curiousgirl, I sort of grew up when they were at their peak. My early teens. I was never a big fan. The odd single. But there was no doubting their pull at the time. I honestly believe if they did reunite temporarily for a tour - and it was promoted properly - it would be successful enough to justify it. Even if it was just smaller theatres as opposed to arenas. I think I might even go along myself. But I get the impression we'll never now know. Speculation indeed.
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Post by curiousgirl on Jan 21, 2023 16:21:12 GMT
I think I misread Freewilly's post about the audience for a Slade reunion because I was never a fan.
Agree with mortified, they were massive, possibly more than Quo in that early 70s - 75 era. So I looked them up on that reliable source wikipedia. And a number of later bands cite them as an influence, including Nirvana, the Ramones, The Sex Pistols, Oasis, Def Leopard, Twisted Sister. The list is pretty long. So, maybe the true answer is yes!
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 21, 2023 17:19:25 GMT
Yes, they were massive but not sure if they would achieve big enough audiences now for a long tour. But like Mortified said, maybe a few small theatre venues would work? They still have very dedicated long standing fans, a couple of my good friends included and I know how much it would mean to them if it were to happen.
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Post by railroad007 on Jan 21, 2023 20:06:38 GMT
Genuine question... I never hear Slade's name mentioned in music circles. I never hear much of them on radio except at Christmas. Would there be demand for a reunion? I'm not understanding the Quo comparisons either. I wasn't around in the 70s and 80s but, I've been told Quo were one of the biggest bands around. There was a program on Irish TV the other week, about music in Ireland in the 80s. They mentioned Quo playing in Cork, in the same breath as Michael Jackson playing in Cork in the late 80s.(Obviously Michael was in a league of his own but, you get the point) Quo still packed out arenas when Alan and John were gone. Even without Rick, they still play in large venues. (Whether it's Quo or not for people is not a debate at this time) Are Slade on that level or near it? Apart from The Stones and Led Zeppelin Status Quo were the biggest band in Europe from 1976 until at least 1984, they were fcuking massive. Slade were never in the same league as Status Quo, they had a few catchy singles and jumped on a band wagon of wearing tin foil and silly hats and embraced the pop star stuff. Whereas Quo's appeal was that they looked like blokes who drove vans, went out with your mates big sister, lived down the road or gave you a lift home because they knew your elder brother from school. As for the music, no gimmicks, no movements. It was just "Here's the music, you like it or you don't". If you really look at the 1970's Quo were the only band who became successful on nothing else but the music, no black magic or devil shite, no silly clothing, no strange make up and bisexual rumours etc etc. They had nothing but the music. Surely this must make them among the greatest and unique bands in music history. They did with the music...nothing else. The critics really hated them, imagine your job is to find an angle, something new, something you can write reams of shite about and then the worst nightmare arrives. A band who have nothing but the music, you've got to hate that because it makes you irrelevant and you think you are relavant because no matter what you write the fcuking thing is unstoppable and has nothing to do with you. And when you meet them they treat you with barely disguised contempt because they can see right though you and nothing you write about them stops one single ticket or disc being sold. Bad album review but it's still gone in at #1. Quo were great for me in 70's, it was Millwall with music..No one likes us, we don't care. Of course they became show business, had to happen but they never sold out because they never said it was about anything but the music. I was part of an audience of about 3500 people going absolutely mental,and I mean mental, when a band of blokes one with a heart condition, one with MS and a drummer with a stamina issue played songs over 40 years old in 2013. It wasn't one of those gigs with loads of players and backing singers helping to share the load...it was just the band and the music. Funnily the critics tried to be nice and complimentary...fcuk off, they didn't need anybody to say it was good, the audience knew it was good from around about 1970. Nobody has ever turned a career on it's head by being one thing, being told to be another and then going back to what it was supposed to be in the first place.
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Post by fredbloggs on Jan 21, 2023 20:09:44 GMT
In a BBC radio interview way back in around 2001/2002, Francis said that socially he'd always got on really well with Alan but it got to the stage where he just couldn't work with him.
The video of them walking around their old haunts together shows they did get along socially, but it seems after the reunion gigs they sadly ended up not communicating again.
Guess Francis was right: socially fine, but couldn't work together.
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Post by railroad007 on Jan 21, 2023 20:12:56 GMT
In a BBC radio interview way back in around 2001/2002, Francis said that socially he'd always got on really well with Alan but it got to the stage where he just couldn't work with him. The video of them walking around their old haunts together shows they did get along socially, but it seems after the reunion gigs they sadly ended up not communicating again. Guess Francis was right: socially fine, but couldn't work together. 2 strong willed blokes thinking they know what's best, that's got to slide into personal issues Fred.
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Post by azza200 on Jan 21, 2023 21:31:43 GMT
The reunion shows no quo fan ever expected to ever happen just like the Floyd reunion at Live 8. We are lucky they both happened at all both are reunions no one predicted would ever take place. But they have happened now all in the history books of each bands legacy.
Slade are one of the band which are like Quo people either get them or they don't and both are very British bands probably why they never broke America in the 70's. I know Quo are big all over Europe are Slade the same a big following in Europe?
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Post by freewilly on Jan 22, 2023 15:48:34 GMT
Who else remembers when Noddy guested with Quo on TOTP?
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Post by 4th Chord on Jan 22, 2023 18:09:21 GMT
Who else remembers when Noddy guested with Quo on TOTP? IT’S (JUST AFTER) CHRIIIIIIIIIISTMAAAAAAAAAAS!
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