The new SLADE DVD was released today so I dutifully trotted up to HMV on Oxford Street to pay homage and had an awful shock - the Ordinary Boys (or whatever Preston off CBB's band is called) were playing live... aaarrggghhhhh! Really spoilt the vibe, man. They only did 1 song when I arrived and it instantly made me think it sounded like The Beat from yesteryear.Fighting my way through the throng of young girls and boys with odd haircuts, I descended on the DVD rack and scooped up my prize! Mine all mine!!!! A new SLADE DVD - cor!
It's titled, 'The World's Greatest Albums - The Ultimate Critical Review' and, of course, it's not authorised and the band aren't on it. It's a bit odd that it doesn't have the album cover as the DVD cover but that's probably why. I hope they're at least getting a goodly share of the royalties.
Basically, it's a load of middle aged men talking about the album (introduced by "Krusher"), all feigning knowledgability and speculating on why the singles weren't on the album, etc - you know the score. But I don't care. One of them even talks about seeing SLADE at Newcastle City Hall in 1973 - that was the scene and year of my baptism of glitter at a SLADE gig! There's some great black n white footage of the band from around 1972-73 that I haven't seen before, so that's fab. And lots of still photos. The quality isn't the best but it's an addition to the collection and gives me some stuff I haven't seen before. I still want more, of course!
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How awful to suffer the horror of the Preston.
I used to go to lots of rock gigs with a straight man who inisted on saying "hello" to Krusher whenever we saw him, though he didn't know him AT ALL. It was very embarrassing.
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Just sayin'.
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