Who's Best: Slade or T-Rex?

[R.I.C.O.]

Marc Bolan is a legend. Noddy Holder is an idiot. End of....

Slade reminds me of school discos and people shouting "itttsss Chrrriiissstmarrssee" really loud and annoyingly.

 

[isvicthere?]

Declaring an interest here: the first single I ever bought was 'Telegram Sam'. It was Feb. 1972 and it cost 43 New Pence.

Although I was also a big fan of Slade, I have to say Bolan and co. just edge it.

 

[Sigmund Fraud]

How the fuck are T-Rex topping out in this poll? Fucking bobbins

Slade are a national treasure

 

[BEARBOT]

for now im voting t.rex...

about 10 years ago i loved his hippy/folky stuff as well as the glam stuff..havent heard much of marc recently tho.

he came from a modest background(stokie or stamford hill)just like slade did but unlike slade he got in with a rich lady manager from the other side of town early on and he had cultivated tastes in literature/art etc which can open doors and take you places..AND he looked pretty tasty/spot on for the time..

slade well....looked pretty silly



sure bolan might be overated cos he was killed young in car crash, but on the other hand i understand he was starting to be seen as a tastemaker/cultural commentator even( a la say jarvis is now) at the time of his death..

rightly or wrongly slade are seen as a bunch of oiks from brum..

i can't beleive slade have/had half the ego probs of the gallagher bros tho, which is a point in their favour..

certainly bolan was sickeningly arrogant but he WAS seen as the equal of the beatles/bowie in his day..slade were seen as a kiddie chart band

i have recently "acquired" a copy of "slade in flame" so maybe i will develop a greater appreciation for them after i view it
for now im just aware of their big hits, sure they are a "fun" band but i cant comment yet if there is more to them

 

[Sir Belchalot]

T.Rex for me. Slade wrote some good songs but Bolan wrote loads. He did come across as a bit of an arsehole but was about the only old fart who welcomed Punk and put bands on his T.V. series just before he died. The Slider's a great album. Plus Slade's bad spelling was tiresome. My daughter's really into Coz I Luv You at the moment for some reason.

 

[Johnny Canuck3]

That is a tough one, but I went with T Rex.

But Mama Weer All Crazee Now is one of the great tunes of the time.

 

[holteman]

slade were great...but t-rex just edge it

 

[fishfingerer]

20th century boy still sounds fucking awesome. Please don't tell me if Oasis have nicked it and fucked it up the arse.

 

[phildwyer]

T. Rex, no contest. My favorite is "London Boys," a title that Johnny Thunders used for his riposte to the Pistols' "New York." Thunders visited England in 1971 and was blown away by Bolan, from whom he nicked his image and stage moves. Then Steve Jones nicked them off Thunders. So there's no decision to be made here.

 

[Hollis]

What a mouth-watering line-up....

Well I'm certainly checking out me wallet..

 

[madamv]

I love both but T Rex have a special place in my heart. My mum dragged me up on it and my first second hand record purchase of my own was Ride a White Swan..... I actually screeched in the store when I spotted it.

Ah......... the days of spending my Saturday wages down The Kontempary

Noddy pops in to Mark Radcliffe on Radio 2 every now and then. Always good for a giggle and seems a sweet bloke IMO.

 

[topaz]

i've done the p.a. for both of them and they were all safe except don powell who was up his own arse (but i did get one of his drumsticks for future ebay profitability haha), dave hill was a tad strange too... but everyone else was safe, the t rex crew were really nice!!

 

[editor]

Well, I played Telegram Sam tonight at Offline (original 7" vinyl too).
I don't know if the crowd liked it, but I certainly did.

 

[fishfingerer]

How many rock'n'roll deaths have Slade had? None. T-Rex have had at least 2, the car crash and the guy who choked on a cherry.

 

[A Dashing Blade]

T.Rex for me. Slade wrote some good songs but Bolan wrote loads. He did come across as a bit of an arsehole but was about the only old fart who welcomed Punk and put bands on his T.V. series just before he died. . .

Seem to remember he had Hawkwind and the Jam on the same program once!

 

[rhod]

Never saw TRex live

I advise anyone curious about T-Rex live to check out their recent DVD Born to Boogie

Original film came out in the '70s consisting of concert footage & slighty wanky (but nonetheless charming) surreal interludes. Fortunately this re-issue also includes both the original source concerts unedited.

Audio restoration is fucking amazing - Tony Visconti recorded the original live sound properly on some decent multitracks, and the 5.1 mix he has constructed will blow your mind! -the band sounds really tight and in-your-face, especially the rhythm section.

 

[Idris2002]

Found this thread because I was listening to Bolan's Ballrooms of Mars, which could have been off Hunky Dory now I think of it:



By that, I mean that it combines a pop sensibility with some a good deal more sinister, which reminds me of Bowie's Bewlay Brothers.

But then this thread made me listen to Slade again:

 

[skyscraper101]

I vote Slade because I think I prefer them overall. T Rex were good too.

 

[catinthehat]

T Rex - you couldn't do this to T Rex.

 

[Sea Star]

T-Rex for me! But only for the early electric stuff, produced by Visconti. After that he became derivative and kept repeating himself. Wouldn;t let himself evolve and grow as his audience grew up and by the time he realised his mistake it was all too late. Ended up sounding like a piss poor Bowie imitator.

Have just read Visconti's biography and he talks at length about what a tit Bolan was. I mean, he was a tit from the beginning and his friendship with Bowie was always fragile - Bowie obviously keeping him around while he remained interesting and was someone he could compete with - but while Bowie was magnanimous when his friend became famous first, Bolan was bitter and jealous. By Bolan's death Bowie pretty much avoided him and treated him like the arsehole he was, and humiliated him on his own tv show - which was the last time they ever met and the last time Bolan performed for an audience.

 

[Chilli.s]

I read somewhere about Marc Bolan and Sid Vicious accidentally meeting at some smack dealers house, a cruelly comic scene that appears in my sprawling epic 70's tragedy book.

 

[ska invita]

T Rex - you couldn't do this to T Rex.

what a great sketch....what show is that from? ETA its from Reeves + Mortimer
Its really good chemistry - shame they didnt all do more together

Heres a theory: what do you get if you cross Slade with T-Rex?
Answer:

Spoiler: d

 

[Bernie Gunther]

Slade had better hats

 

[ska invita]

Just watched a couple of slower Slade numbers...Ive never noticed it before but i think Noddy was trying to channel John Lennon a bit
like here:

Spoiler

 

[mauvais]

T-Rex clearly have their own line of vegetable fats.

Slade don't.

 

[blossie33]

Just a personal opinion but I'd go with Slade, didn't really like the chart stuff ( especially the Christmas one ) but some lesser known numbers they did were good.

I really disliked Tyranasaurus Rex, my friend was a big fan and I saw them live a couple of times under sufferance - not my sort of music, found them very boring.
I think, because of that, I was put off TRex, though they were a slight improvement.

 

[StoneRoad]

Slade for me, much more stage presence and a wider range.
Bolan was a bit "samey" and a plonker.

 

[ouchmonkey]

Slade were basically over by this point but it's a legendary performance,
they stepped in for Ozzy - expecting a disinterested/hostile crowd
(apparently they were but they sing and clap along from the start so...)
anyway they absolutely fucking kill it - only half an hour and honestly it's really really worth your time

 

[Idris2002]

Slade were basically over by this point but it's a legendary performance,
they stepped in for Ozzy - expecting a disinterested/hostile crowd
(apparently they were but they sing and clap along from the start so...)
anyway they absolutely fucking kill it - only half an hour and honestly it's really really worth your time

Slade were way before my time, but I do remember their comeback. . . people talked about Slade's "quiet years".

 

[Casual Observer]

Slade by a country mile for me. 'Coz I luv you' on its own is worth more than everything T-Rex recorded put together. For doubters needing enlightenment, here's the proof 11 minutes and 47 seconds in...