Episode 6 - Slade in Flame
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10/19/23 • 122 min
"In the cut throat world of the music business you're either a success or dead"
Join us for our slightly-behind-schedule* new episode of BPMOACA as we take a look at 1975’s Slade in Flame.
A career-stalling misjudgement or one of the best pop movies ever made? Pull on your platform boots and step back with us to the Nineteen SixtySeventies to find out!
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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BPMOACA/
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Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/BPMOACA6Notezz
(If you want to skip the synopsis, it finishes at 4'13") 🙉
*(give-or-take two years)
Links:
Playlist - Season 1 Episode 6: Slade In Flame Playlist
Slade In Flame: Full Soundtrack Album
Slade: The Singles 1971-75
Slade Alive - 1972-82: All Three Albums
Sadly the excellent Slade in Flame CD+DVD set appears to be currently out of print, but if you’d like to track one down, start by focussing a beady one here, here or here
...or alternatively, it’s currently available to watch on YouTube here
Slade in 1975 doing their best to win over a not-entirely-on-side crowd at the San Francisco Winterland:
And for the Hell of it, here’s SIF writer Andrew Birkin’s directorial debut, his 1981 adaptation of Hector “Saki” Munro’s macabre short story “Sredni Vashtar”
We played:
“Far Far Away” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
“How Does It Feel” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
Special thanks to Kesia Lazarus for piano on “How Does It Feel”
NB: Please note that the chat for this episode was recorded before the passing of the great Jane Birkin in July 2023, R.I.P.
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"In the cut throat world of the music business you're either a success or dead"
Join us for our slightly-behind-schedule* new episode of BPMOACA as we take a look at 1975’s Slade in Flame.
A career-stalling misjudgement or one of the best pop movies ever made? Pull on your platform boots and step back with us to the Nineteen SixtySeventies to find out!
Email: [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BPMOACA/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/bpmoaca
Show Notes: https://tinyurl.com/BPMOACA6Notezz
(If you want to skip the synopsis, it finishes at 4'13") 🙉
*(give-or-take two years)
Links:
Playlist - Season 1 Episode 6: Slade In Flame Playlist
Slade In Flame: Full Soundtrack Album
Slade: The Singles 1971-75
Slade Alive - 1972-82: All Three Albums
Sadly the excellent Slade in Flame CD+DVD set appears to be currently out of print, but if you’d like to track one down, start by focussing a beady one here, here or here
...or alternatively, it’s currently available to watch on YouTube here
Slade in 1975 doing their best to win over a not-entirely-on-side crowd at the San Francisco Winterland:
And for the Hell of it, here’s SIF writer Andrew Birkin’s directorial debut, his 1981 adaptation of Hector “Saki” Munro’s macabre short story “Sredni Vashtar”
We played:
“Far Far Away” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
“How Does It Feel” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
Special thanks to Kesia Lazarus for piano on “How Does It Feel”
NB: Please note that the chat for this episode was recorded before the passing of the great Jane Birkin in July 2023, R.I.P.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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