Music
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I think you can tell a lot by a person by which version of COFTN they prefer.
I'd have to pick Quiet Riot's version,but this was my first time hearing the version by Oasis,and I'd probably rate that one second because it made me think it kind of sounded like The Sex Pistols,if they had covered it.
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But keep in mind the time had an awful lot to do with their appeal. I totally get why out of context they may not translate. Music, after all, is so much more than just the music.
I couldn’t agree with you more on that account. I have an album coming out,I think,in January that was recorded in 1982. The music is really relevant to that time period. I was really surprised when I heard that someone wanted to release it. I know it was remixed but not much else. Curious to see how it is received.
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@Matt the music snob in me wants to claim the original slade version is best(didn't actually hear that one til years later)but coming of age in the 90s i bought the oasis anger cassette single at sam goody.
At that age quiet riot just seemed like "butt rock" for divorced dad's and ner-do-well uncles who drove transams
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@Mizmazzle I have a copy of the original version that was done in 1982. Have to see how this one comes out before I let anyone hear it.
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Man I was starting to get rankled over the possibility of nobody bringing up the Slade version but @GraemeE saved the day. Their version gets my vote. And as much as I love Oasis, that version’s dead last! I give it one out of four unibrows.
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Oh nm I didn’t read far back enough. Slade addressed. Ignore my comments, except for the Oasis one.
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Much derided when they were current
I'm of the younger generation who can appreciate their stuff
Was it general distate for glam back then or just Slade ?
Or maybe just Hills chompers and midevil page-boy hair?
I'm not sure it was distate, it was more that we know it was generally not the most brilliantly constructed music. But that said, we all listened and danced to it.
I had Hills chompers at the time
