On The Lighter Side...

scotfree

Posted about 4 years ago

Only one of the best Christmas rocks of all time, here's Slade with "Merry Xmas Everybody"!

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brendanhalpin says Nice! Merry Christmas!

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scotfree says Have a joyous holiday Brendan!!

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Bartleby says This has become a classic in so many houses - Happy Yule to you ;)

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davidaarong says Has a very John Lennon influence on the vocals. www.audiodrums.com

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scotfree says Hi david! Inteesting you would make that observation. Here's a quote from Noddy Holder and Jim Lea regarding this tune: "During Slade's summer tour of the East Coast of the USA, the band stopped off in New York and booked some studio time at the Record Plant, the legendary recording studio where Jimi Hendrix, The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac had laid down tracks. Noddy Holder explains below: - "It was a steaming hot day. To get the sound we wanted we did some recording from the corridor and we were singing 'Merry Xmas Everybody' in the middle of a sweltering summer. The Americans hanging about were staring at us and thinking 'Mad Englishmen...it must have seemed pretty stupid to them". Jimmy Lea remembers being in awe of recording the song at such a famous studio. "John Lennon was doing his 'Mind Games' album there at the same time, so I was using the same piano that Lennon was...it was an odd feeling".

Permalink posted 12/24/2007