So you say I've got a funny face...
Last night, I bought a special collector's edition of "Slade In Flame". I've never seen it before, but I understand that it is a bit of a classic - looking forward to watching it this weekend.
Dunno about you, but I find it nigh on impossible to separate Slade, the band, from "Slade in Residence" - Vic and Bob's inspired series of sketches from "The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer" in the 1990s.
In the sketches, the members of Slade lived in the same house in suburban Birmingham; Noddy Holder (Vic Reeves), Jim Lea (Paul Whitehouse) and Don Powell (Mark Williams) were the unruly, monster truck obsessed children being looked after by the ever-harassed matriarch (and true star of the piece), Dave Hill (Bob Mortimer). The Brummie accents were cranked up to 11 as the boys bickered amongst themselves and Dave threatened to send them to bed without their beloved Cup-a-Soups.
Their house was neighboured on one side by UB40 and, on the other, by Ozzy Osbourne (Neil Morrissey) and they invariably found themselves being visited by the likes of Wizzard's Roy Wood and Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon (both played by Charlie Higson) who was hilariously portrayed as a petulant Little Lord Fauntleroy!
"Slade in Residence" represents Vic and Bob's high point - after years of nonsense like "What's on the end of the stick, Vic" and "You wouldn't let it lie!", the duo had finally arrived.
Get down and get with it!!!!!
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I've never seen this either but heard Holder talking about it on Radcliffe's show the other week. I must get hold of it, it's supposed to be a better rock film than Stardust.
According to Holder, Slade in Residence was actually very truthful.
Far Far Away - great record, and almost an anti-Slade track!
Only ever seen parts of the film but I've never heard it maligned. Musicians have constantly said it was pretty faithful to the era and they would be the best judges. But I spent most of yesterday evening on Youtube watching Vic and Bob as a result of this so thanks for that. Luckily I always "got" V & B so it was all genius to me, Man With a Stick et al.
I did the same. I unearthed some classic sketches which I thought were hilarious at the time, but had completely forgotten about through the passage of time.
The "Masterchef" sketch has to be one of the funniest (and most bizarre) of Vic and Bob's sketches. I liked the "Noel's Addicts" one - although I couldn't find it on YouTube.
I almost choked with laughter after seeing the "Geordie Jeans" and "Geordie Jumpers" sketches from "Shooting Stars" again after all these years. Inspired.
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