Basement - Run Runaway

I don't know this band from anything, but I do like this cover of Slade's Run Runaway.

It's kind of charming, which is probably something people don't say about the lead singer's singing very often.



It's pretty much straight-up, but I suspect it's hard to make this song without doing a straight-up cover. What are you going to do, speed it up? It's fast. Slow it down? For what, to explore the depth of the lyrics? Nah, just fire up the electric violin and get rocking.

Slade - Cum On Feel The Noize & More

Thanks to Tom for bringing Slade up tonight.



For those of you who didn't know that Quiet Riot's biggest hit is a cover. I didn't, for a long, long time. Now you know too!

And more Slade:



And even more Slade:



That last one might be their best song, in my mind . . . and it's one of their much later songs. I remember I'd hear it occasionally on the radio. Then one day I came in to work after hearing it, mentioned it to my friend Jimi O., and he said, "Yeah, Slade! Alright!" and then I was off to collect Slade tracks.