That's one of the special things about Slade, its all about having a good time with great music. They aren't stuck up, their mission is for the crowd to have a great time. Thanks Dave for a life time of joy.
Lovely fella. Still happy to discuss the song after 50 years with enthusiasm. I’m old enough to remember the songs first performance on TOTP in 1973 😎🎶
I use to have Slade posters all over my bedroom wall back in the early 70s, i was a big fan, got really excited when they were going to release another record, nice to know Dave is happy and doing well.
We hear Merry Christmas down under and it is stinking hot, we love it, we loved Slade, still do. Mr Hill, thankyou for all your music, Slade were a huge part of our teenage years. I was 15 when I saw you blokes at the Melbourne Showgrounds on February 4 th 1973, you were my silver god, I had glitter in my hair, I loved your clothes, cutest hair cut, and your platform boots were amazing. Thankyou Dave, Thankyou Slade, the world is a better place with Slade being on it, well for a 15 year old kid from working class suburban Melbourne it was. Love ya Dave, I won’t ever forget you. If you are ever back in Melbourne, I’ll be there. 🇦🇺😘🥰🇦🇺
Me too! I was there standing in the rain and having a fabulous time.. I was also at Festival Hall twice when they came out again. I loved it and still have very fond memories. Slade were my love back then. Slade Alive.. Keep on rockin.❤ Thank You Dave for all those great times and happy memories❤❤❤❤😂 Rock On!... Karen. Melb, Aust 🇦🇺
Slade was a great 👍 band in there time and i saw them a couple of times in brum .Merry xmas is still the best song 🎵 at Christmas, great to have their Records or Cds 💿 so we can play them anywhere or anytime
"Would You mind a picture taken with a fan since 1972, Dave?", I asked him, encountered totally by surprise at the neighbouring table in a pizza restaurant in germany some 20 years ago. He looked over my shoulder, as if searching for my father or uncle or something, but it was me. He agreed and I at last could shake his hand in gratitude for everything. Viva SLADE!
Dave Hill, what an interesting man, no bullshit, down to earth, sound as a pound, I'm a musician of the same era that didn't make it, so we'll done Dave and Slade.
Always great to see an interview with Dave. Wish the interviewers would come up with more original questions though. It's always the same old dribble about the Merry Xmas song, or do you still keep in touch with Noddy etc. Come on interviewers, there is way more to talk about !!
What a great guy less grey of mud said to someone when they said dont yuo get sick of playing them songs no because its a different ordnance every show same with Dave great Times rhe 70s 😊😊😊😊😊
Nearly 40 years ago my friend and I went to see Slade at York University. It was in Autumn 🍂 but Noddy asked the crowd for a request. Yes we shouted for Merry Christmas 🎅 Noddy made us sing it! It was a great night! Many thanks to you Dave and the band for all the pleasure and great memories you have given us! Rock on 🤘👍
My grandmother came to this Country from England. I can tell you the Brits are excentric. and I mean that in a good way. Dave Hill is a very underrated guitarist. and as much as Noddy Holders incredible voice. Dave Hill was a very important part of the group SLADE. and he is left handed and plays the guitar right handed. and I'm the same way.
@@frank290862 Dave is the lead guitarist. and he could play the keyboard. Jimmy Lea is the bass player. and he could play all the instruments. and often played the piano the fiddle the Saxaphone and other instrumente in many of the songs. It was not unusual to see him sitting at the piano. with the bass in his lap and the stap over his shoulder. during the intro of song. and then play the bass. and Noddy Holder played the rhythm guitar and the bass. they sometimes switch playing the instruments when they needed to on different songs.
@@frank290862 Yes he did, if you check out their most recent video for the song 'My Oh My"? you will see him playing the bass, the fiddle, and the saxaphone, all three in the same song. he could play all the instruments he was well educated musically. Apparently you don't know too much about SLADE.
Dave what happened to the hair Hill.......part of the Greatest Band ever, being Slade....."H" you are the man, you were the Slade image of the 70's ..brilliant!
Saw Slade 1972 in Hamburg, Fanny (USA girl band) opening. Both bands awesome. Saw Slade again in 1973, Hamburg, can't remember who was opening. But Slade, as usual, still awesome. Was pissed-off with Slade, the Slade Alive! album was not a gatefold in Germany. It's a gatefold in UK. Found out when me and my mother (also a Slade fan) went to UK for a holiday. Got the album straight away in Carnaby Street!
I knew his dad quite well but I lost touch with him when I left the UK for a new life in Australia in 1986...Now because I'm older I realise that I should have kept in touch because we grew quite close and we really got on well, but I was young.....I think he would have missed me.....I think I was probably full of myself as all young people are......I think differently now.....
Legend, Super Yob, apparently that guitar is neck heavy and not easy to play. Someone else owns it, was it Marco Perroni from Adam and the Ants, or someone similar around that time. But Slade, just legendary.
geoffreylogsdon, you have to tense your wrist joints and muscles, continually until the rope restraints ever slowly loosen, enough, then free, you secure escape from torment of this interview, as your kidnapper knowing your disgust of Slade, could surely cause torture, by only means of restraint and interview. otherwise you pushed play, to watch this, because you didn't want to. you spent some energy typing Dave's inability to entertain or cope with musical finesse. I can only assume that joy of escape form your description upon this obvious forum of diehard Slade fans. ok...if I chose to watch any video, purposely, to degrade by comment, I would have to be aiming that loathing at myself....hating something about him he's never claimed to be.. only what you expect some imaginary musician should possess ... I believe Dave's talented, your the one with none
Yep... Don't think they are busom buddies any longer.. there is an hour's interview with Noddy Holder by Tony snell... And Noddy seemed reluctant to talk about Jim or Don
Cum On Feel The Noize replaced The Sweet' Blockbuster at No 1 in Feb 1973 and not Rod Stewart. Coz I Luv You replaced Rod Stewart' Maggie May in November 1971!
As a MASSIVE Slade fan, i just wish Dave would now stop the parody he has on the road and just enjoy the memories...he has spoilt the leagacy by continuing...it is Dave Hill and his Karaoke Krew, it's sad and time to stop. And that bloody xmas song!! They're back catalogue is so rich, please play more of it, not just MXE!!
I loved slade! But you on your own is not Slade and Nod and Jim wrote the songs! I dont care who else is in Dave Hills Slade but you have turned into a covers band! Time to retire Dave!
That's straight to the point but probably true... Saw them a few years ago before Don was "let go" and yes it wasn't really Slade... Ironically Andy Scott's sweet were on the same bill and they were fantastic.....
Slade would not have made it l,if Marc Bolan had not started Glam Rock, they were a skin head band then jumped on the Glam rock band wagon. Liked some of their songs, Noddy is a top bloke.
ask Don powell what he thinks about hill.. hill is a bitter jelious individual. didn't write any of the songs. didn't write the Christmas song doesn't earn an bean nod and jim get the royalties and he hates it...
Dave Hill is such a lovely down to earth man after all he’s achieved , great interview 👍
Great man, great band, one of my favourites of all time. Thanks Slade for the music and memories!
Merry Xmas Everybody will always be the best Christmas song and the 60's and 70's will always be the best music.
Yes yes yes. 👍👍👍👍
They also played music in the eighties. they were together over twenty five years. before they broke up.
It's Chriiiiiiiiiiiiiistmaaaaas
That's one of the special things about Slade, its all about having a good time with great music. They aren't stuck up, their mission is for the crowd to have a great time. Thanks Dave for a life time of joy.
What a sweet soul.
What a lovely bloke...and hey it ain't Christmas till nod says it is!!! Slade best and ever!
Lovely fella. Still happy to discuss the song after 50 years with enthusiasm. I’m old enough to remember the songs first performance on TOTP in 1973 😎🎶
Nice to see Dave looking so well. I was a huge fan back in the 1970's. Saw them live a few times.
I love any one of the original four being interviewed, they all have great stories to tell.
John Lennon's harmonium and cancelled studio time. Who knew? This is a fantastic interview by James Bassam. Love Slade.
I remember walking to school singing Cum on feel the at the top of my voice whilst walking to school in 1973. Happy memories! 🙂
I use to have Slade posters all over my bedroom wall back in the early 70s, i was a big fan, got really excited when they were going to release another record, nice to know Dave is happy and doing well.
I could listen to him for hours, he has such a good listening voice. I bet he has some right tales
A proper down to earth guy,
And yes we’re all still listening to the Christmas Hits, that what I’ve been brought up to, I’m a 70s kid👍🏻
We hear Merry Christmas down under and it is stinking hot, we love it, we loved Slade, still do. Mr Hill, thankyou for all your music, Slade were a huge part of our teenage years. I was 15 when I saw you blokes at the Melbourne Showgrounds on February 4 th 1973, you were my silver god, I had glitter in my hair, I loved your clothes, cutest hair cut, and your platform boots were amazing. Thankyou Dave, Thankyou Slade, the world is a better place with Slade being on it, well for a 15 year old kid from working class suburban Melbourne it was. Love ya Dave, I won’t ever forget you. If you are ever back in Melbourne, I’ll be there. 🇦🇺😘🥰🇦🇺
Me too! I was there standing in the rain and having a fabulous time.. I was also at Festival Hall twice when they came out again. I loved it and still have very fond memories. Slade were my love back then. Slade Alive.. Keep on rockin.❤ Thank You Dave for all those great times and happy memories❤❤❤❤😂 Rock On!... Karen. Melb, Aust 🇦🇺
Great to hear this straight after Noddy's long interview on Radio Merseyside...
I was lucky to be 14 years old when “Merry Xmas Everybody” was released. My favourite Slade song is “Everyday”
Top Man Dave Hill.
Lovely bunch of blokes 🙂 ......... stay well !!!!!!!!!!!
Dave Hill - one of the greatest people whoever lived. This is why we love SLADE.
You’re not wrong👍
U fukin sure
Slade what great memories thanks so much.
Mit dem vielen Glitter und Glimmer auf der Stirn sah Dave Hill so toll aus
I was 10 in 1973 my mum bought the single, I remember watching Slade on top of the pops singing it. my mum used to say what's Dave wearing today 😆
What did your Dad think ?
🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
Dave All the Best to you and your family for Christmas !
And Thank You for a Brilliant xmas Song !
He is a Jehovah Witness and doesn’t celebrate Christmas.
An absolute legend I was lucky enough to have been at the Earlscourt concert it was Brilliant.
Mesmerising band.
Great interview 😊
I always wished they could've done one last concert together. It's great we still have all 4 members with us.
Slade for all eternity…
Slade was a great 👍 band in there time and i saw them a couple of times in brum .Merry xmas is still the best song 🎵 at Christmas, great to have their Records or Cds 💿 so we can play them anywhere or anytime
Bostin!!!! Arr great to hear some local accent on the radio - and yes a REAL band!!
"Would You mind a picture taken with a fan since 1972, Dave?", I asked him, encountered totally by surprise at the neighbouring table in a pizza restaurant in germany some 20 years ago. He looked over my shoulder, as if searching for my father or uncle or something, but it was me. He agreed and I at last could shake his hand in gratitude for everything. Viva SLADE!
Dave Hill, what an interesting man, no bullshit, down to earth, sound as a pound, I'm a musician of the same era that didn't make it, so we'll done Dave and Slade.
good on you mate
Always great to see an interview with Dave. Wish the interviewers would come up with more original questions though. It's always the same old dribble about the Merry Xmas song, or do you still keep in touch with Noddy etc. Come on interviewers, there is way more to talk about !!
Really nice bloke , not full of himself like most of them , that's why SLADE were so great 👍👍
I saw slade Manchester susie Quattro was the support act 1971 top gig
What a great guy less grey of mud said to someone when they said dont yuo get sick of playing them songs no because its a different ordnance every show same with Dave great Times rhe 70s 😊😊😊😊😊
Nearly 40 years ago my friend and I went to see Slade at York University.
It was in Autumn 🍂 but Noddy asked the crowd for a request.
Yes we shouted for Merry Christmas 🎅
Noddy made us sing it!
It was a great night!
Many thanks to you Dave and the band for all the pleasure and great memories you have given us!
Rock on 🤘👍
My grandmother came to this Country from England. I can tell you the Brits are excentric. and I mean that in a good way.
Dave Hill is a very underrated guitarist. and as much as Noddy Holders incredible voice. Dave Hill was a very important part of the group SLADE. and he is left handed and plays the guitar right handed. and I'm the same way.
Dave didn’t play guitar on most of the Slade recordings. It was Jim.
@@frank290862
Dave is the lead guitarist. and he could play the keyboard. Jimmy Lea is the bass player. and he could play all the instruments. and often played the piano the fiddle the Saxaphone and other instrumente in many of the songs. It was not unusual to see him sitting at the piano. with the bass in his lap and the stap over his shoulder. during the intro of song. and then play the bass. and Noddy Holder played the rhythm guitar and the bass. they sometimes switch playing the instruments when they needed to on different songs.
@@HarryRenner-h9q lol. Jim never played the sax.
@@frank290862
Yes he did, if you check out their most recent video for the song 'My Oh My"?
you will see him playing the bass, the fiddle, and the saxaphone, all three in the same song. he could play all the instruments he was well educated musically.
Apparently you don't know too much about SLADE.
Dave yer a legend fella 👍
Dave what happened to the hair Hill.......part of the Greatest Band ever, being Slade....."H" you are the man, you were the Slade image of the 70's ..brilliant!
Great bio book,lovely bloke
Saw Slade 1972 in Hamburg, Fanny (USA girl band) opening. Both bands awesome.
Saw Slade again in 1973, Hamburg, can't remember who was opening. But Slade, as usual, still awesome.
Was pissed-off with Slade, the Slade Alive! album was not a gatefold in Germany. It's a gatefold in UK. Found out when me and my mother (also a Slade fan) went to UK for a holiday.
Got the album straight away in Carnaby Street!
Donnington park 1981, Slade stole the show, and the line up included Blue Oyster Cult, Whitesnake and AC/DC.
Propper yam yam dave hill 👍 🇬🇧
Now thats a cool dude❤
I knew his dad quite well but I lost touch with him when I left the UK for a new life in Australia in 1986...Now because I'm older I realise that I should have kept in touch because we grew quite close and we really got on well, but I was young.....I think he would have missed me.....I think I was probably full of myself as all young people are......I think differently now.....
Dave looks more like Ken Dodd nowadays,love the geezer and Slade are one of the best bands of all time.
What a decent chap.
Legend, Super Yob, apparently that guitar is neck heavy and not easy to play. Someone else owns it, was it Marco Perroni from Adam and the Ants, or someone similar around that time. But Slade, just legendary.
Would be nice to split the Royalties 4 ways just for one single, but fair play to Noddy and Jim for writing it
Was that the same Ena Sharples harmonium John used on We can work it out?
Nice Guy
Superyob! Never has one man gotten so huge with so little talent.
geoffreylogsdon, you have to tense your wrist joints and muscles, continually until the rope restraints ever slowly loosen, enough, then free, you secure escape from torment of this interview, as your kidnapper knowing your disgust of Slade, could surely cause torture, by only means of restraint and interview.
otherwise you pushed play, to watch this, because you didn't want to. you spent some energy typing Dave's inability to entertain or cope with musical finesse.
I can only assume that joy of escape form your description upon this obvious forum of diehard Slade fans.
ok...if I chose to watch any video, purposely, to degrade by comment, I would have to be aiming that loathing at myself....hating something about him he's never claimed to be.. only what you expect some imaginary musician should possess ... I believe Dave's talented, your the one with none
I love Ken Dodd.
Never realised Ken Dodd was in Slade
Ken Dodds missing brother ? You have to admit there is a resembelance to the great comedian
Notice he never mentioned Don Powell!
Yep... Don't think they are busom buddies any longer.. there is an hour's interview with Noddy Holder by Tony snell... And Noddy seemed reluctant to talk about Jim or Don
Can someone please give Dave a decent hair cut for Xmas? Then go over to Don's.
Ken Dodd's younger brother!
Cum On Feel The Noize replaced The Sweet' Blockbuster at No 1 in Feb 1973 and not Rod Stewart. Coz I Luv You replaced Rod Stewart' Maggie May in November 1971!
As a MASSIVE Slade fan, i just wish Dave would now stop the parody he has on the road and just enjoy the memories...he has spoilt the leagacy by continuing...it is Dave Hill and his Karaoke Krew, it's sad and time to stop. And that bloody xmas song!! They're back catalogue is so rich, please play more of it, not just MXE!!
No Dave Hill = no Ramones.
Oh, no Don!
The song secured their pension pot.
Great to see Dave wearing normal clothes that are not covered in mirrors and glitter.😂
30 years ago dave was working on new songs….😂
I recall someone saying that dave Hill was or still is a jw ? Don't know if that's just a rumour
Yes, i believe he is Jehovahs Witness, at least, I've read it on a few occasions.
@@jonathansteadman7935 wow that's amazing that he says best record of his career was merry Christmas everybody 😀
Best combover I have ever witnessed in my life, he looks a cross between Donald Trump and ken dodd
Сделайте перевод на русский! Садист! Я не могу услышать своего кумира!
For a second I thought the thumbnail was ken Dodd
Looks like Ken Dodd.
He's turned into Ken dod
Dave seems to be morphing into Ken Dodd.
He looks like ken dodd
Is Dave morphing into Ken Dodd🤔
Looks like the ‘bast*rd’ hair cut is now a comb over…. at least he still has some hair left…. 🙊
James Bassem is soo lame..... he might as well not be there
Anyone told you dave , you looklike ken dodd!
Ken Dodd has let himself go.
I loved slade! But you on your own is not Slade and Nod and Jim wrote the songs! I dont care who else is in Dave Hills Slade but you have turned into a covers band! Time to retire Dave!
That's straight to the point but probably true... Saw them a few years ago before Don was "let go" and yes it wasn't really Slade... Ironically Andy Scott's sweet were on the same bill and they were fantastic.....
Listen to Play it Loud. Jim and Don wrote some fantastic songs. Dave wrote a few with Noddy in the early years. He can write.
Don't remember Dave Hill but looks a bit like Ken Dodd.
Top man
Had to double take... Thought it was Catherine Tate's "nan" 😅😂
Slade would not have made it l,if Marc Bolan had not started Glam Rock, they were a skin head band then jumped on the Glam rock band wagon. Liked some of their songs, Noddy is a top bloke.
ask Don powell what he thinks about hill.. hill is a bitter jelious individual. didn't write any of the songs. didn't write the Christmas song doesn't earn an bean nod and jim get the royalties and he hates it...
His speech is soo slurry….
Ken Dodd died, diddly. no doddy
Dave needs a new barber or something 😞
Get a Haircut Dave.
And look like you ??
@@citizenseventies6738he he lol 😆
I hated that pathetic song from its conception, and my hatred for that song has only increased over the years, think a speak for the whole population.
Gr8 band... Noddy fidnt need a mike
Ken Dodd ffs