Brit Pop Movies of a Certain Age Matt Bragg, Gavin Lazarus
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Two pro musicians and vintage pop-culture buffs chat British pop music films from the late '50s to mid '70s.
Join Matt & Gavin on the sofa for informed geekery and live music, from the Hard Day's Night highs to Rock You Sinners lows.
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Episode 6 - Slade in Flame
"In the cut throat world of the music business you're either a success or dead"
Join us for our slightly-behind-schedule* new episode of BPMOACA as we take a look at 1975’s Slade in Flame.
A career-stalling misjudgement or one of the best pop movies ever made? Pull on your platform boots and step back with us to the Nineteen SixtySeventies to find out!
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(If you want to skip the synopsis, it finishes at 4'13") 🙉
*(give-or-take two years)
Links:
Playlist - Season 1 Episode 6: Slade In Flame Playlist
Slade In Flame: Full Soundtrack Album
Slade: The Singles 1971-75
Slade Alive - 1972-82: All Three Albums
Sadly the excellent Slade in Flame CD+DVD set appears to be currently out of print, but if you’d like to track one down, start by focussing a beady one here, here or here
…or alternatively, it’s currently available to watch on YouTube here
Slade in 1975 doing their best to win over a not-entirely-on-side crowd at the San Francisco Winterland:
How Does It Feel
Mama Weer All Crazy Now
And for the Hell of it, here’s SIF writer Andrew Birkin’s directorial debut, his 1981 adaptation of Hector “Saki” Munro’s macabre short story “Sredni Vashtar”
We played:
“Far Far Away” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
“How Does It Feel” (Noddy Holder/Jim Lea)
Special thanks to Kesia Lazarus for piano on “How Does It Feel”
NB: Please note that the chat for this episode was recorded before the passing of the great Jane Birkin in July 2023, R.I.P.
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In which Matt & Gavin briefly review the 1965 pop film "Dateline Diamonds"
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In which Matt & Gavin briefly review the 1962 pop film "Band of Thieves"
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