Songs of My Life #57 – Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel the Noize – 1983

Songs of My Life #57 – Quiet Riot – Cum On Feel the Noize – 1983

I’m often asked when did I start listening to heavier music, or at least when did I begin to become interested in it. I can probably trace it back to this song, which received a fair amount of airplay both on radio and TV when it was released. I remember the colours, the hair, the band members looking as though they were having a great time, and the loud music being something that wasn’t always heard in the usual circles. It was… illuminating.

The song is a cover version of the original Slade track from 1973, and it did well for both bands. There’s no doubt that the music video for this song did a lot in dragging in new disciples like my 13 year old self to the band and the hard rock genre as well. I didn’t naturally mature overnight into a hard rock fan, but the seed had been sown by this song, and for that reason I can always still jump around singing this at the top of my lungs whenever it comes on.

Great film clip too \m/