"face the music" - slade

SladeThey say you can tell a diner's

good if trucks stop there. Fewpeople know it, but this alsoholds true with British rockbands who write and play songslike "Cum On Feel the Noize"and "Mama Weer All CrazeeNow." As the clip for Slade's"My Oh My" clearly shows, thetruck stops here.

For a performance clip that'snot a performance clip, relatesBrit director Keith "Keef"McMillan, "We decided tospruce things up by having atruck with a stage set up in backpick up Slade on the way to aconcert. The story is very simplereally. They play on the truckand then arrive at a megagig."Keef, whose credits as a rockpromo director for the past 10years include both the giants

and the dwarves of rock'n'roll,insists he "didn't really have aconceptual clip in mind. lt's aperformance clip, it really is, butone with a twist."

The final concert scene,where scores and scads of rabidSlade Fans are driven to amusical frenzy, was actuallyshot with just 500 extras. "Weused a series of devices called'flying miniatures,' whichduplicated the extras manytimes over to make it look like20,000 people at a concert,"Keef explains. "The sametechnique was used for thecrowd scenes in Ben Hur." Theersatz concert-goers were gottenwith radio ads for extras andwere shot at a warehouse-cum-studio in London's docksideEast End. The overall two-day

production also went on loca-tion to the farmtown region ofLambourne, about 60 miles westof London.

Shot on 16mm f ilm, the clip'sbudget was a bargain-basement$25,000. The trick? "ll was paidfor in US dollars, which are verystrong right now. ln America,$25,000 is no budget at all, butin England, converted to pounds,it's enough for a good clip."

Then, too, nothing untowardhappened on the set to delaythings and run up costs. "Noone fell off the truck," reportsKeef. "Everything went smooth-ly. Working with Slade is greatfun. They kept the crewamused." Or as Slade mightput it, amuzed.

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RUIV, RU]YAWAYI like dreaming black and whiteDreaming in black and whiteYou like black and whiteRun, runaway.See chameleon lying there in the sun,All things to everyone,Run, runaway.

lf you're in the swing, ,

Money ain't everything,lf you're in the swing,Run, runaway.See chameleon lying there in the sun,All things to everyone,Run, runaway.

*From Keep Your Hands Off My Power Supply by Sladeand J. Lea. Copyright = '1983 Whild John Music Ltd. All

lf you got a crush,Don't beat about the bush,WhenlgotacrushRun, runaway.See chameleon lying there in the sun,All things to everyone,Run, runaway.

Oh, now can't you wait,Love don't come on a plate,Oh now can't you wait,Run, runaway.See chameleon lying there in the sun,All things to everyone,Run, runaway.

Run, runaway.Run, runaway.

(CBS Associated). Music and lyrics by N. Holderrights reserved. Use by permission.

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