162. Coz I luv you by Slade

Slade - Coz I Luv You [totp2]

I bought this record in 1971 from KMart on the corner of Burwood Highway and Blackburn Roads in Burwood East. I was 15 and the only places to hang around were the local shop are Kmart which was pretty big. Also late night shopping had just begun on Friday nights. I bought a lot of records and they always had a good selection of singles. And when they left the charts you could buy the singles for 20 cents each. I bought this one full price though. It was an instant charmer as soon as I heard it on the radio. Noddy Holder had the greatest Rock voice since John Lennon. And it had that beat the pop kids really go for.
I managed to get a huge poster of the band to put on my door of bedroom. Later I got tickets to their Showgrounds gig. It was my first real concert. I got to watch the show on the shoulders of my mate Geoff Thake. I was small and light and he was tall. In 1971/1972 Slade were the band for me (though I was also big on T. Rex). I had yet to be introduced to Bowie.
I never went back to KMart. A girl I liked thought it would be funny to hide a chocolate bar in my shopping bag. Caught but innocent. Stupid skylarking. I think they were more pissed off because I didn't have a phone at home so to follow it up they would have had to drive to my place. So they let us go with a bit of a warning. It did mean a longer bike ride to buy records and I really liked all those cheap sixties re-issues they had there. Oh yeah the girl disappeared too.

I won't laugh at you when you boo-hoo-hoo coz I luv you

I can turn my back on the things you lack coz I luv you

I just like the things you do mmm,

don't you change the things you do mmm

You get me in a spot and smile the smile you got and I luv you

You make me out a clown then you put me down I still luv you

I just like the things you do mmm,

don't you change the things you do mmmm