What a fantastic interview Tony, you gave him a lot of space and didn't interrupt him, what an honest goodhearted individual is Noddy.

Thank you for letting Nod talk without constant interruption. A proper conversation

Nodd’s a great English working class hero who done good with his life and career.

It's hard to believe Noddy is 3 years off 80. He still sounds and looks like a man in his early 60s !

One of the best interviews I've seen. No interruptions, great stories. Noddy sounds great and in top form 🙂🙂 Noddy Holder is back, wouldn't it be great if he did an unplugged accoustic version of some of Slade hits

One of the most loved people in the land. And quite right too. God bless you Noddy. Merry Christmas to you and your family. ❤

Noddy was his usual generous self in that interview. Glad he's on the road to recovery. He had one of the best voices ever for rock n roll.

Superb ! Thanks Noddy for being there from the start to today Slade we're the greatest band in the seventies. Glam rock ! What music we had to enjoy.

Love those guys , love Slade .70 s was my era. So great to hear you are doing well Noddy

Brilliant interview. Best band, best singer ever.

First album i bought at the age of 13 in 1973 was SLAYED. Still got it. Long live Noddy he's a straight up gem.

Noddy is so down to earth..a peoples person..legend

Great interview, so lovely to learn about the background of Slade and the industry etc, These 70's Xmas songs will still be being played in another 50 years. Their longevity is timeless, when other more modern songs have been and gone. I love Slade and was 9 when I started listening to 'Cuz I love you', learning the violin at school, so when Jim Lea played the violin I was hooked. I still play Slade's 'Greatest Hits' CD in my car today. A great era of music in my opinion.

A very honest and humble person.

Absolute legend

God Bless you Nod and thank you for the greatest Christmas song of all time. What a tremendous interview, thanks for putting it up.

Credit to Tony for creating a professional easy flowing interview listening and guiding allowing Noddy to share his stories without interruption, even though he is a natural raconteur. I’ve done many radio interviews with 70s & 80s artists myself and it’s always a fine balance allowing the artist space and still guiding the guest at the same time. Noddy’s linear memory is razor sharp which gives so much more depth to the stories and facts, quite rare. Always thought it ironic that that they recorded MCE in New York yet never cracked the U.S in the seventies with lots of tours. Queen and 10CC to my knowledge divided the royalties out whoever wrote the song, keeping a fair democracy within their bands. Therefore must have been hard for Dave and Don having to continue to tour when Noddy and Jim moved on with their royalties as their life pensions, credit to them though for such a great batch of songs. Slade in Flame the movie I thought was excellent, often overlooked but a gritty take on the music business. It just occurred to me that Dave Hill and Tony Blackburn in their 70s heyday looked very similar aside from the hairstyles!

Great interview,I could listen to noddy all day,what a legend

What a gentleman our Noddy is, if you never catched Slade live you will never know what you missed, i was not in the least surprised they went down so well at Reading, they were the best live band i ever saw, and in Noddy they had the best rock voice ever too.

I love that guy/band!!❤💥

Love you Noddy , big part of my life , I’m still a Slade fanatic at 64 and used to have The Band pics on my wall . And I made a mirror disc top hat to hounered Noddy . ❤ Rock on Noddy x

Slade were a great band. Noddy the legend. Met Roy Wood at Bilston, another top guy.

Can we have another hour of this please ? Could listen to Nod speak all day.

Watching and listening to Noddy, as a 10 yr old and 50 years on as a 60yr old, I just feel so privileged to have been born when I was, grow up when I did and live long enough to watch this super interview with my hero. Thank you Noddy.

What an inspirational interview Neville (Noddy) Holder. My brother was recently diagnosed with Cancer, but he, like you tries to maintain a "Positive Attitude" We remember you from the 70's along with Sweet, Mud, and Co. All the best Noddy, may you stay well.

The man is a National Treasure. End of.

What a wonderful interview, the lad interviewing is top drawer.

Excellent interview. Thank you.

I was at the Reading festival in 1980 when Slade played. We, the crowd, requested the Chrismas song, well it was August, and yes they did play it. 🤣

What an awesome interview, Noddy is just as entertaining when he is talking as he is when he is singing.

That was fantastic, so down to earth guy is Nodd.

We were at Reading. We went en masse from Wales every year without fail and Slade were phenomenal. It was exactly like Nod describes it, everyone there grew up loving Slade and couldn’t believe that they were going to play at Reading.

What a delightful interview: what a delightful character Noddy Holder is. It’s now 40 years since I first heard Slade on Stage and was introduced to Rock’n’Roll. All I can say to all the members of the band is “thankyou!”

Great bloke Noddy, one of a few people I would love to meet. He is just one of the lads and for all he achieved, he is still the same. Stay strong Noddy.

what a great guy noddy is. what a great interview my friend, im 64 now and i can remember the excitement of watching slade on top of the pops, you only got one chance to see it on a thursday night. i still have my orignal singles i bought with my paper round money they cost 50p at the time . i bought my first acoustic guitar that year from woolworths. Thanks guys tony leicestershire uk

I met Nod at Queen's christmas concert in 1975...bless him.I was over the moon! Good to see he has recovered!!!xx

good too see noddy looking well

It’s great to see Noddy in the best interview ever….he’s comfortable, he’s animated and it’s obvious that in this interview, he’s so proud of his (and Slades) achievents. Part of my upbringing within music. And….part of the British slant on music and survival in the crappy early 70’s music industry within its own time-scale. Top job.

Best interview ever seen brilliant.

Great interview. Great man is our Noddy. Thank you Tony Snell.

Lovely interview with a lovely bloke one of my teenage heroes great to see him in good health. Slade were the first band I saw live great memories for me attached to Slade’s music

Growing up listening to Slade, they are more than just this Xmas song. My first album was Slayed followed closely by Slade Alive, both iconic albums. Loved the Glam era and Slade were my favorite band, still are to this day. Great interview this and could listen to Noddy for hours. ❤

One of the best interviews with noddy ive seen in a while! You didnt ask him the same questions as other interviewers do! I feel as though i learnt new things about noddy and slade! Very well done indeed! Slade are for life, not just for christmas!

May 1975 was when that series of Zeppelin gigs at Earls court happended I sadly did not go but bought the Melody Maker thaat had a wonderful article abd photos of the gig. It was Kashmir not Katmandu you were referring too. My nan always said she knew your mom many moons ago, having lived on the Mossley estate in Bloxwich for yonks.

Excellent interview. Love Nod , he's such a down to earth bloke. The enthusiasm he had telling his story of those great slade days in the 70's . I remember being a kid going to discos and slade was always played ,i was 12 in 1973 Nostalgia at it's best 👍😁🎶🎵

That was so enjoyable fantastic interview 😊😊😊

Thanx for posting this great interview. I'm a big Sweet and Slade fan from Holland and glad Noddy's doing so well!!

Noddy = Father Xmass...!!!! :)

This needs to survive forever, simply the finest conversation I’ve heard and seen. Absolute respect sir.

What a brilliant interview till death do us part my favourite album

Thank you for all the very kind comments. Very much appreciated.

Really enjoyed the interview

Don't you just love Noddy, so pleased he's doing well. Fantastic interview.

THE best rock voice EVER! Thank you for being so engaged and giving him the space Tony.

Legend

Go on Nodz !!!!! What a MAN !!!!!

Take me bak ome still my fave song when in the car..only saw them live in 1978 at Withernsea..the volume was unreal i remember!

Saw Dave Hill's interview from five days ago, yesterday, which lead me to Noddy, here. Both legends, and nice to know they're still best mates.

Slayed my first album

I saw Slade 10 times from 1973-92 in theatres, halls & little clubs in Liverpool & Birkenhead. They were 'my' band! I also saw Nod recently on the Tom Seals tour at The Lowry, he was incredible! He broke the news of his illness & I have to admit, I had a little cry. Good on ya Sir Neville, may you live forever!

thankyou brilliant interview 😊 thankyou Noddy for the great music 🎵🎶 have a great. CHRISTMAS 🌲🌟 you and your family and a fab New Year 💫

What a fantastic interview. Slade were an amazing band, happy memories from the 70’s. Noddy is a legend!!

Great natural speaking bloke.brillent

Reading Noddy's memoir for the second time. Fabulous story, fabulous man. (Bangin' Man is the greatest guitar riff of all time. Forget 'Laila')

What a great chat that was. I love Noddy, always have done and always will do but as many others have said below, the interviewer was brilliant. I don't know exactly what it was that he did but he just seemed to effortlessly ensure the interview flowed perfectly. Thank you.

What a brilliant interview - thoroughly enjoyed it aaaand I’ve opened up that back catalogue as a new customer. 👍👍👍

Brilliant! I can still feel that magical feeling of the 70's glamrock era. This instantly takes me right back to those days. Magical! I dont think people realise just how great a song writer Noddy was and how seriously good slade were. They were easily up there with Mcartney and jagger as song writers.

This was a great Xmas present! What a great interview.

Legend noddy

What a great interview. So enjoyed listening to this.

Wonderful singer; Wonderful city.

Wow,i didn't even know Noddy was ill. So glad Jim and Noddy both survived cancer. Thay you for the great memories of great music.

What a brilliant interview.. such a down to earth guy...

Top stuff Noddy thanks for the memories and merry christmas

An outstanding songwriter aided and abetted by the wonderful Jim Lea. Loved Slade then and still love them now.

That was excellent, Tony. More classic rock interviews please.

This man noddy holder has the best rock voice ever

Fantastic interview, how honest & genuine is Noddy

Well......what a treat that was! Noddy looking and sounding GREAT and these stories.....! man, how great is this, seriously? im lost for words. Saw slade at the palladium in 72 - to this day one of the greatest gigs i ever saw. i remember someone coming out mid-set imploring the audience to stop stomping on the upper tier because it was bouncing up and down so much it looked like it would collapse! The unbelivable power this band had live cannot be explained to someone who hasnt experienced it. love you Noddy. I hope you live long and contiunue to prosper

Great interview. Noddy is a champion. I’m from Australia and I remember my sisters, cousins and neighbours loved Slade so I grew up hearing their music but I was too young to see Slade live and I don’t even recall seeing them on tv so I didn’t know what they really looked like apart from the album covers, especially Slayed?. I credit Slade for my love of hard rock and rock n roll.

Slade were my favourite band when I was a teenager. It was so exciting listening to the chart at lunchtime, I think on a Tuesday. I was always late for school on that day, because Slade nearly always went straight to number 1 or very close to it. The number 1 song obviously was the last one on the programme, which was around 1 o'clock, the time I should have been in school. But there was no way I was going to miss the DJ saying ' and straight in at number 1, is Slade'. Amazing band, that brought fun into music. Love you guys, you gave me a lot of happiness when growing up. All the best, greatest respect. Richard.

Happy Christmas Noddy

best live group of the 70,s early 80,s with out a doubt, nod the god, keep on rockin

Great interview Tony. What a great guy noddy is. 👍🏻

Great interview, love noddy and slade

That is by far the best interview I have ever seen, fascinating.

Feckin great interview Great stuff snelly Noddy's a superstar on earth

cracking interview - Class and quality

Noddy would make a great Dr Who

Love this

The best interview I’ve seen with Nod. Good one 😊.

Here's to many more years Noddy yam a bostin bloke.

Great interview Tony! Just discovered your channel mate! Hope you’re well, been a while fella ( glad to see you fully recovered from the surprise stop on Muirhead many moons ago! 😂) All the best mate 🤘🏻

Great interview! Love Noddy. Treasure! Greetings from Sydney Australia 🙏🍺

Brilliant ! 👏👏👏

Noddy is such a beautiful person. I just love his passion for life. I'd give anything to hear him sing afew bars of my oh my. The best.....bar none, pure rock voice. Better than plant, rogers, daltry. He has such a strong vocal, an absolute gift.

Fantastic Best band ever. Happy times

Noddy is a great interview

Noddy is such a nice guy and a true rock legend

Great interview. Grew up listening to Slade and watching TOTP, great memories. Still got my Slade Alive and Slayed albums along with a number of others.