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Post by charliechops on Aug 3, 2018 7:22:08 GMT
azza200 What are 1001s? I know what a 99 from being in the UK but maybe I'm missing out on something good. This would have thrown me too because when I grew up we called them hundreds and thousands. Maybe we were posh. Me too . If you were posh , am I ?
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Aug 3, 2018 18:22:03 GMT
If it’s 10% as good as Ricks excellent solo album he’ll have made some progress.
Biut it won’t be, my guess a substandard wander through bad country rock and some background riffing from Richie to try and make it even a little bit Quo-ish.
Think Search for Fourth Chord, without Rick.
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Post by americanquo on Aug 3, 2018 22:34:35 GMT
If it’s 10% as good as Ricks excellent solo album he’ll have made some progress. Biut it won’t be, my guess a substandard wander through bad country rock and some background riffing from Richie to try and make it even a little bit Quo-ish. Think Search for Fourth Chord, without Rick. ISOTFC is a favorite for me of Quo lite, what could have been a damned fine album with a real rhythm section, but without Rick? Gag.
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Post by freewilly on Aug 4, 2018 1:09:35 GMT
Watched it again...
He is not into this at all... I get he wants to be in control...Don't we all? But, he's trying to make On The Level Mk2 and that album is quite a mixture of various genres in the Quo style. It has Rock, it has Pop, it has elements of country, it has blues and dare I say it, Nightride has many elements of Metal.
He's seemingly forgetting that OTL was made by 4 people...Rick done what he liked, despite Rossi's displeasure on his voice/writing and we all know now that Alan told Francis to fuck off when he tried to dictate his Bass playing style to him
Francis was in control for Thirsty Work. Rick was out to lunch as we all know. We all now know that the band members, expect for Francis, weren't happy with it...
Going by his body language in that video and his past exploits, I expect the absolute worst but, hopefully I'm proved wrong and it has a few good numbers.
I stress at this point though, it's not Status Quo to me and it's a circus the way I view it but, that's my opinion
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Post by quomaster on Aug 4, 2018 3:57:32 GMT
Any thought that perhaps, the man has had enough and was hoping to just do his own thing in terms of recording, plus some gigs, into retirement. Maybe the pressure is on him from management, record company, the band, whoever. They would know the SQ name could not possibly be used without him and have told him to record his next solo album , but under the guise of Quo.
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Post by markquo on Aug 4, 2018 7:25:02 GMT
Any thought that perhaps, the man has had enough and was hoping to just do his own thing in terms of recording, plus some gigs, into retirement. Maybe the pressure is on him from management, record company, the band, whoever. They would know the SQ name could not possibly be used without him and have told him to record his next solo album , but under the guise of Quo. No I don’t get that at all.If Rossi wanted to retire then he would have done so already.He just can’t give it up coz he wants the money and is still enjoying the adulation onstage.Plus for the first time in Quos career he’s the one in total control and will milk that to the very last Cheers
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Post by unspokenwords on Aug 4, 2018 10:02:04 GMT
I am surprised that Rossi and Porter have been able to get record industry interest in recording, releasing and promoting another record. They would know that it will only sell in the low thousands, and that is at a struggle.
I personally cannot understand why Rossi even tries or pretends that he wants to record a 'Quo' album when this is totally against how he feels and then produces a mish-mash of mediocre crap as a result.
Wish he would do what is in his heart and produce music from that place instead of thinking about money and fleecing gullible Mr and Mrs Smyth 'Quo' fans. I would respect him more and even might like the music! (Of course any such release should NOT be labelled Status Quo as this would be false and wrong!)
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Post by curiousgirl on Aug 4, 2018 10:08:48 GMT
Any thought that perhaps, the man has had enough and was hoping to just do his own thing in terms of recording, plus some gigs, into retirement. Maybe the pressure is on him from management, record company, the band, whoever. They would know the SQ name could not possibly be used without him and have told him to record his next solo album , but under the guise of Quo. No I don’t get that at all.If Rossi wanted to retire then he would have done so already.He just can’t give it up coz he wants the money and is still enjoying the adulation onstage.Plus for the first time in Quos career he’s the one in total control and will milk that to the very last Cheers You are right, he does want the money because he mentions that in the recent interview. And to get that, he needs to write the type of album that would sell which might not be want the wants to write. Also occurs to me, who of his generation of successful acts actually retires?? The Stones are still going, Knopfler, Springsteen, Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Wilko Johnson and many more. All in their late 60s/early 70s. It might be hard to retire these days unless you're ill or dying. If any do retire, they are in the minority but not doubt someone where will think of them.
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Post by freewilly on Aug 4, 2018 11:12:58 GMT
Any thought that perhaps, the man has had enough and was hoping to just do his own thing in terms of recording, plus some gigs, into retirement. Maybe the pressure is on him from management, record company, the band, whoever. They would know the SQ name could not possibly be used without him and have told him to record his next solo album , but under the guise of Quo. He's been wanting that since 1974... They have their own independent record label... He's been recording his solo albums under the guise of Quo for a long time...
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 4, 2018 11:54:50 GMT
No I don’t get that at all.If Rossi wanted to retire then he would have done so already.He just can’t give it up coz he wants the money and is still enjoying the adulation onstage.Plus for the first time in Quos career he’s the one in total control and will milk that to the very last Cheers You are right, he does want the money because he mentions that in the recent interview. And to get that, he needs to write the type of album that would sell which might not be want the wants to write. Also occurs to me, who of his generation of successful acts actually retires?? The Stones are still going, Knopfler, Springsteen, Joan Armatrading, Jeff Beck, Wilko Johnson and many more. All in their late 60s/early 70s. It might be hard to retire these days unless you're ill or dying. If any do retire, they are in the minority but not doubt someone where will think of them. Yes you are right, few walk away. Noddy being the example of someone who did and never tried the big comeback. I think it shows that it’s either the way of life they are addicted to or it’s a canny way to earn a living. It’s not exactly hard work in his case. Playing songs you know like the back of your hand. Little stress. Its a way of life that must be hard to walk away from, the adulation is like a drug I am sure.
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Post by azza200 on Aug 4, 2018 12:52:27 GMT
Noddy Holder makes enough money from Merry Christmas Everybody that he does not need to do anything for the rest of year. As he gets enough Royalties from that 1 song alone.
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Post by curiousgirl on Aug 4, 2018 12:57:51 GMT
Noddy Holder makes enough money from Merry Christmas Everybody that he does not need to do anything for the rest of year. As he gets enough Royalties from that 1 song alone. What about paradise flat's 2nd point that the adulation from the shows is like a drug? Afterall, I would have thought that The Stones could live off their royalties perhaps?
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Post by Victor on Aug 4, 2018 13:12:58 GMT
I have been thinking for quite some time about this. In many ways I am as dissapointed and angry with everything around Rossi and Porter as quite a few others are. It's also in many ways been a bitter pill to swallow since Rossi was like a hero for me for a long time. Everything that came after QPQ turned me off completely off them. But,,, when this new album comes out, I guess I will listen once to the songs because I simply can't just put aside a connection with a quo member and so much good music of him with some great tracks on QPQ even for me that I have had for over 35 years.
Do I expect much ? Nope. I can't consider it Status Quo...if he would have called it Francis Rossi's Quo just like Andy Scott and Brian Connely did with the Sweet in later years, I would have been a lot more satisfied. The interview doesn't show much good to me, his whole body attitude seems uninterested ... Also the fact he wants to be in control of everything doesn't give me much hope...
But I will give it a listen and if he is even capable still of writing something like Frozen Hero or Dus to Gold then I will be really surprised at this point.
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 4, 2018 14:00:58 GMT
I have been thinking for quite some time about this. In many ways I am as dissapointed and angry with everything around Rossi and Porter as quite a few others are. It's also in many ways been a bitter pill to swallow since Rossi was like a hero for me for a long time. Everything that came after QPQ turned me off completely off them. But,,, when this new album comes out, I guess I will listen once to the songs because I simply can't just put aside a connection with a quo member and so much good music of him with some great tracks on QPQ even for me that I have had for over 35 years. Do I expect much ? Nope. I can't consider it Status Quo...if he would have called it Francis Rossi's Quo just like Andy Scott and Brian Connely did with the Sweet in later years, I would have been a lot more satisfied. The interview doesn't show much good to me, his whole body attitude seems uninterested ... Also the fact he wants to be in control of everything doesn't give me much hope... But I will give it a listen and if he is even capable still of writing something like Frozen Hero or Dus to Gold then I will be really surprised at this point. I find it hard to understand why people gave him the benefit of the doubt as a person at least in terms of music and band politics. That bond was destroyed by him in Rick in 85. Never forgave them. They made two or three half decent albums since but largely rubbish. So I guess I’m an exception on here. The last few years have made little difference to me. They haven’t been the band I loved in decades. So listening to a new album will be no different in some ways than the last 30 odd years. Apart from the elephant in the room. That is the late great Rick. On that I’m torn. I now see what he could have recorded under Status a Quo but he didn’t. Is that down to Francis who knows. But usually it’s been, oh dear another cliche ridden crap Rick song.
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Post by Victor on Aug 4, 2018 14:07:55 GMT
I have been thinking for quite some time about this. In many ways I am as dissapointed and angry with everything around Rossi and Porter as quite a few others are. It's also in many ways been a bitter pill to swallow since Rossi was like a hero for me for a long time. Everything that came after QPQ turned me off completely off them. But,,, when this new album comes out, I guess I will listen once to the songs because I simply can't just put aside a connection with a quo member and so much good music of him with some great tracks on QPQ even for me that I have had for over 35 years. Do I expect much ? Nope. I can't consider it Status Quo...if he would have called it Francis Rossi's Quo just like Andy Scott and Brian Connely did with the Sweet in later years, I would have been a lot more satisfied. The interview doesn't show much good to me, his whole body attitude seems uninterested ... Also the fact he wants to be in control of everything doesn't give me much hope... But I will give it a listen and if he is even capable still of writing something like Frozen Hero or Dus to Gold then I will be really surprised at this point. I find it hard to understand why people gave him the benefit of the doubt as a person at least in terms of music and band politics. That bond was destroyed by him in Rick in 85. Never forgave them. They made two or three half decent albums since but largely rubbish. So I guess I’m an exception on here. The last few years have made little difference to me. They haven’t been the band I loved in decades. So listening to a new album will be no different in some ways than the last 30 odd years. Apart from the elephant in the room. That is the late great Rick. On that I’m torn. I now see what he could have recorded under Status a Quo but he didn’t. Is that down to Francis who knows. But usually it’s been, oh dear another cliche ridden crap Rick song. I understand your post from your point of view that you haven't enjoyed them for a long time. I have enjoyed certain things that came after 81. Have I been blind back then in certain ways, particularly to the person Rossi ? Yep, you bet I have. The only way I can explain that though is that, if you would know how deep the connection I had with him was and how much of his music helped me through some of the worst periods in my life, you might understand better. Am I a heck of a lot more realistic about it all nowadays ? not 100 but 1000 % ... But I can't bring myself to not listen to it if something new comes out.
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