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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2019 19:11:23 GMT
Haven't listened to Backbone for a couple of weeks. I think I have been listening to it three times in total. The memory is already beginning to fade. That's not a good sign. There is nothing on this album that stands out. Correct,it’s pretty much forgettable.Even more so when the band decide to tour to support it 15 months after it’s release.Great move by Porter, must be some reason for it 🙄 Cheers Francis being stubborn and a complete ****
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Post by equo on Oct 7, 2019 21:00:52 GMT
So you like them once a week, eh! Sorry, sorry! (I'm Dutch... I do my best to write in English!)
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 8, 2019 20:16:29 GMT
So you like them once a week, eh! Sorry, sorry! (I'm Dutch... I do my best to write in English!) No probs. I just sometimes make fun of typos if I find them entertaining. I know, it's not my best character trait.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 8, 2019 20:35:31 GMT
Haven't listened to Backbone for a couple of weeks. I think I have been listening to it three times in total. The memory is already beginning to fade. That's not a good sign. There is nothing on this album that stands out. Correct,it’s pretty much forgettable.Even more so when the band decide to tour to support it 15 months after it’s release.Great move by Porter,must be some reason for it 🙄 Cheers I admit that one is puzzling me ... Still, it gives me time to "wait for the paperback"
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Post by blagult on Oct 8, 2019 22:04:39 GMT
To be honest I think the Radio 2 Concert will have given just as much if not more promo to the album than the UK mini tour of next year would have done. When you think of the crowd and the TV audience. No brainer to me.
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Post by unspokenwords on Oct 29, 2019 21:51:31 GMT
Haven't listened to Backbone for a couple of weeks. I think I have been listening to it three times in total. The memory is already beginning to fade. That's not a good sign. There is nothing on this album that stands out. This view also seems to be creeping in even amongst the stalwarts on the other side. There is still love for it and debates on where it lies amongst other albums with most putting it clearly outside the 'classic' period ( a few ranking it above Quo and 'even' with Hello!!!) and perhaps mid way in the general output thereafter. A view now appearing after the initial bluster and enthusiasm is that perhaps there is nothing that stands out and that whilst the album is viewed as a good effort also that it won't stand the test of time and will eventually be put quietly on the shelf for occasional listening. (Most albums I bought post Alan leaving (and before stopping to buy after Heavy Traffic) (many out of a blind and stupid loyalty to the band,) definitely gather dust and are never played and likely never to be)
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Dark
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Post by Dark on Oct 30, 2019 9:54:04 GMT
Have obviously had the album for a while now and given it a decent listen. For me the stand out track is the one they didn’t write, Better Take Care. Though it is slightly let down when Rhino comes in with his vocal part. Other than that I find it has a very infectious chorus and a great rhythm, it has had many repeat plays.
After that, Cut Me Some Slack, Liberty Lane, Out of My Head & Face the Music are pretty enjoyable. Richie has a good voice which really should be used more, particularly live. Going by the Hyde Park performance their gigs would be improved greatly if he took over singing from Rhino.
The sound of the album is a lot better than the last couple of efforts, QPQ & Bula, which I thought were pretty harsh in sound, and quite off putting to listen to as a result. Though some of the incidental lead guitar lines on Backbone sound quite weedy to me, particularly on the opening track.
Out of it I have basically got five songs to put on my MP3 player for continued listening for the moment, which isn’t a decent return compared to everything since Heavy Traffic.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 30, 2019 10:32:00 GMT
Had a little look at the other Quo board and was surprised. I would say the reaction here has definitely been the more positive..
I think its an album where "the sum is greater than its individual parts"
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Post by Victor on Oct 30, 2019 10:37:58 GMT
Well, I can only say that I am still enyoying it and there are several songs which keep going through my head
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Post by Victor on Oct 30, 2019 11:07:57 GMT
In addition to the above, I do wonder a bit if I am satisfied faster then I used to be due to age and such....but then again when I think of the fact that I also still enjoy some of the hardest metal around it seems to contradict it again... main thing however is that I just think they did a real good attempt at making an enyoable album IMO and that's all that really matters
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 30, 2019 13:58:33 GMT
In addition to the above, I do wonder a bit if I am satisfied faster then I used to be due to age and such....but then again when I think of the fact that I also still enjoy some of the hardest metal around it seems to contradict it again... main thing however is that I just think they did a real good attempt at making an enyoable album IMO and that's all that really matters We both love the album and we both had zero expectations of it. Perhaps that helps explain our positive reaction? I enjoy modern AC/DC albums. Its like putting on an old pair of slippers, instantly into it. An enjoyable experience for a month, then you don't go back. As with Quo, you get (ex) hardcore fans who think it's a disgrace putting out an album in the DC name that isn't remotely as good as everything upto and including Back in Black. With both bands (also Maiden and some other "heritage" bands I like) I'm always pleased they've made the new album, £10 for intensive listening for 3-6 weeks isn't a bad return. Can't help but wonder whether the old Quo fans who diss modern Quo would similarly diss modern AC/DC - I expect so. None of us are wrong. Don't know whether Backbone will get listened to by me 5 or 10 years from now. But for the enjoyment I've had from it already, it's been value for money and I'm very pleased they've knocked it out.
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Post by Victor on Oct 30, 2019 14:37:40 GMT
In addition to the above, I do wonder a bit if I am satisfied faster then I used to be due to age and such....but then again when I think of the fact that I also still enjoy some of the hardest metal around it seems to contradict it again... main thing however is that I just think they did a real good attempt at making an enyoable album IMO and that's all that really matters We both love the album and we both had zero expectations of it. Perhaps that helps explain our positive reaction? I enjoy modern AC/DC albums. Its like putting on an old pair of slippers, instantly into it. An enjoyable experience for a month, then you don't go back. As with Quo, you get (ex) hardcore fans who think it's a disgrace putting out an album in the DC name that isn't remotely as good as everything upto and including Back in Black. With both bands (also Maiden and some other "heritage" bands I like) I'm always pleased they've made the new album, £10 for intensive listening for 3-6 weeks isn't a bad return. Can't help but wonder whether the old Quo fans who diss modern Quo would similarly diss modern AC/DC - I expect so. None of us are wrong. Don't know whether Backbone will get listened to by me 5 or 10 years from now. But for the enjoyment I've had from it already, it's been value for money and I'm very pleased they've knocked it out. Yea, lot of truth in what you are saying above. Makes me think of how happy I was with Maiden's Brave new world and Priest's latest effort !
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Post by swingseat on Oct 30, 2019 17:03:35 GMT
I think one part of my detachment with all things Quo is also down to simply having a different general taste in music to many on here. I certainly like rock music, at least some of what comes across (to me) as melodic - but generally listen to a wide variety of other genres. There is no right or wrong of course when it comes to taste, but maybe a reason why I still don't compare Backbone to anything released by the original group in the 1970's. There is the obvious Quo theme still there, but essentially to me they are (and have been for some time even while Rick was around) quite separate musical entities and so get judged, so to speak, on their own merits rather than compared to the 'classic era'
Ironically though for perceiving them as a different entity, it makes it more puzzling that Live they continue to play so many hits repetitively in the same order from so long back, when they have released so much other material much more representative of the 'different entity' over so many years afterwards and which they could include instead. Its a pity that they don't appear to have enough confidence in more of it - to include more of it.
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Post by Victor on Oct 30, 2019 17:45:39 GMT
I think one part of my detachment with all things Quo is also down to simply having a different general taste in music to many on here. I certainly like rock music, at least some of what comes across (to me) as melodic - but generally listen to a wide variety of other genres. There is no right or wrong of course when it comes to taste, but maybe a reason why I still don't compare Backbone to anything released by the original group in the 1970's. There is the obvious Quo theme still there, but essentially to me they are (and have been for some time even while Rick was around) quite separate musical entities and so get judged, so to speak, on their own merits rather than compared to the 'classic era' Ironically though for perceiving them as a different entity, it makes it more puzzling that Live they continue to play so many hits repetitively in the same order from so long back, when they have released so much other material much more representative of the 'different entity' over so many years afterwards and which they could include instead. Its a pity that they don't appear to have enough confidence in more of it - to include more of it.Yep, the big problem why I got turned off from the live gigs in the end. And it's a shame because there are enough songs from the "Different entity" as you call it that would actually be very nice to hear live. But I guess that will never happen sadly enough. You really think that your different musical taste compared to others is a cause for your detachment ? Just wondering cos if I look at my own musical taste it is and has been all over the musical spectrum for a long time already, yet, strange enough their latest effort really has pleased me.
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Oct 30, 2019 17:50:25 GMT
I think one part of my detachment with all things Quo is also down to simply having a different general taste in music to many on here. I certainly like rock music, at least some of what comes across (to me) as melodic - but generally listen to a wide variety of other genres. There is no right or wrong of course when it comes to taste, but maybe a reason why I still don't compare Backbone to anything released by the original group in the 1970's. There is the obvious Quo theme still there, but essentially to me they are (and have been for some time even while Rick was around) quite separate musical entities and so get judged, so to speak, on their own merits rather than compared to the 'classic era' Ironically though for perceiving them as a different entity, it makes it more puzzling that Live they continue to play so many hits repetitively in the same order from so long back, when they have released so much other material much more representative of the 'different entity' over so many years afterwards and which they could include instead. Its a pity that they don't appear to have enough confidence in more of it - to include more of it. Most of the people who go to Quo gigs these days (imo) aren't there to hear the new songs or album tracks, they are there for the classic singles....that's why they mainly play them imo. I don't think it's about the confidence of playing them. Francis or Rhino will play them at their solo gigs.
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