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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Sept 9, 2019 21:36:13 GMT
If he likes all we really wanna do so much why does rossi not put it in the set I don't think the other members of the band liked it much. |
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 10, 2019 6:42:19 GMT
If he likes all we really wanna do so much why does rossi not put it in the set I don't think the other members of the band liked it much. That would be why he put it in his solo tour set. Good track and I enjoyed the other Quo tracks they played as well. |
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 10, 2019 16:00:45 GMT
I don't think the other members of the band liked it much. That would be why he put it in his solo tour set. Good track and I enjoyed the other Quo tracks they played as well. Agreed, I thought Rossi at St Lukes came across well. Interesting takes on a few Quo tracks. The bassist (Gary Twigg) put his 5 string bass to good use and adding some real depth to a few songs. Can't see why Quo couldn't have played 'All We Really..' live on stage, it's a shuffle after all, but perhaps there was opposition. Seems Rossi loved the 'Rock til You Drop' album whereas Rick was more indifferent about it. 'All We Really..' is not Rossi's best work for me, but up there! Slightly baffled by his notion of it changing the world etc?! I seem to remember he had ideas, back in the mists of time, that 'Forty Five Hundred Times' was going to change the world. From memory I think he said that he thought people would be able to dance to it and longer boogie tracks on the dance floor. Not sure where he was going with that. |
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 10, 2019 16:42:25 GMT
I thought he came over very well. In fact, in the whole glut of recent interviews about the new album and the inevitable Rick questions, I have been impressed with his honesty and the way in which he has opened up whilst being very philosophical and reflective. And yeah, I half expected him to pick MT as his 'parting tune' and was glad he didn't. Having read and enjoyed his autobiography and seen more interviews over the past month than I have in years, I feel that he has put right a few things for me, and that I am more of a Rossi 'fan' than I have been for some time. As someone going through my own career transition rather late in life, I have utmost respect for his resilience. "I am more of a Rossi 'fan' than I have been for some time", struck a chord with me and no doubt plenty of others. He has taken the band down some pot-holed roads in the past as thinking he knew best or thinking it was what we wanted from the band! We even had to deal with him possibly suggesting that we were all tone deaf or blind  with the reunion gigs due to our enthusiasm and appreciation of seeing and hearing the FF together again and hearing tracks played again in a really earthy way. A few other things spring to mind about Francis but we are all human so no point in being annoyed with him forever! Fast forward and we have 'Backbone' and Francis has now put a few things right. When he said he would be in control of the album it was a worry but the band have worked together to record a reasonably sincere and surprisingly consistent rock album. Interesting reading the sleeve notes and quotes from the band. Leon got it right with 'groove and energy', though not hearing 'heavy boogie feel or general heaviness'. Like Leon's enthusiasm though! As many of us know, Francis likes or needs to have something to kick against. It can bring out the best in him at times. He has been determined to integrate Richie into the band and make it work come what may. His body language in these recent interviews says it all and clearly he is happy with things right now. |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 10, 2019 21:24:50 GMT
Just happened to catch Francis being interviewed on GMB this morning. Interviewed by Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid. He seemed in good spirits, possibly as he knows that 'Backbone' is generally being well received. He's so excited and he just can't hide it?! He said that the album could go straight into the Top 5. Piers asked him about Brexit as aware Francis can get political though apart from saying that he is a remainer, he seemed a bit reluctant to go too deep today. Anyway that line of questioning didn't go any further and Susanna pulled the interview back to the band and the album. Piers also asked him what is his absolute favourite Quo song. Had expected perhaps Marguerita Time but no surprise really that he chose 'All We Really Wanna Do', as he has always rated that one, even though the public at large are probably unaware of it.
All we really wanna do ... Polly ... why, oh why, Ye Gods?? He thought it would change things? Where has he been all his life??? It even prompted me to go and listen to it again in case I had missed something. No, it's still just a little bouncy song with a very normal sort of tune which gets top-heavy with background music in the end. What was it going to change? Did he think there's a vast underground cavern full of people who love songs like that, who were suddenly going to notice it and come out?
Seriously, he ought to v given it to Chas and Dave, who have a brand that might be able to sell a song like that. Or just release it as a single and get it over with ...
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 10, 2019 21:27:33 GMT
That would be why he put it in his solo tour set. Good track and I enjoyed the other Quo tracks they played as well. Agreed, I thought Rossi at St Lukes came across well. Interesting takes on a few Quo tracks. The bassist (Gary Twigg) put his 5 string bass to good use and adding some real depth to a few songs. Can't see why Quo couldn't have played 'All We Really..' live on stage, it's a shuffle after all, but perhaps there was opposition. Seems Rossi loved the 'Rock til You Drop' album whereas Rick was more indifferent about it. 'All We Really..' is not Rossi's best work for me, but up there! Slightly baffled by his notion of it changing the world etc?! I seem to remember he had ideas, back in the mists of time, that 'Forty Five Hundred Times' was going to change the world. From memory I think he said that he thought people would be able to dance to it and longer boogie tracks on the dance floor. Not sure where he was going with that.
Works for me.
Perhaps he was re-living his Roadhouse Blue epiphany of many years ago?
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Sept 10, 2019 22:08:52 GMT
When he says 'change the world', I just took it to mean that he thought it would be really popular with the fans, maybe get released and do well. I think he said something similar about Tongue Tied. You could say 'it shows how much he knows'....but he was right about Marguerita Time (in terms of chart position anyway)! Maybe he got too cocky after that!
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 10, 2019 22:52:21 GMT
When he says 'change the world', I just took it to mean that he thought it would be really popular with the fans, maybe get released and do well. I think he said something similar about Tongue Tied. You could say 'it shows how much he knows'....but he was right about Marguerita Time (in terms of chart position anyway)! Maybe he got too cocky after that! Think you're probably right there. Good work Sherlock! Have been guilty of thinking in straight lines with some of his cryptic quotes recently. Must be all those cryptic crosswords he loves to do! He did mumble something along the lines of thinking "they'll love me now" when talking about the track. I suppose it could just come down to how he thinks people perceive him as a songwriter and/or the band. Which is still very odd in a way, bearing in mind all the previous hits. As you say there was something ego based about Marguerita Time, at the time, and maybe he felt he had never truly cracked it until that track soared up the charts and somehow justified in his mind the direction he had in mind for the band? Definitely looking for some extra credit or validity in that way from the public and media. All the criticisms by the press etc through the years must have taken their toll. The 4500X times quote stuck with me for a long time, not least because Francis didn't appear to have any affinity with the dance floor and likely to avoid it and parties etc at all costs! Perhaps the roll-ups were working too well?! |
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Post by I Ain't Complaining on Sept 10, 2019 23:01:43 GMT
When he says 'change the world', I just took it to mean that he thought it would be really popular with the fans, maybe get released and do well. I think he said something similar about Tongue Tied. You could say 'it shows how much he knows'....but he was right about Marguerita Time (in terms of chart position anyway)! Maybe he got too cocky after that! Think you're probably right there. Good work Sherlock! Have been guilty of thinking in straight lines with some of his cryptic quotes recently. Must be all those cryptic crosswords he loves to do! He did mumble something along the lines of thinking "they'll love me now" when talking about the track. I suppose it could just come down to how he thinks people perceive him as a songwriter and/or the band. Which is still very odd in a way, bearing in mind all the previous hits. As you say there was something ego based about Marguerita Time, at the time, and maybe he felt he had never truly cracked it until that track soared up the charts and somehow justified in his mind the direction he had in mind for the band? Definitely looking for some extra credit or validity in that way from the public and media. All the criticisms by the press etc through the years must have taken their toll. The 4500X times quote stuck with me for a long time, not least because Francis didn't appear to have any affinity with the dance floor and likely to avoid it and parties etc at all costs! Perhaps the roll-ups were working too well?! I think we often have to take what Francis says with a pinch of salt. Some of what he says is because he has an agenda, sometimes it's just an off the cuff/throw away remark (that people jump on and use against him), and sometimes he will contradict himself. I'm sure many of us are like that, but we don't live our lives in the spotlight....I know I can be, and that's without even trying! |
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 18, 2019 13:30:45 GMT
I thought he was referring to the lyrics of All We Really Wanna Do. I seem to remember he said something about how whenever Quo did something with a political message, it tended to sail over people's heads. Going back to tracks like Never Too Late or Can't Be Done about Cold War, and now we have two songs on the new album abut the burning climate issues, which few people seem to have noticed so far (?)...
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 18, 2019 14:07:30 GMT
He's so excited and he just can't hide it?!  Piers asked him about Brexit as aware Francis can get political though apart from saying that he is a remainer, he seemed a bit reluctant to go too deep today. Anyway that line of questioning didn't go any further and Susanna pulled the interview back to the band and the album. On HR1, he said "I hate Brexit". Can't be anymore blunt, I think! |
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Post by Victor on Sept 18, 2019 17:35:25 GMT
I thought he came over very well. In fact, in the whole glut of recent interviews about the new album and the inevitable Rick questions, I have been impressed with his honesty and the way in which he has opened up whilst being very philosophical and reflective. And yeah, I half expected him to pick MT as his 'parting tune' and was glad he didn't. Having read and enjoyed his autobiography and seen more interviews over the past month than I have in years, I feel that he has put right a few things for me, and that I am more of a Rossi 'fan' than I have been for some time. As someone going through my own career transition rather late in life, I have utmost respect for his resilience. "I am more of a Rossi 'fan' than I have been for some time", struck a chord with me and no doubt plenty of others. He has taken the band down some pot-holed roads in the past as thinking he knew best or thinking it was what we wanted from the band! We even had to deal with him possibly suggesting that we were all tone deaf or blind with the reunion gigs due to our enthusiasm and appreciation of seeing and hearing the FF together again and hearing tracks played again in a really earthy way. A few other things spring to mind about Francis but we are all human so no point in being annoyed with him forever!Fast forward and we have 'Backbone' and Francis has now put a few things right. When he said he would be in control of the album it was a worry but the band have worked together to record a reasonably sincere and surprisingly consistent rock album. Interesting reading the sleeve notes and quotes from the band. Leon got it right with 'groove and energy', though not hearing 'heavy boogie feel or general heaviness'. Like Leon's enthusiasm though! As many of us know, Francis likes or needs to have something to kick against. It can bring out the best in him at times. He has been determined to integrate Richie into the band and make it work come what may. His body language in these recent interviews says it all and clearly he is happy with things right now. While I personally agree with you, I suppose that some of the things he said and did towards particularly the older fans might take a long time for some fans to forgive and some may never forgive and stay annoyed and I don't think that's strange either. It took me quite a lot of courage to listen to this new album myself but I am glad I did and do feel Francs set set a few things straight. But do I understand some fans who can't get over the annoyance ? Yes, sadly enough I do, For me though there's no point in staying annoyed forever about it all either |
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 18, 2019 18:39:23 GMT
Good post Victor.
For me, after all these years, I can't waste any more of my life trying to fathom out the bloke. He is what he is and he certainly left a sour taste with his niggling at Alan and John after the reunions and taking shots, even if camouflaged in rhetoric, at the fans who took things at face value and turned up in our droves to support the reunions.
I'm fairly sure those who have been close to him for long enough have known only too well about the sides to Rossi, a typical Gemini!! (ps...I'm sure most Gemini's are lovely!)
He has seemed a little different in the 'Backbone' interviews and dare I say a little more genuinely humble.
I know for a fact he was genuinely loved by those who worked with him in the past but time and other things take their toll and later on, for a time, he seemed quite selfish but he has been, undeniably, the driving force and main songwriter in Quo and perhaps he should be allowed a bit of slack?
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 18, 2019 18:52:24 GMT
He's so excited and he just can't hide it?! Piers asked him about Brexit as aware Francis can get political though apart from saying that he is a remainer, he seemed a bit reluctant to go too deep today. Anyway that line of questioning didn't go any further and Susanna pulled the interview back to the band and the album. On HR1, he said "I hate Brexit". Can't be anymore blunt, I think! For some reason he was being a bit more coy/careful/cautious and even apologetic for saying he is a remainer on GMB. Perhaps he didn't want to alienate any potential Quo clients?! |
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with the reunion gigs due to our enthusiasm and appreciation of seeing and hearing the FF together again and hearing tracks played again in a really earthy way.
