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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 15:49:24 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is.
It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good.
Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone.
Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it.
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Post by musiktruhe on Sept 10, 2019 16:31:35 GMT
Lonesome Road is better than the whole Backbone Album for me.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 10, 2019 16:33:16 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is. It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good. Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone. Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it. To state the obvious, we have known the album has been coming, the first one with the new lineup. Of course Rick will always be missed that goes without saying. But I am more than impressed with Backbone, there isn’t a track I dislike. I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought and the guitars seem fine enough to me. As a fan I will always miss Rick but I am very pleased with the effort of Status Quo 2019.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 16:46:30 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is. It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good. Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone. Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it. To state the obvious, we have known the album has been coming, the first one with the new lineup. Of course Rick will always be missed that goes without saying. But I am more than impressed with Backbone, there isn’t a track I dislike. I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought and the guitars seem fine enough to me. As a fan I will always miss Rick but I am very pleased with the effort of Status Quo 2019. What have you been listening to for the last 50 years. Rick and Francis backed each other on so many songs. Singing melodies not just the chorus. In many ways it had been the trademark of the band. I am shocked you hadn’t noticed. However you clearly like different things. Which is fair enough. Your post supports what I posted.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Sept 10, 2019 16:53:35 GMT
Most agree it's a good album
So the main vibe is bound to be positive and most fans are simply enjoying it
Most fans have only posted initial thoughts rather than a review
I'm sure there will be threads about vocals and ricks absence in the not too distant future. So no, I'm not surprised with what's been said so far
Plus, the fact there's no Rick and the album still has the name SQ is something that's been discussed already, quite a bit! 👍
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Post by Victor on Sept 10, 2019 17:01:52 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is. It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good. Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone. Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it. Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you PF...I do miss Rick and always will and I have stated on several occasions that the band can not sound the same as when Rick was still there. But I am not going to slag an album off just because Rick isn't there anymore. If I like the album, I like it. I will never say myself that Rick was just a member of a band, I will leave that to Francis and those who support that. But don't put everyone who doesn't keep mentioning the fact that Rick isn't there anymore automatically in the same league as if they don't care Rick isn't there anymore. I do care and big time. But personally I also think that the album is a very decent effort to make something of it especially now that Rick isn;t there anymore. Of course there will be those that don't like it. But I do and to keep stating the obvious doesn't help matters one bit either
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 10, 2019 17:02:47 GMT
To state the obvious, we have known the album has been coming, the first one with the new lineup. Of course Rick will always be missed that goes without saying. But I am more than impressed with Backbone, there isn’t a track I dislike. I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought and the guitars seem fine enough to me. As a fan I will always miss Rick but I am very pleased with the effort of Status Quo 2019. What have you been listening to for the last 50 years. Rick and Francis backed each other on so many songs. Singing melodies not just the chorus. In many ways it had been the trademark of the band. I am shocked you hadn’t noticed. However you clearly like different things. Which is fair enough. Your post supports what I posted. I said I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought on Backbone, like I said, we knew the album was coming and for the first time without Rick. It was always going to be different, I enjoy it for what it is, Status Quo 2019. However I did notice believe it or not, that FR and RP backed each other for the umpteen years of been a Quo fan
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 10, 2019 17:04:34 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is. It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good. Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone. Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it. Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you PF...I do miss Rick and always will and I have stated on several occasions that the band can not sound the same as when Rick was still there. But I am not going to slag an album off just because Rick isn't there anymore. If I like the album, I like it. I will never say myself that Rick was just a member of a band, I will leave that to Francis and those who support that. But don't put everyone who doesn't keep mentioning the fact that Rick isn't there anymore automatically in the same league as if they don't care Rick isn't there anymore. I do care and big time. But personally I also think that the album is a very decent effort to make something of it especially now that Rick isn;t there anymore. Of course there will be those that don't like it. But I do and to keep stating the obvious doesn't help matters one bit either Very well said Victor.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 17:06:53 GMT
I must admit I am a little sad but not surprised how few people have passed comment how noticeable Ricks absence on the album is. It’s a lesser record due to the backing vocals being weaker without him, the guitars just don’t sound as good. Ricks writing was on the wain but his solo album has a few better songs than Backbone. Francis and his supporters may try to say he was only a member of the band and they had recorded much of Aquostic without him but any Status Quo without Rick is poorer for it. Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you PF...I do miss Rick and always will and I have stated on several occasions that the band can not sound the same as when Rick was still there. But I am not going to slag an album off just because Rick isn't there anymore. If I like the album, I like it. I will never say myself that Rick was just a member of a band, I will leave that to Francis and those who support that. But don't put everyone who doesn't keep mentioning the fact that Rick isn't there anymore automatically in the same league as if they don't care Rick isn't there anymore. I do care and big time. But personally I also think that the album is a very decent effort to make something of it especially now that Rick isn;t there anymore. Of course there will be those that don't like it. But I do and to keep stating the obvious doesn't help matters one bit either As your post is very aggressive in tone, I simply ask where in my post did I ask you to ‘slag off the album’. I also appreciate you are writing in a second language but I also did not put everyone in the same boat.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 17:08:33 GMT
What have you been listening to for the last 50 years. Rick and Francis backed each other on so many songs. Singing melodies not just the chorus. In many ways it had been the trademark of the band. I am shocked you hadn’t noticed. However you clearly like different things. Which is fair enough. Your post supports what I posted. I said I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought on Backbone, like I said, we knew the album was coming and for the first time without Rick. It was always going to be different, I enjoy it for what it is, Status Quo 2019. However I did notice believe it or not, that FR and RP backed each other for the umpteen years of been a Quo fan It amazes me you didn’t. They are in many ways the weakest thing on the album. Many people have commented on them being not great to be polite.
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Post by Victor on Sept 10, 2019 17:18:23 GMT
Let me make one thing perfectly clear to you PF...I do miss Rick and always will and I have stated on several occasions that the band can not sound the same as when Rick was still there. But I am not going to slag an album off just because Rick isn't there anymore. If I like the album, I like it. I will never say myself that Rick was just a member of a band, I will leave that to Francis and those who support that. But don't put everyone who doesn't keep mentioning the fact that Rick isn't there anymore automatically in the same league as if they don't care Rick isn't there anymore. I do care and big time. But personally I also think that the album is a very decent effort to make something of it especially now that Rick isn;t there anymore. Of course there will be those that don't like it. But I do and to keep stating the obvious doesn't help matters one bit either As your post is very aggressive in tone, I simply ask where in my post did I ask you to ‘slag off the album’. I also appreciate you are writing in a second language but I also did not put everyone in the same boat. Lol, if you think this is agression ..... I simply stated my opinion just as you did. And no you didn't ask me to slag off the album, that's something that I just said because that's the way I feel about it. I don't see the point in not enjoying an album when I do enjoy it because Rick isn't there anymore. Oh and please don't try to make things look as if I don't understand English well enough because I assure you I do.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 17:31:51 GMT
As your post is very aggressive in tone, I simply ask where in my post did I ask you to ‘slag off the album’. I also appreciate you are writing in a second language but I also did not put everyone in the same boat. Lol, if you think this is agression ..... I simply stated my opinion just as you did. And no you didn't ask me to slag off the album, that's something that I just said because that's the way I feel about it. I don't see the point in not enjoying an album when I do enjoy it because Rick isn't there anymore. Oh and please don't try to make things look as if I don't understand English well enough because I assure you I do. My comment on English was not meant as a criticism. It’s true that nuance doesn’t always come across in the written word clearly when translated. I didn’t ask anyone not to enjoy it either. I would expect people to enjoy it. You enjoyed PPQ. It’s more in the same vein.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 10, 2019 17:38:23 GMT
I said I never really gave the backing vocals too much thought on Backbone, like I said, we knew the album was coming and for the first time without Rick. It was always going to be different, I enjoy it for what it is, Status Quo 2019. However I did notice believe it or not, that FR and RP backed each other for the umpteen years of been a Quo fan It amazes me you didn’t. They are in many ways the weakest thing on the album. Many people have commented on them being not great to be polite. I have been a Quo fan since 1973 and happen to be one of those fans who has enjoyed every line up and so I have stuck around. I say again, I enjoy the new album despite Rick not been there any more. Yes there are differences but it hasn’t taken away from my enjoyment. Fair enough people may comment but for me it’s a good album for 2019, I don’t really know what else to say.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on Sept 10, 2019 17:40:16 GMT
If the 'Backbone' album turns out to be Quo's Swansong and nothing to follow then I think they can hold their heads up with this recording and something worthy of their name this time.
Even though Rick and Francis were not seeing eye to eye sadly just before we lost Rick, I would imagine Rick would have been pleased to see his protege Richie playing his part in making a solid album. An album that seemed very unlikely in the circumstances.
I haven't seen the band on stage since Rick died as has been difficult to get over that particular hurdle but the more I know about Richie the more I'm sure Rick would be singing his praises from the other side. I didn't want to know about the new album either but relaxing a bit now as it is a fair effort and sometimes you do have to live in the here n' now. Rick's philosophy or mantra?
Francis and Rick's harmonies were certainly an important part of Quo gigs and on the early albums especially. Though clearly something was going wrong in the time of 1982 up to the End of The Road. When Geldof and Midge Ure asked Rossi and Rick to record their trademark vocals/harmonies on the 'Do They Know It's Christmas' single, it became a bit fractious. Essentially because Rick had been mullered for most of the day and now struggling! Midge had to tactfully go over to Rick and diplomatically suggested to Rick that he should step down. Rick was mortified but hard to argue in that situation. Francis went on to record both his and Rick's vocals.
Francis went over to Midge at the desk afterwards and told him that with Quo, he (Rossi) had been recording not only his own vocals but the also the harmonies and not Rick at that point with Quo. I'm fairly sure Francis made a passing comment more recently, when talking about Rick's absence on a few albums, that he or others had become good at imitating Rick with vocal harmonies.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 10, 2019 17:45:46 GMT
If the 'Backbone' album turns out to be Quo's Swansong and nothing to follow then I think they can hold their heads up with this recording and something worthy of their name this time. Even though Rick and Francis were not seeing eye to eye sadly just before we lost Rick, I would imagine Rick would have been pleased to see his protege Richie playing his part in making a solid album. An album that seemed very unlikely in the circumstances. I haven't seen the band on stage since Rick died as has been difficult to get over that particular hurdle but the more I know about Richie the more I'm sure Rick would be singing his praises from the other side. I didn't want to know about the new album either but relaxing a bit now as it is a fair effort and sometimes you do have to live in the here n' now. Rick's philosophy or mantra? Francis and Rick's harmonies were certainly an important part of Quo gigs and on the early albums especially. Though clearly something was going wrong in the time of 1982 up to the End of The Road. When Geldof and Midge Ure asked Rossi and Rick to record their trademark vocals/harmonies on the 'Do They Know It's Christmas' single, it became a bit fractious. Essentially because Rick had been mullered for most of the day and now struggling! Midge had to tactfully go over to Rick and diplomatically suggested to Rick that he should step down. Rick was mortified but hard to argue in that situation. Francis went on to record both his and Rick's vocals. Francis went over to Midge at the desk afterwards and told him that with Quo, he (Rossi) had been recording not only his own vocals but the also the harmonies and not Rick at that point with Quo. I'm fairly sure Francis made a passing comment more recently, when talking about Rick's absence on a few albums, that he or others had become good at imitating Rick with vocal harmonies. You make interesting comments. I must admit any story told by Francis I take with a pinch of salt.
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