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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 14, 2019 12:47:29 GMT
Rossi is not that saved Status Quo he has destroyed Status Quo and is now very happy with his employees. They destroyed themselves if you mean the FF. Francis and Alan barely speaking since the late 70s so it was obvious the band would split or one would leave but has been documented on here often the record company wanted "the face" of the band so wouldn't work with Alan, awful I know but with record companies there's no scruples, only money matters. History then repeats itself with Rick, he and Francis barely on speaking terms by around 2010, the fallout from the FF reunions poisoning what was left of their friendship even more. How was Rick dumped? He was physically incapable of touring with his heart problems, would you sooner they did an electric farewell tour and he died on stage? Rick's death was a tragedy, he could like Dan McCafferty have had a post live retirement career as a solely studio artist but fate stepped in and stopped that. Francis is no saint, he's always been awkward, aloof, contradictory and a complete pain in the *** as times but he isn't a heartless bastard. Why shouldn't he carry on if he wants? It's a sad fact that sometimes when one member is no longer in a band it makes the remaining members happier and more a band again, I've experienced that in my own career. Working with someone you're constantly arguing and disagreeing with just makes recording and touring torture for all involved. If that was the reason for Rick leaving. Their loyal support should have been told. It’s the lack of honesty.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 14, 2019 12:48:01 GMT
The FF gang are out in force today. As are the QCDNWB and Rossi lovers Cheers I don't know who any of them are??
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 14, 2019 12:52:00 GMT
Rossi is not that saved Status Quo he has destroyed Status Quo and is now very happy with his employees. They destroyed themselves if you mean the FF. Francis and Alan barely speaking since the late 70s so it was obvious the band would split or one would leave but has been documented on here often the record company wanted "the face" of the band so wouldn't work with Alan, awful I know but with record companies there's no scruples, only money matters. History then repeats itself with Rick, he and Francis barely on speaking terms by around 2010, the fallout from the FF reunions poisoning what was left of their friendship even more. How was Rick dumped? He was physically incapable of touring with his heart problems, would you sooner they did an electric farewell tour and he died on stage? Rick's death was a tragedy, he could like Dan McCafferty have had a post live retirement career as a solely studio artist but fate stepped in and stopped that. Francis is no saint, he's always been awkward, aloof, contradictory and a complete pain in the *** as times but he isn't a heartless bastard. Why shouldn't he carry on if he wants? It's a sad fact that sometimes when one member is no longer in a band it makes the remaining members happier and more a band again, I've experienced that in my own career. Working with someone you're constantly arguing and disagreeing with just makes recording and touring torture for all involved. Well this is far too sensible to be the truth BH
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 14, 2019 13:05:58 GMT
They destroyed themselves if you mean the FF. Francis and Alan barely speaking since the late 70s so it was obvious the band would split or one would leave but has been documented on here often the record company wanted "the face" of the band so wouldn't work with Alan, awful I know but with record companies there's no scruples, only money matters. History then repeats itself with Rick, he and Francis barely on speaking terms by around 2010, the fallout from the FF reunions poisoning what was left of their friendship even more. How was Rick dumped? He was physically incapable of touring with his heart problems, would you sooner they did an electric farewell tour and he died on stage? Rick's death was a tragedy, he could like Dan McCafferty have had a post live retirement career as a solely studio artist but fate stepped in and stopped that. Francis is no saint, he's always been awkward, aloof, contradictory and a complete pain in the *** as times but he isn't a heartless bastard. Why shouldn't he carry on if he wants? It's a sad fact that sometimes when one member is no longer in a band it makes the remaining members happier and more a band again, I've experienced that in my own career. Working with someone you're constantly arguing and disagreeing with just makes recording and touring torture for all involved. Well this is far too sensible to be the truth BH So you think it’s reasonable that Francis wanted Rick gone ? But wasn’t willing to explain to their fan base why ?
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Post by whoaskedyou on Sept 14, 2019 14:28:12 GMT
Backbone chart position is the subject of the thread. Why do we have to keep going back to the FF days. This is not a comparing line up thread. Such a yawn. Give me Hammersmith 2013 any old day of the week. Bring back Rick. Neither sadly can be done. Perhaps FR is responsible for much of the break ups in line ups. Sometimes it may make sense just to post a little less and save the FF v Current Quo or break up of line ups for a more relevant post.
Just saying because there may be some new folk who want to come on here and talk about the new album rather than the serial posters who perhaps need this site more than they like to admit and feel they had to get involved in every discussion whether relevant or not. Be great to have some new posters on here with a current liking for the band. I struggle with Quo at the moment but this album seems to be well received and is charting fairly well for what I can see.
I will probably get slagged off for this but hey ho,fill ya boots.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 14, 2019 14:33:49 GMT
Backbone chart position is the subject of the thread. Why do we have to keep going back to the FF days. This is not a comparing line up thread. Such a yawn. Give me Hammersmith 2013 any old day of the week. Bring back Rick. Neither sadly can be done. Perhaps FR is responsible for much of the break ups in line ups. Sometimes it may make sense just to post a little less and save the FF v Current Quo or break up of line ups for a more relevant post. Just saying because there may be some new folk who want to come on here and talk about the new album rather than the serial posters who perhaps need this site more than they like to admit and feel they had to get involved in every discussion whether relevant or not. Be great to have some new posters on here with a current liking for the band. I struggle with Quo at the moment but this album seems to be well received and is charting fairly well for what I can see. I will probably get slagged off for this but hey ho,fill ya boots. Perhaps 🤡
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Post by markquo on Sept 14, 2019 14:55:57 GMT
Backbone chart position is the subject of the thread. Why do we have to keep going back to the FF days. This is not a comparing line up thread. Such a yawn. Give me Hammersmith 2013 any old day of the week. Bring back Rick. Neither sadly can be done. Perhaps FR is responsible for much of the break ups in line ups. Sometimes it may make sense just to post a little less and save the FF v Current Quo or break up of line ups for a more relevant post. Just saying because there may be some new folk who want to come on here and talk about the new album rather than the serial posters who perhaps need this site more than they like to admit and feel they had to get involved in every discussion whether relevant or not. Be great to have some new posters on here with a current liking for the band. I struggle with Quo at the moment but this album seems to be well received and is charting fairly well for what I can see. I will probably get slagged off for this but hey ho,fill ya boots. Rossi created the divide in the fan base,we all like Status Quo here just different eras. This isn’t exclusively a site for any one line up but what’s gone before will always be compared to,same for any band of Quo’s vintage. Cheers
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Sept 14, 2019 16:33:10 GMT
Well this is far too sensible to be the truth BH So you think it’s reasonable that Francis wanted Rick gone ? But wasn’t willing to explain to their fan base why ? It depends what is fact, and what isn't. As far as I know Rick was still with Quo as he had been for the past 50 odd years and then he had his heart attack and was unable to continue. The band fulfilled several booked gigs for a good while. Rick was not well enough to go back to gigging and fast forward to now and yes Rossi has carried on for whatever reasons. Do we know? Will we ever know?
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Post by Detroit on Sept 14, 2019 16:45:27 GMT
01) Hello, On The Level, Blue For You, 1982. 02) Quo, Never Too Late, Rocking All Over The Years, Don't Stop. 03) Live, If You Can't Stand The Heat, 12 Gold Bars. 04) Just Supposin', From The Makers Of.... 05) Piledriver, Rockin' All Over The World, Aquostic. 06) Backbone (currently). 07) In The Army Now, Aquostic II. 08) Pictures - 40 Years Of Hits. 09) Back To Back. 10) Rock 'Til You Drop, Quid Pro Quo, Bula Quo.
Backbone is the bands 50th UK Top 100 album chart entry.. I thought you were referring to all their albums.
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Post by kursaal75 on Sept 14, 2019 16:49:57 GMT
The band have also had a single peak at every chart position in the UK Top 10....except for Number 6.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 14, 2019 16:58:55 GMT
So you think it’s reasonable that Francis wanted Rick gone ? But wasn’t willing to explain to their fan base why ? It depends what is fact, and what isn't. As far as I know Rick was still with Quo as he had been for the past 50 odd years and then he had his heart attack and was unable to continue. The band fulfilled several booked gigs for a good while. Rick was not well enough to go back to gigging and fast forward to now and yes Rossi has carried on for whatever reasons. Do we know? Will we ever know? What did he say in his book about the situation ?
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Post by wishing4oldquo on Sept 14, 2019 17:10:07 GMT
Confession time....I was looking forward to seeing how it charted, as if waiting for my football team's result to come in - it's been a VERY long while since I have done that. That's because of the music on the album, which I generally either quite like, like, or like a lot. Nothing to do with the lineup.
With the amount of telly and YouTube exposure, the radio plays and positive reviews from critics, I had a feeling that it might have charted higher than 6. My hope is that it stays around longer than some of the others. It will be a crying shame if it doesn't shift more numbers overall than the highly disappointing acoustic projects.
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Post by daipembs on Sept 14, 2019 19:24:32 GMT
No. 6 also in Germany. The highest position of a Quo album in the german charts ever. Fantastic!!! That's a fantastic achievement to be fair. Not sure what level of promotion was undertaken in Germany but that's impressive. I kinda expected the UK top 10 as most recent albums have achieved similar.
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Post by quovadis on Sept 14, 2019 22:18:14 GMT
Quo luv Germany germany luv quo just look at there gig s over the yrs Germany germany and more Germany so I see why
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Post by daipembs on Sept 15, 2019 6:06:09 GMT
Quo luv Germany germany luv quo just look at there gig s over the yrs Germany germany and more Germany so I see why I know Quo have toured extensively in Germany, buts that's always been the case. Even ITAN album didn't get this high in the German charts and that was on the back of the single being a number 1 hit I think at the time.
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