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Post by MrWaistcoat on Dec 5, 2019 8:07:43 GMT
You the jury....
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Dec 5, 2019 12:08:43 GMT
I like this and "it has much to recommend it", but once again it's a bit over-packaged. Compare, for example, at another extreme, "Umeitlung", which has a similar tune, but really sounds as if "the singer" means it and isn't just going through a performance. They seem to be concentrating too much on making nice pop songs, and ... what for? It's not going to make Number One. Does that matter? No, but if they are recording tracks and NOT aiming to make them number one, or at least number 10, then why are they doing it at all? F needs to be closer to the mic, it needs less/fewer layers. It's too comfortable.
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Post by Victor on Dec 5, 2019 12:24:46 GMT
I think it's a good song that at least breathes some of the older quo atmosphere for me. I also think the voice is just right, I personally like the voices more in the background like it used to be on earlier albums.
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Post by quovadis on Dec 5, 2019 14:10:55 GMT
I like it the guitars are quite low down they need to crank em up a bit more but I like it
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stringybob
Rocker Rollin'
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Favourite Quo Album: Quo
Favourite other bands.: Many and varied
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Post by stringybob on Dec 5, 2019 20:27:05 GMT
It's grown on me slightly since first hearing but it's nothing special. Adequate album filler.
Oddly enough there's a bit that reminds me of one of Strange Fruit's songs from 'Still Crazy'.
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gav
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on Dec 5, 2019 21:15:49 GMT
Quo have backed themselves into a very small corner over the years with the whole dum-de-dum, shuffle format. There's only so many variations you can write in that vein without repeating yourself, especially over nearly 50 years. It's very limited, unless you've only released 10 or so albums in that time.
But they've boxed themselves into a catch-22 situation - they feel they have to stick to their trademark rhythm, they have to sound like Quo to people.
Occasionally, they jump out of there, and that can often be their best work, when they do something completely different they've not done before.
OR....the stars are aligned and they have a moment of inspiration, such as "Cut Me Some Slack", which sticks to the format, but is also inspired and retains the energy and dynamicism of the original template.
This one is just a wee bit on the pedestrian side to my ears.
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2019 7:24:20 GMT
Inoffensive pop music. Dull as dishwater.
Not good enough to be on my death deck.
Same boring riff and tempo.
Yes it’s what it says on the tin. It’s Status Quo.
Remember when people used to tell us they all sound the same, when they didn’t.
This lineup. Well they do seem to be all the same. Same tempo. Same riffs. Etc.
Thankfully it’s been a great year for musical releases. If I was choose my top hundred releases this wouldn’t make the cut.
No Rick no Quo.
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Post by Gaz on Dec 6, 2019 9:12:16 GMT
Inoffensive pop music. Dull as dishwater. Not good enough to be on my death deck. Same boring riff and tempo. Yes it’s what it says on the tin. It’s Status Quo. Remember when people used to tell us they all sound the same, when they didn’t. This lineup. Well they do seem to be all the same. Same tempo. Same riffs. Etc. Thankfully it’s been a great year for musical releases. If I was choose my top hundred releases this wouldn’t make the cut. No Rick no Quo. hehe... you’re sounding like those magazine critics who use to bag Quo when they were red hot... a full circle I guess😉 |
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Dec 6, 2019 15:57:57 GMT
Remember the question folks...
Not about whether the song is good... but is this typical Quo?
I'm in two minds. On the one hand it could only be SQ
On the other hand I doubt fans in the 70's or 80's would have agreed this sound was typical.
So has the Quo output of the last 35 years changed people's perceptions of what the typical Quo sound is?
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2019 16:02:08 GMT
Remember the question folks... Not about whether the song is good... but is this typical Quo? I'm in two minds. On the one hand it could only be SQ On the other hand I doubt fans in the 70's or 80's would have agreed this sound was typical. So has the Quo output of the last 35 years changed people's perceptions of what the typical Quo sound is? It’s typical of what Status Quo has become. Actually it could be a lot of bands. That’s how average it is. How could it be typical of a band that no longer exists. |
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Post by blagult on Dec 8, 2019 11:55:14 GMT
Yes typical Quo to me. Typical through all line - ups of the band. It’s their go to sound and always has been. They were and still are mainly a 12 bar Shuffle band in the main. It was there go to signature sound. Rick’s reputation was built on it.
I would say Backbone has a lot of variety on the album to be honest. It’s certainly a better album than B2B and 1982 for that matter for me anyway so they are still doing something right.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Dec 8, 2019 15:14:07 GMT
Typical Quo?
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 8, 2019 15:32:44 GMT
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Dec 8, 2019 17:23:24 GMT
PF - I think somebody that doesn't like Quo would say that was typical of any era of the band, and would likely say the same about DWMT!
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 8, 2019 17:35:36 GMT
PF - I think somebody that doesn't like Quo would say that was typical of any era of the band, and would likely say the same about DWMT! And they would be right. As largely they play in a certain musical genre. However the band that recorded this are very different from the band that recorded any music prior to '81. People who don't know the band will think oh they are the Anniversary waltz band,the Burning bridges, the In the Army band or the Rockin all over the world band. So what's typical ? They play poppy blues rock. They used to play boogie. Which was not very polished. This isn't boogie and is polished. However if you think its typical fair enough. How can it be typical of what went before when they were a 4 piece and keys were not integrated into their sound. They had 3 strong vocalists. This lineup did not. |
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