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Post by twentytwenty on Aug 5, 2021 18:22:39 GMT
Had a listen today and used the super duper wireless headphones and my laptop equalizer, turned it to the rock setting and messed about a bit. Got to be honest it's a very good album. I only bothered with it a few times so for me it's like a new Quo album, I even like the kitchen sink production. Poor old Pip, been slagging him for years and it turns out I was wrong. Did you listen to the original or the remix mate? Remix is miles better The remix sounds way better, I am still disappointed over them changing the songs though, it's so bad that I can't listen to it for some reason, I get irritated when I hear it haha 😂
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 5, 2021 21:05:12 GMT
Love the song But would it have gone down well with the 70's Quo army? I was amazed at the frosty silence metered out to the band following rock n roll on the NTL tour I get the impression that the old audience made Quo feel they only wanted heavy. I feel this contributed to the demise of album diversity When I listen to the pumped up Glasgow crowd, I don't detect an audience wanting a romantic love song Much as francis loves it, I suspect Claudie was dropped because of crowd reaction You're probably right. I think the band probably wanted some diversity in the set but that the crowd simply weren't interested. And the band knew it. Even Dirty Water felt like an unwanted lull to most of us. Although they stuck with it. Claudie went down OK but it was never in the set long. It was only played during a couple of tours - and Hello! wasn't one of them. They've persisted over the years, of course, but your average Quo fan has 'tolerated' the slower/lighter songs rather than fully enjoyed them. Rock 'n' Roll, Living on and Island, Restless, Claudie, Marguerita Time, In The Army Now, Who Gets The Love, Rock 'Til You Drop; all singles less than coincidentally . They've all been tried. I'd argue that none have gone down to huge applause except maybe Army for obvious reasons. For me, the best Quo 'ballads' - for want of a better word - were recorded decades ago. In fact, apart from Too Close to the Ground, I can't think of one that I really like since For You. Much the same here Love Rock n roll and tcttg, I'm also struggling to think of any later ballads I love. Who gets the lumps seems popular but it's not for me I remember Rick saying something ike "all they want is an album of rockers rolling", and he seemed frustrated Quo are so contrary Seems we have inhibited them and influenced them at different times On the other hand, other than HT and Rtyd none of the later albums feel like they were made for the fans
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Post by freewilly on Aug 5, 2021 22:45:19 GMT
You're probably right. I think the band probably wanted some diversity in the set but that the crowd simply weren't interested. And the band knew it. Even Dirty Water felt like an unwanted lull to most of us. Although they stuck with it. Claudie went down OK but it was never in the set long. It was only played during a couple of tours - and Hello! wasn't one of them. They've persisted over the years, of course, but your average Quo fan has 'tolerated' the slower/lighter songs rather than fully enjoyed them. Rock 'n' Roll, Living on and Island, Restless, Claudie, Marguerita Time, In The Army Now, Who Gets The Love, Rock 'Til You Drop; all singles less than coincidentally . They've all been tried. I'd argue that none have gone down to huge applause except maybe Army for obvious reasons. For me, the best Quo 'ballads' - for want of a better word - were recorded decades ago. In fact, apart from Too Close to the Ground, I can't think of one that I really like since For You. Much the same here Love Rock n roll and tcttg, I'm also struggling to think of any later ballads I love. Who gets the lumps seems popular but it's not for me I remember Rick saying something ike "all they want is an album of rockers rolling", and he seemed frustrated Quo are so contrary Seems we have inhibited them and influenced them at different times On the other hand, other than HT and Rtyd none of the later albums feel like they were made for the fans Not sure why Dirty Water is getting side eyed. It was always a live favourite and always got a good reaction. Rock n Roll, from listening to bootlegs of that tour, didn't fit at all. Couldn't capture what made it good on record Living on an Island was always muck live. Another that was hard to capture the magic from the record. Gerdundula always went down well...Until the guitar swapping act Having said that, Quo's live act was all about the energetic, up tempo, in your face, loud, raw rock n roll. No one paid to hear them run through MT.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 6, 2021 15:16:11 GMT
freewilly mortifiedDirty Water Clearly went down well at the charlie gig, a crowd so excited the band could do not wrong. Would be great to hear how it went down in the late 70's. From my experiences, the crowd enjoyed it's moment to sing along during the late 80's, and it started going down less well as the crowd gradually evolved into Mr and Mrs Smith. Remember when they brought it back after a time and it died? When they brought back For You, at the show I saw few knew the track. But the crowd were interested and it was enjoyed. I don't think DW was enjoyed much when it came back. Bar takings went up!
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Post by freewilly on Aug 6, 2021 15:28:55 GMT
freewilly mortifiedDirty Water Clearly went down well at the charlie gig, a crowd so excited the band could do not wrong. Would be great to hear how it went down in the late 70's. From my experiences, the crowd enjoyed it's moment to sing along during the late 80's, and it started going down less well as the crowd gradually evolved into Mr and Mrs Smith. Remember when they brought it back after a time and it died? When they brought back For You, at the show I saw few knew the track. But the crowd were interested and it was enjoyed. I don't think DW was enjoyed much when it came back. Bar takings went up! That was the modern crowd and Francis/Rick and management were just as much at fault for that. If you keep appealing to those who only know Army and Rockin, that's who you're only gonna get With the exception of a minority of us, they alienated a lot of life long fans
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Post by railroad007 on Aug 6, 2021 18:07:30 GMT
I hated Don't Drive My Car when they played it live, any slowing down or having a breather wasn't my thing at all.
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
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Post by gerh on Aug 6, 2021 18:50:48 GMT
I hated Don't Drive My Car when they played it live, any slowing down or having a breather wasn't my thing at all. I've never like DDMC [apart from the outro, that is!]
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Post by freewilly on Aug 6, 2021 20:01:58 GMT
I hated Don't Drive My Car when they played it live, any slowing down or having a breather wasn't my thing at all. 1990 Wembley version I love but, another track they found hard to translate the magic of the record onto the stage
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Post by railroad007 on Aug 6, 2021 20:15:19 GMT
I hated Don't Drive My Car when they played it live, any slowing down or having a breather wasn't my thing at all. I've never like DDMC [apart from the outro, that is!] You're right, the outro is the best part.
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Post by gentlemanjoe on Aug 7, 2021 21:34:10 GMT
I'd have took 'For You', which a fantastic and under-rated love song, over dirty water and Margarita any day of the week, yes it might have not been appropriate for late 70s, early 80s quo, but when they came back in '86, anything would have been better than the dross from ITAN..
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