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Lancaster+Parfitt+Coghlan+Rossi=Pure Quo
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Post by 37 on Jan 10, 2022 17:29:57 GMT
Down Down, is such a brilliant song. From the magnificent intro, to when the rhythm section kicks in,then to the rest of the track,it's just pure rock. It will always remain in my top 20 Quo songs.
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gav
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on Jan 24, 2022 19:30:57 GMT
Bumping this one just because of the intro alone.... At the risk of sounding like a muso, "beautiful tone". I loved the twelve gold bars metaphor. This intro truly sounds like it is played on twelve gold bars. I reckon it might be double-tracked by Rossi, but it's got a very lovely, yes, golden sound to it, smooth and rich with just the tiniest hint of overdrive. They could never reproduce that live. Just has this great jangly chime to it, but not a weedy one like a Rickenbacker sound or something. Creamy!
And the rhythm section when it comes thundering in. Alan is at his dynamic best here, and all over the On The Level album, very fluid playing, and he must have had some tough skin on his fingers. He almost dominates on the bass, and i suspect he liked it that way, but it works very much in favour of the heaviness - of course a huge sonic deficit when he left, although it was going that way anyway in the 80's before he did.
Coghlan also, just playing with wild abandon - so much cymbal splashing, a really dense sound, and perfectly produced on this album. Their sound was slightly reigned in on Blue For You, though better produced - maybe just the material was a little bit more constructed and it doesn't quite have the ambience of OTL. But still great. Then of course, it all fell away, for good.
And no guitar solo needed. Quite a feat. Very deserving of being their only number one single.
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gerh
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Jan 24, 2022 20:24:22 GMT
Brilliant and really well said, gav 👍- 'muso' away to yer hearts content!!
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allyp
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Down Down
Jan 24, 2022 20:35:48 GMT
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Post by allyp on Jan 24, 2022 20:35:48 GMT
Not the kind of song I would usually listen to but…
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