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Post by per on Jan 7, 2022 22:02:37 GMT
One of the better songs from an album that I for some reason don’t rate so high. I know I’m in a minority here, but to me both Supposin’ and NTL are the two weakest albums from the original line-up. I can’t put my finger on it to say exactly why, but I guess it has to do with too much jolly Rossi/Frost and too little Rick and Alan, it gave me some kind of uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong in the Quo camp so to say. I very seldom listen to this album, but I would give Mountain Lady a 6/10
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 7, 2022 22:29:15 GMT
I don't like it that much, my least fave on an album I love. Don't skip it though think I'll still hoping to find what others like so much!
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Post by steveb on Jan 8, 2022 0:52:41 GMT
really good this
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Post by matt on Jan 8, 2022 1:05:06 GMT
I don't like it that much, my least fave on an album I love. Don't skip it though think I'll still hoping to find what others like so much! I like the melody a lot. And the lyrics. Sound poppy but heavy, melancholic - I just love it Alan has a habit of writing songs from this period in one bass note while the chords change over the top. I like all of them. Over the edge, wild ones, who asked you, mountain lady etc
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Post by markquo on Jan 8, 2022 10:48:55 GMT
One of Alan’s finest and for me one of the last truly great Quo songs. Cheers
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Post by 4th Chord on Jan 8, 2022 12:07:23 GMT
A belter.
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Post by charles on Jan 8, 2022 15:38:16 GMT
Class.
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Post by Mustang Bass on Jan 9, 2022 18:22:23 GMT
About Stevie Nicks, apparently. For that reason alone I'd give the song a 7 and I'd give Stevie Nicks 1.
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Post by dennis on Jan 9, 2022 19:29:19 GMT
One of the better songs from an album that I for some reason don’t rate so high. I know I’m in a minority here, but to me both Supposin’ and NTL are the two weakest albums from the original line-up. I can’t put my finger on it to say exactly why, but I guess it has to do with too much jolly Rossi/Frost and too little Rick and Alan, it gave me some kind of uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong in the Quo camp so to say. I very seldom listen to this album, but I would give Mountain Lady a 6/10 I really like Jus Supposin' &, for me, it's their best post Live! album. However, I always felt that Never Too Late sounded like they had enough material left over for another album but never went back & finished it off. To me it sounds like what would have happened if they'd left most of the material from the original Just Supposin' sessions not quite finished off & by the time they were coming back to do so Rossi had already done so without the input from the full band necessary to allow it to sound like a proper Quo album, instead it sound like the leftovers not quite fully finished off. To my ears, we got the full effect of the "jolly Rossi/Frost" combo on the next two albums, between the ditching of John & the ditching of Alan. All steady progress towards "Francis Rossi's Quo".
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Post by charles on Jan 10, 2022 12:36:58 GMT
I would agree with Dennis, but he's too early: the jolly Rossi/Frost combo (JRFQuo from now on?) starts for me with 1+9+8+2. It crashed with B2B.
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Post by per on Jan 10, 2022 17:37:50 GMT
One of the better songs from an album that I for some reason don’t rate so high. I know I’m in a minority here, but to me both Supposin’ and NTL are the two weakest albums from the original line-up. I can’t put my finger on it to say exactly why, but I guess it has to do with too much jolly Rossi/Frost and too little Rick and Alan, it gave me some kind of uncomfortable feeling that something was wrong in the Quo camp so to say. I very seldom listen to this album, but I would give Mountain Lady a 6/10 I really like Jus Supposin' &, for me, it's their best post Live! album. However, I always felt that Never Too Late sounded like they had enough material left over for another album but never went back & finished it off. To me it sounds like what would have happened if they'd left most of the material from the original Just Supposin' sessions not quite finished off & by the time they were coming back to do so Rossi had already done so without the input from the full band necessary to allow it to sound like a proper Quo album, instead it sound like the leftovers not quite fully finished off. To my ears, we got the full effect of the "jolly Rossi/Frost" combo on the next two albums, between the ditching of John & the ditching of Alan. All steady progress towards "Francis Rossi's Quo". Exactly! NTL really felt like a bunch of leftovers, something that felt even more clear when only one song (a cover!) from the album was played during the tour. From JS I only like Over the Edge, The Wild Ones, Don’t Drive My Car and maybe also Coming and Going, but exactly as you I say; the jolly/cringeworthy stuff would be lots lots worse on 1982 and Back to Back (not to mention the albums that came later on)
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Post by dennis on Jan 10, 2022 21:21:37 GMT
I would agree with Dennis, but he's too early: the jolly Rossi/Frost combo (JRFQuo from now on?) starts for me with 1+9+8+2. It crashed with B2B. too early?1982 & Back to Back are the next two albums after Just Supposin' & Never Too Late
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Post by viza on Jan 11, 2022 0:25:31 GMT
I really like Jus Supposin' &, for me, it's their best post Live! album. However, I always felt that Never Too Late sounded like they had enough material left over for another album but never went back & finished it off. To me it sounds like what would have happened if they'd left most of the material from the original Just Supposin' sessions not quite finished off & by the time they were coming back to do so Rossi had already done so without the input from the full band necessary to allow it to sound like a proper Quo album, instead it sound like the leftovers not quite fully finished off. To my ears, we got the full effect of the "jolly Rossi/Frost" combo on the next two albums, between the ditching of John & the ditching of Alan. All steady progress towards "Francis Rossi's Quo". Exactly! NTL really felt like a bunch of leftovers, something that felt even more clear when only one song (a cover!) from the album was played during the tour. From JS I only like Over the Edge, The Wild Ones, Don’t Drive My Car and maybe also Coming and Going, but exactly as you I say; the jolly/cringeworthy stuff would be lots lots worse on 1982 and Back to Back (not to mention the albums that came later on) It's not a secret that most songs on NTL are leftovers from the recording session and that the band did put most effort in finishing JS, but I don't think that JS came out as a stronger album. There is something with the production of JS I don't like. Even think that Name of the Game and Run to Mummy are among the worst songs they have ever recorded (yes, ever!). Back to topic. ML is a great track but lacks a guitar solo, like many songs on the album. I like how you are not sure how it's gonna end even if you have heard it many times. You are thinking "Now it's ending, right?... ok, one more round". The ending works well with rhe start of Don't Stop Me Now as well.
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Jan 12, 2022 15:40:36 GMT
One of my favourite ever Quo tracks, superb!
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