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Post by freewilly on Jan 8, 2022 14:23:20 GMT
was a great single! Fantastic catchy number. A lot of guitar overdubs and overlays too, mixed with synths and keys
In my opinion, it's better Francis sang it (More commercial voice) Not to take away from Alan's vocal or the fact he wrote it.
Either way, top single!
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Jan 8, 2022 14:27:21 GMT
I've always loved it and always will.
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Post by freewilly on Jan 8, 2022 15:38:17 GMT
I've always loved it and always will. Indeed. The album is far better than 1982 IMO (All line ups aside, I listened to it once and can't again! Dear John aside) I feel MT, Stay The Light and that mix of GDTT ruins it. The rest, I'm totally on board with. It's enjoyable. Granted, nothing on there is A Year or Lonely Man but, yano what I mean (I Hope) |
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Post by Victor on Jan 8, 2022 18:39:52 GMT
Not my thing at all, sorry. As far as the album goes I am the other way 'round, really prefer 1982 over Back To Back.
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Post by steveb on Jan 8, 2022 19:29:23 GMT
really good this song. the video clip aint bad either
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Post by gerh on Jan 8, 2022 19:36:13 GMT
Not my thing at all, sorry. As far as the album goes I am the other way 'round, really prefer 1982 over Back To Back. Like ORB - but agree about the albums, I'm t'other way round too. B2B is shocking, really - 3 good songs and the rest are, at best, a sign of things to come.
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Post by markquo on Jan 8, 2022 20:15:19 GMT
Alan’s vocal is superior in my opinion but Rossi always did/does what he wants
Cheers
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Post by allyp on Jan 8, 2022 22:55:20 GMT
A really good Quo pop tune for that era. Branching out was something the band needed to and selling 12 bar boogie would not have done much in 1983. When you surrounded by Boy George, Wham and Duran Duran etc then you have to compete without embracing that style of music. Many fans dislike what the band did in this era but they were still having big hits and not gone into commercial obscurity like so many 70s rock acts… The song itself created controversy but won’t go into all that again as been talked about a lot already. Only thing can say is that it was a big hit and Alan would have benefited from that especially as he wrote it.
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Post by freewilly on Jan 9, 2022 0:18:03 GMT
I know nowt anyways. Sorry for posting
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Post by Victor on Jan 9, 2022 3:02:01 GMT
I know nowt anyways. Sorry for posting ?? I don't know why you should be. Your post was perfectly ok |
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Post by rockonquo on Jan 9, 2022 5:09:29 GMT
I know nowt anyways. Sorry for posting Nothing wrong with this post, song is a belter. Perhaps a cover on your album FW?  |
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Post by mortified on Jan 9, 2022 8:12:37 GMT
I obviously didn't like the way Alan was heading in terms of writing coz I didn't like this either (see Mountain Lady) thread. And I can feel a similarity in the lightness of touch.
When I bought the single (blue vinyl, pic sleeve, all that malarkey) I hadn't actually heard it. To say I was disappointed was putting it mildly. The 12", which came about a week or two later, was slightly better by virtue of the nice (if brief) instrumental break in the middle. The vocals are academic because both deliver the song in precisely the same way.
The entire Back To Back album, for me, is a turkey. The poorest they ever made. And yet it spawned 4 hit singles. Which pretty much shows how much I know. Because, ironically, the two tracks I do have time for, neither were singles.
"Did you think it was forever? Well, now you know."
Quite prophetic really when you think about it.
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Post by allyp on Jan 9, 2022 8:25:14 GMT
I obviously didn't like the way Alan was heading in terms of writing coz I didn't like this either (see Mountain Lady) thread. And I can feel a similarity in the lightness of touch. When I bought the single (blue vinyl, pic sleeve, all that malarkey) I hadn't actually heard it. To say I was disappointed was putting it mildly. The 12", which came about a week or two later, was slightly better by virtue of the nice (if brief) instrumental break in the middle. The vocals are academic because both deliver the song in precisely the same way. The entire Back To Back album, for me, is a turkey. The poorest they ever made. And yet it spawned 4 hit singles. Which pretty much shows how much I know. Because, ironically, the two tracks I do have time for, neither were singles. "Did you think it was forever? Well, now you know." Quite prophetic really when you think about it. Without being over critical this has always been at odds with what Alan wanted for the band to stay in a heavier direction. His last real heavy song was Over the edge in 1982 unless you class Big man too but that was a bit of a hash job. Ol rag blues is as about as poppy as Quo singles came and maybe he just started writing songs in that style to get his material on the albums. Your kind of love also is also quite a light song so not sure why Marguerita time became a huge fuss. The heaviest song on the album was No contract a Parfitt/Bown track. |
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Post by Victor on Jan 9, 2022 8:38:44 GMT
I obviously didn't like the way Alan was heading in terms of writing coz I didn't like this either (see Mountain Lady) thread. And I can feel a similarity in the lightness of touch. When I bought the single (blue vinyl, pic sleeve, all that malarkey) I hadn't actually heard it. To say I was disappointed was putting it mildly. The 12", which came about a week or two later, was slightly better by virtue of the nice (if brief) instrumental break in the middle. The vocals are academic because both deliver the song in precisely the same way. The entire Back To Back album, for me, is a turkey. The poorest they ever made. And yet it spawned 4 hit singles. Which pretty much shows how much I know. Because, ironically, the two tracks I do have time for, neither were singles. "Did you think it was forever? Well, now you know." Quite prophetic really when you think about it. Without being over critical this has always been at odds with what Alan wanted for the band to stay in a heavier direction. His last real heavy song was Over the edge in 1982 unless you class Big man too but that was a bit of a hash job. Ol rag blues is as about as poppy as Quo singles came and maybe he just started writing songs in that style to get his material on the albums. Your kind of love also is also quite a light song so not sure why Marguerita time became a huge fuss. The heaviest song on the album was No contract a Parfitt/Bown track. Yes, true about No Contract. But even that sng for me was beginning to show the too clean production that was to come on albums after that. I think the opinions about B2B are strongly divided and maybe it has to do something also with the time when someone got into Quo, I don't know. For me it was the biggest possible disappointment after WYW, JS and NTL and of course the 70-76 period. |
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Post by kursaal75 on Jan 9, 2022 8:50:28 GMT
My favourite track from a poor album, but I preferred the extended version
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