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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 15:15:54 GMT
Gets skipped , the rest of the tracks are pure genius .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 16:52:02 GMT
I think it is very true that the country style material of Francis was subject to more variation with Alan and John present than it has been since 86. They somehow sounded more authentic, for want of a better word (bearing in mind Quo have obviously never played pure country music) I still like enough of the latter period post 86 songs, but too many of them do tend to sound too watered down, a bit samey and use the same beat.
Francis has always really liked Shania Twain - maybe she could teach him a few country style tricks Of course that would never be deemed suitable for Quo
Lonely Night, also on the 'Quo' album, has a very good country/boogie rock feel to it. Once again, a good illustration of a different treatment given to a similar theme.
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Post by Victor on Apr 1, 2016 19:12:12 GMT
I think it is very true that the country style material of Francis was subject to more variation with Alan and John present than it has been since 86. They somehow sounded more authentic, for want of a better word (bearing in mind Quo have obviously never played pure country music) I still like enough of the latter period post 86 songs, but too many of them do tend to sound too watered down, a bit samey and use the same beat.
Francis has always really liked Shania Twain - maybe she could teach him a few country style tricks Of course that would never be deemed suitable for Quo
Lonely Night, also on the 'Quo' album, has a very good country/boogie rock feel to it. Once again, a good illustration of a different treatment given to a similar theme. Yep. That is the crucial point. It sounded more authentic indeed. The thing for me is that I never liked Fine fine fine because i'm simply not very fond of country ... but even I can listen to it far better then any of the post 81 country or country influenced material EDIT: I am saying post 81 cos after that the country influenced material had lost it's authentiity already for me even though Alan was still there
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Post by dennis on Apr 2, 2016 17:24:24 GMT
I don't think FFF is like the CQ stuff, because it is so guitar orientated. It is obviously a bluegrass sort of genre, but that is OK, UW is a straight blues number after all, and look at Gerdundula or NaNaNa or Lakky Lady. What separates FF from CQ is not Rockness and Heaviness and Volume, but rather a focus on guitars rather than synthy keys I think. Also, Quo had a groove & lost it.
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Post by gav on Apr 3, 2016 18:04:31 GMT
Bluegrass? Post-81/pre-86 country? Have i missed something?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 14:19:52 GMT
I think it was Francis who stated that the Quo album was unbalanced and that the following album, OTL, was named 'appropriately' as the album that was intended to address that.
OTL happens to my favourite FF album, but not for reasons that it allegedly balances Quo.
I rate the Quo album. Far from being unbalanced, I think that musically the Quo album features (arguably) some of the best individual skill from the band on any of their albums. Its a pity that the reproduction of it is a bit distorted (imo) I do wonder if it had been recorded more crisply and cleanly (f.e.like OTL) how much further still it might have elevated the album.
I think the fact that Francis sings less and wrote less than usual on this album enabled him to put more thought and energy into his playing. Maybe no surprise that songs from the Quo album feature some of his best. I think that the drive that Alan and Rick put into this album, given greater prominence, makes it the heavier album it is. I also think that John revels in this. Overall, musically it brought out some of the best in the FF members individually - even if the finished article could have sounded a bit better.
The Quo album maybe hints at the ongoing power struggles in the band between Alan and Francis. The fact that Alan (with Rick partnership) features so much in terms of writing and singing on this album is more than just a coincidence, as being the one-off that it was. In truth, Fine, Fine, Fine as one of the fewer than usual Rossi/Young compilations on the album, shines through more not only because of the light it adds to the shade - but also the freer reign that the engine room of Quo had on this album actually enabling benefit to the song more in terms of its musicality and 'country-ishness'.
I think Slow Train benefits too. Far from being unbalanced, the sum of the individual components that make up the various sections and tempo changes of the song, are the product of uninhibited playing. Quo should never have stopped jamming like that and bringing the live act into the studio in my opinion.
The irony was, that the power struggle put limitations on the FF. What they did had greatness despite this anyway, but other than the drug excesses etc, I think that this factor was also increasingly behind the decline in ambitions of the music the further they got towards the End of the Road. The continued amazing live gigs masked it to a large degree, and back at the time I didn't notice it, or care about it even if I had noticed it tbh. But looking back now, it was there to see in the last few albums
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Apr 5, 2016 15:23:09 GMT
When someone said to John that he should just keep the time, the free feeling went awol.......
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