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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Apr 19, 2016 19:34:11 GMT
For some it has been blind loyalty without a doubt. For others I guess the reason they kept going/listening to CQ was some sort of hope that something would change somehow, I know that was how it was for me. Plus the fact that they have picked up a new audience (the happy clappy blue rinse brigade etc.). They have become entertainment for the whole family. A decent rock gig isn't something you would go to with your young children or parents IMO. All the 70s fans are either parents, or of parental ... actually grandparental ... age now. Of course the bands ... some of them anyway ... and all the commercial promoters (like the BBC) love "kid" fans (ie anyone under 30) because they look pretty and spent their money on merch. So cool!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Apr 19, 2016 19:40:49 GMT
For some it has been blind loyalty without a doubt. For others I guess the reason they kept going/listening to CQ was some sort of hope that something would change somehow, I know that was how it was for me. Yes, it was probably a mixture of blind loyalty & the fact that, even after John was replaced by Pete, the live performance was still good that kept me interested. I actually bought the albums up to In The Army & was, unfortunately, given Ain't Complaining - strangely, none of those post-JC albums survived when I cd-ised my collection! I didn't have any blind loyalty to keep me going, I just had the gigs. I knew they had lost their sound on the records, and wondered why they would do that. In the end I accepted that it was not going to come back. But as I liked Q uo as a pop band for 14 years before I became a fan, I still found stuff to enjoy as time went by. But it was the gigs that mattered. Like you, I would not be upgrading those 80s albums now. In fact I think it was the fact musicassettes were cheap that kept me buying them :-) That and curiosity. And I took a decision to be "loyal" to a degree, in return for what they did for me. When I had cancer in 2003, corny I know, but I said, whatever happens to me, I hope I last long enough to see Quo again.
The loyalty does't extend to things like Bula Quo. I don't resent them for doing it. I no doubt would have done the same if someone offered me But that particular bit of their career they can do without me, that's OK.
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Post by dennis on Apr 20, 2016 9:16:01 GMT
Yes, it was probably a mixture of blind loyalty & the fact that, even after John was replaced by Pete, the live performance was still good that kept me interested. I actually bought the albums up to In The Army & was, unfortunately, given Ain't Complaining - strangely, none of those post-JC albums survived when I cd-ised my collection! I didn't have any blind loyalty to keep me going, I just had the gigs. I knew they had lost their sound on the records, and wondered why they would do that. In the end I accepted that it was not going to come back. But as I liked Q uo as a pop band for 14 years before I became a fan, I still found stuff to enjoy as time went by. But it was the gigs that mattered. Like you, I would not be upgrading those 80s albums now. In fact I think it was the fact musicassettes were cheap that kept me buying them :-) That and curiosity. And I took a decision to be "loyal" to a degree, in return for what they did for me. When I had cancer in 2003, corny I know, but I said, whatever happens to me, I hope I last long enough to see Quo again.
The loyalty does't extend to things like Bula Quo. I don't resent them for doing it. I no doubt would have done the same if someone offered me But that particular bit of their career they can do without me, that's OK.
Sadly, to me, the post Live Aid line-ups just don't quite have the same groove live anymore so I didn't even have the gigs until the reunions came 'round. But I appreciate that for many the gigs are still great. Mind you, I do wonder what latter day fans of their recorded material over the last 35 years make of the gigs where very little of that material seems to be played. Glad you're still here to enjoy the remaining gigs!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Apr 20, 2016 11:26:23 GMT
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col
Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 627
Favourite Quo Album: Dog Of Two Head, Piledriver, Hello, Quo, Live
Favourite other bands.: Ramones, Warrior Soul, Soundgarden, King Buffalo, Small Faces, Motorhead, UFO, Screaming Trees, Kyuss, Clutch
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Post by col on Apr 21, 2016 19:08:38 GMT
The only comments I can make on being a Quo fan in the'70's are (obviously) personal, but, my wife and I met in '94 and she went every year with me to see them until 2011, and that was it for her, not even the first "reunion" tour could entice her back.
She did see them on the second "reunion", her verdict?? "Now I get what you see in them".
Fast forward to the year, John Coghlans Quo are playing in Grange-Over-Sands, near our new home, my wife says she wants to go!! She loved it, asked to hear tracks like "A Year" when we got home.
That's it in a nutshell for me, these days Quo are Ronseal, you know what your getting. Then? They used to be Picasso, you either got it or you didn't.
CQ aren't bad but, The Quo were the best band the world has ever seen.
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Post by quofan1977 on Apr 29, 2019 2:25:45 GMT
I saw quo for the first time 20th December 1977 at lewisham odeon. I was 15 and it was totally awsome. Being there among people who were as mad and as big a fan as you. I was lucky that night me and my mate gary had backstage passes. I think seeing Quo in the 70s was special. They were the no1 rock and roll band in the land to coin jackies thrase. You just had to be there.. I saw quo the following year in 78 at reading. Great days...
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Post by kursaal75 on Apr 29, 2019 16:36:33 GMT
The first time was Harlow Playhouse 5 Feb 1972 and the last time was London 02, in December 2015. Those 43 years are covered with great memories, including, when I would read of a tour in a music paper, followed by travelling to the venues, normally Hammersmith Odeon and queuing outside the venue in all weather's too buy tickets. It wasn't until the late 80s I realised how I took seeing Quo in the 70's for granted. My Quo fix now is supplied by John Coghlans Quo.
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