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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 6, 2016 13:27:54 GMT
The Stones have a new Blues based album coming out in December. Is this what Quo should have done instead of the Acoustic stuff.
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Post by asthequoflies on Oct 6, 2016 16:14:30 GMT
Absolutely; the Stones (with Clapton guesting on the album) just seems so right - revisiting where they came from and I love the production on this advance single ( sounds very much Ma Kellys era Quo; a massive bonus). Blue and Lonesome already getting amazing fan reaction on Stones boards; just a cracking cover of the Little Walter chestnut; an artist Keith and Brian loved in '62 when learning to play together.
Aquostic II just doesnt fill me with anticipation; how cool it would have been for them at this age and stage in their career to do something like Blue and Lonesome.
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Post by paradiseflats on Oct 6, 2016 16:17:23 GMT
The Stones have a new Blues based album coming out in December. Is this what Quo should have done instead of the Acoustic stuff. Substandard Quo would have butchered this also. |
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Post by asthequoflies on Oct 6, 2016 16:22:51 GMT
It would have been a better send off than Aquostic I and II though, should these be their final albums. Quo did blues based material so well in the early days, but I do agree the current band would probably butcher it. Pity. Though who knows, Aquostic II could blow us all away...unlikely, but as their possibly final album I hope its better than we expect.
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Post by dennis on Oct 6, 2016 20:59:16 GMT
No. The band's inadequacies would be even more exposed than on Aquostic. Even if it had been a FF project I doubt it would be a good fit, but they might be able to make it work. Perhaps it'll crop up as a studio only project when Quo management is running out of ideas to steal.
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Post by curiousgirl on Oct 6, 2016 21:07:32 GMT
I like your intentions Lord Flash but no, Francis always felt uncomfortable with blues. He said he learnt it from white guys who learned from black musicians. It would be no better. ie: what Dennis says. I might check out the Stones album though. Thanks for the link.
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Post by tqontq on Oct 7, 2016 2:27:25 GMT
CQ pre Rossi takeover would not have the capabilities nor the passion to put something like this together. Rossi would hate it for starters.
But yes it would have worked well for the original line up but, as always, it would depend on the material. It would have to be bluesy but majority being new material rather than re-workings of old blues numbers.
I bet the Stones record is critically acclaimed and loved by the fans. Something CQ, pre or post Rossi takeover, would never be able to achieve.
Hell.....why even bother....we all know Rossi just wants to make his mediocre country pop pap music under the Quo name.
Nice thought though.
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Post by Gaz on Oct 7, 2016 5:12:00 GMT
The Stones have a new Blues based album coming out in December. Is this what Quo should have done instead of the Acoustic stuff. Love that sound. Takes me back to Beale St in Memphis where that Blues sound eminates from those bars that are in the street especially BB Kings Blues Club. |
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Post by asthequoflies on Oct 7, 2016 7:51:10 GMT
Agreed, absolutely love that sound  |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 7, 2016 9:15:46 GMT
I saw Mick on telly many years ago standing in with a classic blues band. I thought he should have pursued that as a side project, the way Keith and Charlie do with their musical interests, but he was more interested in trying to be Michael Jackson. I loved the Stone's early R^B sound, overlapping with pop, but straight blues doesn't interest me much on its own. There are many classic blues singers, not sure why the Stones would do it better  If they could recapture the lightness of touch and the old R&B sound they had on things like "Its all over now" and "you cant catch me", that would be really nice. As for Quo, back to their roots??? Blues isn't their roots, pop is, always was. They HAVE gone back to their roots For the last 30 years but nobody seems to like it. Funny thing is, when I think about it, Quo were brilliant when they discovered blues and rock for the same reason as the Stones were - they could cross the line into pop (although in their case they were crossing from pop to R&B, and the Stones were going the other way). That meant they had some originality and were not just re-creation bands. OK they didn't have Mick, but they had Mike, Rick and Alan, so who needs Mick? |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 7, 2016 9:19:19 GMT
CQ pre Rossi takeover would not have the capabilities nor the passion to put something like this together. Rossi would hate it for starters. But yes it would have worked well for the original line up but, as always, it would depend on the material. It would have to be bluesy but majority being new material rather than re-workings of old blues numbers. I bet the Stones record is critically acclaimed and loved by the fans. Something CQ, pre or post Rossi takeover, would never be able to achieve. Hell.....why even bother....we all know Rossi just wants to make his mediocre country pop pap music under the Quo name. Nice thought though. The thing is, if Francis had continued to pretend that he enjoyed playing the style that made them famous, then something like this would still have been perfectly possible. I don't think its a case that it couldn't be done - its always been a matter of attitude and choice rather than capability. I've mentioned this several times of the last few years.
However, its certainly true that (hypothetically) it would require the FF to come together to do something like this. CQ are/have been so intent on karaoke and entertainment I agree completely it would never happen under their stewardship. As reality continues to bear out.
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Post by asthequoflies on Oct 7, 2016 9:51:54 GMT
Good post Mrs Flittersnoop; the blues band Mick played with in 1992 and 1993 were the Red Devils. Amazing collaboration; he actually recorded a full album with them that remains unreleased. Widely available on bootleg, highly recommended. Recorded at same sessions as his solo album of that time, "Wandering Spirit".
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Post by twentytwenty on Oct 8, 2016 3:41:35 GMT
I agree about the sound, but the band sounds awful imo. When you play blues the music MUST be tight like a glove, these gentlemen isn't.
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Post by frozenhero on Oct 8, 2016 11:07:51 GMT
Actually I'm tired of people talking about the FF as the only Quo lineup that did any bluesy stuff. What about Electric Arena, Belavista Man, Reality Cheque, It's All About You, to name but four??
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Post by Deleted on Oct 8, 2016 11:32:34 GMT
Actually I'm tired of people talking about the FF as the only Quo lineup that did any bluesy stuff. What about Electric Arena, Belavista Man, Reality Cheque, It's All About You, to name but four?? Its not especially liked by quite a few fans, but the closest of those, as I see it, to anything bluesy is Electric Arena. Francis solo gigs did best justice to this song - it did sound properly bluesy there and embellished on it better than than the ISOTFC album version (which I still like)
The others, in my opinion anyway, are just run of the mill bland Quo by numbers songs. Belavista Man is ok-ish - though the lyrics are too lounge lizard
The most bluesy song Quo have ever done in my opinion is the magnificent Unspoken Words. But I like the feel of the early boogie/blues numbers in general that are on Ma Kelly and DOTH 
Edit: I would also definitely include A Year as well. But is this "a lament" rather than a blues song? 
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If they could recapture the lightness of touch and the old R&B sound they had on things like "Its all over now" and "you cant catch me", that would be really nice.
