Post by rockinronnie on Jan 23, 2017 23:28:24 GMT
Wow, what a great night at Manchester Arena watching Sabbath "The End"
It is the first (and last) time I have seen Sabbath, and OMG what a great time. Such power. And that drummer was stunning.
I choose to sit a little back - just in the seated area, raised, so I could actually watch the show. And what an eye opener. The graphics and light were spectacular -
- and they needed to be. Because that was the show - that was the entertainment for the evening
I Loved it, but it did get me thinking about the differences between Sabbath and Quo - and here I am talking about all versions of both bands
There is no doubt that (for whatever reason) Sabbath are much more highly regarded than Quo but lets think about it
1) Iommi - what a riff meister. Probably the best ever. But he cannot solo for toffee. There is just no melody there. Rossi solos (both Album and live (with a few overbended exceptions) are just so recognisable, singalongable, melodic. 1 up for Quo
2) Butler - wow he can play that bass. Lancaster and Rhino play much more simply - I suppose Geezer needs to be the rthythm guitar to and extent also - Sabbath pull it back to a draw
3) Lyrics - hands down Sabbath. So Sabbath pull ahead
4) Singing - hmmm. Ozzy, not really sure he can sing that well. For me Quo are a band full of singers, so they pull it back to all square
5) Globally recognised songs? You know I bet there is not much difference. Globally and generally public rather than rockers, RAOTH, DD, WYW, POMM against Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, Heaven and Hell perhaps) . Lets call it a draw Just_Cuz_13
5) keyboards. Sabbath keyboard player (who?) off stage and comes on for a name check. Andy Bown and integral part of the Quo sound (love it or hate it). Plays guitar, sings, Quo stretch out in front again
6) Stage craft / show. Quo gigs are a party. The party is on stage and we can join in. The lads all move around the stage, interact with the audience, have a crack and a joke with each other, entertain - even now. Posing, strutting, going to different parts of the stage so both sides of the audience can see them, they get the audience dancing and singing and clapping along. Just about every song is audience participation, even if we are all just going der, de, de, dedede, dededede der der. We are encourgaged to be part of the show. Sabbath. Erm. Well I don't think they talked to each other once. Tony stood at the right, Geezer at the left and never the twain shall meet. Not sure either of them so much as looked at the audience. Ozzy did wonder slighly trying to get the front row to clap - but not in time (anyone ever noticed that, Ozzy cannot clap in time?) There was no chat, "just this song is Snow Blind". They came on, played the songs and left.
100 million points to Quo.
It is the first (and last) time I have seen Sabbath, and OMG what a great time. Such power. And that drummer was stunning.
I choose to sit a little back - just in the seated area, raised, so I could actually watch the show. And what an eye opener. The graphics and light were spectacular -
- and they needed to be. Because that was the show - that was the entertainment for the evening
I Loved it, but it did get me thinking about the differences between Sabbath and Quo - and here I am talking about all versions of both bands
There is no doubt that (for whatever reason) Sabbath are much more highly regarded than Quo but lets think about it
1) Iommi - what a riff meister. Probably the best ever. But he cannot solo for toffee. There is just no melody there. Rossi solos (both Album and live (with a few overbended exceptions) are just so recognisable, singalongable, melodic. 1 up for Quo
2) Butler - wow he can play that bass. Lancaster and Rhino play much more simply - I suppose Geezer needs to be the rthythm guitar to and extent also - Sabbath pull it back to a draw
3) Lyrics - hands down Sabbath. So Sabbath pull ahead
4) Singing - hmmm. Ozzy, not really sure he can sing that well. For me Quo are a band full of singers, so they pull it back to all square
5) Globally recognised songs? You know I bet there is not much difference. Globally and generally public rather than rockers, RAOTH, DD, WYW, POMM against Paranoid, Iron Man, War Pigs, Heaven and Hell perhaps) . Lets call it a draw Just_Cuz_13
5) keyboards. Sabbath keyboard player (who?) off stage and comes on for a name check. Andy Bown and integral part of the Quo sound (love it or hate it). Plays guitar, sings, Quo stretch out in front again
6) Stage craft / show. Quo gigs are a party. The party is on stage and we can join in. The lads all move around the stage, interact with the audience, have a crack and a joke with each other, entertain - even now. Posing, strutting, going to different parts of the stage so both sides of the audience can see them, they get the audience dancing and singing and clapping along. Just about every song is audience participation, even if we are all just going der, de, de, dedede, dededede der der. We are encourgaged to be part of the show. Sabbath. Erm. Well I don't think they talked to each other once. Tony stood at the right, Geezer at the left and never the twain shall meet. Not sure either of them so much as looked at the audience. Ozzy did wonder slighly trying to get the front row to clap - but not in time (anyone ever noticed that, Ozzy cannot clap in time?) There was no chat, "just this song is Snow Blind". They came on, played the songs and left.
100 million points to Quo.
Quo started Psychedelic evolving into Heavy rock at their best (FF) 
)
) even the likes of meatloaf and paul Stanley put that he was a member 
ok !
