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Post by MrWaistcoat on Feb 20, 2017 17:06:47 GMT
I remember briefly feeling angry late last year when it looked like Rick was being badly treated / pushed out. I was angry at how unimportant he seemed to be to Francis and how casual he seemed about replacing him.
Now Rick has gone, nothing seems to matter to me now regarding the band, and I certainly won't be getting annoyed or put out, whatever happens. Like Francis said for so many years, I don't have to buy product or attend shows. Except, I felt that I did because for me it was always SQ with Rick onstage being his awesome self. I always felt there was a chance they would knock out a heavy album again that would make me very happy, so I loyally stuck around for the ride. But they didn't, and now they can't.
I feel very, very sad. But in no way angry.
I simply have no opinion now about what may / should happen next.
What I will do is enjoy JC's Quo and tribute acts, and stick around here in the hope of news of unearthed recordings / filmings from the glory years. For me, SQ is over.
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Post by freewilly on Feb 20, 2017 17:26:54 GMT
Francis treated Alan, his oldest and best mate, disgracefully and stabbed him in the back.
John should never have been let go and should have been helped.
Francis carried on without a care in the world when Rick was forced to sit it out and even said in an interview for the winter tour, in relation to Rick and Richie Malone, that "something happened and I'm glad it did"
To me, Status Quo finished that night in Dublin. However, I still planned to go on that winter tour if Rick was there, because he's one of the three main ingredients that made the Quo sound and he always gave it everything he had.
Rick, Alan and John don't walk on water but, that doesn't matter a fuck. They cared about the band, the fans and the music... Now, we've a bass player who has never even bothered to learn how to play Down Down properly in 31 years, a drummer who I know fuck all about and a front man who, I held in such regard and was in awe of, has now managed to drain all the respect, admiration, love and interest from me that I had for him because of some of the stunts he's pulled and shitty behaviour.
I honestly couldnt give a shit what he does now. They are of no interest to me now. It's not Status Quo and never will be again
The name shouldn't be used but, what does it matter now? The name has been ruined.
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Post by madtom on Feb 20, 2017 17:52:36 GMT
Option 3 for me. Apart from the reunions, I've had zero interest in anything they've done for over 25 years now. I will, however, make an effort to see JCQ and hope that Alan has some involvement with them in the future. As for what Francis does now... I really couldn't care less; although that won't stop me criticising him  |
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Feb 20, 2017 18:48:21 GMT
It's option 3 but for me it's not that Rick is no more that is the problem. It's been the static set list for a long time, Personally I do not like the run of ROLD/DD/WYW/RAOTW. For me these songs should have been mixed up more. Then the Encore is also poor, CUOY and TO NEED to be removed and the newer Medley's do not work. JCQ do put on a better range of material from the 70s. However I do like the later 00s albums and there should have been more varied songs from these.
Album wise I am a big fan of the Shuffle so songs with that are my favorite. I like the heavy stuff but for me a good Quo song has to have a good Riff and a decent solo. With the Rhythm keeping the whole thing driving.
Would I see them again yes if the set was completely overhauled and someone who could do justice to Rick's vocals was in the band. Rhino does not really have the voice Andy is kind of OK on WYW, don't know if Richie sings.
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Post by steveh on Feb 20, 2017 18:53:46 GMT
Nope, its purely nostalgia value for me now,and thats still good.
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Post by dennis on Feb 20, 2017 19:12:31 GMT
I've had almost zero interest in Francis Rossi's Quo since 1986, apart from living in hope of a reunion that finally happened, twice(!), although they nearly left it too late. The recorded output was never the same after the Live! album, & the band was never the same after John left & the recorded output dropped off a cliff. Quo were still a good live act with Pete, although they were already starting down that road of being their own tribute band with tours in '82 & '84 featuring set lists containing no material post '80.
Some people think it's great that the band continued for the last 30-odd years, but I'd rather they'd knocked it on the head back in the early-mid '80s & spared us all the shite that followed. Who knows, we may even have the reunions much, much sooner & perhaps a lot more of them too.
Now there's no chance of the reunions being repeated, I'm in the same position as before they happened - the best Quo available is JCQ & the various tribute bands out there.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Feb 20, 2017 19:25:02 GMT
Option 3 - but its been like that for many a year now anyway. I saw then in the 70's and at the reunions and have no desire to watch Rossi dilute the memories any further.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2017 19:59:00 GMT
Hi All, I was torn between 1,3 & 4 but opted for number 4 as if FR does carry on with the band the name of the band should be changed to FRSQ IMHO. Now more than ever without Rick it will just be a tribute band with Francis on lead vocals if nothing else he should honour his partner Rick by changing the band name or packing up the SQ name completely.
At the end of the day it's his choice I am sure CQ fans will want the band to carry on as is but with no Rick IMO it would be insensitive to Ricks memory. After all JC's Quo has done alright and still has a good following so I assume the same would happen if Francis did change the name again it will be his decision.
Anyway it again comes down to personal choice you take out of the band what you want, the band survived on the back of the FF era without doubt and judging by many fans reactions on here now that Rick has departed all credibility has gone from SQ altogether. When you have a mix of era fans opinions will be different as to what should or shouldn't of happened, the fact is that despite the changes in musical tastes of music fans in general Quo have endured not to everybody's taste for the most but that is the bands history.
When all the FF are resting at peace that history will continue to be remembered and the fans will always be for one era or another and will continue to be divided. They are just personal opinions at the end of the day, you like what you listen to nothing more nothing less, just enjoy the music which you grew up with and be part of Quo's living history. 
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Post by gav on Feb 20, 2017 20:32:05 GMT
I'll always be interested to see what becomes of that band i've followed since i was 8 (i'm 41 now), but i feel pretty distant from them now, and that's been a gradual thing over the last 15-20 years. To me, they've been swallowed up by the money machine and anything they do creatively seems well and truly tainted by that. But i've come to accept that realistically, that was their destiny - i can't be bothered to take a passionate stance against it, we are strangers, i can't make any claims about them every having been MY band. So, saying that, i guess i just don't care.
Rick's death has kind of cemented that idea, that they were never going to be immortal as a unit, or their good-time rock n roll ethos would carry on like my youth would. I feel a bit older without Rick in the world, sounds strange, but a part of our youth has gone hasn't it? It's really reaffirmed what i already knew, that it's the music that encapsulates everything about them, anything beyond that is just fantasy. The first thing i did when i heard about Rick was play Big Fat Mama, and it sounded so different, and better than it ever had.
I think when they became a bit tired and predictable in the late 00's, i became a bit tired with/of them. So i just kind of watch them from a distance now. The Aquostic thing is an unfortunate way for a rock band to die, and the fact that they will carry on rocking for a bit without him isn't much of a consolation, but with just Francis left now, it's a 4/5 faceless band to me. Yes, i know Andy and Rhino have served, but with respect, they don't personify the original Quo "thing".
I just hope Francis/management will end the "thing" in a dignified way, and not another sell-out.
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Post by Railroad17 on Feb 20, 2017 20:37:16 GMT
Not even interested even if its viewed through the old reappraisal prism.
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Post by paradiseflats on Feb 20, 2017 20:51:04 GMT
I thought they had split up after the reunion.
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Post by viking55 on Feb 20, 2017 20:52:27 GMT
Could have been option 2 or 3 for me but went for 2 simply because the statement read ' if he wants to '. And to me that's correct. It's not our choice to make is it. It's Francis Rossi's.
So let him make the decision wether you like it or not so whatever he decides is ok by me !
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Post by derryquo on Feb 20, 2017 20:53:07 GMT
The only thing I am interested in, is whether there will be a tribute event for Rick. Outside of that my interest is so low, I don't even know why I come on here anymore..
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Post by Railroad17 on Feb 20, 2017 20:57:11 GMT
RP used to balance it out with his writing.They are not going to record new stuff or rise like a phoenix.Rick is dead and it is well and truly over.It was knackered after BFY and has done well to get to here.They never ever even got close to equalling the brilliance of ROLD on Hello or the middle part of Mystery Song.From 1972 to 1976 they recorded 40 original songs and 2 cover versions.Not one of these songs are weak and all of this stuff can be heard as influence for almost all bands that play today..Status Quo are the greatest rock n roll band ever by a fcuking mile.On their day and that's every day Rossi,Parfitt,Lancaster,Coghlan and Bob Young took to the stage this band of lads would blow anybody sideways.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Feb 20, 2017 22:53:21 GMT
I'm not doing "shoulds" and I do still care, so I will wait and see. I know I don't have to subscribe to everything any of them do. (I must have gone through a phase once, else why do I have the 12in vinyl of "Little Dreamer"? I didn't like the song much even then .) Wobbling in my chair during the winter tour (no point standing up at that point, someone taller than me in front) I heard and saw that Francis can still make that guitar sing and shout. I think it must have been Softer Ride. Whether I will ever hear that again is something I can't even guess. I will always wish them well. I was wishing Rick well on the day he died. Weird. |
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