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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2017 14:02:33 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music.
Rockers Rollin
One of the few really great songs on Rockin all over the World.
Lyrics to me are top draw.
Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol.
Someone show me home
Should have been a single. Could have been a big hit. One of their few ballads that I really love.
Breaking Away
The last great extended song from the band. Great song. Great ending. Would have been belting live.
Over the edge
Perfer it live to on the album. But one of Alan’s better songs from the later period. An insight to what could have been.
Mountain lady
Loved this from the minute I heard it. Great melodic rock. Francis really delivers the vocal.
The ending. Well no, it’s dreadful. Tried something new, didn’t work. Francis claims it is Alan’s ode to Stevie Nicks.
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Post by freewilly on Dec 6, 2017 15:35:45 GMT
Rockers Rollin Dirty Water Hold Ya Back (Some days)
Someone Show Me Home
Who Asked You
WYW (Just overkill now though)
LOAI
Who Asked You
Breaking Away
Over The Edge
The Wild Ones
Take Me Away
Mountain Lady
I'd include Accident Prone and Who Am I but, Pip Williams wrote them, not the members of the band
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2017 16:25:13 GMT
It’s strange but I’ve never liked Living on an Island. It’s a bit twee.
Lyrics are pretty good in places but overall not keen.
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Post by freewilly on Dec 6, 2017 16:50:32 GMT
It’s strange but I’ve never liked Living on an Island. It’s a bit twee. Lyrics are pretty good in places but overall not keen. It's the feel of it tbh and the outro.
Drums and Bass are brilliant in it
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Dec 6, 2017 16:57:46 GMT
It’s strange but I’ve never liked Living on an Island. It’s a bit twee. Lyrics are pretty good in places but overall not keen. I never really liked the single version for years when I only had 12 GB. However when I heard the album version much later I started to love it. |
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2017 17:02:13 GMT
It’s strange but I’ve never liked Living on an Island. It’s a bit twee. Lyrics are pretty good in places but overall not keen. I never really liked the single version for years when I only had 12 GB. However when I heard the album version much later I started to love it. It’s an album I don’t play enough. As the whole album wasn’t available on cd for years, others got much more time on my Death deck. |
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Post by per on Dec 6, 2017 17:10:42 GMT
RAOTW: pretty much every song except Baby Boy and the title track
IYCSTH: Someone Show Me Home, Long Legged Linda, Gonna Teach You To Love Me, Oh What a Night
WYW: more or less everything, though I always tend to skip the title track
JP: Over the Edge, The Wild Ones, Dont Drive My Car
NTL: If it wasnt for the silly falsetto choirs I would choose the title track here. An album I for some reason never really loved, hard to pick favourites, but yes Mountain Lady and Take Me Away are above average
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Post by 4th Chord on Dec 6, 2017 17:24:40 GMT
Top DRAWER Mr Flats!!!!
John Eden remix - HYB and Rockers Rollin - absolutely immense!
Coming and Going. Love, love love.
Over the Edge - immense live.
Long Legged Linda. ;-)
High Flyer.
Lies
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Post by Victor on Dec 6, 2017 17:53:31 GMT
Hard time
Rockers Rollin'
Hold you back
Accident Prone
Let me fly
Who asked you
Your smiling face
Come rock with me/Rockin on
Breaking away
Over the edge
The wild ones
Name of the game
Coming and Going
Never too late
Take me away
Mountain lady
Riverside
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Post by whoaskedyou on Dec 6, 2017 17:58:44 GMT
Long Legged Linda album version.
Long Legged Linda extended leg version.
Long Legged Linda come round to my place Christmas remix.
Long Legged Linda sure was worth the flight version.
Long Legged Linda wonderous nature ease edition.
Simples really.
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Post by dublinquo on Dec 6, 2017 18:29:57 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music. Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol. Although Andy had begun playing keyboards on stage with Quo and also had his name credited as a song co-writer on some of the tracks on the IYCSTH and WYW albums, the band continued to promote themselves as a four-piece unit until after Pete replaced Spud...when Andy became an 'equal' fifth member. Below are the rear covers of Quo's 1980 and 1981 studio albums - each showing just four members. (Andy is pictured with the rest of the band on the rear cover of the band's next album - see here):format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-768765-1378696572-6106.jpeg.jpg)  |
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Post by paradiseflats on Dec 6, 2017 18:40:09 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music. Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol. Although Andy had begun playing keyboards on stage with Quo and also had his name credited as a song co-writer on some of the tracks on the IYCSTH and WYW albums, the band continued to promote themselves as a four-piece unit until after Pete replaced Spud...when Andy became an 'equal' fifth member. Below are the rear covers of Quo's 1980 and 1981 studio albums - each showing just four members. (Andy is pictured with the rest of the band on the rear cover of the band's next album - see here) Maybe so but as any purist knows the Frantic four period came to an end with Live. As Andy was there on tv performances following the release of WSOL onwards. And his song writing contribution and how that changed Status Quo are more important in the context of the band than whether he was legally a member. And in '82 he did not become an equal member as his voting rights were less than the other three. And when those words were written they were still a four piece probably in their minds. |
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Dec 6, 2017 18:42:06 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music. Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol. Although Andy had begun playing keyboards on stage with Quo and also had his name credited as a song co-writer on some of the tracks on the IYCSTH and WYW albums, the band continued to promote themselves as a four-piece unit until after Pete replaced Spud...when Andy became an 'equal' fifth member. Below are the rear covers of Quo's 1980 and 1981 studio albums - each showing just four members. (Andy is pictured with the rest of the band on the rear cover of the band's next album - see here) I wonder if one of the reasons for that was because Andy was on a different record label. I notice on my copy of WYW it says Andy Bown (courtesy of EMI Records). |
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
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Post by gav on Dec 6, 2017 19:47:57 GMT
Below are the rear covers of Quo's 1980 and 1981 studio albums - each showing just four members. (Andy is pictured with the rest of the band on the rear cover of the band's next album - see here) Quo needed to show a very specific volume of hair in publicity and album shots. Andy started appearing in photos around '82 because of his luscious locks. You'll notice that Parfitt has had a haircut, Rossi is thinning drastically, and of course Kircher had reduced the hair-mass quite significantly since Spud's departure. So something needed to be done. It's why Andy's hair is so long and shaggy in that shot. It's also why Alan has grown his hair because he's pure Quo through and through and understands the situation implicitly. Without his and Spud's 'taches, Quo would not be the band they are today. Err, hang on a minute.... |
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Post by quoboy76 on Dec 6, 2017 23:05:47 GMT
The period 77 to 81 is not their best by far. But there was still plenty of great music. Rockers Rollin One of the few really great songs on Rockin all over the World. Lyrics to me are top draw. Four rockers rollin and a poet in the wings... Andy didn’t get a mention lol.Someone show me home Should have been a single. Could have been a big hit. One of their few ballads that I really love. Breaking Away The last great extended song from the band. Great song. Great ending. Would have been belting live. Over the edge Perfer it live to on the album. But one of Alan’s better songs from the later period. An insight to what could have been. Mountain lady Loved this from the minute I heard it. Great melodic rock. Francis really delivers the vocal. The ending. Well no, it’s dreadful. Tried something new, didn’t work. Francis claims it is Alan’s ode to Stevie Nicks. Those lyrics are not from the song Rockers Rollin' but from another of your choices in Breaking Away |
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