gav
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Post by gav on Dec 8, 2017 22:15:19 GMT
If you watch the joint Parfitt-Rossi interview on "Hello Quo" conducted by Alan G Parker not long after the Shepperton jam, Rick's not massively convinced with the FF idea, interestingly.
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Post by curiousgirl on Dec 8, 2017 22:18:54 GMT
If you watch the joint Parfitt-Rossi interview on "Hello Quo" conducted by Alan G Parker not long after the Shepperton jam, Rick's not massively convinced with the FF idea, interestingly. I'm not surprised by that because they it was so long since they'd played together on tour. And it was a big risk. Can you imagine if those gigs had been a disaster? And not many fans came along as well?? If I were any of them, I'd be unsure.
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cooliquo
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Post by cooliquo on Dec 8, 2017 22:33:25 GMT
If you watch the joint Parfitt-Rossi interview on "Hello Quo" conducted by Alan G Parker not long after the Shepperton jam, Rick's not massively convinced with the FF idea, interestingly. Yeah, I remember that. I remember, around the time everyone started getting on again up until the first gigs, even thinking that Francis came across the most keen out of the two of them... It was him that first started speculating about possible new material and how far things might possibly go... Then the tour came, he backed off from it all and it seemed Rick had been completely won over. The old fire was ignited in him again. There were various interviews back when it all started becoming a possibility where Francis seemed enthusiastic, open to anything FF related... When the tour began, he seemed to change... I wonder if it was simply down to his relationship with Nuff, the personality clashes resurfacing?
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Post by americanquo on Dec 8, 2017 23:20:10 GMT
This is a reminder of what bullshit it was when Rossi said Spud didn't have the stamina anymore.
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Post by lufcquo1 on Dec 9, 2017 7:30:52 GMT
Definitely. The moment the curtain dropped in Manchester at the first reunion gig, the band he had built up for 30 years were in tatters, and he knew it. I almost think he agreed to the second one with the hope of it falling apart in front of our very eyes. What actually happened was the irreplaceable magic of the proper Status Quo, and from that there was no coming back. Rick knew that and Francis had nowhere to turn. This was the start of their relationship faltering. Unfortunately, I imagine we will never fully hear Rick’s versions but would have been interesting to hear. Why were they in tatters, I saw them after the first FF gigs and it was a packed house and a great gig. I don't think for one minute Rossi agreed to the second one with the hope of it falling apart, that's just silly. The FF gigs were always going to go down a storm, we knew it and so did Rossi. We also have to remember that Rick was still very much with the band until his heart attack and if he was still with us, he would still be there rocking away with the CQ albeit not getting on outside of the band. Might have been a packed house but maybe people bought them tickets in advance of the FF, prior to knowing how good they were going to be? The clear thing to understand here is that Francis was completely taken aback from the magic of the tour, not just the reaction of the crowd but how good the band was. How’s many times accross both tours did he have to step back from his mic as he was about to talk? That to me tells it’s own story. If you had built up a product over many years that you were proud of and thought everybody else loved too, for it to be completely out done by the older, more original product, I think you’d be in a bit of an awkward position too? He had to backtrack and thought of the ‘nostalgia’ excuse. Even though his product was purely based on that but that’s another argument... This is where my thoughts on Rick comes in. He clearly enjoyed the limelight, hence why back in the 80s he followed Francis, a chance to maintain this rock n roll lifestyle. Then come the reunion, 30 years later. People have mentioned he was more apprehensive than Francis about it, but it was clear that he had his head well and truly turned after the tours. His comments tell you this but also clips of tours after the FF clearly show Rick going through the motions, in particular the aquostic stuff. Rick wanted it to continue, whether this was another tour or a new album. This, in my opinion, caused great fractions between Francis and Rick. I’m not going to say the Francis was going to get rid of Rick anyway, that’s too simplistic but I do think it is fair to say that in the 2 years after the FF prior to Rick’s sad death. The two of them had a completely different view on where to take the band. It’s common knowledge their relationship had broken down and I think it began with the conclusion and subsequent ending of the FF reunions.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Dec 9, 2017 15:41:12 GMT
Why were they in tatters, I saw them after the first FF gigs and it was a packed house and a great gig. I don't think for one minute Rossi agreed to the second one with the hope of it falling apart, that's just silly. The FF gigs were always going to go down a storm, we knew it and so did Rossi. We also have to remember that Rick was still very much with the band until his heart attack and if he was still with us, he would still be there rocking away with the CQ albeit not getting on outside of the band. Might have been a packed house but maybe people bought them tickets in advance of the FF, prior to knowing how good they were going to be? The clear thing to understand here is that Francis was completely taken aback from the magic of the tour, not just the reaction of the crowd but how good the band was. How’s many times accross both tours did he have to step back from his mic as he was about to talk? That to me tells it’s own story. If you had built up a product over many years that you were proud of and thought everybody else loved too, for it to be completely out done by the older, more original product, I think you’d be in a bit of an awkward position too? He had to backtrack and thought of the ‘nostalgia’ excuse. Even though his product was purely based on that but that’s another argument... This is where my thoughts on Rick comes in. He clearly enjoyed the limelight, hence why back in the 80s he followed Francis, a chance to maintain this rock n roll lifestyle. Then come the reunion, 30 years later. People have mentioned he was more apprehensive than Francis about it, but it was clear that he had his head well and truly turned after the tours. His comments tell you this but also clips of tours after the FF clearly show Rick going through the motions, in particular the aquostic stuff. Rick wanted it to continue, whether this was another tour or a new album. This, in my opinion, caused great fractions between Francis and Rick. I’m not going to say the Francis was going to get rid of Rick anyway, that’s too simplistic but I do think it is fair to say that in the 2 years after the FF prior to Rick’s sad death. The two of them had a completely different view on where to take the band. It’s common knowledge their relationship had broken down and I think it began with the conclusion and subsequent ending of the FF reunions. The FF tour was always going to be magical, we hadn't seen them together for almost 30 years, the second tour was a huge bonus also, but the question is, if they had carried on and toured as much as the current band were doing at the time would it have stayed as popular. Don't get me wrong because I ain't no musician but were the FF as good as you say they were? I went to some of the gigs and thoroughly enjoyed them, but the atmosphere doesn't mean the band were any tighter than CQ. By the way the packed house I was talking about with the current band had sold out the year before if memory serves.
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Post by 4th Chord on Dec 9, 2017 16:20:23 GMT
“Tight”
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!
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