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Post by frozenhero on Mar 19, 2024 18:36:03 GMT
After Backbone, I certainly would welcome another album because I liked Leon's and Richie's songs...
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 19, 2024 18:35:02 GMT
I feel so stupid I only just found out Bernie died in 2019 by accident while doing a Wikipedia search. Why was this never on the news? Probably for the same reason that he doesn't even have a Wikipedia article. I once tried drafting one but felt inadequate.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 16, 2024 11:07:06 GMT
Second episode is a bit longer, but I haven't watched it yet:
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 9, 2024 23:13:25 GMT
I'd like to hear the actual Quo recording of Jealousy. Alan assumed, and I believe he's correct, they ended up using the Rossi/Frost recording (you can tell by the drum machine) and the band's version wasn't released... Of course there's only so much you can do with a bad song.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 6, 2024 13:18:38 GMT
I really like my QPQ shirt but it's getting a bit worn out by now.
Not classic, no, but I think it's a simple, nice design.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 2, 2024 21:13:02 GMT
It won't ever happen, but I would love to hear that Lancaster gig. Along with Hammersmith '79. Other than what ive mentioned, there's nothing left of any of the four shows. We believe they were wiped and repurposed to record the Live! and Tokyo Quo concerts as they weren't virgin tapes. You do wonder why they did that with the Lancaster recording if they were pleased with it... Obviously tape was expensive but nobody had the good idea to create safety copies at least? Also, why was Roadhouse Blues from Southend preserved? That wasn't released until much later (the 2001 Rockers Rollin' 4CD box set). Was that a finished mix for a planned 12" release that didn't happen?
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 2, 2024 18:34:36 GMT
I'd like a new medley, but who knows if they'd be willing to get rid of it. They did lose the encore medley, and that had been in the set for ages... I really liked the one they did on the 2022 tour. It was quite shaken up and the nearly full versions of Rollin' Home and SBYBIL were great to hear. Would love to have an official live release from this tour as the set was great, the band on fire and it marked my return to the (live) band after 6 years. I'll give you Rollin' Home but SBYBIL has been done to death among the opening two or three tracks. I can't say I want to hear it anymore. But yeah, some kind of recent live release would be good. We have not had anything of that vein after the two Down Down releases, which are both from 2017.
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Post by frozenhero on Mar 2, 2024 18:32:02 GMT
I finally watched that trailer. I wonder who produces them? Clearly they are orchestrated. You mean you're not constantly followed by a camera in your home?
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 29, 2024 20:47:40 GMT
Either way, I would not be surprised at all if the 2024 tour included a new song or two like the tour before Backbone did. Think this is what we got at Wembley in December 2022 below, I thought it was a decent set. I'd like to see a full Most Of The Time added after Little Lady, Don't Waste My Time and maybe something extra for Richie to sing, like Rockers Rollin, One Man Band, Your Smiling Face, Big Fat Mama etc. Even Creepin Up On You instead of Rhino. I think Rhino sings Rain quite well, seems to suit him, but when I heard his version of Creepin, I found it lacking a bit of something, don't know what you would call it, soul? balls? Not Sure. I think some got Don't Waste My Time in Germany, I like Burning Bridges and think there is room for both that and Don't Waste My Time in the set. From the set below, I'd drop Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You and the Proposing Medley, but just don't see them ever dropping the medley to be honest, but I think it's a waste, served a purpose once or twice, but for me I'd play full tracks instead. I will also stand up for The Oriental, I know some have tired of it, some might never like it, but I loved it on record when it was released and have always enjoyed it live, so it stays for me, a nice tempo change to the gig in same way In My Chair has always been, but still provides that great bluesy feel. Wembley 2022Caroline Rain Little Lady Softer Ride Beginning of the End Hold You Back Rock 'n' Roll 'n' You Twenty Wild Horses Proposing Medley The Oriental In My Chair Cut Me Some Slack Liberty Lane In the Army Now Roll Over Lay Down Down Down Whatever You Want Rockin' All Over the World Burning Bridges Rockers Rollin' would be great! I'd like a new medley, but who knows if they'd be willing to get rid of it. They did lose the encore medley, and that had been in the set for ages...
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 24, 2024 22:32:54 GMT
It is on record (somewhere) that as far as Francis was concerned, Quo were done, he was out of the band. I was speaking to someone on the inside on the EOTR tour, and he said they would be "back in a couple of years, when the money runs out", I am sure that would have been more of a problem for Rick but their lifestyles were unsustainable without the income. Francis said that he knew inside, he didn't want to continue with Quo. But I guess he was too much of a coward to say as much. Both Francis and Rick had solo ambitions (or duo in the case of Francis and Bernie). As I understand it, Francis had been wanting to do a country album with Bob in the 70s already and was sort of dissuaded because the others felt it would take away the energy that would otherwise go to Quo. It makes sense to perhaps do something on your own when you've started to get enough of each other. Other bands have done that - the snag is that often enough, one member realizes they can do it alone and also feel they're undervalued by the other members (Steve Hackett, soon to be ex-Genesis) or one member writes four LPs worth of stuff, most of it destined for the band, while the others have put all their ideas into the solo ventures (Pink Floyd). In that sense, I can't help but think that the label did both Francis and Rick a bit dirty since their solo work did deserve a chance to be heard at least. I suppose the rather limited success of the two Rossi/Frost singles did say something about how Quo was the better vehicle for success...
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 11, 2024 16:56:30 GMT
I've taken a screenshot from this video. There is indeed a "missing square" but also stuff out of order - live albums in front of the studio albums they followed and that mysterious right side column. Maybe they didn't want to have too many live albums or compilations right next to each other? Either way, I would not be surprised at all if the 2024 tour included a new song or two like the tour before Backbone did.
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 11, 2024 16:46:35 GMT
It's not the same! They're phrased quite differently. LL lingers on the 7, which the Stones song doesn't. Also, I much prefer Liberty Lane to what I think Bill Wyman correctly said wasn't one of the Stones' finest hours. I have no idea what that means Then this will probably not make anything clearer for you... Anyone who can't stand music theory can skip my post. Both riffs are based on a pretty simple scale, the upper part of the mixolydian scale (the one you get when you play only white keys on the piano, starting at G). It's the 5, 6 and 7 of that scale. In the case of Liberty Lane, the underlying chord is the dominant (E), and the three notes are B, C# and D. What I meant is that there is a long D note, whereas the Stones song has a couple of short notes there instead. In "Let's Spend the Night Together" the chord is D, so the notes are A, B and C (two steps lower than in the Quo song). That D chord runs through large parts of the whole song, so it's not just a short detour like the E in "Liberty Lane" that leads back to the tonic. But what's actually interesting from a musical theory POV is that the Stones song, due to its emphasis of that seventh chord [which, unless we're in a blues, would typically be a dominant chord, i.e. a V relative to the I], also implies a different tonic elsewhere, and we finally get it in the bridge at "now I need you more than ever" (which resolves to the chord of G) - or at the end of each verse when they go "let's spend the night together now". So, both songs really do a similar thing (a riff on the 5, 6 and 7 of a mixolydian scale over a dominant seventh chord that ascends and descends, though they're not phrased the same), but it feels different to me at least - the use of it in "Liberty Lane" is quite a bit more subtle as in the case of the Stones' song, which I think always confused me exactly because I couldn't place the tonal center. You'd tend toward saying the song is in D because it starts in D and is in D a lot of the time, but it's actually in G. "Liberty Lane" is much clearer about its tonal center, the A rings loud and clear in the very first second. Given how many of the chords in the song use the A, it's almost like a pedal note - it has that "droning" quality. (Something that Quo of course have used in many older songs as well, WYW being a prime example.)Now the interpretative part of me would say that in both cases, the chords fit the lyrics really well - "Let's Spend the Night Together" is constantly on edge, depicting the lyrical ego's desire and nervousness, craving the satisfaction that's alluded to with the few times that dominant D7 chord actually resolves to the G chord. (And with that, I think I have to re-evaluate my opinion of the song, because that is pretty clever.) "Liberty Lane" on the other hand is about someone who's taken some detours but knows the game and the direction. The chord structure suggests self-assuredness. Well, that's enough music analysis for this year, I think And I hope I haven't made any major blunders, I'm a bit rusty. If you like Liberty Lane, you'll like Accident Prone. Am I right? I was actually having "Accident Prone" running through my head earlier today, curiously enough. I suppose both songs sort of occupy a similar kind of niche in the Quo discography.
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 8, 2024 20:29:09 GMT
It's not the same! They're phrased quite differently. LL lingers on the 7, which the Stones song doesn't. Also, I much prefer Liberty Lane to what I think Bill Wyman correctly said wasn't one of the Stones' finest hours.
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 8, 2024 10:59:03 GMT
IMHO, one of Quo's best singles... certainly if we look at the releases after the classic era. Just wish the solo was longer and didn't end so abruptly.
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Post by frozenhero on Feb 5, 2024 13:46:59 GMT
Do both mono and stereo versions exist for Ma kelly’s greasy spoon and Dog of two head? I assume if another collection covering this period we will maybe get these included? The list I was working on (back in 2017) did include a mono version of MKGS. That said, I'm not sure how interesting those mixes would be, since they're extremely likely to be fold-downs.
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