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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 7, 2016 7:56:53 GMT
...have tolerated an acoustic song or ballad?
I heard a boot from the 81 tour and rock n roll clearly died a death. You could hear a pin drop at the end of the song
Strikes me that there was a stark difference between Quo's diverse albums (upto and including BFU) and the ultra heavy live set
With WYW the diversity was gone in the studio. Had the band decided then that fans only wanted heavy? If so, did this contribute to francis getting fed up with the constrictions of that?
It's interesting that "the hardcore" of now would love to hear "a year" in the live set. How would that song have got on if it was played in say 75, or 81?
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Post by lemmystoenail on Jan 7, 2016 9:25:54 GMT
think they always played a ballad tho' didn't they?  from what I can remember anyway, nothing wrong with a change in tempo ( one song anyway!) most rock bands did it I just wish it wasn't dirty water , possibly the worst song ever recorded  |
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Post by kachunk on Jan 7, 2016 9:26:13 GMT
I think that back in the day,it was about intensity.The inclusion of Rock 'n' Roll on the '81 tour did kill the vibe somewhat but it was a long set that tour and there had to be a "breather" at certain points.
I agree that the hardcore now would love to hear tracks like A Year,simply because the intensity has gone and the set list is as fixed in stone as the Ten Commandments.The hardcore now just want to hear tracks from their vast back catalogue.To play the same 10-15 songs every single year from a 35 odd album career is piss taking.
Also,as much as Rock 'n' Roll died a death live,it absolutely went down a veritable storm compared to Restless being played on both the '94 and '95 tours.
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Post by Mustang Bass on Jan 7, 2016 12:53:26 GMT
I don't know how you guys can remember all these details! I can barely remember anything from the gigs I attended over 30 years ago. Maybe it's because I was pissed up at most of them but I really struggle to recall the set lists from back then.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 7, 2016 18:07:51 GMT
So what would have happened if Quo had played a ballad mid set in 1975? Any takers?
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Post by whoami on Jan 7, 2016 18:25:22 GMT
They used to play Claudie so......
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Post by Xland on Jan 7, 2016 18:31:27 GMT
Just posted full set in tours + gigs section, I'd not heard it before, so thanks rossiswaistcoat for making me look.  I think "good tunes played well" would have gone down well. Quo were a great blues based rock band, and with that came the odd lighter tune, which during the early to mid 70's in particular, had a very bluesy vibe. The live gigs in the 70's were very raucous, but for me they could have taken a good slower bluesy number easily. For me it comes down to quality of tune really, rather than whether it's really quick and hard or slower. As has been mentioned above, MOTT and Claudie were played and MOTT is almost 2 tunes in one, starts off in that slower style, then blasts into heavy blues rock heaven. 
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2016 18:46:57 GMT
There was indeed a difference between Quo's earlier albums and the "ultra-heavy" live set. But if my memory serves me well, they used to play Claudie and/or Dirty Water and Most of the Time on a regular basis between 1974 and 1979 and even Rock'n'Roll a bit later.
I would love to hear A Year in the set. I'm not sure it would have been that well received live in the mid-70s, though. It had to be rocking. No time for soft, slow ballads at the time.
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Jan 7, 2016 19:21:49 GMT
The closest they got to a ballad around '75/'76 would have been Most Of The Time and that seemed to go down ok. Didn't it?
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 8, 2016 18:40:35 GMT
Not having seen Quo until 86, I am left to guess. From listening to Live! and speaking to fans from that era, I think the live Quo army wanted to make the floor shake and make a lot of noise. I reckon that's why MOTT and DW worked - as it was a chance to sing and join the band. It was a collective experience.
Claudie didn't survive long in the set and my guess is that it didn't go down very well. Would be great if somebody could remember! On the Madrid 75 video, to me the song looks and sounds out of place with the rest of the set.
So yeah, it was all about intensity....so I'd say that the down tempo stuff off Piledriver would not have gone down well and may well have killed the vibe. It's interesting that Francis said in an interview inbetween the two reunion tours that he was worried that a down tempo or acoustic song in the FF set might kill the atmosphere. As we've all got older (and also because we crave hearing songs previously unheard live), I certainly don't think "a year" would be a problem now! Interests me that Francis thinks it might be.
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Jan 8, 2016 18:49:04 GMT
Not having seen Quo until 86, I am left to guess. From listening to Live! and speaking to fans from that era, I think the live Quo army wanted to make the floor shake and make a lot of noise. I reckon that's why MOTT and DW worked - as it was a chance to sing and join the band. It was a collective experience. Claudie didn't survive long in the set and my guess is that it didn't go down very well. Would be great if somebody could remember! On the Madrid 75 video, to me the song looks and sounds out of place with the rest of the set. So yeah, it was all about intensity....so I'd say that the down tempo stuff off Piledriver would not have gone down well and may well have killed the vibe. It's interesting that Francis said in an interview inbetween the two reunion tours that he was worried that a down tempo or acoustic song in the FF set might kill the atmosphere. As we've all got older (and also because we crave hearing songs previously unheard live), I certainly don't think "a year" would be a problem now! Interests me that Francis thinks it might be. I remember when JCQ first did A Year and Unspoken Words a few years back and there were plenty of old rockers who would have been at later reformed FF gigs who were in tears. It was truly emotional. I personally would loved to have seen and heard the FF do these. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2016 21:13:10 GMT
The closest they got to a ballad around '75/'76 would have been Most Of The Time and that seemed to go down ok. Didn't it? it did,gives a little break from all the jumping up and down,and a chance to have a sneaky swig of bells ! |
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Post by Railroad17 on Jan 9, 2016 23:01:23 GMT
I never liked Dirty Water to be honest.Looking at how good Blue Eyed Lady and Oh Baby were in 2013 they could have stuck them in back in the 70s.
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 10, 2016 16:47:44 GMT
I never liked Dirty Water to be honest.Looking at how good Blue Eyed Lady and Oh Baby were in 2013 they could have stuck them in back in the 70s.  |
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Post by frozenhero on Jan 13, 2016 11:07:01 GMT
I don't know how you guys can remember all these details! I can barely remember anything from the gigs I attended over 30 years ago. Maybe it's because I was pissed up at most of them but I really struggle to recall the set lists from back then. freewebs.com/quolive/ setlist.fm |
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