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Post by quoboy76 on Jan 12, 2016 23:35:29 GMT
That would make some album............
Epic tracks were a key ingredient of the earlier albums as were the adjoining tracks
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2016 0:00:30 GMT
As I was responding to QQ1's vote on JS, it made me think about the catalogue of Quo epics... think of them... Is It Really Me? Gotta Go Home Umleitung Railroad - (not quite so long, but epic in its structure) Someone's Learning Roadhouse Blues Forty Five Hundred Times Slow Train Mystery Song Breaking Away Coming & Going The lads produced some true rock epic tracks - why were they not more critically acclaimed? I have a playlist with that EXACT track listing!! |
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Post by quoboy76 on Jan 13, 2016 0:25:00 GMT
As I was responding to QQ1's vote on JS, it made me think about the catalogue of Quo epics... think of them... Is It Really Me? Gotta Go Home Umleitung Railroad - (not quite so long, but epic in its structure) Someone's Learning Roadhouse Blues Forty Five Hundred Times Slow Train Mystery Song Breaking Away Coming & Going The lads produced some true rock epic tracks - why were they not more critically acclaimed? I have a playlist with that EXACT track listing!! So will I in the morning  |
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Post by frozenhero on Jan 13, 2016 11:16:31 GMT
It's an odd thing. I know that a lot of Quo fans are not exactly prog fans, and the progheads probably don't really care for Quo either, but these tracks are all great examples of complexity, excitement, strong writing and should really make some people re-evaluate their opinion of Quo. imo
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Post by curiousgirl on Jan 13, 2016 11:34:50 GMT
As I was responding to QQ1's vote on JS, it made me think about the catalogue of Quo epics... think of them... Is It Really Me? Gotta Go Home Umleitung Railroad - (not quite so long, but epic in its structure) Someone's Learning Roadhouse Blues Forty Five Hundred Times Slow Train Mystery Song Breaking Away Coming & Going The lads produced some true rock epic tracks - why were they not more critically acclaimed? Image? Thinking about Bowie at the moment... at the time, I liked the singles I heard a lot but I never got in to him because I couldn't connect with his look... Quo were never "cool" image-wise, not in the rough way like Motorhead or the mod way or... take you pick... |
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Post by gav on Jan 13, 2016 12:23:17 GMT
Would "The Power of Rock" fit into this bracket too?
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Post by Detroit on Jan 13, 2016 17:56:49 GMT
Would "The Power of Rock" fit into this bracket too? I think so, yes - the production and style of the song is not to my taste but it is epic in format. I missed it because despite owning all their later original studio albums I am not that familiar with the songs. BTW - I think if FF had done that song in the early 70's it would have sounded very different, and would have probably been a song I liked a lot. What do you mean by that gates? |
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Post by kursaal75 on Jan 13, 2016 20:48:56 GMT
Personally, I would put Lonely Man in the epic category.
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 13, 2016 21:04:23 GMT
Plus Most Of The Time and Unspoken Words....
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Post by americanquo on Jan 13, 2016 21:39:18 GMT
Would "The Power of Rock" fit into this bracket too? I think so, yes - the production and style of the song is not to my taste but it is epic in format. I missed it because despite owning all their later original studio albums I am not that familiar with the songs. BTW - I think if FF had done that song in the early 70's it would have sounded very different, and would have probably been a song I liked a lot. I thought this exact thing earlier today. |
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Jan 13, 2016 23:03:17 GMT
I've never got this "Power of Rock" thing.
Yeah, it's a stand out track on a terribly p!ss poor album. If it was on a half decent album I truly believe we wouldn't be talking about it in such high regards. The vocals are atrocious, Rossis vocals seem weak and half-hearted. Parfitt just shouts and whats with the woah-oh-oh bollox too? The guitars sound tinny...hell everything sounds weak. Awful production.
No thanks.
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Post by paul70 on Jan 14, 2016 4:42:24 GMT
I've never got this "Power of Rock" thing. Yeah, it's a stand out track on a terribly p!ss poor album. If it was on a half decent album I truly believe we wouldn't be talking about it in such high regards. The vocals are atrocious, Rossis vocals seem weak and half-hearted. Parfitt just shouts and whats with the woah-oh-oh bollox too? The guitars sound tinny...hell everything sounds weak. Awful production. No thanks. Don't like TPOR, not so much album at all. But i like LD and TWIA good tracks still. Not anthems but...Roll over lay down:-) |
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jan 14, 2016 10:12:20 GMT
Epic: a really long song on an album full of short ones.
In the Olden Days anything over 3 minutes was considered to be an epic.
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Post by lemmystoenail on Jan 14, 2016 10:17:59 GMT
I've never got this "Power of Rock" thing. Yeah, it's a stand out track on a terribly p!ss poor album. If it was on a half decent album I truly believe we wouldn't be talking about it in such high regards. The vocals are atrocious, Rossis vocals seem weak and half-hearted. Parfitt just shouts and whats with the woah-oh-oh bollox too? The guitars sound tinny...hell everything sounds weak. Awful production. No thanks. i'm sorry and I understand that this is just my opinion, but I've never heard this track or indeed the album so I've just listened to it on youtube .......... and if that is the stand out track on the album then fuck me I've done the correct thing in not listening to this type of shite for 30 years 
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Post by lemmystoenail on Jan 14, 2016 10:19:51 GMT
I also know why younger rock fans laugh when I mention quo |
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