Post by dublinquo on Apr 11, 2020 0:31:10 GMT
We have heard the argument many times before that Quo were no longer Quo (or at least were never the same), following the departure of both John Coghlan and later Alan Lancaster. Maybe so. However, to my ears, these two tracks very much sound as though they were recorded by the same band.
OK, so we know that only the first one features JC on drums and AL on bass, while the second one features a different rhythm section. However, the sound created on both - Frame on lead vocals, Rick on harmony vocals, the two Teles at about the same volume on each, the inclusion of some piano & brass-sounding keys by Andy...and the similar tempo of each track somehow makes me develop a (false?) sense that both are one and the same band.
On a Quo heavy / Quo-lite richter scale, I think both of these tracks would result in a similar measurement, whereas e.g. Bye Bye Johnny and Runaway (both FF recordings) would IMO be more of a contrast, if measured against each other on the same scale. Others may disagree and if so, I wonder is it simply because both Spud & Nuff are seen in one of the performance videos and not the other....and it is this that might make LAGG come across - to some fans - as the heavier of the two and IDMI as the more Quo-lite?
In addition to the rhythm section personnel, other differences of which may or may not be of significance are the songwriters and producer credits for each track - LAGG composed by Rossi/Young and produced by Pip Williams; IDMI composed by John David and produced by Francis Rossi.
OK, so we know that only the first one features JC on drums and AL on bass, while the second one features a different rhythm section. However, the sound created on both - Frame on lead vocals, Rick on harmony vocals, the two Teles at about the same volume on each, the inclusion of some piano & brass-sounding keys by Andy...and the similar tempo of each track somehow makes me develop a (false?) sense that both are one and the same band.
On a Quo heavy / Quo-lite richter scale, I think both of these tracks would result in a similar measurement, whereas e.g. Bye Bye Johnny and Runaway (both FF recordings) would IMO be more of a contrast, if measured against each other on the same scale. Others may disagree and if so, I wonder is it simply because both Spud & Nuff are seen in one of the performance videos and not the other....and it is this that might make LAGG come across - to some fans - as the heavier of the two and IDMI as the more Quo-lite?
In addition to the rhythm section personnel, other differences of which may or may not be of significance are the songwriters and producer credits for each track - LAGG composed by Rossi/Young and produced by Pip Williams; IDMI composed by John David and produced by Francis Rossi.
