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Post by Gaz on May 2, 2020 10:04:59 GMT
1975 I got hooked onto Quo as a 16 year old when I saw them singing Down Down ( black n white tv) Countdown (Oz tv) back in75. A few months later they performed 2 gigs the same day at our theatre. Everyday stared at my Status Quo live ticket for weeks. Finally the day arrived. Simply never forget the anticipation of that day. Finally the moment when they we’re announced then smoke machine turned on and Alan and the band strolled on to applause.. fuck me there was Quo in all their glory on the stage !!! Then the noise began... never heard anything so loud and the whole place erupted with everyone immediately standing on their chairs and bouncing till the gig was over. Sweating. Ears rang for days but what a band.. best ever after that gig my journey began into the albums prior to On The Level .. I struck gold
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on May 2, 2020 10:34:29 GMT
I think I've repeated this many times on several message boards. Edinburgh Caley Cinema, March 1973 - Piledriver tour. Not a clue what to expect because it was the first time I'd been to ANY gig, being a pasty-faced teenager. I can't recall the set list in full, although the BBC "In Concert" broadcast a few days later reflected the bulk of it. I didn't know anything about Is It Really Me/Gotta Home at the time. I'd only heard Piledriver and the two singles, Down The Dustpipe and In My Chair up to that point. But I was aware there was a song in the set that went on for a very long time and that I loved it. Safe to say, the whole thing blew me away and was almost akin to a religious experience. Had it been in earlier times I was awe struck for at least 11 years after that. Right up to Milton Keynes. But I've always remained a huge fan of the band regardless of line up changes. Took my sis to see them at Glasgow Apollo in 1977 when she was 14 and she's never looked back since then either. We've travelled many a mile - by land, sea and air - to see the band over the decades. What a great way to spend a life. Loved every minute of it
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on May 2, 2020 11:20:48 GMT
Hammy 1982. Cool, really. I'd been thinking of seeing them the year before, had heard they were good, had liked their singles for many years, and Led Zeppelin looked like they had had it, thus creating a vacancy. But 1981 was sold out up to the gills, so I saved it up for next year.
I didn't really have any expectations other than having a good time. We knew Hammy well. (Although my real home from home was the Rainbow in Finsbury Park.)
[(Around 2 hours later.)]
Blown away. I think I had been singing along to things I didn't know the words to. But there was one BIG song that didn't have any words after the first couple of minutes. Somewhere in the middle of that, something went "clunk" and I became a fan. I felt it happen, like when elastic goes. I may have thought "darn", because being a fan is expensive, but got cut off at about "d_" "I can't imagine what the connection is with religious exerience." (Excuse me while I find my a hanky.) (That's better.) After all, Quo didn't actually create the Universe, they just keep it going. No Quo, the wheels stop. They say you don't fall in love unless there is something missing in your life ... (Shut up whoever that was that shouted "sex!" !) I guess what was missing in my life was Quo. Live Quo.
We know now that they didn't really know how they did it, at least at the time, though Rick's saying about the two teles goes some way to explain it. Quo music is like the Stradivarius violins, which god could not make without Stradivari.
They've lasted longer than any other band I have been into. It seems strange that I did not go and see them last time round, and I still don't have Backbone and don't feel that something is missing in my life. We have tickets for this year, but it seems likely either the gig won't happen, or we won't go to it, because of the "current situation". But this is nearly 40 years later. It's amazing that they are still going at all, and not in a bad way. That first gig is definitely not forgotten, nor the many after.
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Post by wolfman on May 2, 2020 12:46:39 GMT
I first went to quo mid 70s but after that they had a ban from sheffield until 1970 because the city hall said the fans were too rowdy?..
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Post by polarisbhoy on May 2, 2020 13:09:45 GMT
1984, Caird Hall Dundee then never missed a tour until around 2009/10 due to work. Best gig 13th Oct 2000 Caird Hall Dundee the day after my son was born. Last gig O2 Glasgow 2013, great gig RP was a machine.
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matt
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Post by matt on May 2, 2020 14:15:00 GMT
Sheffield City Hall. Perfect Remedy Tour. Probably not their greatest era, but it was my first ever gig, and i was already a huge fane, aged 13
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Post by blagult on May 2, 2020 18:10:52 GMT
Cardiff Castle 76. I wish I could remember more. I am just left with the remnants of it changing my life lol. Wish I hadn’t gone. Wasted lots of years in my prime when I should have been getting my hair cut and dressing to chase girls. Oh and not spending thousands of pounds on a Rock Band 😂 Learnt eventually though and recouped my cash 😂 Still look out for them and cherish great memories though.
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Post by coluquo on May 2, 2020 20:56:52 GMT
October 13th 1973 me and 4 mates got the train from COLCHESTER to see quo for the first time at the Rainbow with Savoy Brown in support...we were 3 rows from the front on the right hand side...absolutely unforgettable...and for over a week my ears were still tingling!!!!
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on May 2, 2020 23:38:26 GMT
October 13th 1973 me and 4 mates got the train from COLCHESTER to see quo for the first time at the Rainbow with Savoy Brown in support...we were 3 rows from the front on the right hand side...absolutely unforgettable...and for over a week my ears were still tingling!!!! Wish I had seen that gig! There was a time, wasn't there, where you would come out of Quo gig completely wrecked, ears ringing to billy-o etc. Not by alcohol consumption, necessarily, but just by several hours spent in Quo's company! First saw Quo in the 70s at Wembley Arena but when we came out of the Hammersmith gigs in '81, '82 and '84 we couldn't actually hear each other speak. Usual routine had been to head just around the corner from the Odeon to a fish n' chip shop and load up on as many cans of fizzy drink that we could carry and head back to the car. Loads of cans to try to rehydrate and try to gather our thoughts!
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Post by rockonquo on May 3, 2020 0:08:39 GMT
First time was in 1997 at Enmore Theatre, Sydney. They played 2 nights there Friday and Saturday, and had tickets for both. Friday night gig was ok, was upon the second balcony, not a sell out but wasn't too many seats left. Saturday's gig had a few mates come too and had 4th row tickets & a sell out crowd. All I remember the place rocked & a terrific crowd, didn't leave my ears ringing tho. My mates talked about the concert for ages & if I bump into them again one day we'll bring it up again. I do remember 'Backwater' performed and Rick singing it, fantastic.
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Post by kursaal75 on May 3, 2020 9:31:52 GMT
First Quo concert for me was the Harlow Playhouse on Feb 4th 1972. (pictures from this concert appear on the Piledriver album) We were living in Harlow at the time and during the early 70s I was a big T.Rex fan, but there was an album my elder sister was playing that I was getting more interested with, Dog Of Two Head. My sister persuaded our parents for her to take me to see the band at the Playhouse for an early 15th birthday treat. To be honest, I didn't really enjoy the gig, as it was too loud and much louder then listening to the band on a Dansette record player!! I vaguely recall going to school next day with my ears still ringing. The next Quo gig was 2 years later at the Empire Pool Wembley in '74 on the Quo Tour, which was much more enjoyable.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on May 3, 2020 11:13:49 GMT
October 13th 1973 me and 4 mates got the train from COLCHESTER to see quo for the first time at the Rainbow with Savoy Brown in support...we were 3 rows from the front on the right hand side...absolutely unforgettable...and for over a week my ears were still tingling!!!! Wish I had seen that gig! There was a time, wasn't there, where you would come out of Quo gig completely wrecked, ears ringing to billy-o etc. Not by alcohol consumption, necessarily, but just by several hours spent in Quo's company! First saw Quo in the 70s at Wembley Arena but when we came out of the Hammersmith gigs in '81, '82 and '84 we couldn't actually hear each other speak. Usual routine had been to head just around the corner from the Odeon to a fish n' chip shop and load up on as many cans of fizzy drink that we could carry and head back to the car. Loads of cans to try to rehydrate and try to gather our thoughts!
Cans? You missed out on the Kia Ora? Hammy wasn't Hammy without the Kia Ora! I still miss it. When anyone emails me from New Zealand (we were gonig there this summer till the virus crap blew up), they begin with "Kia Ora", I think "orange flavoured juice in a plastic carton, Hammersmith".
I could have been at that gig, I was in the area. Must have taken my first batch of laundry home that weekend :-) Mid week I would probably have been there. Of such small things is life made ...
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Post by Gaz on May 3, 2020 11:17:12 GMT
First Quo concert for me was the Harlow Playhouse on Feb 4th 1972. (pictures from this concert appear on the Piledriver album) We were living in Harlow at the time and during the early 70s I was a big T.Rex fan, but there was an album my elder sister was playing that I was getting more interested with, Dog Of Two Head. My sister persuaded my parents for her to take me to see the band at the Playhouse for an early 15th birthday treat. To be honest, I didn't really enjoy the gig, as it was too loud and much louder then listening to the band on a Dansette record player!! I vaguely recall going to school next day with my ears still buzzing. The next Quo gig was 2 years later at the Empire Pool Wembley in '74 on the Quo Tour, which was much more enjoyable. Mare always enjoy your Quo gig history 👍
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Post by Gaz on May 3, 2020 11:26:07 GMT
First time was in 1997 at Enmore Theatre, Sydney. They played 2 nights there Friday and Saturday, and had tickets for both. Friday night gig was ok, was upon the second balcony, not a sell out but wasn't too many seats left. Saturday's gig had a few mates come too and had 4th row tickets & a sell out crowd. All I remember the place rocked & a terrific crowd, didn't leave my ears ringing tho. My mates talked about the concert for ages & if I bump into them again one day we'll bring it up again. I do remember 'Backwater' performed and Rick singing it, fantastic. The 97 Aussie tour was Quo’s first since they stopped touring here since their barnstorming 1978 tour. I saw them in Canberra but wished I’d seen them at The Enmore which appears perfect for a Quo gig ... sort of like a Glasgow Apollo without the stupid stage height. The noise level, at the 97 gigs and onwards , was nowhere near as to what the 70s gigs were.
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Post by fretbuzzzzz on May 3, 2020 11:52:50 GMT
Wish I had seen that gig! There was a time, wasn't there, where you would come out of Quo gig completely wrecked, ears ringing to billy-o etc. Not by alcohol consumption, necessarily, but just by several hours spent in Quo's company! First saw Quo in the 70s at Wembley Arena but when we came out of the Hammersmith gigs in '81, '82 and '84 we couldn't actually hear each other speak. Usual routine had been to head just around the corner from the Odeon to a fish n' chip shop and load up on as many cans of fizzy drink that we could carry and head back to the car. Loads of cans to try to rehydrate and try to gather our thoughts!
Cans? You missed out on the Kia Ora? Hammy wasn't Hammy without the Kia Ora! I still miss it. When anyone emails me from New Zealand (we were gonig there this summer till the virus crap blew up), they begin with "Kia Ora", I think "orange flavoured juice in a plastic carton, Hammersmith".
I could have been at that gig, I was in the area. Must have taken my first batch of laundry home that weekend :-) Mid week I would probably have been there. Of such small things is life made ...
We were always a little wary of Kia Ora! Yes, it all starts innocently enough and just a bit of fun having a few cartons of Kia Ora pre-gig but before you knew it you could find yourself on the slippery slope and experimenting with Orangina!
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