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Post by railroad007 on Sept 25, 2020 17:00:46 GMT
As above really, but for me it's Broken Man, don't know what it is about the song, I just love the arrangement, but it's quo not being too serious and it works. On the Level gets played every week, without fail and it sounds better every time.... I can actually picture this one.
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Post by railroad007 on Sept 25, 2020 17:02:40 GMT
I really like Ease Your Mind, perfect bounce along song that has everything right. Superb as the song before Mystery Song...they played worse songs live.
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Post by railroad007 on Sept 25, 2020 17:06:39 GMT
Who doesn't picture Lancaster huddled against the cold and rain as he stumbles along Backwater Junction in the dark early morning.
The whole Lancaster "Rock" thing has always puzzled me, how can a bloke who co-wrote or wrote A Year, Lonely Man, All The Reasons, Ease Your Mind and Blue For You be painted as being stuck into some sort of hard rock groove.
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Post by freewilly on Sept 25, 2020 18:07:00 GMT
Who doesn't picture Lancaster huddled against the cold and rain as he stumbles along Backwater Junction in the dark early morning. The whole Lancaster "Rock" thing has always puzzled me, how can a bloke who co-wrote or wrote A Year, Lonely Man, All The Reasons, Ease Your Mind and Blue For You be painted as being stuck into some sort of hard rock groove. Because it's not true. Read between the lines. He loved Dylan and ABBA, he cites RAOTW as one of his favourite tracks. Francis fully admits that Alan played a perfect bass line for MT, without any direction. Alan had no problem playing on or writing the softer, more "thoughtful" songs...It was the middle of the road, housewives stuff he did not want to do and the sorta stuff that even the most pro Francis fan would say is muck
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Post by gav on Sept 25, 2020 18:50:09 GMT
The whole Lancaster "Rock" thing has always puzzled me, how can a bloke who co-wrote or wrote A Year, Lonely Man, All The Reasons, Ease Your Mind and Blue For You be painted as being stuck into some sort of hard rock groove. To the average punter, maybe:
They don't look closely at the writing credits on the album sleeves All the songs he did live were out and out rockers
Moustache/leather jacket/bare chest combo (non-ironic) His live singing voice is much gruffer than his studio singing voice Projected a kind of tough, serious image on stage
Put that combo together and you get a total stereotype! IMO.
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Favourite Quo Album: 'Hello' [and 'Quo Live']
Favourite other bands.: Zappa, Kansas, Rush, Deep Purple, Yes, Richard Thompson, Horslips, Rory Gallagher, Thin Lizzy, Judas Priest etc etc. [ANYONE but Kiss!]
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Post by gerh on Sept 25, 2020 18:57:13 GMT
For me it's 'The Wild Ones' by a country mile! G
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Post by freewilly on Sept 25, 2020 19:31:21 GMT
For me it's 'The Wild Ones' by a country mile! G Francis tbf turned that into what it was though
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Post by freewilly on Sept 25, 2020 19:34:27 GMT
The whole Lancaster "Rock" thing has always puzzled me, how can a bloke who co-wrote or wrote A Year, Lonely Man, All The Reasons, Ease Your Mind and Blue For You be painted as being stuck into some sort of hard rock groove. To the average punter, maybe:
They don't look closely at the writing credits on the album sleeves All the songs he did live were out and out rockers
Moustache/leather jacket/bare chest combo (non-ironic) His live singing voice is much gruffer than his studio singing voice Projected a kind of tough, serious image on stage
Put that combo together and you get a total stereotype! IMO.
That's what Quo were though, in a live setting! That's who Alan was too. You dont have to dress in velvet to show your emotions or to show you have a softer side. John McVie is a perfect example. Even when Francis tried to change them in the late 80s and they were wearing those suits in photo shoots, with the Spandau Ballet hair. On stage however, Rossi and Parfitt still acted and dressed like the stereotypical rocker Not something I'd personally read much into tbh The lyrics you write are a true indicator as to who you are as a person. It's why I personally believe a lot of what went on with certain artists and why I dont believe some other stuff about others
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Post by gerh on Sept 25, 2020 20:01:19 GMT
For me it's 'The Wild Ones' by a country mile! G Francis tbf turned that into what it was though ? huh ?
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Post by rockonquo on Sept 26, 2020 1:43:35 GMT
Love most of the suggestions already, Do you Live In Fire is a great Alan.
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Post by quodec on Sept 26, 2020 14:40:33 GMT
Have to say I'm also partial to the earlier quirkiness of Daughter (MKGS) and the epic Someone's Learning (DOTH)
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Post by blagult on Sept 26, 2020 16:51:22 GMT
Alan as responsible for writing some of the best of Quo. Especially through the FF peak. (Apart from on EYM & BFY). Even though the Change in Quo started to manifest in 1977 I think Alan’s ability to be consistent took a bigger fall than the others in his songwriting ! Still those songs he wrote or co-wrote during the golden period can’t ever be taken away from him ! Just as a sideline he is credited on some great tracks during their Psych period tbf ‘Elizabeth dreams’ , Antique Angelique, Nothing at all, and the brilliant ‘ So ends another life ‘ Quo’s Psych period self penned numbers are severely underrated IMO. I know Lennon was quoted as being impressed.
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