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Post by 4th Chord on Oct 16, 2015 17:08:34 GMT
so am I right - it was '83? Probably, yes. Peak of artistic output? 73-76.
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Post by Whoppa Choppa on Oct 17, 2015 12:38:51 GMT
I would have it a few years earlier... 80-81.... They could do no wrong, but they tried, and they succeeded.... The Princes trust were because of their greatness.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2015 16:50:19 GMT
Which year do we think represented Quo at their peak of fame and popularity? (Regardless of which music we like). I think maybe 1983 - after the Prince's Trust concert - they were putting out singles and charting in quick succession. What do you reckon? Hi All, Carl, I would say 76 with the release of Blue For You after that their sound was a bit more manufactured....... Always a good head banger.............. My favourite track off the album..... Geoff.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 24, 2015 13:52:30 GMT
Very hard to say I'd already gone off them by 83.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 31, 2015 12:33:51 GMT
It was before they really made it obviously, but I envy those girls in the audience in the you tube footage of the Beat Club gig. Just being old enough to be there during and just after the fiskadelic > to rock boogie phase. I'm always struck how static and rather spaced out the audience is as a whole though Maybe they all 'took one' with the band before they started playing I agree that around 83 was probably a peak commercially, but aside from the fantastic time when I started going to gigs from 77, the period of fascination for me has always been the exciting days before and during the changeover period between 68 and 70/71 I hope that a really good documentary is released in tribute of Quo when the finally finish which includes lots of unseen footage of this time, as well of course when they became successful
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Post by Deleted on Nov 1, 2015 10:58:20 GMT
It was before they really made it obviously, but I envy those girls in the audience in the you tube footage of the Beat Club gig. Just being old enough to be there during and just after the fiskadelic > to rock boogie phase. I'm always struck how static and rather spaced out the audience is as a whole though Maybe they all 'took one' with the band before they started playing I agree that around 83 was probably a peak commercially, but aside from the fantastic time when I started going to gigs from 77, the period of fascination for me has always been the exciting days before and during the changeover period between 68 and 70/71 I hope that a really good documentary is released in tribute of Quo when the finally finish which includes lots of unseen footage of this time, as well of course when they became successful interesting to hear you say that Cats. I have similar feelings in that I think Quo were very good at the art of psychedelic pop; I love all that stuff, and I think their riff based stuff on MaK & Dog was very credible (perhaps why John Peel took to them). Though I love 70's Quo, I think that had they not used the rhythm Rick had discovered quite so much, and had they kept up a higher riff content, they would have seen less criticism later on. Stuff like Daughter & ASSW is very simple, but seems to have more kudos than the later stuff. It winds me up no end when people mock Quo for all sounding the same - that might've been averted if more songs typical of Ma or Dog had been made - but then, they may have been less successful. Hi I agree completely - its difficult to add much to that But I will try! There is enough evidence I think in the Fiskadelic music to see where Ricks influence was emerging. He really came into his own with the transition period and I think this opened up a new door for Francis where he realised that he was going to have to do a lot more than just be Quo's other rhythm guitarist as he sometimes refers to himself. I'm no music technologist but the experimenting with this between them both is fully obvious on the Ma Kelly and DOTH albums. These albums fine tuned the raw ingredients and its the experimentation and lack of bullsh1t that was going on which appealed to the likes of John Peel. The fact that both Alan and John instinctively provided such a bedrock base for the Francis and Rick is quite amazing really. It was clearly meant to be . The keyboards had provided a very Doors-esque background to the burgeoning rock boogie sound, but its no surprise that Roy Lynes found himself quite redundant and surplus to requirements. I believe that Quo were trail-blazers themselves for others at the time without even realising it with their straightforward approach to their music. Doing the simple things well is an art that more technically accomplished bands find very difficult to do. Punk music artists understood this connection just a number of years later, and it is no surprise that some of these artists were inspired by Quo.
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Post by Mustang Bass on Nov 28, 2015 16:16:58 GMT
They seemed to be on tv shows all the time betwwen 79-84, so that maybe was when they were at their most popular with the general public and broadcasting outlets.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Nov 30, 2015 18:18:44 GMT
I think that was my fault. I threatened all the TV companies that I would turn up if they didn't put a lot more Quo on telly. They seem to have taken me rather literally ...
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Post by 37 on Nov 30, 2015 18:35:58 GMT
Without any doubt, Quo reached their peak in 1976. If like me you can remember that year Quo were THE band to like. They were(if you can believe that now) the anti-establishment band adored by mainly white working class men(and Viv from Coventry)with ages from 14-30.This was before Punk Rock stole their thunder. They had a number 1 album and a Levis advert poster with them on it on billboards etc. They played a celebrated gig at Cardiff Castle and recorded the magnificent live album in that year. They also had a Radio 1 show dedicated to them. Yeah 1976 was the year to be a Quo fan!
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Post by smq on Nov 30, 2015 20:39:08 GMT
Commercially early 80's, artistically mid 70's
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Post by muzz on Dec 1, 2015 2:38:22 GMT
76 I'd say. They have had peaks and troughs since then, but I reckon 76 was pretty much the highest peak.
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