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Post by therockdoctor on Jan 2, 2021 10:53:58 GMT
Rhino was interviewed by Andy Snowden on Calon FM and it's now up on YouTube. Settle in for over 100mins of chat, no punches pulled in this one...!
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
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Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Jan 2, 2021 14:40:21 GMT
From 40 minutes on........and discuss!!!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Jan 2, 2021 17:32:08 GMT
Working on it. He's actually giving me some things to think about. He talks about Backbone being a one chord song. He likes one chord songs. (I like one chord songs). He pointed at Pink - Get the party started (or similar) so I opened another screen and listened to that. Then I went and listened to Backbone (the song) and it kind of took me back to the days when I was saying, if you want to play pop well guys, go listen to Roxette She's Got The Look instead of recycling what you learned in the 60s. The difference between Pink and Backbone (which is not really a one chord song, but that's not the point) - there is the difference: The Pink song is totally committed to its style and never wavers. Backbone has decorations, and the vocals and general sound are mushy. It sounds, like much of Quo's music since they stopped producing chart topping albums, like it's trying to be something else. (Rather like in the 60s.) Francis got good about the time he stopped doing what he liked, went "nah" and started playing blues-based music maybe because it kind of carries you along. It informerd everything they did. When he stopped doing that and started trying to sound like ELO again, or like Jennifer Rush, or whatever, it lost its voice and its identity. Which is why they continue to play songs from the "classic era" more than anything they wrote since.
And Rhino very clearly does give a duck and has had to work very hard on ducking it .... half an hour left to go then I'm calling for a curry. Assuming the guys are open.
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Post by Quoincidence on Jan 2, 2021 18:36:25 GMT
Enjoyed the interview with Rhino, and 100% agree with his comments about the reunion tours. Great interview, again, from Andy Snowden
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Post by freewilly on Jan 2, 2021 20:26:00 GMT
1. He clearly does give a fuck 2. "Spud doesn't get it" Well, that's a bit of a stupid, very wrong thing to say, all things considered. 3. "Alan is bitter" Tbh, I would be too if what happened Alan, happened to me. 4. "They know nothing" He's right, we do know nothing! 5. Felt uncomfortable how he kept highlighting the fact Alan was dropping his plectrum. Obviously due to ill health and that felt like point scoring to me. Very petty 6. What sorta dickhead was gobbing on him?
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stringybob
Rocker Rollin'
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Post by stringybob on Jan 3, 2021 2:25:35 GMT
"Alan is an arrogant f**ker." Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle.
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Post by quovadis on Jan 3, 2021 9:48:13 GMT
Met Alan in jury's Dublin 79 sound down to earth guy🦆
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Post by markquo on Jan 3, 2021 14:12:22 GMT
"Alan is an arrogant f**ker." Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle. Did he say that really ? In what context was it? Can’t be arsed to listen to any of it Cheers
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Post by Quoincidence on Jan 3, 2021 14:29:16 GMT
"Alan is an arrogant f**ker." Mr. Pot, meet Mr. Kettle. Did he say that really ? In what context was it? Can’t be arsed to listen to any of it Cheers From memory, it was in regards to when Alan was constantly dropping his plec on stage and that he (Rhino) had said he could get something 3D printed so Alan could get through the show without dropping it... and basically he didnt take the advice off of Rhino about it. What he actually says is;- "Hes an arrogant fucker he is... but again, I like him." Can't beat taking something out of context can we *eye roll* That story is 44 minutes in if you want to listen for yourself.
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Post by Quoincidence on Jan 3, 2021 14:53:51 GMT
Alan is arrogant these days, so Rhino isn't wrong. For Alan to say that Francis put a stop to the reunion tours is because he (Alan) was becoming too popular for Francis is utter bollocks and laughable.
The reunion tours were awful, in retrospect. They were great in terms of seeing the old lineup back together and the atmosphere, but musically it was shocking.
Of course Rossi wouldn't want it to continue. It wasnt reliable like the current lineup with every member giving their 100%. Alan's health also put an end to that with him being carried off stage during the 2nd tour.
I also find it childish and very school ground like behaviour when Alan says "everyone was on our tour bus and Francis was on his own".
Loves to have a dig at Francis but then wonders why he wants no involvement with the PLC recordings.
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Post by Isaac Ryan on Jan 3, 2021 18:11:37 GMT
Alan is arrogant these days, so Rhino isn't wrong. For Alan to say that Francis put a stop to the reunion tours is because he (Alan) was becoming too popular for Francis is utter bollocks and laughable. 😂😂 really 😂😂
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Post by freewilly on Jan 3, 2021 18:31:48 GMT
Alan is arrogant these days, so Rhino isn't wrong. For Alan to say that Francis put a stop to the reunion tours is because he (Alan) was becoming too popular for Francis is utter bollocks and laughable. The reunion tours were awful, in retrospect. They were great in terms of seeing the old lineup back together and the atmosphere, but musically it was shocking. Of course Rossi wouldn't want it to continue. It wasnt reliable like the current lineup with every member giving their 100%. Alan's health also put an end to that with him being carried off stage during the 2nd tour. I also find it childish and very school ground like behaviour when Alan says "everyone was on our tour bus and Francis was on his own". Loves to have a dig at Francis but then wonders why he wants no involvement with the PLC recordings. I wouldn't say it was musically shocking. Or the gigs I saw weren't musically shocking. Musically shocking suggests out of key singing and playing, everyone all over the place etc. There were mistakes but, Francis made his fair share of them too. Only one who didn't make a fuck up was Rick. From memory, it was Francis who only wanted two weeks rehearsals for the first tour. You don't do that on a major tour. You need at least 4 weeks! The line up at the time were constantly touring so rehearsing for them was no big deal. I guarantee that when this pandemic is over, if the current line up gig again, there will be more than 2 weeks rehearsing Also, if anyone tells me Francis' playing is spot on with line ups post 2000, they're clearly biased. His solos are absolutely rotten at times! He bends them right out of key/scales at times! I remember one gig in particular, Rick was staring at him during the solo in DWMT. It was horrendous!! I also have this theory that because Francis said JC was slowing down, everyone takes it as gospel. He did at times on the first tour but, it was nowhere near as bad as some make out. Although, 4500 times from the first gig on the 2nd tour is a bit shit. What JC does with his own band is his own business, I'm only interested in what he does in Quo. Yep, he made mistakes. He's the first to say so but, the criticism leveled at him was a bit much. Did Alan say that, about him becoming too popular? That's a bit OTT to say the least Matt done the right thing and fucked off outta there Sounds like one massive dysfunctional family
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Post by Quoincidence on Jan 3, 2021 21:30:16 GMT
Alan is arrogant these days, so Rhino isn't wrong. For Alan to say that Francis put a stop to the reunion tours is because he (Alan) was becoming too popular for Francis is utter bollocks and laughable. The reunion tours were awful, in retrospect. They were great in terms of seeing the old lineup back together and the atmosphere, but musically it was shocking. Of course Rossi wouldn't want it to continue. It wasnt reliable like the current lineup with every member giving their 100%. Alan's health also put an end to that with him being carried off stage during the 2nd tour. I also find it childish and very school ground like behaviour when Alan says "everyone was on our tour bus and Francis was on his own". Loves to have a dig at Francis but then wonders why he wants no involvement with the PLC recordings. I wouldn't say it was musically shocking. Or the gigs I saw weren't musically shocking. Musically shocking suggests out of key singing and playing, everyone all over the place etc. There were mistakes but, Francis made his fair share of them too. Only one who didn't make a fuck up was Rick. From memory, it was Francis who only wanted two weeks rehearsals for the first tour. You don't do that on a major tour. You need at least 4 weeks! The line up at the time were constantly touring so rehearsing for them was no big deal. I guarantee that when this pandemic is over, if the current line up gig again, there will be more than 2 weeks rehearsing Also, if anyone tells me Francis' playing is spot on with line ups post 2000, they're clearly biased. His solos are absolutely rotten at times! He bends them right out of key/scales at times! I remember one gig in particular, Rick was staring at him during the solo in DWMT. It was horrendous!! I also have this theory that because Francis said JC was slowing down, everyone takes it as gospel. He did at times on the first tour but, it was nowhere near as bad as some make out. Although, 4500 times from the first gig on the 2nd tour is a bit shit. What JC does with his own band is his own business, I'm only interested in what he does in Quo. Yep, he made mistakes. He's the first to say so but, the criticism leveled at him was a bit much. Did Alan say that, about him becoming too popular? That's a bit OTT to say the least Matt done the right thing and fucked off outta there Sounds like one massive dysfunctional family www.cattales.co.uk/78-the-one-with-status-quos-alan-lancaster/This interview at 23:25 "I got a bit too popular again for his liking, so, he kind of had to find a way out." Also saying that he and John were well above standards... really? John comes in early (at 5:05) and even Rick looks towards him, more than likely thinking wtf. Why that was chosen as a DVD extra of footage from the other shows Moans about Rick and Francis getting OBEs when they did continuous work for charity (Nordoff Robbins specifically) post 1985, whereas I can't think of much else Alan did after the original Princes Trust donation back in 1982 which was done by Quo as a whole. He also mentions the PLC material that he wrote and tries to put it off as Quo material and says Francis doesn't want to get involved. It was never talked about as being songs for Quo, and was always spoken about as a PLC release. He knows full well it wouldn't sell without the Quo name being tagged onto it. I doubt, whatever there is, will be released. Just a way to keep people hanging on and speaking about it. It's been 4 / 5 years at this point since it was first mentioned, so if the material was THAT good, surely it would have been released.
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Post by markquo on Jan 3, 2021 21:34:57 GMT
The reason Alan is bitter is because he had his life’s work ripped from him and was stabbed in the back by his supposed friends.Can’t say I blame him really. Cheers
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Post by Quoincidence on Jan 3, 2021 21:56:38 GMT
The reason Alan is bitter is because he had his life’s work ripped from him and was stabbed in the back by his supposed friends.Can’t say I blame him really. Cheers Yeah... but, the same thing happened to John in 1981. John just surrendered his shares to Quo at the time (iirc) whereas Alan lost his trying to sue the band which was a really stupid thing to even try. He'd made it hard on himself really moving to Australia, as he stopped turning up for TV performances / interviews thus making Rick and Francis the faces of Quo. That didn't fully happen until 1986 when the crossed guitars became a thing and it was just the two of them on everything. Even most of the older pictures of the band were cropped in tour programmes to remove Alan so you just had the image of Rick and Francis
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