Rockin' All Over the World

Can't agree with much of what he or she says.

Who's been talking about earthquake?
If you can measure 7.5 on the Richter scale someone is rocking really hard, right?

They rather destroyed their own credibility as an objective reviewer with the first sentence.

Oh, & I think it's likely that they know even less about earthquakes than they do about Quo.

Sadly the live album destroyed the career of quo for many years, luckily they were saved with the release of the sparkling Marguerita Time Single.

Not directly linked to this 7" but, always wondered why a second single never followed off the album in the UK, any of Hard Time, Rocker's Rollin, Hold You Back (which did quite well in some other European countries), or even Can't Give You More could've given the album more milage (imo)..

Think we are all enjoying these review clips.

So far I'm left thinking things weren't nearly as bad as the impression given to us by the band and the official books over the years. I think I remember one chapter called "against the Quo" - the band certainly did make a thing about it.

The likely reason for this is that it bothered and effected them ,while fans loved them for thinking it didn't !

That reminds me...

In 1952, the composer John Cage conceived a composition called, "4,33"
In this piece of music, the musicians are told to remain "tacet" for 4 minutes and 33 seconds... "Tacet" in musical terms means you're not to play your instrument at all! You are to remain silent! Play nothing!

The piece was divided into three movements. 1st movement for 33 seconds, the next for 2 mins and 40 seconds and the third for 1 minute and 20 seconds.

It was first performed that year, in a theatre in New York. Having never heard the piece before, as the orchestra took to the stage, the audience awaited the pianist, David Tudor, to hit the first note on the piano to begin
The pianist marked the beginning and end of each movement by opening and closing the lid on the piano, without playing a single note! Nobody played anything!
At the end of the 4 minutes and 33 seconds, the pianist stood up from his piano stool and took a bow.
The audience, bemused at first, started to clap slowly, gathering pace, until the audience erupted into full applause.
To this day, the piece "4,33" by John Cage, is still performed by Orchestras all over the world, including the BBC symphony orchestra. It reached number 21 in the UK single charts in 2010. It was named in the top 40 piano pieces of all time by some. (Fucking hell...😳🤦‍♂️)

The composer said he wanted to make a piece of art that was seductive and beautiful like a flower...For the sound of the audience's surroundings, like their breathing, the raindrops on the roof, coughing, the shuffle of feet, to seduce them and become the music...
He went on to make two follow ups

The first follow up again, involved no playing of any instruments but, he himself, writing a sentence on a piece of paper, as the musicians stayed silent.
The last one in the trilogy instructed the musicians to hit their instruments so they created a sound like feedback, without actually creating feedback...
4 minutes and 33 seconds of absolute silence...Stillness...Nothing!

A music teacher tried telling me that the "element of chance is very important in this work of music"

Moral of story?
Never bother listening to someone whose mindset is "taste is the enemy of art"