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Post by paradiseflats on May 29, 2021 8:48:52 GMT
I imagine I would have invested my time (and money!) in Thin Lizzy as a direct swap for Quo. Like others on here, I have a varied appreciation of music generally, though some parallels with Lizzy and Quo. I had seen media comments years ago saying that Lizzy were wimp rock and much the same said about Quo but thought that was bollox. Brian Robertson (and Alan!) may have had something to say about that. If melody means wimpy then we should all give up. Both having personnel changes, the charismatic frontmen and solo ventures to indulge or satisfy other sides of their personalities. Alienating and recruiting fans through the years, in probably equal measure within their own space and time and possibly comparable to Quo in that way for a time. The glaringly obvious difference being Lynott's untimely demise and tragic loss to his nearest and dearest and the musical world. Arguably Thin Lizzy were never dull with all the shenanigans within the band and same with Quo really as we wouldn't be here on the MB and bothering with it all, if they genuinely are/were dull. Yep - I'm with you on some of that fbz; having said that though, I really don't think Lizzy came anything like as close to alienating their fanbase like Quo did. Personally, I never gave up on Lizzy, there were always gems in there, whereas I 'dumped' Quo once I heard what happened to [and, especially after] B2B and I was never sorry about doing that either!
Btw, I completely agree with you about "...If melody means wimpy then we should all give up." I was trying again to 'get into' Judas Priest's 'Jugulator' album last night and I realised why I struggled 1st time around too. Priest always had fabulous melodies even in their heaviest stuff - but it's notably scarce on Jugs [imho!] I can enjoy music with zero melody. I do often. Love completely brutal stuff.
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Post by mortified on May 30, 2021 7:35:33 GMT
Yep - I'm with you on some of that fbz; having said that though, I really don't think Lizzy came anything like as close to alienating their fanbase like Quo did. Personally, I never gave up on Lizzy, there were always gems in there, whereas I 'dumped' Quo once I heard what happened to [and, especially after] B2B and I was never sorry about doing that either!
Btw, I completely agree with you about "...If melody means wimpy then we should all give up." I was trying again to 'get into' Judas Priest's 'Jugulator' album last night and I realised why I struggled 1st time around too. Priest always had fabulous melodies even in their heaviest stuff - but it's notably scarce on Jugs [imho!] I can enjoy music with zero melody. I do often. Love completely brutal stuff. You and my step-daughter would get on like a house on fire. Some of the stuff she's 'inflicted' on me we've certainly had lengthy discussions about She throws age at me and I do likewise. She's 30 and should know better Immediately springing to mind are Slipknot (her very favourites), Lamb of God, Parkway Drive and, somewhat bizarrely although equally awful, Mumford & Sons But at least she has other varied and eclectic tastes so I tend to feel it's me who's missing out. Such is life
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on May 30, 2021 16:04:59 GMT
Mumford and Sons! Oh no!
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on May 30, 2021 16:06:56 GMT
They weren't a 70s issue for me, I knew they were a good band and even had a couple of their singles, but never saw them play until the 1908s. They helped switch me more onto the heavy metal track, which has been good for me, and also opened my ears more to country music. As well as being inimitable themselves, even thoyugh they were already past their recorded best. One thing they did was distracted me from gonig more in depth with Iron Maiden, which I regret slighty, but that is none of Quo's fault. They lasted incredibly well, I do find them now more like a good trib, but that is just what history has done. Now that Rick has gone, there is no bringing them back even if the others were suddenly up for it. I always relied mainly on radio for my main music feed (RIP John Peel) but live, Rock is always better than pop, no doubt about that, so i would always have been looking for it. I'm very sorry you didn't get to see Quo until 1908 😂 Yup! Sadly I missed their Victoriana ... not into steamQuo ...
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Post by azza200 on May 30, 2021 18:17:39 GMT
I had too go thru a Mumford and Sons concert when i saw Arcade Fire at Hyde Park in 2011. Some of their fans deliberately went about hogging front of the stage just because they though Mumford's should be the headliner that day. So they brought a ticket too see Mumford's not understanding AF invited them to play that day which pissed a lot people off in the audience how certain Mumford & Son's fans were acting that day
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