gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,907
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 Oct 14, 2021 15:53:35 GMT
... Many(?) of us on here are more fans of the AL-era Quo than post-AL, I think that's possibly fair to say?
So I've been wondering lately, for us AL-era fans, what would be the best/most-Classic-era sounding songs recorded by the band after AL left/was pushed out. [Hope this is making sense🤪]
I've heard almost everything up to QPQ - but nothing since - and my feeling is that there might/must be some good stuff in there, just that the dross [I'm looking at you 'ITAN' and 'Ain't C'!!] is very off-putting so I can't be arsed trying to find it! [There, I said it!]
So, what songs would be on a 'Post-Alan Quo for Fans of Classic-era Quo' compilation album.
To start with, right now I can only think of one song that really registered with me as 'fitting' that's 'Dust to Gold' from QPQ. 👍
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Post by dennis on Oct 14, 2021 16:10:02 GMT
This is about my favourite of their post Live Aid output, & it's not very Quo at all
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,907
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 Oct 14, 2021 19:20:29 GMT
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 14, 2021 19:29:37 GMT
Ain't Complaining. Though the above vids the 12 inch only remix version.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 14, 2021 19:34:05 GMT
I would go with these three to start with.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 14, 2021 19:44:14 GMT
Plus these 4
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Post by dennis on Oct 14, 2021 19:50:58 GMT
Ain't Complaining. Though the above vids the 12 inch only remix version. Aye, I particularly prefer the extended version
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,907
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 Oct 14, 2021 19:51:32 GMT
I'll give them a spin later👍
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Post by quovadis on Oct 14, 2021 20:51:49 GMT
Power of rock n roll especially live for one
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 14, 2021 21:19:16 GMT
A few more.
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Post by freewilly on Oct 14, 2021 22:07:51 GMT
Maybe not "Classic Quo" in terms of sound but, I could imagine the FR, RP, AL and JC coming out with something like this on one of the albums they did. Certainly if there was a guitar solo in there
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Post by freewilly on Oct 14, 2021 22:11:06 GMT
These two also
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gerh
Grizzled Rocker Rollin'
Posts: 2,907
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 Oct 15, 2021 10:31:34 GMT
Thanks for all these so far folks - gotta say tho', I'm not so sure I can 'hear' FF-era Quo in all these 🤔 (I'm esp. looking at you, 'Who gets the Love' !?)
Keep 'em coming tho' and we'll see how that compilation comes out in the end !!
[Btw, nothing yet from QPQ?? bit surprised there!]
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mortified
4500 Timer
Posts: 5,772
Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Oct 15, 2021 10:58:08 GMT
Its actually quite difficult to find classic era Quo sounding tracks pre Back to Back, certainly after Never Too Late. But many of those recorded after '86 might fit into that category. But not until Rock 'til You Drop and then maybe only from Heavy Traffic. Possibly one or two on Under The Influence (Shine On, for example). The inclusion of Alan seems an over-simplistic approach but I get the association.
I think not only material but production techniques and arrangement play a big part. I personally like all of the albums from Heavy Traffic onwards. Whether any of them reflect classic Quo from the past, I'm not so sure.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Oct 15, 2021 11:37:53 GMT
Its actually quite difficult to find classic era Quo sounding tracks pre Back to Back, certainly after Never Too Late. But many of those recorded after '86 might fit into that category. But not until Rock 'til You Drop and then maybe only from Heavy Traffic. Possibly one or two on Under The Influence ( Shine On, for example). The inclusion of Alan seems an over-simplistic approach but I get the association. I think not only material but production techniques and arrangement play a big part. I personally like all of the albums from Heavy Traffic onwards. Whether any of them reflect classic Quo from the past, I'm not so sure. I would go as far as saying nothing after Blue For You would be considered Classic era Quo sounding. Most of the tracks I find to me are on par with anything from RAOTW onwards.
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