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Post by markquo on Oct 15, 2021 12:13:48 GMT
TWT might be one that Quo could have done way back. One of the better tracks off QPQ Cheers
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mortified
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Post by mortified on Oct 15, 2021 13:51:46 GMT
TWT might be one that Quo could have done way back. One of the better tracks off QPQ Cheers Good shout that one I always likened it to Little Lady in terms of raw power.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 15, 2021 18:00:07 GMT
Solid Gold, lean machine and possibly reason for goodbye are I think the only ones that sounds like classic Quo.
There's a few more on HT that come close, eg Another day, had lots of balls in places, reckon the old line up would have done a better job with it. Same I ain't ready, blues n Rythem, I ain't waisting my time, lucinda, bad news
The closest "modern Quo" got to the down tempo Piledriver stuff is you let me down
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Post by quovadis on Oct 15, 2021 18:03:06 GMT
Check out a song called Tommy from rock til u drop🦆🤣
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gerh
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Post by gerh on Oct 15, 2021 18:27:41 GMT
... 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. ...well to [probably mis-] quote Billy Connolly, "excuse me for f*~%in' breathin' ". I guess I simply refer to Alan as a 'baseline' to draw a distinction between Alan-era sounding Quo and the Quo from Speedy Rich and Rhino etc etc.
For me Quo's sound changed completely and noticably from ITAN onwards and I bloody well didn't/don't like it very much at all! Again, to me, a whole bunch of post-AL Quo doesn't sound like the Quo that I loved.
But to [try to] be fair I reckoned there (even statistically!) must (?) be some songs on post-AL albums that would have sounded and felt 'not out of place' if played by FF-era sounding Quo.
To me FF-era Quo sounds like them from MKGS right up to B2B - and that includes for all the changes and shifts in production techniques, equipment, blah blah blah, in essence they SOUND [and even feel] like Quo probably because of the personnel.
It's not complex or complicated.
Course all this is just my view - that's why I started the thread! - 'cos I wanted to find out what those songs might be from those folks on here who don't find post-AL era to be 'objectionable' as a whole; then compile them together as a sort of 'Best of post-AL-era Quo' that I could stand to listen to instead of trawling thru' albums to find some decent songs amongst the not-decent and pop/lite sounding songs.
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gerh
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Post by gerh on Oct 15, 2021 18:29:36 GMT
Solid Gold, lean machine and possibly reason for goodbye are I think the only ones that sounds like classic Quo. There's a few more on HT that come close, eg Another day, had lots of balls in places, reckon the old line up would have done a better job with it. Same I ain't ready, blues n Rythem, I ain't waisting my time, lucinda, bad news The closest "modern Quo" got to the down tempo Piledriver stuff is you let me down This is what I'm talking about - you've grasped the spirit of what I mean perfectly MrWaistcoat 👍
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Oct 15, 2021 20:00:29 GMT
Interesting thread . I dont listen to post 1982 Quo either (I didnt get as far as Back to Back) . Listened to snippets of songs from later albums when Victor did the Album of the Month thread, but struggled to get to the end of a lot of the later tracks. Modern Quo isnt for me , but like Gerh, interested to hear if there is anything out there that gives a nod to the earlier years.
....and Rick would have been 73 this week. So I am raising a glass before going to see Spud tomorrow. The Mighty Quo.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 15, 2021 20:07:34 GMT
There's not many
Like Rick said after the reunion rehearsals, "the four of us together sound like a 70's rock band. Quo lite... doesn't"
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Post by azza200 on Oct 15, 2021 20:29:37 GMT
which country hillbilly accordion lover rossi did not like those comments offending his Margarita time views and his modern romance etics on the right pop songs to keep himself happy
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Post by azza200 on Oct 15, 2021 20:33:17 GMT
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 15, 2021 20:55:19 GMT
I did something like this in 2012. I seem to still have it
I narrowly missed Blues and Rhythm, and You Let me Down and You'll Come Round weren't on my radar then for some reason. They idea was that the songs could be like classic Quo sound if they had been recorded by classic Quo.
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gav
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Post by gav on Oct 15, 2021 21:56:21 GMT
It's the attitude in the music maybe, intended or not?
Alan had a lot to say about it from early on if i recall right, one of his quote being something like "we had a tough little sound going on" about the early days. But then, he was a tough kinda guy and that would be on his agenda. Nevertheless, it found its way into the music.
It's been done to death, but that sound died off gradually after they tampered with the formula, and it never returned IMO.
I'd struggle to find anything with that same attitude from the golden years, it's not possible, and how could it be?
But there may be a few tracks. You'd want something a bit edgy, a bit forlorn, a bit hard done by, moody sounding, though not necessarily any of those, maybe just something a bit ballsy and rocking in an "authentic" (sorry for the buzzword) way - like they mean it. Not playing it safe i guess. Not Dreamin'.
Also something where the guitars are way upfront like the old days.
Solid Gold, Lean Machine, Shine On (nice guitar solo) and The Reason For Goodbye are all good shouts IMO. I could also see Face The Music and Cut Me Some Slack in there too to take it bang up to date, but those two mostly on account of Francis letting rip with a couple of expressive solos, and well constructed ones too, not just using obvious patterns, they're more like Francis Rossi solos to me.
I suppose the trick is to actually hear in your head Francis, Rick, Alan and John playing these, and attribute the appropriate album sounds to them, like say, Shine On with a kind of Whatever You Want (the album) sound.
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gerh
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Post by gerh on Oct 15, 2021 22:48:29 GMT
Now we're getting somewhere!!
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Post by freewilly on Oct 15, 2021 23:29:25 GMT
20 Wild Horses is a great shout actually. Class song! Solid Gold is a great shout too. Adore that song! Don't Mind If I Do from Ain't Complaining I always thought had "Classic Quo" potential to it.
Bottom line is, they lost their way musically from 86 until 1998 (Francis says it himself. I'd say 82 but, B2B showed a lot of signs of hope) When you get rid of two important factors, one of the other factors gets lazy and the other thinks he's a hybrid of Willie Nelson and Don Everly, it ain't ever gonna be the same
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Oct 16, 2021 11:28:37 GMT
The loving game Obstruction day And yes, Burning Bridges 😆
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