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Post by markquo on Oct 31, 2021 11:38:15 GMT
Was always fun in the pub before the Wembley gig with one of the tribute bands playing can’t remember which one. Cheers
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 31, 2021 18:08:42 GMT
"I feel you mate" "I’ll be doing Munich next year for sure." " my transition" "a bit of a ball ache" "The choices are much easier now" "but it’s still enjoyable, especially if you have like minded people around you" Not sure what you’re trying to say ?
Poor reception, breaking up a bit? A bit windy tonight
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Oct 31, 2021 18:10:20 GMT
I miss the winter shows. Travelling down to the venue all wrapped up to keep from either the freezing cold weather or rain, before entering and going straight to the merch vendors to get the usual tour prog and t-shirt. The anticipation, after the support act, waiting for the Drone to come in over the PA and the Quo chants starting to build up... then the gig would fly by and you'd have to wait for the following year to do it all over again. Last time I went was the 28th April 2016, Empress Ballroom in Blackpool.
It was great when they did two nights at Wembley! You could do it all over again the following night
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Post by cammythemortonfan on Oct 31, 2021 19:17:13 GMT
It's interesting (well, it is for me ) but a couple of things in relatively recent years seemed to have an impact on my attitude going forward. The first was in 2011. Me & Mrs Mortified were in Paris for the L'Olympia gig trying, probably in vain, to repeat the fabulous 2006 experience. We met Lloyd, the guitar technician, in a bar next door and he suggested that there would be big changes to the set for the winter because they'd rehearsed all manner of different stuff. I got excited. That'll teach me So the winter tour pitches up and we decide to do (amongst others) Liverpool Echo Arena and Nottingham on consecutive nights. The set list wasn't just relatively unchanged; it was pretty much exactly the same! I came out of the Liverpool gig so disappointed, we didn't go to Nottingham. It was then that I realised that the set would change less and less as the years passed. The other time was the same year (I think) when they did that Christmas nonsense in the encore with Kim Wilde and Roy Wood. I hadn't seen so many open mouths since they inflicted Restless on us It was awful and so very obviously under-rehearsed. Roy Wood looked bemused. Since then, expectations have been tempered. I've enjoyed most of the gigs I've done since because I've gone to less. One on each tour probably. But that's been the pattern for, what, 10 years now. It's also why the Roundhouse gig was so special. It emerged that one of the reasons the Christmas encore was under rehearsed was that two nights before the tour started Rick had a heart attack . I actually look back on it fondly now . Nice memories of Christmas for me . I may be in the minority !!
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Nov 1, 2021 6:42:47 GMT
It's interesting (well, it is for me ) but a couple of things in relatively recent years seemed to have an impact on my attitude going forward. The first was in 2011. Me & Mrs Mortified were in Paris for the L'Olympia gig trying, probably in vain, to repeat the fabulous 2006 experience. We met Lloyd, the guitar technician, in a bar next door and he suggested that there would be big changes to the set for the winter because they'd rehearsed all manner of different stuff. I got excited. That'll teach me So the winter tour pitches up and we decide to do (amongst others) Liverpool Echo Arena and Nottingham on consecutive nights. The set list wasn't just relatively unchanged; it was pretty much exactly the same! I came out of the Liverpool gig so disappointed, we didn't go to Nottingham. It was then that I realised that the set would change less and less as the years passed. The other time was the same year (I think) when they did that Christmas nonsense in the encore with Kim Wilde and Roy Wood. I hadn't seen so many open mouths since they inflicted Restless on us It was awful and so very obviously under-rehearsed. Roy Wood looked bemused. Since then, expectations have been tempered. I've enjoyed most of the gigs I've done since because I've gone to less. One on each tour probably. But that's been the pattern for, what, 10 years now. It's also why the Roundhouse gig was so special. It emerged that one of the reasons the Christmas encore was under rehearsed was that two nights before the tour started Rick had a heart attack .I actually look back on it fondly now . Nice memories of Christmas for me . I may be in the minority !!Which begs the question, why do it at all? It was the perfect excuse! I actually look back on it now and wince even more. Awful memories of Christmas for me. And, yes, you probably are.
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