stringybob
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Post by stringybob on Nov 7, 2021 4:53:32 GMT
I came across this online, taken from an early issue of Kerrang! magazine. I am old enough to remember reading it when it was first printed... 40 years ago! Some of the views expressed certainly show their age. What amused me most was the AC/DC fan complaining that Quo's records all sound the same. Pot, kettle etc   |
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, 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 Nov 7, 2021 8:56:45 GMT
I vaguely remember that. The first issue of Kerrang! was (I think) in 1981 with Angus adorning the cover. Quo never did as far as I can recall. So, given the content of second last letter, this looks like it was maybe late '81 or early '82. Just the magazine trying to whip up some frenzy. Most AC/DC fans at the time liked Quo and vice versa. But, yeah, any quip about Quo always sounding the same from an AC/DC fan has become very ironic 40 years later  |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 7, 2021 10:11:18 GMT
"A raving woofta".
Ah, the early eighties. Good old fashioned homophobia, before it got a bad name.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, 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 Nov 7, 2021 10:59:41 GMT
"A raving woofta". Ah, the early eighties. Good old fashioned homophobia, before it got a bad name. It was the 'phobia' bit that always got me. Like we were talking about spiders or closed in spaces Actually, I could be wrong here (so apologies in advance if I am) but I think I recall Francis using a similar expression about his own son (can't recall which one) a few years back. A good few years, mind. Although not the 80's. Language, eh? The scourge of mankind |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 7, 2021 11:25:42 GMT
"A raving woofta". Ah, the early eighties. Good old fashioned homophobia, before it got a bad name. It was the 'phobia' bit that always got me. Like we were talking about spiders or closed in spaces Actually, I could be wrong here (so apologies in advance if I am) but I think I recall Francis using a similar expression about his own son (can't recall which one) a few years back. A good few years, mind. Although not the 80's. Language, eh? The scourge of mankind I remember reading all the mags at the time and not blinking twice. Times have certainly changed and we're all more receptive I think to language used, sometimes good, sometimes bad. |
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Post by dennis on Nov 7, 2021 12:15:00 GMT
the odd thing is that if both bands had never released another track from around the time of this publication it'd make very little difference to me, their best work was already behind them, imo.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, 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 Nov 7, 2021 12:21:52 GMT
The thing about language like this is that it leads to a blasé acceptance of an insult. Or, even worse, a category. I guess it always will but things have changed rapidly over the past 20 years. Put it this way, Kerrang!, or any other well sold mag, would not publish this sort of language in their letters page nowadays. But 4th Chord is right; in 1981 none of us would have batted an eye. Probably because the word used was not intended to suggest that Angus Young was actually a homosexual. However, it was used to insult him by calling him one which displays the commonly held belief that being gay was not a good thing. He pontificated and philosophised |
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Post by Gaz on Nov 9, 2021 9:28:35 GMT
Saw both bands at their peak in the mid/late 70s but for me Quo wins. Acca was pure rock n roll with Angus centre stage along with Bons grit, whereas Quo was also rock n roll but somehow at a higher level with what seemed more of a tight band/mates stage presence as they shared vocals and prowled the stage and headbanged with each other. Very close and a shame Quo, through maybe mismanagement whatever, didn’t crack America, whereas DC had only one goal and deservedly succeeded.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Nov 9, 2021 10:23:47 GMT
the odd thing is that if both bands had never released another track from around the time of this publication it'd make very little difference to me, their best work was already behind them, imo. Can't argue with that in terms of albums Think there is a difference though. If they wanted to, ACDC could put out an excellent hits album from it's singles post Back in Black. Thunderstruck itself has had a jaw dropping billion views on youtube! theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/thunderstruck-acdc-youtube-billion/Like Francis said some years back," We looked at 12GB vol 3 but didn't know what we could put on there" |
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, 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 Nov 9, 2021 10:38:54 GMT
the odd thing is that if both bands had never released another track from around the time of this publication it'd make very little difference to me, their best work was already behind them, imo. Can't argue with that in terms of albums Think there is a difference though. If they wanted to, ACDC could put out an excellent hits album from it's singles post Back in Black. Thunderstruck itself has had a jaw dropping billion views on youtube! theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/thunderstruck-acdc-youtube-billion/Like Francis said some years back," We looked at 12GB vol 3 but didn't know what we could put on there" Without looking, I suspect that's the River Plate footage. Which is nothing short of astonishing. Just about the wildest, biggest crowd - in unison - I've ever seen. I loved AC/DC in the late 70's. Never missed them when they toured the UK right from the very beginning in the summer of 1976. After Back In Black I lost interest. I think it was less to do with Brian Johnson and more to do with the variety of approach when Bon was alive. The writing was sleazy but amusingly tongue in cheek. Bon always had a smile on his face and almost a wink as he sang. And every song wasn't always trying to be up tempo. So I jumped off the ship just as it was heading into orbit. Trust me  I think it's correct to say that by 1981 both bands' best work was behind them. But with Quo you never really knew what you were getting next. OK, it may have been poor sometimes but at least it was never the same thing twice, despite that oh so tiresome and popular misconception. Sometimes, even now, it can be brilliant. Popularity wise, it's been a no contest for a long time. Musically? All down to taste but it's Quo for me every time. So there  |
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col
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Post by col on Nov 9, 2021 11:05:31 GMT
Can't argue with that in terms of albums Think there is a difference though. If they wanted to, ACDC could put out an excellent hits album from it's singles post Back in Black. Thunderstruck itself has had a jaw dropping billion views on youtube! theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/thunderstruck-acdc-youtube-billion/Like Francis said some years back," We looked at 12GB vol 3 but didn't know what we could put on there" I loved AC/DC in the late 70's. Never missed them when they toured the UK right from the very beginning in the summer of 1976. After Back In Black I lost interest. I think it was less to do with Brian Johnson and more to do with the variety of approach when Bon was alive. The writing was sleazy but amusingly tongue in cheek. Bon always had a smile on his face and almost a wink as he sang. And every song wasn't always trying to be up tempo. So I jumped off the ship just as it was heading into orbit. Trust me I think it's correct to say that by 1981 both bands' best work was behind them. But with Quo you never really knew what you were getting next. OK, it may have been poor sometimes but at least it was never the same thing twice, despite that oh so tiresome and popular misconception. Sometimes, even now, it can be brilliant. Popularity wise, it's been a no contest for a long time. Musically? All down to taste but it's Quo for me every time. So there That could've been written about me, except I had found Highway To Hell a disappointment after Let There Be Rock and Powerage. Coming after a live album, HTH was Acca's RAOTW, except it was a commercial success in the US. |
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Post by 4th Chord on Nov 9, 2021 11:44:43 GMT
The problem with both these bands is every song sounds the same.
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Post by dennis on Nov 9, 2021 11:49:50 GMT
the odd thing is that if both bands had never released another track from around the time of this publication it'd make very little difference to me, their best work was already behind them, imo. Can't argue with that in terms of albums Think there is a difference though. If they wanted to, ACDC could put out an excellent hits album from it's singles post Back in Black. Thunderstruck itself has had a jaw dropping billion views on youtube! theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/thunderstruck-acdc-youtube-billion/Like Francis said some years back," We looked at 12GB vol 3 but didn't know what we could put on there" Well, they've had a dozen top 20 hits since 12GB vol2, plus a few others in the top 30, so not that hard to do, imo. Rollin' Home ; Red Sky ; In The Army Now ; Dreamin' ; Ain't Complaining ; Running All Over The World ; Burning Bridges ; The Anniversary Waltz - Part One ; The Anniversary Waltz - Part Two ; Jam Side Down ; You'll Come 'Round ; The Party Ain't Over Yet Who wouldn't want that selection as Vol III?? "Bubbling under" - Roadhouse Mdley (Anniversary Waltz - Part 25) ; I Didn't Mean It ; Fun Fun Fun ; Thinking Of You ; All That Counts Is Love A nice selection of bonus tracks?! |
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Post by railroad007 on Nov 9, 2021 12:06:23 GMT
"I could never buy into the woofta in the school uniform" Rev Ian Paisley 1982.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Nov 9, 2021 14:21:31 GMT
Yay a good old fashioned band vs band postbag! I just read it all through to see if anyone said " come off it " or " let's face it ", but that level of literary achievement must have died with the previous generation. (Led Zep vs Deep Purple). I do agree with the wise 12 year old's last line though and IIRR Kerrang did too. PS Angus always looked better in grey serge than he did in crimson velvet.
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