mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Nov 9, 2021 14:31:14 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. Exactly! Led Zep v Deep Purple (or Sabbath?) Blur v Oasis Beatles v Stones Brahms v Liszt Pistols v The Clash Almost older than music itself
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 10, 2021 3:08:21 GMT
Of course STATUS QUO is better than AC DC, Much more better. STATUS QUO out put after 1985 is still better than ACDC out put after Bon died except ' Back In Black' album.
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Post by paradiseflats on Nov 12, 2021 8:10:18 GMT
Of course STATUS QUO is better than AC DC, Much more better. STATUS QUO out put after 1985 is still better than ACDC out put after Bon died except ' Back In Black' album. If you take Quos output from ‘77 onwards as a whole, I’d take AC/DCs output over Quos as a whole since then. Better is a matter of opinion but since 1981 ACDCs catalogue as a whole is much more to me liking. Number of Quo albums on my iPhone post 81- 0 Number of AC/DC albums on my iPhone post 81- 5 Give me Flick of the switch over any Quo album post ‘81. And Angus will rack up his career much more content than Francis as he did what he wanted.
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Post by rockonquo on Nov 13, 2021 4:24:04 GMT
Of course STATUS QUO is better than AC DC, Much more better. STATUS QUO out put after 1985 is still better than ACDC out put after Bon died except ' Back In Black' album. If you take Quos output from ‘77 onwards as a whole, I’d take AC/DCs output over Quos as a whole since then. Better is a matter of opinion but since 1981 ACDCs catalogue as a whole is much more to me liking. Number of Quo albums on my iPhone post 81- 0 Number of AC/DC albums on my iPhone post 81- 5 Give me Flick of the switch over any Quo album post ‘81. And Angus will rack up his career much more content than Francis as he did what he wanted. Don't get me wrong, there's a few songs after 'Back In Black' album i like. But like Quo's out put better in my world. Mind you i haven't listened to 'Flick Of The Switch' in ages, will get it out of my collection and give it a blast again.
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Post by steveb on Nov 13, 2021 6:33:17 GMT
liked acdc alot up until flick of the switch. they then became to americanised and to much emphasis was put on there video clips. quo have always been more diverse
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Post by uwe on Nov 18, 2021 19:11:47 GMT
As a decade-long Deep Purple fan (and avid Led Zep disliker), I believe I'm solely qualified to decide this! AC/DC - I saw them first in 1976 as an opening act to Rainbow and never thought they would go anywhere, heavy-handed as they were (and continue to be) - are a one trick pony in the Motörhead and Ramones vein. Cultish, good fun, but with the narrowest musical vision imaginable: I not only saw them in 1976, but also on one of the last Bon Scott gigs in Germany, in December 1979 (I was only there for Judas Priest, their then opening act) and on the Black Ice tour more recently. They've really had zero musical development since 1976. They will always sound like hard rock must sound to people who dislike hard rock. In comparison, Status Quo offer a cornucopia of styles and musical developments throughout their career. Not everything worked, but at least they tried. Plus Francis can play/stay in major keys over a whole solo, an art Angus has not yet fully mastered. But the biggest difference to me is: No matter how hard Quo ever played, they always had swing. A song like Down Down is not just mindless hammering, but in all its intensity retains a nimble agility, a musical flow those Aussie misfits could never match. In 1976 I thought about AC/DC: What a hopeless outfit, they'll never make it. I was proven wrong (but I said the same thing about fledgling U2!), yet 45 years later I'm still scratching my head why AC/DC of all hard rock bands became such a phenomenon. It must be their Beavis & Butthead appeal, the inanity of it all. Compared to them, Status Quo are closer to The Beatles.
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Post by Detroit on Nov 18, 2021 22:29:49 GMT
The problem with both these bands is every song sounds the same. Yup, ever since ITAN.
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mortified
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Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
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Post by mortified on Nov 19, 2021 7:07:29 GMT
As a decade-long Deep Purple fan (and avid Led Zep disliker), I believe I'm solely qualified to decide this! AC/DC - I saw them first in 1976... You sound like me as a teenager I suppose where we differ slightly is that, although I was a big Deep Purple fan in the 70's, I did like 3 or 4 Zep albums as well ( III to Physical Graffitti). And I loved AC/DC up to and including Back In Black. I just thought they were fun. That 'fun' seemed to diminish after Bon's demise. Maybe I just grew up
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Post by uwe on Nov 19, 2021 9:37:44 GMT
Led Zep have of course done good stuff too, but I find them generally overrated. I could never relate to Plant's silly lyrics and constant ooohs and aaahs wailing. The band versatility on Physical Graffiti is commendable though.
AC/DC I found a bit naff even as a teenager. I like some elegance with most of my rock and a lot of AC/DC sounds plain brutish to me. Quo never did. And in their sheer single-mindedness, I never found AC/DC as cartoonishly entertaining as, say, the Ramones or Dr. Feelgood.
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Post by Gaz on Nov 19, 2021 9:55:11 GMT
Led Zep have of course done good stuff too, but I find them generally overrated. I could never relate to Plant's silly lyrics and constant ooohs and aaahs wailing. The band versatility on Physical Graffiti is commendable though. AC/DC I found a bit naff even as a teenager. I like some elegance with most of my rock and a lot of AC/DC sounds plain brutish to me. Quo never did. And in their sheer single-mindedness, I never found AC/DC as cartoonishly entertaining as, say, the Ramones or Dr. Feelgood. I guess I like brutish rock👍 My favourite 2 albums being QUO and Powerage 🤟🏻
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Post by uwe on Nov 19, 2021 13:06:41 GMT
But compared to Powerage, 'Quo' (also my favorite Status Quo album ) is PROG!!! It even has - the triple-synchronized resumed riffing in Don't Think It Matters after Rossi's solo when Alan joins in playing the guitar riff motif rather than pounding root notes to it - 6/4 meters in it! If you asked AC/DC what meters they have used in their music they would probably say: "Sorry mate, we only do Imperial measurements." That's what I mean: Quo's interplay as a band - don't laugh now - is actually refined, the combination of Rick's and Rossi's interweaving rhythm play even sophisticated (in a way Wishbone Ash's interweaving lead play is sophisticated). Which is also why it can't be replicated that easily, the world is full of wannabe AC/DCs, myriads of hair metal bands in the 80ies ripped off the AC/DC recipe, but have you ever heard a band that actually sounded like Status Quo and credibly emulated especially the Rossi/Parfitt tandem? I haven't. Much more thought and sheer musicality goes into Quo's music than most people believe/allow themselves to hear. An eye (or ear) for detail and small, nifty variations in a very British tradition. When Rossi defended the alleged simplicity of Quo's music in interviews, he was actually mocking the public/taking the piss (as usual). I believe he was well aware that Quo were more like precise watchmakers than musical brutes.
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Post by Gaz on Nov 20, 2021 10:00:26 GMT
But compared to Powerage, 'Quo' (also my favorite Status Quo album ) is PROG!!! It even has - the triple-synchronized resumed riffing in Don't Think It Matters after Rossi's solo when Alan joins in playing the guitar riff motif rather than pounding root notes to it - 6/4 meters in it! If you asked AC/DC what meters they have used in their music they would probably say: "Sorry mate, we only do Imperial measurements." That's what I mean: Quo's interplay as a band - don't laugh now - is actually refined, the combination of Rick's and Rossi's interweaving rhythm play even sophisticated (in a way Wishbone Ash's interweaving lead play is sophisticated). Which is also why it can't be replicated that easily, the world is full of wannabe AC/DCs, myriads of hair metal bands in the 80ies ripped off the AC/DC recipe, but have you ever heard a band that actually sounded like Status Quo and credibly emulated especially the Rossi/Parfitt tandem? I haven't. Much more thought and sheer musicality goes into Quo's music than most people believe/allow themselves to hear. An eye (or ear) for detail and small, nifty variations in a very British tradition. When Rossi defended the alleged simplicity of Quo's music in interviews, he was actually mocking the public/taking the piss (as usual). I believe he was well aware that Quo were more like precise watchmaker than musical brutes. Ha that’s classic stuff… some Quo snobbery😂 sitting there in trench coat with album tucked under arm head nodding.( just kidding 😉)btw, Over the years on this board, I’ve read there are a number of bands who’ve nailed Quo.
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Post by paradiseflats on Nov 20, 2021 10:06:59 GMT
As a decade-long Deep Purple fan (and avid Led Zep disliker), I believe I'm solely qualified to decide this! AC/DC - I saw them first in 1976... You sound like me as a teenager I suppose where we differ slightly is that, although I was a big Deep Purple fan in the 70's, I did like 3 or 4 Zep albums as well ( III to Physical Graffitti). And I loved AC/DC up to and including Back In Black. I just thought they were fun. That 'fun' seemed to diminish after Bon's demise. Maybe I just grew up Yes as is widely known, Status Quo after '81 followed a high brow lyrical approach fondly loved by Rush fans for their poetic deconstruction of post modern imperialism. The complex mature song structures rivaling Dream theatre.
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Post by dennis on Nov 20, 2021 10:11:51 GMT
But compared to Powerage, 'Quo' (also my favorite Status Quo album ) is PROG!!! It even has - the triple-synchronized resumed riffing in Don't Think It Matters after Rossi's solo when Alan joins in playing the guitar riff motif rather than pounding root notes to it - 6/4 meters in it! If you asked AC/DC what meters they have used in their music they would probably say: "Sorry mate, we only do Imperial measurements." That's what I mean: Quo's interplay as a band - don't laugh now - is actually refined, the combination of Rick's and Rossi's interweaving rhythm play even sophisticated (in a way Wishbone Ash's interweaving lead play is sophisticated). Which is also why it can't be replicated that easily, the world is full of wannabe AC/DCs, myriads of hair metal bands in the 80ies ripped off the AC/DC recipe, but have you ever heard a band that actually sounded like Status Quo and credibly emulated especially the Rossi/Parfitt tandem? I haven't. Much more thought and sheer musicality goes into Quo's music than most people believe/allow themselves to hear. An eye (or ear) for detail and small, nifty variations in a very British tradition. When Rossi defended the alleged simplicity of Quo's music in interviews, he was actually mocking the public/taking the piss (as usual). I believe he was well aware that Quo were more like precise watchmakers than musical brutes. did you consult on this publication, perhaps?
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Post by allyp on Nov 20, 2021 14:53:27 GMT
I like AC DC for their physical sound but I have never liked that screechy Rock vocal many of those bands tended/tend to have.
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