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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 21:58:00 GMT
don't you think the line I quoted from Slow Train has a country feel about it? I completely agree
Slow Train is probably the best example you will get of Quo making boogie rock meet country music. I like plenty of Quo country tinged songs actually, but I think this one succeeds in transcending the whole spectrum of appeals within Quo fans because it retains FF bite while at the same time giving that unmistakable feel of the cotton fields.
Sure one or two will be less keen than the majority, which is fair enough, but, essentially this song totally works from start to finish
I'd better answer the topic while I am here as well Yes, and yes - of course they could
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Post by Xland on Jan 22, 2016 22:43:00 GMT
So what are the ingredients? I'd say the album should be under 50 minutes long - 5 songs side A, 4 songs side B. there has to be an epic to end "side 2" there have to be at least 2 songs that are riff-based there has to be at least one ballad the rest of the songs must have the Rick-O-Sound At least two shuffles Spud must play shuffle high hat over straight 4/4 guitars here and there All three frontmen must sing - AND NO-ONE ELSE All three frontmen must write plus Bob & Andy Vintage Instruments & Amps - no synths No Covers Come on Frame! There's your Statement of Requirements! Don't sound bad does it? If they did do an album, I'd like to see a serious single release again. I'd go with a double A release with exclusive non album b side only available with full single purchase. The double A side so you could have one harder track used for likes of Planet rock and, if there were to be a more commercial one, use that for likes of Radio 2. Exclusive non album b side only available as full single bundle would help to increase sales of the single release. It would be nice for a single to promote a tour, maybe released a month or two before tour starts and then the tour to promote the album which got released a week or so after tour ends. So what we calling the album then? Few suggestions: StudioStatus Quo - Back To Basics Status Quo - Underground Status Quo - Distorted Truths Status Quo - We Own The Twelve Bar Status quo - Misunderstood Live
Status Quo - How Are You Then, Alright?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 22, 2016 22:58:08 GMT
Sure, the FF would produce a better album than anything the has been produced since 81
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Post by killagorilla on Jan 23, 2016 0:00:25 GMT
No, they can't do it anymore. They can play the old stuff and proved it during the reunion tours, but they couldn't write a new album and make it sound as great as they used to be.
The Frantic Four era was a moment in time that we were all fortunate to be around for. Four young guys who gelled completely into one unit to make great music, but those guys got older and developed differing interests. Their styles have changed, their influences have changed, their tastes have changed. Face it, they are different men to what they were in the 70's.
Time has passed and they got old and the spark that the young men of the 70's had, gradually went out.
The old men of today have released many albums over the years, some good, some not so good, but none of them had the magic that the FF albums had and that's because the moment in time is long gone and will never be seen again.
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Post by kachunk on Jan 23, 2016 0:56:42 GMT
They could do it,provided they write the songs in the "magic circle" way that they used to do and without a producer. If there was to be a producer,then it would have to be a neutral,who is his own man and won't tolerate any shite from Rossi. The magic happened when the four of them worked together as a team and things only got corrupted when outside influences (hello Pip!) or internal power struggles (hello Francis!) derailed everything.
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Post by madtom on Jan 23, 2016 1:10:02 GMT
So what we calling the album then? Few suggestions: StudioStatus Quo - Back To Basics Status Quo - Underground Status Quo - Distorted Truths Status Quo - We Own The Twelve Bar Status quo - Misunderstood Live
Status Quo - How Are You Then, Alright? How about "The Real Deal"?
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Post by killagorilla on Jan 23, 2016 5:08:21 GMT
No, they can't do it anymore. They can play the old stuff and proved it during the reunion tours, but they couldn't write a new album and make it sound as great as they used to be.
The Frantic Four era was a moment in time that we were all fortunate to be around for. Four young guys who gelled completely into one unit to make great music, but those guys got older and developed differing interests. Their styles have changed, their influences have changed, their tastes have changed. Face it, they are different men to what they were in the 70's.
Time has passed and they got old and the spark that the young men of the 70's had, gradually went out.
The old men of today have released many albums over the years, some good, some not so good, but none of them had the magic that the FF albums had and that's because the moment in time is long gone and will never be seen again. what you describe did not happen to ACDC, Sabbath, Priest, Motorhead, Maiden... Age does not mean that much. Quo still have it , if they want it. Sure it did. All of those bands you mention had a peak at some point. A few years where everything was gold. Then they spend the next 20 years or so trying to reach those same heights again.
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Post by charles on Jan 23, 2016 8:49:21 GMT
what you describe did not happen to ACDC, Sabbath, Priest, Motorhead, Maiden... Age does not mean that much. Quo still have it , if they want it. Sure it did. All of those bands you mention had a peak at some point. A few years where everything was gold. Then they spend the next 20 years or so trying to reach those same heights again.
This is true for Priest and ACDC only; Sabbath with "13" and "The devil you know" (as Heaven & Hell) were pure class. Maiden's "Book of souls" is one of their best ever. Motörhead's last couple of albums were... er... simply Motörhead. But Quo? Not a snowball's chance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 9:24:00 GMT
Francis is done. Rick is done. John never wrote anything anyway. It would be interesting to hear what Alan can do.
His writing with Francis over Skype seemed to hit a brick wall. Rick implied that he wasn't too keen on the songs ("Alan still thinks it's 1978" - words to that effect), but he should be reminded that LR and LALLO are crap - they would be rejected by a pub band for being too cheesy. Wayne Morris co-wrote them so that probably explains why they are cabaret. GGG is ruined by the tack-on RAOTW ending. RC? Rhino. CSFL? F**k off, whoever it was who wrote that.
Alan is the key in all of this. But Francis doesn't want it, it would be a bit rich for Rick to do it after he's more or less slated Alan's songs.
Too many problems already before you consider the management themselves are against it. "No demand for a FF album", "Quo is Quo. The line-up doesn't matter". - PORTER.
Let's face it, he doesn't want Quo to be seen as a heavy rock band. The FF were underpromoted. The deluxe editions in recent years have been poorly advertised. All deliberate to bring about bullshit excuses that Aquostic and Bula Quo are what Quo are (and only) about now.
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Post by Tʰᵉ Wᵃˡˡ Oᶠ Dᵉᵃᵗʰ on Jan 23, 2016 9:32:58 GMT
No, they can't do it anymore. They can play the old stuff and proved it during the reunion tours, but they couldn't write a new album and make it sound as great as they used to be.
The Frantic Four era was a moment in time that we were all fortunate to be around for. Four young guys who gelled completely into one unit to make great music, but those guys got older and developed differing interests. Their styles have changed, their influences have changed, their tastes have changed. Face it, they are different men to what they were in the 70's.
Time has passed and they got old and the spark that the young men of the 70's had, gradually went out.
The old men of today have released many albums over the years, some good, some not so good, but none of them had the magic that the FF albums had and that's because the moment in time is long gone and will never be seen again. what you describe did not happen to ACDC, Sabbath, Priest, Motorhead, Maiden... Age does not mean that much. Quo still have it , if they want it. Collectively, I don't think they could. There's three guys who would happily knock out some new tracks that go ker-chunk ker-chunk ker-chunk that we all love, but there's one guy who thinks it's completely below him and wouldn't dream of belittling his superior "talents".
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jan 23, 2016 10:51:58 GMT
Francis is getting a lot of stick here. So ok he's the one who doesn't want to do it...BUT at least he has tried writing with Alan via skype. Maybe it didn't work? Also, back with HT he really did try to bring back the old Quo. And of course he agreed to the reunion tours...when he didn't really want to do it.
That said, I'd love to hear Alan's stuff. And I still think that it doesn't matter that much about the quality of the material - the four of em together would end up making great music together again. I'm actually thinking Francis is lacking confidence on all fronts regarding new music...I don't think he's been very happy with anything they have done for a long time. Not even sure he's very happy now with anything he's ever done!!
The reunions tours did a lot of good for re-establishing Quo's reputation as having been a truly great rock band. Maybe he worries a new ff album may taint that if it wouldn't be any good?
We may be frustrated with him (some bitterly so, it seems...) but I'm not sure we understand him
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Post by Xland on Jan 23, 2016 11:55:44 GMT
So what we calling the album then? Few suggestions: StudioStatus Quo - Back To Basics Status Quo - Underground Status Quo - Distorted Truths Status Quo - We Own The Twelve Bar Status quo - Misunderstood Live
Status Quo - How Are You Then, Alright? How about "The Real Deal"? Works for me. 4 playing cards as the album front cover, but instead of Jack, Queen, King, Ace, we get Rossi, Lancaster, Coghlan, Parfitt! I have no idea who these are, maybe I should!
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Post by curiousgirl on Jan 23, 2016 12:56:10 GMT
I don't know. I would love it if they could, of course. I don't know because they no longer seem to record tracks together as a band. I'm sure on a practical level this also saves them on studio costs. But I do think its why recent albums sound not quite right. As well as the different line-up of course.
I'd like to believe, that if there was the genuine will to do this, even if they were afraid it wouldn't work, then actually it could be excellent.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2016 13:39:38 GMT
No, I don't think so. The chemistry isn't right anymore. They're all 40 years older now, they have moved on, and the magic's gone.
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Post by vivfromcov on Jan 23, 2016 23:41:50 GMT
I have voted yes as I think they could do it and I would love them to do it ... but only in the right circumstances. Unfortunately I don't think that would happen. IMO they would need to be together for a prolonged period of time to jam and develop song ideas as a group. Sadly I don't think this will ever happen again.
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