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Post by rockonquo on Dec 5, 2021 2:27:29 GMT
Not too bad, some what different.
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Post by freewilly on Dec 5, 2021 2:31:49 GMT
Gonna go against the grain here... I respect the band for trying stuff like this, One For The Money etc. Rightly or wrongly, they tried to establish themselves as something else other than the hard rock, shuffle, FF image. OK, it didn't work but, I much preferred that instead of half arsed, wannabe "Quo" songs or Francis trying to rewrite Claudie and FFF and failing, quite badly!
Having said that, Mystery Island is shite...The vocal delivery is cack! Could have hired a female vocalist for it. It's a soundtrack after all
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Post by tqontq on Dec 5, 2021 2:44:23 GMT
Did Rick really have a gun agains his head to sing and record that? Holy F&*K, and I thought Margie Time was the low point. I count my blessings my family have never heard this track as I would hang my head in shame (yes, more shame than with Margie and probably equal footing with the shame Alan had to endure).
Damn, try something different sure, but c'mon where is your integrity Rick or even your artistic license. My god this is bad, shockingly so. And what is their excuse? They were long off the drugs at this point.
Status Quo - yup became a laughing stock - I wonder why??
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Post by Victor on Dec 5, 2021 7:42:50 GMT
I don't mind them trying different things, provided they sound anywhere between reasonably ok and excellent. But this is one of their worst for me for sure
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Post by mortified on Dec 5, 2021 7:44:56 GMT
I get it, I really do. A movie set in the South Seas; Rick and the rest of them having a bit of a laugh as he plays at being Perry Como languishing on a beach. But it's not for me. Maybe you had to be there. I'm also old enough to remember the outcry and disappointment at school when Led Zeppelin recorded D'Yer Mak'er Francis takes a lot of stick but Rick always had this tacky, treacly stuff in him. I don't appreciate It's Christmas Time or When I Was Fallin' In Love, for example, any more than I do this. But maybe I should put that down to me. I probably have no sense of humour or no romance in me. So I miss out. But I'm happy to miss out! Sorry, Rick. From One Man Band to this? 2/10 for trying.
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Post by dontthinkitmatters on Dec 5, 2021 10:07:54 GMT
Dreary lyrics let this down badly.
I wasnt listening to it as a Quo track though, just as a song.
🤔...sung by the same guy who did Mystery Song and Living on an Island . Oh sugar , I am now thinking of it as a Quo track ..its sh
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Post by quovadis on Dec 5, 2021 11:15:30 GMT
I wouldn't even give this 2/10 for me this song is an embarrassment I would happily give mystery Island wait for it a big fatty 0/10 how's that
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matt
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Post by matt on Dec 5, 2021 12:11:12 GMT
Unworthy of comment
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Post by Rocker84 on Dec 5, 2021 12:13:52 GMT
Probably sounds better when played while drunk
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Post by steveb on Dec 5, 2021 19:25:45 GMT
not for me
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Post by cooliquo on Dec 6, 2021 22:44:37 GMT
It's actually quite difficult to listen to this without bursting out laughing 😂
Written for the movie or not, it's absolutely dreadful.
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