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Post by 37 on Feb 3, 2023 4:59:45 GMT
I have just read the Brian Johnson ( AC/DC) autobiography The Lives Of Brian.
It's a very good read, you can hear his voice on every page. It's another worldwide big selling book that our beloved Quo get a favourable mention in.
Hopefully people that have never heard of Quo before, might just look them up on t'net after reading about them.
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Post by Gaz on Feb 3, 2023 10:23:48 GMT
I have just read the Brian Johnson ( AC/DC) autobiography The Lives Of Brian. It's a very good read, you can hear his voice on every page. It's another worldwide big selling book that our beloved Quo get a favourable mention in. Hopefully people that have never heard of Quo before, might just look them up on t'net after reading about them. thanks for the heads up. I enjoyed his tv series A Life On The Road |
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Dark
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Favourite Quo Album: Quo
Favourite other bands.: Iron Maiden, Deep Purple, Huey Lewis,
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Post by Dark on Feb 3, 2023 11:39:57 GMT
Got the book reserved at the library, so looking forward to reading it when I hit the front of the queue, currently number 3, so be a few weeks before I get it.
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Post by DieHard on Feb 3, 2023 11:59:22 GMT
Thanks, I got it for XMAS, so i'll give it ago, currently reading Ian Botham's auto.
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Post by lemmystoenail on Feb 5, 2023 7:23:09 GMT
Thanks, I got it for XMAS, so i'll give it ago, currently reading Ian Botham's auto. Now there is a legend |
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Post by donttastemywine on Feb 5, 2023 15:28:41 GMT
I hope he hasn't included his selfies.
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Post by chicagoblackhawkzh on Feb 7, 2023 19:15:12 GMT
Ruth didn't even seem to like heavy rock - whereas the stuff that I was listening to was getting heavier by the day. The big eye-opener for me had been going to see Status Quo play at Blaydon's Central Youth Club, of all places, in October of 1969.
I can't remember who I went with, but I wasn't going to miss it.
So, on Friday night, I set off for Blaydon, about three-and-a-half miles away. My transport was the 89 double-decker bus right into the heart of Blaydon. I bought my ticket at the hall and went into a dark place with not many people in - most people went to Newcastle on Friday.
But still, I was excited. The stage lights got a little brighter, then people were moving about on stage. Hang on, these weren't people, they were musicians, and right in the middle was an unbelievable kit of drums, with more cymbals than I'd ever seen before. The amps looked enormous. To my eyes, it was everything I thought it should be.
Then, out of nowhere, Rick Parfitt, one of the guitarists, walked up to the mic and barked
'WE PLAY FUCKING LOUD, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, FUCK OFF NOW, AND WE WON'T BE PLAYING FUCKING PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN".
Wow, he said the F-word in a town hall, out fucking loud.
Then they hammered straight in to 'Down the Dustpipe' ..oh, that harmonica, it was electrifying. If there was a moment in my life after Little Richard that sparks, then that was it.
Whilst being out of the public eye for a while, they had metamorphosed into a Rock-
'n'Roll Monster. I can't remember how long they played. It was fucking good, and it was fucking loud and, lo and behold, I was fucking hooked. I was transfixed. It ended too soon, and they left the stage with no encore. They were probably wondering how to get their hands on the moron who'd booked them there.
We left the hall, got a pint at the pub next door and hung around outside. After about an hour, this six-wheeler transit van came round the corner and we could see some of the band sitting in the front, then watched them disappear down the road. I wanted to be a part of that, whatever it was.
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Post by roquer on Feb 7, 2023 20:03:59 GMT
Then, out of nowhere, Rick Parfitt, one of the guitarists, walked up to the mic and barked 'WE PLAY FUCKING LOUD, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, FUCK OFF NOW, AND WE WON'T BE PLAYING FUCKING PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN". I can't imagine Rick saying that. It was published in Spain (translated) last week, maybe I will buy it. And Phil Lynott's too. Is it good? |
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Post by freewilly on Feb 10, 2023 13:19:51 GMT
Then, out of nowhere, Rick Parfitt, one of the guitarists, walked up to the mic and barked 'WE PLAY FUCKING LOUD, SO IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, FUCK OFF NOW, AND WE WON'T BE PLAYING FUCKING PICTURES OF MATCHSTICK MEN". I can't imagine Rick saying that. It was published in Spain (translated) last week, maybe I will buy it. And Phil Lynott's too. Is it good? Sounds like something Francis would have said tbh. If it was Rick, it would have been "This is the best thing we've ever done" The ultimate showbiz line 😂 |
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Post by curiousgirl on Feb 12, 2023 14:55:27 GMT
I can't imagine Rick saying that. It was published in Spain (translated) last week, maybe I will buy it. And Phil Lynott's too. Is it good? Sounds like something Francis would have said tbh. If it was Rick, it would have been "This is the best thing we've ever done" The ultimate showbiz line 😂 I know what you mean Freewilly. But if this was 1969, before they were showbiz, I believe it could have been Rick too. Or even Alan. |
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Post by freewilly on Feb 12, 2023 17:44:36 GMT
Sounds like something Francis would have said tbh. If it was Rick, it would have been "This is the best thing we've ever done" The ultimate showbiz line 😂 I know what you mean Freewilly. But if this was 1969, before they were showbiz, I believe it could have been Rick too. Or even Alan. Francis at the same gig, "I like melody and opera" Spinal Tap before Spinal Tap |
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Post by quomaster on Feb 14, 2023 2:05:27 GMT
I flew through this book - it is a great story really. 31yo, installing windshields, semi retired ex rock star scores plumb gig.
His quote of how the "Down the Dustpipe" harmonica is second only in influence to hearing the start of "Tutti Frutti" (he talks about this earlier in the book) is pretty complimentary to Quo.
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