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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 6, 2023 15:29:45 GMT
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Post by mortified on Apr 6, 2023 15:35:12 GMT
Why?
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 6, 2023 16:29:56 GMT
You love it you schlaaaaag! I like the guitar solo. |
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Post by roquer on Apr 6, 2023 21:24:08 GMT
Never liked it. And Alan was the macho...
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Post by steveb on Apr 7, 2023 6:22:53 GMT
great song. like the lp to.
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 7, 2023 8:30:36 GMT
great song. like the lp to. As disappointing an album as it was at the time to me, it's grown on me. Always loved Ol' Rag Blues, but the rest is all a bit plodding, although like I say, grown on me and I have a listen now and again. |
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Post by mortified on Apr 7, 2023 10:25:11 GMT
great song. like the lp to. As disappointing an album as it was at the time to me, it's grown on me. Always loved Ol' Rag Blues, but the rest is all a bit plodding, although like I say, grown on me and I have a listen now and again. I'll be honest, I've been a bit opinionated on it since it came out and have always cited it as their worst ever album release. I know there were probably poorer recordings to come but it was certainly my biggest disappointment as a Quo fan because expectations remained high in 1983. They dropped considerably after Back To Back and then The Wanderer. So anything even half decent since I've tended to praise, maybe more than it will have deserved. But I also need to go back to it. My tastes have broadened since then, so who knows? Maybe Going Downtown Tonight is actually a work of genius after all  |
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 7, 2023 11:51:55 GMT
As disappointing an album as it was at the time to me, it's grown on me. Always loved Ol' Rag Blues, but the rest is all a bit plodding, although like I say, grown on me and I have a listen now and again. I'll be honest, I've been a bit opinionated on it since it came out and have always cited it as their worst ever album release. I know there were probably poorer recordings to come but it was certainly my biggest disappointment as a Quo fan because expectations remained high in 1983. They dropped considerably after Back To Back and then The Wanderer. So anything even half decent since I've tended to praise, maybe more than it will have deserved. But I also need to go back to it. My tastes have broadened since then, so who knows? Maybe Going Downtown Tonight is actually a work of genius after all Imagine if you will, a world where Andy's parpy keyboards on the track didn't exist and it was played slower and heavier. Not too bad a track. Try playing at 0.8x speed on Youtube - need to select a 'custom speed'.  |
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Post by mortified on Apr 7, 2023 12:21:40 GMT
Not sure how to get that to work.
It's a screenshot. Is there a link to the YouTube version?
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Post by 4th Chord on Apr 7, 2023 12:29:49 GMT
Not sure how to get that to work. It's a screenshot. Is there a link to the YouTube version? Under settings go to 'playback speed' and select custom, you can adjust up and down. Try 0.85 speed. Don't expect miracles(!) but would it have worked as a slower, heavier track? |
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Post by Quoincidence on Apr 7, 2023 12:55:19 GMT
YKOL, awful track. The worst song on the album, tied with the shitty version of GDTT. The single version is miles better.
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Post by mortified on Apr 7, 2023 13:27:35 GMT
Not sure how to get that to work. It's a screenshot. Is there a link to the YouTube version? Under settings go to 'playback speed' and select custom, you can adjust up and down. Try 0.85 speed. Don't expect miracles(!) but would it have worked as a slower, heavier track? If you ignore the irritating synths, then its not at all bad. Then again, it's the synths that spoil an otherwise OK track. As it happens, I was reading that book about 80's Quo and in it Andy says he hates the synthesiser. Always has and prefers to turn to the Hammond. Which makes me wonder who was pulling his strings in terms of the arrangement of songs. A clue might be the Rossi/Frost song, I Wonder Why which uses them in the same, frankly awful, way. You do wonder about some people's hearing or perception if they genuinely like that sound and think it enhances music  |
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Post by col on Apr 8, 2023 14:38:54 GMT
Poor, poor album
As for listening to the album at a slower speed, surely faster is better, it's over quicker.
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Post by freewilly on Apr 8, 2023 14:51:05 GMT
I genuinely don't mind the song.
Win Or Lose, MT and GDTT are the worst offenders on that album... And there's a lot to pick from
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Post by quovadis on Apr 8, 2023 15:21:48 GMT
Omg!! Win or lose pure and utterly dirge I mean wtf where they on its not even 3 mins long it sums up the album 4me apart from tcttg and cbd and orb which I really like from a crap album🦆
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