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Post by Victor on Aug 17, 2023 16:43:46 GMT
Quo and the Doors are the best ones for me
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Aug 17, 2023 21:41:51 GMT
Blue Oyster Cult do a cracking version of it.
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Post by iamcomplaining88 on Aug 17, 2023 21:42:53 GMT
It would be impossible to run a poll on best live version, even Bon Jovi do it The answer to that is simple though and most of us would agree! What do Bon Jovi do, run a poll?
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Post by col on Aug 19, 2023 13:08:56 GMT
The most influential b side ever? Not that I am a particular advocate of either song, but surely Maggie May by Rod Stewart and We Will Rock You by Queen would contest that title?
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Post by col on Aug 19, 2023 13:09:41 GMT
Blue Oyster Cult do a cracking version of it. They do
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 19, 2023 15:15:38 GMT
The most influential b side ever? Not that I am a particular advocate of either song, but surely Maggie May by Rod Stewart and We Will Rock You by Queen would contest that title? I hadn't realised they had started as b sides. They certainly became huge songs and anthems for those acts. But they didn't become massively copied by other acts like rb did
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Post by ant on Aug 19, 2023 15:22:13 GMT
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Post by mortified on Aug 19, 2023 15:28:30 GMT
Not that I am a particular advocate of either song, but surely Maggie May by Rod Stewart and We Will Rock You by Queen would contest that title? I hadn't realised they had started as b sides. They certainly became huge songs and anthems for those acts. But they didn't become massively copied by other acts like rb did We Will Rock You was the B-side to We Are The Champions (I think). Didn't know about Maggie May though.
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Post by dennis on Aug 19, 2023 15:55:43 GMT
I hadn't realised they had started as b sides. They certainly became huge songs and anthems for those acts. But they didn't become massively copied by other acts like rb did We Will Rock You was the B-side to We Are The Champions (I think). Didn't know about Maggie May though. Maggie May was b-side to Reason To Believe until some DJ flipped it & it started climbing the charts
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Post by gav on Aug 19, 2023 22:14:02 GMT
The story of the couple dancing "slinkily" to RB in a German club that Rick tells... if that's what Quo were trying to convey in their cover of it, i think they fell short of the Doors' version in that respect tbh. Live versions by Quo are much better but what i like about the Doors' version is its slower tempo, more groovy. Or something.
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Post by roquer on Aug 23, 2023 9:45:22 GMT
I never liked it, the original and the Quo version, which are the only ones that I heard. Even with the pass of time, I genuinely hate it, a waste of minutes live in my opinion.
A friend of mine doesn't know any of quo, but knowing that I'm a fan, he started searching and he told me that Marillion (or Phish) played it to.
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Post by tqontq on Aug 23, 2023 10:56:09 GMT
Pretty obvious what we all would vote for! But it's brought to light just how many versions there are out there.
Besides Roadhouse live by Quo, I am quite taken by the Deep Purple version. Never heard it before but loving it.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Aug 23, 2023 12:22:49 GMT
The other singers sound like singers laying it out on a cool blues tune.
Alan sounds like he's GOING there.
The bit in the middle sounds like they are all in the back of the van, singing along like Wayne and Garth to Bohem'Rhapsody.
The first time I heard this version was live at the Hammy, 1982, with Alan singing. (Of course I already knew the Doors version.) The last time I (ever) heard this version was live at the Hammy, 2014, with Alan singing. (Partly in the ladies' bog. Me, not him. The sound was always good in the ladies' bog, and I couldn't pass up the nostalgia of hearing one of my favourite Quo tunes back in the old location.)
The Doors song was the toon that started the Quo sound on its journey. Where did Quo lose their dynamic?
I admit I shed a small tear.
Now I am going to mow the lawn ...
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Post by Dark on Aug 23, 2023 13:14:10 GMT
Not a song I've ever really taken to. When at my first Quo gigs during the 90s it was something to endure until they got to the medley part that featured snippets of much better songs. Then unfortunately they would segue back into Roadhouse and it would have to be tolerated for a few more minutes. There was also a version by The Lancaster Bombers on, The Matchstickmen EP. I've had a look on YouTube but it doesn't seem to be there. I always thought it was a strange choice for Alan to record and release considering he sung the version on Piledriver. Whereas the version of Matchstickmen was worth it as they did a much different arrangement and Alan handled the lead vocal. www.discogs.com/release/8971772-Alan-Lancasters-Bombers-The-Matchstickmen-EP
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Post by charles on Aug 24, 2023 7:54:54 GMT
I never liked it, the original and the Quo version, which are the only ones that I heard. Even with the pass of time, I genuinely hate it, a waste of minutes live in my opinion. A friend of mine doesn't know any of quo, but knowing that I'm a fan, he started searching and he told me that Marillion (or Phish) played it to. You may not like him, but Scottish name-calling is a bit harsh on someone who gave the world Kayleigh.
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