Francis Rossi - Reflections on Success

I'm sorry but I see John's attitude differently. And I've seen his band play a number of times; he started to being snarkier about Francis after the reunion tours. 

And to me that makes sense because Francis and Rick criticised his drumming on those tours.  I felt that was wrong. He hadn't been playing/touring as routinely as Quo did and continued to do until 2020.  But he and Alan brought back that original sound many of us still love.  And then Francis put an end to any recordings with the original 4 and was snarky about any PLC material.  I can't be angry with John for making some less than friendly remarks after that. 

What I've discovered since returning to the Quo fold after a gap of 20 years (roughly 84-2004) was how influential the playing of Alan and John was to my love of their music.  He did contribute to the creating of their songs and their sound. Even if his name isn't on the writing credits. And for me, he has every right to earn a living off their music too. 

PS. I'm still a massive Francis fan and I'm looking forward to seeing his Tunes and Chat v much. 

I was thinking that myself. Maybe we're on the wrong forum

That eye shadow must have taken an age. What do you use? I swear by Mac myself, although much prefer Maybelline lipstick.  

Nice telly as well. That a smart TV?

Firstly, if anyone thinks JC shouldn't be playing those songs because Francis wrote them, you're wrong. If you think it's a case of Francis coming in with all the instruments written and JC never coming up with his own parts and ideas for them, you're sadly mistaken.

Secondly, it is of course speculation if Francis left what would have happened, but it makes me laugh when I hear things like "they would have sunk without him" and "Rick, Alan and John would have turned it into a mediocre band playing bars and clubs"

You might not realise it, but the band sunk with Francis and without Alan and JC. Fans left in their droves and chart positions were at their lowest since the early days. David Walker saved them and none of it had anything to do with Francis as he and Rick still lived off the material that themselves, Alan and John produced...

If Francis had left the band and gone solo, he'd have failed. Francis going up against George Michael, Boy George, Bryan Adams, Phil Collins, Sting and Michael fucking Jackson for success in the charts with the stuff he was writing? Please...

To be honest I think that would have happened anyway even if they had stayed together. The rock world changed around 84-85 with Hair Metal/Rock becoming the thing and then later Grunge. The only chance I would have said Quo may have stood a chance would have been a decent rock album around the time of Britpop.

I mean even Queen struggled a bit in the mid-late 80s. They would get a big album but the singles were not massive sellers. The sad death of Freddie was what pushed their sales up after 91.