mortified
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Posts: 5,861
Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Mar 2, 2024 7:03:26 GMT
I have decided to stick that album on right now at full volume. A favourite. Mind you, who remembers the first time putting it on and playing 'Rock n Roll' expecting something a bit different to what came out of the speakers.... Sums that very Friday evening up for me. All albums were released on a Friday back then. I'd just finished listening to Coming And Going and was well up for the closing track. Then....thump. Brought down to earth with an underwhelming and disappointed bang It's release as a single was also an odd one in that it came well after the release of the Never Too Late album. And, very like the title, it had a very misleading 7" sleeve.
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Post by roadhouse on Mar 2, 2024 10:29:23 GMT
I have decided to stick that album on right now at full volume. A favourite. Mind you, who remembers the first time putting it on and playing 'Rock n Roll' expecting something a bit different to what came out of the speakers.... Sums that very Friday evening up for me. All albums were released on a Friday back then. I'd just finished listening to Coming And Going and was well up for the closing track. Then....thump. Brought down to earth with an underwhelming and disappointed bang It's release as a single was also an odd one in that it came well after the release of the Never Too Late album. And, very like the title, it had a very misleading 7" sleeve. As I remember the record company was struggling to find a follow up single to SBYBIL on the NTL albun, I think Carol came close to being a single, but for some reason they went back to JS and released RNR, which ended up a top ten hit single so it proved they made the right decision. Its one of those Quo tracks that was probably a hit made by guilty pleasure people who heard it once on the radio after enough Quo fans bought it to get it inside the top 30. This has happened to loads of Quos hits. My friend at school when we were just 12 loved RNR but normally can't stand Quo, so I assume there was lots of people who loved it like him.
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mortified
4500 Timer
Posts: 5,861
Favourite Quo Album: Hello!
Favourite other bands.: Talking Heads, Rolling Stones, Sheryl Crow, Gary Numan, Alabama 3, ZZ Top, Paul van Dyk, Jeff Beck, Bowie, Gerry Rafferty, Band of Skulls, UFO, S.A.H.B
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Post by mortified on Mar 2, 2024 11:10:13 GMT
Sums that very Friday evening up for me. All albums were released on a Friday back then. I'd just finished listening to Coming And Going and was well up for the closing track. Then....thump. Brought down to earth with an underwhelming and disappointed bang It's release as a single was also an odd one in that it came well after the release of the Never Too Late album. And, very like the title, it had a very misleading 7" sleeve. Its one of those Quo tracks that was probably a hit made by guilty pleasure people who heard it once on the radio after enough Quo fans bought it to get it inside the top 30. This has happened to loads of Quos hits. My friend at school when we were just 12 loved RNR but normally can't stand Quo, so I assume there was lots of people who loved it like him. It was the same with In The Army Now, Margie and You'll Come Round. Most office colleagues couldn't stick Quo, but these three songs seemed to get their attention for some reason. Always a double edged sword I suppose. Praise from non-Quo fans and pretty good sales but criticism from long term Quo fans who didn't appreciate any change of direction. Or certainly not the ones the band chose. Although I'd remove You'll Come Round from that. It was largely liked all round.
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Post by dennis on Mar 2, 2024 17:31:28 GMT
Despite the dreadful keyboards on Rock 'n' Roll, I prefer Just Supposin' to any of the other post Live! albums. They seemed to be cleverly incorporating some of the post punk power pop vibe into their work at the time, probably a better fit than trying to go all NWOBHM.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Mar 5, 2024 13:03:50 GMT
Despite the dreadful keyboards on Rock 'n' Roll, I prefer Just Supposin' to any of the other post Live! albums. They seemed to be cleverly incorporating some of the post punk power pop vibe into their work at the time, probably a better fit than trying to go all NWOBHM. That's an interesting take. And probably spot on. I think the John Du Cann nothing better album shows that Francis, at least for a time, was very interested in this punk power pop thing. I quite like it. I think NTL has its fans because it more positioned the band within the NWOBHM thing. Great established bands chasing the latest trends. Does it ever end well?
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