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Post by rockonquo on Mar 6, 2024 7:32:34 GMT
I like this, so does Francis. but how many Quo fans do?
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Post by steveb on Mar 6, 2024 7:56:52 GMT
loved this from the get go. have the original advert poster for this song
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Post by mortified on Mar 6, 2024 8:57:25 GMT
Interesting one this. For those of us of a certain vintage. Ask anyone who joined the party at the Dog/Piledriver stage. We didn't know it at the time but this was THE line in the sand. Well before Rockin' was given the accolade of having changed everything. It was the first Quo single I'd bought that I thought was OK. Not brilliant or amazing as usual. Just half decent. Roger Glover was the producer named on the 7", so I noticed that was a first. An outside producer. And although he's a musician I very much respect, I thought he managed to make Quo sound a bit light. Spud's drums are a bit boom-ting and the piano is more evident than on any Quo single before it, thus watering things down even more for a surly, not having any of that nonsense, teenager  Even Francis's solo is a bit restrained. I often wonder if they'd considered Roger Glover for the next album but then decided against it after this? Maybe. Maybe not. Listening to it now and having heard some of the stuff they've come up with since, it stands up pretty well. And live, the bit we get as part of the medley, has some balls to it. But it was still the end of what had been. The bottom of the page before the new chapter. |
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Post by kursaal75 on Mar 6, 2024 9:38:14 GMT
I wanted to like this, but to me, there was something missing and as Mortified mentioned, looking back on it, it wasn't that bad, but at the time, I was a bit disappointed.
Maybe a taster release from the forthcoming live album might of been a good idea, but as they had already released a live ep, mid '75 I suppose a 1 off new studio track was the only option.
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Post by jamielotustech on Mar 6, 2024 10:15:36 GMT
One of my favourite Quo tracks but actually more for the instrumentation than the vocal, one of the reasons I done this, a wee bit heavier and no singing but replicating the guitars as much as possible.
If WSOL had been a one off and the next couple of years they had continued with the old formula then I think it might have been less criticised in general, the problem was some of the stuff that came immediately after, much less bearable than WSOL, maybe Alan could just about get away with his studded wristband on this but imagine it on a video for BB. |
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Post by Xland on Mar 6, 2024 11:38:29 GMT
Always liked it, but it's also one of those that has always felt a bit suppressed, whilst always having balls live.
It is interesting, because I understand why some would dislike that recording as it was, but I never had a problem with it too much, seemed to suit the band if anything, but it just needed letting go a bit.
For me the bass is too quiet and Rossi's lead break is nothing special, but maybe felt it was fine or enough for a single.
As chaotic and weak sounding the 1982 rehearsal recordings are, the last couple of minutes of Wild Side of Life showed a nice bit of potential, I like it after Rossi's couple of lead breaks, they take it down and just leave Rossi singing with the band distant in the background, then pick it right back up again to finish, could have been interesting on the original record.
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Post by gav on Mar 6, 2024 11:48:19 GMT
Hasn't there been whisperings (or even from the horse's mouth?) that this wasn't a full Quo recording? Pretty sure Rossi & Parfitt have said that they at least added in the crash cymbal hits? The drums sound a bit looped or something to me, but would they have had the tech to do that, or even be bothered?
Certainly strong rumours that it wasn't Alan on bass, Glover rather, though it does sound like Alan, so a good imitation at least.
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Post by per on Mar 6, 2024 11:57:16 GMT
Interesting one this. For those of us of a certain vintage. Ask anyone who joined the party at the Dog/Piledriver stage. We didn't know it at the time but this was THE line in the sand. Well before Rockin' was given the accolade of having changed everything. It was the first Quo single I'd bought that I thought was OK. Not brilliant or amazing as usual. Just half decent. Roger Glover was the producer named on the 7", so I noticed that was a first. An outside producer. And although he's a musician I very much respect, I thought he managed to make Quo sound a bit light. Spud's drums are a bit boom-ting and the piano is more evident than on any Quo single before it, thus watering things down even more for a surly, not having any of that nonsense, teenager Even Francis's solo is a bit restrained. I often wonder if they'd considered Roger Glover for the next album but then decided against it after this? Maybe. Maybe not. Listening to it now and having heard some of the stuff they've come up with since, it stands up pretty well. And live, the bit we get as part of the medley, has some balls to it. But it was still the end of what had been. The bottom of the page before the new chapter. I agree totally! A real dissapointment when I first heard it and really THE line in the sand for a new era. I couldn’t get into my head (and still can’t) how this could happen: they hire a producer from a heavier band (which oughta Mean that they were looking for a heavier sound) and ends up with a real lightweight result. Strange! |
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Post by quodec on Mar 6, 2024 12:28:22 GMT
To my naive ears at the time, having enjoyed the heavy shuffle of Rain and the summer blast of Mystery Song, I was baffled at the difference, that this rocked-up country tune would finish out the year for Quo. Such a change musically!
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Post by quovadis on Mar 6, 2024 12:58:02 GMT
I like it always have🦆
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Post by Dark on Mar 6, 2024 12:58:35 GMT
I love this song, and I think it is recorded really well. Definitely a bit more lightweight than stuff that came directly before and the guitars seem a bit more jangly in sound. But everything is there and is crystal clear. Personally going by this, I think the RAOTW album would have come out better had Roger Glover been at the helm, as the mix from that always seemed a bit muddy with everything a bit lost.
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Post by stringybob on Mar 6, 2024 14:11:57 GMT
A lame cover version with no Nuff and horribly pedestrian drumming completely unlike Spud's usual style (and with Rossi and Parfitt supplying cymbals/hi hat for some reason). The beginning of the slippery slope.
The so-called "demo" version is far better.
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Post by freewilly on Mar 6, 2024 15:47:42 GMT
Hasn't there been whisperings (or even from the horse's mouth?) that this wasn't a full Quo recording? Pretty sure Rossi & Parfitt have said that they at least added in the crash cymbal hits? The drums sound a bit looped or something to me, but would they have had the tech to do that, or even be bothered? Certainly strong rumours that it wasn't Alan on bass, Glover rather, though it does sound like Alan, so a good imitation at least. Genuinely get the impression that neither Rick, Alan or John are on it. Going by the sound of it. Francis' vocal and lead guitar are the only distinctive things I get that are Quo from it |
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Post by 37 on Mar 6, 2024 16:42:59 GMT
Absolutley loved it when I first heard it, still do. Although I am not really a fan of Quo doing covers, this one gets a free pass from me. Also I remember the original being in the film The Last Picture Show, I first saw the film in 1978ish, so I was as chuffed as hell on hearing it. Also Cybill Shepherd gives us teenage lads at the time a cheap thrill in it!
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Post by per on Mar 6, 2024 17:38:05 GMT
Though I was dissapointed by the single I have to say that I liked it a lot during the EOTR tour, a really nice surprise (as the entire medley actually was way back then)
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Even Francis's solo is a bit restrained. 
