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Post by markquo on Jun 8, 2024 6:04:52 GMT
But live they were still a top band ,Pete was a more than capable replacement for JC. What the band lacked in the studio on 1982 and BTB they more than made up for in concert.. Cheers I'm not convinced they were any better with Pete compared to John live in concert. Nothing much changed really in terms of set lists compared to the NTL and 1+9+8+2 concerts. In some ways Pete lacked the technique John had formed over the years that suited Quo, which Pete struggled to offer I felt, this being more noticeable live and in the studio. No struggling anywhere live from Pete,just take another listen to 4500x from the NEC or Backwater/JTM from MK.You’ll find he’s right on it . His style was maybe slightly more straight ahead but heads down heavy like Phil Rudd in ACDC. Cheers
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Post by mortified on Jun 8, 2024 7:10:58 GMT
No need to apologise, col. We all have guilty pleasures ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png) If it's any consolation, mine's is Sail Away (sshh....tell no one; I'll get banned)
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 8, 2024 11:29:32 GMT
I'm not convinced they were any better with Pete compared to John live in concert. Nothing much changed really in terms of set lists compared to the NTL and 1+9+8+2 concerts. In some ways Pete lacked the technique John had formed over the years that suited Quo, which Pete struggled to offer I felt, this being more noticeable live and in the studio. No struggling anywhere live from Pete,just take another listen to 4500x from the NEC or Backwater/JTM from MK.You’ll find he’s right on it . His style was maybe slightly more straight ahead but heads down heavy like Phil Rudd in ACDC. Cheers Yeah that's what I meant, Pete didn't have those little frills and spills that John used to add. Its funny cause I went to see the Coghlans Quo back in 2005,and met him after and had a pic taken with him. And during the set it just made you realise what was missing in anything Quo did post 1981. In fact close your eyes and it felt more like the old Frantic Four in terms of the beat. We tend to forget how much ingredients individual players bring to the table. There's nothing wrong with Peter's ability, just listen to the way the drums pound in on Caroline live at the nec 1982,it was electric, but John just had that old Quo thing going on, that non of the drummers since has had. Like I said, more noticeable perhaps when I seen John play in 2005, all of the memories of old Quo were in there.
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Post by gerh on Jun 8, 2024 14:02:06 GMT
I've said it before - and it bears repeating [especially in my head!🤪] nobody drums Quo like JC - he's got feel/swing/power and y'can't fake or 'practice-in' those things, they're either there or they ain't. That's not to diminish the other Quo drummers [well, except maybe JR!! ![???](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/huh.png) ] just that it IS Quo when JC's there. All in my opinion, of course. 👍
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 8, 2024 14:45:10 GMT
I probably stand alone here I think and dislike Mountain Lady as much as I do Marguerita Time. Neither float my boat in any way shape or form. Comparisons between the two are obviously not based on them sounding similar but more to do with the lightness and radio friendly nature of both compositions. Although I still think that's a bit tenuous. Lyrically, Mountain Lady is total bollox and is up there in the Stevie Nicks school of songwriting. But, not really being a lyric sort of person ![:D](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/grin.png) , that's not all that relevant. It's the faux brass and keyboards that irritate me the most. Marge is just that sugary country style song in the vein of Hank Williams or Slim Whitman that just isn't for me. There's nothing embarrassing about it. It's just a style of music I'm not keen on. The internal politics of the band were all over the place at the time. Or so it seems now. When it comes to songs, Alan never wrote anything better than A Year or Someone's Learning. Mountain Lady did him no justice whatsoever. I'm with you on this, played twice and thence skipped. I don't mind MT, it's not something that I can take exception to.
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Post by steveb on Jun 8, 2024 21:50:48 GMT
love the song
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Post by dennis on Jun 9, 2024 6:07:12 GMT
I consider it one of the less worse songs from a generally weak album
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