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Post by theprogfather on Jun 3, 2024 23:35:49 GMT
I played this today for the first time in ages and loved it, I could actually hear in my head what some of these songs would sound like if done by Quo.
I personally think it's a better album than Backbone, which to be honest, wouldn't be hard.
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Post by mortified on Jun 4, 2024 6:19:10 GMT
I really liked it at the time. In fact, the title track was played as Mrs Mortified (the then not Mrs Mortified ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) ) walked into our wedding. Do I prefer it to Backbone? Not sure. Not much in it. I think, having heard the single, Faded Memory, my hopes weren't high but it proved to be the weakest track on the album. Which I think I remember Francis saying at the time. He didn't pick the single and it wouldn't have been his choice. It's a song I think wouldn't have sounded out of place on We Talk Too Much. The solo tour was very good. Quo tracks never played by the band heard in a live setting was a real highlight.
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Post by ant on Jun 4, 2024 8:48:34 GMT
The solo tour was very good. Quo tracks never played by the band heard in a live setting was a real highlight. The solo tour, for me, was the best Quo related concert I'd been to in many years. Putting aside the FF Reunion tours (I can read other threads *gulp*) it's probably the one I enjoyed most this century!!! Rhino's were excellent too!
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Post by Victor on Jun 4, 2024 9:35:27 GMT
I like that album very much. It is much better to me then his album King of the Doghouse.
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Post by rockonquo on Jun 5, 2024 7:01:05 GMT
Always like this album, strike like lightning is a favorite. And the live gig is great.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jun 7, 2024 10:27:11 GMT
Not for me. I like rollin down the road
If Robbie Williams covered the title track it would be a big hit
I do have the DVD of the gig and its good
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Post by railroad007 on Jun 7, 2024 17:05:44 GMT
I really liked it at the time. In fact, the title track was played as Mrs Mortified (the then not Mrs Mortified ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) ) walked into our wedding. Do I prefer it to Backbone? Not sure. Not much in it. I think, having heard the single, Faded Memory, my hopes weren't high but it proved to be the weakest track on the album. Which I think I remember Francis saying at the time. He didn't pick the single and it wouldn't have been his choice. It's a song I think wouldn't have sounded out of place on We Talk Too Much. The solo tour was very good. Quo tracks never played by the band heard in a live setting was a real highlight. "Mrs Mortified (the then not Mrs Mortified ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) ) walked into our wedding." So, you were getting married and this woman walked in while One Step at a Time was playing and you ditched the original bird and married the passer by?
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Post by mortified on Jun 8, 2024 6:02:35 GMT
I really liked it at the time. In fact, the title track was played as Mrs Mortified (the then not Mrs Mortified ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) ) walked into our wedding. Do I prefer it to Backbone? Not sure. Not much in it. I think, having heard the single, Faded Memory, my hopes weren't high but it proved to be the weakest track on the album. Which I think I remember Francis saying at the time. He didn't pick the single and it wouldn't have been his choice. It's a song I think wouldn't have sounded out of place on We Talk Too Much. The solo tour was very good. Quo tracks never played by the band heard in a live setting was a real highlight. "Mrs Mortified (the then not Mrs Mortified ![::)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/eyesroll.png) ) walked into our wedding." So, you were getting married and this woman walked in while One Step at a Time was playing and you ditched the original bird and married the passer by? That's the one
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Post by gav on Jun 9, 2024 15:26:20 GMT
Not for me. I like rollin down the road Cracking track, sung with feeling, both the original Little Egypt version and Francis' too.
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Post by rocker1977 on Jun 25, 2024 17:41:25 GMT
A really good album. Only track i'm not keen on is Faded memory. One step at a time is a massively underrated song IMO.
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 27, 2024 21:27:40 GMT
Faded Memory is my favourite track from the album. Closely followed by One step at a time.
All sounding like a weak Quo album.
If you compare this to Quo's Perfect Remedy, this is actually another Quo album yet under the banner this time as a Rossi album.
Thats how I hear it musically.
To put it another way I played this album to my long suffering friend, and he simply said he didn't realise Quo had made another album, but then I had to break the news it's actually Francis Rossi's new solo album.
Quite strange really as you would think Francis would have took advantage and made a few more Marguerita Time and Address Book style songs.
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Post by charles on Jul 1, 2024 6:38:42 GMT
... To put it another way I played this album to my long suffering friend, and he simply said he didn't realise Quo had made another album, but then I had to break the news it's actually Francis Rossi's new solo album. Quite strange really as you would think Francis would have took advantage and made a few more Marguerita Time and Address Book style songs. How many times did you play that album to your friend? It seems a bit cruel.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 1, 2024 6:47:30 GMT
... To put it another way I played this album to my long suffering friend, and he simply said he didn't realise Quo had made another album, but then I had to break the news it's actually Francis Rossi's new solo album. Quite strange really as you would think Francis would have took advantage and made a few more Marguerita Time and Address Book style songs. How many times did you play that album to your friend? It seems a bit cruel. Not really cruel as he's a casual Quo fan anyway, hence why he thought it was a new Quo album. He's heard all the Quo songs that don't sound like Quo anyway so I guess it works both ways. I remember when I first played Modern romance and he loved it, actually prefered it to Marguerita Time.
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Post by mortified on Jul 1, 2024 8:04:54 GMT
How many times did you play that album to your friend? It seems a bit cruel. Not really cruel as he's a casual Quo fan anyway, hence why he thought it was a new Quo album. He's heard all the Quo songs that don't sound like Quo anyway so I guess it works both ways. I remember when I first played Modern romance and he loved it, actually prefered it to Marguerita Time. Not sure which one of you is actually the long suffering one
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 1, 2024 13:53:24 GMT
Not really cruel as he's a casual Quo fan anyway, hence why he thought it was a new Quo album. He's heard all the Quo songs that don't sound like Quo anyway so I guess it works both ways. I remember when I first played Modern romance and he loved it, actually prefered it to Marguerita Time. Not sure which one of you is actually the long suffering one Haha 🤣 problem is it's true, there are some Francis solo material that sounds more like a Quo track like Where are we now. Yet Quo songs that sound like they should have been Francis's solo stuff, I think 50% of the Perfect Remedy album sounds like Frames solo stuff.
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