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Post by roadhouse on Jun 23, 2024 18:22:00 GMT
Not judging the song Confidence particularly, but heard it on the online radio station Exclusively Status Quo today, and it kinda struck me this has single written all over it.
Was this seriously over looked as a hit single opportunity, like it or not it's catchy as hell.
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Post by theprogfather on Jun 23, 2024 20:07:05 GMT
I love it and feel it would've been a better choice than Restless, although I do like that as well.
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Post by allyp on Jun 23, 2024 23:09:16 GMT
I remember on the old message board the band’s personal favourite song lists, remember this being a favourite song of John’s I think ? It certainly was commercial enough to been released as a single however much people may not like it as a Quo song. I don’t think Rick plays on it as not much rhythm guitar or its very low in the mix???
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Post by tqontq on Jun 23, 2024 23:20:59 GMT
Would have been a great single if the buying public liked watered down MOR bland pop that was likely whipped up in 5 mins without any distinctive features in its melody (?) or song structure.
Alas, we can't even blame Mr. Rossi for this one.
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Post by mortified on Jun 24, 2024 6:21:55 GMT
It is, as they say, not for me On first listen to Thirsty Work, I remember thinking the opening two tracks weren't too bad. Passable. Then this kicked in and it was downhill from there pretty much with the odd, very odd, beacon of light to break the monotony of the AOR blandness of it all. I actually think it's a well crafted album, as is this track, but none of it evokes any emotion in me; nothing. I don't even hate it. It's just sort of there. Never a good thing with music. Confidence would have been as successful a single as two of the others that were released. In other words, lower reaches of top 40. At best. That word catchy gets thrown about a lot. I think it's supposed to be a compliment. Not sure about that
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Post by rocker1977 on Jun 24, 2024 9:28:06 GMT
Always liked this song. As you say, catchy as hell.
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Post by roquer on Jun 24, 2024 11:52:36 GMT
I remember an interview with Andy, and maybe it was around 2020. The question was something like if he was happy with the hit of Whatever you Want, and he said he was happy with the money he got from the song, but he's more fond of Confidence as a song. Remember reading the title twice thinking "Wasn't that song on Thirsty Work?"
I wonder how much input put Rick on the album. We know for sure he is in Queenie, but on the other songs...Wasn't he with psychologists over that time?
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Post by mortified on Jun 24, 2024 14:02:23 GMT
I remember an interview with Andy, and maybe it was around 2020. The question was something like if he was happy with the hit of Whatever you Want, and he said he was happy with the money he got from the song, but he's more fond of Confidence as a song. Remember reading the title twice thinking "Wasn't that song on Thirsty Work?" I wonder how much input put Rick on the album. We know for sure he is in Queenie, but on the other songs...Wasn't he with psychologists over that time? I think that's the main difference between how someone like Andy thinks and someone like me. He's a genuinely talented man - as are they all - but "songs" is the thing. And I get that. To me, the music comes first and always will. I don't know if that puts me in a minority or not. Probably. It can be the best, smartest song ever written but if the melody is nothing special, then it's all academic to this philistine. It might actually be why I like a lot of classical music. And tracks like A Year. A great song but with a melody and arrangement that's off the scale good Well, it's a theory anyway
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 24, 2024 14:26:38 GMT
I remember an interview with Andy, and maybe it was around 2020. The question was something like if he was happy with the hit of Whatever you Want, and he said he was happy with the money he got from the song, but he's more fond of Confidence as a song. Remember reading the title twice thinking "Wasn't that song on Thirsty Work?" I wonder how much input put Rick on the album. We know for sure he is in Queenie, but on the other songs...Wasn't he with psychologists over that time? I think that's the main difference between how someone like Andy thinks and someone like me. He's a genuinely talented man - as are they all - but "songs" is the thing. And I get that. To me, the music comes first and always will. I don't know if that puts me in a minority or not. Probably. It can be the best, smartest song ever written but if the melody is nothing special, then it's all academic to this philistine. It might actually be why I like a lot of classical music. And tracks like A Year. A great song but with a melody and arrangement that's off the scale good Well, it's a theory anyway I agree, and it would be mad if we all like the same things. The Quo army are definitely devided into 2 or 3 categories. There are the fans that are strict Frantic Four fans and haven't bought an album since Blue for you, or RAOTW. There's the fans that were born out of the Army comeback period, and even younger fans that started to like Quo in the 2000's. To be able to be that bias that you like everything can be quite rare. But there's something there from all the periods for all fans I'm sure 😎
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jun 29, 2024 23:36:39 GMT
I remember an interview with Andy, and maybe it was around 2020. The question was something like if he was happy with the hit of Whatever you Want, and he said he was happy with the money he got from the song, but he's more fond of Confidence as a song. Remember reading the title twice thinking "Wasn't that song on Thirsty Work?" I wonder how much input put Rick on the album. We know for sure he is in Queenie, but on the other songs...Wasn't he with psychologists over that time? I think that's the main difference between how someone like Andy thinks and someone like me. He's a genuinely talented man - as are they all - but "songs" is the thing. And I get that. To me, the music comes first and always will. I don't know if that puts me in a minority or not. Probably. It can be the best, smartest song ever written but if the melody is nothing special, then it's all academic to this philistine. It might actually be why I like a lot of classical music. And tracks like A Year. A great song but with a melody and arrangement that's off the scale good Well, it's a theory anyway It's the same with Francis we know one of his favorite Quo songs is All We Really Wanna Do. As he said "No-one else likes it, but im gone when I hear/play it".
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jun 29, 2024 23:41:21 GMT
I think that's the main difference between how someone like Andy thinks and someone like me. He's a genuinely talented man - as are they all - but "songs" is the thing. And I get that. To me, the music comes first and always will. I don't know if that puts me in a minority or not. Probably. It can be the best, smartest song ever written but if the melody is nothing special, then it's all academic to this philistine. It might actually be why I like a lot of classical music. And tracks like A Year. A great song but with a melody and arrangement that's off the scale good Well, it's a theory anyway I agree, and it would be mad if we all like the same things. The Quo army are definitely devided into 2 or 3 categories. There are the fans that are strict Frantic Four fans and haven't bought an album since Blue for you, or RAOTW. There's the fans that were born out of the Army comeback period, and even younger fans that started to like Quo in the 2000's. To be able to be that bias that you like everything can be quite rare. But there's something there from all the periods for all fans I'm sure 😎 I'm one of those, got into the band in 1985 when I was 7, I still love Army and Ain't Complaning. There are albums i'm less keen on like PR/TW and of course the Covers and Aquostic albums. However overall theres at least 4-5 tracks on every post 86 albums that I love.
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Post by roadhouse on Jun 29, 2024 23:55:40 GMT
I agree, and it would be mad if we all like the same things. The Quo army are definitely devided into 2 or 3 categories. There are the fans that are strict Frantic Four fans and haven't bought an album since Blue for you, or RAOTW. There's the fans that were born out of the Army comeback period, and even younger fans that started to like Quo in the 2000's. To be able to be that bias that you like everything can be quite rare. But there's something there from all the periods for all fans I'm sure 😎 I'm one of those, got into the band in 1985 when I was 7, I still love Army and Ain't Complaning. There are albums i'm less keen on like PR/TW and of course the Covers and Aquostic albums. However overall theres at least 4-5 tracks on every post 86 albums that I love. Yeah I think Quo are very diverse, something the media never admitted, they think all Quo songs sound the same. 3 chord wonders etc etc. I do truely think that there is something on all Quo albums for everyone's ears, whether you don't strictky like the band or not. Some would say they took it too far away from their rockin sound. But it's hard to maintain that on every single album.
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