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Post by roadhouse on Jul 1, 2024 18:17:22 GMT
Was this the moment everything changed?
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jul 1, 2024 20:56:57 GMT
Was this the moment everything changed? No I would Say In My Chair or even Dustpipe
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Post by dennis on Jul 1, 2024 21:03:46 GMT
it was quite a while before they released another single as poor as that one
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Post by mortified on Jul 1, 2024 21:24:50 GMT
Everything changed with Down The Dustpipe. That was THE moment. That one single is what Quo had become. And have largely remained ever since.
They went all Beatles at this stage. Or PYE did. 3 singles not included on any album other than compilations later. In the UK at any rate. I appreciate In My Chair pitched up on the US Ma Kelly.
Dustpipe, In My Chair and Tune to the Music. Before Paper Plane finally blew the doors off.
I like Tune to the Music. Always have.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 1, 2024 21:36:04 GMT
Everything changed with Down The Dustpipe. That was THE moment. That one single is what Quo had become. And have largely remained ever since. They went all Beatles at this stage. Or PYE did. 3 singles not included on any album other than compilations later. In the UK at any rate. I appreciate In My Chair pitched up on the US Ma Kelly.
Dustpipe, In My Chair and Tune to the Music. Before Paper Plane finally blew the doors off. I like Tune to the Music. Always have. I was thinking In my chair, and Down the dustpipe, but just played Tune to the music and it seemed to be leaning towards a finely oiled, and tuned Quo, no pun intended 😊
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Post by steveb on Jul 1, 2024 21:37:58 GMT
yes dustpipe was the turning point
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jul 1, 2024 21:56:34 GMT
Everything changed with Down The Dustpipe. That was THE moment. That one single is what Quo had become. And have largely remained ever since. They went all Beatles at this stage. Or PYE did. 3 singles not included on any album other than compilations later. In the UK at any rate. I appreciate In My Chair pitched up on the US Ma Kelly.
Dustpipe, In My Chair and Tune to the Music. Before Paper Plane finally blew the doors off. I like Tune to the Music. Always have. I was thinking In my chair, and Down the dustpipe, but just played Tune to the music and it seemed to be leaning towards a finely oiled, and tuned Quo, no pun intended 😊 Mean Girl on Dog was probably the other song that was leaning towards Paper Plane etc recorded the same year as Tune To The Music.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 1, 2024 22:49:27 GMT
I was thinking In my chair, and Down the dustpipe, but just played Tune to the music and it seemed to be leaning towards a finely oiled, and tuned Quo, no pun intended 😊 Mean Girl on Dog was probably the other song that was leaning towards Paper Plane etc recorded the same year as Tune To The Music. True, I just get that moment when you watch Tune to the music, it was that light bulb moment the band had and said hey this is it, let's rock!
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Post by theprogfather on Jul 1, 2024 23:47:38 GMT
In My Chair was the turning point in my opinion.
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Post by col on Jul 2, 2024 15:55:04 GMT
As in most things, there was an evolution to the revolution.
All those later non-album singles from the Pye years show the trajectory.
From Price Of Love, through Down The Dustpipe, In My Chair, and then Tune To The Music, it's obvious (in retrospect) where they were heading.
Price Of Love was a major shift of sound, Dustpipe being a hit probably bought some time by not being dropped by Pye and also being able to charge more for the gigs, In My Chair gave them the confidence that they could do it themselves (first hit they wrote since POMM).
Tune To The Music is the great lost hit single. Brilliant song.
And with Dog Of Two Head, they never got any better, for me anyway.
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Post by curiousgirl on Jul 2, 2024 16:22:12 GMT
No idea cos I came to Quo with Down Down.
But looking at their singles chart positions, Caroline no 5 in 73, Break the Rules no 8, 74 and Down Down no 1, 74. So in terms of a the whole scene, I'd say Caroline was their breakthrough track.
I can see the progression that you're all talking about from Down the Dustpipe onwards. But for me, listening backwards, it was still part of them working things out.
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Post by Victor on Jul 2, 2024 16:28:55 GMT
Yep, Down the Dustpipe was indeed the turning point.
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Post by dennis on Jul 2, 2024 17:17:14 GMT
No idea cos I came to Quo with Down Down. But looking at their singles chart positions, Caroline no 5 in 73, Break the Rules no 8, 74 and Down Down no 1, 74. So in terms of a the whole scene, I'd say Caroline was their breakthrough track. I can see the progression that you're all talking about from Down the Dustpipe onwards. But for me, listening backwards, it was still part of them working things out. I see your point, but following that line of thought then surely Paper Plane no. 8 in 1972 after not hitting the singles chart since 1970, & not breaching the top ten since '68, is the bigger breakthrough than Caroline. ![](https://uk.rarevinyl.com/cdn/shop/products/status-quo-paper-plane-wide-uk-7-inch-vinyl-single-6059071-5555_1000x982.jpg?v=1699374982)
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Post by 4th Chord on Jul 2, 2024 17:20:05 GMT
I tell you what changed everything. Bastartin' Marguerita Time!
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Post by curiousgirl on Jul 2, 2024 18:36:42 GMT
That's fair dennis. In terms of the charts. I went for Caroline onwards because it's stayed in the set for eternity. And its how I think of Quo's sound. I don't remember those early tracks when I saw them live in late 70s/early 80s. Maybe they were there. But I do remember them well from seeing JCQ gigs.
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