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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jul 2, 2024 10:02:53 GMT
Plus some interesting comments
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quodec
Veteran Rocker Rollin'
Twelve bar blues is now alright.
Posts: 1,271
Favourite Quo Album: Blue For You
Favourite other bands.: early AC/DC, Angel City, Blackfoot, Rose Tattoo, Slade
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Post by quodec on Jul 2, 2024 17:00:22 GMT
Interesting, but he dosn't reference half of Quo's songs - the shuffles!
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Post by railroad007 on Jul 3, 2024 9:57:39 GMT
In "The Illustrated "New Musical Express" Encyclopaedia of Rock" Quo's entry started off with "Either the worst band in the world or the true progenitors of Punk Rock"
"progenitors
a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent."
Quo's all over every punk band.
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Jul 3, 2024 20:02:15 GMT
In "The Illustrated "New Musical Express" Encyclopaedia of Rock" Quo's entry started off with "Either the worst band in the world or the true progenitors of Punk Rock" "progenitors a person or thing from which a person, animal, or plant is descended or originates; an ancestor or parent." Quo's all over every punk band. I think all the punk bands and management wanted to be seen as new and exciting. Nobody wanted to be associated with anything that came before. Because of Quo's public image, the general public would be confused or bemused by any Quo connection to punk. I think they'd have also been confused by it at any point in the 70's . Punk wasn't really catchy hit singles...
We know that the Ramones flew over to see Quo in 76. Johnny Rotten later admitted the influence. So many punk bands, but I've never heard any other of them reference Quo. I was surprised that Paul Weller did. In the context of the whole mods v rockers thing, when I was at school i HATED the Jam and the Who with passion. I can no longer explain why, but it made sense at the time 
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Post by mycaroline on Jul 7, 2024 18:45:38 GMT
Quo just gained a more light entertainment image that hid much of their more powerful, more inventive stuff.
It's all about image.
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