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Post by ashakike on Jul 6, 2024 17:44:16 GMT
Years ago Andy said he wrote the whole WYW and Rick didn´t participated on the song but I remember an intw where Rick said they were working on the song but they were out of ideas, they went to their rooms but later at night Andy knocked on the door with a bottle of wine and said, I have it! Any info about that? ![;)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/wink.png)
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Post by cammythemortonfan on Jul 7, 2024 11:08:14 GMT
It’s mainly Andy’s song.
In an interview he said that he told his wife “i think i’ve done it!”
I’m guessing Rick maybe added a bit here and there. And probably the intro but in essence it’s Andy’s song.
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jul 7, 2024 11:46:04 GMT
Rick added the intro, correct, though I remember a certain Ms Parfitt claming it was a full collaboration and Andy didn't write all of it. Though I doubt that was correct.
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Post by roadhouse on Jul 7, 2024 15:30:16 GMT
It's definitely Andys song, but Rick came up with the intro. And it's a fabulous intro 🎸
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Post by roquer on Jul 7, 2024 15:33:03 GMT
In a interview from 2020 I think, Andy said Rick do nothing for the song, but according to another interview with Francis, he said to Rick the song sounds too much like to Oh What a Night and suggested to add an intro, so who knows.
I remember hearing for the first time Oh What a Night and think "That's Whatever You Want II", but thinking about the dates, Whatever You Want is really Oh What a Night II, also in the same key, with the same tuning (at least for one guitar), and also composed by the same two. So who composed Oh What a Night?
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Post by railroad007 on Jul 7, 2024 17:13:13 GMT
Rick added the intro, correct, though I remember a certain Ms Parfitt claming it was a full collaboration and Andy didn't write all of it. Though I doubt that was correct. Ms Parfitt? Rick was a tranny?
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Post by ashakike on Jul 7, 2024 17:24:46 GMT
In a radio interview, Andy mentioned that he also composed the intro, and he believes it was in the original demo he recorded....
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Post by The Lord Flasheart on Jul 7, 2024 17:40:03 GMT
Rick added the intro, correct, though I remember a certain Ms Parfitt claming it was a full collaboration and Andy didn't write all of it. Though I doubt that was correct. Ms Parfitt? Rick was a tranny? Talking about his 2nd missus.
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Post by mortified on Jul 8, 2024 7:36:41 GMT
Wasn't there some discussion/rumour that the intro for Whatever You Want morphed out of the original intro to Accident Prone? An intro that was never used, although may have been recorded. Could be an urban myth for all I know.
Could that put the intro at the door of Pip Williams somewhere along the line?
All academic really. Well, it is to me. There are retrospective discussions occasionally taking place these days about who wrote what with Francis insisting that Softer Ride is actually one of his and Bob's and it was just the way the whole royalty thing worked back then.
The thing is, when it's a band, everyone contributes. No one does it on their own.
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Post by gav on Jul 8, 2024 11:46:15 GMT
That's right, the thing with Softer Ride i recall is that Francis expanded on it a bit to say that even after disclosing the credits/royalties situation, Alan STILL claimed Softer Ride was his - have i got that right?
I mean, based on the fact Let's Ride and Hard Ride were his, maybe it was!
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Post by No Contract on Jul 8, 2024 11:51:46 GMT
Did I read somewhere once that Alan said he'd written Rain but "...let Rick have his name on it"?
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Post by gav on Jul 8, 2024 12:25:48 GMT
Did I read somewhere once that Alan said he'd written Rain but "...let Rick have his name on it"? I think so. Absolutely no disrespect to him whatsoever, but i do believe he had a big issue with ownership of the band and getting gradually edged out over the years in favour of the R&P duo. Sadly this culminated in the court case which, a little ironically, lost him a lot of money when he himself had uncovered possible financial misdemeanours.
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Post by dennis on Jul 8, 2024 13:09:03 GMT
Wasn't there some discussion/rumour that the intro for Whatever You Want morphed out of the original intro to Accident Prone? An intro that was never used, although may have been recorded. Could be an urban myth for all I know. Could that put the intro at the door of Pip Williams somewhere along the line? All academic really. Well, it is to me. There are retrospective discussions occasionally taking place these days about who wrote what with Francis insisting that Softer Ride is actually one of his and Bob's and it was just the way the whole royalty thing worked back then. The thing is, when it's a band, everyone contributes. No one does it on their own. life may have been simpler if they just credited all their songs to the whole band, + other contributors where applicable
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Post by col on Jul 8, 2024 14:17:26 GMT
If you want other examples:
Long Legged Linda - Written over five years before the Quo version was released, but had gained a RP credit in that time.
Mystery Song - I remember a radio interview where the band said it was very much a collaborative effort built around a RP guitar lick.
Gravy Train - Fully formed Rhino demo was doing the rounds long before ISOTFC and again had a RP credit added.
This Is Me - A song I believe was totally Rhino.
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Post by No Contract on Jul 8, 2024 16:06:18 GMT
If you want other examples: Long Legged Linda - Written over five years before the Quo version was released, but had gained a RP credit in that time. Mystery Song - I remember a radio interview where the band said it was very much a collaborative effort built around a RP guitar lick. Gravy Train - Fully formed Rhino demo was doing the rounds long before ISOTFC and again had a RP credit added. This Is Me - A song I believe was totally Rhino. I also think I read an interview with Jackie Lynton, who effectively said that he wrote Again & Again in about 10 minutes (Rick and Andy get credited on it too).
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