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Post by roadhouse on Oct 21, 2024 22:33:55 GMT
I can only echo MrWaistcoat with the sentiments that my dislike of it at the time has waned. I heard it on the album first before the shock multiplied when it was released as a single. I mean, my mates would hear it! There was no escape. But it was a huge hit; certainly the biggest from the album. So who can argue with that? We rock fans can be such musical snobs. And I'm as bad as anyone, although not as downright dismissive as I used to be about anything I don't like. With one or two exceptions I don't remember being so opinionated about the grotesque misogyny in the lyrics of most rock/metal songs during the 70's and 80's. No, I was put out by the fact that Quo would record some sickly sweet country number. How dare they? It's still not my sort of thing. Or, put another way, not my sort of country. I now firmly believe there were worse tracks on Back To Back! I've obviously grown up. Took me long enough I think by B2B Quo automatically thought they had a totally different fan base. I mean who actually adored Win or lose? Real fans must have been thinking have we come from Slow Train to Win or lose in less than a decade?
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Post by dustpipe on Oct 22, 2024 20:47:42 GMT
In my opinion it was never a Quo track and, for me, it didn't sit well live when I heard it in the Roadhouse medley. However, I listened to it recently on the live at St Lukes album and I thought that Francis did a really good job when he sang it in full, properly, with his own band. A classic example of a nice little song put out in the wrong environment
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