Stones in Cuba...

Mar 29, 2016 12:23:08 GMT @catlady said:

Mar 27, 2016 18:02:15 GMT @jeff said:

I agree Billy, it seems people´s cynicism and desire to whine is over-the-top sometimes.

P.S. I´ll say it again: thank you Status Quo for 50 years of your toil, 50 years of creating music and 50 years of having made all our lives that much better.

Jeff

I doubt there are many who would disagree with your last sentence. However, even as fans there remains the right to criticise where appropriate. There is truth in the fact that the continuous dumbing down promotional image that the management seemingly want to keep encouraging, is the type of thing that makes a difference between the likes of Quo and The Stones.

Worth saying here that I find The Stones over hyped personally. However, there is no doubting they have made all the right moves through their career to stay established as a global major act, wheras increasingly Quo have wanted to resort to lower denominator 'good for a laugh' capers as a way of gaining endearment in the public eye. Not surprisingly this persistent dumbing down doesn't gain high status respect - although it may be entertaining for some.

As much as some are perceived as whining and being cynical at any opportunity, there is on the other hand a percentage who act offended at any given opportunity for any criticism. These tend mainly to be fans of CQ (and bear in mind I enjoy their music also) who seem to believe they are immune from critique and can do no wrong.

Support them by all means, but that doesn't mean slavish loyalty at any cost.   I wonder how many are going to this final tour out of a feeling of 'loyalty'? The whole concept of that seems absurd to me. If it isn't value for money, don't go. Simple really

I have seen it on both sides. There are both CQ and FF fans who act offended at times and who can't take any critisism on what they personally love/like. I think it's a bit unrealistic to think that any band at all is above critisism. As soon as you put a band out there, you're also prone to receive critisism and it won't Always be friendly critisism either. If you can't take that, then you can wonder if one should even start a band at all. Çouldn't agree more with your last sentence ! I am not gonna spend my money on something I don't like.  And that doesn't mean for a second that you can't be a loyal fan. Of course i'm loyal... as long as I like the music. If i don't like it then I am not gonna say I like it because of a false sort of loyalty. If i see management and such do the things they have been doing, you bet I will take my right to critisize it if I want to. If that makes me a "non-loyal" Quofan, so be it, I couldn't give a hoot.

Being offended over a rock band is a rather bizarre proposition really. And I would also find it hard to be offended about any era of Quo as I find things to enjoy and appreciate in all the era's (apart from the issue over the promotion of CQ ) even if my most preferred era is from late 60's to mid 80's and the End of the Road tour.

Yes, that's right - the late 60's. That preliminary period I find fascinating and quite exciting - it tells so much about how the young band developed their music career and irrespective of whether they liked it or not, I love the music they produced in that fiskadelic period in its own right.

The radical change period from 69 through to 71/72 is the most fascinating and absorbing of all for me, even if the rock boogie music and gigs heading through the peak of the 70's is the real deal. I think that Quo were such a cool band back in that metamorphosis period - and they took full advantage of this heading through the 70's. I really appreciate the rebel in them, it was just such the right thing to do at that time.

Maybe they should have toured Cuba?

I'm quite surprised that more fans don't appear quite as enthusiastic about those early days of change. Even if not to like the POMM and Spare Parts albums themselves, to still vibe out on the progressiveness of change Its precisely because of this, and the experiences they had, that the classic boogie era was made the big success it was.

If I had been old enough I could easily have been an eclectic mix of a tye dye hippy with flowers in her hair who also grew to drink rum and blacks whilst her arm was through that of her own trenchcoat and pint holding guy  - both nodding our heads in tandem to the boogie shuffle beat letsrock

Once again, maybe in Cuba these things still might be possible to this day?

If there cannot be an FF final gig, then someone please put out a long documentary special that covers the history of all this - with lots of clips and footage from those early days leading on to the main event.