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Post by derryquo on Jul 6, 2016 20:40:58 GMT
Those on here who accept what rossi and porter have done are responsible for the decline of this band...you accepted the crap they dished out and that allowed for them to get off with more and more...
My guess is that Rick has gone..They are gonna carry on without him.
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Post by accidentprone on Jul 6, 2016 21:08:37 GMT
Agree 100% with your first bit (a bit more resilience and resistance to CQ post FF reunions would have forced Rossi and Porter's hand).......but hope your guess is wrong. Would be an absolute joke if it does happen. And if it does happen my guess is that the same people will probably still turn up to see the (cheap and tacky) brand (as oppose to band) Status Quo.
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Post by curiousgirl on Jul 7, 2016 9:42:42 GMT
Sorry DQ - I do accept and understand that what Francis and the manager are doing is keeping the tour going until they know if Rick is well enough to rejoin or not. But how that makes me responsible for the decline of Quo I don't know. I haven't been to see this incarnation ever.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2016 9:45:10 GMT
The posts in response to this will range from "Who cares? It's nearly over now." to "They're enjoying themselves. That's all that matters." to "It's none of your business!"
Clearly, some people live in their own wee world that they don't care what anyone else thinks. As long as they're getting their usual dose of high-jinks from Quo (instead of proper medicine and full-time care), they're content.
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Post by markquo on Jul 7, 2016 10:28:01 GMT
Well I'm thinking of going to Rochester next week purely coz I want to Steve Harley as never seen him and will most likely leave once they play ITAN as I have done for most of the time I've seen this version of Quo Cheers
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Post by americanquo on Jul 7, 2016 13:53:15 GMT
I have never seen Quo live in any version. Having said that, if I had the chance to see this incarnation, I would not go out of my way to do so. If they were playing locally and I got a cheap ticket, maybe, but this isn't SQ, this is the Rossi Band. It really wasn't Quo with Rick, but Quo 4 ain't Quo.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 7, 2016 18:28:59 GMT
Those on here who accept what rossi and porter have done are responsible for the decline of this band...you accepted the crap they dished out and that allowed for them to get off with more and more... My guess is that Rick has gone..They are gonna carry on without him. Hi All, DQ, Your first bit about the involvement of Mr Porter and Mr Rossi is quite a significant part of the problem no doubt but the only people who are anyway at fault are the band themselves nobody else simple. We as fans can either buy their output,attend their gigs buy their memorabilia or not, nobody forces the fans or whoever to do that it's a choice we the fan make.
The band including the man with the Popeye right arm that we all love have simply followed their path they trod, for all we know if they had followed the FF route can anybody say 100% that they would be any more popular or successful ? Yes the FF is what I like but that line finished, with the new line ups that have followed since you either like or not simple.
They are a product of their own music not the fans no matter what we think and Mr Rossi has already stated the fans do not have any influence on what they produce. So it's not to greater leap to assume the same thing can be said of the route they chose to walk with their new line-up after Alan had gone it's as simple as that.
As fans we either Bought their music/Went to their gigs/Followed them as a choice since Quo's return and lets face it thank god they carried on else the forum may well not exist at all where we can discuss all the pro's and con's of Quo's career......
As far as 'Rick' goes he is just taking it easy I am sure, if as you fear he is being ousted it would come at a heavy price to 'Francis' as 'Freddie' may be a good fill-in but he is clearly no 'Rick' as both their style of playing is distinctive to be politically correct. After all if he is ousted then it leads to the TT (Terrific/Tremendous Three) starting with Alan and John and I would say they would definitely be the nearest to the old Quo we all liked.....
Geoff.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2016 14:43:41 GMT
Those on here who accept what rossi and porter have done are responsible for the decline of this band...you accepted the crap they dished out and that allowed for them to get off with more and more... My guess is that Rick has gone..They are gonna carry on without him.
They are a product of their own music not the fans no matter what we think and Mr Rossi has already stated the fans do not have any influence on what they produce.
This is a key statement from your post and defines the difference between the FF heyday and the modern day. The success of the FF that took off in the very early 70's was very much down to the two way solid relationship between band and fans.
Colin Johnsons management arrival in 72 cemented that two way relationship by capturing its essence from the live shows that inspired the arrival of the Piledriver album and framed brilliantly the marketing image of the band
The band back then never under estimated the role that the fans played in the totally unique atmosphere of a full on Quo gig - and it inspired them to stratospheric inspirational levels of energy and spontaneity. The rest is history,as they say,and they went from one strength to another through the early and mid 70's.
Essentially, these modern days are in sharp contrast to what made them initially successful. They are indeed nowadays a reproduction unit of their own early product, regardless of the fans, and its true that Francis no longer either appreciates that old relationship with the fans, or his senses have become so blunted by decades of rock n' roll turned showbiz, to remember the roots and what it was like and why it was so fundamental to their initial successes.
His bemused reaction to the intense reception the fans gave the FF at the reunions is very good evidence of this. The CQ promotion has become geared towards capitalising on those old successes. In many respects its as if their own product post 86 has simply been relegated to a second strand of extra revenue beyond playing the old hits of the original band that is now the central image of the band that CQ modern day management see as the priority.
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Post by townsvillequo on Aug 3, 2016 23:03:08 GMT
Francis should have listened to AL back in 1985. Should never have recorded ITAN album. That album took things from bad to worse and the band has never recovered.
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Post by stusqo on Aug 3, 2016 23:11:04 GMT
Francis should have listened to AL back in 1985. Should never have recorded ITAN album. That album took things from bad to worse and the band has never recovered. I take full responsibility for Quo's decline as you see it. Anything to keep you miserable bastards happy... You are not happy unless you are not happy.. Fuck, I sound as confused as curious girl. Rockon Wilquo
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Post by stusqo on Aug 3, 2016 23:14:30 GMT
Apologies curious girl. Not as confused as you, it's Catlady. Rockon Wilquo
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Post by dennis on Aug 4, 2016 0:11:50 GMT
curious girl is catlady? confused.com!
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Post by 111 on Aug 4, 2016 2:13:40 GMT
Doesn't bother me either way, personally. I'll never see them live again, anyway (and haven't for quite a few years). Still have all the records to wank over if I feel the need. Seems the same old neurotics on here are still hell bent on riding the Quo bus over the cliff, tho
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Post by stusqo on Aug 4, 2016 4:16:20 GMT
curious girl is catlady? confused.com! Hilarious. Now I am confused, dazed and confused... oops off topic, Led Zep. Rockon Wilquo
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Post by Victor on Aug 4, 2016 6:32:37 GMT
Francis should have listened to AL back in 1985. Should never have recorded ITAN album. That album took things from bad to worse and the band has never recovered. I take full responsibility for Quo's decline as you see it. Anything to keep you miserable bastards happy... You are not happy unless you are not happy.. Fuck, I sound as confused as curious girl. Rockon Wilquo So cos someone doesn't comply with your opinion of how Quo is nowadays, they are miserable bastards ? Just cut out the namecalling and keep the convo civil please, thank you.
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