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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 16, 2016 7:33:06 GMT
This thread and the comment from gatesheadbanger got me thinking about the boogie rock of the 70's glam bands I don't know much about that genre, and other than a few slade albums it never infiltrated my music collection Can anyone tell me if any of these acts credited Quo with any influence on them? Certainly interesting that a spate of boogie rock outfits dominated the charts for a while shortly Quo became popular. Coincidence?
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Post by mortified on Aug 16, 2016 8:10:20 GMT
I often wondered about the whole glam thing. There was a lot of similarity around. The only act that I can remember specifically crediting Quo with any influence was Mud who said they’d used them as a template for Tiger Feet. I think Les Gray said that. The guitarist with Mud (the girlie looking one) is a smart cookie and went on to write and produce dozens of classic pop songs (Kylie’s Can’t Get You Out Of My Head probably being the most famous) so I could see him taking influences on board. There was even a glam act called Hello as I recall who had a couple of hits. Probably coincidence but still….! And the Bay City Rollers released a single called Money which was straight out of the shuffle handbook. Taking coincidences a bit further, Mud had a hit with a single called Rocket and Quo had to shelve the working title of an album ( Quo I think) because they had been toying with Rock It. This is all from memory though to be fair. I think Marc Bolan also has to take the greatest credit though. He was doing the whole boogie thing before Quo became famous. I was never a huge glam fan but there was some good stuff about. At least back then (young man) there was variety aplenty in the charts; from glam to Philly to reggae to outright rock. Or do I sound REALLY old?
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 16, 2016 8:44:44 GMT
Cheers mortified that's interesting about Mud (and I didn't know he wrote hits for other acts) That dance that was all over TV with Tiger Feet - I wonder if that's how and why Quo became lumbered with it? Did the public get that it was a Quo sound so assumed it was also a Quo dance?? Or, more likely, they got that it was a way to dance to that type of sound?
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Post by dennis on Aug 16, 2016 9:34:15 GMT
The thing I recall from the early '70s is that a lot of pop music had a bit of oomph to it, even though many of the artists were a step or two, or more, away from Rock music.
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Post by mortified on Aug 16, 2016 9:45:14 GMT
Cheers mortified that's interesting about Mud (and I didn't know he wrote hits for other acts) That dance that was all over TV with Tiger Feet - I wonder if that's how and why Quo became lumbered with it? Did the public get that it was a Quo sound so assumed it was also a Quo dance?? Or, more likely, they got that it was a way to dance to that type of sound? I’m not sure how or when Quo got lumbered with that ‘dance’. It certainly wasn’t during the 70’s when Tiger Feet was a hit. I could certainly apportion some of the ‘blame’ on the Anniversary Waltz video where a “young” lady is seen doing the Tiger Feet movements in front of a jukebox. I remember that pi$$ed me off a bit (I know; bit sad) because I thought, hang on, that’s not a Quo thing. Then I started to see it at gigs so that was that. Permanently tainted. I chose to ignore it from then on and saw it as an old person’s dad/mum dance. I just think it’s a memory thing. People got older, couldn’t remember what they were specifically doing to whose music a decade or two before and just did that. Annoying, innit?
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Post by paradiseflats on Aug 16, 2016 10:01:30 GMT
Cheers mortified that's interesting about Mud (and I didn't know he wrote hits for other acts) That dance that was all over TV with Tiger Feet - I wonder if that's how and why Quo became lumbered with it? Did the public get that it was a Quo sound so assumed it was also a Quo dance?? Or, more likely, they got that it was a way to dance to that type of sound? I’m not sure how or when Quo got lumbered with that ‘dance’. It certainly wasn’t during the 70’s when Tiger Feet was a hit. I could certainly apportion some of the ‘blame’ on the Anniversary Waltz video where a “young” lady is seen doing the Tiger Feet movements in front of a jukebox. I remember that pi$$ed me off a bit (I know; bit sad) because I thought, hang on, that’s not a Quo thing. Then I started to see it at gigs so that was that. Permanently tainted. I chose to ignore it from then on and saw it as an old person’s dad/mum dance. I just think it’s a memory thing. People got older, couldn’t remember what they were specifically doing to whose music a decade or two before and just did that. Annoying, innit? I remember being on holiday in '83 in Exmouth. At a disco talking to a lass, I mentioned the mighty Quo and her and her mates did the 'Status Quo dance' to my horror. No head banging then I thought... Dances like that were the slow movement towards Quo as light entertainment and away from being a rock band. Bet in the 70s there were no twirly fingers or chicken dances.
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Post by quopol on Aug 16, 2016 10:23:35 GMT
Mud - Careless Love
Showaddywaddy - Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
Showaddywaddy - Mona Lisa
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 16, 2016 16:41:00 GMT
I remember staying in a posh hotel one night in the late 80's The hotel disco played RAOTW and that dance was done by several people of a certain vintage I nearly died of embarrassment.
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Post by vivfromcov on Aug 16, 2016 17:19:32 GMT
Are you talking about the awful shoulder dance thing or the feet stepping ala The Shadows? I don't think I've seen any Quo fans doing that....?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 16, 2016 17:37:05 GMT
Suzi Quatro, with her own girly form of glam boogie back in the early to mid 70's has stated an appreciation of Quo. She also joked on a programme when she was looking back on her own music career of the wonders of the three chord trick with a (well intended) bit of banter about Quo
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Post by MrWaistcoat on Aug 16, 2016 18:26:42 GMT
Are you talking about the awful shoulder dance thing or the feet stepping ala The Shadows? I don't think I've seen any Quo fans doing that....? This clip is awesome - two drunken ladies attempting to do it, but too pi**ed to manage Save
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Post by vivfromcov on Aug 16, 2016 19:28:40 GMT
Oh dear..... I can't bear that shoulder dance. I'm really surprised to hear that Mud may have been influenced by Quo with Tiger Feet, I can't see any similarity at all.
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Post by vivfromcov on Aug 16, 2016 20:59:38 GMT
Gates, I think you're right about some glam bands being more retro and Quo more progressive. Mud definitely were. I loved tiger feet as a fun, pop single but to me, Mud did not have the serious credibility of a band trying to develop their own style and sound. Yes Quo were also using old blues and boogie themes and also rock and roll and country, but they did something to make it their own to make the Quo sound.
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Post by dennis on Aug 17, 2016 8:38:39 GMT
re: The Dance - I certainly recall this being done to Quo mid 70's. Not, I hasten to add, in the poncey & half-hearted manner demonstrated in the Mud clips, but by lines of men, for the most part, performing the dance most aggressively. Heads went down low, rugby scrum style, elbows & fists would knock you for six if you were slightly out & for those who could accomplish all this while retaining their balance there would be an accompanying foot stomp - often resulting in the DJs needle jumping. It was, as far as I know, a dance rooted in the rock & roll of the '50s & not for the faint hearted - if performed properly!
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Post by wolfman on Aug 17, 2016 8:42:07 GMT
I didn't dance.......I boogied....
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