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Post by Railroad17 on Sept 14, 2016 16:06:43 GMT
Could there be a Quo without Rick? I really don’t know.
Silly fcuking question.That is the final nail for Status Quo.I always reckon Parfitt was more in tune with fans and he had the feel of what was going on in 2013.I think that the brand hoped that 13/14 would bring the curtain down on the real Status Quo...it made it worse for the brand and it seems that the owner is doing all he can to rid himself of the the Troublesome Three.
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Post by per on Sept 16, 2016 15:25:45 GMT
In which number of Classic Rock do I find the interview? The latest number in my store here in Sweden has ZZ Top on the cover, is it the right one?
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Post by curiousgirl on Sept 16, 2016 15:29:13 GMT
In which number of Classic Rock do I find the interview? The latest number in my store here in Sweden has ZZ Top on the cover, is it the right one? Not 100% sure Per but link from teamrock has date of 31 Aug 2016.
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Post by paradiseflats on Sept 16, 2016 15:31:45 GMT
In which number of Classic Rock do I find the interview? The latest number in my store here in Sweden has ZZ Top on the cover, is it the right one? It's the new issue with Three 'grunge' musicians on the cover. I subscribe so get it a week earlier so will be out soon.
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Post by per on Sept 16, 2016 19:41:35 GMT
In which number of Classic Rock do I find the interview? The latest number in my store here in Sweden has ZZ Top on the cover, is it the right one? It's the new issue with Three 'grunge' musicians on the cover. I subscribe so get it a week earlier so will be out soon. Many thanks for the info Paradise Flats! I'll keep my eyes open for that one! (Probably available in Sweden too soon)
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Post by whoami on Sept 17, 2016 6:04:06 GMT
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Post by gav on Sept 17, 2016 20:16:00 GMT
Alright Frame dear boy, but to put that into perspective, HOW MUCH ACTUAL COCAINE is that? ? Edit: it must have been an absolute nightmare being in Quo for him if he needed that much to get through it.
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Sept 17, 2016 23:20:02 GMT
It's the new issue with Three 'grunge' musicians on the cover. I subscribe so get it a week earlier so will be out soon. Many thanks for the info Paradise Flats! I'll keep my eyes open for that one! (Probably available in Sweden too soon) It just hit our Tesco yesterday.
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Post by per on Sept 23, 2016 18:44:23 GMT
Many thanks for the info Paradise Flats! I'll keep my eyes open for that one! (Probably available in Sweden too soon) It just hit our Tesco yesterday. I found it in the shop (Pressbyrån) today here in Falkenberg, Sweden!
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Post by frozenhero on Sept 28, 2016 13:14:56 GMT
It's almost like he is rebelling against the "macho" rock world...and being antagonistic. And it's not about insecurity...it's about control. His certainty that he is right is surely the polar opposite of being insecure. He's always been like that. Saying he likes ABBA, or Shania Twain or whoever. I don't believe in astrology but this is definitely only one side of him, and I think he's well aware of that. He could even be cultivating a stance just to be more controversial, which doesn't really reflect how he really feels. We can't know for certain.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 28, 2016 13:40:01 GMT
Methinks the gentleman (Francis) doth protest far too much.
The FF reunions put this 'macho rock' thing into context. There was nothing macho about four old friends getting together in their dotage and playing their unique brand of rock the original way, courtesy of those original authors.
Nothwithstanding any of that, if Quo had truly been a macho band then I would never have become a fan in the first place.
There was a time, not really so long back in the grand scheme of things, I would have simpered sotto voce in his defence of him being a misunderstood little boy (translate: capable of doing no wrong ) But now the error of my own absurdly over coquettish and rose tinted judgement just wishes that Francis could see that it was the sum of all the parts - his splash of soft melody combining with gritty engine of the other three that made the FF the thing of beauty that it was. It was rugged yes (which is a very very good thing!) but it was never macho...
Arguably one of the most macho aspects of the FF was Francis boisterous stage act and swearing, simply for the sake of swearing and larging it up. Tbh, it did come across as a bit fake and contrived at some gigs even back in the days of the great. He alludes to the expletives and his over buffered up acting in the interview. Maybe he should not confuse his onstage insecurities about revealing the inner (softer) man with being macho in the true sense of the word.
Various things conspired to de-rail Quo through the early 80's - but he didn't need to over egg his onstage persona during the peak FF days. He could still have simply been himself and rocked out with the others without having to act "jack the lad".
He was able to speak to Caroline Coon about the condition of his hair in 1976 (lucky girl) while at the same time speak about the merits of Blue For You. He got it just right then - that was something to simper just a little over at the time
Why the need to change a perfect recipe?
Instead, unfortunately he increasingly started getting it wrong after that and made way too many excuses to try to cover up an insecurity about being forced to be too macho by playing rufty tufty loud rock music. Except he didn't realise Quo was never macho in the first place. He shouldn't be pointing the finger at his three former band-mates in this respect - he should be separating his phantom insecurities from the realities instead.
If he can't be truthful to himself - then he can't be truthful to his fans. Unless one wants to keep on simpering and hang on and defend every word he says
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Post by wishing4oldquo on Sept 28, 2016 20:30:57 GMT
Catlady, I think you are spot on and I find your post strangely therapeutic. ....so thanks for the help I know I have said previously that he can't be taken too seriously, not only an age thing as he has such a track record of contradicting himself and/or putting down previous work: I remember him slagging off Piledriver at the time of RAOTW and then criticising the latter in the build up to "As it Happens".....(which never did and became "Whatever you Want). And as we all know, the Quo story is (or was) about how DoTH and Piledriver was what they really wanted to do (the authentic band) rather than the whole fake pop thing. BUT, yeah, in truth that interview does get through to me, because it makes lifelong fans question what the bloody hell has ever been authentic for FR (answer: everything/nothing, depending on which day it is?).
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Post by unspokenwords on Oct 3, 2016 9:13:20 GMT
Was thinking about this interview after visiting the lighter side 'cup n cafe' site for a bit of light entertainment and to read the blind faith support of Francis, ritual and quick dumping of Rick as their hero and acceptance of any new replacement as part of the magical 'it is still Quo' after all band they now seem to like (don't know which version of 'Quo' this can be numbered).
Rossi the prime charlatan will no doubt at some stage say that the people who followed CQ (and up in the balconies 'w**king') and his mediocre music, Bula, aquostic etc., were morons. This he will say was just a phase he was going through and forced to go through to prostitute himself to survive. He did not however believe in it but was now following his true musical heart (in some other new direction).
No doubt however they will all still blindly follow the messiah.
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Post by Victor on Oct 3, 2016 9:36:50 GMT
Methinks the gentleman (Francis) doth protest far too much.
The FF reunions put this 'macho rock' thing into context. There was nothing macho about four old friends getting together in their dotage and playing their unique brand of rock the original way, courtesy of those original authors.
Nothwithstanding any of that, if Quo had truly been a macho band then I would never have become a fan in the first place.
There was a time, not really so long back in the grand scheme of things, I would have simpered sotto voce in his defence of him being a misunderstood little boy (translate: capable of doing no wrong ) But now the error of my own absurdly over coquettish and rose tinted judgement just wishes that Francis could see that it was the sum of all the parts - his splash of soft melody combining with gritty engine of the other three that made the FF the thing of beauty that it was. It was rugged yes (which is a very very good thing!) but it was never macho...
Arguably one of the most macho aspects of the FF was Francis boisterous stage act and swearing, simply for the sake of swearing and larging it up. Tbh, it did come across as a bit fake and contrived at some gigs even back in the days of the great. He alludes to the expletives and his over buffered up acting in the interview. Maybe he should not confuse his onstage insecurities about revealing the inner (softer) man with being macho in the true sense of the word.
Various things conspired to de-rail Quo through the early 80's - but he didn't need to over egg his onstage persona during the peak FF days. He could still have simply been himself and rocked out with the others without having to act "jack the lad".
He was able to speak to Caroline Coon about the condition of his hair in 1976 (lucky girl) while at the same time speak about the merits of Blue For You. He got it just right then - that was something to simper just a little over at the time
Why the need to change a perfect recipe?
Instead, unfortunately he increasingly started getting it wrong after that and made way too many excuses to try to cover up an insecurity about being forced to be too macho by playing rufty tufty loud rock music. Except he didn't realise Quo was never macho in the first place. He shouldn't be pointing the finger at his three former band-mates in this respect - he should be separating his phantom insecurities from the realities instead.
If he can't be truthful to himself - then he can't be truthful to his fans. Unless one wants to keep on simpering and hang on and defend every word he says
I hung on for a very long time...until the pretty picture got shattered into a thousand pieces...something I had to get used to...
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Post by curiousgirl on Oct 3, 2016 9:40:41 GMT
First up, I don't enjoy or like Francis' view of Quo and the direction it took in later years. But... I do think that now he is being truthful to himself. Sadly, its produced music that many of us no longer enjoy. Where I see him as being in denial is over the magic of the music in the FF years.
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