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Post by granny on Dec 9, 2015 12:54:55 GMT
You remind me of a young me..... As for the review..sounded like a dreadful dull empty concert... They could have used the rest of the floor to finish their tig...seriously.. We carry less baggage and are less cynical when we're young. Remember how you felt at his age seeing your heroes, I'm sure he felt the same. Well I'm very old and pretty cynical as a rule but Saturday night at the Barclaycard Arena whipped up my enthusiasm. .................. From thebirminghampress.com Even for the most loyal Quo fans, the last few years have been a bit of a rollercoaster ride. From the excitement and smaller venues of the 2013 and 2014 Frantic Four reunion tours; which saw the original members reunited to perform classic 1970’s tracks, to the release in October 2014 of classic reworked Quo songs on Aquostic – Stripped Bare; whilst not to every fans taste, certainly their most successful release in many years. However, from the moment Status Quo opened the concert with the usual crowd pleaser, Caroline, it was clear that jaded was the very last thing they were. As the band thundered through classic Quo hit after hit, it was clear they were having the time of their lives, with Rossi on top form and Parfitt’s vocals sounding better than they have in a long time. Quo have never been ones to mess around with the set list too much, but there were a few subtle changes since they were in Birmingham last year, we lost Hold You Back and Oh Baby, but gained The Wanderer. Burning Bridges came into the main show, with Paper Plane opening the encore for a change. This tour may have been the ideal opportunity to drop The Oriental and Creeping up on You, both from the 2002 Heavy Traffic album, especially as it’s a Greatest Hits album, but for some reason they didn’t, and the crowd seemed to appreciate them. Gerdundula has been a staple part of a Quo show for many years, with Rossi, Parfitt, Bown and Edwards all on guitar. With the arrival of new drummer Leon Cave, the song has been given a fresh lease of life as he comes front of stage to add an impressive drum beat to the track. Becoming the fifth Quo drummer upon joining the band in 2013, replacing Matt Letley, Cave seems to have revitalised the band, and has them matching his youthful energy. His impressive drum solo leading into Roll Over Lay Down certainly shows off his skill and talent, and proving more than capable of doing justice to the much loved Quo classics. All in all, a truly great night of Quo classics, performed by a band that seems to be having as much fun on stage as the people in the crowd; and a band that don’t appear to be showing any signs of stopping, as they approach their 50th Anniversary.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 9, 2015 13:07:31 GMT
The atmosphere at Quo gigs back from 77 when I first started regularly seeing Quo was always as frantic in the crowd as much as the band were the frantic four on stage. However, that boisterous was as friendly, warm and harmless as the more static and unresponsive crowds are nowadays.
Francis and Rick regularly say that if they didn't commit physically to the type of music they play, then it would have no value or worth. That jives with the FF ethos for sure. However, with the emphasis on 'show entertainment' aligned to a less animated crowd (overall) the overall impression is a paler pink version of the original.
On that basis, other than obvious age acting against them, I do wonder how they muster the 'physicality' sometimes. That very thought crossed my mind recently watching the paint dry at the Montreux gig as shown once again on Sky Arts.
I think that Francis downplays the freight train impact the audiences at the reunion gigs had on him (and the other three). He was determined it seemed to not want to give the impression that the FF was something of bigger consequence to him than the CQ atmosphere and experience.
I sensed that the other three, very much including his CQ partner Rick, were much less inhibited in showing their positive responses.
This, for me at least, gives a very clear illustration of the differences that make the FF and the current band. I think that CQ compensate some value of money at least by providing as much 'entertainment' as possible because there are not the natural raw and instinctive resources available that exist within the FF - and which turn an efficient show into a true rock gig
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
Favourite other bands.: AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motorhead
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Post by chawthornebales on Dec 9, 2015 17:00:45 GMT
It wasn't dreadful at all, in fact the best i've seen them since FF. Just an unresponsive crowd. I appreciate you aren't amused by the game of tag but it was just nice to see them all having fun. I didn't say they were bad..although the tag thing blows me away... But the crowd and atmosphere sounds a bit dodgey. ..perhaps you forget ff...This didn't happen.. I only got to see the FF 2014 in Manchester and couldn't see much of the crowd from our seats but the videos seem to show how 'frantic' the crowds were, especially in 4500x
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chawthornebales
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Favourite Quo Album: On The Level
Favourite other bands.: AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Motorhead
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Post by chawthornebales on Dec 9, 2015 17:05:19 GMT
You remind me of a young me..... As for the review..sounded like a dreadful dull empty concert... They could have used the rest of the floor to finish their tig...seriously.. We carry less baggage and are less cynical when we're young. Remember how you felt at his age seeing your heroes, I'm sure he felt the same. Even though it was my fifth time seeing them, it was special as i was right between frame and regg. All night i kept thinking, "it's them, the band i listen to every day! They're right in front of me."
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Post by Victor on Dec 9, 2015 17:42:14 GMT
Yeah, I was really impressed by Motorhead in the eighties playing duck, duck, goose on stage. Awesome! That is a good one Charles
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Post by derryquo on Dec 9, 2015 18:15:11 GMT
You remind me of a young me..... As for the review..sounded like a dreadful dull empty concert... They could have used the rest of the floor to finish their tig...seriously.. We carry less baggage and are less cynical when we're young. Remember how you felt at his age seeing your heroes, I'm sure he felt the same. I think I acknowledged that and why my response was as it was..
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Post by Mrs Flittersnoop on Dec 13, 2015 1:38:14 GMT
NIA is hard to get to for us, trains only run for a certain time and mum doesn't want to drive there cos it's central Birmingham. I'll consider persuading her! Driving there's a doddle....park right at the venue...no probs. Start persuading. I don't like going into central Birmingham, it's dead confusing and apparently they wheel collectors will strike if you park in some places, but we've parked in multistack carparks a couple of times there for gigs and been OK, so I'm willing to if I need to, and the late trains are not always good on a Sunday, don't know about Saturdays.
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